Housemaid Nabbed In Kidnapping Case
A 46 year old German housemaid Greta Goede was arrested in Toronto for the kidnapping of 2% year old Joel Reitman in Montreal for a $10 000 ransom. Police say she also extorted money from Arthur Cobham and had been linked to the boy's disappearance and the Montreal warrant. The child was recovered unharmed in Ottawa after a taxi driver reported a woman shopper left him with the boy.
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Toronto
Joel Reitman
Montreal
Greta Goede
Sam Reitman
Ottawa
Joel
Reitman
Mrs. Goede
John Nimmo
Toronto Police
Goede
Canada
Young Joe
Sam
Greta Goode
000
Arthur Cobham
Cobham
Goode
Meany Calls For House Action On Labor Bill
Washington AP Meany urges swift House action on the Senate approved labor bill aimed at curbing union corruption The measure requires detailed reporting of union funds and operations The Senate passed it 88 1 despite opposition from unspecified quarters Secretary Mitchell urged speedy House consideration and welcomed Meany’s position
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
James Mitchell
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Meany
Afl-Cio
President Plans Marine Base Visit at Quantico
President Eisenhower will visit the Marine base at Quantico Virginia on Friday for conferences with Defense Secretary McElroy and other top military leaders. The day long meeting is an annual review of defense problems and Eisenhower has attended two previous conferences.
McElroy Promotes Defense Reorganization For Savings
Secretary of Defense McElroy urged the Senate to approve Eisenhower’s defense reorganization plan claiming hundreds of millions of dollars in savings. He cited centralized research and development and some reductions in wartime wear and tear as the top targets and dismissed abolishing service secretaries as impractical.
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Secretary of
Neil McElroy
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Charles Coolidge
McElroy
Washington
Senate
Senate Armed Service Committee
PWR
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
Army
Navy
Air Force
Eight-Year-Old Drowns at Keystone Swimming Hole
Abner Conley eight, son of Abner and Mrs. Conley of Eyestone, died after venturing into a deep pool at a Keystone Hollow swimming hole about 12 45 p m The body was recovered at 3 30 p m from about 15 feet of water by Thomas Thornton and John Hopkins after divers worked over thirty minutes Artificial respiration was unsuccessful The boy is survived by his parents a sister and his father is a Bluefield State College student The body awaits funeral arrangements at Kimball Undertaking Company
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Keystone
Keystone Hollow
Abner Conley
Abner F. Conley
Eyestone
Thomas Thornton
John Henry Hopkins
Hopkins
Conley
Bluefield State College
Kimball Undertaking Company
Bodies Sought In Vancouver Bridge Collapse
Workers comb through the wreckage of the Second Narrows Bridge in Burrard Inlet as officials probe the late Tuesday collapse. Fourteen bodies recovered with two more visible and two missing, while over twenty workers are hospitalized with injuries from the 140 foot fall. Steelworker Bill Stroud described near completion of a weld before the structure gave way.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Burrard Inlet
Bill Stroud
Field Artillery Unit With Redstone Missiles Sailed to Europe
The 40th Field Artillery Group left Redstone Arsenal by train for Hampton Roads and thence to France. They will deploy the 200 mile range Redstone missile with nuclear warhead in Western Europe. Officials said the weapon system surpasses World War II Allied airpower in potential impact.
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Huntsville
Ala
U.S
Europe
40Th Field Artillery Group
Hampton Roads
France
Redstone
Redstone Arsenal
Jobless Figures Released For 1957
Washington reports the 1957 year saw more than six million Americans unemployed at some point, while over 77.7 million held jobs part of the year. Both figures set record highs since the data began in 1955.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Ee Ee Ene Woven Xt
Rebels Start New Attacks In Beirut
Rebels battle government forces in Beirut near a women’s prison as Dag Hammarskjold prepares to arrive to seek U.N. aid. The fighting follows a government push for a U.N. emergency force to end the rebellion amid cabinet resignations and rising sectarian tension.
