Eisenhower Defends Warren Amid Senate Hurdles
President Eisenhower defended Chief Justice Earl Warren as one of the finest public servants, amid Senate Judiciary Committee friction. He spoke from his sunlit Palm Springs retreat after signing 24 bills and arranging a public press conference, addressing Warren questions briefly.
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Palm Springs, Calif
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
William Langer
R-N.d
White House
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Presi
Ranch House
Fiesta opens with rough stock tests at Beutler Bros rodeo
The 29th Fiesta de los Vaqueros kicks off as Beutler Bros stock challenges top cowboys. Billy Hand of West Palm Beach wins a bareback event with a 19.6 second ride, while Lefty Wilkens takes top roping in 19.6. Arizona ropers claim team tying wins led by Eddie Schell and Dale Smith in 15 seconds. Cowboy Keith Cunningham suffers a fractured larynx and possible spinal injury after a bull tramples him. Attendance estimates range 5,000 to 6,500 with weekend crowds expected to rise.
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Beutler Bros
Billy Hand
West Palm Beach
Fla
Lefty Wilkens
Ysleta
Tex
Lex Connelly
Benson Cowboy
Fresno
Calif
Arizona
Eddie Schell
Dale Smith
Coolidge
Ben Johnson
Hollywood
Fred Lambert
Phoenix
Asbury Schell
Claude Henson
Benson
Bum Post
Lester Glenn
Tucson
Jackie Wright
Danville
Ore
Cotton Rosser
Marysville
Billy Weeks
Roy
N. M
Ross Dollarhide
Vern Castro
Livermore
Skeets Dunafon
Denver
Colo
Storms kill four as tornadoes sweep Dixie area
A deep storm center unleashed tornadoes and a blizzard across the South and Plains, causing at least four deaths and extensive damage. Tornadoes struck Texas Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana while a dust storm and blizzard shut major routes and disrupted travel from Kansas to Illinois. One guard was killed at a prison in Angola Louisiana and convicts were injured when lightning struck a cell block.
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Dixie
Great Plains
Illinois
Angola
Kansas
South Dakota
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Miss
Sumrall
Laurel
Monroe
Tex
Sulphur Springs
Ark
Tennessee
Ilinois
Dodge City
U.S
Amarillo
Daphna Wilson
Billie DeVor
R. D. Hemphil
Rodeo Weather Lifts Fiesta de los Vaqueros Crowds
Rodeo riders and spectators enjoyed pleasant conditions as temperatures rose into the upper 60s and forecast calls for near 70 degrees tomorrow. The Fiesta de los Vaqueros continues with favorable weather for its weekend events, with other city highs noted in Phoenix and Yuma.
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Phoenix
Yuma
Flagstaff
New York City
Miami
Fla
Schwable in POW Brainwashing Case Faces Court Martial
A four-member Marine court of inquiry weighs Col. Frank Schwable trial after his Korea POW ordeal. Witnesses describe extreme stress, isolation, and forced confession allegedly under Communist pressure. The panel questions his mental state as the hearing resumes Tuesday.
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Washington
Pentagon
Col
Frank Schwable
Korea
Schwable
Army
Two Arizonans Die in Separate Traffic Crashes
Two Arizona residents died in crashes within 24 hours. Jack Comparet, 42, of Buckeye, died when his car struck a cottonwood and hit a second tree. Orian Kartchner, 61, of Mesa, died in a collision 103 miles north of Flagstaff as a pickup struck an oil tank truck. his wife sustained fractured ribs.
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Associated Press
Jack W. Comparet
Butkeye
Arizona Public Service Co
Orian K. Kartchier
Mesa
Comparet
Buckeye
Kartchner
Flagstaff
U. S. Highway 89
Cameraman Felix Insterman Reveals Chambers Hiss Role
Felix August Insterman testified to the McCarthy subcommittee that he was the Moscow trained photographer who microfilmed secret government documents used in the Chambers Hiss case. He described covert travels in the 1930s and his work for Chambers under instruction from the Communist party. He said he later worked with the FBI and first photographed government papers for Chambers in 1937.
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Albany
N. Y
Felix August Insterman
McCarthy Senate
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Lewisburg
Insterman
New York City
Felix
FBI
Moscow
United States
Ben
Bob
Roy Cohn
Communist Party
Gunman holds up shop for cash after appointment
A slender gunman arrived for a scheduled fitting at B&J Men's shop on East Third Street and robbed the two proprietors, John Cooperman and Bert A. Greenburg, of about $165 in cash and checks after forcing them to lie behind the counter. Police searched the university area but did not locate the suspect. He was described as six feet tall with black hair, brown eyes, wearing a blue suede jacket and denim trousers.
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Schwable
Schwabble
Henry D. Linscott
Pfc
Melvin J. Gaynor
Tell City
Ind
University Square
John Cooperman
Bert A. Greenburg
B&j
E. Third Street
University
Cooperman
Greenburg
GOP Gains Voters Here Reregistration in County Shifts Party Balance
County records show 23 053 registrations with 13 909 Democrats and 8 607 Republicans. GOP gain appears from early registration drive, with 62 percent to Democrats 1952 to 60 000 plus expected voters. Nonpartisans independents and minor parties listed. all must re-register to vote in September primary and next month’s bond election.
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Anna Sullinger
Sullinger
Senate backs Warren nomination amid charges against chief justice
A Senate judiciary subcommittee recommended approval of Chief Justice Earl Warren's nomination despite ten unevaluated charges. The charges included claims Warren was influenced by a liquor lobbyist and followed a Marxist line. The full committee will review the nomination before the Senate vote.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Earl Warren
Justice Department
California
Justice
William Langer
R-N.d
Warren
Lansger
Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Langer
Senate
William P. Rogers
Warren Olney III
Roderick J. Wilson
San Francisco
Burr McCloskey Jr
Wilson
Subcommittee
Olney
McCloskey
United Labor Party
International Workers of the World
China
United Nations
Eisenhower
Fed M. Vinson
Congress
Wanger
Disputed War Prisoner Release Troubles Nations
The neutral repatriation commission reports that the release of disputed POWs by the U N command was illegal. Czechs and Poles joined India in the finding, while Switzerland and Sweden declined to sign and issued separate statements disassociating from the conclusions.
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India
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
U.N. Command
Switzerland
Sweden
Readers Theater and Rodeo Weekend in Tucson
Tonight at 8:30 p.m. Tucson hosts Readers Theater The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at the public venue. Tomorrow features Levi Strauss puppet rodeo 8 a.m. to noon Armory Park and horse racing at Rillito Park 1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. La Fiesta de los Vaqueros at South Sixth Avenue grounds 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Square dancing at Old Tucson 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Seven Painters of Israel show tour at 3 p.m. at W Jackson St with UA art dep James Powell Scott. Evening forum at 8:15 p.m. in UA auditorium.
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Armory Park
Rillito Park
South Sixth Avenue
Old Tucson
Seven Painters of Israel
James Powell Scott
UA Art Department
Tucson Fine Arts Association
W. Jackson St
Index Gov Pyle program remains in doubt
A brief note lists page references indicating uncertainty surrounding Governor Pyle's program. The entry is part of a columnist’s index and notes the doubt persists as readers anticipate further developments in state policy.
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Fiesta
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Fiesta DE Los Vaqueros
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William N. Shockley
Pearson O. Porter
League City
Porter
Bronx Theater
Baltimore
Gunman
GOP
Readers Theater
Ernest
Oscar Wilde
Tucson Water Color Guild
S. Swaard
Sunday Evening Forum
James Q. du Pont
UA Auditorium
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