False Testimony Described Red Informer Says He Aided McCarthy
Harvey Matusow, 28, says he used false documents from the McCarthy office to campaign against western Democrats in 1952. He alleged McCarthy knew of the tactics, cited Jean Kerr and Don Surine, and said Roy Cohn helped formulate parts of the testimony. A federal grand jury has summoned him to testify about the affidavit.
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Harvey Matusow
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
McCarthy
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Matusow
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
New Masses
Senate
Congressional Record
Jean Kerr
Don Surine
Miss Kerr
Surine
Brothers Convicted in Beating Death Near East Dubuque
Two brothers Paul Joseph Dodds 32 of Cuba City Wis and Gerald Dodds 29 of Dubuque Iowa were convicted of manslaughter in the August 18 death of John R. Buse 28 outside an East Dubuque tavern. The beating occurred in Galena Illinois where the verdict was returned on Thursday.
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John R. Buse
East Dubuque
Ill
Paul Joseph Dodds
Cuba City
Wis
Gerald
Dubuque
Iowa
Buse
Weather Forecast for Southern Illinois Priorities
Cloudy with snow sleet and freezing rain risk this afternoon. Rain or snow tonight and Saturday with temperatures around 32 nights and high 40s by Saturday. Yesterday high 32, low 21. Crab Orchard Lake level steady with spillway today. Little Grassy Lake 1 inch below spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Road Report Says Illinois Toll Interstate Clear Nationwide
Road crews report Southern Illinois Central Illinois and Northern Illinois all clear with conditions improving though motorists should expect more weather by late today as enow or enough snow is anticipated.
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Southern Illinois
Central
Northern Illinois
Labor Plans No Third Party in Fight for Labor Goals
AFL President George Meany said organized labor will be more active within the two party system and has no plans for a new third party. He noted workers might form a party if progress stalls with current parties, and stressed informing workers on issues to elect labor-friendly candidates. Six AFL railroad unions seek a guaranteed annual wage for 350,000 workers in maintenance shops across the country.
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AFL
George Meany
Organized Labor
Meany
Democratic Party
Seeek
FTC Rules Spaghetti Ads Misleading Over Calories
The Federal Trade Commission charged W. La Rosa & Sons Inc of Brooklyn with unfair and deceptive advertising by claiming a four ounce serving of their spaghetti or macaroni has 103 calories while advising to top it with any sauce. The FTC said a typical portion cooked palatably contains far more calories and gave the company 20 days to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
W. la Rosa & Sons Inc
Brooklyn
N. Y
FTC
la Rosa Company
Woman Pays Dali $7,000 For Picture She Dislikes
Socialite Mrs. William Woodward paid Salvador Dali 7000 for a portrait she cannot tolerate and will not display. She sat for the artist for a year and only viewed the finished work in April 1953, requesting its removal. Dali sued for the value of his services but accepted the payment and withdrew the suit. The portrait depicts a woman resembling Woodward on a beach before a coral cave.
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New York
William Woodward
Salvador Dali
Central U S Hit By Heavy Snowstorm Of Winter
The Weather Bureau reports one of the season’s biggest storms dumping heavy snow across the central states. Up to 14 inches fell in northeastern Kansas while a broad belt from Iowa to the Rockies and north to the Dakotas caused widespread traffic delays.
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Associated Press
The
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Iowa
Rockies
Texas Panhandle
Dakotas
Snow and Sleet Warning Issued for Illinois
The Weather Bureau issued a snow and sleet warning for most of Illinois. Snow sleet and freezing rain expected Friday afternoon with snow in the north and rain or snow in the south. Up to four inches possible in the west central area.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Doctor's Hotel Death Remains Mystery in Baltimore
A man found dead in a Lord Baltimore Hotel room registered to New York physician Edward James Phillips raises questions. No matching records exist for a Dr. Phillips, a rumored Army Medical Corps brigadier general, or a Waldorf dinner cancellation. Autopsy cites barbiturate poisoning versus phenobarbital use, but no pills are found.
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New York
Lord Baltimore Hotel
Edward James Phillips
New York City
Phillips
Army Medical Corps
Ft. Jay
New York Harbor
Pentagon
Washington
Waldorf-Astoria
The
Waldorf
Russell H. Fisher
Erna Gutenstein
Baltimore
Robert Ritter
Western Union
Gutenstein
George Klemmick
U N weighs move to gain Formosa peace
United Nations and United States press Chiang Kai-shek to evacuate the Tachens amid Red threats off Formosa as U S forces prepare an evacuation plan. Partridge warns of possible war and notes Communist air strength while ships carry evacuees.
