Eastland Press Inquiry Probes Communist Infiltration
Sen. Eastland says evidence for a new round of hearings on Communist infiltration of the press and broadcast media is developing. The Senate Internal Security subcommittee, after 18 witnesses, 14 of them Times staff, ends hearings with Dr. Benjamin Fine of the Times admitting a 1935 Communist join? ment as a graduate student, advising students to avoid the Communist line. Six others questioned, with two allegedly fired for intending to invoke Fifth Amendment protection. the Times says it was targeted for desegregation support.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
New York Times
the Times
The
Times
Jenner
R-Ind
GOP
Benjamin Fine
Fine
Columbia University
Communist Party
Dr. Fine
Busi
Subcommittee
Nathan Aleskovsky
Sunday
Jack Shafer
Demos Call for Daily U S Assessment of Russian Threats
Senator Mansfield urges day to day review of foreign policy to counter Soviet advances. He says current policy too rigid and must adapt to new tactics as Russia shifts toward forward areas in the Middle East and Asia. Dulles briefing to Foreign Relations Committee noted by Republicans as informative yet not discouraging.
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Washington
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Montana Democrat
Soviet Union
Middle East
South Asia
Africa
Dulles
Committee On the World Outlook
Russia
Geneva
Senate
Knowland
California
Butumph
D-Minn
Rifle Siege Ends For Russian Immigrant Rail Worker
In Niddrie Ontario, 34 year old Mike Timocenko surrendered after a 24 hour siege. He had fired over 100 rounds from his barricaded shack and then walked away unarmed with his pregnant wife on a sled as police closed in.
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Niddrie
Ont
Mike Timocenko
Timocenko
Duke And Duchess Visit Baltimore
Baltimore welcomed Wallis Warfield Duke and the former King of England in a quiet arrival. The Duchess, a Baltimore girl, and the royal party came to see friends attend the ee Ball and visit her first cousin Zachary D. Lewis of Monkton Md.
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Baltimore
Duchess of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
E. Biddle St
King of
England
Pennsylvania Railroad
Orn
Zachary D. Lewis
Monkton
Mexico's 64000 Peso Question Nets Taxi Driver Big Wins
In Mexico City a taxi driver answered the 32000 peso question and earned a Fiat car, taxi meter, insurance, new plates, and front teeth. The show, sponsored by a shirt company, mirrors the U.S. format and draws high ratings. Osuna, a medical student, dazzled with dates and scores, but no one yet claimed the 64000 peso prize.
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Mexico City
Jorge Sanchez
U.S
Heliodoro Osuna
University of Mexico
Osuna
Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
Philadelphia Athletics
Fiat
Dazzling New York Ball Welcomes Grace Kelly And Prince Of Monaco
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III made a public appearance at a Waldorf Astoria charity ball in New York attended by about 1000 guests. The event supported music therapy and hospitalized veterans, with tickets at 35 dollars.
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New York
Grace Kelly
Prince of
Monaco
Prince Rainier III
Philadelphia
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Diplomatic Corps
Europe
Monte Carlo
United States
Great Britain
Miss Kelly
John B. Kelly
House of Grimaldi
Monte Carlo Palace
Miaa Slavenska
Leon Danielian
Corps de Ballet
Prince Rainier III of
Two Midwest Senators Back Soil Bank Plan
Senators Mundt of South Dakota and Young of North Dakota, both Republicans, voiced support for President Eisenhower’s soil bank proposal. They called payments to farmers who reduce surplus crop production very appealing as details were expected in the upcoming farm message.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Administration
Sens
Mundt
R-Sd
Young
R-Nd
Lawmak
Democrats challenge Eisenhower soil bank proposal
The Democratic National Committee says President Eisenhower's soil bank farm proposal is a Democratic idea twice rejected by the administration in the last six months. The plan was among 32 items in the State of the Union message the committee's research division challenged in a memorandum to Democratic lawmakers.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower
Senators Cortes Mundt and Young Debate Farm Price Policy
Farm belt leaders oppose Eisenhower Benson plan favors flexible price supports and soil bank. Mundt backs a double edged soil bank approach allowing withdrawal of allotments for certificates and possible cash payments for conservation practices. Young hopes to reinstate parity on key crops though backs soil bank as proposed.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Young
Soil Bank
Mundt
Agriculture Committee
Nixon at 43 party planned in Washington
Vice President Nixon will be 43 on Monday and will likely observe the birthday in political silence. The Congressional Chowder and Marching Club, formed when he was in the House, will host a modest gathering at the National Press Club with about 25 Republicans, including lawmakers, a governor, cabinet officials, and White House aides. Some guests may hope Nixon could seek the GOP nomination if Eisenhower does not run.
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Washington
Nixon
Congressional
House
National Press Club
GOP
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
Taylor Cleared In Security Case
William Henry Taylor, 48, assistant director of the IMF Middle East department, was vindicated by a loyalty board ruling. The decision sparked controversy over links to Atty Gen Brownell and Elizabeth Bentley, with supporters arguing no reasonable doubt remains about his loyalty.
