Ex Chairman Criticizes Probe Into FCC Actions
Rep. Moulder says House investigators fail to push inquiry into Col. George Gordon Moore Jr. and cites alleged unfair cases involving the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Power Commission. Moore testifies voluntarily as a witness with Moore denying involvement in any FCC matter.
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National Airlines
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De Valera Faces Angry Irish Crowd in London Visit
In London a hostile crowd surged around Irish Premier Eamon de Valera as he drove to St Patrick's Eve Mass. Police cleared a path past demonstrators shouting for IRA releases while crowds gathered at Soho Square. de Valera urged union through peaceful means during a three day visit.
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Silver Springs
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Byrd and Randolph Hurt In West Virginia Accident
Rep. Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph were injured in a two car crash two miles north of New Martinsville West Virginia. State police officer Dean Morris and Ricardo Cortez were killed. Byrd and Randolph were admitted to Wetzel County Memorial Hospital. Randolph drove Byrd to the scene en route to Follansbee.
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Ricardo Cortez
Columbia Southern Chemical Corp
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Randolph
Wetzel County Memorial Hospital
Cortez
Follansbee
Sophia
Raleigh County
House of Representatives
Sen
Revercombe
Wva
Neely
Capital Airlines
Colombians Vote In Election During Unprecedented Truce
About four million Colombians cast ballots Sunday in a national election held under an extraordinary political truce. Conservative and Liberal candidates competed for elective offices amid the historic pause in campaigning.
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Bogota
Colombia
Orane
Communists Return U.S. Pilot Today
At Panmunjom the Communists told the U.S. Military Commission they will return the American pilot whose plane was shot down over the North Korean front. The note specified Monday as the return day and was dated March 6.
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Korea
U.S. Military Commission Secretariat
NATO Parliamentarians Map Science Plan At Bonn Meeting
Lawmakers from NATO nations gather in Bonn to draft a plan for intensified scientific cooperation against the Soviet challenge. Four proposals include information exchange, scholarships in science, a private citizens conference, and a 1959 NATO congress. Sessions close Tuesday with a public panel at Bonn University.
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Divorced Soraya Named Princess in Iran Court Decree
Tehran Iran Queen Soraya ex wife of the Shah will receive the title Princess Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari in a court decree. The Shah attributes her sacrifices to her high rank and the move follows their divorce over the lack of a son heir. The decree will be sent to Cologne where she stays with her parents.
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Khalil Esfandiary
West Germany
Gross Of Pillows Soak Up Enormous $5,000 Mixed Drink
A shelf of 800 liquor bottles toppled at Spell's drug store in La Crosse Wisconsin spilling a four inch deep mixed drink. The liquid reached the basement where two gross of pillows absorbed part of it. Damages were estimated at $5,000.
Rebels Seize Medan as North Sumatra Sways to Insurgents
Reports claim North Sumatra switched sides with Medan fallen to rebels in seven hours. Broadcasts say 2,000 troops led by Maj. Boyke Navin Golan gained control by nightfall. Palembang and Padang echoed the shift threatening oil interests and central government hold in Sumatra.
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U. S
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Java
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Djamin Gintings
Indonesia
Strait of Malacca
Malaya
Public Works Loans Offered By Fulbright
Sen Fulbright proposes a two billion dollar public works loan program to states and cities through the CFA to fund streets bridges water works schools and more. Sen Monroney Magunson and Payne back air port construction funds and faster housing loans as part of boosting job creation and jet-age readiness. Knowland cautions on foreign aid purchases and suggests a domestic purchasing percentage limit.
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Monroe County Man Killed in Route 3 Crash
A Monroe County man died after a car struck him while he crossed Route 3 near Sweet Springs Saturday night. Joe Bengal Wickline 28 of Sweet Springs was killed after being hit by a 1952 Mercury driven by Alden G. McMillan 33 also of Sweet Springs. McMillan was charged with negligent homicide and will be tried before Justice A W Boone at Union. Wickline died from a fractured skull and internal injuries at Alleghany Memorial Hospital Covington. He is survived by his parents wife and five siblings with funeral plans pending arrival of his brother from Honolulu.
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Isabel Lucas Wickline
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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U. S. Army
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Andrew Smith
Glenn Timms
Fortune
Calif
Walter Grimes
Venus and Moon Meet in Rare Celestial Conjunction
Astronomers reported Venus and the Moon appearing unusually close at 6 a.m. EST with Venus about one degree south of the Moon. Dr. William Markowitz of the U S Naval Observatory documented the event from the moon camera noting it as a rare phenomenon visible across the United States.
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Earth
William Markowitz
Time Service
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United States
Congress to Probe Navy Vanguard Rocket Setbacks
Rep. Durham leads a House Armed Services subcommittee inquiry into Vanguard rocket failures at Cape Canaveral. The probe will study temperature effects on rocket components and fuel types while a technically qualified director is sought.
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Fla
Wife Is A Sick Woman Mother Buries Infant In Garden
NAHA Okinawa. Terrence Hitt says his wife is ill after she confessed to smothering her six week old son and burying him in the garden before fleeing to simulate a kidnapping. Army authorities recovered the baby's body as volunteers searched the island. The couple's 3-year-old daughter Terrilyn remains with the family. More context on the case emerged as authorities investigate the infant's disappearance and the couple's prior hospital release.
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Plymouth
Mich
Garden
U. S
U. S. Kadena Air Base
Hitt
130 Million Vote In Red Election
Millions of citizens across the Soviet Union turn out for parliamentary balloting in Moscow where 95.4 percent of eligible voters voted by 2 p.m. Despite party ballots and pre selected candidates, the process is described as streamlined with hand delivered ballots and simple box deposits.
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