Aiken urges Eisenhower to resign to seek nomination
Senator Aiken says General Eisenhower should ask to be relieved of his post and publicly declare his views on domestic issues. He argues Eisenhower would strengthen his candidacy by coming out with a position, while Truman maintains the general would resign only if he wins the Republican nomination. The remarks reflect GOP intra party tensions over Eisenhower and the race.
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Washington
Aiken
R.-Vt
Eisenhower
Truman
Europe
Kansas
Olathe
Kas
Frank Hodges
George H. Hodges
Abilene
Hodges
Taft
Ohio
Paris Interview Sparks Debate on American Unionism Influence
Westbrook Pegler notes George Villiers of the French patronates and Irving Brown as an ambassador for Davids Dubinsky. He discusses union power, international labor links, and US influence in Europe, citing eight million French workers with about nine hundred thousand in the CGT.
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Paris
George Villiers
National Council of French
National Association of Manufacturers
Pickle
Irving Brown
New York
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Italy
Greenhorn
Europe
Ambassador Brown
Innsbruck
General Confederation of Labor
Carey defends actions in bribery case in federal court
In Shreveport Louisiana on January A Carey a suspended U S attorney charged with soliciting a $60 000 bribe testified he wanted to know if the federal petroleum board was involved in the alleged payoff He denied intending to accept the bribe from Texas oilman Lewis Hart The trial recessed until Monday as defense counsel travels to Washington James Lewis chairman of the board testified Hart sought a settlement of perjury charges for a $60 000 campaign contribution
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Shreveport
Harvey L. Carey
U. 5S
Federal Petroleum Board
Carey
Texas
Lewis Hart
Whitfield
Jack
Federal
Hart
U. S
James Lewis
U.N. Votes To Start Disarmament Study
The United Nations General Assembly approved a 12 nation disarmament commission by a vote of 42 to 5. The body will study phased reductions in arms and armed forces ending with a prohibition on atomic weapons. The U.S., Britain, and France backed the measure as the sixth U.N. assembly concluded four weeks of debate. Russia withdrew earlier amendments seeking immediate atomic bans.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
U. N. Assembly
Assembly
Russia
Luis Padilla Nervo
Truman's Cleanup Plan Draws GOP Fire in Congress
Washington Jan 11 President Truman assigns Attorney General McGrath to clean up the government. Republicans denounce the move as Democrats stay silent. House subcommittee reports corruption ties within the McGrath justice department and the Internal Revenue Bureau.
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Washington
Truman
McGrath
Senate
House
White House
Rep
King
D.calif
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Capehart
R.-Ind
Nixon
R.-Calif
Rep. Bakewell
R.-Mo
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Rallies Ban Ordered On Capitol Grounds By Governor Long
Louisiana gubernatorial candidates face a ban on political rallies at the capitol in Baton Rouge after an incident involving Robert Kennon. Earl K Long ordered grounds off limits to campaigns while naming Spaht and other contenders.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Capitol
Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Long
Capitol Grounds
Robert Kennon
Kennon
Carlos Spaht
Pineville
Spaht
Reds Face Ultimatum Over Airfield Policy In Korea
Allied truce negotiators pressed the Communist leadership in Panmunjom for an explanation of a contradiction in their stated plan to build and repair airfields during an armistice. Maj. Gen. Turner said talks cannot continue until the Reds clarify the shift.
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Olen Clements Munsan
Korea
Reds
Howard M. Turner
Turner
Hsieh Fang
Panmunjom
R. E. Libby
Southeast Asia Defense Meeting Eyes Red China Threat
Washington hosts a top secret conference of Pacific powers as Britain France and the United States map a response to a Chinese backed uprising in Indo China. Observers from Canada Australia and New Zealand attend while French general De Lattre de Tassigny reports from a Paris clinic signaling urgency.
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Washington
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Red China
London
Leander Perez Accused Of Slick Political Deal
In Point, Louisiana on January 11 a crowd heard C. E. Cap Barham, candidate for lieutenant governor on the Hale Boggs ticket, charge that the man who hates politicians made a deal with Leander Perez, calling him the slickest politician of them all. Barham cited McLemore as inexpert.
Boggs Seeks MacArthur Backing If Elected Governor
Hale Boggs said in Shreveport that if elected governor he would invite General Douglas MacArthur to confront a joint Louisiana legislative session with a full briefing on international problems as seen by the soldier statesman. He also pledged to oppose President Truman’s renomination and to align with Southern opposition.
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Wiliam J. Dodd
Spaht
Dodd
Melvillé
Hale Boggs
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Port Vincent
LeBlanc
Shreveport
Boggs
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Louisiana
James M. McLemore
Long
Truman
Storms thwart search for 45 mariners of freighter Pennsylvania
In the North Pacific 465 miles northwest of Vancouver Island a joint Canadian and U S search found no wreckage or survivors from the freighter Pennsylvania. Weather stalled the effort with wind snow and heavy seas.
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Seattle
Pennsylvania
North Pacific
U. S
Vancouver Island
Cmdr
R. M. Dudley
Coast Guard
Kidnaping of Two-Week-Old Baby Grips Minnesota
An 18 day old infant was found unharmed in New Ulm after a kidnapping from Mankato. Police pursue a blonde gunwoman who posed as a pregnant adviser to gain entry and abduct the baby, forcing the mother and another child into a closet.
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New Ulm
Minn
Mankato
Here
Eugene Callahan
Midwest
Stanley W. Christ
Minnesota
Callahan
Welcome for Captain Carlsen as Flying Enterprise sinks
Capt Kurt Carlsen, hailed as sea hero, lands in Falmouth after the Flying Enterprise sinks 37 miles out. He apologizes for not bringing the freighter home, praises rescuers led by Cmdr Leslie J. O’Brien Jr. and Captain Parker, and plans to sleep after a mass greeting by thousands.
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Falmouth
England
Kurt Carlsen
Enterprise
Atlantic
Carlsen
Prince of Wales
Carlson
Kenneth Dancy
Turmoil
Dancy
Dan Parker
Parker
Ten Degree Rise Tonight Across Louisiana and Mississippi
Freezing weather lingered in Louisiana and Mississippi with lows around 24 to 36 degrees. The Weather Bureau projected a ten degree rise tonight as high pressure shifts eastward, bringing partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions into the day and weekend.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
United States
Tupelo
Miss
Monroe
Jackson
McComb
Baton Rouge
Meridian
Greenwood
Shreveport
Alexandria
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Biloxi
New Orleans
Florida
Atlantic
Desperate Gunman Survives After Self Inflicted Wound
Auburn, Jan 11 A 24 year old ex convict identified as Daniel E Walker Jr wounded himself after firing on a state trooper and taking hostage Mrs James Wadsworth 66 in a distant suburb home He leaped from a second story window and landed at the feet of his girlfriend Jacqueline Couperman 17 of Los Angeles police believe the man may use an alias and will be questioned to determine his true identity He is reported in serious condition with a stomach wound and held under armed guard as officers sought to locate him and resolve the standoff.
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Auburn
N. Y
Daniel Walker
New Jersey
Daniel E. Walker, Jr
Walker
Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia
James Wadsworth
Wadsworth
New York City
Jacqueline Cooperman
Los Angeles
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Westbrook
Pegler
U. N
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WHEN
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Slick Political Deal Reported
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McLemore
Perez
Baby
Christ
Heros
Captain Carlsen
Cornwall
Martin Carlsen
Denmark
T. L. Morris
Leslie J. Obrien, Jr
Jonesboro
Ark
Willard Keith
Alfred E. Driscoll
Woodbridge
N. J
William Jones
Pompton Lakes
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