Mason to Run FHA as Probe Expands Into Scandals
President Eisenhower named Norman P. Mason as acting FHA commissioner amid a broad inquiry into possible multi million dollar abuses dating to the Truman era. Albert M. Cole announced FBI involvement and noted inflated appraisals cost the government over 75 million dollars with further investigations targeting collusion between builders and officials.
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Eisenhower
Norman P. Mason
North Chelmsford
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Truman
FHA
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Baltimore
Albert M
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Hollyday
Mason
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Housing and Home Finance Agency
FBI
Cape
Hart
Military Alliance Is Urged for Southeast Asia
The United States and Britain called for a multi nation Southeast Asia defense system to check Communist expansion. Dulles and British leaders promoted united action and discussed forming a Southeast NATO as they planned talks with France in Paris.
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London
United States
Britain
Southeast Asia
Dulles
United Action
Paris
France
NATO
Foreign Office
Joseph Laniel
Georges Bidault
Washington
Eden
Pacific
China
New Brain Chemical May Lower Blood Pressure
A mysterious brain chemical found in humans and animals may help keep blood pressure down during emotional stress. Described by Dr. Alfred Leimdorfer, experiments show extracts lower blood pressure in dogs and cats, suggesting a role in normal regulation and in the body's response to adrenaline-driven stress.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Alfred Leimdorfer
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University, Chicago
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Leimdorfer
UN Debaters Seek Compromise on Palestine Frontiers
United Nations delegates struggled to bridge Arab Western differences to allow the Security Council to discuss the Palestine issue. Lebanon urged attention to its accusation that Israeli forces killed nine Arabs in the Jordan village of Nahal, March 28, while the United States Britain and France pressed for a broad frontier violence debate. Soviet President Vishinsky supported separating the Arab and Israeli complaints to avoid further complications. The council recessed to Thursday afternoon as delegates sought a way forward.
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Jordan
Nahal
United States
Britain
France
Israel
Soviet Union
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Charles Malik
Romanian Brothers Reunited With Mother After Seven Years
Constantin and Peter Georgescu, ages 19 and 15, arrived in the United States with their father Valeri Georgescu after seven years as hostages in Communist Romania. They flew from Europe to Munich to meet their mother who greeted them in New York. The case involved State Department pressure and a personal appeal from President Eisenhower.
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Lygia Georgescu
New York
State Department
Peter
Constantin
Romania
United States
Peter Georgescu
Europe
Valeri Georgescu
Munich
Georgescu
State Department of
Washington
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
U. N. General Assembly
Eisenhower
Bucharest
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Vienna
Frankfurt
Ohio Warned drought may top last year's record
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources warned a late year drought may be worse than last year. March water levels were up but wells remained below average. experts say it would take six inches of rain to restore moisture, with limited ground water recharge expected this year. Reservoir storage in Scioto was normal, Mahoning basin down about 15 percent from last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Natural Resources
Lloyd Harrold
Soil Conservation Service
Department
Scioto River
Mahoning River
Four prisoners try to slice way out of Summit County jail
Four inmates at Summit County jail in Akron reportedly used razor blades to cut a large hole in a quarter inch steel plate. They reached nearly 2 by 4 feet before guards intervened. The hole would have led to a brick wall and another cell block beyond.
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Akron
Ohio
Summit County
Roosevelt Endorsed by California AFL Club
The California Labor League for Political Education endorsed James Roosevelt for the Democratic nomination in the 26th District and incumbent Rep. Robert L. Condon of Contra Costa. Both learned the National Democratic Committee would not back them. Roosevelt faces a separate maintenance suit over adultery and Condon is barred by the Atomic Energy Commission from Nevada Test Site access.
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AFL
California Labor League For Political Education
James Roosevelt
Robert L. Condon
Contra Costa
Spy Ring Disclosed by Soviet Diplomat in Australia
Canberra reports Prime Minister Menzies announced the Soviet Embassy third secretary Vladimir Petrov fled the Russians and provided documents listing Australian contacts. A royal commission will probe the listings and Soviet secret police activity as Petrov seeks asylum and is questioned by security forces. Petrov’s disclosures echo past defectors like Igor Gouzenko.
