Prober Hints Officer's Kin Was Fired as Risk
Senate probes into the McCarthy Army row featured a clash over whether Senator McCarthy could ask Maj. Gen. Miles Reber about his brother Sam Reber. Reber said his brother left the State Department under a cloud and denied any security case. He described pressure from McCarthy and Roy Cohn for a Schine commission as unusual but said he was never intimidated.
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McCarthy
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G. David Schine
Reber
Sam Reber
Ray Jenkins
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Schine
Roy Cohn
Cohn
McCarthy-Armrow
Senate
Mines
Sen. Potter
R.mich
Living Costs Decline for Second Straight Month
The government reported a March drop in living costs, led by lower food and clothing prices, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics index down to 1148 percent of the 1947-49 average. Deputy commissioner Arness Joy Wickens cited tax cuts and dairy supports as factors likely to ease April costs, though food prices may firm.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arness Joy Wickens
Labor Statistics
Earthquakes Hit Gilroy and San Jose Areas
Two earthquakes occurred this morning about thirty miles south of San Jose near Gilroy and were also felt in San Jose. The shocks caused customers to flee a cafe and disrupted early hours activities locally. Authorities offered no reports of injuries or major damage at this time.
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Cefe
Asia Airlift Bypasses India Overflying Troop Route
Air Force said the U S airlift of French troops to Indochina detours around India with no overflight. Nehru announced India will not permit crossing, a key link to the Far East. Senate leaders condemn the move and demand emphasis on mutual aid while Nehru defends his policy.
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Eisenhower Cuts Augusta Golf Trip to Seek Newspaper Help
President Eisenhower interrupted a golfing holiday in Augusta to fly to New York seeking help from national papers to curb atomic hysteria and push world peace. He then visited Washington for DAR duties before continuing to New York, Kentucky, and back to Washington for more golf.
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San Diego babysitter nabbed in baby kidnapping case
A 24-year-old San Diego babysitter was arrested in a hotel lobby booth after a seven hour kidnapping of a one month old girl named Victoria Hare. The infant was recovered unharmed and returned to her parents, Richard and Jane Hare, whose naval corpsman husband served at the San Diego Naval Training Center. The suspect Cathleen Crouch sobbed that she only wanted to love and care for the child. The Hares had hired her after she claimed to need work, but police later revealed a prior San Diego arrest record for intoxication and vagrancy. The story continued on Page A-8.
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Cathleen Ase Crouch
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Rickey
Crouch
Opium Seized in Singapore Harbor Police seize 300 pounds of opium
Singapore harbor police seized over 300 pounds of raw opium worth about $30,000 Wednesday night. Five Chinese suspects were arrested after the opium was found in a lighter towed away from the British freighter Umaria, which had arrived from Persian Gulf ports bound for Hong Kong and Japan.
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Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Fullerton
Citizen Max Roger rushed to Fullerton police headquarters at 2 25 a m claiming a mountain lion was on the street after seeing one near the California Hotel. Other locals confirmed by phone prompting an armed search by police and sheriff deputies, though no lion was found.
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Max Roger
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Sheriff's Office
Roger
Orange County
Where to Find It Beach Combing to Crossword
Directory style note lists sections and page numbers for the edition. Includes Beach Combing on Page B-21, Boyle on Page A-21, Bridge on Page A-71, Classified on Pages B-14 to B-19, Comics on Page B-12, Crossword on Pages 4 to 9, and Editorial on Page A-20.
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Delay Seen in Geneva Conference
Paris dispatch reports Western Big Three foreign ministers foresee a delay in opening the Geneva conference as preliminary issues linger. The major point is how Red China will participate. Dulles Bidault and Eden met in Paris to discuss conference format and Korea Indochina talks amid unsettled organizational questions.
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Anthony Eden
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Russian Spy Chief Khokhlov Defects to Aid West
In Bonn, Capt. Nikolai Khokhlov, a Russian secret police captain, defected to the Allies and provided extensive disclosures on the Kremlin's espionage and kidnapping network. He named two East German agents, Hans Kukowicz and Kurt Weber, and identified the target as anti-Communist leader George S. Okolavich in Frankfurt. Khokhlov cited a plea from his wife and said he cooperated fully with U.S. intelligence, detailing offices and personnel from Moscow to Vienna.
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Oectober
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Night to morning drizzle with hazy afternoon sun
Clouds bring local drizzle overnight and into the morning. In the afternoon hazy sunshine returns with a slight warming trend and warmer conditions overall.
Brass Maps Draft Seeks Revised Training Laws
A Pentagon official told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Defense Department may ask Congress to revise draft and reserve training laws. The plan includes six months active duty for 18 to 26 year olds, ongoing drills with reserve units or National Guard, continued Guard training for two years or more of active service, and new size limits for regular and reserve forces set by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The program is near final approval by Eisenhower, the National Security Council, and the Joint Chiefs.
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