Poisoning Case Attracts Senate Race Wire Probe
Crime investigators pursue details of a poisoning linked to Chicago race wire services used by illegal betting rings. Senate subcommittee plans to probe the Illinois Sports Service and its leaders Thomas Kelly Sr and Jr, plus a Delaware operator Albert Tollin who runs a fast race-result network.
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Washington
Senate
Frank W
Fran Yons
Chicago
Lyons
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Su ‘Heights
Illinois Sports Service
Middle West
Thomas Kelly Sr
Kelly
Thomas Jr
Subcommittee
Albert Tollin
Wilmington
Del
Lucille Lorraine Rice
Laurel
Tollin
Montreal
Canada
Io Greensboro
N.C
Serum Cancer Treatment Sparks Caution In Cleveland
James H Rand III said a Cleveland scientist’s anticancer serum used on human patients in the past three years shows no proven effectiveness. About 40 to 50 patients nationwide have received it, with 150 more expected, but results remain too early to judge. Dr Sergio de Carvalho noted animal tests showing promise and cautioned that human results won’t be known for at least a year.
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Cleveland, Ohio
James H. Rand III
Rand Development Corp
Cleveland
Doctors Hospital
Rand
Sergio de Carvalho
Rand Laboratory
de Carvalho
Pittsburgh
Metropolitan Opera Season Assured
New York AP report says Metropolitan Opera season for 1961 62 is assured with White House aid after Goldberg brokered binding arbitration between Met management and Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Rudolph Bing acted immediately. artists worldwide were contacted and unions assisted to finalize the season.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
White House
Puccini
Musicians Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
Met
Rudolf Bing
Goldberg
Washington
Bing
Opera
Metropolitan Opera Association
American Federation of Musicians
Metropolitan
Kennedy
Beauty Contest Winner Disillusioned
Sharon Wiley a 21 year old Miss Oregon who arrived in New York for Miss U S A duties lost a diamond ring several pieces of luggage and $100 along with sleep while competing, and ultimately lost the Miss U S A title to Jo Ann Odum. She described plans to raise fare home by seeking modeling work and warned she would never enter another pageant.
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New York
Sharon Wiley
Hammond
Ore
U.S.A
Sharon
Oregon
No Chance for Advancement Here Says Secretary Joke
A one line quip from Today’s Chuckle features a secretary telling another that there’s no chance for advancement, raises, or marriage, attributed to Capt. Gen. Fea. Corp. The joke relies on office humor and a playful exaggeration about workplace prospects.
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Fea. Corp
Labor Day Overtime Strains Hospitals says public safety
Public service notice urges strict traffic law enforcement to reduce highway deaths during the Labor Day weekend. It cites National Safety Council data and calls readers to pressure local officials for stronger enforcement to protect loved ones.
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National Safety Council
Goulart Backed by Kubitschek as Brazil Faces Crisis
Former Brazilian president Kubitschek endorsed leftist Vice President Joao Goulart from Paris, signaling support while Congress debates military chiefs who bar Goulart from returning. Goulart, in Spain with family, plans to wait and see, aides say. Congress to study the service chiefs’ stance with a new multipart commission, amid pressure to resolve the vacancy left by Janio Quadros’s resignation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Paris
Kubitschek
Brasilia
Congress
Gouaus
Spain
P Ceace
Janio Quadros
Rainieri Mazzilli
Wall Tumble Hits Biddeford Seawall Under Inquiry
Gov Reed orders chief investigator to probe the 40 foot seawall collapse at Biddeford as a section slid into the Saco River near 29 White Wharf. No injuries. Corps of Engineers and state fire chief to study responsibility. engineer expected today with report due Wednesday.
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Tidewater
Binelte
Corps of Engineers
Waltham
Mass
Reed
A.P. Flynn
Flynn
Police To Get Tough With Holiday Drivers
In the Labor Day crackdown New England police and auto registry forces plan strict traffic enforcement across six states. Massachusetts orders all on duty along highways with radar and helicopters. road blocks and inspections will suspend licenses for violations.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Frank S. Giles
Maine
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Giles
Clement A. Riley
Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Riley
Alaska Hunter Survives Ten Weeks Lost in Wilds
Waters William C. Waters, 42, a Cincinnati postal employee, recovers in Fairbanks hospital after spending ten harrowing weeks lost near Big Lake. He survived on wild berries and rosehips, endured bear encounters, and was rescued by two moose hunters who found him near a river. He had set out on an Alaska vacation to fish and wandered far from civilization.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
William C. Waters
Alaska Wilds
Waters
Hal Waters
Cincinnati
Erlanger
Big Lake
Here
Civilization
Army Air Corps
Ohio
Gallant House Members Rally To Praise Of Women
Washington observes the 41st anniversary of women’s suffrage with Rep. Catherine May highlighting suffragettes’ trials and triumphs. Male members, including Rep. Frelinghuysen and Rep. Hechler, praise women in Congress as others laud May’s presence and the historic vote that enabled suffrage.
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Gallant House
Washington
Catherine May
Congress
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Carroll D. Kearns
R-Pa
Marguerite Stitt Church
R-Ill
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Howard Shaffer
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Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
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Biddeford
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Dubois
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