Senate to reopen Peress probe over discharge timing
The Senate Investigations Subcommittee began signaling a renewed inquiry into Major Irving Peress case after an Army disclosure that Lt Gen Walter L Weible and Army counsellor John G Adams approved Peress final honorable discharge. Senators McCarthy McClellan and Jackson urged questioning of top Army officials and under oath testimony to explain the handling of the case.
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Walter L. Weible
John G. Adams
Peress
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
New York City
Weible
Adams
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Stevens Future Clouded By New Revelations
Washington January inquiry into the Peress case threatens Stevens’ tenure as secretary of the Army. The Senate Investigations subcommittee plans detailed questions about the timing of the Army’s public release of Peress’s promotion and discharge chronology. Stevens faces renewed clash with McCarthy as Democrats prepare to take control of the panel.
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Robert T. Stevens
Peress
Senate Investigations
Army
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Irving Peress
Senate
Stevens
McCarthy
R-Wis
Index of Local Sections and Features
A navigational index lists sections such as 11 15A Oi and Gas 8A Churches 10B Radio TV 13B Editorials 4A Sports 9 10A Gard News UB Theaters 13B, guiding readers to page locations across the issue.
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Oi & Gas
Eight Die in Virginia Head-On Crash Near Fincastle
State police blamed excessive speed after a car bought hours earlier ran out of control on U S 220, colliding with another vehicle two miles south of Fincastle. Fatalities include Julian L Wills and Bertha Wills, their son Wilmer Rea Wills, five men from Troutville and nearby residents, with several others dying in Roanoke hospital or shortly after.
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Here
Virginia
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Julian L. Wills
Bertha
Wilmer Rea Wills
William Henry Clay Jr
Rt. 1
Troutville
Gilbert Wiley
George Vincent Brown
Robert Pettus Jr
Roanoke
Joe Louis Willis
Holzbach
Clay
Lordsburg
Recall Of Police Juror Sought In Bastrop
Voters in Bastrop La will decide March 8 on recalling police juror Bennie D Haynes after allegations he ordered a ditch to block road access to a cemetery Basil Scott of Bonita led a petition claiming the ditch blocked cemetery access The recall was ordered by Gov Robert F Kennon with petition signatures at 31 percent of district voters.
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Bennie D. Haynes
Basil Scott
Bonita
Robert F. Kennon
Scott
Haynes
Martial Rule In Phenix City To End January 17
Gov. Gordon Persons will rescind the martial rule in Russell County as of midnight January 17, first day of the incoming administration. National Guard troops will be withdrawn to allow James E. Folsom full control, marking the end of five months of military rule in Phenix City.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gordon Persons
Russell County
Vernon Merritt
Persons
National Guard
Phenix City
James E. Folsom
Merritt
Folsom
Alabama
W. D. Partlow
Walter J
Crack
Hanna
March of Dimes Auction Planned
Jerry Sugar announces a three hour television auction on a Sunday in January to raise funds for polio care and vaccine research. Donations of goods and services are invited with a contact number and hours for polio headquarters.
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Jerry Sugar
March of Dimes Auction
Sugar
Humphrey Attacks Benson Over Ladejinsky Case
Senator Hubert Humphrey demanded that Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson apologize or resign for what he called cruel treatment of Wolf Ladejinsky a Russian born land reform expert relieved from an Agriculture Department post on security and technical grounds Ladejinsky later worked with the Foreign Operations Administration on Viet Nam land reforms after security clearance denial.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Wolf Ladejinsky
Ladejinsky
Benson
Agricultural Department
Tokyo
State Department
Foreign Operations Administration
Viet Nam
Humphrey
White House
Monroe Woman Fatally Shot by Husband in Monroe Apt
Mrs Shirley Ann Rutledge thirty two formerly of Dallas Texas was shot to death eight minutes before midnight in the apartment she shared with her husband Robert E Rutledge at 238 Grayling Lane Monroe Police Chief Peters and four officers answered the call and Rutledge was taken to jail He admitted shooting his wife and appeared incoherent A .22 rifle caused at least one fatal wound An autopsy was ordered Neighbors said the couple had been separated and had recently attempted reconciliation with the wife moving back in No charges yet filed
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Shirley Ann Rutledge
Dallas
Texas
Robert E. Rutledge
Grayling Lane
Monroe
Peters
Rutledge
W. J. Hunnicutt
Ruthledge
One Oil Firm Buys Another in Dallas Deal
Landra Oil Co of Dallas announced it has acquired all properties of L&G Oil and Royalty Co of Dallas in a purchase of all outstanding stock. The price was not disclosed.
