Phone Calls Again Issue At Hearings
The McCarthy camp argues the Army has not produced all monitored telephone calls and McCarthy demands all calls be admitted if any are used. Roy Cohn says transcripts of calls to Secretary Stevens are missing, and the panel weighs presidential orders on disclosure. McCarthy vows to compel Senator Flanders to testify, as the probe centers on pressure for favored Army treatment of Pvt. G. David Schine.
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Army
Sen. McCarthy
Senate Investigations
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Roy M. Cohn
Ray Jenkins
Cohn
McCarthy
Stevens
Jenkins
Joseph N. Welch
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Sen. Flanders
Flanders
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Pvt
G. David Schine
Subcommittee
the Army
John
President Takes No Action Yet On Southeast Asia Policy
President Eisenhower said he has reached no decision on any action to authorize U S intervention in Southeast Asia. He outlined that the government is exploring all possible lines of action to solve national and world problems. Diplomatic officials report withdrawal of about 200 Air Force technicians from Indochina and continued use of 47 B 26 bombers loaned to the French.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Southeast Asia
Free World
Indochina
Defense Department
Hanoi
Congress
U. S
Far East
Advancin
Showers For Southern Illinois Runoff Forecast
Mixed showers and scattered thunderstorms expected across Southern Illinois with cooler temperatures. Tonight's low around 58 with Thursday near 70s. yesterday high reached 90, with today’s noon temperature 74. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake sit a few inches below spillway levels.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Desperate Student Breaks Window To Steal Exam
In Raleigh on a Tuesday a North Carolina State College final exam room window was found broken. A student stole one exam, left a dollar, and a note explaining the test meant a lot and the dollar would pay for the window.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State College
Miners Reject Work Offer in Panther Valley
In Lansford Pennsylvania on June 2 Panthers Valley miners refused to return under a Lehigh Navigation Coal Co plan to reopen with higher production. About 4,500 laid off workers faced jobless benefits while 3,500 would return and 246 could be permanently laid off.
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Lansford
Panther Valley
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Panther Valley General Mine Committee
Pennsylvania
November 11 Renamed Veterans Day in 1954
President Eisenhower signed a bill changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day honoring American service veterans of all wars. The holiday is observed on November 11 each year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Presbyterian Merger and Racial Segregation Policy Change
The Southern Presbyterian Church voted to merge with the Presbyterian Church in the USA Northern and United Presbyterian bodies, while urging end to racial segregation. It also called for desegregation in three supervised schools and across other presbyteries and synods. Membership stands at about 760,000. union requires broad approval.
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Montreal
N. C
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
United States
High Court of
the Church
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church
United Church
Southern Presbyterian Churches
Twister Possible In Southern Illinois
The Weather Bureau forecast isolated tornado risk west of the Litchfield Pinckneyville line in southern Illinois today. Showers and thunderstorms were expected across South and Central Illinois this afternoon and tonight with locally severe storms in southwestern Illinois this afternoon and evening.
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Chicago
Litchfield
Pinckneyville
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Litchfield-Pinckneyville
Guide Dog to Serve Master in Prison
Oakland notices Flame a guide dog will spend a year in Santa Rita Prison with his blind master Ralph Gross 39 of Oakland. Gross was sentenced to a year at the prison farm for passing bad checks after pleading guilty May 11 to writing a worthless check for 350 dollars.
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Oakland
Calif
Flame
Ralph Gross
Santa Rita
Gross
Church-School Suit Due For Action Soon
A two year old suit against the Johnsburg Illinois school board in Mc Henry County will be dismissed or called for trial within a month. Judge Bernard M Decker said a ruling on a dismissal request will come before the end of June. The case filed in 1952 by a Protestant parent alleges public funds supported a school where Catholic nuns taught. Dorothy N Larson demanded board members be held liable, but the judge dismissed that demand. Johnsburg is a predominantly Catholic community.
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Johnsburg
McHenry County
Bernard M. Decker
Decker
Dorothy N. Larson
Twins Honored at Local Graduation in Peoria
Janet and Janice Best both 18 were named valedictorian and salutatorian at Our Lady Academy in Peoria as graduates on June 2.
