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William A. Price

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Full name:William Price
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
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Biography

William A. Price was a New York Daily News reporter fired the day he refused to answer the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee's questions in its 1955 press probe; he was among the six indicted for contempt of Congress in December 1956.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Indicted for contempt of Congress Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for defying the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Convicted: Indicted December 1956; also fired by his paper