Senate Censure Actions Since 1871 and McCarthy Role
Congressional Quarterly outlines 14 censure efforts since 1871 with Sen. Joseph McCarthy figure in the last three cases. It traces limits of Senate discipline, past censures including Hiram Bingham and Tillman McLaurin, and notes expulsion history and implications for a senator’s career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
McCarthy
Ralph E. Flanders
Sen
William Benton
Conn
Benton
Tillman
McLaurin
Bingham
South Carolina
William Blount
Tennessee
Blount
Florida
Louisiana
City Fire Loss Rises Sharply Over 1953
Fire losses in Elyria for the first seven months of 1954 more than doubled over the same period in 1953. Fire Chief W N Bates reported property valued at 4420 42 was destroyed, up 111 percent from 22050 15 in January August 1953. The rise stems partly from 196 fires this year, compared with 147 a year ago, with marked increases in building fires and grass and brush blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
W. N. Bates
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Wash
First U S Jet Airliner Ordered In Production
The Air Force announced the Boeing 707, a 550 mph jet airliner, has been ordered into production as a refueling tanker. It aims to surpass Britain’s Comet line in range and speed, with 80 to 120 seats and operations above 42 000 feet. Pan American has ordered three Comets with options for more.
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Washington
Air Force
Britain
Harold E. Talbott
Off British Aircraft Constructors
Jury Convicts Prospector Of Murder In Gaspe Forest
Wilbert Coffin, 40, is found guilty of murdering hunters from Pennsylvania in the Gaspe woods last summer. He faces a hanging sentence set for November 26. The jury of mixed language took 34 minutes to return the verdict on the 19th day of his trial for the killings of Richard Lindsay, 17, his father Budger, 47, and Albert Claar, 20. Their bodies were found a month after the June 1953 killings, and Coffin was accused of shooting and robbing Lindsay. The court spoke to the jury in French and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace
Quebec
Bs—Prospector
Wilbert Coffin
Pennsylvania
Gaspe Forest
Coffin
Gerard Lacroix
Jack-Of
Richard Lindsay
Hollidaysburg
Lindsay
Buger
Albert Claar
Allormiss
He's Well Educated, Police Don't Approve
Berkeley, Calif. Police said Vancil H. Ingail, 30, is one of the most educated men they've met yet did not approve of how he used his education. He was arrested after leaving a bookstore near the University of California with a package containing a spring flap enabling him to acquire volumes by pressing against a wickom.
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Berkeley
Calif
Vancil H. Ingail
University of California
Attorney General Aide Dies Of Heart Attack
Cleveland reports that Evert E. Addison, 55, a Columbus attorney and former Republican state senator for Franklin and Pickaway Counties, died Thursday afternoon from a heart attack suffered during the Jeff the New York Cleveland baseball game at Municipal Stadium. Addison served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives beginning in 1939 and three in the Senate before losing in 1990. Funeral services will be held in Columbus Saturday.
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Cleveland
E. Addison
Jeff
New York Cleveland
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Addison
Columbus
Franklin
Pickaway
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
Hiroshima nine years after the A bomb memorials rise
United Press dispatch from Hiroshima recalls the Aug 6 1945 blast nine years later. Citizens urge peace and welfare aid while redevelopment battles amid Cold War tensions and Communist influence shape memorials and finances. A separate Kansas City note covers Adlai Stevenson’s visit and a lightening strike on a campaign plane.
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United Press
Hiroshima
Japan
Park
New Strike Looms At Two Atomic Plants
Washington reports a potential 4500 worker strike at Oak Ridge Tennessee and Paducah Kentucky over a wage dispute at uranium material plants essential to atomic bomb production. Federal mediators failed to resolve the five month old dispute and a Taft Hartley court action could follow. A presidential fact finding board warned that a strike would severely threaten national security.
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Washington T
Oak Padge
Tenn
Padacuah
National Secuity
Kefauver landslide win seals Tennessee Senate race
Sen Estes Kefauver claimed a landslide victory in the Democratic primary over Rep Pat Sutton for a new Senate term. Gov Frank Clement won a four year term, dominating Gordon Browning. Ray Jenkins was nominated to oppose Kefauver but will not run in November. Returns showed Kefauver leading Sutton as Clement defeated Browning, with Schoolfield finishing third in the governor’s race.
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Nasiville
Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Pat Sutton
Senate
Frank Clement
Gordon Browning
Ray Jenkins
Army-McCarthy
Kefauver
Jenkins
Cordell Hull
Andrew Jackson
Sutton
Tennessee
Clement
Browning
Raulston Schoolfield
New York
Americans For Democratic Action
Jusun Kefauver
Senate Crime Committee
U.S. Supreme Court
Schoolfield
Senate weighs flexible farm supports amid veto risk
The Senate debated a key amendment by Sen. Aiken to set flexible price supports at 80 to 90 percent parity for five crops. Sen. Holland mocked the talks as shadow boxing while President Eisenhower’s stance on flexibility loomed. House already approved 80-90 percent parity. critics say the plan undermines 1952 campaign pledges.
