Newsman Burdett Confesses Spy Ties Amid Iran Probe
Burdett admits espionage in 1940 after private testimony to the committee. He recounts his wife Lea Schiavi Burdett’s death in Iran in 1942, allegedly by a Kurdish tribesman hired by Russians to silence her on a Soviet plan to control Yugoslavia. He describes returning from India to Iran during the assignment.
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Loretta Young Faces Major Abdominal Surgery Today
Movie actress Loretta Young to undergo abdominal adhesions surgery today at St. John's Hospital after contracting peritonitis while staying at her Ojai ranch. Dr. Dorothy Chess will perform the corrective operation as part of Easter Sunday illness diagnosis and treatment.
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Painter Svoldaties Dies at 82 in Rome
Giorgio Svoldaties known as the painter of the Papes died Tuesday in Rome at age 82. He made portraits of Beni and the present pope.
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Giorgio Svoldaties
Beni
Grandmother Kreitzer Clears 316000 Question on NY Show
Mrs Catherine E Kreitzer, 54, wipes her brow after answering a question worth 316000 on a New York television show. She has named seven of Josephs eleven brothers on the 64,000 Dollar Question and may proceed to 32000 or take 16000 next week.
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New York
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Three Youths Booked for Selling Fireworks on Boulevard
East Los Angeles police seized 4 900 firecrackers and arrested Billy Stirewall 30 Ralph Stirewall 17 and Roy Weller 20 after they cruised Whittier boulevard offering fireworks to pedestrians.
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West German Rearming Delayed by Parliament Setback
Bonn West Germany the lower House sent a bill to call up the first war dici line delaying the initial conscription while rearmament in principle remains approved. The delay marks a sharp setback for plans to mobilize West German forces.
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Second Wage Offer Hinted by Big Steel
U S Steel President Clifford Hood disputes union claims of pressuring a nationwide strike. McDonald urges industry leaders to sustain negotiations and seek a fair agreement. The piece also covers wage talks and political debate over Germany's military recruitment and civilian control before the Big Four talks.
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