Studios Sued by Actors and Writers Over Blacklist
A 7.5 million suit filed in U S District Court Washington alleges conspiracy under antitrust laws and claims Hollywood studios used a blacklist to deprive writers and actors of work. Plaintiffs include Nodvick Young Albert Maltz Gale Sondergaard Shimon Ruskin among others. defendants span major studios and industry bodies. The complaint cites a blacklist dating back to 1947 with more than 200 names and seeks remedies for alleged damages.
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U.S. District Court
Washington, D.C
Hollyswood
Nodvick Young
Albert Maltz
John Howard Lamson
Herbert Biberman
Lester Cole
Robert L. Richards
Frederick J. Rinaldo
Philip Stevenson
Gale Sondergaard
Alvin Hammer
Mary Virginia Farmer
Shimon Ruskin
Maltz
Young
Sondergaard
Oscar Wilmers
Marty
Lawson
Biberman
Qale
A. L. Whin
Plantifs
Sift
Hollywood
Wirin
Shulies
Matra- Goldswyn Mayer
Columbia
Paramount
20Th Century-Fox
Warner Brothers
Universal - International
Walt Disney Productions
Allied Artists
Motion Picture Association of America
The
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Roving Ambassador Considered by Kennedy
President-elect John S Kennedy said he is seriously considering appointing a world roving ambassador to talk with foreign officials including government chiefs. Reports named W Averell Harriman as possible pick for the post. Kennedy spoke at a news conference at his Palm Beach home after confirming James M Landis will help plan broad scale regulatory reform.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John S, Kennedy
Kennedy
Atlantic Shore
Hite Javor
United States
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Frother
James M. Landis
Car Firm Tries Iowa Ministers to Boost Sales
Des Moines reports Day, head of the Iowa car dealer registration division, says an out of state firm uses Iowa ministers to promote new car business. The operation, run from St. Louis, allegedly hires ministers after interviews, sells them a car, and takes their old car as down payment while giving each prospect in Iowa a credit of 100 to 150 dollars.
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Des Moines
L— Doovan Hi
Day
Lows
Iowa
St. Louis
Towa
Indict Two For Buying Votes in Chicago
A federal grand jury indicted two 23 year old Chicago park district employees on charges of attempting to buy votes during the November election. The case marks the first such indictments since the vote. The government cited offers to buy stockings, dinners, and votes cast for the Democratic ticket, with a fifth count alleging a broad conspiracy to influence voting.
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Chicago
City Park
Justice Department
Washington
Democraes
Hoegh Resigns as Civil Defense Director in Washington
President Eisenhower accepted Led A. Hoegh's resignation as civil defense director on Friday and said under him the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization has taken great strides in building a strong nonmilitary deterrent to war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Led A
Hoegh
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Muscatine Plant Expansion Plans Move Ahead
Dr Kennedy Glidden in charge of Muscatine production reports bids recalled from bidders for a 1.2 million expansion to double plastic bottle closures and add vinyl and polyethylene products. A June 1 completion is set with new machinery due by then. The project includes 1809 square feet of laboratories and a sprinkler system to be installed under a separate contract.
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Celon Division
Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co
Journal
Celon
Muscatine
Kennedy Glidden
New York
Oso
Nitron O
Ains
Glidden
Ambulance Service Ruling Sought in Muscatine
A planned Muscatine county board meeting with the city fire committee to discuss emergency ambulance cooperation was canceled. Both sides planned to present options for a joint ambulance plan, including Muscatine City using Hy-Vity units and county support for city services.
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Muscatine
Henry SyWassink
Alderiman
Lyndon Fisher
Iowa Afterney General’s Office
Free Youth Who Stabbed Father in Cambridge
Harlan Slippy, held for the killing of his father, has been released to his mother in Cambridge after authorities said the act followed a family vow. The father, 46, remained in satisfactory condition at a Nevada hospital. The report also notes a separate set of local government discussions in Muscatine County regarding ambulance services and emergency arrangements involving county funds, the fire district, and city cooperation.
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Ames
Harlan Slippy
Cambridge
William Slippy
Nevada
Sywassink
Muscatine Rural Fire District
Taw
Bloomington
Lake
Fruitland
Sweetland
Muscatine City
Fisher
Blonde Interrupts High Level News Conference Scene
Palm Beach reports recount a young Caroline Kennedy disrupting a joint press conference with Senator Fulbright. About 40 reporters crowded the patio as she wandered in barefoot, briefly teetering on heels before Kennedy guided her offstage, provoking laughter and camera flurry. The event resumed with the ambassadorial discussion continuing.
