Brownell Reveals Missing White Papers Issue
Atty Gen Brownell says an FBI espionage report on Harry Dexter White was found among about 20 000 misplaced documents. He noted the report had been shoved in a drawer and not evaluated while Truman promoted White in 1946 despite concerns. FBI Hoover testified the promotion hindered surveillance. The 1954 report and related hearings were discussed at House appropriations.
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Eisenhower backs Back To God movement in radio address
President Eisenhower endorsed a religious awareness drive during a radio-television broadcast sponsored by the American Legion. He noted America’s faith in times of crisis and cited historical examples, including the Mayflower Compact and Catholic war service. He and Mrs. Eisenhower attended Lincoln services at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
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New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
America
Bush Pilots Save Lives Of Six Men
Two Alaska bush pilots, Cliff Hudson and Don Sheldon, were credited with saving six survivors after a C47 crash near Elmendorf Air Force Base. Eight were missing and two were dead. The pilots battled weather to locate and evacuate the survivors, who endured subfreezing temperatures for days.
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Don Sheldon
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Fairbanks
Fear 11 Drowned In Lisbon Fishing Smack Disaster
A fishing smack with 18 men aboard foundered on rocks off Cabo Roso near Lisbon. At least 11 men are feared drowned as rescue efforts continue and crews search the rocky coast for survivors.
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GOP Chairman Sees Nixon Era Momentum In Eisenhower Program
GOP National Chairman Leonard Hall forecasts growing support for a substantial portion of President Eisenhower’s legislative agenda as Congress nears completing its work. He cites the St Lawrence Seaway bill and predicts gains of 15 to 25 seats in the ensuing elections, plus continued party boost from the President’s record. Hall says McCarthy is an asset and confirms party support for his speaking tours, while noting communism remains a campaign issue. The Senate delays on Bricker’s constitutional powers amendment keep party factions in flux.
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Ohio
Showdown Looms as AFL Chiefs Split on Jurisdiction
AFL Executive Council gathers at Miami Beach for a potential clash over a plan to resolve jurisdictional feuds between unions. George Meany pushes a neutral board for binding rulings while Dave Beck opposes mandatory findings. Also discussed are standardizing union health and welfare funds amid a looming congressional probe.
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Teamsters Union
Earthquake Death Toll Not Heavy in Chiapas Region
A Chiapas earthquake prompted remote-region reports of few fatalities. Authorities said lightweight village homes limited deaths though damage reached 200 pesos 23 million dollars. Around 5,000 families were believed homeless as four towns were reported devastated near the Guatemala border.
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Writer Maxwell Bodenheim Slain With Woman in Room
Maxwell Bodenheim the controversial 1920s writer and a woman identified as Ruth Fagan were found slain in a Manhattan rooming house. A 25-year-old man sought for questioning and a nationwide manhunt for Harold Weinberg alias Joseph Greenburg were reported as detectives traced the case. Police said the murder did not appear to be a robbery and searched Greenwich Village for clues.
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Maxwell Bodenheim
Bodenheim
Harold Weinberg
Joseph Greenburg
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Thomas A. Nielson
Ruth Fagan
Weinberg
Four Thousand Farm Hands Register for Free Food Aid
About 4,000 jobless farm workers in Dunklin County Missouri registered today for emergency relief of food and clothing. Volunteer Red Cross teams set up points across eight townships as drought devastated crops and left many unemployed while a record cotton yield hastened harvest cuts.
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Missouri
The
Kansas City Star
Gorilla OK After Brain Surgery At Ringling Brothers
Sarasota report states Toto II, a 65 pound four year old gorilla, is resting comfortably and eating well after brain tissue was removed Saturday by Dr. J H Henderson to diagnose paralysis. The operation, first of its kind for a gorilla, seeks tumor or parasitic causes and potential treatment.
