Oversize Clippings III

Richard J. O'Melia Collection

1. "Senate Rights for McCarthy on Monday"
   Date: May 3, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: Evening World Herald
   Content: Reports the details surrounding McCarthy's death, including elections to be held for his replacement and reaction from President Eisenhower.

2. "Senate Service Set for McCarthy"
   Date: May 4, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: The Detroit Free Press
   Content: Announces plans for services for McCarthy in both Wisconsin and Washington D.C.

3. "Home Town People Mourn McCarthy as 'Good Joe'" (same page as "Europeans Still Aim Blasts at McCarthy" and "Scramble Due for McCarthy's Seat")
   Date: May 3, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: Oklahoma City Times
   Content: Relates the hometown reaction to McCarthy's death.

4. "Europeans Still Aim Blasts at McCarthy" (same page as "Home Town People Mourn McCarthy as 'Good Joe'" and "Scramble Due for McCarthy Seat")
   Date: May 3, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: Oklahoma City Times
   Content: Reports that Western European newspapers highly criticized McCarthy in stories reporting his death.

5. "Scramble for McCarthy Seat" (same page as "Home Town People Mourn McCarthy as 'Good Joe'" and "Europeans Still Aim Blasts at McCarthy")
   Date: May 3, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: Oklahoma City Times
   Content: Announces that the open Senate seat left by McCarthy's death will most probably be filled by a special election.

6. "Joe McCarthy"
   Date: May 4, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: Boston Daily Record
   Content: Praises McCarthy and his fight against Communism and mourns his death.

7. "News Within the News"
   Date: May 7, 1957
   Author: David Lawrence
   Published for/in: (?)
   Content: Claims that McCarthy was hounded to death by ruthless critics, and that his fall from power and censure by the Senate were due to his antagonistic attitude towards normally unbiased senators during the censure hearing.

8. "Joe Hounded to Death"
   Date: 1957
   Author: George E. Sokolsky
   Published for/in: (?)
   Content: Praises McCarthy and mourns his death, claiming he was hounded to death by ruthless and unfair critics.

9. "Cross-section of the Turbulent Career of McCarthy" (incomplete, mostly pictures)
   Date: May 3, 1957
   Author: (?)
   Published for/in: The Herald-Dispatch
   Content: Has pictures of McCarthy during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings and of McCarthy with his wife and adopted daughter, Tierney Elizabeth, in January of 1957.

10. "Patriotic Career of Sen. McCarthy Lauded in Eulogy" (same page as "Senator Buried at Appleton")
    Date: May 11, 1957
    Author: Patrick F. Scanlan
    Published for/in: The Tablet
    Content: Describes the funeral of Senator McCarthy, and tells of the honor and praise he received from representatives of the Catholic Church.

11. "Senator Buried in Appleton" (same page as "Patriotic Career of Sen. McCarthy Lauded in Eulogy")
    Date: May 11, 1957
    Author: (?)
    Published for/in: The Tablet
    Content: Describes the funeral of Senator McCarthy.

12. "Senator McCarthy, A Loss to the Nation"
    Date: May 11, 1957
    Author: Managing Editor of The Tablet
    Published for/in: The Tablet
    Content: Describes McCarthy's death.

13. "Commentator Proposes Memorial Fund for Late Senator"
    Date: May 11, 1957
    Author: Fulton Lewis, Jr.
    Published for/in: The Tablet
    Content: Describes the death of Senator McCarthy and also about how he reacted when he had the disease.

14. "Knowland and Cohn Eulogize McCarthy. ('We Who Remain Must Remember That the Red Mence, Which We Saw Clearly, Still Exists.')"
    Date: May 11, 1957
    Author: (?)
    Published for/in: The Tablet
    Content: Knowland's statement made on McCarthy's fight against Communism