Elevator torture tale tied to union racketeering probe
Theodore McCarty of Clementon New York prepares to testify before the Senate racket committee about torture while an elevator moved up and down allegedly tied to the Philadelphia local 542 of the Operating Engineers union. Kennedy said McCarty described beatings by union goons as officials in New York and Philadelphia face questioning.
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Washington
Senate
Operating Engineers
Theodore McCarty
Clementon
N.Y
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarty
Philadelphia
Joey Fay
New York
Fay
Kennedy
Union
Maloney
McClellan
D-Ark
Local 542
Junta Orders Swift Trials In Venezuela
The new ruling military junta orders swift trials for secret police torturers to end police state methods. Leaflets over Caracas urge peace as troops guard key sites and Scouts direct traffic amid reorganization of police. Diplomats seek protection for missions. embassies threatened. two Italians killed in protests. Authorities push expedited charges against officials linked to torture under Perez Jimenez. New junta members replace dissenters as troops secure the Horaflores palace.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Federal District Police
U. S
Charles Burrows
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Perez Jimenez
Eugenio Mendoza
Jesus Arquque Pena
Numa Quevedo
Horaflores
TV Sets Sent To FCC Officials
Former FCC chief McConnaughey says it is no secret in Washington that the television industry lends sets to FCC members. He notes seven commissioners each had latest radio or TV equipment on loan at home to stay current, a practice since radio and television beginnings. He resigns June 30 and criticizes a House subcommittee report on travel expenses.
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Columbus
Ohio
McConnaughey
FCC
Mediators Named On Airline Strike
President Eisenhower named a three member board to mediate a dispute between Eastern Air Lines and the Flight Engineers Association. The panel led by David L. Cole will hear cases for 29 days and report findings to the President. A further 30 day cooling off period must pass before any strike action by the engineers.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Eastern Air Lines
Flight Engineers Association
David L. Cole
Paterson
Federal Mediation Service
Saul Wallen
Boston
Dudley E. Whiting
Detroit
The
Flight Engineers International Association
Doctor and Wife Found Slain in Fire Ruined Home
Atlanta physician Dr. Benjamin L. Camp, 58, and his wife were found dead in their burned Cobb County two bedroom home. Police believe the couple were murdered with a fire set to cover a robbery. The doctor served as a World War I veteran and military surgeon in Rome for U.S. forces. A family terrier was also killed.
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Atlanta
Benjamin L. Camp
Northwestern University School of Medicine
Amos Bates
Cobb County
Special Showing of Small Town U S A at Mercy Hospital
A final screening of Small Town U S A was arranged for Mrs. Harold Smith at Anamosa Mercy Hospital after she missed the theater run. The 30 minute U S Information Agency film about Anamosa and its people played for hospital staff and patients, including Smith who lost a baby Thursday. Over 4 600 people had seen the film in the area and beyond.
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Anamosa
U.S. Information Agency
Europe
Mercy Hospital
Harold Smith
America
Mercy
Mary Elaine
Jones County
Gedar Rapids
Peoples Bank Increases Capital via 20 Percent Stock Dividend
Cedar Rapids bank boosts capitalization from 500000 to 600000 dollars by issuing 5000 new shares at 20 dollars par for every five held. Record date Jan 14. New shares issued within a month. Asset total at end of 1957 listed as 31,604,312.56 dollars.
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Peoples Bank and Trust Company
State Banking Department
Gail Whitney and Oil Heir Married
Gail Whitney daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Oil Heir Richard Cox Cowell wed in a private ceremony in New York ten days after ending their engagement. The couple then flew to Montreal for their honeymoon.
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New York
Gail Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sonny” Whitney
Richard Cox Cowell
Miss Whitney
Eleanor Searle Whitney
Nevada
Mary Hosford
Arizona
Whitney
Cowell
Rocca A. Parrella
Josiah Marvel
Wilmington
Del
Thomas R. Cowell
Washington
Frank DeWilde
Scranton
Victoria Kiser
Atlanta
Mary Roebling
Trenton
N.J
Edward Gilbert
Gustavus Ober
Montreal
Canada
Students clash with police in Naples over graduation exams
Thousands of Naples students and police clashed Sunday in a two hour riot sparked by a government rule forcing graduates to take double examinations. Five students were injured as crowds surged through the city while the university remained closed for over a week due to student strikes.
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Naples
Italy
Khrushchev backs limited ICBM talk in disarmament plan
In a Minsk address Khrushchev says the Soviet Union would discuss intercontinental missiles as part of a general disarmament settlement if the United States bans atomic and hydrogen weapons and suspends overseas bases. He urges a summit and touts Soviet space advances while denouncing Western rocket bases and homegrown drunkenness.
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Moscow
Nikita
Jmade
United States
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Russia
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Earth
Khrushchev
Minsk
Hope to Bring Iron Curtain Visitors to the United States
The State Department proposed inviting 66 visitors from behind the Iron Curtain next year to study the American way of life at a total cost around 30000 dollars if Congress approves the international educational exchange. The plan marks the program's 10th year and follows talks on broader cultural exchanges with the Soviet Union and other nations.
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Washington
INS
State Department
U.S
Congress
Department
International Educational Exchange Service
H. Alexander Smith
R-N.j
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Georgi Zaroubin
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
America
Supreme Soviet
Three Ohio youths charged with attempting train wrecks
FBI agents and Athens police arrested James John Onder 19 of Rocky River John Earl Hamm III 18 of North Olmstead and Gerald Baxter Hinkley 18 of Fairview Park on suspicion of trying to derail interstate trains. The first incident occurred January 18 near Mulberry Crossing when a crossplank barricade blocked an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio mail train.
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Athens, Ohio
FBI
Ohio University
James John Onder
Rocky River
John Earl Hamm III
North Olmstead
Gerald Baxter Hinkley
Fairview Park
Ed Mason
Cincinnati
Railroad
Athens
Mason
Baltimore & Ohio
Atgens’ Mulberry Crossing
Raabs Moscow visit postponed to June
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab and cabinet members will postpone their official visit to Moscow at the Soviet government request. The trip, planned for just after Easter, shifts to June to avoid clashing with general elections. Raab aims to discuss possible reductions in Austria's reparations deliveries under the 1955 state treaty and will visit Washington before summer.
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Vienna
Moscow
Julius Raab
Raab
Austria
Washington
Rail Tycoon Young Dies In Despondent Suicide At Palm Beach
Robert R. Young chairman of New York Central shot himself in his Palm Beach mansion as friends said he had been despondent. He was found in a chair with a shotgun between his knees. his wife Anita Ten Eyck O Keeffe left for friends’ home. Survivors include two brothers, a daughter killed in 1941, and his wife. The body to be moved to Newport RI for services aboard a private railroad car. The December and year 1957 earnings news awaited from Central.
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Tass
Minsk
Palm Beach, Fla
Robert R. Young
The
New York Central Railroad
Fred Mead
Palm Beach
Young
California
John Young
Morristown
New York Central Board For Directors
Youngs
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Scarsdale
N. Y
William White
NYC
White
Alfred E. Perlman
Central
Washington
Allen P. Kirby
Alleghany
Perlman
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