Hiss Denies Communist Ties and Spy Links on Stand
Alger Hiss testified at his perjury trial in Federal Court that he never was a Communist nor passed government papers to Whittaker Chambers. Defense and witness testimony followed, with Sayre denying any Communist ties as Sayre attended United Nations sessions at Lake Success.
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EW York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Jan. Tay
Hiss
T. Eshter
Malcolm Cowley
Francia 5
Sayre
Piratment of State
Cowley
Sherman, Conn
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Drey Stryker
Renee [Ment
Samuel H. Kaufman
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Lake Success
Airliner Plunge Kills 24 to 25 in Bari Sea Crash
A Royal Dutch plane fell 15,000 feet into the Adriatic near Bari amid clear weather. Victims include five women and three children among Americans Turks Dutch and Albanians. crews edited reports suggest 24 to 25 dead with no confirmed total aboard. Italian divers aided recovery as authorities sought identifications.
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Bari
Italy
Royal Dutch Air Lines
Constellation
Sen
Batavia
Amsterdam
Iran
Asl
Talian News
Sas
Lear
K, L
Rome
Ita
Java
Jemat Nome
Paaseners
Algeratl
K. L
The
Hague
Hans Pleaman
Dii
Albert Pleaman
Video Show Helps Bandit Hold Up Bar
A young bandit robbed bartender Henry E. Thea at 116 Pine Ave cafe as about a dozen patrons watched a video show. The thief, armed with a pistol, demanded all cash from the register around 8 PM, then ordered more beer before escaping with the money. Police were notified of the incident.
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Bandit
Pine Ave
Henry E. Thea
Atomic Probe Details Uranium at Oak Ridge Leaks
Chairman Brien McMahon disclosed that Oak Ridge workers took uranium chips home and a worker hid a uranium clock in a rocker. FBI delaying its inventory probe after security review. Transcript notes a 1949 incident of uranium found in pants cuffs and a worker with a bar of uranium in a locker.
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Brien McMahon
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Commission
McMahon
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
Far
Oak Ridge Security Office
Five More Texans Hit by Polio Plague
Five additional Texans contracted polio as the nation endures its worst epidemic of the year, raising the tally to a new high as of today with cases reported in San Angelo and surrounding areas.
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San Angelo
Texas
Regent's Rejection Overruled by Bechuanaland Vote
In Serowe Bechuanaland tribesmen voted overwhelmingly to accept Seretse Khama and his white wife Ruth Williams as leaders, despite Regent Tshekedi Khama's objections. About 9000 powwow attendees heard speakers denounce the marriage but the show of hands overturned the regent's ban. Seretse, 27, studied law in London and married Ruth Williams, 24, last October.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Ruth Williams
London
Seretse Khama
Serowe
Bechuanaland
Seretse
Tshekedi Khame
Oxford University
Britain
Ruth Willams
Africa
Sekgoma
Reds Silence Archbishop Beran in Prague
Catholic priests report Czechoslovakia’s Communist government has clamped a wall of silence around Archbishop Josef Beran. Beran remains semi captive in his Prague palace as authorities threaten arrest for anti state agitation. Diplomatic sources say show down may come soon while church-state tensions persist.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
O ’ Beran
Noogsiea
Eli
Beran
Ans
Ino
Catholic Action Society
Derailment scatters 17 Pennsy boxcars in Dinville crossing
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train derailed at a crossing in Danville One June 23 scattering 17 boxcars and damaging a telegraph shack. Telegraph operator Bonnie Jean Italiano, 10, Frederickstown, was injured with minor lacerations. her mother sustained taped injuries.
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Danville
MFA
Pennsylvania Railroad
Highway Patrol
Bonnie Jean
Frederickstown
Honolulu Warehouses Ravaged by Fire
A major fire in Honolulu today destroyed eight warehouses, damaging electrical equipment and food, worth an estimated 500000 dollars. The warehouses were among a row of 25 structures now used commercially.
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Honolulu
Gary
Heat relief comes as drought drags on in northeast
Temperatures ease and humidity drops bring brief relief to drought hit states though rain remains sparse. Light showers in New England and New York fail to avert crop damage and water shortages, with New Jersey reporting 10 million dollars in crop losses after 32 dry days. Water pumping struggles in Garfield and park fire bans persist across several states.
