McCarthy Verdict Secrecy Tight as Report Heads to Vote
A Senate special committee sealed its 60,000 word censure verdict on Sen. McCarthy, promising no leaks while preparing to reveal findings next week. The panel, led by Sen. Watkins, outlined five charge categories and 13 specific counts, with a later summary of evidence. The Nov. 8 session date was set after Democrats pressed for immediate action, while Republicans argued for caution ahead of elections.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Flanders
R-Vi
McCarthy
Flanders and Sons
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Ind-ore
Sen. Case
RSD
Knowland
California
Oakland
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Bridges
Concord
N.H
Johnson
Uneasy Peace Over Riot Tainted Missouri State Prison
In Jefferson City Missouri authorities keep watch as armed troopers police and National Guardsmen patrol the 18 year old Missouri State Prison after a riot Wednesday night left four dead more than 30 injured and seven buildings damaged. Brief prisoner demonstrations occurred yesterday with quieted catcalls.
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Jefferson City
Mo.p
Missouri State Prison
Graveyard Monster Panic Hits Glasgow Children
Hundreds of Glasgow children invaded a cemetery after rumors of an iron toothed monster called the Thing. Police and gravediggers fought to control the mob as fear spread, with mothers reporting children crying and fearing a vampire threat. Authorities suspect horror comics or a local sci fi film as the trigger.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Los Angeles Hit By 5 Vs Worst Attack Of Smog
Citizens faced a severe smog episode described as the year’s worst. Eye irritation forced a Superior Court adjournment at Civic Center as dense smog rolled in from early morning, spreading to foothill communities and triggering coughing and eye watering across the city.
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Los Angeles
Discrepancies Trip Up Youth Who Killed Wife
Shawano Wisconsin. A 20 year old Northwoods handyman Thomas Bostwick faces first degree murder and arson charges after his wife Inase was found dead in a burned Birnamwood home. He admitted killing her saying she cried over failure to bear a second child and gave shifting details about moving their child Kathleen and escaping. An autopsy showed a bullet wound behind the head, and investigators found the fire started in the kitchen rather than the reported location.
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Shawano
Wis
Northwoods
Dist. Atty
Frederic Eberlein
Thomas Bostwick
Inase
Birnamwood
Berlein
Bostwick
Kathleen
Eberlein
Grand Jury Clears 1952 New Mexico Election
A federal grand jury in Albuquerque found the 1952 New Mexico election produced a clean bill of health. After three days reviewing an FBI report, the 22 jurors said allegations of irregularities and fraud were completely unfounded and without basis in fact. The probe followed a Senate Elections subcommittee recommendation to declare the Chavez seat uncontested, a motion the Senate rejected 53-36, amid Hurley’s challenge.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
FBI
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Senate
Sen. Chavez
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Chavez
Firefighters Gain Ground as California Blaze Toll Mounts
Three men died and at least 10 homes burned as fires ravaged four California forest and brush blazes. Folsom Prison guards Mel Grodzik Frank Burr and Richard Fierro died near Sierra City after being trapped by flames. The Chatsworth blaze near Los Angeles ate 1 700 acres, and Sierra City danger eased as 5 300 firefighters held lines. A San Ysidro Mountains fire charred 6 000 acres, while Frazier Park losses neared 80 acres. In Los Angeles County three men were arrested for setting backfires to protect property.
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Los Angeles
California
Folsom
Sierra City
Lake Tahoe
Mel W. Grodzik
Frank W. Burr
Richard
Forest Service
San Ysidro
San Diego
Frazier Park
Los Angeles County
Bill Ward
Ward
Ray Taylor
Cherokee Landrum
Dulles Flies To London For Talks On Germany
United States prompts debate on Eisenhower atoms for peace plan as U N General Assembly moves to make it first order of business. Dulles briefs, Vishinsky pushes for resumed talks, warns atom pool won t solve weapons issue. Assembly opens with agenda for seven committees amid colonial boycott threats.
