Guilty verdict against Caudle Connelly in tax case
Two Truman administration officials Matthew J. Connelly and T. Lamar Caudle were convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to defraud the government by aiding an income tax dodger. Sentencing set for July 19. defense may seek a new trial. Sachs also pled guilty to evading taxes and was fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
T. Lamar Caudle
Connelly
White House
Truman
Caudle
Justice Department
U.S
Rubey M. Hulen
Federal
Missouri
Wadesboro
N.C
Irving Sachs
St. Louis
Sachs
A. Giesler
Ste. Genevieve
Haiti Embassy Raid Captured Gen Raul Tanco and Six Others
A machine gun gang abducted rebel Gen Raul Tanco and six others from the Haitian ambassador’s residence in Buenos Aires. They were later returned to the embassy after an apology. The seven were arrested at Palermo military barracks, and the incident involved rebels tied to Peronist opposition. Valle, co-leader, was executed earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Raul Tanco
Tanco
Pedro Aramburu
Palermo
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Juan Jose Valle
Valle
Coffee price hike forecast from Brazil producer visit in Kansas City
Carlos Ribeiro da Silva, a leading Brazilian coffee grower, predicted a price rise due to an expected 50 year low in Brazil's production. He cited bad weather and frost in 1952 and 1953 affecting young trees during a Kansas City visit with a Brazilian tourist delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Carlos Ribeiro da Silva
Brazil
da Silva
Weather Outlook With Showers and Warm Daytime High
Considerable cloudiness today and Saturday with scattered showers or thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. High near 80. Missouri River forecasts show rising levels at Boonville Jefferson City and Hermann with temperatures around 70s to 80s and no significant changes overnight.
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B.m.rcccces
Missouri River Kansas City
Boonville
Jefferson City
Hermann
Highway Patrolmen Switch to Summer Straw Hats Today
The State Highway Patroltics will swap from campaign hats to Panama straw hats at 8 a.m. today for the summer months. The new headpieces are midnight blue in color and reflect an official authorization for patrol officers.
Prison Inmates Begin Cancer Cells Test in Ohio
Fourteen inmates at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus were injected with live cancer cells in a phase one study led by Sloan Kettering experts. Warden Alvis said 134 volunteers initially joined, with researchers insisting no special treatment for participants and that any cancer growth would be slow and localized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
Alice Moore
Chester M. Southam
Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York
Ohio State University
Alvis
The
Cancer Foundation
Insect vs Insect Fight Alfalfa Aphids In Missouri
Cole County farmers partner with the University of Missouri entomology department to combat the spotted alfalfa aphid by releasing 7 000 parasitic wasps. Dr. Harry E Brown oversees the effort on Edward Schmutzler s farm near Jefferson City. The program aims to stress test wasp parasitism on aphids and red clover parasites to prepare for aphid incursions while protecting alfalfa crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Schmutzler
Jefferson City
Monroe Schmutzler
Harry E. Brown
University of Missouri Entomology Department
Cole County
Deep South
University of Missouri
Department of Entomology
University
Highway 50
Schmutzler
Missouri
Cole County Extension
Hensley Hall
Brown
Hall
Agriculture Dept Resurveys Drought Area in Missouri
The Agriculture Department will re survey drought conditions in 11 north Missouri counties Daviess DeKalb Gentry Grundy Harrison Livingston Mercer Nodaway Putnam Sullivan Worth to decide on federal emergency aid. A June 18 meeting in Bethany MO with state officials and farmers precedes the new survey and features Kenneth L Scott and Robert Hall. Farmers may obtain livestock feed grains at a $1 per hundred pounds price reduction through local dealers if aid is approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
North
Missouri
Daviess
DeKalb
Gentry
Grundy
Harrison
Livingston
Mercer
Nodaway
Putnam
Sullivan
Worth
Bethany
Kenneth L. Scott
Department
Robert Hall
Tractor Trailer Cab Breaks Loose in Missouri Crash