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Janet
Janice Best
Our Lady Academy
Peoria
Eisenhower defends anti subversion push at news conference
President Eisenhower lauded administration successes in fighting communism while barring questions on the McCarthy controversy. He cited Justice Department and FBI actions, including prosecutions of Communist leaders, subversion lists, deportation and denaturalization, and barred entry of subversive aliens. He said he would focus on enacting the legislative program and dismissed claims Republicans let him down.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Department
Attorney General
United States
Congress
Republican Party
Supreme Court voids Leyva murder conviction over hypnotic confession
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 3 decision, overturned Camilo Leyva's second murder conviction after ruling a police hypnosis aided confession violated due process. Leyva, 54, faces possible retrial for the 1978 Brooklyn slay of his 75 year old father, with his mother also killed in the same quarrel.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Camilo W. Leyva
Camilo
New York Court of Appeals
Leyla
Brooklyn
Two Killed In Sub Blast At Portsmouth Shipyard
A flash explosion in drydock of the submarine Sirago at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard killed two civilian painters Racuel Senechei aged 28 and Joseph E A Rousseau aged 40. A nearby sailor was burned but not seriously hurt. six other civilians remained uninjured. The blast occurred in the main ballast tank where the men sprayed a plastic substance. The submarine showed no heavy damage.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Robert E. Cronin
Racuel Senechei
Joseph E. A. Rousseau
Oppenheimer Denied Clear Status by Special Board
The Atomic Energy Commission heard Oppenheimer, once a leading physicist, plead for reinstatement after a 2-1 security board found him loyal but too high risk for secrets. The board cited security disregard and possible influence susceptibility, leaving reinstatement unlikely.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Special Board
Ward V. Evans
Loyola University of Chicago
Lloyd K. Garrison
AEC
K. D. Nichols
Commission
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
Katherine Russell
Russell
Security Board
Gordon Gray
Thomas A. Morgan
Evans
Keimer
Gray
Army
University of North Carolina
Morgan
Sperry Corp
Atomic Scientists of Chicago
FBI
America
Benheimer
Steve Nelson
Security Risks Outed by Education Department in April
The Department of Health Education and Welfare says it fired or eliminated 238 security risks by April 30, including 114 suspected subversives. This surpasses a Civil Service Commission report from March listing 78 risks. About 40 percent of those removed had been hired under the Eisenhower administration, with the rest being holdovers from Democratic administrations.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Department
House Appropriations
French Base Destruction Reported by Bombers Near Hanoi
The French high command announced a massive air strike by the French air force hitting a string of Vietminh bases 12 miles east of Hanoi. Spokesman says 30 fighters and 20 bombers destroyed arms depots and rebel caches near key Hanoi Haiphong routes while the Delta remains calm.
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Hau
Hanoi
Haiphong
High Command
Red River
Explosions Rage At Saigon Munitions Depot
A French munitions dump near Saigon suffered massive blasts starting in predawn hours killing one person and wounding several others. Authorities feared continued explosions for days as Vietminh in the area and lingering shock waves affected nearby residents and depot troops.
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Saigon
Indochina
Vietminh
Second Annual Illinois Orchard Day At Hartline Farm
Hundreds of farmers gathered at the Harvey B Hartline farm south of Carbondale for the second annual Illinois Orchard Day. Sponsored by the Illinois State Horticultural Society and the Illinois Fruit Council, the program opened with orchard equipment displays and crop-condition reports from across Illinois, plus consultations with horticultural specialists.
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Harvey B. Hartline
Carbondale
Illinois State Horticultural Socie
The
Illinois Fruit Council
Birmingham approves segregation ban on mixed sports
Birmingham voters approved a segregation ordinance banning mixed play by Negroes and white persons. The law prohibits Negroes and whites from competing together in games and at swimming pools beaches lakes and ponds. The City Commission had allowed white and Negro professionals to play baseball and football previously.
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Birmingham
Ala
State Police Urged to Raise Starting Pay to 350
The State Police Merit Board recommended raising starting pay for state patrolmen from 322 to 350 a month. The move followed a conference with Gov. Stratton where board Chairman Henry A. Gardner said pay parity with downstate cities was a goal. The 500 member force is stretched thin by vacations shifts illnesses and admin duties. other board members Lyle F. Tomlinson and Rafael Yalden joined Gardner.
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Springfield
State Police Merit Board
Stratton
Henry A. Gardner
Chicago
Gardner
Lyle F. Tomlinson
West Frankfort
Rafael Yalden
Rockford
Police Merit Board
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Burton
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