Leopold Sick Plans to Drop Out of Sight
Leopold and partner Richard Loeb, once teens sentenced to life for the Franks murder, sought a quiet life in Puerto Rico as a $10 monthly X ray technician. After a violent prison ride and illness, Leopold stayed secluded in a Lake Shore Drive apartment, visiting a doctor and pledging to start anew away from newsmen.
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Nathan Leopold
Puerto Rico
Stateville
Joliet
Chicago
Leopold
Lake Shore Drive
Mission Hospital
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Loeb
Elmer Gertz
Abel Brown
The
University of Chicago
Gertz
Cutter Lab Profit and Records Soar in 1957
Cutter Laboratories reports a 1957 net profit of 533 862 and per share 44 cents. Sales reach 16 184 723 beating prior records. prior figures show 3 731 40 in 1956 and 11 482 443 in 1959. The firm faces 46 lawsuits over Salk vaccine manufacture and distribution, with Alameda County jury awarding 147 300 in the first case. Plaintiffs seek about 11 million dollars, far beyond product liability insurance.
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Berkeley
Cutter Laboratories
Alameda’ County
Illegal Rail Rate Charges Leveled in San Francisco
Charges filed in US District Court accuse East Shore Lumber & Mill Co of Oakland and Black Diamond Co of Sacramento of obtaining illegal rail rate concessions from Southern Pacific Railroad. Fifteen counts against East Shore and six against Black Diamond carry up to 20000 dollars per count. Prosecutor says lumber was delivered to in transit SP cars to gain lower rates.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific Railroad
East Shore Lumber & Mill Co
Oakland
Black Diamond Co
Sacramento
U.S
Bernard Ferric
Republicans Press Passage of Housing Bill to Spur Economy
GOP lawmakers seize initiative in anti recession drive urging immediate House action on a Democratic housing bill that would funnel 1.8 billion dollars to homebuilding. They seek swift committee referral or action before Congress recesses, arguing tax cuts must take effect promptly to curb unemployment and production declines.
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Washington
UPJ
House
Banking Committee
Senate
Orandum
Afl-Cio
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
One protest at San Francisco ferry hearing
Howard Morgan of Oregon appeared for a lone protest before an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on Southern Pacific’s request to abandon the San Francisco Bay fast ferry. SP argues ferry operation costs $847,800 yearly and switching to Greyhound would save $235,000 annually, while Morgan warns this signals broader passenger service abandonment by SP.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Oregon
Howard Morgan
Oregon Public Utilities “Commission
Salem
State Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Morgan
ICC. Examiner
Robert Murphy
Robert M. Gilmore
Toj
Greyhound
Law Rounds Up Pinball Machines
In Santa Clara County and San Jose law enforcement, 70 plus pinball machines were confiscated during coordinated raids on bars and re s taurants. The operation involved 35 deputy sheriffs and 30 city officers targeting venues using illegal gaming devices.
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San Jose
Santa Clara
Highway land buy approved for Whale Rock relocation
Public Works Board approved acquiring 18 parcels and allocated 300,000 dollars to construct a relocated highway around Whale Rock Reservoir in San Luis Obispo County. An engineer report says an agreement on water rights is nearly signed and all parties appear content at the moment.
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Sacramento
Public Works Board
Whale Rock Reservoir
San’ Luis
Obispo County
Army Missile In Spotlight At Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla UP with Navy Vanguard out of action attention turns to two missiles at Cape Canaveral an Atlas and an Army rocket that may form part of a Jupiter C satellite launcher The Army missile hoisted into a service tower Thursday could be launched next week as third Explorer satellite aims to recover from Explorer II failure on March 5 Six of the giant ICBMs have been launched thus far.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Vanguard
Army
Policeman Expresses Regret After Killing 16 year old Girl
In Topp enish Washington policeman Richard Stevens said he regretted killing Sandra Lingscheit a 16 year old Pasco high school student when he fired twice at her in a crowded bus depot. He said he tried to disarm her but there was no chance to avoid lethal force. Miss Teel a companion said she did not blame Stevens noting it was Sandra’s fault. A ticket buyer shouted a warning as the girl held a pistol and Stevens ordered her to drop it before firing.
