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June 23, 1954

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Headlines from June 23, 1954

M'CARTHY INQUIRY KEEPS JENKINS ON TO CONDENSE DATA; Question of Bias Not Raised as Committee Makes Plan for Report by Aug. 1 ISSUES TO BE PIN-POINTED 2,000,000-Word Transcript to Be Synopsized as Basis for 'Striking a Balance' M'CARTHY INQUIRY KEEPS JENKINS ON

By Special to The New York Times

subcom plans rept by Aug 1; Jenkins to synopsize transcript, to state issues as guide to subcom in writing rept; Dems do not press bias charge against Jenkins; Mundt, Jackson comment; subcom agrees to determine whether Defense Dept denied clearance to 2 staff members; Mundt estimates hearings cost $22,193; he, Jenkins illus with transcript

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WARNING TO SOVIET ON AMERICA ASKED; Johnson, Democratic Leader, Tells Congress Reds Seek Hemisphere Beachhead CONGRESS IS URGED TO WARN MOSCOW

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

US Sen L B Johnson offers Cong resolution to re affirm Monroe Doctrine as barring Communist intervention and to ask OAS action; charges Communists seek to establish beachhead in Hemisphere and to have passed from subversion to phase of semi-mil operations

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Studebaker and Packard to Merge; Last of Independent Auto Makers; PACKARD TO UNITE WITH STUDEBAKER

By Jack R. Ryan

Packard history

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Administration For Hiss Pension; House Sponsors of Ban 'Enraged'; U.S. AGENCIES BACK PENSION FOR HISS

By Special to The New York Times

House subcom hearing on bills intended to bar pension to Hiss; Budget Bur and Civil Service Comm oppose bills as violating employes' contractual right; bills sponsors Reprs St George and Clardy denounce stand; Hiss rejected subcom inv to submit statement or to be represented

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Dr. Karl T. Compton Dies Here; Led in Atom Bomb Development; Scientist, 66, Victim of Heart Attack -- Served as Head of M. I. T. for 18 Years K. T. COMPTON DIES; ATOMIC SCIENTIST

By Unknown Author

dies, 66

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1954Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (born 1889)^[†]

Salih Omurtak was a Turkish general and the fourth Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.

Historical Context for June 23, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people^[†]

Headlines from June 23, 1954

M'CARTHY INQUIRY KEEPS JENKINS ON TO CONDENSE DATA; Question of Bias Not Raised as Committee Makes Plan for Report by Aug. 1 ISSUES TO BE PIN-POINTED 2,000,000-Word Transcript to Be Synopsized as Basis for 'Striking a Balance' M'CARTHY INQUIRY KEEPS JENKINS ON

WARNING TO SOVIET ON AMERICA ASKED; Johnson, Democratic Leader, Tells Congress Reds Seek Hemisphere Beachhead CONGRESS IS URGED TO WARN MOSCOW

Studebaker and Packard to Merge; Last of Independent Auto Makers; PACKARD TO UNITE WITH STUDEBAKER

Administration For Hiss Pension; House Sponsors of Ban 'Enraged'; U.S. AGENCIES BACK PENSION FOR HISS

Dr. Karl T. Compton Dies Here; Led in Atom Bomb Development; Scientist, 66, Victim of Heart Attack -- Served as Head of M. I. T. for 18 Years K. T. COMPTON DIES; ATOMIC SCIENTIST

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