Senator Defends Sears Choice in McCarthy Case
Senator Mundt said it would take solid bias information to remove Samuel Sears as special counsel in the McCarthy Army inquiry and he does not expect such evidence. Welch was named to present Army facts, while Maj. Irving Peress and Pvt. G David Schine figures dominated latest developments.
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Sears
G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Samuel P. Sears
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Mundt
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
Subcommittee On
Defense Department
Justice Department
Irving Peress
Peress
New York
McCarthy
Sen
Joseph N. Welch
Prmghar
Iowa
Boston
Welch
Ana
Grinnell College
Harvard Law School
John G. Adams
Roy Cohn
I 3
Pvt. G. David Schine
Torow
Schine
Ralph W
Eisenhower fights to save housing in Senate battle
In Washington the administration seeks to salvage its low rent public housing program as Southern Democrats and many Republicans unite against Northern lawmakers. After a two day struggle the House backed the measure, 352 to 36, as the bill moves to the Senate for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Ohio House votes split over Eisenhower housing plan
In Washington, six Ohio Democrats and one independent backed Eisenhower public housing, while 122 Republicans opposed. The proposal failed 211 to 176. Rep. George Bender of Cleveland supported the plan. Rep. Alvin Weicher of Sandusky opposed. Only two Ohio Republicans voted yes: William H. Ayres of Akron and Frances Bolton of Lyndhurst.
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Washington
Ohio
Eisenhower
George Bender
Cleveland
Alvin Weicher
Sandusky
William H. Ayres
Akron
Frances Bolton
Lyndhurst
Public housing bill moves in Senate amid funding split
The housing measure drops Eisenhower era rate limits for GI home loans and advances in other fields like slum clearance. The administration hopes the Senate will aid, noting the House approved no public housing funding last year while the Senate plan funds 35 000 units. Conferees from both chambers reached agreement on several points.
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Eisenhower
Senate
House
Philadelphia Couple to Wed Again After 38 Years apart
John Taylor, 71, and Katherine Thompson, 69, plan a wedding today eight months after both remarried histories. They divorced after ten years together and did not reunite until Thompson’s second husband died. Taylor has not remarried. The ceremony echoes a biblical line about unity.
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Philadelphia
John Taylor
Katherine Thompson
Private In Civil War Dies Just Short Of L108
Austin Texas obit notes Thomas Evans Riddle, Civil War private with the Army of Tennessee, later claimed confederate honors and other titles. He died at 107 years old two weeks before 108, after years at the Texas Confederate Home for Men in Austin. He expressed wish to reach 110 and to die at home in Wichita Falls. Burial planned at Burkburnett. Riddle recalled days under Robert E. Lee and surviving multiple gunshots amid tales of ranks and governors’ staffs.
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Austin
Tex
Thomas Evans Riddle
Army of Tennessee
Nebraska
Riddle
Texas Confederate Home
Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
Civ
Co. 1
22Nd Regiment
Robert E. Lee
Thomas
Texas
Louisiana
Dickenson Asks POWs To Speak At Court Martial
Counsel for Corporal Edward S. Dickenson seeks 400 former prisoners of war to testify on Communist camp No. 5 in Korea. Dickenson faces a court martial April 19 on charges including collaboration with the enemy and mistreatment of fellow prisoners.
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Washington
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Dickenson
Cracker's Neck
Gold Guilty: Reds Liars Set by Brownell
A federal jury convicted union leader Ben Gold of making false statements in a Taft Hartley affidavit. Atty. Gen. Brownell said the verdict shows Communists lie as instructed by foreign leaders. Gold’s lawyers plan appeals to the Supreme Court after motions for a new trial.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
W — Atty
Brownell
Ben Gold
Communist Party
National Labor Relations Board
Gold
U. S
Charles McLaughlin
Liberty
Teacher Leaves Million Dollar Estate in South Gate
Olaf Halvorson, a Los Angeles school teacher since 1917, left a will totaling 1 049 400 dollars. The Norwegian immigrant taught Latin Spanish and social studies and retired on a small pension. Attorney Robert Mize said the bulk of the fortune came from careful investments, with major gains from Santa Fe Springs holdings. most goes to his widow Sophie. He died August 8 and the will was filed in court yesterday.
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South Gate
Calif
Los Angeles
Olaf Halvorson
Robert Mize
Halvorson
Santa Fe Springs
Mize
Sophie
Jin
Plan Soldier's Burial For General Vandenberg
Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg dies at 55 after cancer and a long Air Force career. Funeral in Washington Cathedral with Arlington burial and an aerial salute planned if weather permits. He served as deputy commander in chief Allied forces and led the 9th Air Force under Eisenhower.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Eisenhower
United States Air Force
Arlington National Cemetery
USAF
Walter Reed Army Hospital
9Th Air Force
Vandenberg
Eisenhower’s Secluded TV Speech Prep at Camp David
President Eisenhower and family arrived at Camp David in Catoctin National Park to work on a Monday night national radio and TV address. A preliminary draft was brought from Washington, focusing on international and domestic concerns including Communist activities. They visited Gettysburg battlefield en route, noting renovation progress on the farm home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Eisenhower
Catoctin Mountain
Washington
White House
United States
John S. Doud
Camp David
Dance Disgusting But Not Obscene Indictment Dismissed
New York Queens court found Mrs Dorothy Barker Shapiro act at a Long Island City club not obscene nor indecent though described as disgusting and in bad taste. Magistrate J Irwin Shapiro said the case is reluctantly dismissed after viewing the blonde strip tease and minimal attire described in testimony.