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Richard Ste
Istappine
Miss Teel
Stevens
Sandra
Louise Burke
Sunnyside
Wash
Comic Hope Jokes on Way to Moscow
Bob Hope left New York for Moscow to film two TV shows with Russian entertainers. He will fly via Copenhagen to the Soviet capital for a six day visit, joking about visa terms and his role as a cultural exchange. He plans to return with material for two NBC telecasts airing in April.
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New York
Bob Hope
Moscow
Copenhagen
Hope
Paris
Anita ‘Ekberg
I Fm
NBC
Dulles Chiang To Hold Parley In Far East
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives in Taipei to confer with Chiang Kai-shek and American diplomats. He spent days in Manila meeting foreign ministers of Southeast Asia Treaty nations and intends lengthy talks with the Nationalist leader at a dinner meeting.
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Taipei
UPJ
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Dulles
Manila
Ned
United States
New York Turkey Association Plans Annual Convention Banquet
In Syracuse NY members of the New York State Turkey Association discussed hosting their annual convention banquet. An official said they will enjoy a change and hold the event in the future.
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Syracuse
New York State
Turkey
Intelligence Agent Murder Hint Felt in Tokyo
A U S Army intelligence agent missing since February 4 was found dead in Tokyo Bay with preliminary reports suggesting homicide. The 39 year old G 2 master sergeant’s name was withheld and the death occurred before he reached the water.
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Tokyo
Bajr
Army
Film Stand-In OK After Overdieting
In Hoboken New Jersey a film stand-in Scott Weldon was hospitalized after extreme dieting left him unconscious. The 18 year old waitress and occasional stand-in for actress Miss Novak reportedly starved to trim to 102 pounds from over 140 to double for Bell, Bogle and Candle.
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Hoboken
N.J
Scott Weldon
Miss Weldon
Kint Novak
Scott
Miss Novak
Bell, Bogle and Candle
Barbara
U S Charged On Indonesia Aid to Rebels
Singapore reports Indonesian Premier Djuanda accusing the United States of dropping American made arms to rebels near Pakanbaru before royal paratroops attacked the town. Jakarta officials refused to say if a protest will be filed as Sumatra towns fall and Dumai port is seized. Radio Moscow lauds Jakarta’s actions against Western influence.
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Singapore
Djuanda
Pakanbaru
Takarty
Jakarta
Indonesia
United States
Palsanbaru
Inyal
Dumai
Sumatra
Caltex Pacific Oi Co
Sumai
Radio Moscow
Tulsa Jet Bomber Blast Kills Crewman
An Air Force B47 on a routine training flight from McConnell Base Tulsa disintegrated over southeast Tulsa. One crewman killed, copilot Lt William Booy 27 recovered from wreckage, pilot Cant Albert Soen 35 burned and hospitalized. Ground damage confirmed with no injuries on residents.
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Air Force
Homestead
Leon F. Hatcher, Jr
Coleman
Tex
Paul J. Pennington
Altoona
George Edgar Reid
Plant City
Fla
Frank H. White
Whittier
Calif
Tulsa
McConnell
Forte
Wichita
Kan
William T. Booy
Karel W. Booy
Kansas
City
Albert J. Soen
Shah Divorces Childless Queen in Iran Ying the Shah Divorces Soraya
TEHRAN Iran UP The Royal Palace announced that Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi has divorced Queen Soraya with her consent after seven years of marriage, the couple having produced no children. The dissolution is seen as not altering his eight week tour of the United States the Pacific and the Far East beginning May 19.
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Tehran
Iran
Mo“Carrot
Bammed
Shannon
Fawzia
Farouk
United States
New York
Dublin Mayor Plans Six Week U.S. Visit
New York reports that Lord Mayor James Carrol of Dublin arrives today for a six week visit to the United States. He travels with his wife and three daughters Lillian 26 Doris 23 and Colette AR.
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New York
James Carrol
Dublin
United States
Carrol
Lillian
Doris
Colette
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