Witness Denies Payoff Ties in Army Textile Contracts
Senate Investigations heard Rubin deny paying a payoff to government workers while Jerome Schlesinger testified Rubin arranged to cover his expenses on a 1953 Puerto Rico trip. The panel discussed gifts and bribe rumors tied to textiles and uniforms contracts for the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly
Washington
Marvin Rubin
Jerome Schlesinger
Army Quartermaster Corps
New York
Rubin
Puerto Rico
Schlesinger
Quartermaster
Federal Internal Revenue Service
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
98Th St
Woodhaven
N. Y
Subcommittee
McClellan
Navy
Julius Goldman
Goldman
Ansonia (Conn.) Garment Co
Robert F. Kennedy
Bill Todd Sells Auto Interests In Austin Dealership Transfer
Bill Todd Inc. sells out to Charles L. Rice of Kansas City who will head Oakland Avenue Motors Inc. Rice takes over Ford Mercury Lincoln franchises and leases at 106 108 Oakland, Kenwood and Maple sites. Todd to retire and remain in the community with no further activity planned. May 25 target date for Rice’s Austin takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Todd, Inc
W. D
Bill)Todd
Charles L. Rice
Kansas City
Oakland Avenue Motors, Inc
Oakland
Kenwood
E. Maple
Rice
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Todd
Bloomington
Ind
Dodge
University of Indiana
Austin
Lloyd Lilygren
Old Mill Street
Rudy Fick
Ten Hurt as Car Rams Sioux City Grade School
A parked car suddenly sped forward and rammed a Sioux City grade school, injuring ten. Eight taken to hospital, including two pupils. none critically hurt. Driver and passengers suffered non life threatening injuries. baby in front seat unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Rams
Iowa
Ebel Davis
Mable Holtzen
A. W. Horst
Susan Marie
J. A. Duke
William McCain
Mary Weiland
Record Water Use Hit 6150 Gallons Per Minute
Harold Lamon city utilities superintendent said a 6150 gallon per minute rate was the second highest 24 hour water use on record. He warned that without rain in the next days a shortage could arise and noted pressure has dropped as lawn sprinkling rises. The Ellis avenue well may be activated to help prevent cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lamon
Whiie Austin
Lamon
Utilities Board
Ellis Avenue
Man Dies and Three Hurt in Car Bus Crash
Albert Marvin Reining twenty four of Schleswig was killed and three others injured in a collision between a car and a Nemaha High School bus at the junction of Highways 71 and 175 about 5 miles east of here last night. The bus carried about 25 Nemaha students home from a skating party at Ida Grove. Injured were Nemaha superintendent Charles Waterbury and Elaine Breen fourteen. Robert Braase of Schleswig also injured. all were hospitalized at Sac City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Braase
Schleswig
Reining
Sac City
Stolen trading stamps case brings two men to court
Donald E. Duncan, 35, St. Cloud Minnesota, and Wilson Walker, 38, Kansas City, were held in Moline on charges of possessing 80,000 stolen merchandise trading stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Ill
Donald E. Duncan
St. Cloud
Minn
Wilson Walker
Kansas City
Eisenhower Vetoes Postal Pay Raise Measure
President Eisenhower vetoed the 8.6 percent postal pay raise for 500,000 workers calling it too large and urging a fairer, taxpayer-friendly bill. Senate Democrats planned an override next Tuesday, marking the first such veto test of his presidency. He cited discrimination, administrative problems, and higher taxpayer burdens, and signaled a 7.6 percent average raise as his preferred limit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Fisenhower
Bus Drivers End Walkout in Rochester
Rochester bus drivers end a week long strike after a settlement with Rochester Bus Lines. The AFL Local 874 approved a 51 hour week with no pay cut and a possible further 48 hour schedule if the state agency allows route reductions. Fringe benefits were included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Russian planes rival U. S. fighters and bombers
Brig. Gen. Burgess told a Selfridge Field audience that the Russian air force is at least as capable as the United States in fighters and bombers, with more units and newer designs. He cited two new bombers equal to the B52, a two engine medium bomber like the B47, and more supersonic fighters, plus advanced turboprop intercontinental types. He warned Washington that Moscow demonstrated these aircraft near Moscow in April for May Day, and that the Defense Department had just released the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Air Force
U.S
Woodbury M. Burgess
Continental Air Defense Command
American Legion
Selfridge Field
Burgess
Defense Department
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Talbott Sees U S Air Power Ahead of Soviet Russia
Secretary Talbott and General Twining told reporters after a two hour closed session with senators they remain confident the United States has superior air power but are surprised by recent Russian gains. Twining said Burgess overstated Russian capabilities and lied in Detroit. Talbott noted uncertainty about Soviet atomic weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Talbott
Russia
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Twining
Detroit
Woodbury M. Burgess
Continental Air Defense Command
American Legion
Burgess
Vaccine Clearances Halted Amid Polio Surge
The U S Public Health Service reports 206 new polio cases in the week ended May 14, up 30 percent from the prior week, while cases among inoculated individuals stay at 77. A new suspect case in Nebraska raises totals to seven or more nationwide. vaccine clearance is paused for further review of a confusing situation.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Indira Ocene
Viguadis
NOL
Leonard A. Scheele
National Conference of State Epidemiologists
Atlanta
Nebraska
California
Idaho
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
Cutter U
Salk Serum Here Today In Minnesota County Shot Plans
Batches of Salk polio vaccine were to arrive by Minneapolis Star and Tribune carriers for use on first and second graders in urban and rural districts of Mower County. Dr. Paul Leck said the county program aims to start next week if doctors are available. Plans hinge on doctors attending a state medical convention and on vaccine delivery for both first and second shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mower County
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Paul Leck
Minneapolis
Suzanne Radermacher
Leck
Adams
Sacred Heart
LeRoy
Grand Meadow
Elkton
Rose Creek
Ramsey
Lyle
State Board of Health
H. M. Fisch
Fisch
Japan offers reward for missing Shiun Maru bodies
Takamatsu reports the Japanese National Railways set a reward of 27.78 for each of ten missing passengers in last week's Shiun Maru ferry sinking while the total recovered reached 158.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Takamatsu
Japan
Japanese National Railways Today
Dust storms fade as floods swamp Trinidad and Texas
Rivers overflowed into Trinidad Colorado with two feet of water on the Santa Fe tracks. National Guardsmen evacuated families while schools closed and shelters opened at the Trinidad Junior College gym and a Catholic center. Texas communities faced evacuations as roads and rail lines washed out and flooding eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Trinidad
Colo
Raton Pass
N.M
Santa Fe
Trinidad Junior College
Hoehne
Texas
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Hudson River
Albany
Mella Hart
Ansonia Company
Bonita Originals, Inc
New York City
Innocent Gift
Bill Todd
U. S
Talcott
W. Joynes Macfarlan
the Health Service
Salk
Baldy Hansen
Roscoe Blanchard
VFW Auxiliary
Clinton Anderson
American Legion Auxiliary
Grand Meadow High
Irene Schwemmer van Eadow
Donna Rasmussen
Darlene Baugh
Ostrander
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