Lucky Gull Snatches 25-Year Silver Dollar at Laguna Beach
Ted Berry walking on Laguna Beach watches as a sea gull swoops in and snatches his silver dollar good luck piece that had traveled with him for 25 years. The coin was last seen heading toward Santa Catalina Island in the gull's beak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Berry
Santa Catalina Island
Diver Finds Ancient City Beneath Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
Chicago diver William Mardorf reports discovering submerged ruins at 95 feet near the Escoma River mouth in Lake Titicaca. Bolivian archaeologists catalogue the stone implements found, with experts speculating the site may predate the Incas and lie near the legendary Island of the Sun.
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Lake
Bolivia
Chicago
Lake Titicaca
William Mardorf
Island of the Sun
South America
Titicaca
Peru
Mardorf
U. S. Marine Corps
Escoma River
Yanks On Quemoy Stand Vigil In Red Gun Range
A tightlipped U S contingent sits on Quemoy within gun range of China. Capt William S Donald says duty is 90 days, extended once, and notes comfortable quarters and supplies from Formosa. Sgt Richard Hoover adds he feels safe and not worried about Red threats or invasion.
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Quemoy
Red Clay
U. S
Amoy Bay
William S. Donald
la Platta
Formosa
Donald
Korea
Richard Hoover
Tanpa
Fla
Red Guns
Two Pennsylvania Towns Hit by Major Early Fires
Early morning blazes in Shenandoah and Carbondale in eastern Pennsylvania destroyed large portions of the business districts. In Shenandoah a square block of shops was wiped out leaving hundreds homeless, while Carbondale saw more than a dozen stores across a city block burn in one of its worst fires. The towns are about eighty miles apart in the anthracite region.
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Pennsylvania
Shenandoah
Carbondale
Dr Andy Hall's Wife Dies in Mount Vernon
Mrs Anna L Hall, 90, wife of noted physician Dr Andy Hall, died after a long illness in Mount Vernon. Survived by three sons including Dr Andy Hall Jr of St Louis, Dr Marshall Hall of Mount Vernon, and Brig Gen Wilfred Hall an Air Force doctor in Paris. The couple had celebrated his 90th birthday on January 8.
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Mount ‘Vernon
Anna L. Hall
American Medical Assn
Andy Hall
Hall
Andy Hall Jr
St. Louis
Marshall Hall
Mount Vernon
Brig
Ge. Wilfred Hall
Air Force
Paris
France
Ciucci Set for Execution in April 1
Vincent Ciucci 28 receives the death penalty for the murder of his wife Anne 28 and two children Angeline 4 and Vincent 2 both shot and killed in a West Side grocery home fire. The jury recommended death January 11 and Judge Arthur J. Murphy fixed the date for April 1. He also faces charges for a third daughter Virginia 8 and earlier 65 years' prison terms for prior killings.
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Vincent Ciucci
Ciucci
Arthur J. Murphy
Criminal Court
Vincent
Anne
Angeline
Virginia
West Side
Council Deliberates Amid Formosa Cease-Fire Talk Boycott
U N diplomats weigh next steps as Red China boycott blocks Security Council cease-fire talks in Formosa Strait. Options include pressuring Chou En lai, excluding Communists, or holding a Geneva style conference outside the UN.
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U.N
Formosa Strait
Red China
Security Council
Suspect Arrests In Armed Robbery Roundup Reach Two States
John J. Gunkel, 20, of Rochester, N Y. and Gilbert Dyer, 24, of Syracuse were booked in Boston on armed robbery charges after police rounded up suspects. Gunkel allegedly confessed that in Florida he pulled about six holdups and targeted a man named Lewis Ames, linked to Dave Garroway's show.
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John J. Gunkel
Rochester
N. Y
Boston
Gilbert Dyer
Syracuse
Gunkel
Florida
Dows
Lewis Ames
Dave Garroway
Britain and Commons Warn Red China Over Island Claim
Prime Minister Churchill and Commonwealth leaders seek a new UN cease fire plan for China as Foreign Secretary Eden warns that Red China must not seize Tachens Matsu and Quemoy islands or threaten world peace. Eden says Chiang group base Fosmos and Pescadores ownership to be settled by international agreement.
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Churchill
United Nations
China
Britain
Anthony Eden
Red China
House of Commons
Tachens
Matsu
Quemiy
People’s Republic of
People’s Republic of China
Eden
Chiang
U. S
Formosa
Pescadores Group
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Communist Party
Congressional
FBI
FBI Informer
Galena, Ill
Labor
Miami Beach
CIO
Dali
U.S
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachen Islands
Karl L. Rankin
Earle E. Partridge
U. S. Far East
Partridge
Russia
Far East
FEAF
East China Sea
Yikiangshan Island
Nantien Island
Yikiangshan Witl
Keelung
Laguna Beach
Calif
la Paz
MT. Vernon
Chou En-lai
Geneva
Chou
Peiping
Chiang Kai- Shek
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
H. Alxander Smith
R-Nj
United Nations Security Council
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