An estimated $1,000 in damage occurred to a tractor trailer driven by William L. Hale of Lenexa Kansas when the cab separated from the trailer and burned. The wreck happened seven and a half miles west of Kingdom City on Highway 40 at 6 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Hale
Lenexa
Kan
Kingdom City
Highway 40
Wart remedies and Twain lore puzzle doctors’ wart mystery
At a Chicago convention Dr Roy L Kile reports doctors agree warts stem from a virus but have not proven person to person transmission. He notes folklore and a belief in magical cures, citing a dead cat graveyard ritual from Huck Finn and regional charactors who “bewitch off” warts. He urges simple precautions to prevent spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Huck
Finn
Roy L. Kile
American Medical Assa
Kile
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cancer Society Names Director for District 11
The American Cancer Society state office will appoint a new board member to District 11 in September to replace Dr. Francis Kozal of Belle who is moving away. Fred Lloyd of California was reelected to serve until the 1957 district meeting. About 30 members attended the Missouri Hotel session with talks on cancer control and early detection, including Francis Kozal and Missouri division service director Mrs. Karl Atkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Cancer Society
Society
Missouri Hotel
Francis Kozal
Belle
Alfred Lloyd
California
Cole, Maries
Miller
Moniteau
Osage
Julius Meyerhardt
Washington St
Karl Atkins
Hannibal
Missouri Division
Mexico Firm Announces Plans For Expansion At Farber Plant
North American Refractories Co., a fire brick and tile maker in Mexico, Missouri, plans to spend 1% to 1% million dollars to expand its Farber plant. A new kiln and the foundation for another will more than double production. The plant now employs about 75 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
North American Refractories Co
Farber
KXEO
EXEO
Blair Eyes Broad State Service Aims In Missouri Speech
Lt. Gov. James T. Blair Jr. pledged broad improvements in Missouri services in a Kansas City campaign speech to the Blair for Governor Club. He called for better highways, agricultural support, higher teacher pay, stronger public health and welfare funding, and a drive to attract business, while noting details on budgeting would follow. Blair aligned with a taxpayer group on budgeting authority and indicated future talks would cover additional funding sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James T. Blair Jr
Missouri
Blair
Missouri Public Expenditure Survey
Taxpayers
State Public Health Service
Division of Health
Royal divorce rumors denied by Dutch government
The Hague reports deny rumors of a royal split between Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. A German weekly story linked a faith healer, Miss Greet Hofmans, to influence over state affairs and the couple’s rift, but officials called the reports unfounded and emphatic in denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Netherlands
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
der Spiegel
Frankfurt
Bernhard
Centralia Woman Hurt In Highway Collision
A 72 year old Centralia woman Mrs Bessie Stamper suffered minor injuries when the car she rode in lost control and collided with another vehicle. Eugene Harrelson of Mexico was driving, hitting Josephine Hester 53 of Centralia. About 500 dollars damage to the cars. Patrols also noted another incident when Georges Cassidy of Hartsburg saw his car roll 300 feet after the emergency brake released. The wrecks occurred on Highway 22 west of Mexico at 2 50 p.m. and on Highway 63 north of Jefferson City at 6 40 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Highway Patrol
Bessie Stamper
Eugene Harrelson
Mexico
Josephine Hester
Highway 22
George Cassidy
Hartsburg
Highway 63
Jefferson City
Eisenhower visits Adenauer as aid restored
Washington reports three medical bulletins say President Eisenhower improves and drinks small amounts of tea and broth. Chancellor Adenauer visits, praising recovery as a miracle and urging German liberation from Soviet rule. Hagerty declines to discuss re election questions while Ike is in hospital.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
James C. Hagerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
Adenauer
Doris Fleeson
Leonard D. Heaton
County X Ray Unit Schedule To Be Announced
Towns and communities in Cole County attended a meeting to outline a mobile chest X ray campaign starting June 29. Two units will operate two weeks with stops across the county and Jefferson City. The Jefferson City Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors. Cole County Tuberculosis Society funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole County
