Policewomen Join Dragnet for Girl’s Assailant
New York patrols expanded in Yorkville as policewomen joined 200 detectives hunting a rapist who stabbed and beat 14 year old Dorothy Westwater. she remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital.
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NEW York CP
Lower
Yorkville
Manhattan
Dorothy Westwater
Gictt
Bellevue Hospital
Milan
Italy
Giovanni Rhco
St. Simpliciano
Maria Nusdorfer
Trieste
New Delhi
India
Prison Farm Break Thwarted in Raeford A Prisoner Killed
A prison farm uprising near Raeford North Carolina ended with the death of a 17 year old inmate and injuries to another. Guards contained the revolt to the Flattop block which houses 17 death row inmates and about 60 other prisoners. Superintendent L F Chapman noted most Flattop inmates are there for misconduct. The incident occurred Wednesday evening with reports first emerging last night.
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Raeford
Fis
CPI
Flattop
L. F. Chapman
Drifted schooner Idalia rescued after 12 days at sea
A Navy spokesman says luck saved eight adults and a 13 year old boy after they drifted 12 days on the 75 foot schooner Idalia 180 miles north of Honolulu. Lt. Robert Craig found the derelict vessel with a shattered mast and no power or radio.
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Honolulu
T. H
Navy
Robert Craig
FHA ends insurance for luxury home extras
The Federal Housing Administration will stop insuring loans for amenities like tennis courts dog kennels barbecue pits and swimming pools citing abuses and nonessential livability factors. Acting commissioner Norman P Mason announced the policy and a public hearing set for June 14 to address charges against FHA general counsel Burton C Bovard who has been placed on leave.
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Washington GP
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Norman P. Mason
Sam
Eisenhower
Congress
Mason
Burton C. Bovard
Bovard
Reds Ready All-Out Offensive If Geneva Fails
Formosa dispatch cites Tatao saying China plans a blitz into Korea if Geneva breaks down. It reports 250000 troops gassed on the Indo China border and mobilization of North Korea men 18 and older into militia to support the regular army. The agency claims 1400000 Chinese troops remain in Korea, contingent on an attack order.
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Aipeh
Formosa
Yarnisirs
Tatao
Korea
Indo- China
North Korea
Brownell frames security drive at Fresno dinner
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr touts Eisenhower security program as preventing subversives and keeping risky individuals out. He cites fewer work stoppages, tidelands act passage, Supreme Court rulings against segregation, and a tax reduction as gains of the administration. He says the McCarthy Army hearings will be reviewed in a semi judicial capacity.
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Fresno
Calif
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Eisenhower
Brownell
Downell
Supreme Court
Shock Kills Sander Operator in Damp Basement
Lee G. Gibson a 29 year old resident of Andes was killed by an electric shock yesterday while using a sanding machine in a dwelling basement. Coroner Dr. Harry Wilbur said the sander touched a metal stanchion and the damp floor caused a short circuit.
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Walton C.P
Lee G. Gibson
Andes
Harry Wilbur
Delaware County
Gibson
Rift over Atomic Energy Commission leadership fuels Capitol clash
Rep Chet Holifield says the AEC faces a serious defect in leadership that harms operation. Chairman Strauss seeks expanded authority while Smyth Murray side with a five member board. Zuckert supports the status quo Campbell backs Strauss as Morse warns of a connection to Oppenheimer case and broad power.
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Washington
Chet HolSeid
Calif
Atomic Energy ‘Commission
Holifield
Commission
Joint
House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Lewis JL. Strauss
Ta Dig
Exe Aec
Herry
D. Smyth
Thomas E. Murray
Strauss
Eugene M. Zuckert
Joseph Campbell
Zuckert
Smyth
Murray
Campbell
Joint Committee
Warne Morse
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oregon Independent
Senate
Nho
Transs
Morse
Henry arrest in NY boxing sting linked to Giardello bout
Henry 28 was arrested in a district attorney led trap with Jones Melnick and Christenberry officials. The aim was to expose offers to throw the Giardello fight for $15000 while Hacken waited downstairs. Christenberry confirmed the Jones Giardello match proceeds next Friday at Madison Square Garden.
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Hogan
Hacken
Meinick
Jones
Henry
Melnick Jis
Joe Cario
San Francisco
Melnick
Ralph
Tiger” Jones
Yonkers
al Hunter
New York
District Attorney's Office
Robert K. Christenberry
New York State Athletic Commission
Christenberry
District Attorney’s Office
Philadelphia
New York Journal-American
San Antonio
Tex
Madison Square Garden
Women's Clubs End Convention in Denver
The General Federation of Women's Clubs closed its 63rd annual convention in Denver with the installation of Mrs. Theodore S. Chapman of Jerseyville Illinois as president. She urged American women to battle fear and defend freedom of thought, saying fear is a tool of the Soviets, while Conrad L. Wirth received $180,000 raised to aid Philadelphia's Independence Hall restoration.
