McNamara accuses panel of obsession with Reuther
Senator McNamara says some Senate rackets probe members are obsessed with Walter Reuther and the UAW. He questions Republican impartiality in a letter to UAW President Reuther and condemns McGovern for smear tactics as the committee plans early hearings on Kohler strike and boycott actions.
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McNamara
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Reuther
Michigan
John McGovern
McGovern
Detroit
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Kohler
Wis
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McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Curtis
R-Neb
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R-S.d
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S. C
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Rn.y
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
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D-N.c
R-S D
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Dulles Sees West Moving Toward a Confident New Year
Secretary of State Dulles, drafting in Paris, says the West can look forward to 1958 with confidence as Russia launches a broad economic aid push. Eisenhower to seek a 625 million dollar loan fund to aid lagging nations. Dulles warns against complacency but affirms allied strength and faith in a just peace.
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Paris
State Department
George Murnane
Syosset
S.I
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Eisenhower
Congress
Middle East
Cairo
Twin Kidney Transplant Succeeds Then Girl Dies
Delores Huskey of De Soto Missouri died after a transplanted kidney from her twin sister became infected. She was 15, four days past her birthday, at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. The child was the second death after identical twin donation.
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Boston
Delores Huskey
de Soto
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Jimmy Foster
Pocatello
Idaho
Jerry
Navy
Huskey
Foster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Delores
Doris
Jerry Foster
Symington to Run for Re-election in 1960
Creve Coeur Missouri Senator Stuart Symington a Democrat and critic of defense policies announced Saturday he will seek a second term in the Senate next year. He is considered a possible candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960.
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Creve Coeur
Stuart Symington
Senate
Soviet Parliament Election Set for March 16
London AP reports radio Moscow announced elections for the USSR supreme soviet will occur March 16. The current parliament's term expires March 14, signaling a new session and national vote.
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London
Radio Moscow
Ussr Supreme Soviet
De Seversky Warns Red ICBMs In 1961 May Blow U S Earth
Major Alexander De Seversky predicted on ABC that by 1961 the Soviet Union would have enough intercontinental ballistic missiles to destroy the United States. He said one in three Americans could die in a war unless the U S strengthens defenses and revamps its military. He urged unifying military services under an air-focused department and warned surface Navy and submarines could become targets with new detection tech. He argued living standards must stay high as a strength.
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INS
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Republic Aviation Corporation
Russia
Abc-Tv
Mike Wallace
de Seversky
U.S
Washington
Soviet Union
Strategic Air Command
Department of
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America
New Hungarian Purge Indicated
In Budapest the Communist regime published measures that may pave the way for a new purge of government workers. A decree-law authorizes agencies to demand certificates of good character from all employees in important or confidential posts.
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Budapest
Hungary
Measles Excuse Lets Tommy Skip School at Movie Theater
In a humorous scene, Tommy tells the box office girl he is absent from school because he has the measles. The clerk eyes him skeptically as he tries to gain entry to the cinema.
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Tommy
Mine Blast Kills Eleven at Pocahontas Fuel Co. Mine
Eleven bodies were carried from the explosion torn Pocahontas Fuel Co. mine at dawn. A 30 man probe by federal state union and company investigators began in the disaster area 500 feet below ground. Four agencies confirmed asphyxiation as the cause with burn injuries and a fractured skull noted in victims.
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Pocahontas
Marling Alhemy
U.S. Bureau of Mines
West
L. Z. Wright
Soviet Nuclear Blast Sets Off Test in Siberia
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a new Soviet nuclear test on Saturday December 8 at the Siberian test site. It notes this is the first since October 10 and that 26 blasts have been detected though there may be more if no special interest triggers an announcement.
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Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Soviet Union
Siberia
Commission
Two bloodhounds lead search for missing 3 year old girl
In Harpers Ferry West Virginia a large search begins for Shirley Ann Ramsburg missing since Friday afternoon from her mountain home. Bloodhounds from a Virginia road camp track the Shenandoah riverbank near the Ramsburg residence and find what appears to be a child's shoeprint.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Shirley Ann Ramsburg
Here
Fairfax
Shenandoah River
Ramsburg House
Navy Speeds Building of Missile Sub
The defense department plans an almost immediate start on three nuclear powered submarines designed to fire the Polaris intermediate range ballistic missile. Funding would come from a one billion dollar supplemental military budget for the current fiscal year, speeding the project beyond next year’s budget. The move aligns with Eisenhower defense goals and includes funds for missile development and SAC base dispersion.
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Washington
Defense Department
Navy
McElroy
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Eisenhower
Moon tektites linked to lunar meteor impacts say astronomers
Indianapolis AP reports Smithsonian Harvard astronomers report tektites found on Earth may originate from the Moon. Calculations on an MIT computer support the idea that a cloud of glassy tektites landed on Earth billions of years ago and possibly more could arrive from space in the future.
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Indianapolis
Earth
Moon
Carlos M. Varsavsky
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Harvard College Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
American Astronomical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Varsawsky
Australia
Texas
Philippines
Czechoslovakia
Indo- China
Varsavsky
IBM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computation Center
Russia
U.S
Luigi Jacchia
L. Whipple
Charles Whitney
Theodore E. Sterne
Smithsonian
Harvard Observa
Dr. Sterne
Issues To Be Faced By Congress William F. Arbogast
By the 85th Congress returning Jan 7 for a long, busy session, with July adjournment a must to allow campaign time for all 435 House seats and 32 Senate seats. Lawmakers face unfinished work from last session plus new burdens from Russia’s satellite launches and missile advances. Defense needs rise with a proposed budget increase beyond the current 38 billion, and the department says an additional billion dollars will be required early in the new session.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
85Th
Russia
Defense Department
Anti-West Sentiment Shapes Africa-Asia Conference Resolutions
Delegates draft resolutions widening attacks on the West with Israel cited as a new target. A Palestine subcommittee calls Israel an American British French base and urges refugees' return, while another committee considers denouncing nuclear tests and foreign bases. Greek Cypriot leader objects to Western bias.
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Angelo Natale
Cairo
Israel
Palestine
Sava Loizides
Britain
U.N
Laizides
Manned Rocket May Go to Moon by 1968
A group of space scientists predicted the United States could launch a rocket to the moon by 1968 and place a manned earth satellite into orbit by 1962. They said these feats require creation of a National Space Establishment led by Dr. James A. Van Allen.
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Iowa City
INS
U United States
National Space Establishment
N.S.E
Rocket and Satellite Research Panel
James A. van Allen
State University of Iowa
Natalie Wood and Wagner Wed in Quiet Scottsdale Ceremony
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner Jr married in a private service at a Scottsdale church to avoid publicity. The couple planned a Florida honeymoon and a monthlong cruise before returning to Hollywood, with ten attendees and gate control by deputies to manage crowds.
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Wagner
Scottsdale, Ariz
Hollywood
Robert Wagner, Jr
Scottsdale
Florida
Miss Wood
James Dean
Frank Knaus
Valley Ho
Robert, Jr
Phoenix
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