House Benefit Bill OK Raises Social Security Aid
The administration supports House passed changes to the Old Age and Survivor Insurance program approving a 7 percent benefit rise with a $3 floor and tax base growth from 4200 to 4800. It would also boost federal grants to states by 288 million dollars yearly while opposing larger Treasury shares.
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Washington —P
Arthur S. Flemming
Senate Finance Committee
Flemming
House
Congress
Senate
Treasury
Kidnap-Slayer II Executed At Sing Sing
Angelo John LaMarca, 33, condemned for the infant Peter Weinberger kidnapping, was executed in Sing Sing Prison’s electric chair after a failed two year legal fight. He whined during the procedure and pleaded for salvation as radio appeals and telegrams to Gov. Averell Harriman failed. His wife Donna visited him until minutes before his death. His attorney urged intercession on air.
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Ossining
N. Y
Angelo John Lemarca
Peter Weinberger
Sing Sing
LaMarca
Averell Harriman
Albany
Donna
David M. Markowitz
New York City
Harriman
Viscount Bracken Brendan Bracken Dies
Death comes today to Viscount Bracken Brendan Bracken a key Churchill aide and wartime confidant.
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Viscount Bracken
Bomarc Interceptor Flight Fails After Successful Launch
Bomarc missile launched remotely from 1500 miles away failed to hit the target as its guidance system malfunctioned during the flight. Air Force specialists investigated instrumentation reports after the Atlantic test linked Cape Canaveral, Kingston New York, and the SAGE warning network.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Air Force
Atlantic
Kingston
N. Y
SAGE
Boeing
Bomarc
Divorcee Connie Nicholas Defers Bond Plea in Murder Case
Indianapolis Indiana: Connie Nicholas 42-year-old divorcee will not seek bond while Marion County grand jury reviews the murder case against Forrest Teel who died of pistol wounds. Attorney Frank A. Symmes says it would be cruel to grant release before the grand jury decides. Mrs Nicholas, who survived a suicide attempt after her lover's death, pleaded innocent to murder in municipal court. Under Indiana law murder can be tried only on grand jury indictment.
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Indianapolis
Connie Nicholas
Forrest Teel
Marion County
Frank A. Symmes
Indiana
Two More Japanese Ships Exposed in U S Nuclear Tests
Tokyo reports two Japanese coast guard vessels exposed to radioactivity from U S Pacific tests between July 12 and 14. Sixty one crewmen under observation. Preliminary exams show no significant effects on the crews.
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U.S
Tokyo
Pacific
Romance Wins Over Fraud Charges in Cincinnati Wedding
Emma C. Bailey of Salisbury Md widow aged 49 married Thomas Cecil Priddy 42 in Newport Ky after FBI arrested him in Cincinnati on a federal charge of interstate transportation of stolen property. Bailey sought $50 000 claiming she gave Priddy funds since 1955 in Miami Fla. She moves to dismiss the suit. The federal case may be dropped since a wife cannot testify against her husband.
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Cincinnati
Emma C. Bailey
Salisbury
Thomas Cecil Priddy
FBI
Priddy
Fla
Newport
Justice of the Peace Court
Bailey
Pri
Greek Leaders Brace Cyprus Talks in Athens
Greek Premier Constantine Karamanlis and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met in Athens amid cautious optimism for a Cyprus settlement. Diplomats cited toned down Turkish press coverage and a potential U S aid grant as factors shaping expectations about partition or unity on the Mediterranean island.
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Athens
Greece
Macmillan
Constantine Karamanlis
Cyprus
U.S
Turkey
Mediterranean
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Ohio regional forecast
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms today and tonight in West Virginia with cooler fair Saturday. Ohio partly cloudy warm and humid with scattered thundershowers today tonight Saturday. high near 92, low around 70. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2-4 degrees below normal with little change over the weekend and warmer next Monday and Tuesday. Rainfall expected mainly in showers south Saturday and again midweek.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Hoffa Tied to Racketeers in Hotel Union Case
Pennsylvania labor leader testifies Hoffa helped racketeers obtain a charter to run Local 410 of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union in Philadelphia. He recounts threats against him and cites debt and intimidation by the local bosses. Ricca questioned. Hoffa denies directing arson.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
James R. Hoffa
Philadelphia
William J. Brennan
State Federation of Labor
Brennan
Senate
Ricca
Teamster
Sam
Shorty) Feldman
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
Teamsters Union
Riceca
Long Beach
Ind
Hoffa
Frank Kierdorf
Manned Balloon Flight Planned
The Air Force will launch a manned stratosphere flight next week in the same gondola that carried the world altitude record. Capt. Grover J. Schock will ride a smaller balloon in an aluminum capsule aiming for about 100000 feet and a 24 hour stay to aid manned satellite plans.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Air Force
Grover J. Schock
Space Biology
Crosby
Pine City
Schock
David G. Simons
Arson Case Involving Ex Teamsters Official Kierdorf
Pontiac police and the Michigan attorney general pursue arson charges after the death of Frank Kierdorf 56, a Teamsters Local 332 business agent. A secret witness described two men fleeing a burning Flint dry cleaning shop where Kierdorf allegedly tried to set a fire. The case centers on whether Kierdorf acted alone or was targeted in an organized act tied to union activity.
