College Textbook Screening Faces College Pushback
UPI reports House Un American Activities Committee faces resistance from college officials over a plan to screen textbooks for slanted propaganda. The panel says it seeks only to gauge the task, with support from state boards, while warning against academic freedom infringement.
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Washington
House
Mmunist
House In American Activities Committee
Innes of
Academic Freeom
American Council On Education
Dwight D. Eisen
Western ministers reject Vishinsky German peace proposal
Secretary Acheson and western foreign ministers dismissed the Soviet draft treaty as impossible under current conditions. They argued only a unified Germany could be party to a viable agreement, noting the two Germanies complicate any peace terms.
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Robert Schuman
Vishinsky
Germany
Acheson
Smoke Bomb Incident Injures Two Airmen in Crash
In Fairbanks Alaska two airmen were badly burned when a smoke bomb exploded in a rescue helicopter crew chief's hand during a post crash check. The crew chief threw the burning device overboard and the pilot landed the craft despite burns and a smoke filled cabin. Both men were hospitalized at Ladd Air Force Base in fair condition with fractures lacerations and burns.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
10Th Air Force Rescue Squadron
Ladd Air Force Base Hospital
Tucker to surrender on grand jury fraud charges
Preston Tucker Sr. and seven associates face 31 counts of mail fraud securities violations and conspiracy in a mass production push for the Tucker Torpedo. Tucker plans to post a 25000 bond at federal court as officials surrender today.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker, Sr
Tucker Automobile Company
Associates
Federal Court Clerk’s Office
Tucker Corp
Company
Grand
Securities and Exchange
Tucker
Ypsilanti, Mich
Solon Says Atomic Group Blocking Lilienthal Probe
Senator Hickenlooper accused the joint atomic committee of secrecy blocking his probe into David Lilienthal and alleged mis management of the U S atomic program. He said documents are stamped secret and not all relevant materials are allowed. Other lawmakers disputed his case as the Oppenheimer testimony on radioactive isotope shipments proceeded.
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Hower
Columbia University
James B Conant
Harvard
Eisenhower
Conant
Solon
Lilienthal
Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Joint
Senate House Atomic Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Federal Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
United Press
Chet Holifield
Hickenlopper
Holifield
Millard E. Tydings
River Yields Body of Ailing Nun
Sister Marcella, 55, of Our Lady of the Angels convent in Enfield, missing since Thursday night, was found dead in the Connecticut River near the convent. The medical examiner cited drowning under undetermined circumstances after an extensive search by volunteers, boy scouts, and police.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Marcella
Our Lady of the Angels
Enfield
Connecticut River
Howard Gourke
Construction boom sustains gains into May
U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 2,010,000 workers on construction projects in May. New work valued at 1.6 billion dollars, lifting total since January 1 to 6 billion. yet employment declined year over year for the first time in four years, with a Pacific coast drop and the middle Atlantic and east north central states driving activity.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Pacific Coast
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
New York
New Defense For Rockets
General Sir Frederick Pile, wartime commander of Britain’s anti-aircraft defenses, says he devised a prewar method to shoot down V-2 rockets. Details remain secret but he explains predicting fall points with radar and firing guns to intercept in flight, with only seconds to respond.
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London
Frederick Pile
Britain
Pile
Reynolds News
England
Formosa Governor seeks U.S. help to defend against Communists
Gen. Chen Cheng, new Formosan governor, appeals for American aid to shore up defense and democracy on 125 mile island. He outlines four aid categories including technical personnel and military materiel, and notes border with China and transfer of $54 million in ECA funds.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chen Cheng
China
Atck
United States
Chen
Far East
U. S
Hawaii
Quote by David Dubinsky on quarantining communism
A 1950s partisan remark from David Dubinsky of the ILGWU insists on denying Communists in the workforce the respectability and approval they seek, framing health and freedom as paramount concerns.
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David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
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