Second Count On Censure List Debated
The Senate 67-20 condemned Sen. McCarthy for abusing subcommittee members and faced a second censure count over his handling of Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker as a witness. Jenner led an amendment to strike part of the language amid hour long debate.
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Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Ralph W. Zwicker
Jenner
R-Ind
Zwicker
Army
Congress
Truman
State Department
Wheeling
W. Va
Wisconsin
Knowland
California
GOP
Bridges
New Hampshire
Hiram Bingham
Connecticut
Watkins
Utah
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Bennett
Communist Party
Electo Subcommittee
Dirksen
R-Ill
Mundt
R-Sd
Watkins Committee
Motion Filed For Batchelor
Attorneys for Cpl. Claude Batchelor asked the Army secretary to disapprove and set aside a court martial finding and life sentence for collaborating with the enemy while a POW in Korea. The defense cites reasonable doubt about mental responsibilities. Batchelor, 22, from Kermit, and Cpl. Edward Dickenson were among 23 POWs who initially stayed with the Communists. Dickenson received a 10 year sentence.
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San Antonio
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Army
Batchelor
Korea
Fort Sam Houston
4Th Army
Robert Stevens
Joel Westbrook
Stevens
Kermit
Edward Dickenson
Cracker's Neck
Dickenson
Eleven Voters Issued Absentee Ballots for Senate Election
Eleven residents received absentee ballots for the December 11 special senate election. Four ballots were returned to the county clerk by noon and boxed for election day. Seven ballots remain with voters before the midnight deadline next Tuesday. Five candidates seek the Harley Sadler vacancy.
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Senate
Sive
Harley Sadler
Defense Suggests Slayer Is Woman
In Cleveland the Sheppard murder trial enters its seventh week as Judge Blythin overrules defense motions for acquittal. The defense hints at a possible female involvement and questions motive, linking fingernail polish and the number of head wounds to a nonfatal beating plan.
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Cleveland
Sheppard
Marilyn
Stephen Sheppard
Steve
Susan Hayes
Sam
Marilyn Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Arthur E. Petersilge
Dulles Warns of Retaliation If Formosa Is Attacked
Secretary of State Dulles declares the United States would retaliate if the Chinese mainland attacks Formosa. He outlines a looming mutual security pact with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists, planned Senate ratification, and possible naval blockades if American rights are violated.
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Red China
United States
Formosa
Dulles
U.S
China
Senate
Pescadores Islands
Pacific
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Chiang
Pescadores
Japan
Cones
Post Office Heads Toward Record Year in December
Receipts through November total $102,748.39, the highest first 11 months ever. December is expected to push the yearly total past the 1952 record of $115,434.44, with last December at $18,072.08 and the prior December at $15,408.00.
Weather Summary for North Central Texas and West Texas
North Central Texas: fair today and tonight with a little warmer conditions. West Texas: cloudy today and a light warm up expected.
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Texas
West
Five Survivors Found In Crashed Northeast Plane Wreckage
Five survivors including stewardess Mary L McFtrick were removed by helicopter after a Northeast Airlines DC3 crash atop Mt Success near Milan New Hampshire. Captain W Peter Carey survived though most seriously hurt with two dead, three others walked from the crash site. The wreck occurred on a Boston Berlin flight Tuesday, with recovery efforts aided by Lt Kenneth Richardsons helicopter team.
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Milan
N.H
Northeast Airlines
Mt. Success
Berlin
Apostolis N. Bountis
Manchester
Trans-Ocean Airlines
George D. McCormick
Kingston
N.Y
John McNulty
Boston
NEA
W. Peter Carey
Swampscott
Mass
Mary L. McFttrick
James W. Harvey
Watertown
W. Miller
Philadelphia
Daniel H. Hall
Montclair
N.J
Carey
Berlin-Milan
Bountis
Peter Dana
Berlin- Milan
Robert L. Turner
St. Louis
McNulty
McCormick
Kenneth M. Richardson
Warren, R.I
Westover Air Force Base
Weather Bureau
New Hampshire
Laconia
Cold Weather Extends Across Broad Area In Texas
A cold front chilled Texas with dawn readings mostly above freezing. Lows reached the 30s overnight while dawn temps ranged from 29 in Lubbock to 66 in Laredo. Forecasters expected warmer, partly cloudy conditions Friday as the western cold snap spread.
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Brownsville
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
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Laredo
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Wyoming
Montana
Helena
Mont
Condition Of Pope Worsens
Pope Pius XII, 78, has worsened and remain confined to bed after a stomach ailment and hiccups since his Saturday departure from Castel Gandolfo. He has not eaten for days and his private physician Dr. Riccardo Galeassi-Lisi spent nights beside him at the Vatican as a long vigil continues.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican
Riccardo Galeassi-Lisi
Wiley lauds U S delegation at Inter-American conference
Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin praised the U S delegation at the Inter American Economic conference in Quitandinha Brazil saying the group strengthened the good neighbor policy with the facts of life He noted no mincing of words and called the delegation’s work a bang up job The Americans argued 40 billion dollars in annual defense spending also benefits Latin America and the free world
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
U.S
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Latin America
Free World
Champion steer brings $15 a pound at auction
Chicago report on the International Live Stock Show where the grand champion Aberdeen Angus steer named Shorty sold for 15 a pound. Weighing 1,080 pounds and winning top prize Tuesday, Shorty earned about 16,200 dollars in sale money plus prize cash. owner Janice Hullinger, 16, of Manly Iowa, was noted.
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Chicago
Shorty
Janice Hullinger
Manly
Town
Global War Horror Outlined To Mayors
General Chidlaw warned 200 mayors that a global war could bring 100 pinpointed minutes of atomic hell on earth to 100 big American cities. He said the United States is most likely to face the first aerial blow before Russia acts, as studies and civil defense plans advance under FCDA guidance. Eisenhower prepared to greet the delegates as they discuss evacuation and air defense measures amid civic alarm.
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Washington
Continetal Aire
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
United States
Russia
Chidlaw
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Earth
Road Program Gets Approval
The Texas Highway Commission approved spending 23 million dollars in 1955 to rebuild and improve roads. Chairman E H Thornton Jr said the funds protect the investment in the state road system and keep the system together until new funds arrive. The Legislature will consider financing a modernized highway system in January.
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Austin
Highway Commission
Texas
Commission
E. H. Thornton Jr
Thornton
Morrow Urges New Regime In Democratic Affairs
Houston Democrat Morrow calls for a new regime in Democratic national affairs as the DNC meets in New Orleans. Speakers Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson join Adlai Stevenson and others. Mitchell may resign as national chairman amid party turmoil.
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Associated Press
Wright Morrow
Houston
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
New Orleans
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Dwight Eisenhower
Shivers
Wallace Savage
Dallas
GOP
Texas’ Committee
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Interstate Oil Compact Commission
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