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Drouth
New England
New York State
New Jersey
Willard H. Allen
Garfield
Passaic
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Charles Burnell Los Angeles Judge Dies of Heart Attack
Superior Court Judge Charles S. Burnell of Los Angeles died of a heart attack at Palm Drive Hospital during a vacation in the Russian River area. He was 74. Burnell had presided in Long Beach Superior Courts and on short assignments, with services noted by county officials. His widow Agries Burnell was at his bedside.
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Superior Court
Charles S. Burnell
Los Angeles
Palm Drive
Burnell
Russian River
Agries
Long Beach
Fawn Howell
Jergins Trust
Gunman Fires at Wealthy West L.A. Owner
Occupants of a West Los Angeles home report a gunman fired at Ernest E. Wolfe, 33, a wealthy owner, early today. Wolfe fled toward his residence but the assailant followed and fled after the exchange. Details incomplete.
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Osange Wune
A. Xingle
Wealthy
Ernest E. Wolfe
Los Angeles
Temperatures Do Yo Yo Act in Short Range
The day showed a wild heat swing with 68 at 6 am rising to 74, then 70, then 78 after lunch as a tropical storm south of San Diego fueled a heat wave. Whittier and oil fields suffered brush fires with damage over 250000, while Long Beach reached the low 80s and 20000 people sought relief by the ocean.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
San Diego
Font Adt
Whittier
Savage Canyon
Standard Oil Co
Turnbull Canyon
Puente Hills
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Pasadena
San Gabriel
Santa ‘Ana
Santa Monica
Torrarice
Russia Now on Defensive Says Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson said Russia is on the defensive in Europe and urged swift action on the North Atlantic Pact and European arms programs. He warned Western momentum must continue, and condemned Czechoslovakia’s Communist government for restricting Catholic Archbishop Beran and violating rights of conscience.
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Acheson
Russia
Europe
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
People 9
Western
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Court hears case of boy kept hidden by mother in Boston
Gerald Sullivan van 14 testified in a closed juvenile court hearing as his mother Anna Sullivan faced neglect charges. The boy, who escaped to the outside world March 14, refused contact with his mother during the encounter as Judge Frankland LoMiles weighs custody and abuse allegations. The tense scene followed years of concealment and a shaken mother seeking to maintain parental control.
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Curaid Sullivan
Lef
Boston
Gerald
Associatad Press Wirsphata
Gerald Sullivan
Anna Sullivan
Frankland W. Lo Miles
Atty
Daniel J. O'Connell
O'Connel
Husband Finds Iowa Woman Slain in Tavern Fridge
The nude and mutilated body of 22 year old Harv ey A Stahlhut was found early today in a walk in refrigerator at the Grundy County tavern she and her husband operated. Sheriff John A Meyer said the victim was slain by a maniac who cut her throat and mutilated her body. The husband, who had been out of town, found the body. their year old son was unharmed and tavern receipts were intact.
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Meyer
Birs. Stahlhut
Joe E Brown Recovers at Naval Hospital
Joe E Brown, noted movie and stage comedian, is recovering at Naval Hospital from tropical fever contracted in the East. He canceled a scheduled appearance due to recurrent attacks of the fever and is resting while treatment continues.
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E. Brown
Naval Hospital
Brown
Death-defying Nitro Juggler Slain in Amarillo Motel
Amadillo police found Heath-defying oil-field troubleshooter Thornton slain at a tourist court. A shirt and towel were wound about his throat. He was president of the U S Nitroglycerin Co of Amarillo. Thornton, who had worked in oil fields worldwide, had been to the motel with a young man and woman. A family reunion in Wichita Falls was planned, and he was to attend. He leaves a wife Sarah a son C B Thornton of Los Angeles two brothers and three sisters. He became known after a heroic acid-into-well rescue in Hutchinson County Texas.
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Amarillo
Texas
U. S. Nitroglycerin. Co
Thornton
Fred Fairleigh
Wichita Falls
Sarah
C. B. Thornton
Los Angeles
Van
Goree
Seagraves
Dla West
Fort Worth
Howe Ratliff
Howie
Bob Gilliland
Odessa
Electra
Borger
Hutchinson County
Tex
Maritime Commission bids on Long Beach to San Francisco hip project
The Maritime Commission calls for bids on a Long Beach to San Francisco hip project. Other notes list church tribute to chaplains, Hooded night riders probe, fall rainwear previews, hometown news, mechanical brain advances, and theater pages.
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Maritime Commission
Long Beach
San Francisco
Congress
Southland Awelters
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