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Senate
George D. Aiken
R-Vi
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Eisenhower
Aiken
House
Burnet R.maybank
D-Sc
Senate Appropriations Committee
Indochina
House-Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Economic Committee
Congress
Bricker
John W. Bricker
Ohio
House Probes Camps For Communist Influence
House Un American Activities Committee opens nationwide probe into alleged Communist taint in summer camps. Rep Harold Velde says camps are fertile ground for Communist youth influence. NY legislative inquiry mirrors federal move after INS reports of 24 Red tainted camps in nine states. Investigations target Ormsby Village Camp for Children and a new California camp in the San Bernardino Mountains.
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New York
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harold R. Velde
R Ml
FBI
International News Service
Washington
Communist Party
Congressional
New York State
Empire State
INS
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Connec
Ticut
Michigan
Vermont
Velde
Shoup
Stors
Los Angeles
Ormsby Village
San Bernardino Mountains
Elyria Artist George Innes Busy 12-Hour Day
George Innes a Elyria cartoonist and artist works a 12 hour day across Bendix Westinghouse Automotive and Elyria Wood Products. He creates cartoons signs furniture designs and civic displays. He balances family life and freelancing often delaying ideas until Wednesday nights for Thursday deadlines. He studies at John Huntington Art School and admires Norman Rockwell and cites editorial cartooning as a key career phase.
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Paul Spindler
George Innes
Elyria
Chronicle- Telegram
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Innes
Garvin Ave
Jenny
Elyria Wood Products Co
Sugar Ridge Rd
George
Free-Lance
Ely Park
Jenny Keszewski
Elyria High
chronicle-Telegram
Hahn Manufacturing Co
Bendix-Westinghouse
Olive Innes
Dewey Ave
Norman Rockwell
Shriners Hold Annual Lorain County Stag Golf Party
More than 95 golfers from Lorain County and nearby Cleveland Canton and Wooster braved rain to play Elyria Country Club. At the evening buffet dinner attended by over 135 Shriners prizes were awarded. Don McGinley of Elyria acted as toastmaster and introduced Clayton Arnold potentate of Al Koran Temple and other Shrine officers. Next event is the stag clam bake on Sept 15 at El Rey Grotto Park with details to be mailed.
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Lorain County
Cleveland
Canton
Wooster
Elyria Country Club
Carl Huntley
Harry L. Reynolds
al Koran
el Rey Grotto Park
Nizam Loses Richest Title Amid Oil Wealth Shifts
London dispatch reports Osman Ali Khan the Nizam of Hyderabad, once the world’s richest man with about two billion dollars, has fallen from the top as the state seizes crown lands and the government ends his gold and jewel tribute. Caliber rivals like Calouste Gulbenkian and Aga Khan remain immensely wealthy, with fortunes estimated up to several billions.
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Gene Patterson
United Preas State
Texas Oil
London
Hunt
Osman Ali Khan
Nizam
Hyderabad
United
India
Gulbenkian
Iraq
Texas
H. J. Hunt
Equator
Tanganyika
Avon Lake Kiwanis Officers Meeting Set
Avon Lake Kiwanis directors and officers are called to a Wednesday meeting at the home of Ervin Boem on South Dr. President Gary Moore urges all officers directors and committee chairmen to attend.
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Richard Nixon
Joseph McCarthy
Arthur Watkins
Utah
Edwin Johnson
Colorado
Francis Case
South Dakota
Frank Carlson
Kansas
John Stennis
Mississippi
Sam Ervin, Jr
North Carolina
Avon Lake
Kiwanis
Ervin Boem
South Dr
Gary Moore
FBI Chief Warns of August Surge in Crimes of Passion
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warns policing agencies that August typically brings a spike in crimes of passion, including rape, assault, and murder, as detailed in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. The note stresses heightened alert for violent offenses during hot summer months.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hiram Bingham
Benjamin R. Tillman
John L. McLaurin
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Talbott
Boeing
U. S
Pan American World Airways
Prospector
Stevenson
Mnoshita
Rebbie Marka
Enter
Kansas City
Adlai E. Stever
Tyndall
S. D
John
Havel
Hirechima
Kevailway
United States
Auman
Mapchinis
Jollis Wyman, Jr
Monterey
Mauss
Great Barrington
Mass
Wostean
U. S Navy
Fellowship Reconciliation
New Strike
GOP
Gov. Clement
By Tom Ketterson
Elyriant
John Huntington Art School
Shriners
John Thorburn Williamson
Aga Khas
Aga Khan
Mohammed
Begum
French Riviera
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