Ex Boston Professor Aids Reds
A state department document says former Boston University professor and WWII OSS Latin American head Maurice Halperin is in Moscow working for the Soviet government. He and his wife Edith renewed U.S. passports there after a December 1958 Russia arrival. The document links Halperin to Soviet Academy of Sciences and notes past deportation cases in Mexico. It also states he aided the Dodd Sterns’ escape from Mexico in 1957.
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Office of Strategic Services
State Department
Halperin
Edith
U.S
Moscow
Department
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Academy
Soviet Council of Ministers
Russia
Mexico
Alfred
Martha Dodd Stern
Three Arrested In Cartier Jewel Theft
New York AP three men were arrested in a $30 000 gem theft from Cartier Fifth Avenue on June 25. Police recovered stones stripped of settings and a bundle of securities. DeNormand Coffey and Fuca face charges. arrests followed a large city wide surveillance operation and a long FBI police joint probe.
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New York
Cartier
Fifth Avenue
FBI
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Kingdon DeNormand
Bronx
Joseph Coffey
Juan Pasquale Fuca
DeNormand
Major railroads seek general freight rate increase
Chicago AP reports that the nation’s major railroads seek a general across the board freight rate rise to cover higher costs. If approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it would be the first general hike since February 1, 1958, and the CEOs say the proposal is the smallest ever requested and differs from past raises by not utilizing percentage increases.
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Chicago
API
Interstate Commerce Commission
J A Wicke Dies Early Auto Racer and Dealer
J A Wicke a Cedar Rapids figure in early automotive life died at his home in Cedar Rapids after a long illness. Born in Fairfax he moved to Cedar Rapids 58 years ago and bought his first car in 1902 at age 16, the fourth car sold in Iowa. He won the Chicago Reliability Run around Lake Michigan three times, the Glidden tour twice, and the 1909 Fort Worth Star Telegram tour.
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Cedar Rapids
J. A. Wicke
Iowa
Mr. Wicke
Blake Blvd
Fairfax
Wicke
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Fort Worth
Eight Day Vigil by Lonely Dog on Highway
A German Shepherd kept creeping along a highway for eight days and nights ten miles each way in Bennington Vermont refusing food rest or sleep. State police were forced to shoot the dog after humane officials failed to reach it. The incident was cited by the Humane Society as evidence of rising pet abandonment by out of state motorists.
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Bennington, Vt
Humane Society
The
Prince Philip Steps in As Industry Peacemaker
Prince Philip, president of the Automobile Association, intervened in a dispute involving 32 female Birmingham clerks seeking higher pay and shorter hours. He wrote to union officials and the labor ministry. the AA agreed to negotiate after his involvement. Critics questioned whether royal participation was appropriate.
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Prince Philip
London
Elizabeth II
Britain
Automobile Assn
Edward VIII
Welch
Philip
Birmingham
Anne Godwin
Viscount Brentford
Labor Ministry
Buckingham Palace
Prince
Miss Godwin
Daily Mirror
Liberal
News Chronicle
House Votes 65 Million in Foreign Aid But Blocks Larger Sum
The House approved 65 million dollars in foreign aid funds on a 203 to 193 vote after eight defecting members shifted. Senate had added 19 million to a catch-all appropriation bill while President Eisenhower urged full restoration. The House also refused 26 million for the President’s special aid program and rejected other Senate foreign aid items, delaying adjournment amid sugar import control battles. Dirksen warned the House sugar bill strings could derail action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Dirksen
Dominican Republic
Storm Lashes New York Area Long Night of Floods
A sudden summer storm drenched the New York metropolitan area turning evening rush hour into a nightmare. Flash floods flooded subway stations and expressways while 100000 commuters were stranded and 19000 homes lost power. Two deaths were reported in Queens and a major traffic jam halted Long Island.
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New York
Connecticut
New Jersey
East River
Long Island
Westchester
Rockland
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Nassau
North Shore
Lower West Side
Vessel with 18 Sinking in Hawaii Area
The Canadian motor vessel Wild Goose II with 18 aboard was sinking about 200 miles south of Honolulu. A Coast Guard Hercules plane dropped a portable pump while efforts continued to save those on board. The ship, registered to J Blackburn of Vancouver, was en route from Tahiti to Honolulu.
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Honolulu
UPI
Coast Guard
SOS
Hercules
Barbers Point Coast Guard Air Station
J. Blackburn
Vancouver
Tahiti
Cmdr
L. M. Bracken
Matagorda
States Seek Cohesion With U N In Congo Talks
In Leopoldville the Conference of Independent African States urged frank loyal cooperation with the United Nations. Prime Minister Lumumba, who has branded the U.N. as imperialist, listened in silence as the resolution was read amid tensions over U.N. troop presence.
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Leopoldville
Conference of Independent African States
Lumumba
U.N
Congo
Hammarskjold
Kalonji Reclaims Bakwanga Capital From Rebels
Albert Kalonji, leader of a self styled mineral state in Kasai, says his forces recaptured Bakwanga, the diamond center and capital, amid fighting in southern Kasai province.
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Elisabethville
Albert Kalonji
Kasai Province
Bakwanga
Nixon Kennedy TV Debates Set Across Networks
New York AP reports Richard Nixon and John Kennedy will appear on three scheduled debates across television and radio networks on September 26 October 13 and October 21 with a tentative fourth date October 8. The Chicago Sept 26 face to face meeting runs 7 30 to 8 p m CST on domestic policy while the Oct 21 discussion from New York covers foreign policy from 8 to 9 p m CST. The Oct 13 program is a news panel format and the networks Mutual NBC CBS and ABC reached the agreement with no sponsors and no studio audience.
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New York
Richard Nixon
John Kennedy
Chicago
Mutual Broadcasting System
Nixon
Kennedy
Mutual
NBC
CBS
ABC
Bolshoi Ballet Hires American Teen Dancer
An 18 year old American, Anastasia Stevens of Walpole Massachusetts, was hired Wednesday by the Bolshoi Ballet becoming the first American admitted to its elite ranks. Stevens is the daughter of Edmund Stevens, an American correspondent who first went to Russia in the 1930s and married Nina Bodarenko in 1935. She applied after graduating from the Bolshoi ballet school.
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Moscow
Anastasia Stevens
Bolshoi, ‘Ballet
Miss Stevens
Walpole
Mass
Edmund Stevens
Russia
Nina Bondarenko
Bolshoi Ballet School
Congo Civilians Arrested Over U.S. Plane Attack
Gen Victor Lundula Congo army commander said a number of Congolese civilians have been arrested in the brutal attack on eight U.S. airmen and two Canadian signalmen. He reported they will be tried by a military court.
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Leopoldville
Victor Lundula
Congo
U.S
Lundula
Congo Conference Ends Amid Congo U N Tensions
The conference of delegates from 13 African states closed as Lumumba’s government builds troop strength in Kasai and prepares for a possible Katanga invasion. The U N said Belgian combat troops have largely withdrawn leaving only technical staff at Kamina and Kitona. Hammarskjold protested Belgium for delays and accused officials at Kamina of misinformation.
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Kasai
Katanga
Hammarskjold
Congo
Security Council
Belgium
Kamina
U.N
Walter Loridan
Washington
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