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Washington
William Henry Taylor
Atty
Gen. Brownell
Elizabeth Bentley
Byron N. Scott
International Monetary Fund
Henry S. Waldman
Taylor
Sas
Nis
The
Monetary Fund
Middle East
T. Paul Fairbank
International Organization
Loyalty Board
Bentley
Brownell
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
White
FBI
Treasury Department
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Arctic Cold Grips Midcontinent With Dramatic Temperature Drops
Frigid arctic air pushed from the Plains into the Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley. Readings fell sharply, with Grand Forks reaching 15 below zero and Des Moines dipping near zero from 36 above. Similar drops hit Minnesota, northern Iowa, and eastern Dakota regions as the South Coast warmed.
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Mississippi Valley
Grand Forks
N.D
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakotas
Des Moines
Missouri
Springfield
International Falls
Minn
Gulf States
Arizona
California
West Gulf Coast
West Coast
NAACP leader questions judge prejudice in Hillsboro case
Charles J. Francis of Dayton, head of the Ohio NAACP, charged District Judge John H. Druffel with prejudice over the Hillsboro School segregation dispute. Francis urged the matter be reassigned to another federal judge to enforce the Sixth Circuit order ending segregation.
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Cincinnati
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Hillsboro
Charles J. Francis
Dayton
Ohio
NAACP
John H. Druffel
Druffel
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Hillsboro Public
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Francis
Circuit Court of Appeals
Theft Suspect Is Captured Near Akron Airport
Akron deputies captured a 23-year-old man hiding in woods near Stow after a service station break in near the Akron Canton Airport. Police said the suspect had been armed with riot guns and tear gas bombs but was unarmed when found. An 18-year-old Sawyerwood youth was hospitalized with buckshot wounds, and the 23-year-old suspect was treated for cuts before being jailed.
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Akron
Ohio
Stow
Paul Weaver
Akron-Canton
Weaver
Sawyerwood
City Hospital
Summit County
Lockheed Ends XFV-1 Craft Project
Lockheed Aircraft Corp in Burbank confirms termination of the Navy contract for the XFV-1 vertical takeoff plane. The program halted after the turboprop engine bugs proved insurmountable at ground level despite the aircraft achieving a successful horizontal to vertical transition. Test flights never included a vertical takeoff.
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Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Navy
Washington
Lockheed
Herman
Fish) Salmoni
Chilean government arrests strike leadership amid nationwide stoppage threat
At least 250 people were arrested as Chile an authorities enforce a state of siege to curb a planned nationwide strike by the Central Labor Union. Government says many detainees are Communist or pro Communist while union leaders warn of continued action. The strike aims to freeze wages prices and pensions to fight inflation with the president seeking final approval of the freeze next week. Among those seized are union officials and journalists including Jorge Prat.
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Civucu Univ
Carlos Thanez
Ibanez
Chile
Central Labor Union
CUT
Baudillo Casanova
The
Casanova
Clotario Best
Benjamin Videla
Thanex
Congress
Jorge Prat
the Treasury
Valparaiso
Antofagasta
CIO Council Seeks One Dollar From Ohio Labor Unions
Delegates at the Ohio CIO Council convention voted to collect at least one dollar from Ohio’s more than one million AFL-CIO union members. The unanimous resolution backs the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education to back liberal candidates in national and state elections next November. Speakers urged labor to protect gains by electing pro union candidates. They included Tennessee Governor Frank G Clement and CAPE co directors James L McDevitt and Jack Kroll.
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Cleveland
Ohio Cio Council
Ohio
Afl-Cio
Committee On
Organized Labor
Tennessee
Frank G. Clement
AFL - Cio
James L. McDevitt
Jack Kroll
Clement
Labor Federation
McDevitt
AFL
Labor League For Political Education
Kroll
CIO
Uction
Eisenhower Ends Florida Visit Returns to Washington
President Eisenhower spends his last full day in Key West after arriving December 28 seeking recovery from his heart attack. He plans to fly back to Washington tomorrow afternoon as doctors report improvement and a farm message to Congress nears completion.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Washington
Florida
Howard M. Snyder
Secret Service
Benson
Congress
Army lieutenant convicted in four charges at Fort Belvoir
1st Lt. George E Balcom Jr 32 of Nashua New Hampshire was sentenced to 12 years hard labor by a general court martial. He was convicted on four counts including assault with a pistol against Sylvia V Miller 18 of Leesburg Virginia with intent to murder last October.
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FT. Belvoir
George E. Balcom Jr
Nashua
N.H
Sylvia V. Miller
Leesburg
Three Alarm Blaze Damages Columbus Appliance Store
A three alarm fire on Columbus North Side damaged an appliance store with estimated losses around 100000 dollars. The cause is listed as unknown and a spokesman for the owner provided the figure.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus’ North Side
Air Secretary Hints Chiang Could Receive A Bombing Jets
U S Air Force Secretary Donald A Quarles suggested Chiang Kai sheks Nationalist Thunderjets might be armed with atom bombs if war erupts in the Far East He said Nationalist pilots would be used with appropriate munitions in time of war but training with atomic weapons is not part of current policy He noted a substantial increase in advanced planes to the Nationalist air force and stressed Western air power in the Formosa Strait.
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U. S. Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Far East
Quarles
Formosa Strait
U. S
Guam
Free World
Red China
Japan
South Korea
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Oan
Bangkok
Wake
Hawaii
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