Immunity In Cleanup Is Rejected
Washington RP The House Judiciary Subcommittee unanimously rejected President Truman's proposal to grant Newbold Morris immunity powers to witnesses in the government cleanup probe. The panel plans to confer with Morris at 4 p.m. EST about extending Morris authorities and subpoena limits.
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House
Ruman
Rose Nebold Morris
Morris
Truman
McGrath
New York City Council
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Taft
Rohio
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cheap Bomb May Be Aim Of A Tests
Washington reports that the United States may plan to test bargain atomic bombs with full power but reduced explosive material. Officials announced new tests at Eniwetok with no dates, while Nevada trials last fall suggested smaller tactical bombs. The idea is to gain greater explosive efficiency at lower uranium and plutonium cost.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Defense Department
Eniwetok
Nevada Proving Grounds
America
Vincent Is Cleared By State Department
Washington reports that career diplomat John Carter Vincent has been granted a clean bill of health by the State Department Loyalty and Security Board. He will return to his post as U S diplomatic agent at Tangier after a public hearing request and a Senate subcommittee testimony denying Communist ties.
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Washington
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Loyalty and Security Board
U. S
Tangier
Vincent
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Ministers Clear Bonn For Share In Western Unity
Western allies led by Adenauer announce a four power communique from Bonn and Paris listing seven steps toward Germany joining the European Community. They back armament talks, war crimes handling, NATO funding, and the EDC as a peace foundation while urging democratic German unification.
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London
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
United States
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Paris
Federal Republic of Germany
NATO
W. Averell Harriman
West Germany
Lisbon
Bank Robber Found After Five Years
NEW YORK Notorious Willie The Actor Sutton pleaded innocent to bank robbery charges and was ordered held in prison for a hearing Feb. 29. The elusive Sutton was arrested in Brooklyn where he lived in a $6-a-week room after a five year manhunt since his second prison break in 1947. Queens County authorities have him indicted for the $64,000 Sunnyside bank robbery and he is suspected in the Boston liquor store robbery. Sutton said he avoided police by dodging uniformed officers, not dining at the same restaurant twice, and steering clear of old friends and women who could cause trouble.
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Willie
Sutton
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Queens County
Sunnyside
Boston
Paper Backs Editor Struck Over Story
Canton Ohio conflict after editor John G Green of the Portsmouth Times is struck. Brush-Moore heads pledge protection and consider press action. Jerome A Distel, a convicted slot operator, pleads innocent to disorderly conduct and assault charges connected to the attack at a bowling alley. Hearing set by Municipal Judge Kenneth Cranson for next Tuesday. Green had telephoned Distel over a Cincinnati arraignment story.
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Brush-Moore Newspapers, Inc
John G. Green
The
Portsmouth Times
G. Gordon Sr
John D. Raridan
Green
Jerome A. Distel
Distel
Portsmouth
Kenneth Cranston
Times
U. S
Cincinnati
When He Pays It Costs Detroit
Stephen Kiermicki had his property taxes paid for another year in Detroit. Wayne County gains 6 cents while paying costs, with County Treasurer Harold E. Stoll noting it costs $1.13 to collect a 6 cent bill. Kiermicki’s downtown property measures 102 feet long and 2.4 inches wide, valued at $10.
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Detroit
Stephen Kiermicki
Wayne County
Kiermicki
Harold E. Stoll
Eisenhower’s U.N. and NATO beliefs revealed
General Eisenhower told the American Association of the United Nations that another war would be a calamity but loss of liberty would be greater. He spoke from Paris via a message from his NATO command, stressing patience with united nations and strength for collective security.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
American Association of the United Nations
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Jets Claim Three MIGs in Korean Air Fights
In Northwest Korea Allied air forces report shooting down three red MIG fighters in two battles. Four locomotives were destroyed on Communist supply routes as North Korean mobile plane hunting units were noted by Pyongyang radio. On the ground, three Allied raiding parties and one counterattack met opposition. tanks supported two raids amid 150 miles of battleline. U.S. Eighth Army said Reds suffered 1,518 casualties in seven days of ground action ending last Thursday.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Pyongyang
U.N
Cincinnati Youth Dies Of Gunshot Wounds
Williamstown Mass a Williams College student Millard Romaine Jr nineteen from Cincinnati Ohio was found dead in a fraternity house room with a head wound. A .22 rifle was found under a rug six feet from the body and ballistics will confirm the weapon. An inquest was to be considered by investigators.
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Mass
Williams College
George A. Royal
Millard Romaine Jr
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co
Royal
Romaine
Steel For Turnpike Called Possibility
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said he sees a real possibility of speeding steel allocation for Ohio's proposed turnpike based on military need. He spoke after a conference with Governor Frank J. Lausche, noting the highway's national importance.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Sawyer
Frank J. Lasche
French Okays Arms Plan With Limits In Assembly Vote
The French National Assembly narrowly endorses the European army plan for German rearmament by a 327 to 287 vote, yet attaches many hedges. Socialists, split on the issue, push for conditions and may veto German recruitment pending a ratified treaty. The resolution seeks a supra national authority and seeks British participation, while France must coordinate with Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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French National Assembly
Germany
Edgar Faure
Faure
Daniel Mayer
Jules Mock
France
Italy
West Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Britain
Assembly
Jury To Get Murder Case Against Ex-convict Ross
Cleveland police say George F. Ross faces a murder trial for fatally shooting Traffic Patrolman Forney L. Haas. Common Pleas Judge Edward Blythin directs jurors to remain together until verdict. State seeks the electric chair for the 27 year old ex convict.
