Memorial Day toll hits record 539 violent deaths
Memorial Day weekend produced a national three day toll of 539 violent deaths including 352 traffic fatalities. President Eisenhower voiced concern over highway fatalities, noting higher yearly deaths than Korea losses. California led with 38 traffic deaths, Illinois 34, and Michigan Wisconsin Ohio tied at 20.
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Associated Press
America
Eisenhower
Korea
Ned WU
Dearborn
National Safety Council
White House
Buffalo
N.Y
Crusade For Safety
Buffalo Courier-Express
California
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Flanders Accuses McCarthy of Splitting U S
Washington June 1 Senator Flanders R Vt accuses Senator McCarthy R Wis of Hitler like tactics sowing division and confusion in the nation and aiding Communist inspired dissension The Vermonter questions Roy M Cohn influence and says the Army-McCarthy dispute hinges on personal ties The exchange prompts McCarthy to demand Flanders testify under oath before the subcommittee
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Sen
Flanders
R-Vt
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Cohn
G. Davie Schine
McCarthy Committee
Senate
Army
Subcommittee
Flanders Senate clash precedes naval academy appointment
In a televised Senate hearing Admiral Boone J is chosen to head the Naval Academy replacing Joy as of July 1. Boones background includes World War II service and prior naval leadership. The debate touches on McCarthy and Flanders clashing over religious and racial bias in the anti communist drive. Local prayers for business begin in Fulton Kentucky with Monday morning devotionals led by ministers.
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Senate
Boone J
Academy Head Senate
McCarthy
Colina
Francis P. Carr
Annapolis
Walter Frederick Boone
Naval Academy
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas
Washington
Boone
Turner Joy
Joy
Strategic Survey Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Berkeley
Calif
Chiel United Nations Peace Nexoior
Korea
la Jolla
Enterprise
Fulton
Fulton Ministerial Alliance
Portail Merchants Bureau
South Fulton
Fine Suspended On Film Distributor
Cumberland June 1 John Rose a Washington film distributor received a suspended traveling sentence after showing an unapproved strip tease film at a drive in near McCoole. Sydney Traub head of the State Board of Motion Picture Censors said the film was one of four versions not approved. Rose testified he ordered the approved version but the shipper sent an unapproved copy. He pleaded innocent arguing the shipper should be held responsible.
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Cumberland
John Rose
Washington
Maryland
Sydney Traub
State Board of Motion Picture Censors
McCoole
J. Milton Dick
Baltimore tract chosen for new welfare building site
Secretary Hobby announced a six-acre tract about one mile west of Baltimore as the site for a 26 million dollar Old Age and Survivors Insurance building. General Services Administration authorized to purchase the Woodlawn area land in Baltimore County for 130 500 dollars to house accounting and related functions.
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Washington
Hobby
Baltimore
Old- Age and Survivors Insurance
General Services Administration
Woodlawn
Baltimore County
Baltimore bureau staff consolidation to single building planned
Record-keeping staff of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance, now in several Baltimore buildings, would move to a single new structure. Mrs. Hobby said the consolidation will raise efficiency and enable standard shifts. The building is designed for 5,500 employees with construction set to begin next summer.
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Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Baltimore
Hobby
Bureau
Trails of ionized air reflect radio waves amid meteors
In early 1958 Mrs. i id after study of 60 different areas. Trails of ionized air left by tiny meteors entering our atmosphere have been found to reflect radio waves, promising to double or triple the channels available for communication over thousand-mile distances.
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