McClellan Mourns Son Killed in Plane Crash Near Little Rock
Senator John McClellan faces fresh grief as his youngest son James Howard McClellan 30 is killed in a twin-engine plane crash near Little Rock Also died are three other men including Little Rock instructor Wallace Denman Hill 57 and Jesse Ralph Williams 32 and Harold K Gilbert 33 of Stuttgart The incident occurred as McClellan was voting in the Senate on an amendment to the Reciprocal Trade Act bill James McClellan was pilot in training and the family mourns with survivors including his widow two sons and a daughter The senator previously buried a son who died overseas and another in a car crash on the day of that funeral
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John McClellan
Arkansas
McClellan
Washington
James Howard McClellan
Little Rock
Senate
Wallace Denman Hill
Jesse Ralph Williams
Harold K. Gilbert
Stuttgart
Ark
Civil Air Patrol
James McCellan
Union Funds Audit Okayed
Washington AP The House Labor Committee votes for formal today on a bill to require public accounting of employee welfare and pension benefit plans. Amendments add criminal penalties for violators. The measure would require administrators to provide beneficiaries a plan description and annual financial report with fines of 50 dollars per day for noncompliance.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Ludwig Teller
D - NY
Secretary of Labor
Perjury and Penalty for Filing Failure
The text notes that sworn statements become subject to perjury laws and that willful failure to file with the secretary of labor carries a criminal penalty of a $1,000 fine or six months in jail.
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Secretary of Labor
Editor Joe Murray Injured in Crash
Joseph W. Murray editor publisher of Winchester Star and former Lawrence Journal World editor was critically injured in a car wreck near Winchester. The 79 year old suffered a fractured arm knee cap hip injury facial cuts and possible concussion and remained unconscious at noon. Murray spent 40 years with the Journal World before retiring in 1956.
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Joseph W. Murray
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Lawrence Journal-World
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Wall Street Mixed as Heavy Volume Rattles Markets
In late trading on the New York stock market a volatile session unfolded with about 3.6 million shares traded. Gains and losses were mostly fractional with rails rising, chemicals lifting, and oils steels and farm implement stocks unevenly performing amid a patchy market. Sweden seeks foreign physicians amid local shortages and invites doctors from abroad to practice.
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New York
Fifteen Beauties Reach Miss Universe Finals in Long Beach
In Long Beach California fifteen contestants advance from the Miss Universe preliminaries. Southerners claim seven semifinal spots led by Earlyne Howell of Louisiana who receives strong applause. The field will be cut to five then Miss U S A, with Thursday’s final judging to select Miss Universe from the 34 international entrants.
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Salem
Cliff-Hanging Firemen Battle Stubborn Blaze
New York firemen fought a roof blaze at Hampshire House hotel for nearly 15 hours. Crews worked 400 feet above Central Park South using pneumatic drills to punch holes in the steel roof to reach burning beams. The cause appeared linked to roof work by metal workers.
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Hampshire House
Central Park South
Rep. Adam Powell Jr Must Stand Trial
A federal judge ruled that Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr of New York must stand trial on charges of alleged income tax evasion. Judge William B Herlands upheld the indictment after Powell sought dismissal.
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Adam Powell Jr
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr
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William B. Herlands
Powell
Pianist Hazel Scott Targeted in Tax Evasion Case
The report notes an indictment accusing a male partner of filing a false 1951 income tax return for his wife, pianist Hazel Scott, described as a Negro, and evading about $3 000 in a joint return for 1952. No charge was filed against the wife.
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Spree Ends For Two Boys In Piggy Bank Theft
In Kansas City AP report two 8 and 9 year old boys confessed to stealing $60 from Mrs. Josephine Winslow’s apartment piggy bank. They spent on ham burgers malted milk flashlights knives and a dog. The dog will return to the pet shop. The boys’ names were not released.
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Ben Way
Josephine Winslow
Embarrassing For the Groom At Church Wedding Rehearsal
In Shelby North Carolina during a rehearsal a maid of honor cried snake causing a scene as a live reptile slithered into the church. The incident caused no wedding objections and the ceremony proceeded the next day without snakes or drama.
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Shelby, N. C
Mary Price
Clyde Willis
Lehigh School Not to Close Lehigh
Lehigh Kansas school district voters reversed a June decision by 77 to 34 to close the high school. A $100,000 addition was two thirds complete when the board resigned. A temporary board, then permanent, was elected, and residents approved 150 to 29 to hold classes and 155 to 27 for a $28,300 budget, with the new addition due for the opening.
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Viola Klassen
Marion County
Speedup Deadlock Delays Eisenhower Defense Spending
In Washington the Senate Appropriations Committee faced a stalemate as a proposal to accelerate defense spending by 22 billion dollars sparked a deadlock amid budget debate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mosquito Life Span Ranges From One to Seven Months
The insect typically lives between one and seven months depending on species climate and availability of food. Adult mosquitoes survive longer in warm wet environments with ample nectar and blood meals.
Smoker Drops Pipe Opens Porch Fire Dept Called
Aubry Newman, 53, dropped his pipe Tuesday night and firemen were called. The pipe did not start a fire. Newman fell forward and jammed his head between two iron bars in a porch railing. Firemen pried the bars apart to free him. He found his pipe.
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ST. Louis
Aubry Newman
Newman
Wholesale prices show base for week in New York
The Dun and Bradstreet food index eased this week to 6.62 from 6.65 a week ago. It stood 4.3 percent above the 6.35 level in the same week last year. This reading marked the lowest since the week ending June 10, reflecting wholesale food price trends.
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New York
Commodity Prices Rise and Fall in Chanute Markets
The Chanute Tribune notes weekly price shifts with barley jellies eggs raisins and prunes higher while flour wheat rye oats beef hams lard sugar tea cocoa steers and hogs show declines. A separate report mentions a theft of Crime Prevention Week literature from a parked car.
Crime Prevention Week closes with confession in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas Attorney Richard Hobbs, chairing an Exchange Club publicity drive, confessed to a minor error while promoting Crime Prevention Week. In Hillsdale Michigan Arlo Jackson reported a car stolen. later he amended that it rolled away from a hill and stopped near a garage, found the next day.
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