Congregational Christians face social action clash at Yale meeting
About 2,500 delegates gather at Yale for a week of talks on the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches. The debate centers on the Social Action Council and its role in applying creed to economic and political issues while a merger with the Evangelical and Reformed Church looms amid opposition over local church autonomy.
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New Haven. Conn
Ray Gibbons
Coun
Cil
Yale University
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
North Dakota
California
Cduture
Social Action Council
Board of Review
Nain
League
Frank A. Bean
Minneapolis
Coune
Gibbons
Cop Passes Out In Line Of Duty
In Los Angeles a police officer who volunteered for a before and after drinking test collapsed after nine ounces of whisky in 70 minutes during a demonstration by the Institute of Scientific Studies. Traffic education officer Martin G. Rock noted that a single drink can impair driving and heavy drinking raises accident risk.
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LOS Angeles UI
Institute of Scientific Studies
Martin G. Rock
Mundt Skeptical Of Having Committee Probe Itself
Senator Mundt questioned the value of a committee probing its own actions in the Army hearings. He argued another competent panel might uncover more facts faster and keep to the pertinent issues. The hearings examined conduct by McCarthy allies and Army officials amid cross examination rights.
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Mundt
Washington
RSD
McCarths
Hava
Congressional
Senate
Csin
Sen. Mecarthy
Stevens
McCarthy
Arnoir
Pvt
G. David Schine
Sto
Stevens and
Arma
POW veteran Jett explains AWOL bid over wife’s finances
Richmond Indiana Cpl. Rica rd Jett said he left Camp Atterbury last January to be with his ill wife who lived on a 137 dollar monthly allotment. He spent 20 months in a North Korean prison camp and re enlisted in October after a five week return to high school. He spoke to reporters amid national hearings and discussed endurance and possible overseas service with his wife. The Army inquiry into McCarthy era issues and costs was also noted, with estimates of 22 thousand dollars in direct investigation costs.
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Richmond
Ind
Ricard Jett
Atterbury
Jett
T? Ua
Senate
Len McCarran
D-Nev
NcCarran
Sen. McCarthy
America
Auglas
Rowal
Jenkins
Mundt
Measles Disease Among Local Resident Measles
Stephen Measles, two, was sick Tuesday with the measles in Fort Worth. No other details given about illness or household exposure.
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Fort Worth
Stephen Measles
New York Central Transfers Stock To Rich Texans
The New York Central Railroad transferred 800,000 shares to Dallas’ Charles W. Murchison and Fort Worth’s Sid W. Richardson after a months long proxy fight for control. The shares were formerly held in a voting trust by Chase National Bank under an ICC order and had sparked court battles and regulatory scrutiny. The sale raised $20 million, with $1.5 million cash already paid and $7.5 million held by a Cleveland bank pending transfer, leaving Young with control of the railroad.
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New York
Chase National Bank
ICC
Cunt W. Murchison
Dallas
Tex
Sid W. Richardson
Fort Worth
Murchison
Richardson
Young
Anti-Management
Wiliam White
Murchison and
White
The
Road
Cleveland Bank
U S Seeks Retirements for Hiss and Convicts
The Eisenhower administration opposed denying government retirement pay to Alger Hiss or any convicted former employee. The stance surprised many Congress members as the Bureau of the Budget and Civil Service Commission testified to a House subcommittee considering bills for Hiss and felons involving moral turpitude.
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Eisenhower
Aiser Hiss
Congress
Rep
Clardy
R-Mich
Bureau of the
Budgct
Civil Service Commission
House Civil Service Subcommittee
Hiss
Life Savings Vanished After Years Hidden in Home
Dominic Nesci a 68 year old retired railroader hid ten cans with ten thousand dollars in each, buried them in a metal box under a bathroom shower stall. He later found the box empty after weeks. Police investigating the missing seventy thousand dollars.
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Baltimore
Dominic Nesci
Nesci
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