End Smug Smog Foe Of Secrecy Hits Eisenhower Aid
Rep Moss charged a blueprint of secrecy cloaks missile developments and hides facts vital to national survival. He cited a hush hush White House board led by Christian Herter and Robert Cutler restricting what the public may learn.
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Army urged to fund six to seven billion anti missile project
The New York Times reports Army Chief Maxwell Taylor urged the Joint Chiefs and Defense Secretary McElroy to push an operational anti missile firing by 1961 at a three year cost of six to seven billion dollars. Taylor says Nike Zeus components prove the weapon can track and destroy Soviet ICBMs with nuclear warheads if funded as a top priority.
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Gein Admits Two Killings Near His Farm
Ed Gein, a Wisconsin farmer, has admitted killing Mary Hogan on December 8, 1954, and Bernice Worden on November 36, 1957, in a statement from the state crime laboratory issued with five county district attorneys. The report says lie detector tests eliminate him as the cause of several disappearances including Evelyn Harley, Georgia Jean Wechler, and Victor Travis.
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Nine Million Dollar Paycheck Fails to Cover Fine
Columbus report details John Bach man Penick and Ford directors as a misfiring check for nine million dollars delays a $25 speeding fine. The Cedar Rapids note shows a dividend per share of 0.51 plus a year end 50 cent extra, with total distributions totaling 1 65 billion. The Cedar Rapids firm handles the check and stock, paying 1.56 in 1950 and stock trading around 28 a share, down from the prior year peak.
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John Bachman
Cedar Rapids
Bach Penick
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New York
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Cedar Davnds
East Iowa Sees Light Snowfall Slowing Traffic
Scattered light snow persisted across Eastern Iowa on Wednesday morning. Snow and ice slowed travel, with Cedar Falls highways 25 to 1028 percent ice covered and other roads near normal. Schools in Decorah Calmar Ossian and Fort Atkinson were closed due to bad road conditions.
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Two Indiana Jail Escapees Captured
Two Indiana jail escapees from Lake County were captured after being on the run since Monday. The weather service forecast cloudy skies with possible snow flurries in northeastern Iowa and a five day outlook showing temperatures five degrees below normal, ranging from the mid 20s to mid 40s.
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Rapids
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Jets Collide in Night Sabre Flight Over Belleville
In a training mission from Scott Air Force Base two Sabre jets collided at night over Belleville Illinois. Lt William McDaniel parachuted to safety after a crash and reported injuries. Lt James Metz also parachuted and landed in a plowed field with minor injuries. A third pilot Mechaniel was found on a farmer’s porch near Mascoutah badly frightened and cold.
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Fort Woh
James Metz
Poplar Bluff
Roland Scheutz
Mascoutah
Mechaniel
McDaniel
Wholesale food costs edge down this week
New York report shows wholesale prices easing with Sun and Brassstreet noting the index at 6.23 versus 6.29 last week. The drop reflects softer costs in key food categories this period.
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Sun and Brassstreet
Stratton Freeing Touhy via Commutation in 1959
Gov. Stratton commuted Roger Touhy’s 99 year kidnapping sentence to 72 years enabling parole eligibility in February 1959 after 24 years served. If parole granted, he would serve six months institutional parole, then complete three year remaining prison escape sentence with potential parole in August 1959.
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Swope Former GE Head Dies at 84
Gerard F Swane, 84, former president of General Electric, died Wednesday in New York. He led GE for 18 years and later served as chairman of the New York City Authority from 1999 to 200?
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New York City of Authority
House Unit Pushes Quiz On Missiles
In Washington on Wednesday Secretary of Defense McElroy said he believes the missile program is in good shape though he concedes it could have been done better. He avoided confirming past misuses of funds and emphasized the need for prudent spending.
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Mahon
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Many Could Leave State Institutes
Two or three hundred patients could leave the Mental Health Institute at Independence today. Dr James O Cromwell said the move hinges on community support, jobs, and a place to go, with funding disputes over missile programs cited as a factor. The issue ties to a larger Senate inquiry into U S missile development and space travel weapons.
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James O. Cromwell
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Six Freed in Little Rock Mental Health Case
Six patients at a Little Rock institution were released or considered for release as officials urged better use of county facilities as half way homes. Dr Cromwell criticized past practice of sending patients to county homes. Iowa official Rob ert Lappen noted few cases warrant retention, citing Glenwood as a model for discharge.
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Lappen
Glenwood
Little Rock
Ple
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Boare
Maya Buckner
Glenland
Harry Robinson
Buckner
Robinson
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Teamsters Seek 750000 Defense Fund in St Louis
Teamsters vice president Harald J. Gibbons said councils aim to raise a 150000 legal defense fund for full time officers. Contributions would be 1000 promissory notes paid weekly, with a trustees board to be named. No broad solicitation and no million dollar target were set.
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Harald J. Gibbons
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Ife
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Western arms aid talks ease Tunisia tensions
Washington and Paris agreed in principle to supply Tunisia with Western arms for its security while preventing transfer to Algeria. Dulles and Pineau, with Stevenson attending NATO talks, emphasized close consultation with Britain and Tunisia amid Algerian unrest and pressures on NATO unity.
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Victim Is Identified as Wartime Hero on Bridge Collapse
Fort Lauderdale district identifies John J. Kelly 59 of Chicago as a World War I Medal of Honor recipient after he collapsed and died on a bridge while vacationing. Kelly, a retired hotel manager, earned the nation’s highest valor decoration for single handedly capturing a German machine gun nest in France.
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