McCarthy Plans Attending Probe Monday in Army Case
Senator McCarthy indicated he will attend Monday's televised hearings as the Senate probe continues into the clash with Army officials. He warned he may leave early and criticized President Eisenhower's order barring executive branch witnesses from testifying, calling it a stacked deck against his position. He questioned the authority to cancel subpoenas and pressed for testimony from aides Cohn and Carr and Army officials.
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Sen. McCarthy
Capitol Hill
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McCarthy
Eisenhower
Executive
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon
Stevens
John G. Adams
Subcommittee
Pvt
G. David Schine
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Adams
Schine
Wisconsin
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Cohn
Carr
Atty
Brownell
Sherman Adams
White House
Averts Election Year Tariff Clash in Congress
President Eisenhower defers a three year renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Act delaying tariff cuts to 1955 while urging hearings this year. House Ways and Means head Daniel Reed and Senator Millikin coordinate Republican stance to keep tariffs favorable to industry and GOP margins.
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Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Eiisenhower
Charles H. Percy
Bell and Howell Co
Chicago
Drive-In Bank Bandit Sought By Ohio Cops
A lone bandit drove a two tone Hudson to a Bexley drive in bank and, at gunpoint, forced teller Charlene Ward to hand over 2610 dollars after cashing a 5000 dollar check. Police mounted a city wide dragnet but the man evaded capture. He is described as about 40, slim, with brown rumpled hair.
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Columbus
Bexley
Ohio National Bank
Charlene Ward
Government offers broad export discounts on farm surpluses
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will offer discounted export prices on U S farm surpluses including wheat corn barley oats and rye to any country. The program aims to keep prices in line with world markets with discounts up to 52 cents on wheat and 22 cents on corn, butter 35 cents below cost, and other grains at 15 to 10 cents below domestic prices. Government stockpiles total roughly 392 million bushels of corn and millions of bushels of barley oats and rye, with more under price support loans.
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Washington
U. S
Free World
Lima Ex-Gt Accused In Triple Murder
Ex U S Army captain James M. Leech of Lima Ohio was charged in Frankfurt Germany with the ax and fire slaying of three American officers in 1946. U S District Atty William Canfield said extradition papers were prepared and that witnesses may be hard to locate. Leech denied the charges saying he had heard of them only now. The victims were Maj Everett Cofran Capt Adrian Wessler and Lt Stanley Rosewater. Their bodies were found in Cofran’s Passau home after a fire. The case lingered as a postwar mystery.
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Germany
James M. Leech
Lima
Ohio
U. Ss. Dep. Dist. Atty
William Canfield
Leech
Alan
Allen County
FBI
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Everett S. Cofran
Washington, D. C
Adrian L. Wessler
Stanley Rosewater
Omaha
Neb
Cofran
Passau
Corran
Canfield
Rosewater
Wessler
Trouble Seen If Britain Shuns South Asia Alliance
Washington notes a potential snag in forming a Southeast Asia anti communist defense without Britain. New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Webb underscored Britain’s essential role, while U S officials weigh coalitions with Australia New Zealand and Asian nations. Eisenhower signaled possible workable defense with willing partners.
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British Commonwealth
Farm Reforms Pledged By Irish Chief
Dublin Ireland associates of John A Costello say the coalition leader will prioritize agriculture modernization when he becomes premier. Costello’s group won a majority in the new Dail and outgoing Premier Eamon de Valera conceded defeat. The Dail will convene June 2 to start the new regime with plans still forming.
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United Ireland
Five sites narrowed for new Air Force Academy
Senator Capehart reports the air force has narrowed the academy location to five sites. Four are in Indiana Michigan Colorado and California with the fifth unknown. No immediate Air Force comment.
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Washington
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Aiir Force Academy
Indiana
Michigan
Colorado
California
Air Force
Williamsport teen dies from truck fall
Ronald Jones, 16, of Williamsport died in Columbus from injuries after falling from a truck driven by his uncle Bennie Jones of Circleville. The incident occurred Wednesday and the boy died yesterday.
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Ronald Jones
Williamsport
Bennie Jones
Circleville
Linda Porter dies in New York wife of Cole Porter
Linda Porter wife of songwriter Cole Porter died in New York yesterday. The death ends a long marriage marked by Porter's celebrated stage and screen work. The couple had been prominent figures in American music circles for decades.
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New York
Linda Lee Porter
Cole Porter
Heavy frost causes crop damage in Hocking County
A heavy frost hit Hocking County with temperatures dropping to 27 to 31 degrees. Crop damage was reported mainly south of Logan and around Murray City, while western areas fared better. Farmers assess losses as potato and tomato plants suffered repeated freezes.