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Cleveland
George F. Ross
Forney L. Haas
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
Flu Epidemic Spreads Across Ohio
The influenza outbreak that closed schools in Southeastern Ohio communities has spread today to Central and Western Ohio, signaling a widening regional health impact. Local officials urge vigilance and remind residents to follow public health guidance.
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Columbus
O. i
Ohio
Three Parts Of Split Ships Afloat Off Chatham
Coast Guard cutters Eastwind and Yakutat battled 18 foot seas and 25 to 32 knot winds as the Fort Mercer and Pendleton broke apart during a fierce storm. Seventeen or more crew members are dead or unaccounted for, while 32 survivors were rescued from the stern of the Mercer and Pendleton sections. Nine additional men are missing, with the sterns drifting and tow plans under consideration.
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Mass
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Eastwind
Fort Mercer
Yakutat
Mercer
Yakkutat
Coast
Sybert
Pendleton
Chatham Light
Youth Letters Moscow Radio Rough Time
Baltimore teen Gene Klupt, 17, writes a second letter to Radio Moscow asking Russians about the Korean War and Panmunjom talks. He cites a prior reply criticizing a Moscow broadcast and notes public calls urging further reply. He questions whether religion is practiced in Russia.
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Panmunjom
Gene Klupt
Radio Moscow
Klupt
Moscow
Gene
Russia
Coast Guard reports freighter Helen Stevenson in distress near Bermuda
The Coast Guard said the Helen Stevenson freight ship with 35 aboard is in danger of splitting in two about 230 miles northwest of Bermuda. An SOS was received as cracks widened across the mid deck of the 7,266 ton freighter.
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New York
Coast Guard
Helen Stevenson
Bermuda
Taft Sees GOP West Backing His Nomination Bid
Senator Taft of Ohio tours the Western states saying he has substantial GOP support and expects to win most convention delegates from Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. He plans to resist Oregon primary campaigning and notes Eisenhower allies contesting in the region as Morse backs Eisenhower. Taft projects near total Idaho and Colorado delegate wins, with a strong showing in Washington and Wyoming.
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Sen. Taft
Ohio
West
Thata
Taft
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Oregon
Jack Travis
Hood River
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Morse
R-Ore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fiserhower
McDonald Nomination To Head RFC Back For Vote
Washington Senate Banking Committee sets another vote on President Truman's nomination of Harry A. McDonald to lead the Reconstruction Finance Corp. McDonald, head of the SEC, faces House probes into SEC fraud charges, though no evidence questions his honesty.
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Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Harry A. McDonald
Reconstruction Finance Corp
White House
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House Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
Lie Detector Test Proves Innocence in Hoq Slaying
Indianapolis police said a lie detector test indicated Ruby Lee Huddleston, 24, was not involved in the fatal shooting of Thomase Lynch, 27, a filling station attendant, Feb. 5. Judge Scott A. McDonald ordered her returned to jail on a preliminary murder charge.
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Ruby Lee Huddleston
Thomase Lynch
Scott A. McDonald
University of Chicago as major investor in war surplus ship deal
Senate subcommittee probes a profitable war surplus ship venture in which the University of Chicago is listed as a major investor. The deal yielded about 3.25 million dollars on 101 thousand dollars invested in less than three years, with questions about legality and potential tax avoidance.
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Washington
University of Chicago
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
William Leece
Leece
Two Points Still Block Korea Truce
In Munsan Korea AP reports negotiators near a final armistice clause but two major hurdles remain. A political conference within 30 days after an armistice is urged to discuss withdrawal of foreign forces and a peaceful settlement. Prisoner repatriation and Red airfield rebuilding lag, with staff officers slow on progress and no date set for first meeting.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Joy
Soviet Union
Gas Fire Starts For Third Time In RenovO Well
In Renovo Pennsylvania a gas well near Paul Adair sparked a 150 foot flame for the third time. Fire fight expert from Texas prepared to blast 100 quarts of nitroglycerine on both sides of the shaft to extinguish the blaze after the initial ignition during capping on Friday and asecond flare when earth scooping disturbed escaping gas.
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Renovo
Texas
Paul Adair
Dallas
Dulles Warns Time Is Running Against U.S.
Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told CBS that time favors the Soviet Union in the cold war and questioned what the United States loses each year. He argued American strategy is hampered by a negative approach and said current position lacks strength compared to a year ago.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
America
Russia
State Department
CBS
Dukes
United States
Rowards
Dulles
Kefauver Waste Basket Testimony Highlights Tax Issue
Federal tax agents say lobbyist Arthur Samish produced from a wastebasket canceled beer fund checks the Kefauver Crime Committee missed. T-man Jack A Wilks quoted Samish saying he threw them in the wastebasket. Wilks testified before Cecil King’s Ways and Means subcommittee about IRS treatment of the fund and a 50 percent non taxable write off, seeking annual fund action.
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Arthur Samish
Kefauver
Samish
California State Browsers Institute
Kefauver Committee
Wilks
King Committee
Internal Revenue Headquarters
Washington
Wilks Sai
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