Word: fcc
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...FCC Witness William Cummings, of Toledo, who swore Lamb was on a "must" list of Communist contributors, admitted that he was a bigamist...
...after Ed Lamb's license to operate his station WICU-TV in Erie, Pa. came up for a routine renewal, the FCC confronted Businessman Lamb with what it called his fellow-traveling past. It ordered hearings on charges that Lamb had "closely associated" with Communists and "intellectually accepted Communism." Lamb denied...
Last week, after 5½ months of hearings, the case against Lamb was shot full of holes. A grand jury indicted one FCC witness for perjury; another recanted his testimony, and two others admitted to violating...
...FCC Witness Ernest Courey, of Mercer, Wis., who named Lamb as a Communist Party contributor, admitted under cross-examination that he had been convicted of second-degree murder, was freed after serving five years of a life sentence...
...FCC Witness Lowell Watson, of Olathe, Kans., who testified that Lamb was introduced to him as a Communist function ary, swore later that he had lied as a "result of constant and consistent coaching" by FCC staffers...