Hoover Denies Gestapo Label for FBI Work
FBI director J. Edgar Hoover rebuts claims that the agency operates like the Gestapo. In a Law Enforcement Bulletin editorial he defends a record of democratic achievement, cites loyalty to freedom and justice, and rejects accusations of covert oppression fueling communist propaganda.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Cleveland
Cyrus §. Eaton
Adolf Hitler
Eaton
The
Bulletin
Aid Proposed to Free Paralyzed Veterans From Hospitals
Van Nuys California AP reports paralyzed veteran Ted Anderson advocates a plan to pay quadriplegics 200 dollars a month to hire home attendants, aiming to release them from VA hospitals and save government costs. Anderson, 38, a Rhine River patrol veteran shot in the neck, says current care costs about 660 dollars monthly per patient. He notes about 1,000 quadriplegics exist nationwide and emphasizes personal freedom over savings. He lives in his own home with his daughter after divorce from his wife.
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van Nuys
Calif
Ted Anderson
Congress
Anderson
University of California
Dublin installs woman mayor for second time
Dublin city council elected Catherine Byrne a Scots born widow in her late fifties as mayor, defeating Robert Briscoe who had become the first Jewish lord mayor two years earlier. The city has previously had another woman mayor, Kathleen Clarke. Mexico City report notes railway workers tackling a backlog of freight moves today.
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Catherine Byrne
Robert Briscoe
Dublin
Kathleen Clarke
Mexico Ends Five Day Rail Strike With Study Of Demands
President Ruiz Cortines announced an immediate resumption of work after five days of railroad paralysis. He will study pay increase demands of 250 pesos per month as part of ending the dispute. Separately in Taipei fifty seven cadets from the U S Air Force Academy arrived from Okinawa for a 22 day Pacific tour visiting Hong Kong the Philippines and Hawaii before returning to Denver.
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Mexico
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Taipei
U. S. Air Force Academy
Okinawa
Pacific
Hong Kong
Philippines
Hawaii
Denver
Gough Family Reunion Highlights Erie Area Event
Neosho County pioneers the Goughs held their annual reunion at the Erie Country Club with 60 attendees from Chanute Parsons Girard Erie Coffeyville and areas in Oklahoma and Nebraska. A covered dish dinner followed by visits and a band outing in Oswego and Baxter Springs ended with a pageant.
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Goughs
Neosho County
Chanute
Parsons
Girard
Erie
Coffeyville
Points
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Supt
Robert Krieger
Leslie Scoville
Alaska Joyfully Basks In Statehood After Senate Approval
Jubilant Alaskans pour into streets from Juneau to Fairbanks as Senate clears statehood. Bells, sirens and fireworks mark the moment while residents eye the coming challenges of admission and new taxes. Festivities spread through Sitka Skagway and Anchorage as supporters celebrate the historic move.
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Alaska
Union
Fairbanks
Chena
Skagway
California
Anchorage
Bell
Gasoline price drop hits Wichita market
In Wichita Kansas an AP report notes a price war cuts regular gas to 20.9 cents per gallon about eight cents under typical. The item also mentions over four million Africans crowded into the Belgian colony of Ruanda Urundi, a region slightly larger than Maine.
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Wichita
Kas
Ruanda-Urundi
Africa
Maine
Paul Johnson Appointed To NROTC Program
Paul N Johnson of Chanute has been accepted for the Naval Reserve Officer Training program at Kansas State College. A junior in agricultural journalism he began an eight week summer course at Newport Rhode Island this week and will attend another session next summer. Upon degree completion he will be commissioned as an ensign in the naval reserve.
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Paul N. Johnson
Chanute
Kansas State College
Johnson
Newport
R. C
Naval Reserve
Detectives killed in Pawtucket siege by ex patient
In Pawtucket Rhode Island a former mental patient opened fire after hours of refusal to surrender. Lt Thomas H Truesdale 58 and Detective Emil Newberg 56 were killed as police stormed the house with machine gun fire and tear gas. Genereux 35 hid in a bedroom closet after the siege ended.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Thomas H. Truesdale
Emil Newberg
Robert Genereux
Truesdale
Newberg
Genereux
Man Surrenders Weapons After Mother's Intervention
Genereux’s mother persuaded him to surrender a shotgun a rifle and two revolvers. she returned them to police. He refused to give up a third pistol and police planned to seek holding until Wednesday before charging him.
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Genereux
Ford UAW Extend Talks Until July 14
Ford and the United Auto Workers suspend negotiations to resume July 14 during an extended Fourth of July interim period. Chrysler and General Motors may adopt a similar pause while out-of-town negotiators remain at the table since late March.
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Mich
Ford
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
General Motors
UAW
De Gaulle Tours Algeria Amid Settler Tensions
Premier De Gaulle returned to Algeria for a second visit in a month as settlers push for policies he has not enacted. A planned meeting with critics was postponed as he began in Telergma before Oran and Algiers. a grenade attack in Algiers wounded about a dozen. Gen Raoul Salan led the military entourage meeting the premier.
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de Gaulle
Algeria
Telergma
Constantine
Oran
French Foreign Legion
Raoul Salan
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