Soviets Admit Forcing Down U S Plane
Soviet Union states two Russian fighters forced a U S Air Force four engine transport to land on Soviet soil after the plane crossed the eastern Turkey border. Nine crew members in American uniforms were detained and later identified as U S Air Force personnel.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Turkey
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
Llewellyn Thompson
Europe
Radio Moscow
Yerevan
Mt. Ararat
U. S. Air Force
US Fiscal Year Ends In Red
Washington officials forecast a 1958 deficit of 2 to 3 billion dollars as the year closes. For fiscal 1959 the outlook worsens with a potential deficit near 11 to 12 billion, a peacetime record off balance, amid weaker tax receipts and ongoing spending.
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Washington
Treasury
Eisenhower
Senate House Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Maurice H. Stans
Congress
U S Direct Talks With Castro Rebels Over Hostage Release
U S officials move to bargain directly with Fidel Castro's rebels to free 12 captives, including 10 Americans and 2 Canadians, held in the Cuban mountains near Moa. Reports say sailors from Guantanamo were missing after a base picnic, with rebels allegedly claiming reprisal for U S aid to the Cuban government.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Fidel Castro
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Moa Co
John Schissler
California
U.S
Guantanamo Navy Base
Smith
Nassau Court Home Destroyed by Fire Near Genoa School
A six room frame house at 110 Nassau Court off Bland Street burned around 11 p.m. with undetermined origin. Owner Mrs Verlena Burnette reported waking to flames from the adjacent unoccupied dwelling as North Side fire trucks lined Bland Street and extinguished the blaze. Damage estimated at 3000 to the structure and 200 to contents.
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Nassau Court
Bland Street
Genoa Junior High School
Bluefield
Verlena Burnette
North Side
Fiream
E. L. McClure
Life Of Explorer III Nearing End As Orbital Life Suspected
Smithsonian observers say Explorer III likely died after its March 26 launch as the 31-pound satellite neared atmospheric reentry. Reports from Memphis Moonwatch and Wichita sightings suggest an 88 minute orbit indicating a potential final burn up, while some doubt remains about remaining in orbit.
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Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Memphis
Tenn
Wichita
Kan
Smithsonian
Earth
Reds to Attend Geneva Talks on Nuclear Test Suspension
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko signals Kremlin will participate in the Geneva talks opening July 1 while pressing for a stand on universal suspension of nuclear tests. The United States expects the talks to proceed as scheduled and a clear government mandate on test suspension. Soviet technicians obtain Swiss visas as diplomats forward the aide memoire to Washington.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Kremlin
Radio Moscow
UAW Members Favor Striking Amid Contract Talks
United Auto Workers reported statewide voting in favor of strike action if needed to back contract demands from General Motors Ford and Chrysler. The tally stood 128127 for strike and 6645 against with locals nationwide voting as talks stalled after four weeks without contracts. Reuther signaled no urgency while carmakers hold large inventories of unsold 1938 models. Voting ongoing.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Big Three
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Racket Probe Will Unmask Criminals
Senate rackets probers predict hearings will expose a powerful criminal network in business and labor. McClellan cites ties to the Mafia and Luciano and subpoenas 100 witnesses, with Hoffa possibly testifying next month as Apalachin links unfold. The probe will trace operations from garment districts to Detroit and Chicago.
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Washington
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Italy
McClellan
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Apalachin
N. Y
Albert Anastasia
New York
Scranton
Pittston
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Ill
Cleveland
Miami
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Eisenhower Extends Defense Production Act to 1960
President Eisenhower signed a bill extending the 1950 Defense Production Act for two years to June 30, 1960. The extension maintains authority to set defense contract priorities, allocate materials, and loan or purchase to boost defense capacity, and to establish a reserve of trained executives for mobilization.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Adams Goldfine Case Spurs Debate On Congressional Rights
Senators Mansfield and Bridges defend lawmakers interceding with regulatory agencies as the Adams Goldfine controversy rises. The Defense Department notes Goldfine’s defense contracts were four times higher in Truman’s last two years, though no impropriety is shown. The House subcommittee hears testimony amid claims of misused influence and calls for secrecy in questioning Fox.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Congress
House
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Pentagon
Goldfine
Truman
Adams
Eisenhower
Defense Department
House Commerce
John Fox
Boston Post
Federal Trade Commission
White House
Fox
James C. Hagertty
Hagerty
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
Congressional
Mansfield
Senate
U.N. Group Said Unequal To Its Task In Lebanon
Bitter fighting raged in Tripoli and Sidon as Beirut stayed quiet. Prime Minister Sami Solh criticized U.N. observers as unable to halt infiltration he says is rising since their June 12 arrival. He urged a U.N. police force to restore security amid clashes between rebels and government troops.
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Beirut
Tripoli
Rome
Lebanon
Sidon
Middle East
Sami Solh
U.N
United Arab Republic
Solh
Associated Press
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Maan Karami
Russian Ballet Star Nabbed For Shoplifting In Brussels
Olga Lepeshinskaya, Bolshoi Ballet star, was stopped in a Brussels department store as she tried to leave with an umbrella gloves cuff links and tape. She admitted taking the items and pleaded for police leniency saying she was bound for a ballet rehearsal. The store said prosecution decision pending.
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Brussels
Belgium
Bolshoi Ballet
Olga Lepeshinskaya
Stalin
Questio
Palace of Justice
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Cyprus
Teheran
Thompson
State Department
Soviet Foreign Office
Irene Arzedi
Joseph Pinto
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Brooklyn
Irene
Pinto
Earl E. T. Smith
Park Wollan
Moa
Bulletin
Moa Mining Co
Francis Tully
Explorer III
G. Milton Kelly
Robert F. Kennedy
Vito Genovese
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Hoffa
Carpenters Union
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Indiana
Harris
Curtis
By Tom Masterson
Karami
Camille Chamoun
Ment Store
L'Innovation
Lepeshinskaya
Nina Ponomareva
London
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