Flanders to Press Senate on McCarthy Chair Dismissal
Senator Flanders says he will press the Senate to go on record about stripping Senator McCarthy of committee chairmanships. He sets July 15 as a floor deadline if the Rules Committee does not act, and notes discussions with Eisenhower administration officials. The resolution was referred to Rules, with Jenner doubtful about further time this session.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Rules Committee
Jenner
R-Ind
Congress
Committee On Rules
Sen. McCarthy
Police Press Hunt For Man Wounded In Gun Battle
Police intensified their search for Joseph O Keefe known as Specs a 47 year old once tied to Brinks robbery after a Dorchester housing project gun fight left him badly wounded. District Attorney Garrett Byrne says an associate John Henry Carlson 29 revealed O Keefe is wounded and in hiding. Elmer Trigger Burke 37 a New York hoodlum believed to have used a submachine gun in the Dorchester fracas remains in custody and Byrne has convened a Grand Jury. Police said Burke had a companion and investigators seek to locate him.
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Busiun
Joseph “Specs
Dorchester
Byrne
Grand Jury
Francis Wilson
New York
Burke
Massachusetts
Chinese Confirm Imprisonment of 30 Americans
Geneva reports say China confirms 30 American civilians are imprisoned, with one missionary dead and several military personnel listed as detained either dead or missing. The United States cites 83 Americans in prison or barred from leaving, while 11 crewmembers remain unnamed as missing.
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Geneva
United States
U.S
China
W. L. Winter
Winter
Kiangzsi
P. E. Voorhis
H. D. Weese
A. D. Hart Jr
Antung
North China
U.S. Naval
Hunan
John B. Maye
Scranton
Union Painters Repaint Portsmouth Rehabilitation Center
Members of the local Painters Union volunteered a full day to paint the exterior of the Portsmouth Rehabilitation Center on a sunny Saturday. Sixteen men, including union leaders Joseph Murphy and Walter Ketzler, contributed their labor and donated equipment, saving an estimated 350 in labor costs while restoring the building to white with green trim.
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Painters’ Union
Portamouth
Portsmouth Herald
Portsmouth
Joseph Mur
Phy
Walter Ketzler
Eliot
Charles Riordan
Frank Lauterwasser
State Federation of Labor
Smith McCarthy clash tops Maine GOP primary race
In Maine Sen Margaret Chase Smith faced challenger Robert L Jones as the Republican ballot heated by rumors McCarthy planted a rival. Light voting was reported statewide on the hot election day with Smith favored to win. Jones accused of being McCarthy’s pick.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Smith
Sen. Smith
Robert L. Jones
Augusta
Jones
Mrs. Smith
Martial Law Declared As Guatemala Invades Rebel Country
Guatemala president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman proclaims martial law as communist backed government mobilizes for battle with anti-Red rebels. Insurgents push three-pronged drive toward rail and road links in the south while U S plans to evacuate citizen families amid anti U S sentiment. Rebels claim advances near the Pan American Highway. rail line disruption reported near Morales as fighting looms and the UN calls for cease fire.
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Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Guatemala
Associated Press
Jack Rutledge
Guatemala City
U.S
Neuva Ocotepeque
Jutiapa
Mundt says McCarthy Army hearings spoke to salient facts
Sen Mundt of South Dakota said the 36 day televised hearings brought out the salient facts and noted that 20 years of further inquiry could still miss details. He postponed a consultative meeting of the four Republicans and three Democrats to map an agreed verdict and discuss hiring Special Counsel Ray H Jenkins to draft the inquiry verdict. Jenkins said he is ready to help and will decide in about two weeks whether to run for the Senate. Tennessee movement exists to place Jenkins on the Republican ticket. Harmony faded after the first executive session as Mundt urged unanimity on findings, while Sen McClellan demanded a house cleaning.
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Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Jenkins
Senate
Jeakins
Tennessee
Knoxville
Harmony
Sen. McClellan
Arkansas
Landy Breaks Four Minute Mile In Turku Record
Australian miler John Landy shattered the four minute mile barrier in Turku Finland with a time of 3 minutes 58.0 seconds making him the second runner to break the mark. Roger Bannister of England was the first, running 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at Oxford on May 6.
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Turku
Finland
John Landy
Roger Bannister
England
Oxford
Security Council Calls for Truce in Guatemalan Row
United Nations Security Council unanimously urged a cease fire in Guatemala and called on UN members to withhold aid from the warring forces. The move followed the Soviet Union vetoing a motion to refer the case to the OAS. Guatemala sought help from the Inter-American Peace Committee, which planned a Washington meeting.
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Guatemala
U.N. Security Council
France
U.N
Soviet Union
Organization of American States
Council
Security Council
N.Y
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Americas
Inter-American Peace Committee
OAS
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Washington
Eduardo Castillo-Arriola
Honduras
Nicaragua
United States
United Fruit Co
Lodge
New Hampshire Signals Summer At 6:55 PM
Winter ends as residents mark the moment at 6 55 pm when summer begins. The longest day of the year arrives with 15 hours 19 minutes of daylight on June 21, and days shorten from tomorrow until December 21.
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New Hampshire
Ground Breaking Day Proclaimed for Portsmouth Air Base Start
Mayor Theodore R. Butler proclaims July 3 as Ground Breaking Day for the Portsmouth Air Base ceremony marking the official start of construction at the jet bomber site. Residents urged to display flags and join ceremonies. proclamation to be read at the City Council meeting.
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Theodore R. Butler
Portsmouth Air Base
U.S. Air Force
Portsmouth - Newington
New Hampshire
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