Jewish Leader Fears More Dixie Bombings
A Jewish lay leader claims evidence that segregationist groups plan more bombings after recent attacks on Jewish centers in Nashville and Miami. NAACP sues Mississippi voting laws. KKK splinter group on trial. Florida contempt actions over NAACP probes. Supreme Court declines bus seating appeal. a Miami synagogue receives a threatening warning.
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Nashville
Tenn
Miami
Nate Perlmatter
Anti - Defamation League
FBI
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi Senate
House
Perry
L. Thompson
Alabama
Florida
U.S. Supreme Court
Tallahassee
Fla
Cary
Air pollution cited as major natural resource loss
Washington dispatch reports the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers warning that fresh air is being wasted as a common sewer for fumes and pollutants. The institute backs Rep. Sehenck’s car exhaust bill, while health officials call for more study on exhaust effects, including possible links to lung cancer.
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Washington
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers
Jack M. Mereiman
Institute
House Commerce
Merelman
Paul F. Sehenck
Ohio
Public Health Service
Schenck
Health Service
Wilton M. Fisher
Fisher
Torture Trial In Korea Set
In Seoul US Army prosecutors announced a captain Marvin Kemp 34 of Kilmichael Mississippi and master sergeant Robert Weidnsaul 32 of Pottsville Pennsylvania will face trial for punishing a 14 year old Korean boy by nailing him in a crate. Maj. Thomas James 40 of Plymouth Pennsylvania faces possible court martial. The incident on February 25 involved hair cutting threats with a knife a tarred head and confinement in a wooden box before transport by helicopter.
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Seoul
Korea
Army
Norean
Marvin
Kemp
Kilmichael
Miss
Robert E. Weidnsaul
Pottstown
Thomas G. James
Plymouth
Arrest of longshoreman tied to Pacific Heights jewel theft
San Francisco police say Billy Washington, a 37 year old longshoreman, was arrested in the Fillmore District with 12 bundles of heroin and a pawn ticket for a $300 ring stolen from Mrs. William Abbot Robertson Jr. The 17,500 dollars worth of jewels remain unrecovered and police will question Washington about other robberies in the Pacific Heights area since October.
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San Francisco
Pacific Heights
Billy Jack Washington
Fillmore
William Abbot Robertson Jr
Soviet Still Ahead of U S in Sat Elite Race
In Sunnyvale California two top rocket experts say the Soviets lead in the satellite race. Werner von Braun and William Pickering cite heavier Soviet payloads and more powerful rockets as evidence, noting Vanguard I’s solar battery could endure indefinitely unless struck by a meteor.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
United States
Werner von Braun
Armys Ballistic Missile’ Agency
William H. Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Army
Navy
Ames
Aeronautical Laboratory
von Braun
Pickering
U S Forms Units Merge in Formosa Defense Command
The United States unites its two Formosa forces into a single command the U S Formosa Defense Command and MAAG. Vice Admiral Austin K Doyle leads the new defense structure overseeing Formosa operations and advisory support from Taiwan.
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Taipei
Formosa
United States
U.s-Tanwan
Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAAG
Austin K. Doyle
Rocket Barrage At Moon Urged
Redlands California United Press reports Charles E. Bartley of Grand Central Rocket Co urges using a cluster of third stage Vanguard rockets to mark the moon with a compact marker. Bartley notes the idea a scientific must and cites past Vanguard hardware from 1955.
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Moon
Redlands
Calif
Charles. E. Bartley
Grand Central Rocket Co
Bartley
Vanguard
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U S Plan to Launch Moon Rocket Seen
Washington reports high defense officials indicate the United States may announce plans to send a rocket to the moon soon after two satellites orbiting Earth. Navy Vanguard chief Dr. John P. Hagen says the solar powered radio aboard will likely transmit indefinitely while aloft. Army Secretary Brucker hinted ARPA approved a moon shot with details undisclosed.
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United States
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
Globe
John P. Hagen
Navy
Vanguard
Hagen
Army Explorer
Moon
Army
Wilber
Brucker
Advance Research Projects Agency
Defense Department
Space Developments
Air Force
Elvis Presley Quiet Induction Seen By Air Force
MEMPHIS Tenn UP Rock Air Force spokesman asked about Elvis Presley entering the Army and whether satellites circling Earth affect the Air Force view. Army officials say he will be treated like any other recruit and join the others.
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Tenn
Rock
Air Force
Elvis Presley
Army
Planfare
Offi Navy
Clas
Earth
FDR Ship Near-Miss Torpedo Tale Surfaces in 1943 Event
Angelo Zangari, last man to see a torpedo rush toward President Roosevelt’s battleship in 1943, recalls the near tragedy as the Town pursued the Tehran conference. The torpedo missed Iowa by 50 yards, was blown up, and Roosevelt was carried to the conning tower in a wheelchair, though may not have known the full details.
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New Britain
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Angelo Zangati
Atlantic
Tehran
Zangari
William D. Porter
Porter
Miami
Fla
Iowa
Navy to scuttle poison gas ship in Pacific
A Liberty ship loaded with 6 500 tons of Army poison gas will be scuttled by the Navy next month 117 miles west of San Francisco in 13 000 feet of water The William C Ralston will be taken from Suisun Bay depot storage at Utah and Arizona The disposal method is described as safe with deep ocean dumping and dilution in the ocean water claimed not to harm humans or fish.
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San Prancisco
Army
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Military Sea Transportation Service
William C. Ralston
Suisun Bay
San Francisco
Utah
Arizona
6Th Army
World War I Vet Insurance Dividend Set
A $22 million dividend for World War I veterans holding U S Government Life Insurance will be paid between mid April and mid May. The dividend adds to the $262 million regular annual payout for 5 3 million policy holders, with about 325 000 Permanent plan USGI policies sharing. About 44 000 policies are excluded due to deductions for disability payments and term statuses.
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U. S
Midway
Sumner G. Whittier
Veterans Affairs
Whittier
Ex-Wife of Sterling Hayden Faces Check Charges
Betty De toon Hayden, 36, former wife of actor Sterling Hayden, is free on bail awaiting prosecution for allegedly passing $200 in worthless checks. Rejected on $1,000 bail after arrest, she is mother of Hayden's four children. a 1955 divorce settlement set her to receive a quarter of his income for four years, estimated over $100,000.
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Hollywood
INS
Betty de Toon Hayden
Sterling Hayden
Bridges Ordered To Pay Tax On Defense Funds
The federal government demands back taxes from Longshore leader Harry Bridges and two ILWU officials on $147 000 raised for their defense in a perjury conspiracy case. Bridges Robertson and Schmidt face about $80 000 each with 90 days to appeal to the federal tax court. The union says funds arose from voluntary contributions.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
ILWU
Bridges-Robertson-Schmidt Defense Committee
U. S. Supreme Court
Defense Committee
Gunman Kills Grocer's Wife in Vallejo House
In Vallejo, Manuel Lampros reported locking his grocery store at 7:15 p.m. and returning to find his wife Sophia Lampros, 48, dead from three .22 caliber shots at close range in their home. Autopsy scheduled. police suspect a sex motive.
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Vallejo
Manuel Lampres
Sophia
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