Ex-Russian Says Soviets Sought To Make Him Spy
Michael Shatov, a Columbia University archivist and former Russian army captain, says two United Nations officials Aleksei Petukov and Rostislav Shapovalov pressured him to spy. He filed the accusation at a news conference in New York, noting repeated campus approaches after April 9 and alleged hints they could discredit him with U.S. security agencies.
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American Committee For Liberation of Bolshevism
Insurance Proceeds Sought In Helsel Estate Case
Two life insurance policies totaling 40000 dollars linked to the Helsel Middletown partnership have sparked petitions in Common Pleas and Probate courts. Executor Oglesby Barnitz Bank & Trust demands the proceeds go into the Helsel estate while Clark seeks a declaratory judgment on partnership rights and an accounting.
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Harlan D. Helsel
Middletown
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Virgil T. Clark
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Clark and Helsel
Fred Ross
Middletown Bank
National Gallery of Art cost and canary gas facts
The National Gallery of Art in Washington required about 15 million dollars to construct. Canaries have historically been used to detect dangerous gases in coal mines and were employed to sense poison gases on the battlefield.
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National Gallery of Art
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Riesel Says Labor Boss Could Cut Off Key Ports
Washington based columnist Victor Riesel warns that Harry Bridges, West Coast ILWU chief, controls ships and ports including Honolulu and San Francisco and could shut them down. Riesel, blinded by an acid attack, testified to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee amid probes of Communist influence in waterfront unions.
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Victor Riesel
Harry Bridges
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Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Australia
Riesel
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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New York Daily Mirror
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Irving Welson
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Kibre
Welson
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Top Ranking Defense Men Begin Parley
More than 160 civilians and senior military leaders gather at Quantico for the fourth annual conference. Secretary of Defense Wilson says the event is for discussion, not decisions, with meetings behind closed doors. Topics listed as problems confronting the Army Navy Air Force and Defense Department, with presentations through Sunday afternoon.
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Marine Corps
Charles E. Wilson
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