Loyalty program under fire in government purge report
A 1947 loyalty program fired about 2,000,000 workers for alleged disloyalty and forced 2,476 to quit during FBI checks. Senators McCarthy and Malone question the system, urging independent review. The process involved forms, FBI background checks, and a three member agency board with limited appeal, ending at the loyalty review board.
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Empers
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Loyalty Review Board
Justifi
Malone
Congress
McCarthy Targets Government Loyalists in Senate Probe
President's board and department heads could ignore findings, while McCarthy accuses the state department of harboring Communist sympathizers. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee forms a subcommittee to examine Malone's idea as investigations began yesterday.
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Malone
Haa
McCarthy
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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County allocates funds for soil conservation programs
The Douglas county Production and Marketing Administration committee reports approval of soil and water conservation practices totaling 85,000 with 50,000 funded this year. Budget lists 30,000 for lime, 20,000 phosphate, 31,000 terraces, 2,000 diversion ditches, 6,000 sod waterways, and 10,000 for other measures including pasture and fence row work.
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Douglas County
Grain Storage Cribs on Way to Douglas County
Douglas County will receive storage cribs for grain from the State CCC. County committee chairman George Butell said details on type or capacity were not yet given. Planned locations include Lawrence and Baldwin with a wooden crib and two quonset huts for storage to speed local shipments and ensure on hand supply in bad crop years.
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Baldwin
Franklin County
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Anvel
CCC
Beauty Gets Divorce from Phil Silvers in Los Angeles
Former Miss America 1942 Jo Carroll Dennison has divorced comedian Phil Silvers. The couple had a separation after Dennison left the family home while Silvers moved out as she cited cruelty. She said she will regain her mother in the process as the divorce proceeds.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Jo Carroll Dennison
Phil Silvers
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DOUSE FIRE AT OBERS STORE ON MI CHUSETTA STREET
Firefighters tackled a blaze at Obers clothing store 821 Mi chusetta street around 12 30 this morning. A gas boiler on the second floor ignited flooring below. damage assessed by Fire Chief Paul Angela after a neighbor reported the alarm. The text also notes a health committee meeting and a geopolitical line about Tibet.
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Ala Obers
Michusetta Street
Paul Angela
Amell Ke
Doan's Pills Advertised For Backache Relief
An older promotional item touts Doan's Pills as a diuretic for backache and urinary discomfort. It claims kidney function is aided by flushing waste from the kidneys and urges readers to purchase the product for relief.
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Doan
Sleep Learning Demonstration Spurs Domestic Worries
Washington March 9 73 The sleep learning demonstration by Education Services drew a crowd on Connecticut Avenue as Mary Jane Hayes Miss Washington posed in bed beside a phonograph recounting a four word drill. A reporter noted the odd scene and joked about salads and Miss Washington, while the crowd questioned the technique and its reach into home life.
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Washington
Mar
Richard C. Darnell
Darnell
Connecticut Avenue
Education Services
Mary Jane Hayes
Miss Washington
Miss W
Kansas Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders to Meet in El Dorado
District meeting of the Kansas Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association will be held in El Dorado April 20. Approximately 75 entries from many Kansas counties are expected.
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el Dorado
Kan
Kansas Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association
Kansas
Food for Children Helps Starving Migrant Camp Families
In Phoenix Arizona a judge arranged aid after discovering malnourished migrant workers families at a camp 14 miles west of the city. Nearly 100 children received their first nourishing meal as boxes of food and medicine arrived following reports of severe hunger and a crippled father's admission that he sold a pint of blood to feed his six children.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Jera
Thomas J. Croaff
Croaf
Coffeyville Fire Sparks Across Office Alarm
In Coffeyville Kansas on March 8, F R Cooney, cashier at the Missouri Pacific freight station and head of the town's auxiliary fire fighters, accidentally ignited a desk pocket with burning matches. A coworker extinguished the blaze. no injuries were reported. Nearby, Judge Croaff directed juvenile department funds for rescue work serving about 108 area families. Turtle eggs are noted as a regional food by natives and Europeans in South America.
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Kan
Mar
F. R. Cooney
Missouri Pacific
Iire
Iia
Opet
South America
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