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United Nations, N. Y
United States
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Assembly
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
U.N
Kremlin
State Dulles
Britain
France
Teenage Girl Shot Near Beckley Football Game
A 17 year old girl named Margaret Adams, a Stratton High School for Negroes senior, was shot to death while walking toward the stands before a high school football game in Beckley West Virginia. Police say the shooter location was outside the stadium and they are uncertain if Adams was the intended target. A nearby officer stood six feet away when the fatal shot occurred.
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Beckley
W. Va
Margaret Adams
Stratton High School For
Margaret
Policeman Kills Two Bandits At Gas Station
Pittsburgh station guard Oliver Mason fired twice with a .45 caliber pistol, killing two youths who held up a gas station and stole $4.85. Victims Victor Vivaldi, 22, and Donald Anthony, 20, both of Pittsburgh, died within an hour at a hospital. Mason, assigned last Tuesday to the William F. Schauer station, had guarded it nightly, hidden in a rear parked car amid four prior robberies in two months.
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Pittsburgh
Oliver Mason
Victor Vivaldi
Donald Anthony
Mason
William F. Schauer
Schauer
Car Truck Crash Kills Four Near Minett Missouri
MINETT Missouri three Springfield Ohio residents and a Phoenix Arizona woman died when their car struck a stalled trailer truck near this town. The deceased were Harry Wayne Fout 36 Charles David Conley 59 Frances Conley 34 and Norma Ruth Powers 20. Fout and Conley were from Springfield and Powers from Phoenix. Fout's wife Margie and Powers' eight month old son Jimmie survived with minor injuries.
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Minett, Mo
Springfield
Ohio
Arizona
Missouri
Harry Wayne Fout
Charles David Conley
Frances
Norma Ruth Powers
Phoenix
Ariz
Fout
Margie
Powers
Jimmie
Minett
Jet Bomber Crashes At Smoky Hill Air Base Kansas
A six engine BAT jet bomber over ran the Smoky Hill Air Base runway in GALINA Kansas. It crashed into a ditch and erupted in flames after landing from a training flight. The crew escaped unharmed except for four firefighters injured. one hospitalized. The commander Capt George S Smith and pilot 1st Lt Thomas H Waggoner along with observer Capt Earle E Western were aboard.
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Galina
Kan
Smoky Hill
Leon M. Shaddox
George S. Smith
Allen Park
Mich
Thomas H. Waggoner
New Castle
Ind
Earle E. Western
Sacramento
Calif
Bernard Jackson
Petersburg
Twelve Japs Demonstrate Outside U S Embassy
In Tokyo twelve demonstrators from Yaizu, birthplace of Aikichi Kuboyama, protested outside the U S Embassy as funeral rites were held for the fisherman killed after radioactive fallout from Bikini Atoll tests. They urged end to atomic weapons tests and demanded compensation. The embassy gate closed for a holiday but some protesters entered with a Socialist legislator. Japan seeks ten million dollars for damages. U S has offered one million and Japan requests five to seven. Comments from Dr John J Morton and Rep Carl Hinshaw defended Japanese doctors' access, saying Americans were not allowed to treat the victim.
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Tokyo
U.S
Aikichi Kuboyama
Yaizu
Kuboyama
Bikini
United States
Japan
John J. Morton
U.S. Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
Carl Hinshaw
R.calif
Morton
POW Trial Witness Describes Barroom Attack
The San Antonio court martial of Cpl. Claude Batchelor stalled as a defense witness claimed three prosecution witnesses assaulted and cursed him in a local bar. Batchelor, 22, of Kermit Texas, faces charges of collaborating with the enemy and tattling on prisoners during his North Korea captivity. A deposition from a Baltimore psychiatrist on insanity due to brainwashing is awaited before resuming court on Monday. The Army says it has been informed of the incident but declined action pending official notice.
