Comic Books Not Caus ing Crime Says Expert
New York expert told Senate investigators that crime and horror comics do not cause well adjusted youths to commit crimes but may aid disturbed ones. Richard Clendenen testified that 20,000,000 sadistic comics are sold monthly and the industry is concentrated in New York City under Martin Goodman. He noted objectionable advertising and warned against anti comic book sentiment as Red bait.
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Tax Chief Criticizes Lenient Penalties for Tax Evaders
Revenue Commissioner T Coleman Andrews urged harsher penalties for tax violators and criticized some federal judges for light sentences. He cited cases including a 170,000 tax fraud with a substantial fine and no jail, and a 2500 fine with a six month suspended sentence, urging action to curb fraud. He warned without stronger measures, the revenue system could fail.
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Dem Democratic Central Committee Member Refuses Communist Status
San Diego up top Democrat Bert Coffey, a California State Democratic Central Committee member from Contra Costa, refused on constitutional grounds to state if he ever belonged to the Communist Party. He said he left in 1946 amid “devious machinations,” and he did not disclose prior membership or any FBI questioning. The hearing featured ex-FBI undercover agent Stephen Wereb testifying Coffey sought Communist aid for a CIO Oil Workers strike in 1943. Coffey, now in advertising, lives with his wife and two children in El Cerrito.
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Gov Knight Signs LA Hot Plate Bill
Sacramento reports the Los Angeles Hot Plate Bill passed in the recent special session and was signed into law by Gov. Goodwin J. Knight. The act allows in-room hot plates in hotels where food is prepared for room consumption only, and does not apply to future room availability.
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Widnall Holds Lead in New Jersey GOP Primary
In Newark New Jersey supporters report William Widnall leading J. Parnell Thomas by about two to one in the Republican primary with Eisenhower support. The contest coincides with 13 other districts and two gambling referenda as voters also consider bingo and raffle licenses for charities. Mrs Thomas 52 was hospitalized after an apparent sleeping pill overdose, described as a nervous breakdown by J Parnell Jr.
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Coffee Theft Brings Three Month Terms in New Jersey Election
In a standout Congressional contest in New Jersey's rural seventh district, a contender named Coffee Trail described as seeking McCarthy support won the primary with 5000 votes. He argued McCarthy's platform alone cannot guarantee success while noting waning pro McCarthy sentiment. Thomas, a veteran congressman jailed in 1949 for payroll pay, campaigned as a 1000 percent McCarthy backer, but Widnall said Thomas’s past record matters more than his current stance. Meanwhile, three men connected to a coffee theft in San Pedro faced sentencing. Bunn was sentenced to three months in county jail, five years probation, and restitution for stealing 42 cases valued at about $1000 from McCowan's Market. Co-defendants Smith brothers await sentencing.
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Atomic cannon fires for first time in Europe
In Baumholder Germany the U S Army fired its 280 mm atomic cannon for training with conventional shells the first Europe test Gunners from the 868th Field Artillery Battalion operated the weapon as part of three atomic battalions stationed in Germany to bolster Western defenses while new photos showed the mobile gun firing with smoke billowing from its barrel
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