Defense Funds Okayed to Speed Security Case Clearances
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a defense funding bill of more than 29 billion dollars for the next fiscal year and ordered the Defense Department to speed clearance of military and civilian security cases. Senator Ferguson said the directive aims to coordinate security investigations under a single civilian official, stressing due process and national security. The move follows delays in midshipmen clearances and the Peress case amid McCarthy era investigations.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
McCarthy Army
Naval Academy
Peress
Ferguson
Tornado Levels Grocery Store At McAlpin Florida
A tornado struck McAlpin 12 miles south of Live Oak causing about 100000 in crop damage and tearing down a grocery store owned by W W Poe. Eight people were inside the frame building but unharmed. damage also hit 35 or 40 farms with tobacco and corn affected and several roofs trees and power lines damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Live Oak
Fla
McAlpin
Here
D. L. Means
Columbia County Farm Bureau
W. W. Poe
Eisenhower pledges fight to end subversion in nation unity call
President Eisenhower vowed to stay at work uprooting subversion and urged political unity for his legislative program including the flexible farm support plan. In a national address he asked for swift Congress action on a “potent package of protection against communism” and praised citizens for Eisenhower support.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Citizens For Eisenhower Congressional Committee
Marty Snyder
Citizens Committee
America
House Agriculture Committee
Pilcher Qualified As Executive Group Meets
The Second District Republican executive committee met at Hotel Scott with fifty delegates from fourteen counties. J L Pilcher qualified for Congress by paying a $350 entrance fee to George D Stewart. The primary is set for September 8 and district convention for September 29 in Meigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Thomas County Friends
J. L. Pilcher
Congress
W. F. Scott
J. C. Robinson
George D. Stewart
Meigs
Pilcher
Stewart
Bly
South Georgia Methodists Announce 82 New Appointments
The South Georgia Methodist Conference released new pastoral assignments and pay raises. Bishop Arthur J. Moore noted 82 ministers moved, with district superintendents receiving a $300 annual raise, while Thom asville churches remained unchanged.
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South Georgia Methodist Conference
Arthur J. Moore
Thomasville
Olin C.’ Cooper
C. W. Hancock
Dawson Street
J. Ralph Foster
Fairview
J. P. Dell
Bishop Moore
Norman Lovein
The
Georgia Temper
Adams Dies at 87 Former Navy Secretary Charles Adams
Charles Francis Adams, former Secretary of the Navy, died at his Boston home aged 87. A lawyer by training, he later engaged in banking and other business interests. He was a great great grandson of President John Adams.
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Boston
Charles Francis Adams
Secretary of the Navy
Adams
Navy
Hoover
John Adams
United States
Paul Conley Sought For Car Theft Assault
The sheriff has a warrant for Paul Conley near Patten charged with stealing a car from James E. Law this week. He is not at home and has reportedly fled with his child. A warrant also charges him with assault with a deadly weapon. The abandoned car has been recovered.
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Paul Conley
Near Patten
James E. Law
Conley
Allies Set To Wind Up Conference
In Geneva Britain and the United States reached general agreement on winding up the deadlocked Geneva conference. U S Undersecretary Walter Bedell Smith and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden held a long pre meeting, with Georges Bidault to meet them. Western powers expect to end the Korean phase by next Wednesday.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Anthony Eden
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Smith
Georges Bidault
Paris
Bidault
McCarthy Denies He Asked Stevens to Assign Schine to New York
Senator McCarthy denied he ever asked Secretary Stevens to assign Pvt. G David Schine to the New York area. Army witnesses testified Adams complained Dec 9 about abuse from Roy Cohn, while McCarthy challenged Stevens and Adams memories during the cross examination of the Army hearings. The panel aims to wind up the hearings next week with 26 final witnesses.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Pvt. G. David Schine
New York
Wala Uly PwuUls
Army
John G. Adama
Adams
Roy M. Cohn
Schine
Cohn
the Waldorf
Flanders
Wisconsin
Vermont
Senate
Ray H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Subcommittee
Ft. Dix
N.J
Francia P. Carr
Georgia Weather Forecast Shows Heat and Scattered Storms
Partly cloudy and hot with high humidity continue this afternoon and tonight in Georgia. Saturday expects widely scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
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Georgia
McCarthy Ouster Sought in Senate Drama
Sen. Flanders of Vermont urged the Senate to remove Sen. McCarthy as chairman of the Senate Investigations subcommittee and its parent panel unless McCarthy clears contempt charges. The dispute centers on claims from 1952 about cooperation with a three man subcommittee and potential improper benefits from funding and a $10 000 housing firm fee.
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McCarthy
Subcommittee
Flanders
New England
McCarthy Army
Southern attorneys general weigh segregation loopholes
Richmond AP reports Southern states may meet this summer to explore legal loopholes preserving racial segregation in public schools after the Supreme Court ruling. Georgia AG Eugene Cook said briefs likely unnecessary. Virginia Gov Stanley opened the five hour, 18 state conference. Nine governors and representatives from six more states attended. some seek further legal study rather than group action. States cited include North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Virginia.
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Gordon Persons
Alabama
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Richmond
ADATO
Eee
South
Supreme Court
Atty
Eugene Cook
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanley
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
North Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Unclear OCR Seeks Summary From Fractured Political Text
Fragmentary lines describe a political crisis involving alliances and councils. Mentions Paris, Allies, and non military campaigning amid a contested debate on a political table or policy. Names and precise events are unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theunists
Council
Paris
Perienatt
Weather fragments hint warm humid conditions across regions
Fragmented notes report warm and muggy weather with showers in the northern plains and northern Florida. Mention of half inch rainfall at Tallahassee and scattered sections from Virginia to Indiana.
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Tral Plains
Virginiy Iatesylvania
Indiana
Florida
Fait Hassee
Kidnaper Sought After Arizona Valley of the Superstitions
Police raid the Superstition Mountains for an armed kidnapper after Evelyn Ann Smith, a 23 year old Phoenix wife, was seized and released after a 75000 dollar ransom. Bloodhounds, a mounted posse, and FBI agents sweep the rugged area tracing tracks toward a highway between Apache Junction and Florence Junction.
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Phoenix
Aris
Pinal County
Apache Junction
Florence Junction
Sheriff's Office
Evelyn Ann Smith
Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company
Dutchman
Alleged Triggerman Quizzed In Florida
In Florida the investigation of a Lake Wales murder-for-profit plot centered on Raymond James a 32 year old Pensacola millhand questioned after being arrested on a conspiracy charge to murder K H Gerlach the 81 year old Lake Wales calendar manufacturer. Chief suspect Willard Durden and Emmett Donnelly faced charges of conspiracy as part of the same case with plots against wealthy widows.
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Bartow
Fla
Lake Wales
Raymond James
Pensacola
K. H. Gerlach
Eheritt
Pat Gordon
James
Geist
Willard
Durden
Orlando
Emmett Donnell Lake
Donnelly
Lawk
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Ma. Irving Peress
Senate—Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
McAlpin, Fla
Ike
W.C. Bell
Cox
ST. Simons Island
John
Sharp
Bainbridge _ to
Methodists
Valdosta
M. P. Webb
Brunswick
E J. Garbutt
Americus
M. £. Peavy
St. Luke
Columbus
Leonard Cochran
Mulberry Street
Macon
Anthony Hearn
By Eddy Gilmore
Maten
Scnoois
Yeaten Day
Achoola
Hak
Structural Steel
Great Falls
Mont
Herbert
Arizona Desert
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