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Pontiac
Mich
Teamsters Union
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Frank Kierdorf
Teamsters Local 332
Kierdorf
Michigan
Paul L. Adams
Adams
Six Inch Trip Leads to License Suspension and Fine
Kenneth Kline, 31, saw his license suspended for two years and a $200 fine after a drunk driving conviction upheld. He claimed he only moved six inches before arrest by Patrolman Dominic Secero on March 1, despite warnings to not drive. County Judge Milton A. Feller ruled that for drunken driving, six inches is as bad as a mile.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Kenneth Kline
Kline
Dominick Secero
Secero
Milton A. Feller
Soviet Policy Tied to China By Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson says Khrushchev's China trip explains the Soviet shift on summit tactics after a 22 hour Moscow talk. He visits Poland for four days seeking meetings with Gomulka and Cyrankiewicz and notes Beijing influence in the USSR.
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Stevenson
Warsaw
Adlai Stevenson
Khrushchev
Moscow
Poland
Soviet Union
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Celebration Ends as Iraq Urges Work Return
In Baghdad the Interior Ministry bans demonstrations in the capital and urges citizens to return to work. Hundreds from provinces flock to salute new government chiefs while major protests halt traffic for hours, with rural areas urged to stay home.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Interior Ministry
Officer Reassigned to Air Force HQ in Washington
Col. E. D. Reynolds commander of the 801st Air Division at Lockbourne AFB has been reassigned as chief of management and analysis at Air Force headquarters in Washington.
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Columbus
Col. E. D. Reynolds
801St Air Division
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Air Force Headquarters
Washington
Suit ties up ITU assets in Ohio local offices
Reese J. Highfield former Akron local official sues ITU and Akron Local 182 for 100000 claiming expulsion after 26 years. Affidavit of attachment frees ITU funds in Akron Cleveland Canton Toledo Youngstown Cincinnati Springfield Dayton and seizes union equipment used by The Lima Citizen.
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Akron
Ohio
International Typographical Union
Lima
ITU
Reese J. Highfield
Stanley Denlinger
Cleveland
Canton
Toledo
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Springfield
Dayton
Union
Transformer Strike Hits Steubenville Power Station
A thunderstorm struck a Steubenville power station Thursday night causing a transformer fire. Downtown Steubenville lost power for more than six hours as crews restored electricity.
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Steubenville —i
UN General Assembly to Begin Emergency Session on Middle East
The United Nations opens an emergency session in New York focusing on the Middle East with real work not starting until next week. The debate centers on troop withdrawals, indirect aggression claims, and calls for a broader political economic program.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN General Assembly
Middle East
Soviet Union
China
Special Assembly
Security Council
U. S
United Arab Republic
Lebanon
Jordan
Arkady A. Sobolev
Henry Cabot Lodge
General Assembly
Lodge
Britain
Sir Pierson Dixon
Khrushchev
Peiping
Recession Keeps Farmer On the Farm
The Census Bureau reports the farm population fell from 22,257,000 to 20,827,000 between 1956 and April 1958, a drop of 1,430,000. Over eight years, farm dwellers declined by 4,231,000, about 17 percent, as technology and opportunities shifted work away from farming.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Storm Hits London Ohio Rips Roofs. Trees Toppled
A severe wind and rain storm in London Ohio caused roof damage to a church, power and telephone outages, and dozens of uprooted trees. Several homes were damaged but no injuries were reported.
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London
Ohio
Still in Dark Sleeping Habits Are Put Up To Doctors
A national debate on marital sleeping arrangements is presented by two medical consultants in the Journal of the American Medical Association. One favors mutual bed choice for health balance while the other hints the question should be whether husbands and wives should stop sleeping together.
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Chicago
T. R. Pratt
Pismo Beach
Calif
Journal of the American Medical Association
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