End Smug Smog Foe Of Secrecy
Rep Moss accuses a blueprint of secrecy in U S missile and space programs and a hush hush White House board of secrecy. He cites Cutler and Herter as shaping information limits while Pentagon officials defend current practices and deny widespread withholding of data.
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New Orleans
Moss
Russia
Associated Press Managing Editors
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Eisenhower
America
Pentagon
Murray Snyder
Ena
Man’s $9 Million Check Narrows To $25 Speeding Fine
John Bachman in Columbus tried to pay a $25 speeding fine with a check issued by Columbus Cab Company for $9,000,028.65. He discovered the error only when attempting to use the payee’s funds, prompting action to correct the payment.
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Columbus, Ohio
John Bachman
Bachman
Columbus Cab Company
Army urges massive anti missile program by 1961
The New York Times reports the army asks the administration to push an operational anti missile system by 1961 at a three year cost of six to seven billion dollars. Gen Maxwell D. Taylor argues Nike Zeus components show potential to destroy Soviet ICBMs, demanding top budget priority for a three to four year break through.
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New York Times
Washington Dispatch
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Soviet Union
U.S
Strategic Air Force
Gein Admits Two Killings in Wisconsin
Ed Gein, a 51 year old farmer, has admitted killing Mary Hogan on December 8 1954 and Bernice Worden on November 16 1957. Police lie detector tests reportedly cleared him of involvement in several disappearances including Evelyn Hartley in 1953 and Georgia Jean Wechler in 1947.
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Madison
Ed Gein
Farmer
Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Wisconsin
Gein
Mary Hogan
Bernice Worden
Two 12 Year Olds Nabbed in Galena Car Theft
Two Cedar Rapids youths, both 12, were arrested in Galena on a charge of operating a stolen car. The pair fled as their stalled 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air burned out its transmission, then were captured and held at Jo Daviess county jail for Cedar Rapids police. The owner Gerald Van Dyke reported his car stolen Tuesday evening on Lincoln near Center Point Road. Authorities noted the juveniles are too young for extradi tion and discussed returning them or involving Illinois authorities at the state line.
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Cedar Rapids
Galena
Jo Daviess County
Gerald van Dyke
Twelfth Street
van Dyke
Lincoln
Center Point Road
John Kuba
Kuba
Illinois
State Line
Penick Declares Extra Dividend
Penick and Ford directors meeting in New York Tuesday approved an 80 cent per share extra dividend, making total dividends for the year 1.65. Payment will be Dec 13 to holders of record Nov 29, including a 50 cent year end extra. The Cedar Rapids branch plant aided 1956 results as stock traded just above 28 dollars per share, down from the year’s high.
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Cedar Rapids
Penick and
Ford
New York
Light Snowfall Delays Traffic Across East Iowa
Scattered light snow falls across Eastern Iowa slowing traffic with 25 to 100 percent ice and snow pack in Cedar Falls. Several towns report schools closed as flurries continue, with near normal roads elsewhere and a five day forecast of below normal temperatures.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Oelwein
Spirit Lake
Ames
Watterloo
Dubuque
Nnormal
Weather Bureau
Northeastern
Cedar ‘Rapids
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Wholesale Food Costs Edge Down
New York wholesale prices dropped slightly as Dun and Bradstreet reports the food index at 6.28 this week versus 6.29 the prior week. The decline marks a minor easing in wholesale food costs.
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New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Jets Collide In Night Training Over Illinois
Two air force Sabre jets collided during a night training mission from Scott air force base Belleville Illinois. Lt William J McDaniel 23 Fort Worth said he thought his plane hit another and exploded while Lt James Metz parachuted to a plowed field. McDaniel was found on a farmer’s porch and later treated for cuts and possible back injuries. Parts of the planes fell about six miles from the impact site.
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Belleville, Ill
Air Force
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
William J McDaniel
Fort Worth
James Metz
Poplar Bluff
Roland Scheutz
Mascoutah
McDaniel
Mc Daniel
Two Indiana Prison Escapees Captured After Car Theft Spree
MATTOON Ill UP two escaped prisoners from Lake county Indiana jail were captured Tuesday. The men were George Brown 25 known as dunes killer of two women and Keith Mac Dow charged with auto theft. They had stolen and abandoned at least five cars since their escape Monday. Three other escapees were caught within 24 hours in the Chicago Gary area. two remained at large.
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Mattoon, Ill
Lake County
Ind
George Brown
Dunes
Keith Mac Dow
Chicago-Gary
Stratton Commutes Touhy Sentence Opens 1959 Release Path
Governor Stratton commuted the 199 year Touhy sentence to three years and 72 years for kidnap, paving the way for paroled release in 1958 and potential parole in 1959. Roger Touhy, ex-Chicago bootlegger, has served 24 years and could begin serving remaining terms after parole.
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Ill
William G. Stratton
Roger “the
Touhy
Chicago
Touchy
Stratton
Pardon Board
Roger Touhy
Swope Former GE Chief Dies at 84 in New York
Gerard Swope, 84, former president of General Electric, died Wednesday in New York. He led GE for 18 years and served as chairman of the New York City Municipal Authority from 1939 to 19.
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NEW York
Gerard Swope
Feeneuat Electric
House Unit Pushes Quiz On Missiles
Secretary of Defense McElroy told reporters after a closed door hearing of the House defense appropriations subcommittee that the missile program is in good shape but could have been done better. Chairman Mahon pressed for details on funds allegedly withheld and urged smarter spending in ballistic missiles and satellites.
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Washington
McElroy
House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
Rep
Mahon
Dtexas
U.S
Executive Department
Congress
Executive
Many Could Leave State Mental Institutes
Dr. James O. Cromwell says two or three hundred patients at the Independence Mental Health Institute could be released if community support exists. He notes lack of friends, family, or jobs for many, and cites jobs prejudice and fear of the outside world as barriers to discharge.
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Mental Health Institute
Independence
James O. Cromwell
Institute
Iowa
Cromwell
Western arms plan to Tunisia aims to ease French fears
The United States and France agreed in principle to supply Western arms to Tunisia under safeguards to prevent transfer to Algeria. Dulles and Pineau discussed NATO revival and the Paris summit with Stevenson present. Bourguiba pledged arms would not be diverted.
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U. S
France
Tunisia
State Department
Lincoln White
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Stevenson
Pineau
Paris
NATO
Algeria
Britain
Pineau c
Habib Bourguiba
Soviet Bloc
Bourguiba
America
Six Cleared in Little Rock Integration Disturbance
Six people arrested near Central High during integration protests Sept. 24 were cleared in municipal court. Five were dismissed after a warning from Judge Harry Robinson. the sixth case was dropped by the state. Robinson pardoned them with a caution not to return. Police said the five ignored orders to move along.
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Little Rock
Central High School
Harry Robinson
Robinson
Teamsters Eye 150000 Defense Fund for Legal Aid
Harold J. Gibbons told reporters that Teamsters officers aim to create a 150000 legal defense fund to cover potential legal troubles. Officers would contribute via a 1000 promissory note, repaid at 10 per week, with a trustees board to be named later. He dismissed a Tribune report that the fund could reach two million dollars.
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Harold J. Gibbons
Teamsters
Gibbons
James R. Hoffa
Chicago Tribune
Victim Identified As Wartime Hero On Florida Bridge
John J. Kelly, 59, of Chicago, identified as the man who collapsed and died on a Fort Lauderdale bridge. A Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in World War I, Kelly was a retired Chicago hotel manager visiting Florida for a vacation.
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Fila
John J. Kelly
Chicago
France
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