Byrd Forecasts Major Financial Probe Led by Finance Committee
Sen Byrd predicts the Finance Committee will launch the largest probe of the nations finances since 1908. He compares it to the Aldrich investigation by the monetary commission led by Sen Nelson Aldrich. The remark came during a Dateline interview on WDSU New Orleans.
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Sen. Byrd
Aldrich Monetary Commission
Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Monetary Commission
Nelson Aldrich
R-Ri
Dateline Ee
WDSU
New Oreans
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Ito
Virginian
Mediterranean
Egypt
Crassic
Kremlin
Ordzhonikidze
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
Gvernment
Crabb
Russia
Frozgman
Headless Body Red Trick Sparks Cold War Propaganda Theories
London reports raised as a possible Soviet propaganda stunt surrounding the headless body found on Britain's south coast. Reynolds News and the Sunday Express questioned if the body was a decoy or authentic, citing past Crab rumors and the "Man Who Never Was" deception.
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London
Froeman
Britain
Reynolds News
Cmdr
Lior
Brster
Crabb
Portsmouth
Moscow
Mediterranean
Independent Sunday Express
Haiti Turmoil Turns Port au Prince Into Jungle After Ouster
Rioters looted burned and stoned in protest against Daniel Fignole’s ouster turning Port au Prince chaotic. Police and troops fired killing between 50 and 250 with over 200 wounded as 1000 Haitians were jailed. Brig. Gen. Antonio Rebreau declared the army in control and warned against Fignole’s return.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Daniel Fignole
Fignole
Army
U. S
Gerald Drew
U.S
Haitan- American Sugar Co
Antonio Rebreau
Noone
New York
Rebreau
Port
Fignmole
National Penitentiary
House Poised to Pass Civil Rights Bill Amid Debate
Rep. Keating of New York predicted the Senate will reject jury trial amendments to President Eisenhower's civil rights bill, with House passage scheduled for tomorrow. Keating and Rep. Celler led six days of discussion shaping the measure.
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Washington
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Celler
D-Ny
Nixon
Knowland
California
Judiciary
Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Washington Bridge Jumping Tragedies Prompt Casualties
A heat wave in Washington D C triggers a day of bridge jumping with multiple falls. John Pigford 30 died after leaping from Taft Bridge while Darin Creato Jr 21 was rescued from the railing and Calvin Carter 22 survived a fall into trees. A hospital patient also suffered injuries from a second floor window plunge at Casualty Hospital.
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Washington
Taft Bridge
Connecticut Ave
Rock Creek Parkway
Massachusetts Ave
John Pigford
Darin’ ~ Creato Jr
Haddonfield
N. J
Kishi Leaves Japan for U.S. Visit to Seek Greater Role
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi departed Tokyo for a two week trip to the United States to press for Japan's larger economic role in Asia and a stronger voice in U.S. decisions. He told 3,000 supporters at the airport the visit aims to foster a new era of friendship and cooperation with the United States. He will stop in Honolulu San Francisco Washington New York Ango es and Honolulu, ending return July 1.
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Gene Kramer
Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Asia
Kishi
Eisenhower
Liberal Democratic’ Party
Japan Air Lines
San Francisco
Okinawa
Bonin Islands
Japan
Girard
Free Nations
Honolulu
Columbine
Washington
Capital
New York
Yankees
United Nations
Ango'es
Tucker Thwarts Gun Smuggling Plot At Prison
Moundsville June 16 A gun smuggling and apparent escape plot involving five dangerous State Penitentiary prisoners was foiled today when a guard was captured with a .38 caliber pistol and Warden E H Tucker led the response.
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Tucker
Moundsville
State Penitentiary
E. H. Tucker
Thompson
Chester A. Burks
Cox
Jerald Hall
Fnally
Thomp
Benwood
Laas
Fisherman Rescued After Five Days Adrift Off California
Monterey California June 16 A 32 year old salmon fisherman Jack Coates was rescued eight miles southwest of San Francisco after drifting 200 miles north along the California coast for five days. His 6 foot boat Gojoc battery dead last Tuesday he survived on raw fish a soaked shirt for water a loaf of mouldy bread and vitamin pills. A US destroyer George Anderson spotted the shadow of the craft and towed Coates to Monterey Coast Guard men recaptured the scene of his rescue and he was reunited with his wife at Mendocino County.
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Monterey
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Jack Coates
California
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Golden
Coates Aoe
Coates
Gojoc
Arena Cove
Golden Gate
George Anderson
West Point Pinos
Mendocino County
Golf Foursome Hit By Lightning In Scranton Tragedy
A severe electrical storm struck the Scranton Country Club course as a four man golf group and two caddies hid under a tree. Three men died: Dr. H. D. Birchard 60 John Whitmore 58 and Fred Dewilde 62. Two others were injured and taken to Scranton State Hospital in guarded condition.
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Scranton
Scranton Country Club
H. D. Birchard
John Whitmore
Fred Dewilde
Clarks Summit
Scranton Iron Works
Christian Robinson
North Scranton
Joseph Marshalek
Throop
Scranton State Hospital
Wind and Storm Disrupt Power in Bluefield Area
Rain hail and high winds knocked out electricity and telephone service across Bluefield with outages centered on Bland Street and the Oakhurst Mountain View area. No injuries were reported as trees fell on lawns and a home near 2310 Walton Ave. APPCO noted a 4 kV cable outage in Princeton. service was restored within an hour.
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Wirth
Bluefield
Bland Street
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Oakhurst Mountain View
Power Company
W. F. Perkins
Walton Ave
L. F. Adkins
Adkins
Perkins
General Telephone Co
South College Avenue
Bland County
Virginia
Princeton
APPCO
Illinois Floods Slow Recede as Skies Clear over St Louis
Floods which killed at least 19 people receded under clear skies around St Louis. About 3,500 residents in low-lying neighborhoods fled as record rains Friday night inundated streets and homes. Refugees remained as flood lakes blocked traffic on interstates 66 40 and 50 and persisted in hard-hit areas.
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ST. Louis
U.S
Missouri
Ilinois
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