Jet Tanker Crashes Killing 15 Aboard Over Massachusetts
Westover Air Force Base reports a KC-135 jet tanker attempting a transatlantic speed run crashed seconds after takeoff. All 15 aboard died including six AP and UPI reporters and Brig. Gen. Donald W. Saunders. The craft struck high tension wires near the runway, exploded into a field, and wreckage set fires across trees and a highway. Rescue crews found 14 bodies by dawn. one remained entangled in the debris.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
New York
London
Return
Donald W. Saunders
Athens
N.Y
Massachusetts
Kazimierz Machowski
Westover
Turnpike
Machowski
Cowboy Bilks Her to Tune Of $203,000
Nevada cowboy Raymond Headspeth allegedly defrauded Barbara Doubleday of 203000 after a romance in Reno. FBI tracked him to a Miami hotel where authorities seized 184000 in a safe and other valuables. He faces interstate fraud charges. Mrs. Doubleday returned to her husband.
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Miami
Nevada
Missouri
Barbara Doubleday
Reno
James A. Doubleday
Grace Episcopal Church
Kirkwood
Raymond Headspeth
Joseph McMahon
Arizona
FBI
John Williams
Florida
Tucson
Headspeth
la Hospital
Banks Reports Called For June 23 Conditions
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for the condition of national banks as of June 23. The Federal Reserve Board also requested a report on member banks as of June 23. The FDIC asked nonmember insured banks for their condition as of June 23.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Reserve System
FDIC
Tallman reports $552 in Unity Club campaign gifts
Des Moines Iowa Commerce Commissioner John A Tallman told the secretary of state he received 552 from the Unity club between January 2 1957 and April 22 1958 The Unity club funds were largely distributed among Tallman and two fellow Republican commissioners John Ropes and Ray Thompson The state legislative committee urged an immediate stop to such distributions and the commission complied Tallman also reported spending 369 on his campaign with seven other candidates contending for the Republican nominations for commerce commissioner
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DES Moines
State’ Commerce
John A. Tallman
Secretary of State
Unity Club
Organization of Commerce Commission
Iowa Legislative Investigating Committee
Tallman
John Ropes
Ray Thompson
Commerce
G.O.P
Soviet Union apologizes for mob attack on West German embassy
The Soviet Union expressed regret for the mob attack on the West German embassy in Moscow in a note delivered to German Ambassador Hans Roll. A government spokesman announced the Friday apology.
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Bonn
Soviet Union
Moscow
Hans Roll
U N snubbed by Hungarian Reds
In Budapest Communist Hungary refused a U.N. information request on Nagy and other revolt leaders. Government spokesman Laszlo Gyaros said no data would be provided. In Des Moines, state banking chair Joe H. Gronstal urged Iowa banks to report any information held by U.N. committee on executions as of June 23.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.N
Nagy
Laszlo Gyaros
Des Moines
Joe H. Gronstal
Iowa
House Panel Cuts Foreign Aid by 872 Million
The appropriations committee Friday sliced 872 million dollars from the 3.95 billion requested by President Eisenhower for foreign aid next fiscal year. The cut exceeds the subcommittee's recommendation by 115 million and falls 597.5 million short of the congress proposed bill. Efforts to restore the funds failed by narrow margins, signaling a tough House vote ahead.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Laughton Ejects Heckler During The Party
Actor Charles Laughton halted a performance to remove a disruptive audience member during the final scene of The Party. He quipped about the disruption caused by the play’s themes and apologized to the audience as the curtain was reset.
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London
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Statehood Bloc Wins Test Vote in Alaska Debate
Senate supporters of Alaskan statehood defeated a bid for commonwealth status by 50 to 29 in the first test of strength amid the week-long stalemate over Alaska's admission to the Union.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Jin
Senator's Killer Takes Own Life
Henry Rogers, the man who shot State Senator Paul Wallace during the Democratic primary, hanged himself Thursday at the state mental hospital after being sent for a sanity test.
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Columbia, S. C
UPI
Henry Rogers
Paul Wallace
State Mental Hospital
Farmer seeks widow for marriage via thresh er photograph
Rural ad notes a farmer who owns a tractor wishes to meet a widow who owns a thresher. He proposes matrimony and asks recipients to send a photograph of the thresh er. The lighthearted notice uses playful rural imagery in a dated ad style.
May's City to be Name of New Cedar Rapids Shopping Center
The May Drug Company to open a self serve store in May's City with 11,000 square feet, offering prescriptions hardware and more. An annex would raise parking to 1,000 spaces. a department store, variety store and supermarket planned with 24,000 square feet. Groundwork and restaurant plans begin with Drew McNamara as architect.
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Cedar Rapids
May
Twin Towers
Highway 20
Louis Fellman
May Drug Company
May’s
Drew McNamara
Big Name Marine Corps Names New Private Ulysses Grant
LOS ANGELES AP reports the Marine Corps swore in Ulysses S. Grant as a private on Thursday. The recruit is identified as an Apache Indian and marks a notable enlistment event for the service.
