Bid for 2 Vacancies on House Probe
Washington notes about an estimated 100 House members seeking seats on the un American activities committee as two vacancies arise from McSweeney and Nixon departures. Rising interest is linked to perceived career stepping stones to the Senate, with past casualties noted and past chairmen referenced in a broader context.
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UN- American Activities Committee
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Nixon
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Case
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Mundt
Equipment Major Factor in Ike's Army
Eisenhower faces slow European mobilization as he builds a 40 division force. Logistics chief Willam Batt and U S experts stress that Western Europe must create its own production base while tapping U S stocks. Bradley notes Western Europe may need two to three years to field key items, versus 18 months in the United States.
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Russia
United States
Europe
Ruhr
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Defense Ministry
Moch
Germany
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Canada
Paris
West
Leader Oosts Profane Tenant Show
LOS ANGELES JAN 8 The executive director of the Los Angeles Tenants Council Maxwell Miller was ordered off a television show after an argument on Clete Roberts Newsmen's Roundup Miller used profane language and refused to apologize Bauman attorney for the Small Property Owners League was involved in the dispute Roberts ordered him to leave and Miller complied
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Los Angeles
Los Angels Tenants Council
Maxwell Miller
G. G. Bauman
Small Property Owners League
Clete ‘Roberts
Ena Miller
Bauman
Miller
Roberts
Rev
Hend
United Nations Officially Moves to Manhattan Headquarters
The United Nations moved into its $65,000,000 Manhattan headquarters while core operations stay at Lake Success on Long Island. Most staff occupy half furnished offices as the building nears completion, with moving costs over $300,000. the vast complex features windowless halls and a river-view office hierarchy amid a growing prestige and traffic plan.
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N. Y
Manhattan
Lake Success
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
Sperry Gyroscope
Long Island
Iin
I. N
John D. Rockefeller Jr
U. MN
United States
U.M
Secretariat
New York
E. 42Nds
48Th Sts
First Ave
East River Dr
New York City
World Organization
47Th St
Lexington Ave
An International
Wallace K. Harrison
Rockefeller Center
Vermont
Democratic Organization
Misconduct Reported at Boys Girls Camp
Attorney General Price Daniel investigates tales of sex misconduct at a mixed camp for boys and girls. Two parents filed complaints. he urged criminal charges against the camp operator. State Senator Bracewell proposes a bill to outlaw mixed camps and license camps for minors.
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Austin
Texas
Price Daniel
Daniel
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Eisenhower Meets French Chiefs On Atlantic Army Help
ARIS reports General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower held talks with top French military leaders today to discuss their contributions in manpower and weapons to the Allied Atlantic effort.
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Lord Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Paris
Ike
Monty
Western Union Military Organization
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Montgomery
Associated Press
Aris
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France
Atlantic
Pald
Rene Piegen
Robert Schuman
Defense Ministry
Defense
Jules Moch
Eisenhower Sodde
Alfred M. Gruenther
Ex convict composer wed childhood friend in Indiana
Frank M. Grandstaff, a pardoned convict who wrote the cantata Big Spring while in Tennessee prison, married his Fort Wayne childhood sweetheart Mrs. Mildred McConkey in Angola Indiana. He plans California film discussions about his life story and reunion with a past life.
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Ind
Jan
Frank M. Grandstaff
Tennessee
Angola
Mildred McConkey
Grandstaff
Gordon Browning
McConkey
Big Spring
Navy
California
Apartment Guests Die of Suffocation
In San Francisco on January 8 Delbert Sapp a 36 year old shipyard worker was treated for fumes from an unvented heater. Two friends Harvey Thompson and Richard Weatherbee both 30 used his apartment and were found dead from suffocation.
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Delbert Sapp
Ft. Miley Veterans’ Hospital
Sapp
Harvey L. Thompson
Richard ‘Weatherbee
Thompson
Weatherbee
Governor seeks fund to examine smog health impact
Governor Warren asked the Legislature to appropriate money for a State Health Department study on smog effects, focusing on Los Angeles area residents. He argued a state role is needed to supplement scattered surveys, amid dire warnings and limited federal data. He also urged faster resolution of the California Arizona Colorado River water dispute through Supreme Court guidance to aid future planning.
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Jan
Warren
State Department of Public Health
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California
Colorado
U. S. Supreme Court
Copper shortages threaten U S defense needs says official
Defense Minerals administrator James Boyd warns that copper deposits outside Communist areas are insufficient for U S defense and civilian use. He notes nine to twelve months of pressure on producers and 250 civilian copper uses already limited or banned, effective March 1. He says better to have too much too soon than too little too late.
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United States
James Boyd
Defense Minerals Administrator
U. S
Washington
Jan
Clerical Collar Earns Train Seats for Minister
London, Jan. 8. Minister Rev. Robert Skillern advised crowded commuters to wear a clerical collar to secure a seat. He said he often fills a carriage as people yield when they see him and offered to lend a parson's collar for a comfortable journey.
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London
Robert Skillern
Strike at Fairchild Aviation Plant Halts C-119 Production
About 4500 production workers walked out at Fairchild Aviation Division in Hagerstown Maryland. Pickets formed a dense line across U S Route 11 near plant No 2 as negotiations over wage scales and automatic raises failed. Police reported orderly conditions and Fairchild blamed the strike for halting production of the vital C 119 Flying Boxcar for the Air Force.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild Aviation Division
C. O.united Auto Workers
U. S. 11
Plant No. 2
Korea
Willard L. Landers
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Winter Storm Howls Up the East, Hits Florida to Maine
A major winter storm and cold wave sweep from New England to Florida causing highways to worsen and flight and bus delays. Snow totals exceed 10 inches along a belt from southern Indiana through Pennsylvania to Maine. Three ships delayed departures, a vessel disabled near Nantucket and towed in by a Coast Guard cutter. Temperatures near zero in New England and below freezing in parts of Florida. At least seven deaths blamed on the storm with Cape Henlopen lightship losses near Delaware Bay.
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New England
Atlantic
Florida
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ward
Maine
Bast
Nantucket Island
Coast Guard
Weather
Cape Hennopen
Del
Charlie G. Massey
Delaware Bay
Australia Considers Pacific Pact With America
Sydney January 8, external affairs minister P C Spender said Australia is discussing a Pacific defense pact with the United States. He stated that a Pacific pact is part of Australia’s security policy.
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Australia
P. C. Spender
United States
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