Talks 17th Show Witness Balks at Red Probe
New York actors testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee invoked the First Fifth and Ninth Amendments to refuse answers about Communist ties. George Hall admitted past Communist Party membership and named several colleagues. Actors such as Madeline Lee and others cited amendments to dodge questions.
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House UN- American Activities Committee
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Madeline Lee
Jack Guilford
Miss Lee
George Keane
Joshua Shelley
Peter Lawrence
Albert Ottenheimer
United Air Lines Plans 5.5 Hour Coast to Coast Jet Service
United Air Lines aims for five and a half hour coast to coast jet service by 1960 using 25 jet airliners. President W A Patterson says 25 jets will be ordered by year end at about 125 million dollars, Boeing 707s or DC8s, and in service by summer 1960 with deliveries by 1961. He envisions Honolulu to San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and New York links, forecasting jet service expanding to Hawaii and the mainland.
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W. A. Patterson
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Mayor Poulson Drops Uranium Claims in Oregon
In Baker Oregon mayor Norris Poulson of Los Angeles gave up uranium claims in the Wallowa Mountains near Baker city after a vacation, saying he abandoned the stakes placed last year following guidance from mining geologist G Austin Schroter of Los Angeles.
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Baker
Norris Poulson
Los Angeles
Wallowa Mountains
G. Austin Schroter
Chief Justice Warren Returns From Ranch Visit
Chief Justice Earl Warren flew back to the mainland from Santa Rosa Island where he stayed since Sunday as a ranch guest. The Warren party reported a satisfactory bag of mute deer from the hunting trip at the Ed and Al Vail ranch.
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Eighth Talk By Red U S Envoys in Geneva
In Geneva the eighth secret meeting between U S envoy Alexis Johnson and Chinese ambassador Wang Ping Nan addressed civilian repatriation. Neither side reported progress though Washington seeks 41 Americans released and Peiping accuses Washington of holding Chinese students. The talks lasted two hours and twenty minutes with a Saturday session forecast.
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U. Alexis Johnson
United States
Wang Ping-Nan
Peiping
Peifing
America
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Reds
AFL seeks Legion move 1955 convention to different city
A California AFL convention urged the American Legion to relocate its 1955 war veterans gathering. Backed by delegates from the AFL and union workers, the push cites hotel employment by Legion members and calls for the mid October meeting to be held elsewhere. John L. Cooper of the Joint Executive Culinary Workers Association in Los Angeles reported the action.
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Io Can Legion
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Joint Executive Culinary Workers
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