Witness in Hiss perjury trial tests memory in cross examination
Esther Chambers, key government witness, faced a five hour cross-examination as the Hiss perjury case neared its end. She adjusted several earlier statements about visits to the Hiss home in 1937 and the couple’s alleged Communist ties, while asserting she and her husband supported Hiss as a loyal citizen during that period.
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New York
Algeriss
Esther Chambers
Maryland
Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Samuel H. Kaufman
Chambers
Stryker
Priscilla
Communist Party
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Wadleigh
United States
To Great Heights and Rocket Science Beyond Hydrogen
A fragment notes rockets reaching greater heights may someday exit Earth orbit using liquid oxygen as a propellant along with liquid hydrogen. The passage hints at advanced propulsion concepts and future spaceflight milestones.
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Com
Three Klansmen Await New Action in Georgia
In Soperton Georgia on June 14 three unmasked Ku Klux Klan members cleared of disorderly conduct charges after Mayor James Peterson halted their trial and had them jailed. A separate loitering case against them rests with Mayor Pro Tem James Waller while Police Chief M D Ware plans additional charges of concealed weapons. One defendant testified the mayor grabbed his hood and asked what they were doing at the meeting.
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Soperton
James Peterson
Recorder’s Court
Georgia
James Waller
M. D. Ware
Joe Greene
Peterson
Truman
Greene
Malcolm Braddy
John Edge
State Highway Department
Ancient seas warmer off western Europe a hundred million years ago
Evidence suggests the sea water off western Europe was much warmer a hundred million years ago with temperatures estimated between 60 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit indicating a different climate regime in that era.
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Western
Europe
Louisiana VFW picks Al Ragas as commander at Baton Rouge
The Louisiana department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars elected Al Ragas of New Orleans as commander at the convention's final session. Other officers named include Lloyd Gibson De Ridder and Clarence Cash Monroe. A restoration of state civil service was approved along with new by laws limiting a statewide Negro posts district. The auxiliary elected Mrs Thelma Massina of New Orleans president. Afterward Drew Pearson spoke at a dedication of the French thank you box car on the old capitol grounds, honoring France for the friendship train effort. Governor Earl Long joined as colonel on Pearson's staff. The slogan Dont smoke in bed appears in many hotel rooms.
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Ington
Drew Pearson
State Capitol
France
Pearson
Earl Long
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