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...head of the House Un-American Activities Committee, who served a nine-month federal penitentiary stretch in 1949-50 for padding his Congressional payroll and taking kickbacks, was homesick for the Capitol. He said that he is "thinking about the possibility" of running for Congress again. In strongly Republican Bergen County, where many onetime Thomas constituents are still convinced that J. Parnell was framed by vengeful leftists, the possibility did not seem outlandish...
...Edgar Bergen Show (Sun. 9:30 p.m., CBS). With Singer Peggy...
...Opposed by nothing but the wreckage of a Democratic organization when the campaign began. New Jersey Republicans have been their own worst enemies. Within the year, the G.O.P. administration's prestige and control have been tarnished by exposés of big-time gambling payoffs in corrupt Bergen County. A former clerk in Governor Alfred E. Driscoll's office was indicted for accepting bribes to arrange "protection." Driscoll himself hurt the G.O.P. by declining to back any candidate in the early stages of the campaign, while he made up his own mind whether to run again...
...Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen...
...composition, and recording of the music. Included in the record was a Dryden ode, set to music by Sapp and performed by the University of California chorus under Edward B. Lawton '34 and "Kyrie" by Virgil G. Thomson '22, performed by Fiske University under Harry E. von Bergen...