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Denver
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Theodore S. Chapman
Jerseyville
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
McCarthy Hearings Show Clash Over Army Records
Six weeks of hearings reached a dramatic climax with McCarthy and aides pressed over alleged Army favors for Schine and Stevens accusing McCarthy of abusing Army witnesses. Key transcripts entered. Symington defends impartiality as McCarthy seeks removal. Mundt and McClellan records also set to air Monday amid calls and executive-branch disclosures.
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Stevens
Subcommittee
AicCarthy Camp
Senator McClelland
D.-Ark
McCarthy
Army
Schine
Colin
McCarthy Subcommittee
Executive Branch
Cohn
Geck
Frank
Carr
McClellan
Arkansas
Jetevens
John .G. Adams
Wilke B. Lawton
Et Monmouth
N. Jd
Beewest
Senator Mundt
Suspect's Wife Describes Love For Slain Industrialist
Edith Small, 30, widow of Detroit dentist Dr. Kenneth Small, said she could not live a lie after meeting Jules Lack, the New York industrialist slain by her husband. She described feeling security and confessed an emotional entanglement during a Florida vacation and noted psychiatric counsel before she sought separation.
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Detroit
Jules
McCarthy to Keynote Ripon Centennial Celebration
Senator McCarthy will headline Ripon Wisconsin’s Republican centennial events tonight after a mile long parade. The three day celebration expects over 30 000 visitors as recall petitioners push to oust him, with final petition counts not due until midnight. Leroy Gore says final tallies won’t be released until Monday night.
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Ripon
Wis
McCarthy
R-Wis
RicCarthy
Republican Centennial Committee
Wisconsin
McCarthy Mayries
Washington
Leroy Gore
Sauk City
Woman Testifies She Bit Husband's Finger in Divorce
Mrs. Reba G. Armstrong told Judge Jack Langdon that her husband slapped and choked her before she bit off the top of his finger. She testified yesterday and was granted the divorce in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Reba G. Armstrong
Vets Recall War Waste and Remains Along Normandy Beach
On Normandy's resort coast veterans recount relics from the invasion as beachgoers uncover belt buckles and buttons from American uniforms. A body on a stretcher, found three years prior, was buried at Saint-Laurent after German shell fire cut the return of medics.
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Normandy
Saint-Laurent
Omaha Beach
Europe
Stockpile of consumer ration books denied by ODM
Washington officials say no plan to reimpose rationing. The Office of Defense Mobilization notes it is merely consulting the Government Printing Office on costs and printing time for ration books if needed, but stresses no move to new controls.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
Eisenhower
ODM
Hoffman Dies Crtic Of Lindbergh Probers
New Jersey former Governor Haroé Gites Hoffman died at 38 after a career as a sharp Lindbergh investigation critic. He faced graft allegations in employment security before collapsing while dressing, with a death noted after heart trouble. He aided Hauptmann controversy and led the Circus Saints and Sinners group.
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Hoffman
Lindbergh Probers
New York
New Jersey
Haroé Gites Hoffman
Lindbergh
Hoff- Yean
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hauptmann
Norman Schwartzkopf
Schwartzkopf
State Service
State Department of Law and Public Service
Circus Saints and Sinners
Mock Bomb Drill Soaks City Oil Field in Simulated Fire
The mock attack left Oil City ablaze as volunteers from seven counties helped man first aid stations at Garfield School. High school students acted as patients while city and county fire crews, the water department plumbing a portable eight inch line from Schiller Park pool, and a CD communications grid managed the scene. Some downtown residents and drivers ignored the alert until police and wardens ordered cover.
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Thomas FR. Ballantyne
Garfield School
Department of Public Works
City Water Department
Schiller Park
CD Techanicians
Herald- Journal
EN Salina
Clin
Herrald Pl
Franklin and Willowsis
GE Says IUE Passes Up Pay Increases Offer
General Electric says the C I O affiliated International Union of Electrical Workers is passing up a pay raise and retroactive benefits offered to GE workers effective June 1. GE notes the deadline to accept is June 7 and other unions will continue talks on Monday.
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NEW York C.P
General Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric
United Electrical Workers
Motorist Fined After Horn Incident in Courtroom
An impatient driver honked at a judge secretary and faced the judge in Indianapolis. Restaurant owner John A. Zion was fined $25 for violating an anti noise ordinance after honking at Elizabeth Carlson awaiting a left turn. Superior Judge Scott McDonald presided.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John A. Zion
Elizabeth Carlson
Zion
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