Minister's Wife Reconciles AfterInheritance Robbery
Barbara Doubleday, a 33 year old soprano and rector's wife, reconciles with her husband after fleeing with ranch hand Raymond Headspeth who allegedly stole most of her 203000 inheritance. FBI reports Headspeth had a police record and used funds for a foreign car and hotel valuables.
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St, Louis
Casanova
Grace Episcopal Church
Kirkwood
Barbara Fox Doubleday
Reno
Doubleday
Brunswick
Maine
Tucson
Ariz
Barbara
Miami
FBI
Headspeth
Washington
Raymond Lewis Headspeth
Rebels threaten Chamoun as Lebanon battles escalate
Beirut reports heavy fighting across Beirut and the Bekaa Valley as rebel forces press John Chamoun’s government. Jets, artillery and armored cars strike rebel positions in Basta, Mt Tered and Rashaya while the rebel national front claims control of much of Lebanon and urges ongoing clashes until Chamoun quits.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
Basta
Mt. Tered
Rashaya
Bekaa
Tripoli
National Front
Chamoun
Abdul Yafi
Muad Ammoun
Yafit
Jordan
Iraq
Turkey
U.N
United Nations
Hussein Oweini
United Arab Republic
Syria
U.A.R
U.N. Gunes
Fox Swears Goldfine Bought Adams Home in Testimony
Boston financier John Fox testified to a House subcommittee that Bernard Goldfine bought a Washington house for Sherman Adams and sent checks for a long period. The White House denounced the claim as false and criticized the panel for airing such testimony.
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Fox
Goldfine
Adams
Washington
Boston
John Fox
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Boston Post
House
Massachusetts
U. S. Senate
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
White House
U. S
United Nations
Congress
New York
Post
John Kennedy
Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Gov. Adams
Explorer III Mission Records Early Spaceflight Feats
Army scientists report Explorer III showed controllable vehicle temperature and higher cosmic radiation than expected. The craft, launched March 26 from Cape Canaveral, reached 1700 miles from Earth and 117 miles at closest approach before failing. Explorer I remains in orbit for years.
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Huntsville
Ala
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Raleigh Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Beckley Robbery
A Raleigh County Crim inal Court jury again failed to reach a verdict on Ralph James Kincaid for the February 26 armed robbery of the A and P supermarket in Beckley. The jury, deadlocked at 11 to 1 in favor of conviction, was discharged. Kincaid faces another trial at the next term.
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Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Kincaid
Bazzie Transfers to Elkins Co. C as Health Move
Capt J B Jack of State Police says former Sgt E D Bazzie was transferred to Co C Elkins area at his own request and rank reduced to trooper due to no sergeant vacancies. Hazen H Fair confirms transfer and health reason, Bazzie 48 with 2-year service eligible to retire July 17. The March Princeton to South Charleston move drew bipartisan protests from Mercer County leaders and officials.
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J. B. Jack
State Police Co. B
South Charleston
E. D. Bazzie
Co. C
Elkins
Bazzie
Capitol
Jack
Office of State Police
Hazen H. Fair
Col. Fair
Fair
Princeton
Mercer County
Underwood
Bluefield
Pet Dog Follows Little Mistress Even Unto Death
Miami nine year old Eller Tuten burned while playing with a cigarette lighter died Thursday calling for her pet terrier Trixy. Hours later the dog darted under a passing car and was killed. Eller to be buried Saturday with Trixy if arrangements allow.
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Miami
Fla
Trixy
Eller Tuten
Eller
Eisenhower Decries House Foreign Aid Cut
President Eisenhower voiced deep distress over a House Appropriations Committee cut of 872 million dollars from his foreign aid request. The panel set 3.078 billion for next fiscal year, while the Senate later authorized 3.675 billion, with total aid financing reaching 8.273 billion due to carryovers from prior appropriations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
United States
Senate
White House
Appropriations Committee
Farm Prices Dip After Six Month Rise
Farm prices ended a six month advance in June, dropping about 3 percent. Declines were seen in vegetables, wheat, cattle and potatoes as new crops moved to market to ease scarcities. Officials linked lower farm prices to easing retail costs while noting prices remained above year-ago levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Virginian Railway Quits Two Stations
The Public Service Commission authorized the Virginian Railway to discontinue agency stations and remove facilities at Slab Fork Raleigh County and Herndon Wyoming County. The order becomes effective July 7.
