Mundt Group Probes McCarthy Army Row Plans
Senator Mundt pressed ahead with televised public hearings on the Army McCarthy dispute despite calls for a pre investigation. The Army's 29 point bill of particulars against McCarthy prompted demands from McCarthy and Roy Cohn for renewed inquiry before testimony. Symington's leak of charges sparked McCarthy to seek contempt citations for Pentagon officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy Army
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
R-Wis
Roy M. Cohn
Subcommittee
Cohn
New York
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Houston
Tex
Senate
Pentagon
Sam H Humphries Rites Held For Twin Cities Leader
Sam H. Humphries 57 died after a brief illness at a Monroe clinic. Funeral held at Mulhearn Chapel with Rev. Jaroy Weber officiating. Interment in Hasley Cemetery. Survivors include wife Inez, two daughters, parents, a brother and four sisters. He led Peoples Homestead and Savings Assoc since 1946 and ran a West Monroe insurance agency. He was active in Kiwanis, Masonry, Shrines, American Legion, and First Baptist Church West Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Sam H. Humphries
Monroe
Mulhearn
Jaroy Weber
West Monroe First Baptist Church
Hasley Cemetery
Vance Rhodes
Simon Johnson
Jimmy Larkan
Herbert Milford
Harvey McDonald
Howell Heard
Jim Steele
Robert Easterling
C. B. Flynn
Kerrville
Tex
O. A. Reitzell
Kelly
A. A. Webb
Manifest
Gladys Duke
Attack Suspect Seized Here Secrecy On Atomic Progress
Paul Bock Jr reports to about 400 editors that secrecy on atomic progress harms public information and civil defense planning. He cites hydrogen bomb disclosures and questions whether more funding for continental defense is needed. The ASNE report urges a federal nonmilitary information law and criticizes secret congressional sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Paul Bock Jr
Toledo Blade
Block
Society
Committee On
Atomic Information
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Federal Civil Defense Administration
ASNE
5 Year Old's Death Charged To Washington Woman
Police say a Washington DC woman Lola Pennyan has been charged with manslaughter in the death of 5 year old Bernice Vanlandingham of Ackerman Mississippi. The girl was struck on Highway 15 just north of Ackerman. Pennyan swerved into a ditch to avoid the child and was thrown from the car. The accident left Pennyan with a broken arm and she is treated at Choctaw Hospital. The child’s parents Mr and Mrs D Vanlandingham survive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackerman
Miss
Washington, D. C
B. Cowart
K. V. Allen
Bernice Vanlandingham
Highway 15
Lola Pennyan
North H Street
N. W
Washington
Choctaw County
Kennon Cancels Flight To Polk
Baton Rouge The man said today due to bad weather Governor Kennon canceled a flight to Camp Polk. He planned to confer with Undersecretary of Army Higgins about the base closure in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Robert Kennon
Camp Polk
Army Higgins
Eisenhower pledges fair share of US troops in Europe
In a six point message from his vacation HQ Eisenhower pledged the United States will keep in Europe enough troops to share in the defense of the North Atlantic area. He promised closer integration of EDC forces with U S and NATO forces and greater information sharing on hydrogen bomb effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Ga
Europe
West Germany
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Italy
U. S
United States
North Atlantic
Alfred M. Gruenther
Congress
Atlantic
More Than Inch Of Rain Falls Here
More than an inch of rain fell on the Twin Cities Thursday and Friday, totaling 1.11 inches by 6:40 a.m. Friday. Forecast called for no rain in the afternoon with cloudy skies, northwesterly winds to 20 mph, and a high near 64 after a low of 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
State Credit Union Assoc To Meet Here
The Louisiana state league of credit unions marks its 20th anniversary with a three day convention at the Virginia Hotel from April 23 to 25. Thomas Doig of Madison Wisconsin heads the principal address as national director of the Credit Union National Association. Edgar Fontane serves as manager director. 204 Louisiana unions are represented, with a representative from each union attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana State League of Credit Unions
Virginia Hotel
Thomas Doig
Madison
Wis
Credit Union National Association
Louisiana
Edgar Fontane
India
Parolee Identified in Madison Parish Attack Case
Arthur Peters, a 38 year old Mississippi parolee, arrested in Monroe and charged with aggravated attack on a Patterson Mississippi couple. Victims identified him in Tallulah lineup after riding with him from Monroe to Vicksburg. Peters held in Madison Parish jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Arthur Peters
Monroe
Madison Parish
Vicksburg
Bailey Grant
Tallulah
Peters
Grant
E. L. Walker
Walnut and
Louisville Avenue
Madison (Parish
Purl Lloyd
Lloyd
Vicksburg, Miss
Texarkana
Patterson
Miss
Bear Lake Road
Tornadoes Strike Wetumpka and Enterprise
Tornadoes touched down in Wetumpka in Elmore County and near Enterprise in southeast Alabama early today. The storms damaged at least four buildings and ripped up two houses in Enterprise. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
