Ike defense mobilizer hiked stockpile to aid industry
Lawrenced deputy director in the Office of Emergency Planning testified before a Senate subcommittee that former Defense Mobilizer Arthur Flemming pushed stockpile targets higher, guiding purchases of lead zinc and antimony not needed for defense. He said the scheme served as a price support program and wasted taxpayer money between 1954 and 1958.
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Eisenhower
Defense
William W. Lawrence
Office of Emergency Planning
OEP
Arthur S. Flemming Tramename
Lawrence
Senate, Armed Services
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Fleming
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Ler
Iene
Lawrence Than
Lawrinte
Refugees claim mass escape thwarted by East German forces
In Berlin a thwarted mass escape attempt is reported as two men tried to breach the wall in a truck. Communist Inter Minister says several others were involved. West Berlin police linger on gun-fight fears as authorities build trench and shelters. Talks continue in Cleveland over Ford workers, while Lester B. Pearson urges quick Parliament session in Ottawa. France faces a nationwide strike as workers demand higher wages. A Paris crash inquiry links a June 3 jetliner disaster to possible erroneous cockpit flap settings. Glen Lake graduates visit Washington for aid to a cancer-stricken classmate and a White House reception with President Kennedy. Macao refugees claim welcome for refugees from Communist China.
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Berlin Wall
Glen Lake
Mid
Washington
Avill
White House
Kennedy
Theiecor
Witnesses Threatened in Probe and Gallo Gang Links
A witness and his elderly mother received three death threats amid a probe into the Brooklyn Gallo Gang contacts on the West Coast. Three men, Michael A. Bled, Anthony Frank Zurlea, and Louis Casigliade, were arraigned on robbery and kidnapping charges with June 28 preliminaries. police fear Laotian and Gallo gang ties, while protection is in place for those involved.
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Brooklyn, N.Y
Gallo
Los’ Angeles
Nelson
Michael A. Bled
Frank ‘Zurlea
Louis Casigliade
Rizzi
Alvance
Gallop
Raymond WY. Martin
Brooklyn
Castigilone
Vienstane
sLaos
Brook
Laotian Policl
coasl-National Assembly
Lgn
Cal
Prince Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Dhe
Souvanna Phouwi Yma
of National Union (Coalition
Savang ‘Vathana
National Assembly
Souyatna
Souphanouvong
Ex-Envoy Grandson Slain in Vermont Case
United Kingdom officials confirmed the death of Douglas Mayer McKee, the year old grandson of a former U S diplomat, was not accidental. His body was found in an unlocked suitcase in a Vermont nursery after his mother reported him missing. Autopsy indicated suffocation and bruises, with authorities noting the death lacked self inflicted cause and ongoing questions about the circumstances. The McKees reside in Watertown Massachusetts while the family earlier lived abroad in Berlin, London, Geneva, and Tokyo.
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Bennington
U.S
Douglas Mayer McKee
Donald M. McKee
Woodruff
John & Burgess
Donald M.mckee
Boston Hospital
McKees
Watertown
Mass
Bank Robber Lips Martini at His Work
A 63 year old Emanuel Eppstein entered a First National City Bank branch in New York and passed a note demanding 52000 in old small bills. He produced a bottle containing a martini during the attempted robbery and was arrested after staff delayed him and police arrived.
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New York
First National City Bank
Emanuel Eppstein
Eppstein
Virginia Picnic At West Virginia Gathering Set
The annual West Virginia picnic will be held Sunday June 24 in Sycamore Grove Park. Entertainment and coffee will be provided by the picnic committee.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Sycamore Grove Park
The Independent Pasadena Ad Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR from Pasadena paper shows classified style pricing and delivery notes. The legible portions mention daily home delivery and Sunday services with monthly rates and postage details.
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Pasadena
Californis
Ealy
Oeer
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