Army says no evidence of missing Signal data seals
The Army stated no evidence microfilm copies of Ft Monmouth Signal Corps data slipped to Communist hands in Germany. Under World War II lend lease, free allied information exchange existed. If any copies are in unauthorized hands they would be new evidence in the ongoing probes.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
New York
Ft. Monmouth
U. S
McCarthy
Julius Rosenberg
Army
Signal Corps Intelligence Agency
Signal Crops Intelligence Agency
Signal Corps
Navy investigates Leyte blast. 33 dead, 40 hurt in Boston
Navy investigators probe the Leyte explosion and fire that killed 33 and injured at least 40 aboard the Leyte at Boston Naval Shipyard. Capt. Thomas A. Ahroon says the blast may have started on the deck below the hangar. A court of inquiry is planned as officials coordinate hospital care and notify next of kin.
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Us.s. Leyte
U.S.S
Leyte
South Boston Harbor
Boston
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Boston Naval Shipyard
Newport News
Mississippi
California
John J. Ballentine
Atlantic Fleet Air
Korea
Thomas A. Ahroon
Norfolk
Ahroon
City Hospital
Carney Hospital
South
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
James W. Manary
Boston City Hospital
Cocoanut Grove
Lawrence T. White
Elwood Rawlings
Salerno Bay
Salvatore Impecdugna
John V. Stapleton
Ike Heads South For New Orleans Jubilant Anniversary
President Eisenhower flies from the Midwest to help New Orleans celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. He arrives at 10 a.m. for a gala parade and address at the old Spanish City Hall after two days of talks with farmers and cattlemen amid drought and price troubles.
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Kansas City
Eisenhower
New Orleans
Midwest
Abilene
Kan
Gladys Brooks
American Hereford Assn
Herford
Harrford
Economy's Sake President's Rail Car Heads to Mothballs
President Eisenhower has largely abandoned the presidential railroad car and yacht in favor of air travel. The U S Car No 1 and the Williamsburg yacht are described as symbols of luxury trimmed for economy. Officials note one rail trip used a business car and the railroad covered deadheading costs, while the president flies for most travel.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Ferdinand Magellan
State College
Milton
State Party Committee
Williamsburg
Roosevelt
Truman
Navy
White House
Defiance
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Kefauver Credits Ike for Wisconsin Victory in 9th District
Sen. Estes Kefauver called the Eisenhower Benson farm policy decisive in electing a Wisconsin Democrat to Congress. He spoke in Birmingham during preview for the Tennessee Alabama football game and campaigned for Lester Johnson, who beat a Republican to win the Wisconsin seat.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Johnson
New Law Requires Turn Signals on All Large Ohio Trucks
A new Ohio law takes effect next Monday requiring mechanical turn signals on all large trucks and other big vehicles using state highways. The measure targets improved safety and vehicle signaling across commercial traffic.
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Columbus
Ohio
McCarthy Probes Ft Monmouth Spy Ring Witnesses
Senator McCarthy summoned three witnesses, current and former Ft Monmouth employees, in a closed Senate investigation into an alleged radar spy ring linked to Julius Rosenberg. He postponed a trip to question David Greenglass, signaling the case’s significance in national security.
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New York
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Army
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
David Greenglass
Julius Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Army Signal Corps
America
Ft. Monmouth Laboratories
Suspected Pike Killer Is Grilled
GREENSBURG Pennsylvania John Wesley Wable 24 faced a 24 hour guard after pleading innocent to two murder charges in the slayings of two truckers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Wable remains jailed without bond as the case heads to the November grand jury and possible trial follows. Wable allegedly said he participated but did not kill Harry Pitts and Lester Woodward who were shot in their sleeping truck cabs last July.
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Greensburg
John Wesley Wable
Wable
William R. Hohn
Albuquerque
N. M
Andrew J. Hadock
Pennsylvania State Police
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Lester B. Woodward
Duncannon
Nine of 430 POWs refuse to return to communism in explain program
At Panmunjom Allied and Communist officers clashed as only nine of 430 Chinese prisoners chose to return to communism during the second day of explained repatriation. The NNRC barred changing the target group and delays persisted as North Koreans balked at leaving their compounds.