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Australia
Robert G.menzies
Menzies
Vladimir Petrov
Petrov
Royal Commission
Austin Petrov
West
Igor Gouzenko
French Cut Indo Rebel Supply Line Sealed
French and Laotian forces sealed off the Vietminh main communications route into south and central Laos in a secret operation. The pass in central Laos, rising into limestone hills near Naphao valley, had been rebel-controlled for months before the French Laotian pincer blocked it without a fight.
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Saigon
Indochina
Laos
Naphao
Senators to Question McCarthy Aide Testimony in Probe
Senate investigators plan public sessions starting April 22 to examine charges by McCarthy aides about Army blackmail. Roy M. Cohn and Francis P. Carr are central figures in the Army row as McCarthy recovers from a throat ailment in Arizona. Secretary Stevens agreed to provide an advance statement of accusations and witnesses, with counsel Ray Jenkins clarifying who may appear for McCarthy.
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Army Offichen
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
McCarthy
Arizona
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Army
Cohn
Carr
Ray H. Jenkins
Cabanas
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Duquesne Light Plans Atomic Power Plant Near Shippingport
Philip A. Fleger board chairman of Duquesne Light Co. said Duquesne and the Atomic Energy Commission will build the world’s first commercial atomic power plant near Shippingport Pennsylvania, about 25 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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Philip A. Fleger
Duquesene Light Co
Duquesene and
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Shippingport
Here
Illinois Leads Country Off To Political Wars
Illinois voters faced a subdued primary with no statewide Democratic contest and nine Republicans vying for the U S Senate nomination. Top figures include Meek Hayes Livingston and Wyman, all from Cook County, with Meek-Hayes seen as a likely duel. Local issues such as four city sales taxes and broad interest in downstate races framed a light turnout.
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Illinois
Congress
Prairie State
Paul H. Douglas
Democratic House
U. S
Douglas
Senate
Republican House
Midwest
Joseph T. Meek
Edward A. Hayes
Park Livingston
Austin L. Wyman
Meek-Hayes
Hayes
Cook County
Meek
Illinois Federation of Retail Assas
American Legion
Legionnaires and
Veterans
Wyman
Chicago Crime Commission
Livingston
The
University of Illinois
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Ohio County Drops Polio Serum Test
Dr. John D. Porterfield the state health director announced Summit County has withdrawn from polio vaccine field trials this spring due to late vaccine delivery. About 18 000 children in the two remaining counties Montgomery and Richland are still scheduled to volunteer.
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Columbus
Ohio
John D. Porterfield
Summit County
Summit
Porterfield
Montgomery
Richland
Canada Navy Father Dies
HALIFAX Nova Scotia Premier Angus L. Macdonald died in Victoria General Hospital after a brief illness at age 64. He led from the provincial premiership during World War II to become Canada's first navy minister, expanding the service to over 90 000 men and 500 ships including aircraft carriers.
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Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Angus L. Macdonald
Canada
Victoria General Hospital
Liberal Party
Macdonald
Sea Service
Indicted Prophet Allegedly Ran Crime School for Women
Cleveland police say Emmett Cobb, 32, indicted by grand jury for pandering and operating a crime school for women and girls. The self-styled prophet faces charges after the jury returned the indictment yesterday.
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Cleveland
Emmett Cobb
Oppenheimer suspended as atomic matter adviser amid hydrogen bomb disputes
Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer says he will fight charges amid his suspension from Atomic Energy Commission advisory work over alleged efforts to block hydrogen bomb development. He released a 43 page letter defending himself and outlining the advisory committee's stance on a crash program and subsequent shifts after Truman's 1950 decision.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
K. D. Nichols
Atomic Energy Commission
New York Times
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Nichols
Oppenheimer
Trueman
General Advisory Committee
United States
Truman
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
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