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State Highway Department
Orlandeth Lehman
Gore
Mound Crossing
Logan
Murray City
Lehman
Agricultural Stabilization Office
Ohio
Ohio's Highest Judge Heads to Youngstown Amid Threat
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt said he would attend a Youngstown meeting of the Ohio Bar Association as scheduled, then depart for Washington. Judge Walter Wanamaker threatens to have Weygandt arrested over a Supreme Court opinion reducing Frank Hashmall’s sentence for false car registration, saying the ruling libeled him.
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Ohio
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Ohio Bar Assa
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Washington
American Law Institute
Walter B. Wanamaker
Geome County
Weygandt
Wanamaker
Supreme Court
Frank Hashmall
Greenlease Cops Sent To Prison
Two St. Louis policemen who aided the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping case were sentenced for perjury. Veteran officer Shoulders received three years, rookie Dolan two years, after lying to a federal grand jury about the $600000 ransom. Judge Albert A. Ridge cited Shoulders’s leadership in the case.
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St. Louis
Bobby Greenlease
Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Albert A. Ridge
Five Day Forecast With Weekend Warmup And Showers
The forecast calls for five days with temperatures near or slightly below normal. Normal lows range 50 to 63 and highs 71 to 78 from north to south. Saturday brings a cold start but a weekend warming trend with 70s on Sunday. Cooler Monday and warmer Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible Sunday and again Wednesday, totaling about a half inch moisture.
Beating death in Columbus yields prison terms for three men
Raymond L. Grambo, 35, received one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary for first degree manslaughter in the fatal beating of 74 year old John B. Church last May. Grambo’s nephew Walter Robeson, 18, and William R. Hudson, 25, were sent to probation for pre sentence investigation. All are from Columbus.
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Raymond L. Grambo
Ohio
John B. Church
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Walter Robeson
William R. Hudson
Probation Department
Planning Group Reelects Gen Grant President
COLUMBUS The Citizens Planning Conference ended its five day session yesterday with the sponsoring group reelecting Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III of Washington as president.
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Citizens Planning Conference
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U. S. Grant III
Washington
Diplomats Push Toward Possible Armistice at Geneva Talks
At Geneva the Indochina conference nears a crucial point as Western powers seek a swift armistice while clashes over Laos and Cambodia’s status persist. Eden plans to brief Churchill on Sunday after talks with Molotov and Chou En Lai. In Hanoi, Dien Bien Phu evacuees rise to 159 wounded with 100 more expected, delays due to monsoon rains.
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London
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Eden
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Cambodia
France
Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Luang Prabang
FBI adds Waverly native to 10 most wanted list
The FBI placed Otto Austin Loel a 43 year old former sailor on the ten most wanted list for a killing in an Oklahoma City motel last January 10. He allegedly stabbed a woman 19 times and fled after arranging a ride from Compton California to Newark Ohio with her husband. Loel a Waverly Ohio native had one prior arrest for a 1947 DUI.
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Washington
FBI
Otto Austin Loel
Oklahoma City
Loel
Compton
Calif
Newark
Ohio
California
Waverly
Black Panther Seen Near North Berne in Fairfield County
A farmer reports a jet black panther like animal two feet high and five feet long near North Berne, two miles from Sugar Grove. Deputies searched the area with high powered rifles but found no tracks, casts inconclusive, with experts split on whether it is a dog or large feline. Similar reports have circulated for two years, but this week’s sighting is the first of a black panther.
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Berne
Sugar Grove
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office
Fairfield
Dudley Crider
del Wilkins
Milton Speakman
Wilkins
The
Daily News
Living Cost Drops for Third Straight Month
The government reports April living costs declined two tenths of one percent driven by April 1 excise tax cuts. The index stood at 114.6 percent of the 1947-49 average, with food prices up three tenths driven by fruits vegetables and coffee while clothing coal house furnishing and personal care offset some. About 1.2 million workers face a penny-an-hour pay cut due to contracts tied to the index.
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Washington
Government
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
C Boyd Huls Dies at 70 in Rockbridge Area
C Boyd Huls, 70, longtime Rockbridge resident, died at 7 30 a m Friday at Maple Grove rest home near McArthur. A native of Rockbridge he lived there most of his life and worked years in Logan car shops of the old Hocking Valley Railroad. Survived by sister Daisy Pearsall of Rockbridge and many nephews and nieces. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m Heinlein Funeral Home Rev W Waters officiating. Burial Fairview Cemetery. Body at the funeral home after 1 p m Saturday.
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Rockbridge
Maple Grove
McArthur
Logan
Hocking Valley Railroad
Daisy Pearsall
Heinlein Funeral Home
W. Waters
Rhee Wins Again In Korean Poll
In Seoul the Liberal Party led by President Syngman Rhee seized control of the National Assembly by capturing 109 of 203 seats.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Liberal Party
South Korean
National Assembly
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