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Kennedy
Coroline
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Palm Beach, Fla
Caroline Kennedy
Hein
Gang of Hell
New Agriculture Chief In Soviet Union Named
The Soviet Union appoints a new agriculture minister amid poor crop results and rising dissatisfaction with current policy. The appointment signals shift in farm policy and aims to stabilize grain output and farm management.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
aRte
Academy of Agricul
One Killed In Worst Day Of 11 Day Nationwide Strike
Brussels violence marks the 11th day of nationwide strike with clashes between police and demonstrators. One fatality reported as sabers and rocks fly near Sabena Airlines headquarters. at least 12 injured. King Baudouin met leaders as Premier Eyskens pushes austerity bills to offset Congo revenue losses.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ministry of Interior
Cvilia
Oeer
Antwerp
Gustav Eyskens
Baudouin
Senate
House of Representatives
Eyskens
Lhim
Theo Lefevre
Roger Motz
Leo Collard
Collard
Charleroi
Congo
Negro Tent City Takes On Permanent Look
Somervillé Tennessee reports a two week old Negro tent city near Fayette County expanding toward a permanent appearance. Racial tension rises as sharecropper residents seek work with predicted growth to about 800 families as leases end. White farmers cite farm mechanization and tax cuts reducing local jobs while offering others elsewhere. Community leader John McFerren warns of a siege as tent residents receive donated tents and discuss wiring for electricity.
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Somervillé
Tenn
Fayette County
Tent
John McFerren
Payette County
Court Protects Sharecroppers From Eviction
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary junction to halt evictions of about 900 Negro sharecroppers in Haywood County Tennessee who had registered to vote. The court said the order does not bar legitimate landlord action intended to deprive voting rights.
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Cincinnati
Ohia
Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood County
Evicted Farmers Shot While Sleeping Near Tent City
Early Williams, 25, was shot in the arm while sleeping in a tent near a camp about three miles south of West Tennessee Lawn, Seale County. Investigation indicates a bullet was fired from two passing cars. the tents host about 50 children. attackers are described as white farmers who protested registered water access.
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Wate
Early Williams
Enniessee Lawn
Seale County
Tandem Balloon For High Flight Near Northfield Minn
A double balloon built in tandem to lift 7 500 pounds of scientific equipment above 15 miles aims to study Saturn's rings Jupiter's red spot Venus cloud cover and outer space gas clouds. Builders G T Schjeldahl of Northfield compare height to the Washington Monument and reference Echo I satellite balloon.
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Northfield
Minn
Washington Monument
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Space
Des Moines Man Faces SEC Fraud Hearing in District Court
A hearing was set in U S District Court for a Des Moines man named Dale W Crippen in a civil action by the SEC alleging fraudulent securities sales. The petition cites about 413450 involved in offering Mackinac Bridge Authority and other bond issues. Prospective investors were told bonds were already sold at a profit but received receipts and safe deposit boxes instead with profits funded by later resales.
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Des Moines
U. S. District Court
Federal Securities and Exchange “Commission
SEC
Dale W. Crippen
Melville B. Bowen, Jr
Chicago
Crippen
Mackinac Bridge Authority
West Virginia
Turnpike
Tinois Toll Road Authority
Mackinac
Nolan Promises Bond Issue Plan For Interstate
Sen D C Nolan backs a one million dollar state bond plan to accelerate Iowa’s portion of the Interstate Highway System. He chairs the Iowa Road Study Committee and says the plan could be pushed in the 196 Legislature if the committee does not sponsor it. He argues completion in three to five years is possible, funded by future federal road payments to repay the bonds.
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Hiture Federal Road
It Snowed and Snowing in Houghton for 24 Days
Weather record from Houghton Michigan reports snow on 24 consecutive days totaling 71 inches. The forecast predicts more snow ahead with continued winter conditions in the area.
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Houghton
Mich
Weathey
Former Government Employee Charged With Stealing Top Secret Documents
Arthur Rogers Roddey, 38, of Falls Church Virginia, a former defense adviser, was charged with taking highly classified papers to the Nadie Security. U.S. Attorney Bambackus plans to reconvene a federal grand jury in Alexandria within 10 days to consider espionage indictments. FBI says he lied about possession after leaving government service in August.
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Defense “ Department
Arthur Rogers Roddey
Falls. Church
Val
Nadie Security
Councily
PB Devil Hisenhowée
Cabinet
Federal’ Grand Jury
Alexandria
Lill
Grant Hlury
Roddey
FBI
Roddeys
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