Tag: January 1953
Samuel Spencer Embroiled in Public Corruption, Washington D.C., 1953.
Washington D.C. – A shocking scandal has emerged in the nation’s capital, with 42-year-old attorney Samuel Spencer at the center of a brewing public corruption storm. The ambitious lawyer, a native Washingtonian, has been tipped for a high-ranking position in the District government, courtesy of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s inner circle. Related Federal Cases John…
McGranery Foiled: Justice Department’s Delayed Warning Derails TV-Radio Merger
Washington D.C. – January 12, 1953 – In a shocking turn of events, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has dealt a decisive blow to the proposed merger between American Broadcasting Co and United Paramount Theaters Inc. The massive entertainment merger, which would have merged coast-to-coast radio and television properties with a nationwide system of motion…
Julius Rosenberg, Espionage, New York 1953
January 2, 1953, marked a somber day in the lives of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the convicted atom spies scheduled to meet their maker in Sing Sing Prison. Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman dealt the Rosenbergs a crushing blow, denying their final appeal to save their lives from the electric chair. The only remaining hope…
