Doctor in Army Refuses to Say If Communist
Pfc. Marvin S. Belsky, a 25 year old doctor at Murphy General Hospital in Waltham Massachusetts, invoked the Fifth Amendment before Sen. McCarthy's Investigations Subcommittee. He refused to state whether he is a Communist or to answer about recruiting others or passing information. The panel will meet privately to decide if he should be cited for contempt of Congress.
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Washington
Sen. MccCarthy
R-Wis
Marvin S. Belsky
McCarthy
Senate Investigations
Belsky
Congress
Red
Communist Party
Army
Murphy General Hospital
Waltham
Mass
Predict College Enrollment to Be Doubled
Chicago report at the ninth National Conference on Higher Education says college enrollment could rise from about 2.5 million to 5 million by 1970 as more women enter college and students pursue longer programs. Pratt Institute president Francis H. Horn urges doubling higher education capacity to meet demand.
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Chicago
National Conference On Higher Education
Francis H. Horn
Pratt Institute of
Brooklyn
N. Y
National Education Assn
NEA Journal
J. F. Wellemeyer Jr
American Council of Learned Societies
Horn
James A. van Zwoll
Man Sets House Ablaze Then Surrenders to Police
Juan Salazar 42 started a confrontation with his wife and set his San Jose home on fire intending to kill himself. Police and fire crews found him seated inside amid flames and he shouted Let er go as they arrived. He was jailed with a quip I have mis fired.
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San Jose
Calif
U.P
Juan Salazar
Salazar
Jing
House OKs $5 million for aircraft research facilities
Washington The House approved a bill to authorize a maximum of five million dollars to fund the building of additional aircraft research facilities and sent it to the Senate for action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Examiner Issues Statement on Unions Vote
W G Nowell of the NLRB Seattle regional office issued a statement on election plans following a conference with Anaconda Copper Mining Company Steelworkers CIO and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Election dates span March 22 23 in Anaconda and March 24 26 in Butte with three ballot choices including Union No 1 and a Neither option. Ballots will be counted after the full election.
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W. G. Nowell
Seattle
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Steelworkers Cio
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Nowell
Anaconda
Butte
Butte Miners Union No
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
United Steel Workers of America-Clio
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s Union No
Two Man Artichoke Bloc Aims to Win Over Nation
A California driven Congressional farm group, the artichoke bloc, seeks to push artichokes to Midwestern and Eastern Americans. Younger and Gubser note bipartisan support, with leaders from both parties hosted at a luncheon. They cite climate needs, sea proximity, and air freight making artichokes available nationwide, though at higher prices.
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Congress
Washington
United States
Younger
Gubser
Martin
Mass
Arends
Ill
Rayburn
Tex
McCormack
Henry VIII
Max Hyll
B. Googe
Gardner
France
Spain
Italy
Pete Heller
Classified Ads Offer Quick Cure For Nervous Business
A Penn State College study finds lack of success triggers nerves more than success. If customers fall short, classified ads are pitched as the rapid fix. Dial 5451 to speak with an ad writer who claims to solve problems fast with a 44ROOM MODERN FLAT listed as evidence.
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Penn State College
Small French Girl Missing After Alpine Avalanche
A group of 10 children was swept by an avalanche near Villeneuve Le Bez in the high Alps. One small French girl was reported missing and another child was injured as rescuers search the site.
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Briancon
France
Villeneuve le Bez
Alps
France set to debate Indochina war today in Assembly
Paris reports the French National Assembly will open a debate on the Indochina conflict. Premier Laniel and Defense Minister Pleven will present the government view. A cease-fire proposal from Nehru will be considered if formally presented with guarantees for French troops and residents.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Assembly
Daniel Mayer
Nehru
India
Joseph Laniel
Rene Pleven
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Democrats Plan Fight to Knock Out Excise Taxes
Democrats said they would fight on the House floor to remove excise taxes on admissions 50 cents or less and seek a one year limit on rates for liquor cigarettes automobiles gasoline and more. The GOP planned to advance a broad excise tax cut bill with extensive reductions and a two edged approach approved by the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Ways and Means
GOP
Halleck
Indiana
Eisenhower
Weather forecast of fair, warmer Friday and Saturday
The forecast calls for fair conditions and a slight warm up into Friday and Saturday with highs around 35 to 50 degrees and lows near 10 to 1 degree depending on location. A period from Wednesday midnight to Thursday 5 30 pm shows a maximum 38 and minimum minus 1. Highs Friday range 35 to 45 east and west of Divide Fair.