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New York
Missouri
Dorothy Barker
Queens Night Club
Low Island City Court
Queens
J. Irwin Shapiro
Rockaways
Long Island Beach
Barker Shapiro
Noted Priest Amone Indians Is Near Death
Gallup New Mexico The Rev Berard Haile a Franciscan priest who spent 54 of his 80 years translating Navajo language is gravely ill in Gallup Hospital after a heart attack at St Michaels Arizona He remains in critical condition The Navajo Tribal Council had just agreed to publish his two volumes on the Blessing Way ceremony after more than 50 years of work The native of Canton Ohio first went to St Michaels in 1900 He was told by Council members You came out here to make us Christians but we have made you a Navajo.
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Gallup
N. M
Berard Haile
Father Berard
St. Michaels
Ariz
Canton
Ohio
Cold Wave Heads South As Subfreezing Temps Spread
The U S Weather Bureau warned of subfreezing temperatures tonight across eight states from New Jersey to Tennessee. A morning cold wave advisory said the chill, once in the northern Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley, moved southeast into the Ohio Valley and northern Appalachians. Early readings showed subzero temps in North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan with around 15 to 20 degrees in parts of New York New England Illinois Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Jersey
Tennessee
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York State
New England
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
French Fight Doggedly To Save Fort Bien Phu
French defenders of Dien Bien Phu clung to a shrinking tunnel network as Vietminh forces, in vast waves, pressed to break through. Paris reported heavy enemy losses while noting the fortress remained in grave danger with costly assaults and relentless bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Allen
Hanoi
Indochina
Ihen Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Dust Bowl Plain
Fire devastates refugee area in Pusan Korea
A large blaze swept a crowded refugee quarter in Pusan on Saturday, killing at least four with 3 000 homes destroyed. U S Army Fire Department feared higher death toll as ruins were searched. The fire threatened the U S Quartermaster depot and damaged two food warehouses. Police said it likely started from a cigarette on soaked ground.
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Pusan
Korea
Kukje Shimbun
U.S. Army Fire Department
U.S
Tot Disappears: Boy Seen Floating In Ocean Near Beach
In Hermosa Beach California 19 month old Michael McDonald wandered from his yard and was seen bobbing near seaweed before surf swept his body away Lifeguards searched as his parents John and Lillian McDonald watched at the shore The search continued into night with authorities involved.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Michael McDonald
Beverly Murdock
John
Lillian McDonald
Russian Prisoners Return To Barcelona Amid Welcoming Crowds
An estimated million people gathered along Barcelona's waterfront to greet 286 Spanish internees released after 11 years in Soviet concentration camps. Most were Falangists who served with the Blue Division in 1941 fighting alongside Germany.
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Barcelona
Spain
Flangist
Blue
Germany
Longshoremen End 29 Day Strike In New York Harbor
Hundreds return to work as the Independent International Longshoremen's Assn ends a 29 day walkout on New York piers. ILA cites government pressure and NLRB threats. by Monday crews aim to clear a $650 million cargo backlog with 10 000 workers back at the docks.
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New York
Independent International Longshoremen’s Assn
National Labor Relations Board
ILA
William V. Bradley
AFL
NLRB
Waterfront Commission
Brooklyn
Waterfront Comemission
Adlai Urges End to Name-Calling in Party Fight
Adlai Stevenson addressed more than 2,500 North Carolina Democrats urging Republicans to stop calling names and start solving problems such as Indochina war unemployment and atomic threats. He criticized Eisenhower administration slogans and internal divisions while stressing the need to unite party and nation.
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Lahant
MIMS
Charlotte
N. C
Adlai Stevenson
North Carolina
America
Stevenson
Republican Party
Army
Blaze Claims 14th Life Of Schoolchild
CHEEKTOWAGA New York The school fire that swept a sixth grade music room claimed its 14th life today Susan Jors 12 died early this morning after two classmates Donald Keller 12 and Marlene Miller 11 died of burns in the hours before.
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Cheektowaga
N. Y
Susan Jors
Donald Kelleher
Marlene Miller
New Hope For Heart Attack Victims From Study
Dr Louis N Katz reported at the American Heart Assn meeting that survival after a first myocardial infarction extended life expectancy beyond prior estimates. A study of 460 patients from 1922 to 1942 found two thirds of the 285 survivors lived over five years, with one tenth over 15 years. End of study showed survivors averaged 14 years. Most deaths were due to heart disease.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Science Reporter
Chicago
American Heart Assn
Louis N. Katz
Michael Reese Hospital
David R. Cole
Evelyn B. Singian
Katz
Ancy
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