Mobile Chest
Donald Thurston
State Division
Healtth
E. A. Belden
Bureau For
Thurston
Jefferson City
Hetty Joach
Soldier Granted Execution Stay For Hagelberger
Kansas City Kan June 14 Judge Arthur J Mellett stayed the execution of Pvt Richard A Hagelberger until further court action. Hagelberger convicted with another soldier of murder and robbery in Germany faces hanging July 6. He is held at Ft Leavenworth. Attorney Ed Stephens filed for habeas corpus and a show cause order. Hagelberger to appear in court June 28 to show cause why habeas corpus should not be issued. Stephens claims the military sentence violates due process of the Fifth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Richard A. Hagelberger
Arthur J. Mellett
U. S. District Court
Hagelberger
Germany
U. S
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Mellett
Ed Stephens
Leavenworth
Stephens
Alcan Highway Builder to Address VFW Encampment
More than 400 veterans gathered in Jefferson City for the 36th annual Missouri Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment opening today with a speech by Gen. W. M. Hodge builder of the Alcan Highway. About 1,200 are expected over three days featuring major speeches, a parade, the pageant of drums, and a memorial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Department of Missouri
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. M. Hodge
Alcan Highway
Ned Cole
Grace Episcopal Church
B. J. Sheffer
State Penitentiary
Samuel Thurman
United Hebrew Temple
St. Louis
Vefw Ladies Auxiliary
Missouri Hotel
United States
Thousands Stranded as New York Subway Strike Paralyzed System
New York endured a historic all out subway strike that lasted over nine hours on a scorching day. With subways shut down eight million residents faced crippling traffic as buses taxis and trains filled in. The Transit Authority waived punitive anti strike provisions and agreed to rehire motormen who wished to return including over 100 suspended workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Bronx
Times Square
Queens
Transit Authority
Vote 9-5 on boost for military help
Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed administration plans for more than half of the House cut in foreign aid. The 9-5 GOP majority approved restoring 600 million dollars for military aid, with no headcount yet on adding 15 million to European defense support. The panel recommended a total of 615 million more than the House authorization and set up a floor clash next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Sen. Green
D-Ri
George
D-Ga
H. Alexander Smith
Capehart
R-Ind
Knowland
California
George, Green
Smith
Sparkman
D-Ala
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Aiken
R-Vi
Wiley
R-Vis
Sens
Langer
R-Nd
Fulbright
D-Ark
Mansfield
D-Mont
Morse
Dore
Long
D-La
Unity split on second Dixie Democratic convention move
Southern Democrats clashed over Gov Timmerman’s plan for a second round of state conventions to seek unity if they disagree with the national party. Sen Wofford and Sen Scott criticized the idea as dangerous, urging to work within the Democratic framework instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dixie
Sen
Wofford
Timmerman
Scott
South Carolina
National Party
Man's Body Recovered From Kansas River
In Kansas City Kansas on June 14 a 60 year old man was found on the east bank of the Kansas River. Wyandotte County coroner Joseph Butler III said an autopsy would be performed. No papers were found on the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas River
Wyandotte County
Joseph Butler III
Baseball Scores From Busy Weekend
In the American League the Boston Red Sox defeated Cleveland 10 to 9 while New York edged Chicago 5 to 1. In the National League Milwaukee 5 defeated New York 2 in the lone scheduled game.
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Boston
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
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Haiti
Seaboard States
Huck Finn
Pliny
Mark Twain
Tom Sante
Cancer Society
Spengers
Cole Countyuberculossis Society
Leonard Fischer
W. W. Rambo
Lon Douglas
Jaycee
Belden
Alcan Highway Builder
Capitol
High Street
Adams Street
Capitol Avenue
Jefferson Street
James W. Cothran
Bishopville
S. C
National
VFW
Governor Hotel
Kansas
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