Government Stock Wire Gets Congressional OK
Washington reports the Agriculture Department backed its new market wire service amid allegations of government censorship. Representative Dante Fascell said Freeman assured safeguards to prevent fraud and that the wire will carry only market quotations, with press oversight praised for vigilance.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
New Market
Propas Ganda
Congressional Investiga I
Dante Fascell
Fla
House
Freedom of Information
Agriculture
Orville F. Freeman
Freeman
Farm Market
Fascell
Fascel
Adm. Standley dies at 91 former envoy to Russia
Retired Admiral William H. Standley aged 91 died after breaking his hip and developing a blood clot in San Diego Coronado. A World War II veteran who served as ambassador to Russia from 1942 to 1943 and who was recalled for duty after 1937 retirement. He warned of potential unrest in Russia as late as 1958.
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San Diego
Calif
William H. Standley
United States
Russia
Standley
San Diego Bay
Coronado
Naval Hospital
Navy
Thief of Naval Operations
Pearl Harbor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oee
San Diego Men’s Republican League
Two Educators Named State Education Directors
The State Board of Education in Boston appointed a Tewksbury man and a Waltham woman to direct major divisions. The unnamed Tewksbury applicant will head the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and assume duties by January 1. Margaret Gearan, from acting director to director of the Division of Civic Education, succeeds Thomas J. Curtin as deputy commissioner of education.
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Boston
UPI
State Board of Education
Tewksbury
Waltham
Everett G. Thistle
Margaret Gearan
Civic Education
Thomas J. Curtin
Education
Pittsburgh Vice Roundup Triggers Shakeup in Police Bureau
State police staged a large vice roundup in Pittsburgh over Thursday night and Friday morning. Mayor Joseph M. Barr called the action a brazen political move aimed at boosting votes. Safety Director James Dillon ordered a police bureau shakeup, reprimanding Superintendent James Slusser and transferring all downtown lieutenants. He moved plain clothes officers back to uniform duty, merged the vice squad with the racket squad, and named a new leader.
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Pittsburgh
UPD
Joseph M. Barr
James Dillon
Dillon
James Slusser
Slusser
Tax Cut Plan Criticized By Exchange Leader
G Keith Funston head of the New Stock Exchange told the Senate Finance Committee that the administration tax cut program would harm about 2.5 million American investors. He urged restoring in the House passed bill a 4 percent tax credit for dividend income, repealed by the nine year old provision.
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Washington
UPI
G. Keith Funston
New Stock Exchange
Senate Finance Committee
Nine Farmers Lose Decisions On Estes Loans
A nearly one million dollar summary judgment was filed in U.S. District Court in Pecos against nine farmers tied to Billie Sol Estes fertilizer tank deals. Judge Adrian A Spears ruled in favor of Cit Co. in a case claiming notes were secured by nonexistent fertilizer tanks. The total judgments amount to 944125.90 against the defendants.
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Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Jon
U.S. District Court
Adrian A. Spears
San Antonio
Cit Co
Estes
Amarillo
Thomas Bell
Lubbock
Importing Nurses Considered to Ease Portsmouth Shortage
Portsmout h Ohio city officials say smiling Irish eyes may join General Hospital staff to relieve a nursing shortage. City Manager Franklin T. Gerlach reports awareness of available nurses in Ireland and is examining options for import.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
General Hospital
Franklin T. Gerlach
Ireland
Accused N E Crime Boss Tells Grand Jury His Story
Raymond Patriarca spent over an hour with a Rhode Island grand jury asserting he denies charges of leading organized crime. State officials said no further witnesses would be called for now. He entered the Providence court complex and left without commenting.
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Raymond Patriarca
Superior Court
Providence
B.C
New England
N.E
Grand Jury
R.I
Rhode Island
Patriarca
Isupt
Walter E. Stone
Bristol
Stone
U.S. Senate
J. Joseph Nugent
Federal Government Lets New Haven Keep $1.5 Million in Case
New Haven Railroad avoids paying full $1.8 million suit against New York Central. Treasury settles for $300,000 to apply to the railroad’s $12.749 million debt. Judge Robert Anderson also grants abandonment of an 18.5 mile Cape Cod freight line segment and approves funds for a new substation and attorney fees.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven Railroad
New York Central
Treasury Department
U.S
New Haven
The
Biltmore
Manhattan
U.S. District Court
Robert Anderson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cape Cod
Mass
Trustees of
Marshall Fund Receives $50,000 Grant for Library Project
Lexington Virginia Rockefeller Brothers Fund awards $50,000 to the George C. Marshall Research Foundation. Gen Omar N Bradley announces the grant as the foundation, ten years old, builds a library and museum to house Gen Marshall papers. Previous gifts included $150,000 from John D. Rockefeller Jr. and $50,000 from Mrs Rockefeller. The library project has raised $1.25 million, and the first volume of Marshall biography was published this month.
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Lexington
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
George C. Marshall Research Foundation
Omar N. Bradley
Marshall Foundation
Gen. Marshall
Harry S. Truman
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Space Agency Orders 39 Space Suits for Gemini Missions
Cape Canaveral AP reports NASA has ordered 39 space suits for the upcoming two man Project Gemini capsules set to begin in 1964. The total bill is 829,594 dollars, averaging 21,271.64 dollars per suit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
Berkshire Eagle Subscription Rates by Carrier Ad
Berkshire Eagle lists mail and carrier rates with weekly seven cents by carrier, monthly and yearly options, plus a change of address instruction. It notes postal zones and per-year prices, and that second class postage is paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Berkshire
EAGLE
Astal
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
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Granville Whit- Vesey, Jr
New England Transportation& Co
Marshall Fund
Engleheart Survey
Raymond L. Haughey Berk
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