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Los Angeles
Marine Corps
Ulysses S. Grant
Freight Tax Repeal Passes House and Heads to President
The House approved a compromise tax bill repealing half a billion dollars in annual tax surcharges on freight costs and sent it to President Eisenhower. The measure delays a $2.115 billion revenue drop due July 1 by extending Korean War era rate hikes on corporate income and select excises. Rep. Collier pressed for priority of people over freight in a tense debate before final approval.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Rep
Collier
Ill
Senate
Pardon Granted for 33 Year Fugitive in Texas
William Hutto, a 33 year fugitive, was released from Texas state prison after Gov. Price Daniel granted a full pardon for his exemplary life and good character. Sentenced in 1924 for assault to 15 years, he left on furlough after about a year and never returned. He later worked as an auto salesman in New Orleans and was arrested in Texas after a spring traffic stop revealed his record.
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Austin
Texas
William Hutto
Price Daniel
Hutto
New Orleans
Bill to Require Car Price Display Passed by House
The House passed a bill requiring auto manufacturers and dealers to post the suggested retail price of new cars and all optional equipment. The measure aims to curb price packing and misleading advertising with wind shield labels showing make model serial number assembly point dealer details and total price with transportation and optional items.
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Washington
House
Itp
Eisenhower
House Commerce Committee
Commerce Committee
Adams Denies Goldfine House Purchase For Him
Washington AP report on John Fox testimony linking Bernard Goldfine to buying a Washington home for Sherman Adams. Adams rejects the claim in a letter to Rep. O’Hara, calling the statements false. Fox cites loans from Joseph Kennedy and ongoing checks to Adams. subcommittee recesses for more testimony.
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Washington (Ap
John Fox
Bernard _Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Washington
Adams
Eisenhower
House
Fox
Goldfine
Boston
Rep
O’hara
R-Minn
Subcommittee
O'Hara
White House
Mr. O'Hara
Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
Washington, D. C
Linn County GOP elects John B. Tuthill as chairman
John B. Tuthill assistant vice president of Collins Radio Company was elected Linn county Republican chairman by unanimous ballot in a two candidate race with C. McCalley. Fifty one ballots cast. division not disclosed. Penlope Binger was re elected county vice chairman and Teresa Moffatt secretary treasurer. The Linn GOP convention heard State Chair L. L. Jurgemeier criticize Gov Herschel Loveless and call for progress in Iowa.
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John B. Tuthill
Collins Radio Company
Linn County
Tuthill
B. D. Silliman
County Central Committee
G.O.P
Roosevelt Hotel
C. McCalley
Linn Republican Central Committee
Penlope Binger
Teresa Moffatt
Linn Republicans
L. L. Jurgemeyer
Engineers Seized by Cuban Rebels Hold Nine U S and Canadian Experts
Nine American engineers and two Canadians were abducted by Cuban rebels in Oriente province. They were taken to the hills near Moa after a raid that killed three soldiers and involved 200 fighters led by Raoul Castro. The group worked on a nickel cobalt mine for Freeport Sulphur.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
Oriente
Raoul Castro
Fidel Castro
Castro
U. S
Fulgencio Batista
Freeport Sulphur Company
Moa
Iite
John H. Schissler
California
Edwin H. Cordes
New Jersey
James D. Best
New Orleans
Harold G. Kristianson
Winnipeg
Albert M. Ross
Houston
Eugene P. Pfleicher
St. Paul
Edward Cannon
Cornwall
Ontario
Howard A. Roach
Watertown
N. Y
Henry Salmonson
Portland, Ore
A. M. Chamberlain
Miami
Roman Cecilia
Williams
Prices for Farm Products Decline in June
The agriculture department said farm product prices fell 3.4 percent in the month ended June 15, ending six months of gains. Prices were still 5 percent higher than a year earlier. Prices farmers pay for inputs fell about one third of one percent, the first such drop since last July.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Effie's Estate Not For Smokers In Will
The will of Effie Lynch McCall in Rutherfordton North Carolina directs the executor to prevent any smoking on her estate. The estate includes personal effects three land tracts over 3000 in government bonds and 25 shares of R J Reynolds Tobacco Company stock.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
Effie Lynch McCall
U. S
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Chicopee
Daniel J. Couglin
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Norman Montellier
United Press International
Glenn A. Williams
U.S. News and World Report
Robert A. Ginsburgh
Defense
James L. MccConaughy, Jr
Dad
Reds
Statehood Bloc
Crites
Peiffer
Fellman
Sherm
Joe Kennedy Loan
Kennedy Loan
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
John
The
Boston Post
Henry Cabott Lodge
Lodge
U. N
Mr. Adams
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Linn G.O.P
Jurgemeyer
Progress In
U.S
Batista
Guantanamo
Texaco
Santiago
Earl E. T. Smith
Foreign Office
Park Wollam
William Murray
Loveless
Murray
Henry O. Talle
Talle
House of Representatives
Freeport Sulphur
Langbourn M. Williams
Dulles
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