Taxi Owner Linked with Kidnap Money Trouble
In Washington, St. Louis taxi line owner Joseph Costello is named by Detective Captain Doherty as tied to the Greenlease kidnapping ransom. The Senate committee hears Costello as a close associate of Mobster Vitale and a possible receiver of the missing $300,000 from the 1953 Greenlease case.
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Washington (Ap
Joseph Costello
St. Louis
Greenlease
John Doherty
Senate
Mollie Baker
Robert “Barney” Baker
Baker
Costello
Doherty
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
John Hager
Ace Cab Company
Emer Dolan
Underworld
Robert F. Kennedy
John Vitale
Kennedy
Louis Shoulders, Jr
Teamsters
Shoulders
Dolan
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
Pressure To Halt Hoffa Quiz Denied
Rep. Wint Smith testified under oath that he faced no pressure from higher authorities to end a 1953 probe of James R. Hoffa. He said hearings ended on their own accord in Detroit and denied receiving anything of value or campaign contributions from Hoffa. Smith cited orders from former chairman McConnell limiting questions to union welfare funds.
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Washington
Rep
Wint Smith
R-Kan
James R. Hoffa
Smith
House
Detroit
Senate
Rep. Smith
Hoffa
Organized Labor
House Labor
Hoffman
Rmich
Full Labor Committee
McConnell
Rpa
Senate ‘Committee
Sen
Kennedy
D-Mass
Rickover Chosen as Eisenhower's Naval Representative
Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover, credited as father of the atomic submarine program, is named by President Eisenhower to represent the White House during the Nautilus hero’s welcome in New York next Monday. The designation follows Secretary Gates’s recommendation.
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Washington
Hyman Rickover
White House
Eisenhower
New York
Rickover
Navy
Gates
Wright
Albert Mum‘ma
Bureau of Ships
Better Not Try It Again Craig Jones Clings to Elevator
Craig Jones eleven year old slipped into a Gulfport office building elevator Monday and pressed a button. He hesitated and attempted to jump out before doors closed, was trapped between doors for fifteen minutes until firefighters rescued him unharmed.
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Craig
Gulfport, Miss
UPI
Craig Jones
Farm Bill Moves Fast Toward Ike’s Signature
Senate fast tracks the farm bill to President Eisenhower amid expectations he will sign. Senator Ellender says he is reasonably certain the President will sign after Senate voice-voted approval, with the House already passing it. The bill eases planting controls for cotton and rice, frees corn farmers from some limits, and extends three years of wool subsidies. Benson lauds the bill as forward looking and aimed at expanding markets.
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Eisenhower
Ellender
Dla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Agriculture Benson
Benson
Triton Described as Nuclear Electronic Brain for Watches
Admiral Wright praised the Triton as a nuclear propelled, invisible electronic brain to monitor enemy activity. The launch of America's largest submarine showcased its high underwater speed and endurance, enabling deep covert patrols and rapid warning of atomic strikes.
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Groton
Connealy Family Rates With Neighbors in Welcome Home
In Kansas City a large crowd greeted the Connealy family of Mr. and Mrs. Philip on their return from a two week visit to Decatur Nebraska. Seventy neighbors lined the first block west of Main Street as the family arrived in a station wagon. Kids swarmed the vehicle, shouting and cheering while parents watched the lively scene. The family planned a rerouted entry to the house to avoid the block’s hubbub.
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Kansas City
Philip Connealy
Decatur
Neb
Concord
Main St
Connealy
Social security boosts passed to Eisenhower for signature
The House approved Senate revisions raising social security benefits by 7 percent with a $3 minimum monthly increase, effective next February. The payroll tax on covered workers rises from 2 to 2.4 percent starting January 1, and the taxable earnings base increases from 4200 to 4800 dollars.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Doctors Forum for Parents on Child Health Problems
Cedar Rapids parents are invited to a free forum tonight at 8 p.m. in Coe Auditorium. The Linn County Medical Society presents Your Childs Health Problems with moderator Dr S M Lehr and panelists Dr Foster Downing Hecker Redmond, joined by Drs Block Flannery Locher. 14 student nurses will gather audience questions for the doctors.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe Auditorium
Linn County Medical Society
S. M. Lehr
Shsees Foster
John Downing
John Hecker
James Redmond
Walter Block
Francis Flannery
Robert Locher
Old Soldiers Return to Reminiscence in Duren Germany
Kilborn Photo Paper Co. VP Jim Griffin and writer Lou Breuer tour former battle zones along the Aachen to Duren corridor. They observe rebuilt streets, half of Duren leveled, remaining shell holes, and durable memories of World War II as veterans seek one last look before fading away.
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Duren
Germany
Jim Griffin
Kilborn Photo Paper Co
Jim
Aachen
Faubus Urges Little Rock Board to Plan Integration Response
Arkansas Governor Faubus pressed the Little Rock school board to declare how it will resist the latest integration order. The Eighth Circuit ordered integration resumed at Central High, overturning a district ruling for a 24 year pause. Faubus warned of possible state action and suggested steps the board might take to avert a special session.
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Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Eighth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Central High School
U.S
Harry Lemley
Hope
Ark
School Board
National Association For the Advancement of ‘Colored People
Faubus
NAACP
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