Full inquiry urged into Justice Department under Clark
Rep Hillings calls for a House subcommittee inquiry into the Justice Department during Tom Clark's tenure as attorney general and his Supreme Court service. The panel's report faulted Clark for interfering in the Kansas City vote fraud case and criticized McGrath and Ford while praising some actions by Caudle.
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Washington
Rep
Hillings
Calif
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Clark
House
Judiciary
Department
Kansas City
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
Peyton Ford
Billings
Department of Justice
Treasury
Justice Departments
Byron G. Rodgers
D-Cole
Caudle
James P. McGranery
Chelf
D-Ky
Keating
R-Ny
Kansas City Star
Ford
FBI
McGrath
Wadesboro
N. C
Rep. Rogers
Candle
53 000 Draft Calls Ordered for February
The Defense Department announced 53 000 Army draftees will be inducted in February, the largest monthly levy since early 1951. The move reflects expiring two year terms and Army losses, with Navy Marine Air Force not requesting draftees. Army strength sits around 1 552 000 as planners account for replacements and casualty movements.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Pentagon
Department
Anna Rosenberg
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Far East
U. S
Korea
Frank Pace Jr
Condon Denied Security Posts Over Loyalty Ties
The House Un-American Activities Committee asserts Dr. Edward A. Condon lacks qualifications for security roles due to alleged associations with disloyal individuals. Condon, preparing to become AAAS president, denounces the report as political spite and defends a 12 year record on secret projects. The panel had previously labeled him a weak link in atomic security and demanded hearings amid ongoing disputes.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Edward A. Condon
Condon
St. Louis
House
House Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Congress
Corning Glass Works
Corning
N. Y
Eisenhower May Discuss Stalin Peace Move With GOP Leaders
President elect Eisenhower may discuss Premier Stalin's peace overtures with Senate Republican leaders to gauge feasibility of a conference with the Russians. He met with Lewis Douglas at Columbia University to review Stalin's statement and Churchill's upcoming visit. Eisenhower plans to meet GOP Senate leaders before Congress opens and will seek a clear plan to ease world tension.
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New York
Eisenhower
Stalin
Senate
Columbia University
Lewis W. Douglas
Great Britain
Truman
Douglas
Britain
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Washington
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Styles Bridgey
New Hampshire
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
House
New York Times
James Reston
Soviet Union
Woman Ends Life After Weeks Of Despair In City Home
Betty Jane Hippard 26 a mother of three shot herself at her home 1009 W 25th St mid morning Friday The weapon a war relic from her husband Det Capt Andy Fenton said no inquest will be held as the death is deemed personal safety related The family had moved here from Shell Camp months ago with Mrs Hippard employed as an explosion engineer at Shell Oil Funeral services pending Hubbard Funeral Home in charge
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Betty Jane Hippard
Robert M. Hippard
Hore
W. 25Th St
Mrs. Hippard
Andy Fenton
Southward
Vicki
Hippard
Shell Oil Company
Seven Hurt in Crash Near Lubbock on Brownfield Highway
Seven persons were injured in a two car crash near Lubbock on the Brownfield Highway. Mrs Walter E Johnson 45 of Carlsbad New Mexico was seriously hurt and her husband was injured. Five others in the second car from Teague included Mrs Dexter Carley and her 2 month old son Michael R B Jones 72 and wife 57 and Patsy Jones 13.
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Lubbock
Brownfield Highway
Walter E. Johnson
Carlsbad
N. M
Dexter Carley
Michael
R. B. Jones
Patsy Jones
Teague
Austin vows UN will never quit in Korea
Warren R. Austin, retiring U.S. delegate to the United Nations, pledged that the United Nations will not surrender in Korea. He said the stakes are world peace and human freedom and that the UN will persist despite heavy hearts as the fighting continues.
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United Nations
N. Y
Warren R. Austin
U. S
U.N
Korea
Austin
NBC
Iran Premier Mossadegh Reported Weak After Hemorrhages
Tehran dispatch says Premier Mohammed Mossadegh grew very weak Saturday as doctors treated him for hemorrhages. Foreign Minister Hussein Fatemi said leeches were used and he was forbidden to receive visitors.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Hussein Fatemi
Holiday Death Toll Hits 76 in State
Violence on holidays pushes Texas toll to at least 76 fatalities since December 23 with 45 from traffic crashes. Reported deaths include El Camp, Ganado, Houston, Abilene, Fort Worth, Palacios, and Belton incidents. Police and deputies describe gunfire, crashes, and a fatal home shooting as the toll rises toward New Year.
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Associated Press
Texas
Col
Homer Garrison
State Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Robert Rudof Bubela
el Camp
M. A. Henderson
Ganado
Colorado County
Cleofas Lopez
Houston
Joe Gonzales Olivo
Genoa
Elmo Samuel
John
Pat) Philley
Abilene
Dave Morris
Fort Worth
George Sanchez
Palacios
Sanchez
Paul Lucas
Belton
Dulles Declines Testimony on Hiss Endowment Role
Secretary of State designate Dulles refused to testify before a House committee investigating Carnegie Endowment for International Peace founder ties. The panel, led by Howard W. Keele, seeks Dulles input on his earlier suggestion of Alger Hiss for the endowment presidency. Dulles cited limited time before January 1 as the reason for declining.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
House
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Howard W. Keele
House Group
Hiss
State Department
Carnegie Endowment
House Committee
Dulles
Endowment
Keele
Congress
Turner Strikes Again Amid Multi-State manhunt
Odessa police report that James Ray Turner known as Red Turner and his companion Jamele Dyson broke into a Cloudcroft New Mexico cabin and stole clothing and cigarettes linked to a December crime wave. Texas Rangers and Cloudcroft investigators pursue leads while others are jailed in Odessa on related post office robbery charges.
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Odessa
James Ray
Red) Turner
Turner
Jamele Dyson
Cloudcroft
N. M
A. Herndon
Andy Fenton
Herndon
Bobby Keith Hummel
Dorothy
Mary Helen Jones
Sidney
Slick) Cole
Pat Jones
Mickey Dodson
Lubbock
Hobbs
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Floydada
Communists in Unions denounced as a national disgrace
The House Un-American Activities Committee urged repeal of the Taft Hartley Act non Communist affidavits for union officials saying the provision aids Communists. It renewed calls for harsher espionage measures and demanded access to secret files as it highlighted Communist influence in defense plant unions. The committee named Ford Local 600 Detroit and Chicago Amalgamated UAW Local 453 among targets and urged defense facility employment bans for Communists.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Congress
Committee
Communist Party
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Executive Branch
House Committee
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Chicago Amalgamated Uaw
Little Kremlin
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
International Harvester
CIO United Packing House
Secretary of Defense
United States
Hollywood
Harold Velde
R-Ii
Wood
D-Ga
Solon Urges Military Aid to Purge Communists
Sen. Ferguson of Michigan urged the armed forces to purge known and suspected Communists from ranks. He said subcommittee findings show many Communists in commissioned grades and reserves and called for stricter laws to curb subversive activity, including banning Communists from unions and allowing firings of subversive members.
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Solon
Washington
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Treasury
Congress
United Nations
U. S
United States
U.N
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