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Fla
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Barnum & Bailey Circus
Toto II
J. Henderson
D.R. Mason Trapp
Tampa
Toto
Henderson
General Moves Cleveland Ohio Adjutant General Steps Down
Maj. Gen. Albert E. Henderson, adjutant general of Ohio for two years, relinquishes his post today to take the position of chief of Army headquarters for the Ohio National Guard, signaling a change in leadership.
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Albert E. Henderson
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Ohio National Guard
Arrests of Over 500 Germans Shake Berlin Unrest
In the Soviet zone, German and Western quarters report a harsh crackdown by Communist secret police. More than five hundred Germans were arrested in scattered industrial areas, ending a potential outbreak of resistance. Western informants say Soviet aims foreclose any June 17 style revolt, amid claims the unrest was fomented by Communists to push Molotov plan backed unification.
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French Union forces smash Communist attack in Viet Nam
General Rene Cagney led French units in central Viet Nam as they repelled a Communist assault. French forces reported staggering losses and chased Red Shock troops into the jungle while air power from B-26 bombers newly arrived from America hammered the enemy.
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Pope Pius III Health Improves Says Private Doctor
Vatican reports from AP indicate Pope Pius XIII rested well last night and shows continued improvement. The 77 year old is confined to bed at the Vatican in a stomach ailment with limited liquids. Two doctors, Dr Riccardo Galeazzi Lisi and Dr Paul Niehans, have attended him as prayers and messages pour in from around the world.
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Italian cabinet job goes to former interior minister Scelba
Rome reports Mario Scelba a former interior minister and key anti communist figure agreed with reservations to attempt forming a new Italian government. President Luigi Einaudi named him after talks with political leaders. aim appears to be a broad western coalition including his party the Christian Democrats, Social Democrats, and Liberals.
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Norway Holds Spy Suspects in Oslo Area
Norway's government says it has rounded up a group of spy suspects in the Oslo area. The newspaper After posten reported 10 to 20 persons were picked up on suspicion of selling secrets to a foreign power. A November arrest of five farmers in Finnmark near the Soviet border is noted.
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Hunger Pulls Train Trio Out Of Hiding Near Atmore
Hunger drove the three remaining Atmore Prison escapees out of hiding for a brief nocturnal appearance. They entered an elderly Negro household demanding food at knifepoint, but fled as the resident bolted. Authorities, led by Highway Patrol Lt. W. L. Whitten, traced the trio seven miles north of the town. The four day manhunt narrows to Ned Capinelli Adrian McCrandell and James Norton Guy, the last of nine escapees who fled Thursday night through an electrical tunnel.
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W. L. Whitten
Here
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James Norton Guy
Scout rolls jump to 3,395,884 members in 1953
New York The Boy Scouts of America reports 3,395,884 enrolled members after a 6.7 percent rise in 1953, per Chief Executive Arthur A. Shuck.
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Boy Scouts of America
Arthur A. Shuck
Drought Grips Missouri and Kansas Towns After Flood Era
Missouri and Kansas communities once hit by devastating floods now face a severe drought with some towns near end of water supplies. Olathe Kansas faces depletion of its reservoir today with trucks hauling from a nearby lake. Paola Kansas doubles water rates as officials plan to import water from Kansas City. Big water hauls from Jefferson City and other cities, and cloud seeding in Springfield has yielded no relief. An emergency pipeline was built at Edina Missouri to replenish the reservoir.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Ursuline College
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Big Four meet in secret Berlin talks on Germany and Asia
Western foreign ministers convened in Berlin for secret sessions to press Russia on a world disarmament conference and a Big Five forum that would grant Communist China major power status while also tackling an Austrian independence treaty. They demanded clear aims, a set deadline on Germany talks, and insist on UN backing for any disarmament efforts. East Berlin unrest and Soviet control overshadow the discussions as Molotov challenged Western positions and East German dissent grew.
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Weather outlook for Miami Valley and Kentucky
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow with a low near 32 and a high around 40 degrees. Yesterday's high reached 31 in Middletown at Armco's Side Main Gate, while the lowest was 16 early morning and today’s low was 22. Nearby Cleveland saw a 23 degree reading with snow yesterday.
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