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Beirut
Lebanon
No Man’s Land
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Camille Chamoun
Hammarskjold
Middle East
West Virginia flood projects on rivers and harbors bill
The rivers and harbors bill passed by the Senate and moved through the House includes three West Virginia flood protection projects. Princeton Brush Creek channel improvements cost 917 000 in federal funds Meadow River East Rainelle channel improvements 718 000 and a Tug River flood wall in Williamson 625 000.
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Senate
House
West Virginia
Elizabeth M. Kee
Bluefield
Senate-House
White House
Princeton
Brush Creek
East Rainelle
Meadow River
Williamson
Tug River
President Adams Knuckles Debate Continues Over White House Aid
GOP state chairmen divided Wednesday on firing presidential assistant Sherman Adams following criticism of his approaches to federal agencies for a rich friend. Most declined comment or urged caution, with a few urging dismissal, others defending Adams as honest and necessary to Eisenhower. Leaders meet again with Eisenhower amid a split on Adams future.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Associated Press
Adams
Eisenhower
Daniel L. Louchery
West Virginia
D. Eldred Rinehart
Maryland
Walter Smith
Vermont
New Jersey
Florida
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Missouri
District of Columbia
Michigan
Republican National Committee
White House
Meade Alcorn
Eisenhower backs Adams despite gifts probe
President Eisenhower defended Sher man Adams amid questions over gifts from Bernard Goldfine and requests Adams be fired. He said a gift is not a bribe, praised Adams as an invaluable public servant, and affirmed I need him while deferring further questions to Congress and aides.
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Adams
William Cobb
North Carolina
William T. Broomhead
Rhode Island
New England
Connecticut
Clarence F. Baldwin
White House
Eisenhower
Ben C. Henley
Arkansas
Stanley H. Guyer
Ilinois
Fice
Gregory D. Shorey Jr
South Carolina
Texas
Thad Hutcheson
Judson Morhouse
Goldfine
FTC
SEC
House
Gov. Adams
Congressional Committee
New Hampshire
Washington
Senate Debates Tax Cuts Amid Slump Fight
The Senate rejected a 6 billion dollar tax cut plan proposed by Sen. Paul H. Douglas with a 65 to 23 vote. Sen. Byrd warned of potential deficits and rising debt, while administration and party leaders supported extending current rates to avoid revenue losses.
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Washington
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Douglas
Byrd
House
U.N. faces push for action on Nagy and Maleter executions
Western governments express shock over the executions of Hungarian ex premier Imre Nagy and Gen. Pal Maleter. The U.N. Special Committee on Hungary may hold an urgent meeting as the United States seeks consensus with Australia, Denmark, Ceylon, Uruguay, and Tunisia. President Eisenhower denounces the executions at his news conference.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Imre Nagy
Pal Maleter
Hungary
United States
Australia
Denmark
Ceylon
Uruguay
Tunisia
Washington
Eisenhower
Nagy
Maleter
McQuail Talks Off In Germany
Nine U S soldiers from the 3rd Armored Division were captured when their helicopter crossed the Iron Curtain into East Germany on June 7. Talks in Berlin between Col Robert P McQuail and Otto Winter adjourned after 55 minutes with no date set for a new meeting. East Germany demands full diplomatic rank and intergovernmental agreement for release, which the United States has balked at.
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Berlin
U.S
East Germany
United States
3Rd Armored Division
West Germany
U.S. State Department
Foreign Ministry
Army
Robert P. McQuail
Otto Winter
Winter
McQuail
Red China Shoots Down Two Fighters
Peiping radio reported planes from Red China shot down one of two U S fighters during an air clash. The broadcast gave no further details on location or injuries.
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Red China
Hong Kong
Peiping Radio
U.S
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Wilton Wynn
Justice
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Awar
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Knuckles
Ride
GOP
Tke
Bernard Goldfine
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
James C. Hagerty
Illinois
Ike
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
McNamara
Irwin Suall
Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation
New York
Suall
Arkady Sobolev
Saas
Peiping
Germany
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