Trial Bans Letter on Brutality Trial Bans Letter on Brutality
SILL Okla The court martial board hearing the collaboration case against Maj Ambrose H Nugent today refused to admit a Department of the Army letter outlining communist brutality against prisoners in the Korean War Prosecution argued it was irrelevant hearsay and a conclusion The defense sought to prove the Army recognizes mistreatment of POWs A handwriting expert testified there were similarities between the propaganda document and a Briton prisoner s signature though no samples were available for comparison The document addressed to UN forces officers blamed talks at Kaesong and Nugent is accused of signing and procuring signatures to a surrender leaflet and an anti UN statement Other witnesses described Nugent as a nervous wreck during imprisonment and noted his alleged forging of signatures in the case
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Sill
Okla
Ambrose H. Nugent
Department of the Army
Robert E. Hough
Department of Army
Nugent
Charles A. Ellis
U. S
Secret Service
United Nations
Pvt
RB. A. Cocks
Central Peace Committee
Reds
Ellis
San Antonio
Tex
U. N
U.N
Kaeseng
Merrill
Wis
Bilis
Maj
Clifford Allen
Los Angeles
Allen
Aiy
Pyongyang
Yalu River
Mr. Nugent
Child Hit By Car Injures Anita Ferguson in Intersection
Anita M Ferguson seven, of TH11 F Pleasant Street, sustained minor injuries after a car driven by Joan Smallwood twenty three struck her Wednesday afternoon at Market Street and Lime Avenue. Witnesses say the child ran into the vehicle front fender. She was treated at Seasice Hospital for abrasions and released to her father Robert Ferguson.
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Anita M. Ferguson
F. Pleasant St
Joan Smallwood
Havter St
Market St
Lime Ave
Seasice Hospital
Robert Ferguson
Churchill Aid Outlines U S and Britain Deterrent Pact
London reports Lord de L'Isle and Dudley said U S and British air forces possess overwhelming nuclear capability, forming the main deterrent to a hydrogen bomb war. RAF plans include V bombers, Canberra force, radar upgrades, and expanded all weather fighters to ensure rapid counteraction if deterrence fails. The white paper details defense funding shifts with air force spending rising, while Army and Navy budgets fall.
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London
Churchill
U. S
Europe
Britain
Army
Navy
Air Force
United States
United Kingdom
Swift
Defense
Harold MacMillan
Disabled Vet Death Ends Briton's 14 Year Tea Diet
Ames England Oswald Beard a 58 year old veteran who claimed to live on 60 cups of tea daily for 14 years died Wednesday. He was wounded in World War I and underwent 21 operations. Beard credited tea and sugar gifts with helping during wartime rationing and postwar shortages, consuming about 214 pounds of tea per week.
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Ames
England
Oswald Beard
Bears
Britain
Saar Metal Workers March on Parliament Sparks Turmoil
In Saarbrucken police used tear gas and water hoses to break up a march by hundreds of metal workers protesting a mediation board wage ruling. Labor Chief Richard Rauch urged a 24 hour general strike for Friday. Earlier, 70,000 workers struck for a 15 percent raise. the board granted 12 percent and the strike ended.
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Saarbrulleen
Saar G
Mediation Board
Richard Rauch
Iby
Saar
Istrike
Faure Faces Big Woes as New French Government Forms
Paris ministers under Premier Edgar Faure face urgent tasks after the National Assembly approved Faure’s bid to head France’s 21st postwar government. Key issues include a partially approved budget, pending Paris treaties with West Germany, Tunisia autonomy talks, reforms for Algeria and Morocco, wage increases, and tax law revisions affecting small merchants.
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Paris
Edgar
Faure
National Assembly
France
Pierre Mendes
Mendes- France
Antoine Pinay
Assembly
Mendes-France
Foreign Office
West Germany
Council of the Republic
Tunisia
Mcendes-France
Algeria
French
Morocco
General Taylor to Succeed Hull as UN Command Chief
Tokyo based Kyodo News Service reported that General Maxwell D. Taylor will replace General John E. Hull as commander in chief of the United Nations Command and Far East Command on April 1. The source cited was the Japanese news agency.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Maxwell D.taylor
John E. Hull
United Nations Command
Far East
Case calls for tightening federal perjury laws over Matusow case
Senator Francis Case urges revision of perjury statutes after Harvey Matusow recants testimony against 15 Communist leaders. He plans to seek comment from the Attorney General on needed changes while Senators Johnston and Daniel say Congress should review the laws in light of the case.
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Washington
Francis Case
R-Sc
Harvey Matusow
Matusow
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Gen. Brownell
Justice Department
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Judiciary Committee
Daniel
Johnston
Alabama Defendant Linked to Payoffs in Patterson Case
Testimony ties Albert Fuller to profits from Phenix City's racketeering empire as jurors hear details of payoffs from slot machines and a bribe case. State investigator Willie Painter repeats Fuller remarks about “one third of the take” and Fuller’s alleged role the night Patterson was killed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Fuller
Phenix City
Fuller
A. L. Patterson
Russell McElroy
Willie B. Painter
Honkys O
Russell County
Painter
Roderick Beddow
Patterson
Beddow
Arch Ferrell
Si Garrett
Ferrell
Pope Appears From Vatican Window Blesses Crowd
Pope Pius XII appeared at his Vatican apartment window to bless about 2000 people in St. Peter's Square. The crowd included tourists and pilgrims from several countries.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Lawyer Morse May Lead Maritime Administration
An administration source says Clarence G. Morse a San Francisco admiralty law expert may become chairman of the Maritime Administration. Morse is current general counsel to the Maritime Administration and board which oversee Merchant Marine subsidy and regulatory programs. Senate committee approved Louis B. Rothschild as undersecretary of commerce for transportation who has led the agency since early in the Eisenhower era.
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Washington
Morse
Maritime Administration
San Francisco
Graham and Morse
Alty
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