Flexible Farm Program Hearings Open
Senate Agriculture Committee opened five weeks of hearings on Eisenhower’s flexible farm program. Officials debated 75 percent parity as a minimum support level, with Morse saying it depends on crop size exports and other factors. Benson retains discretionary authority to fix a higher figure.
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Washington
Eisenhower
D. Morse
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Congress
Morse
Mexican Labor Bill Approved Heads to White House
Congress completed action on a bill to allow recruitment of Mexican laborers for American farms without Mexican government approval. The measure passes to President Eisenhower for his decision. CIO leader Walter Reuther urged Eisenhower to withhold approval and push for Mexican labor negotiations. The CIO argues the legislation pressures Mexico.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
House
Senate
CIO
Walter Reuther
Mexico
Six Marines Killed in Mine Warfare School Accident Korea
Six U S Marines were killed and 25 injured near the front during a training class at the division mine warfare school in Korea. An instructor dropped a live shell, believed rendered harmless, triggering the blast inside a quonset hut. The explosion ripped through the hut as helicopters ferried wounded to medical units and the Navy hospital ship in Inchon Harbor.
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Inchon Harbor
Stabbing at Reno Western Union office ends in murder
James J. Cleary, 30, is charged with murder after stabbing widow Margaret Jenkins with a screwdriver in Reno Nevada. Cleary eluded police in a 90 mile an hour chase through Reno and Sparks before capture at his motel. his bride Elisse Cooper Gelinas Cleary, 30, waited there. Jenkins died from multiple wounds and a broken neck amid money order dispute and a later car crash.
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Reno
Nev
Western Union
Chicago
James J. Cleary
Bellwood,ll
Elisse Cooper Gelinas Cleary
Cleary
Sparks
Margaret Jenkins
L. R. Greeson
Hazel Willaman
Eye Corneas Transplanted From Army Men in Rare Operation
Mrs. Samuel B. Jones of Augusta Georgia received both corneas from two Army men in a rare operation at Walter Reed Army Hospital restoring near normal sight. Surgeons donated by Air Force and Army personnel removed healthy eyes to supply the corneas. The patient previously suffered keratoconus causing blurred vision and could not recognize her mother on the street.
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Washington
Samuel B. Jones
Augusta
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Air Force
Army
Munich
Germany
Ray Graves
Georgia Tech
Jones
Walter Reed Hospital
Man Pays Extra Dollar for Police Cost Change
Tom Popovich paid an extra dollar to have a parking fine processed after the police station lacked change. He had dropped a penny in a meter, left to fetch change, and returned to find a second ticket for overparking issued.
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Tom Popovich
E. Park
Mr. Popovich
Wilson Enters Row Over Probe Tactics
Secretary of Defense Wilson entered the row over Sen. McCarthy's methods by calling the claim the Army coddling Communists tommyrot. McCarthy retorted that certain Army individuals have protected and discharged known Communists. The dispute widens into a broader GOP political storm with each side defending its stance.
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Washington
Wilson
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Wisconsin
General Motors
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Tommyrot
GOP
Dulles Urges Americas Unity Against Soviet Infiltration
Secretary of State Dulles addressed the 10th Inter-American Conference calling for a hands off warning to Moscow and united action against Communist influence in the hemisphere. He urged private capital to fund Latin American development and warned that any Red infiltration should trigger emergency regional measures.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Dulles
Americas
Moscow
U. S
Washington
Latin America
America
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Stalin
Ohio Snowstorm Kills Nineteen Across Lake Erie Region
A blizzard like storm dragged across the eastern half of the nation into Canada. Cleveland logged 12 inches of snow with four inches on Thursday and schools closed. The storm disrupted transport, industry and left hundreds of cars stalled. Lake Erie flooded highways and hundreds of homes as power lines and windows were damaged. An Arctic air blast chilled the Midwest and a frost was reported in Atlanta.
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Canada
Ohio
Lake Erie
Cleveland
New York State
Mid-Continent
Atlanta
Old Friend of Mencken Closes His Bookshop in Downturn
Baltimore based Seigfried Weisberger announces closure of his Peabody Bookshop with 100 000 volumes unsold. He warns of dark days for America as he relocates to a New Windsor Maryland farm. Weisberger cites shifting values toward commerce over culture and condemns censorship.
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Mencken
Baltimore
Seigfried Weisberger
America
H. L. Mencken
Siegfried
New Windsor
Seigfried
Earth tremor rattles western Turkey's Germencik area
An earthquake struck Aydın Province in western Turkey on Thursday, shaking homes and cracking walls in Germencik. No serious damage or casualties were reported.
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Turkey
Aydin
Germencik
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