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June 3, 1954

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Headlines from June 3, 1954

ATOM PLANTS CITED; Inquiry Insists Senator Yield List of 130 He Calls Subversive M'CARTHY CHARGES REDS ARE IN C. I. A.

By W. H. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

25th day of hearings; McCarthy charges serious Communist infiltration in CIA and plants making atomic and hydrogen weapons; Welch and subcom members urge McCarthy to give Defense Dept his list of 130 Communists in defense plants; Cohn testifies; repeats charge that Stevens and Adams urged USAF, Navy probe; says clash with Army would have occurred even without Schine; future Army-subcom clash seen over Loyalty-Security Bd members; McCarthy to oppose pub release of monitored phone calls because Eisenhower secrecy order bars pub of all; Mundt rejects McCarthy demand to call Flanders; Welch queries Cohn sternly; Cohn denies his law firm does business for Schine family; Mundt tells Hensel that Cohn and McCarthy will make no sworn charges involving him

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El-Malakh Tells of His Plan To Inspect Cheops' Vessel; El-Malakh's Conception of How Solar Bark Appeared in Cheops' Time EL-MALAKH PLANS INSPECTIONS SOON

By Kamal El-Malakhcopyright 1954 By the New York Times Company. All North American Rights Reserved

el Malakh, in 2d exclusive article, outlines plans to enter Great Pyramid corridor and inspect Cheops ship; says he will announce opening of 2d chamber in advance so that world's experts can come to site to smell cedar-incense odor like that found in 1st chamber; explains custom of funeral ships; illus at entrance to another ship chamber similar to Cheops'; his sketch of ship

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EISENHOWER POSTS HIS ANTI-RED SCORE; President Calls It Impressive and Accents Administration Hewed to Due Process EISENHOWER POSTS HIS SCORE ON REDS

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

Eisenhower hails Adm anti-Communist record, news conf statement; in re mark obviously aimed at McCarthy, says record is in accordance with due process of law; lists 1 conviction for treason, 2 for spying, 127 denials of entry to subversive aliens, 41 convictions of Communist leaders and 7 recent arrest of leaders; calls surveillance of Communists continuous job

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Notable Births

1954Dan Hill, Canadian singer-songwriter[โ€ ]

Daniel Grafton Hill IV is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major international hits with his songs "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard, as well as a number of other charting singles in Canada and the United States. He also established himself as a songwriter who produced hit songs for artists such as George Benson and Celine Dion.

Historical Context for June 3, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[โ€ ]