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San Antontio
Tex
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Syracuse
N. Y
San Antonio
Batcheer
Kermit
North Korea
Baltimore
Batchelor
4Th Army
Quemoy Invasion Predicted By Chiang Advisor
In Taipei Formosa Chiang Kai shek's navy and air force bombard the Red China coast opposite Formosa for 23 days. Quemoy batteries trade sporadic fire with mainland Reds seven miles away. Nationalist ambassador Wellington Koo warned a serious attempt to seize Quemoy and nearby islands could come at any time.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
Defense Ministry
Quemoy
Red
China
Washington
Wellington Koo
Koo
Lewis AFL Membership Drive to Top UMW
AFL unions including Teamsters Carpenters Laborers and Operating Engineers reportedly formed a joint fund to challenge John L. Lewis and take over UMW District 3 workers in highway and heavy construction with plans to later target UMW building trades. The move emerged during the AFL convention as Eisenhower urged union busting provisions removal from Taft Hartley while delegates criticized admin proposals. James L. McDeavitt said the AFL Labor League will back about 205 House and 25 Senate candidates, including some Republicans, to shape a labor friendly Congress.
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Los Angeles
AFL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
AFL Teamsters
Carpenters
Lewis
Dave Beck
CIO Steelworkers
David McDonald
Eisenhower
Organized Labor
James L. McDeavitt
Labor League For Political Education
League
McDeavitt
Secretary Reported Hopeful About German Rearmament Crisis
Secretary of State Dulles travels to London for a pivotal meeting with French Premier Mendes-France and other European leaders on rearming West Germany. Despite cautious optimism, officials see risk Mendes-France may delay NATO entry. uncertainty centers on French support and the Brussels pact as a safeguard against renewed German militarism.
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Washington
Dulles
London
Mendes - France
West Germany
Eden
Adenauer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Mendes-France
NATO
State Department
Reds preparing propaganda peace drive
Moscow signs indicate a new propaganda peace offensive to start in mid November. Pravda and the World Peace Council plan a session on November 18 to push an anti US and anti Western security agenda with targets in Europe Asia Latin America and disarmament. The initiative frames the US as warmongers while Moscow seeks peace and control of atomic weapons.
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London
Moscow
Kremlin
U.S
Pravda
Bureau
The
World Peace Council
Peace Council
Europe
Asia
Latin America
United States
Guatemala
Soviet Communist Party
Central Committee
Soviet Union
America
Steelworkers Conclude Convention Bars Communists
Atlantic City delegates to the CIO United Steelworkers of America voted to bar Communists and Ku Klux Klan members from membership. The change to the union constitution prohibits Communists and those who actively participate in the Klan or any fascist or subversive organization, ending the week-long convention.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Ku Klux Klan
Dulles Warns France on Allied Troop Mantenance
London diplomats report U.S. Secretary of State Dulles will warn France that American troops may not stay in Europe if Paris blocks rearmament of West Germany. He arrives for talks with foreign ministers about German rearmament and NATO expansion. Mendes France signals support for West Germany joining NATO.
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London
U.S
Dulles
France
Europe
Paris
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
Canada
Informats
Francce
Mendes- France
United States
Mendes
Dulles Drops EDC Feature To Fast German Sovereignty
Informants say Dulles will prioritize West German sovereignty and the formation of 12 divisions over preserving the EDC supranational authority. He seeks French cooperation but may pursue German rearmament if needed, with aides weighing options independent of French approval. A diplomat notes Dulles would back any plan approved by Adenauer Eden and Mendes-France.
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Europe
France
Germany
Dulles
West Germany
Adenauer
Eden
Mendes-France
Safe Too Tough For 2 Burglars
In Cleveland two masked burglars spent over three hours attempting to crack a safe before abandoning the effort in disgust. They bound and gagged two meat packers, Joseph P. Brezovsky and Silas J. Frame, who told police they were left in a cooler. The robbers burned hinges and failed to pry the door after working from 6 p.m. to 2:20 a.m.
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Cleveland
Joseph P. Brezovsky
Silas J. Frame
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