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Charleston
Virginian Railway
Public Service Commission
Slab Fork
Raleigh
Herndon
Wyoming County
Buchanan County Tot Dies Under Car Wheels
A three year old boy, Ritchie Ray Daniel of Roseann Virginia, was killed when an automobile backed over him as it turned around near his home. Junior Smith, 20, of Roseann, was driving the car. The accident happened about 6 30 p m. The child, one of seven, is survived by his parents Monroe and Mrs Daniel and by two brothers and four sisters. The body lay at Grundy Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Buchanan County
Roseann
R. C. Allison
Ritchie Ray Daniel
Junior Smith
Monroe Daniel
Panther
Grundy Funeral Home
Senate Probers Hear of Indiana Jury Fix and Embezzlement
Senate investigators heard that William L. Hutcheson, former Carpenters Union president, embezzled about 250000 in union property and left it to heirs. His son Maurice Hutcheson faced questions about using union funds to influence a Lake County grand jury and possible ties to James Hoffa. The hearing touched on alleged schemes with Max Raddock and a 78000 profit on land deals for highway rights. The Lake County grand jury produced no indictments. a separate Indianapolis case accuses Hutcheson and others of illegal profit from land sales.
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Washington
Senate
William L. Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Robert F. Kennedy
Hutcheson
Maurice
Maurice Hutcheson
Senators
Lake County
Indiana
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Hutcheon
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Max Raddock
Flushing, N.Y
Grand Jury
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Indianapolis
Adams Packing Co
Auburndale
Fla
Harold Ranstad
Lakeland
Adams Packing Co., Inc
Union
Howard Travis
15 Die In Westover Plane Crash
A Stratotanker crashed shortly after takeoff from Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts during a speed test to London. Fifteen aboard died including Brig. Gen. Donald W. Saunders and six newsmen. Two sister jets reached London despite the tragedy. a fourth plane did not take off. An Air Force inquiry led by Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Calbara will probe the crash with aerospace experts. The burning plane crossed the Massachusetts Turnpike and wreckage spread over a three acre farm. The dead include Daniel J. Coughlin Robert B. Sibley Norman J. Montellier James L. McConaughy Jr. Glenn A. Williams Robert A. Ginsburgh William Cochran William Enyart and Kazimierz Machowski.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
London
Westover
U.S. Air Force Industry Accident Investigation Board
Joseph B. Calbara
Directorate of
Usaf Flight Safety Research
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
United States
Soviet Union
Massachusetts
Kazimierz Machowski
Gen. Saunders
Daniel J. Coughlin
Boston
Associated Press
Robert B. Sibley
Boston Traveler
Norman J. Montellier
United Press International
New York
James L. McConaughy Jr
Congress Holds Line On Taxes Amid Compromise
Congress kept the tax line with a compromise bill extending the 52 percent corporate tax rate and existing excises on autos cigars whisky and beer. The Senate approved and it heads to President Eisenhower for signature, averting a 2.115 billion yearly revenue drop while transport taxes face staged eliminations.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Cooler Weather Predicted for Mountain State Weekend
Huntington AP reports cooler weather is expected in West Virginia over the weekend before a rise in temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday. The forecast notes a temporary drop in temperatures ahead of a return to warmer conditions early next week.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Rebels kidnap 10 Americans in Moa raid in Cuba
Fidel Castro loyalists attacked the Oriente Province city of Moa, abducting 10 U.S. engineers and two Canadians amid a 24 hour siege that left three dead. U S Ambassador Earl E Smith condemned the act and sought quick release while Cuba works to resolve the crisis.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel
Castro
Oriente
Moa
John Schissler
United States
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Fulgencio Bastista
Batista
Schissler
U. S
Earl E. T. Smith
Park Wollan
Santiago
Moato Smith
Wollan
Moaday Mining Co
Dicker
Juan Fangio
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Donald W. Saunders
Athens
N.Y
Airborne
Senate House
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