Court Hears Invalid Girl Assault Story
In Riverside California June 21 AP a pretty invalid witness Betty Maund 24 wheeled in on a hospital stretcher to identify Lawrence Walker 20 Newark New Jersey as the man who assaulted her at gunpoint Feb 24 and pistol whipped her escort. The trial also covers the highway slayings of Richard and Doris Cook whose bodies were found on March 26 near an abandoned quarry. Walker denied the killings but admitted he sideswiped the Cooks car.
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Riverside
Calif
Lawrence Walker
Air Force
Betty Maund
Walker
Newark
N. J
Richard
Doris Cook
Cook
Cooks
United States rejects Reds entry to New York visit
United States refused entry visas to members of the Communist World Peace Council invited to New York by Russia’s Jacob Malik. The move followed a note exchange with Frederic Joliot Curie, head of the organization, and aimed to prevent use of the U N Security Council as a platform for new “peace” propaganda.
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Flushing Meadow
N. Y
INS
United States
World Peace Council
New York
Russia
Jacob Malik
Malik
U. N. Security Council
New
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Hurley Attacks Secret Hearings and McCarran Act
Hurley condemned secret committee and executive commission hearings as untruthful to American standards. He cited a 1949 Atomic Energy Commission probe the later Klaus Fuchs case, claiming two spies faced death sentences. He linked the probes to passage of the McCarran anti Communist act over Truman’s veto.
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Star Chamber
Hurley
Atomic Energy Commission
Klaus Fuchs
London
Fuchs
Russia
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Rosenbergs
New York
Truman
Mr. Truman
Congress
Truman deflects questions on bill, reelection, and tours
President Truman refused to comment on the final version of the bill and would not discuss Jonathan Daniels’ claim he might seek reelection in 1952. He dodged queries on McCarthy's accusations about Gen. Marshall, the Iranian oil crisis, 21 Communist arrests, and planned staffing cuts. He said he’d decide on a whistle stop tour after Congress acts.
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Capitol Hill
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Truman
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
George C. Marshall
Congress
House adopts rent control extension and inflation curbs
The House banking committee approved a one year rent control extension and kept existing controls. a 20 percent rent rise from the June 1947 level may be allowed. It also rejected extending credit rules to old housing and a measure to raise margin requirements for commodity speculators. Senator Bricker condemned wage price controls as political profiteering and opposed Truman defense power expansions.
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House
Senate
John W. Bricker
Ohio
House Banking Committee
Roy M. Byers Dies at 47 in Prescott
Roy M. Byers 47, Arizona resident since 1916, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Prescott home. A rancher, he lived in Prescott two years after moving from Glendale, and earlier came from Comanche Texas. A WWII veteran and Glendale Masonic lodge member, he is survived by wife Jane, daughters Harriet and Ann, and extended family. Funeral at Glendale Church of the Nazarene with Glendale Masons. Burial Glendale Memorial Park.
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Roy M. Byers
Arizona
Prescott
Byers
Glendale
Comanche
Texas
Heroes Named From 5th Infantry and Allied Units
A list of fallen and serving soldiers includes Heroes Handrich of the 5th Infantry with father Walter Handrich of Manawa Wisconsin. Lor en R Kaufman of the 9th Regiment and father D. A. Kaufman of Portland Oregon. George D Libby of the 3rd Engineer Battalion and sister Mrs Gladys Hillertz of Linden New Jersey. Luther H Story of the 9th Infantry and father M. H. Story of Americus Georgia. William Thompson of the 24th Regiment 25th Infantry Division and mother Mrs Mary Henderson of Brooklyn New York. Richard G Wilson of Medical Company 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment and widow Mrs Yvonna L Wilson of Cape Girardeau Missouri. Robert H Young of the 8th Regiment 1st Cavalry Division and father Melvin D Young of Vallejo California.
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Handrich
Walter Handrich
Manawa
Wis
Loren R. Kaufman
D. A. Kaufman
Portland
Ore
George D. Libby
3Rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Gladys Hillertz
Linden
N. J
Luther H. Story
M. H. Story
Americus
William Thompson
25Th Infantry Division
Mary Henderson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Richard G. Wilson
187Th Airborne Infantry Regiment
Yvonna L. Wilson
Cape Girardeau
Robert H. Young
1St Cavalry Division
Melvin D. Young
Vallejo
Calif
Hopalong Fever and the Future of Western Roles
In a nostalgic voice the writer muses on how Hopalong Cassidy appeals to boys and girls, notes the shift of many roles toward women, and suggests adults might better engage with the era’s cowboy fantasy rather than fret over its influence on youth. The piece ends with a playful proposal for elders to join the game.
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Hopalong Cassidy
Law and Order
Advance Use of Budgeted Funds Illegal
Attorney General Fred O. Wilson ruled that state departments cannot exceed quarterly budgets by spending more than one fourth of annual appropriations in a single quarter. The ruling, requested by T. D. Romero, aims to prevent exhausting funds at Fort Grant Industrial School for Boys, which receives $150,000 for the year and may spend at most $38,000 each quarter.
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Fred O. Wilson
Wilson
T. D. Romero
Romero
Fort Grant
Industrial School
Book Turns Fat Danes Into Calorie Counters
Danes embrace a nationwide diet after the book Eat Drink and Remain Slim by Knud Lundberg and Edward Clausen sparks a calorie counting craze. Scales fly off shelves, restaurants feature calorie menus, and families compete to shed pounds while the author quips he will not diet himself.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Knud Lundberg
Edward Clausen
Kansas quarry output tops 40 million yearly
Kansas shows progress in pit and quarry products as a survey of over 3000 operations reveals annual production of sand gravel stone shale and volcanic ash reaching 40 million dollars amid ongoing industry growth.
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Kansas
Wheat
House Passes Eleven Bills For Veterans
Washington June 21 AP The House completed veterans legislation for the year by passing eleven measures that may run to billions in cost The measures cleared without a record vote despite opposition from the Budget Bureau The administration opposed several items and the annual recurring cost is put at 358 million with a 335 million hospital buildout and 20 million insurance fund charge The hospital plan would add 16 000 beds via 24 new hospitals and enlarging 14 existing ones London reports five prisons planning roses.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rankin
Miss
House Veterans” Committee
Veterans Administration
Truman
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