New Yorker Named to Head Federal Retirement Study
President Truman selects H. Eliot Kaplan, ex New York State deputy comptroller, to lead a nationwide review of federal employee retirement plans. Kaplan, a veteran pensions consultant and former director of the National Civil Service League, will oversee the Civil Service, Social Security, military, and other federal retirement programs. The study, ordered by Congress last July, will be conducted by a five member government committee with a presidentially named chairman.
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Haggis and Piper Fly to Italy for St Andrew's Eve Party
In a wartime gesture of Allied cooperation a haggis and a Royal Guard piper were flown to Italy to attend a St Andrew's Eve event in Naples. The 24 pounds of Scottish pudding and the kilted piper must be at Allied Forces HQ by Saturday. The U S Navy provided transport while the British War Office secured the haggis and the guard. The dinner features haggis served with whisky as part of a traditional Scots feast amid military festivities.
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Innocent Pleaded in Killing of Woman in 1950s case
Carl Johan Pedersen, a Norwegian citizen returned from Sweden, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the 1950s rape and slaying of Mrs. Fannie Rice. The court set March 9 for trial. Committee report deadline noted as December 31, 1953. Other members include the Secretary of Treasury and Defense, Federal Reserve Board chair, Budget Director, and Civil Service Commission chair.
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