McCarthy Controversy Dominates Johnson Conference
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson opened the southeastern party gathering with a keynote about unity and party responsibility. The event featured discussion of the Peress case, Army policy on security risks, and calls for a single investigative committee to curb overlapping inquiries.
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Democrats Rally Behind Unity Theme Across Party Lines
Democrats gathered for a unity conference signaling harmony beyond Southern delegates. Sen. George Smathers described broad participation from Liberals and Progressives like Murray Magnuson and Jackson, with Stevenson due to discuss foreign policy and perhaps address tensions between Eisenhower and McCarthy in a radio speech.
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Pentagon Seeks Law To Retain Draft Doctors In Enlisted Rank
Proposed legislation would allow doctors drafted under the Doctors Draft Act to remain in service in enlisted roles such as drilling, dentistry, or dispensing pills, despite not taking a commission. McCarthy alleges a contradictory Army handling of personnel linked to communism and cites cases of varied discharges and assignments.
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Army to Test Atomic War and Germ Tactics
The Army will not deploy large forces this spring but will hold Exercise Spearhead from May 3 to 49 at Ft Hood with about 22,000 men including the First Armored Division. Units will use medium tanks and the M 59 armored infantry carrier. Previously announced Operation Flash Burn planned for April and May in the Fort Bragg area would involve about 60,000 men.
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Communist ties alleged at Nutley lab hearings
Washington news: a former Federal Telecommunications Laboratories employee in Nutley New Jersey testified that he was a Communist and named an educational leader of a Communist cell at the lab. Peter A Gragis of Long Island testified he joined in 1936 and left in 1950. Frank McGee, present at the hearing, refused to answer questions about his links to the cell.
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RAF Bonuses and Senate Clash Over Witness
Britain to award RAF officers 3000 pounds after 12 years and 1500 after eight in a new bonus plan. The story notes a postponement of a Senate subcommittee hearing to question Army doctor Marvin Belsky who invokes the Fifth Amendment amid McCarthy’s contempt discussion.
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Avalon annexation proposal eyed by Long Beach leaders
Avalon considers joining Long Beach as a way to strengthen ties between the two cities. The Avalon group hopes to present to the Long Beach City Council for initial talk. Avalon, a sixth class city since 1923, covers one square mile with a year round population of 1800 and a summer swell to 20000, governed by a council and manager led by Mayor Harvey H. Cowell and City Manager Philip W. Storr.
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San Quentin Death Fate for Zilbauer Boys Charged in Robbery
A jury in San Quentin convicts Zilbauer on kidnapping and murder charges tied to the Belle Brooks case. The verdict follows a trial where Kmiec’s girlfriend and an autopsy surgeon’s testimony were scrutinized. Zilbauer faced life imprisonment without parole on the kidnapping for robbery charge.
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Stolen Cars Plague Pittsburgh Man After Insurance Settlement
Last August Morris Lebovitz bought a luxury sedan that was stolen weeks later after he had driven it 3600 miles. Two weeks ago he settled with his insurer and bought a 1954 model of the same make. The 1953 car, with 8778 miles, was recovered Thursday night but Lebovitz remains without a vehicle as the insurer holds the recovered car.
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Orders Renewed Allied Aid to Western Allies
President Eisenhower ordered continued U S aid to Denmark France Italy Norway and the United Kingdom despite embargo shipments by those states to Curtain nations. The move, justified as vital to U S security, accompanies a Congress report and a Stassen letter detailing prior commitments and exceptions under the Battle Act of 1931.
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Strikes Set 4 Year Low in January
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported strikes in January at a four year low with 400 walkouts affecting 150,000 workers and about 1,000,000 man days idle. This compares to 500 strikes in January 1953 involving 250,000 workers and 1,230,000 idle man days.
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