McCarthy to name 29 State Dept loyalty probes
Senator McCarthy said he would name 29 current or former State Department officials under loyalty investigations in a Senate floor speech. He listed 24 possibly still employed, two suspended, two resigned, and one cleared, including some high officials, and noted press services refused to commit to publishing the names.
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Wisconsin
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Connecticut
Joseph McCarthy
Benton
Senate Rules Committee
Maryland
Air Force Plans New Ohio Balloon Barrage
The Air Force will launch weather balloons from Clinton County airport in Wilmington Ohio today to study wind and atmosphere. NYU scientists under contract will operate transmitters for ground tracking at 50 000 to 100 000 feet. Balloons range from seven to eighty feet in diameter. Eight more flights are planned this month.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Air Force
Clinton County
Wilmington
New York University
Fewer Reds but Danger Remains Hoover Warns
In San Diego J Edgar Hoover says US Communist Party membership fell from 52000 to 37000 but danger persists. He notes remaining Communists are more intensive and fanatic, cites top leaders convicted of conspiracy, second level leaders arrested, and says third level leaders will soon be rounded up.
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San Diego
Calif
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
California
U. S
204 Million Paid So Far in New Veterans Insurance Dividends
Government reports show 204,853,420 dollars in second G I insurance dividends paid to World War II veterans with NSL policy holders still receiving payments through 1982. About 2.46 million of 8 million eligible veterans have collected to date, with checks from 1.50 to 200 dollars based on policy type and duration.
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Washington
National Service
N.S.L.N
Veterans Administration
G.I
Youth From Three Continents Call For Cooperation To Peace
At Cornell University three youths from the United States Belgium and India urged world peace through close cooperation and mutual understanding. Philip Willkie Gerritt Kreveld and Vithal Babu spoke during a World Assembly of Youth conference with 500 attendees from 63 non Communist nations.
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N. Y
Philip Willkie
United States
Gerritt Kreveld
Belgium
Vithal Babu
India
World Assembly of Youth Conference
W.A.Y
Cornell University
America
Willkie
Indiana
Wendell Willkie
Kreveld
Socialist Youth of
World Assembly of Youth
Europe
United Nations Organization
Babu
Congress Party of India
Asia
Sol Linowitz
Rochester
New York Bars Police From Union Ties
New York police face a ban on joining labor unions after Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan ordered members not to join any union. The directive targets the Transportation Workers Union and its Local 240, led by Michael J. Quill, who chartered the city’s first police union just before the order. Quill claims about 4,500 officers had paid first month dues.
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New York
George P. Monaghan
C.I.U. Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
Quill
T.W.U
Monaghan
St Lawrence Seaway Proposal Moves Through Congress Plan
Representatives Zablocki and Roosevelt prepare to attach the St Lawrence seaway rider to the $8.5 billion foreign aid bill in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. A Senate alternative rider for the $818 million water and power project is under consideration by Moody and Aiken after House turnout setback.
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Wisconsin
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New York
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Senate
Moody
Michigan
Aiken
Vermont
House Public Works Committee
Truckers Settle Akron Dispute End of Strike
Akron dispatch says a strike by over-the-road drivers ended last night after an agreement on contract interpretation. Akron firms A. C. E. Transportation, Summit Fast Freight, Akron Chicago Transportation, and Dixie-Ohio Express resumed operations. A week earlier Sentle Trucking Co. in Toledo also reached a similar accord. AFL teamsers alleged violations but gave few details.
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Ohio Highway Drivers Council
Ohio
Toledo
A. C. E. Transportation Co
Summit Fast Freight Co
Akron-Chicago Transportation Co
Dixie-Ohio Express Co
Sentle Trucking Co
A.F.L. Teamsters Union
Strike Authorization Threatens Copper Flow
In Salt Lake City on August 8 AP reports the metal trades council representing AFL unions voted to authorize a strike no later than August 20. The potential walkout could halt about 95 percent of U S copper production, targeting Kennecott Anaconda Phelps-Dodge and American Smelting & Refining. The vote mirrors an 85 percent approval by the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers in Denver.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
Metal Trades Council
A.F.L
Kennecott Copper Corp
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Phelps-Dodge Copper Co
American Smelting & Refining Co
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Denver
Big Four
Extenuating Circumstances Studied at West Point Cadets
West Point officials say extenuating circumstances may clear some of the 80 cadets who admitted cribbing at the military academy. The status of the remaining cadets remains unclear as Senate investigators refrain from action for now. Superintendent Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving indicated guilt must be proven or charges dropped, with 29 non-charged cadets, and a committee alleging coercion behind the admissions.
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N. Y
Military Academy
West Point
Senate
Washington
James B. Leer
Academy
Department of the Army
Frederick A. Irving
Irving
Britain To Launch Atom Power Plant
The Daily Mail says British scientists are ready to start building the world first nuclear power station at Harwell. A government grant of 900000 pounds is needed to begin construction and house a center's electricity. A full scale plant could operate in about four years. The advisory council warned development may take a generation.
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The
Daily Mail
the Mail
Britain
Harwell
Government Atomic Research Work
Scientific Advisory Council
Republicans To Honor Floor Leader Wherry
Republican senators plan a testimonial dinner for Senate floor leader Wherry of Nebraska. Senator Taft says the event recognizes Wherry's hard work in keeping the minority alert in the Senate.
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Washington
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
New Navy Jet Demon Makes First Flight Test
ST LOUIS Aug 8 AP One of the navy s newest jet fighters built by McDonnell Aircraft Corp maker of the Banshee conducted its maiden flight Tuesday. The Demon powered by a Westinghouse jet stayed aloft 24 minutes in the test. Shaped like a swordfish the experimental navy fighter marks McDonnell s first flight of a navy fighter since the 1947 Banshee. No speed figures were released.
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