Indiana prosecutor tied to home purchase in rackets probe
Senate investigators report Lake County Indiana prosecutor Holovachka spent 43599 dollars for a Lake Michigan shore home while earning 12000 annually in 1955 56. Sohacki and Welbourn resist questioning as parliament probes exposed graft and bribery among county operators. Verplank testifies of threats to Gary crime commission and lack of help from officials.
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Washington
Metro
Holovachka
Lake County
Ind
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Steven Sohacki
George Welbourn
Sohacki
Cornelius Verplank
Gary
Crime Commission
Chicago
George N. Craig
Craig
Verplank
The
Peter Mendich
John Foley
Kennedy
Soviet Report Unveils New Antibiotic Mycerin
Soviet scientists announced a new antibiotic named mycerin superior to penicillin and streptomycin. It has been used to treat intestinal diseases after neurosurgical operations brain ailments and obstetrics.
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Moscow
Soviets Reject Western Bid For Free West Berlin Access
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected a Western bid for free access to West Berlin during a 90 minute secret session with three Western ministers. He said he would agree to free access only if the West agreed to make West Berlin a demilitarized free city, blocking progress toward a summit.
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Stee Dour
Berlin
Russia
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Selyan Lloyd
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Geneval
Andriei Gromyko
West Berlin
Eisenhower
Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
Free City
Starkweather Loses Appeal In Nebraska Execution Row
Condemned killer Charles Starkweather failed in his latest bid for a writ of habeas corpus and to halt his execution. Three-judge panel ruled the matter not in federal courts as Starkweather faces a date set after a long series of killings in a murder rampage.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
C. S. Beck
State Supreme Court
Starkweather
U.S. & Circuit Court of Appeals
Harvey M. Johnson
Joseph W. Woodrough
Martin D. van Oosterhout
Sioux City
Iowa
Debbie Reynolds Denies Romance with Wealthy Texan
Hollywood report says Debbie Reynolds denies romance with Bob Neal a Texas coffee heir. Neal supposedly chauffeured her in New York for 10 days and gave a diamond brooch, which she calls friendship token and denies engagement or love.
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Hollywood
Bob Neal
Debbie Reynolds
New York
Neal
Data Indicates Mouse Satellite Re-Entered Atmosphere
Air Force reports Discoverer Ill four black mice likely died when the rocket re entered the atmosphere miles from the launch pad. It failed to reach orbit and the capsule was destroyed by air friction amid questions on injection angle and engine power.
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Mouse
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Ill
Air Force
Hawaii
Johnson
Here
Alaska
Norway
Hasan
Winged cat sensation in West Virginia hills
In Pineville West Virginia a teen found a domestic cat with winglike cartilage growth. The creature measured about nine inches on each side and displayed fluttering extra appendages when provoked. A Baltimore vet speculated the wings as a natural growth anomaly.
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West Virginia
Thomas
Baltimore
Adenauer Refuses Presidency and Remains Chancellor
Bonn reports that Konrad Adenauer will stay as West German chancellor and not pursue the presidency. Party chief Rasner says Adenauer informed Heinrich Krone of his decision, citing international needs for direct government control. The party remains divided over a successor with Etzel and Erhard as contenders.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Will Rasner
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Heinrich Krone
Franz Etzel
Öwig Erhard
Navy Confirms Sighting Sub Off Iceland coast
The Navy said a Soviet submarine was sighted on the surface south of Iceland by the U S Grenadier and a Navy patrol plane during exercises. The sub’s type and armament were not confirmed, but the contact lay about 150 to 200 miles south of Iceland as Soviet ships exit the Norwegian Sea.
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Washington
Navy
U.S
Iceland
Grenadier
Norwegian Sea
Atlantic
Arctic
Barents Sea
Byrd criticizes deficit spending at National Coal Assn banquet
Sen. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia warned that federal deficits have worsened faster than in peacetime and inflation is the top risk. He cited rising spending not for defense but for civilian programs as a major factor. The National Coal Association banquet covered coal production forecasts and fuel-market views from industry leaders.
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Norman Walker Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
National Coal Assn
Virginiaa
Sean Cieen Ams
NCA
Coal Association
Pono Aeacee Stillman Elfred
W. M. Elmer
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Owensboro
Elmer
Belgian King Baudouin Expected to Marry French Princess
Belgian press reports in Samedi Ghent claim King Baudouin will wed within a month to 26 year old Princess Marie Therese of Bourbon Parma, a sportswoman. No official confirmation from the royal palace. Baudouin recently returned from a U S trip.
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Brussels
Belgium
Ghent
Baudouin
Marie Therese
Bourbon- Parma
Royal
United States
Double Slayings In Mercer County Shack
Sheriff seizes Thomas Crockett for the deaths of Bill Tillock and Launah Turner in a Mercer county shack. Crockett allegedly shot them Tuesday night and lived with the bodies for days. A 42 year old white man, Cecil Spicer, was questioned as a witness amid claims of heavy drinking. Magistrate Bee Peck presided over the inquest. the jury ruled a double murder. Dr. Dyer said both victims bled to death and could have been saved with aid.
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Mercer County
Clyde White
Thomas Houston Crockett
Tipple Hollow
Goodwill
Bluefield
White
Crockett
Bill Tillock
Launah Turner
Bee Peck
Princeton
N. Allen Dyer
Dyer
Cecil Spicer
Spicer
Montcalm
Sheriff White
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Managua
Luis Somoza
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Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies
Havana
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Raul Rao
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Thomas Houston. Crockett
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Roy W. Johnson
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