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Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Reds
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Oakland Waterfront Warehouses
A five alarm blaze razed three block long Oakland waterfront buildings last night. One warehouse reportedly held 10 million dollars of government property bound for Korea and the Far East, and another contained 10 million dollars of food for Korea and post exchange items for troops in the Pacific. Damage is estimated at least two million dollars and 200 firefighters brought the fire under control by 10 p.m. local time.
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Pakland
Calif
Oakland
Korea
Far East
Robert J. Cooney
Allied Enterprises
Post Exchange
Pacific
Big Three weigh Russia non aggression pact at London talks
In London the foreign ministers Dulles Eden and Bidault push for a sweeping Soviet non aggression pledge as key item on a three day agenda. They also consider Yugoslav anger over Trieste and prepare notes for a Lugano meeting to discuss Austrian settlement German unification and a possible five power talk including China and Korea.
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London
Russia
U.S
State Dulles
Eden
Bidault
Israel
Jordan
United Nations Security Council
Britain
Trieste
Italy
Soviet Union
Lugano
Switzerland
China
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Churchill
Dulles
Moscow
Kremlin
Seven Indictments Seen From Ohio Commission Ruling
Franklin County judge William C Bryant ruled that witnesses before the Ohio Un American Activities Commission cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment to refuse testimony. The decision is expected to trigger at least seven more indictments as witnesses face potential incrimination. It narrows protections and allows compelled answers in hearings.
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Columbus
Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas
Ohio UN - American Activities Commission
William cC. Bryant
Bryant
McCarthy Cleared of Fraud Inquiry by Justice Dept
Atty Gen Brownell announced no evidence of fraud or election law violations in McCarthy 1950 Maryland campaign finances and activities. He said the Justice Department would take no further action as questions over McCarthy’s income remain under Treasury review and former Senator Benton was also cleared.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
Brownell
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Justice Department
Maryland
Treasury
William Benton
D-Conn
Benton
Dallas Police Recover Money From West Virginia Robbery
Dallas police report more than 96000 dollars of the 100000 dollar loot from Dr W P Sammons Wheeling home recovered in three strikes in Texas Ohio and Corpus Christi. They arrested two Dallas men who took 30000 and another 36435 was found in a Railway Express car in Ohio while 30000 was recovered in Corpus Christi. A third Dallas man was arrested at a roadblock near Lima Ohio after an anonymous tip led to the suspect detail.
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Dallas
Tex.s
West Virginia
Texas
Ohio
Dr. W. P. Sammons
Wheeling
W. Va
Corpus Christi
Tex
Lima
Sammons
P. B
Dr. Sammons
Cincinnati News Pioneer John A Ever Dies
John A. Ever, longtime manager of Cincinnati's Western Newspaper Union office since 1933, died yesterday in the city, ending his 30 year tenure with the wire service.
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Cincinnati
John A. Ever
Western Newspaper Union
Israel May Be Hauled Before UN
The Security Council may be asked to address a border clash between Israel and Jordan after Britain urged the Big Three foreign ministers to bring Israel before the council on charges of endangering peace. Jordan appealed to Iraq for troops planes and arms and ordered its army to shoot on sight Israeli forces near the tense border.
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Jordan
U.S
Syria
Security Council
Israel
Middle East
Washington
London
Britain
U. S. State Department
United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Jordan River
Council
Jerusalem
Iraq
Lima police hold $100000 theft suspect for questioning
Lima Ohio police held Phillip Anderson 46 for questioning in a $100000 theft from Dr W P Sammons Wheeling West Virginia. Officers found 36435 in a suitcase Anderson had checked at the Lima Railway Express Agency. He gave Dallas Texas as home but said he operated a business in Iowa and California.
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Lima
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
Don Miller
Phillip Anderson
W. P. Sammons
Anderson
Lima Railway Express Agency
Dallas
Tex
Iowa
California
Weekend Warmth Promises Pleasant Football Weather
The Miami Valley faces rising temperatures with a mostly sunny to partly cloudy weekend. Highs reach into the 80s while nights dip to the 40s to 50s. Middletown recorded 78 degrees yesterday afternoon, with a low of 50 at 7 am. Weather remains clear and mild across most areas with no immediate change expected.
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Miami Valley
Mercury
Kentucky
Middletown
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Ike
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Gayle Whelan
Middletown High School
Barnitz Stadium
Middies
Portsmouth
Whitt
Oscar Day
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Weith
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