McCarthy Calls for Federal Lie Tests for Officials
Senator McCarthy urges that all government employees in sensitive jobs submit to lie detector tests. He notes some agencies have used tests experimentally and recalls offering to take one if key witnesses in the Senate investigation would do so. He says a properly run polygraph is unbeatable but requires an experienced operator.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congressional
Atomic Energy Commission
State Department
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations
Flier Completes Happiest Mission During Korea Tour
Capt William D Halley Jr of the 90th Bomb Squadron reaches rotation leave after 55 missions in Korea. His wife Helen, ill but improving at 4392 Elm Ave, is recovering. He flew from Korea to Long Beach area via Pacific C 34, hosted by Mrs Philip M Thompson. Halley previously served at Long Beach 1946 and in WWII and Berlin airlift.
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William D. Halley Jr
Igenfer
Orea
Helen Refi
Bieir
Philip M. Thompson
Elm Ave
Hoover
Honolulu
Thompson
Press-Telegram
Red Cross
Helen
90Th
Korea
Pacific
Angeles
Long Beach
71St
Capt. Halley
Long Beach Air Base
Japan
Halley
Courageous Portsmouth Girl Named Christmas Sweetheart
Seven year old Carolyn Lee Plante, partly blind and nearly paralyzed by polio, lives in a Portsmouth nursing home near a rehabilitation center. Her mother is blind, her father is dead, and she has endured multiple illnesses and surgeries. The Portsmouth Herald published her Christmas wishes, and she has received many gifts, though she still seeks the gift of continued courage to smile through hardship.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Dee
Carolyn Lee Plante
Carolyn
Rochester
Thorugh
Portsmouth Herald
Santa Claus
Herald
Santa
Christmas Grim in Soviet Army Frosty Holiday Behind Barbed Wire
Exiled former Soviet guard Nikolai Shutov predicts a grim dry Christmas for East German troops. Soldiers face barracks confinement, log entries for absences, two hour limits, and no liquor. New Year lectures on Marxism loom, pay is meager, and boredom dominates life behind the Iron Curtain.
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East Germany
Nikolai Ivanovich Shutov
Stalin
Iron Curtain
West Germany
East Zone
Duesseldorf
Germany
Marx
Shatov
Shutov
California Leads In Farm Receipts Despite Iowa Lead
Agriculture Department estimates show California farm receipts totaling 1.94 billion dollars in the first ten months of 1951. California trails Iowa by 2.5 million for the year to date, with October marketing receipts surpassing Iowa by 78.351 million. California's ten month total includes 1.113 billion from livestock and related products.
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Washington
California
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Mixed Career Santa Claus Letter Shows Versatility
In Columbus Ohio a Santa Claus letter written in a girl’s scrawl mixes feminine and tomboy hints. The note asks for a toy lipstick powder and finger polish and oddly mentions a punching bag with a dragon explanation that may reflect a child’s playful but combative impulse.
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Columbus
Ohio
Santa Claus
City Area Boosted by Annexations
Eleven land increments were annexed to Long Beach this year, expanding the city to 35.69 square miles from 34.? No, from 35.69 total area, a gain of .65 square miles. The largest increment was part of Long Beach State College site at 22318 acres, smallest was the northwest intersection of Orange Ave and San Antonio Dr at 2.35 acres. Total acreage rose from 22,421 to 22,844 acres. since 1897 the city grew more than 1000 percent from 3.10 square miles and has seen 92 annexations in 54 years.
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Long Beach
Long Beach State College
Orange Ave
San Antonio Dr
At 95 She Lives Alone In Long Beach
Mrs. Emma Moffitt of 1027 Myrtle and Who Dee will turn 95 as she continues to live alone in Long Beach. Despite arthritis and using a cane, she handles all housework and tends a summer backyard garden. Born in Boone County Indiana, she moved to Long Beach in 1918 from Iowa and remains active in the Church of Christ. Her son Claire Moffitt, a Seattle architect, and four grandchildren plus seven great grandchildren are part of her family.
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Long Beach
Emma Moffitt
Myrtle
Dee
USO Plans 1952 Tour With 80 Companies
The USO Camp Shows announce a 1952 tour with over 80 professional variety companies and nearly 1000 entertainers. The circuit will cover Korea, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, Trieste, Tripoli, Morocco, the Azores, France, England, Germany, Austria, the Caribbean, and MATS bases. Stars Audrey Totter Marjorie Reynolds Monica Lewis Danny Kaye headline acts. One show near front lines drew two Communist soldiers who watched and were captured.
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New York
USO
Korea
U. S
Alaskan Command
Northeast Air Command
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Trieste
Tripoli
Morocco
Azores
U.S
France
Englland
Germany
Austria
Caribbean
Jack Benfiy
Audrey Totter
Marjorie Reynolds
Monica Lewis
Funnyman
Danny Kaye
U. N
Chamber to Hear Forecast for 1952 Breakfast Forum
W D Campbell Long Beach Chamber of Commerce general manager will speak at the weekly Breakfast Forum in the Wilton Hotel Empire Room. He will discuss industrial commercial and tourist prospects for the area and compare Long Beach with similar U S cities. A vice chairman for the forum will be elected and H M White will preside.
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W. D. Campbell
Long Beach
U. S
H.M
Dick” White
Yule Scene for Animals in Dan Dotson Window
Forest creatures gather around a woodland yule tree in a snowy display at 159 .Rivo Alto Canal. A deer, fox, skunk, lamb, chipmunks, mice, rabbits and birds surround the tree which bears cheese lettuce carrots sunflowers seeds and other fare. The Dotsons previously showcased a Victorian tree and a sugar plum tree.
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Dan Dotson
Rivo Alto Canal
Dotsons
Parole Release Planned for 25 Japanese War Criminals
General Ridgway announces Sugamo Prison parole next week for 25 Japanese war criminals, raising total paroles to 521. The plan comes as part of ongoing postwar clearance and policy actions by Allied headquarters.
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Wukyu
Sugamo
Matthew 2. Ridgway
Aumore
Tiny Bell and Pipe Organ Parade In Miniature Church
A snow-lit frame church sits in a yard beside bending trees as a tiny bell and organ chorus fill the windows with Come All Ye Faithful. A miniature Christmas scene shows an electrician owner and his family observing the littlest figures, with a playful scene of a monkey and organ grinder.
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Thomas
Thomas E. Tournat
E. Broadway
Tournat
Tournai
Rome
Light That Enlightens Hearts and Binds Us
The passage speaks of light as a force to brighten and to enlighten, guiding hearts to recognize lifenesses that unite people rather than the differences that separate them. It emphasizes shared humanity and the hope that illumination reveals common bonds.
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Richard Connolly
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Walker
Winton
Amma
Tony Blik
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