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Dallas
Landra Oil Co
L&g Oil and Royalty Co
Ex-Convict Admits Robbery Murder in Louisiana slaying
Sheriff says ex-convict Matthew Sarpy admitted shooting 63 year old Natchitoches merchant B. C. Klug Sr. and attempting to burn the body near the Red River levee. An unidentified man is detained. coroner report pending. Klug's funeral planned in Shreveport.
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Earl Morris
Matthew Sarpy
Natchitoches
Morris
Sarpy
PB. C. Klug
Natchitoches Parish
Wedding crowds and a bishop overheard by reporters
A crowded bus scene near a church features a mother and her son discussing marriage as a wedding party passes. A visiting bishop arriving in New York is cautioned to avoid talking with reporters to prevent embarrassing remarks.
Sheppard's Mother Death Triggered by Court Conviction
Cleveland dispatch reports Dr. Samuel Sheppard granted permission to attend his mother Ethel Sheppard 64 who shot herself amid his July murder conviction. The New York Post quotes Sheppard blaming injustice and public persecution for her death and vows to continue his fight.
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Samuel Sheppard
Ethel Sheppard
Richard N
Stephen
Sheppard
New York Post Today
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the Post
Post
Sam Sheppard
U.S
Marilyn
Eisenhowers Visit Gettysburg Farm With Granddaughters
President Eisenhower tours his near completed Civil War battlefield farm in Gettysburg with granddaughters Barbara Anne and Susan. They arrive from Camp David in Maryland and view the house, garage, and barn while noting worn siding and a damaged tin roof.
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Eisenhower
Barbara Anne
Susan
Thurmont
Catoctin Mountain
Camp David
John Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Ike's New Military Budget Stresses Air Warfare
President Eisenhower signals a military budget focused on air power and continental defense. About half of the request funds aviation and anti air systems, including long range bombers, jet fighters, and radar control, with costs for a radar warning network and Nike missiles.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Ottawa
United States
Canada
Diaper Aid Sent To Brooklyn Pilot’s Family
Kilgore residents rushed an emergency diaper shipment to Lt. Norman Donahoe and his 17 month old adopted Greek daughter in Brooklyn. Mrs. Helen Donahoe awaited at her sister’s home as Navy pilot heads home.
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Kilgore
Tex
Brooklyn
N.Y
Norman “Moose
Donahoe
Navy
Helen Manos Donahoe
George Carren
Hitchhiker Bites Two Officers at Shreveport Station
In Shreveport Louisiana on January 8 a transient hitchhiker at the police station bit Officers J A Jones and James Zach while they responded to a scuffle. Both officers received rabies shots and the man was detained for questioning.
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Shreveport
J. A. Jones
James Zach
Jones
Zach
Americans Seen In Reds Custody Return From Soviet Camp
Ber in, Jan 8 AP Two Americans released from a Soviet forced labor camp reported seeing a third U S civilian at the camp last year Pvt William Verdine of Starks La ill while Noble and Marchuk were handed to U S authorities in East Berlin Noble had been in Russian custody since 1945 and said he had a lot to tell He indicated he would share his story later The State Department welcomed the releases and Noble's father in Detroit said it was wonderful
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Berlin
Free West
U.S
John H. Noble
Detroit
William Marachuk
Norristown
East Berlin
Noble
Pvt
William Verdine
Starks
Verdine
State Department
Marchuk
Siberian
Vortuka
Homer Cox
Cox
United States
Washington
Charles A. Noble
Hammarskjold Near End of Parley on Airmen Case
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai recessed talks in Peiping with strong odds the next session Monday will be final. No word on progress toward freeing 11 U.S. fliers jailed as spies or other UN personnel captured in Korea.
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Chou En-lai
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