Wetumpka
Elmore County
Enterprise
Highway Patrol
Hope To Focus FHA Probe On Recent Graft
Three Democratic senators said they will oppose Senate Banking Committee efforts to concentrate on Truman era housing swindles while ignoring more current irregularities. The panel plans Monday hearings into a multimillion dollar scandal tied to FHA insured loans for big apartment projects. IRS reports 1,149 corporations received loans for cheaper construction, pocketing the difference and raising rents where tied to those loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Capehart
R-Ind
Douglas
Illinois
Lehman
New York
Maybank
South Carolina
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Executive Branch
Internal Revenue Service
Police Recover Some of Eleven Stolen Bicycles
Police report 11 bicycles stolen in Monroe and West Monroe this week. Two West Monroe bikes recovered and three Monroe bikes recovered, with one West Monroe bike reclaimed. Juvenile girl arrested in connection with a theft. Authorities urge owners to lock bicycles and record serial numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
West Monroe
John B. Whitfield
North Side
Craft Goes Down In Choppy Seas Off Biloxi Coast
A 105 foot fishing vessel the Beatrice broke in two in a flash storm off Ship Island near Biloxi Mississippi. All 23 crew members were rescued by the motor vessel Robinson before the Beatrice sank. Captain M J Johnson survived and survivors were brought to Biloxi. The Beatrice owned by Menhaden Industry Pascagoula. Captain Rahmes called the storm the worst since 1924. Coast Guard later found the ship beached and broken in two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biloxi
Miss
Gulfport
Beatrice
Ship Island
Gulf of Mexico
Wes Robinson
M. J. Johnson
The
Menhaden Industry of
Pascagoula
Robinson
Rahmes
Coast Guard
Three On Trial For Food Drug Act Violations
In U S District Court here three men Hobson Norris of West Monroe George M and Glen Dawson of Joplin Missouri face trial on charges under the federal food drug and cosmetics act The government says Norris shipped cases labeled sorghum with little sorghum to the Dawsons on Sept 24 1952 Witnesses testified The mistrial in the narcotics case against Homer Jefferson French ends the case without verdict and a retrial will be set as soon as possible The government plans to prosecute five narcotics cases involving French his father and three local pharmacists who are to be tried in this term of court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Ben Dawkins, Jr
Homer Jefferson French
Hobson Norris
West Monroe
George M
Glen Dawson
Joplin
Norris
Dawsons
French
Ouachita Parish
J. T. French
U. S
T. Fitzhugh Wilson
Mitchell Denoux
John Drouet
Joseph Carso
Case Of Pockmarked Windshields Mystery Shocks Puget Sound
Seattle area reels over mass windscreen damage with holes pits and blemishes blamed by some on H bombs others call mass hysteria. Mayor Allan Pomeroy appeals to the President for federal help as officials investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Puget Sound
United States
Allan Pomeroy
D. M. Ritter
Bellingham
Dr. Ritter
State Patrol
Phone Company Plans 114000 Dollar Additions
The Southern Bell Telephone building at 300 Catalpa will undergo 114141 dollars in alterations and additions including a new platform for an air conditioning unit and a fire proof roof. Sam Awl city inspector says work aims to protect equipment and reduce dust. Barge Thompson Co. holds the contract and work should finish in two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Catalpa
Sam Awl
N. E. Franovich
Telephone Company
Barge
Thompson Co
Perjury Conviction for St. Louis Ex CopLouis Shoulders Convicted by Federal Jury
A Kansas City federal jury convicted Louis Shoulders the former St. Louis police lieutenant who helped arrest Carl Hall of perjury over the handling of ransom money in the Greenlease kidnap case. The verdict found he lied about the time the two money stuffed suit cases arrived at the police station. The case concerns $600000 in ransom money paid by Robert Greenlease. $303720 remains missing. Shoulders received 15 days to file a motion for a new trial and sentence was deferred pending that motion with a maximum penalty of five years and a $2000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Louis Shoulders
Greenlease
Shoulders
St. Louis
Carl Austin Hall
Hall
Bonnie Brown
Bobby Greenlease
Classified Ad Seeks Part Time Work for Two Young Women
A 2 day classified ad seeks two young ladies aged 20 to 25 for part time work. Three hours daily plus five hours Saturdays offered at low cost with 7 day rate and cancellation privileges. Phone contact 3-9772.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Star — World
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mundt Group
Carthy
Sam Humphries
Rites Held
Armand H. Seidler
University of Illinois
Robert Cornely
University Rotc
Seidler
United Press
Kennon
Polk
Ike
Eisenhower
State Credit Union Assoc
P. H. (Pick) Rahmes
Chemistry Department
University of Washington
Widbey Island Naval Air Station
DIAL
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!