Supreme Court reviews crime of mere Communist Party membership
The Supreme Court agreed to decide if mere membership in the Communist party, knowing it sought subversion, can lead to conviction. The cases involve Grande Lightfoot in Chicago and Junius Seales in Tennessee and the Carolinas, testing the 1940 Smith Act standards. The decision touches on charges of subversive association and the limits of federal enforcement.
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Supreme Court
Communist Party
Grande M
House of Actal
Jack Green
Granite City
Quinsel
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Herbert
Mae- Vay
Pittsburgh
Livan
Los Angeles
Bimo T. Christlansan
North Dakota
Joe Yew
Wwansport
Wottam Burh
Hur Marya
Quimay
Enaés
Grom Beculiey
Arne Luswit Ulimab
Jchanse
General Stores Gorn
Teeksury
Carcer
Rentey Pocerlatus
Acces T
Pentagon
Uuiman Lnvested Intye
Chase Genlediheter
Schoro
Federal Grand Jury
New York
Olle Ponds
New Jersey
Daparted
Askast
Communist Pranchi
Covington
Hono
Mills
Covington Gi
Riabaraa
Hyon
Malies
Kills, Inc
Birmingham
Say
Kovac
United States
Honolua
Senate Farm Bill Draws House Fire
Washington House Agriculture Committee reviewed the Senate farm bill amid opposition to a $100,000 price support ceiling and a compulsory soil bank requirement. Chairman Gooley noted the House opposed the soil bank enforcement feature mandating up to 15 percent of a farmer’s acreage. He urged a House Senate conference within two or three days to resolve differences.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Gooley
D-Nc
House
Cooley
Weeks Won't Hit Trade Papers Defy Senate Inquiry
Washington secretary of commerce Weeks refused at a public hearing to hand over confidential papers on a 1954 East West trade policy. McClellan ordered disclosure, prompting protests from Mundt and Bender. Weeks Hoover Jr and Hollister offered closed door access to public papers but rejected releasing working papers.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
McClillan
D-Ark
McClellan
Senate Investigations
Sen. Mundt
Sen. Bender
Ohio
Mundt
Owe
Smcclellan
Bender
Weeks
Herbert Hoover Jr
John B. Hollister
U. S. Foreign Aid
Free
Russia
Mitice
Ines
U. S
Paris
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Hoover
Hollister
Living Costs in February Unchanged Says Government
The government reported that national living costs were unchanged from January. Food prices fell slightly while most other consumer costs edged up, with the February index 0.3% higher than February 1955. The Bureau’s index stood at 114.6 percent of the 1947-49 average, same as January.
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Washington
JHE
Ewan Clague
Labor Department
Clapue
Moderates Score in Tunisia Vote
Tunisia's moderate Neo Destour front appeared to win all 98 seats in the constituent assembly as only about 7 percent of 750,000 registered voters cast ballots. Unofficial returns showed Habib Bourgiba's faction leading. communists ran few candidates and many ballots were voided.
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Tunsia
National Front
Constituent Assembly
Neo-il Destour (Independence
France
Tunisia
Retur
Habib Bourgubla
Neo-Destour
Sli
Man Leaps From Window of Hotel Dies on Roof
Police and firefighters report a man leaped from a hotel room on the 46th floor, hung by his arms from a window, and fell to the roof. Investigators say the self inflicted death occurred after a prior attempted suicide and after he had been treated at a hospital.
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Wichita
Kan
Don E. Ferguson
Tunis
Djerba
Sarah Ben Youssef
Ferguson
National Front
Allis
Police
Best-Dressed List Honors Mamie Grace and Margaret
The Fashion Academy lists Mamie Eisenhower Grace Kelly and Margaret Truman among the nation’s best dressed women. Twelve others receive gold medallions for public life screen stage and television work.
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Mamie
Grace
Margaret
New York
Fashion Academy
Jeowood Warmon
Camo Wreesannee
Mamie Eisenhower
Grace Kelly
Margaret Truman
Cindal Murarde
Demersager Tesseraeene Academy
Eisenhower
Miss Kelly
Miss Truman
Robert Wood Johnson
Eloise English
Nanette Fabray
Teresa Brewer
Louitz Melchior
Reds Say New Match Burns Longer in Wind
A Shanghai factory report says a match produced there will burn for ten seconds in a stiff breeze from an electric fan. The communist broadcast notes the match is suitable for people working in the field and on the seas.
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Reds
EXO
UPA
Shanghai ‘Actory
Ike's Specialist Due for Study in Japan
Dr. Paul Dudley White arrives in Japan with his wife and Navy officials to study why coronary disease is less common among Japanese in Fukuoka Prefecture. He is president of the International Society of Cardiology and an honorary Navy consultant.
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Ike
Japan
White
International Society of Candiology
Surgeon General of the Navy
South confrontations and a sudden accident across Georgia and Pensacola
The report covers a Florida Pensacola incident where about 100 Black residents confronted two white men after a Black person was struck, one shooter wounded, and Black bystanders detained the assailants. An Atlanta area home moved into a Black neighborhood suffered an explosion-like incident injuring none, with similar prior damage. A manifesto by 101 southern lawmakers signals intent to overturn Supreme Court desegregation rulings, threatening national sections.
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Fla
Atlanta
Johnnie J. Mainy
Hillary Calhoun
Washington
Sen. Stennis
D-Miss
House
Supreme Court
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