McCarthy Warned Stevens Across Testimony Threats
Monitored calls reveal Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy warned Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens on February 20 that he would regret ordering officers not to testify before his committee. The talks show McCarthy threatening and pressing Stevens to produce officers, culminating in a memorandum of understanding four days after a Capitol Hill luncheon. Stevens later lamented the memorandum, and conversations indicate McCarthy and counsel Roy Cohn pressed for favorable treatment for Schine amid Army charges of impropriety.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Robert T. Stevens
McCarthy
Stevens
Wisconsin
Senate
Capitol Hill
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
Army-McCarthy
Subcommittee
Pvt. G. David Schine
Eisenhower
Roy M. Cohn
Schine
Cohn
Unifo
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Telegrams pour in on Symington hearing quit
Hundreds of telegrams flooded the record as the McCarthy era hearings focused on Senator Symington. Mundt noted most telegrams urged Symington to withdraw from the panel while others pressed for an oath and questions about his phone talks with Secretary Stevens. The exchanges revealed Symington and Stevens coordinating early in the Stevens McCarthy dispute and suggested Clifford be engaged as counsel.
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Washington
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mington
Missouri Democrat
Mundt
Army
Stevens
Clark Clifford
Truman
Index and Sections Preview Time on Daily Page
A broadcast and church listings section outlines Radio TV categories for students and community groups. Society notes and editorial briefs appear alongside sports coverage and theater listings in the newspaper’s midpage index.
Bank raid at Bergstrom Air Force Base nets $30000
A lone gunman in Army fatigues robbed Bergstrom Bank at the Austin base, taking $30,000 in cash from three employees who were ordered into a vault. Police tightened security, and 5,000 base personnel faced vehicle searches as FBI and Texas Ranger units pursued leads.
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Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Texas
Grapeland State Bank
Frost National Bank of
San Antonio
FBI
Pfe
Henderson H. Denton
Houston
Fort Sam Houston
Clinton Peoples
Bergstrom
Austin National Bank
Peoples
Highway Patrol
Texas Ranger
Banks Seek To Merge In Shreveport Announcement
The Commercial National Bank and Continental Bank and Trust Co. announced plans to merge subject to stockholder and OCC approval. Negotiations had been ongoing for a week in Shreveport.
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Shreveport
Commercial National Bank
Continental Bank and Trust Co
United States Comptroller of Currency
Knowland Says Asia at Turning Point in 30 Days
Senator Knowland warns the free world must act within 30 days to confront Communists in Indochina or risk rapid Communist gains in Hanoi and the delta. He urges allied, decisive action to show power, not rhetoric, to halt aggression in Southeast Asia and influence global balance.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Free World
Indochina
All Asia
Senate
Korea
Congress
Geneva
California
United States
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Delta
Asia
Middle East
Egypt
Africa
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Eisenhower
Executive Branch
Pacific
Summer job seekers tip from Monroe employer
A Monroe employer recalls a well dressed youth who sought summer work claiming cousin ties to a former employee and expressed a desire to learn despite having no experience. The youth’s approach and background are noted as the summer job hunt begins for students.
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Monroe
Louisiana Legislature Advances 516 Million Dollar Budget
Baton Rouge leaders focus on a 516 million dollar appropriation to run state agencies as the Senate mulls right to work legislation amid a rowdy floor fight and crowded chamber. Gov Kennon signed 50 million for highways and 15 million for rural roads as bond issues moved through the legislature.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
House
Senate
Robert Kennon
Ouachita Parish Reports Seventh Polio Case Of Year
Ouachita Parish records its seventh polio case for the year with Barry Odom ten in West Monroe. He fell ill May twenty eight and was sent to the Baptist polio center in Alexandria for non paralytic polio with back involvement.
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Ouachita Parish
W. Carroll Summer
Barry Odom
D. H. Odom
Parnell Street
West Monroe
Barry
Baptist Polio Center
Alexandria
Summer
Plea Made For 80 Americans Held Captives In Geneva Talks
In Geneva on June 5 the United States began direct talks with Red China to win release of about 80 Americans held by Peiping. The session marked the first direct encounter since Panmunjom talks, with 54 civilians and 29 military personnel involved.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
Peking
U.S
Eisenhower
Peiping
U. Alexis Johnson
Cetchoslovakia
Air Force
Korea
Naval
Coast Guard
Tear Gas Bomb Detonates in Bar Safe
Patrons at the Blackstone Club in Bismarck cry as a tear gas bomb stored in a safe breaks when the door is closed. Firemen arrive with smoke ejectors to ventilate the bar while customers continue drinking despite tears on their faces.
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Bismarck
N. D
Blackstone Club
Rebels to reenact Brice's Crossroads battle in Mississippi
A Civil War reenactment at Brice's Crossroads Mississippi recreates the 1864 clash between Union forces under Gen Samuel Sturgis and Confederate troops led by Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest. About 200 volunteers will portray the combat with 1903 Springfield rifles, aiming for a 2 30 p.m. start and a condensed one hour fight, followed by a church tour.
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Brice’s Crossroads
Miss
Claude Gentry
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Brice's Crossroads
Brice
Mississippi
Gentry
Samuel Sturgis
Memphis
Gen. Forrest
Tupelo
Corinth
Sherman
Georgia
Atlanta
Three Navy Graduates Face Security Check
Three midshipmen from the 1954 Annapolis class had their commissions withheld pending security investigations. For the first time, the Army and Navy plan full security checks before officer commissions at West Point and Annapolis. The withholding graduates are Harold Irving Pollack, Peter Yadlowsky, and Paul Shimek Jr. The fathers voiced shock and confusion about the reason, with one citing an old insurance policy bought from the International Workers Order.
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Annapolis
Army
Navy
West Point
Harold Irving Pollack
Hartford
Partly Cloudy Warmer Today Forecast
The forecast predicts partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures across Louisiana and Arkansas. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected in the northwest of Louisiana and the western portions of Arkansas during the afternoon and again on Monday.
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Government Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Arkansas
Eastland Opens His Re Election Drive
Senator James O Eastland of Mississippi starts formal reelection campaign on June 26 in Forest His speech will be broadcast statewide campaign manager Arthur Sullivan said Lt Gov Carroll Gartin opposes his bid for reelection
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Jackson
Miss
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Forest
Arthur Sullivan
Carroll Gartin
Eastland
Reds Charged Over Korean Armistice Violations
At Geneva the United States accused North Korea of violating the Korean armistice by sending arms and reinforcements. U S Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith condemned Soviet backed five point principles for elections as fraudulent while Molotov pressed for international supervision and a neutral votes body. Swiss and Swedish officials protested the impassable commission.
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Geneva
United States
Korea
North Korea
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Red China
Chou En-la
Supervisory Commission
Smith
U. S
Molotov
Fire Threaten Los Alamos As Wind Fueled Wildfire Rages
Hundreds of firefighters battled a wind driven forest fire near Los Alamos New Mexico where winds once gusted to 45 mph. By 6 p m Fire Chief A C Abbott said the town was out of danger but the blaze could return. Secret AEC installations near the mesa faced evacuation concerns as security officials kept silent on details.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Weapons Center
A. C Abbott
Jemez Mountains
AEC
University of California Laboratories
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