Libel Action Victory Won by Winchell
New York State Supreme Court jurors dismissed libel suits totaling 800000 dollars filed by Sidney Greenberg and Joseph L. Brandt against Walter Winchell and ABC. Plaintiffs claimed he called their Cancer Welfare Fund a phony outfit and branded them cancer racketeers. Winchell defended the broadcasts as fair comment not malicious. Brandt and Greenberg had prior mail fraud convictions related to Cancer Welfare Fund fundraising.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Walter Winchell
Sidney Greenberg
Joseph L. Brandt
Winchell
Cancer Welfare Fund
American Broadcasting Co
Henry Clay Greenberg
Brandt
Greenberg
Federal Court of Appeals
Damon Runyon
Actress Luna, 17, Held in Marijuana Case at Cape
Barbara Luna, 17, a leading player in Teahouse of the August Moon’s road company, faces a Juvenile Court petition after arrest in Hollywood with three marijuana cigarettes and loose cannabis. Patty Suzuki, 24, also in the cast, was released after an overnight hold.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Luna
Miss Luna
Hollywood
Army court-martial probes Nugent voice on broadcasts
At Fort Sill Oklahoma two prosecution witnesses could not identify Maj Ambrose H Nugent's voice on five propaganda records played during his Army court martial on charges of collaborating with the enemy while a POW in Korea The witnesses testified Nugent's voice was heard on some recordings but not the same voice in all cases Defense plans to file technical pleas to seek dismissal and plans to present 25 witnesses to counter almost three weeks of testimony The session featured cross examination and remarks by the court president and law officer about Camp 12 prisoners abuses and a past farewell meeting related to Operation Big Switch and Nugent s alleged ties to the Central Peace Committee which he allegedly opposed while fighting for peace after release
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FT. Sill
Okla
Ambrose H. Nugent
Korea
Harold L. Kasehko
Jeff D. Erwin
Nugent
Maj. Nugent
Morar
Frank J. Kuzmech
Patchogue
George Air Force Base
Calif
Sugent
Tteds
Joseph Dutra
Boston
Mass
Central Peace Committee
Dutra
Lower Tariff Plan Near OK in House Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee moved toward final approval of President Eisenhower's lower tariff foreign trade program. Chair Cooper said a closed session would finalize action, with plans to bring the measure to the floor next week. Supporters hold a strong margin while opponents plan to press amendments to restrict trade limits.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Free World
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Bell XV3 planes to showcase new convertiplane
Defense leaders toured Bell Aircraft in Fort Worth to view the Bell XV3 hybrid craft under a Army Air Force contract. The vertical takeoff and landing convertiplane features three rotors and tilting wings designed to fly like both helicopter and airplane. Officials said extensive testing is planned, with the Army showing strong interest in the program amid tight security.
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Army Air Force
Fort Worth
Tex
PIRA
Bell
Hurst
Texas
Defense Department
Idallas
Defense and
Service Brass
Bell Aircraft Corp
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Pasadena
Strauss Renews D Y Feud With Colleague
Washington D C U S chairman Lewis L Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission contends with fellow commissioner Thomas E B Murray over the Dixon Yates power contract Murray votes to cancel the contract and testifies before the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee Strauss argues the deal did not hinder AEC work and the weapons program remains at a peak, while the SEC approves initial financing for the Dixon Yates project and paves the way for more borrowing.
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Washington U
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Thomas EB. Murray
Dixon-Yates
Strauss
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Murray
AEC
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Eisenhower
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valersey Authority
TV4
Commission
Anderson
Sen. Gore
D- Tenn
Securities and Exchange Commission
Gale
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
Dixon- Yates Group
SEC
A. Yates
Edgar Dixon
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