Navy Officer Questioned in Stripper's Death
Oakland police questioned Navy Ledr. Markle T. Smith after four of his traveler's checks were found under a rug in the apartment of Lynn Williams a 28 year old exotic dancer known as Darlene who was stabbed to death May 14. Williams described her attacker as white before dying. Smith had checked out of a San Francisco hotel hours after the slaying and later left for the Philippines on assignment. He was brought back from Honolulu and held in Yerba Buena brig as investigators sought answers about the weapon and motive.
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Oakland
Navy
Markle T. Smith
Honolulu
Oakland Police
Yerba Buena
Charles Wood
Smith
Lynn” Williams
Darlene
San Francisco
Philippines
Getten
Williams
Solon Renewed Attack on Bipartisan Foreign Policy
Rep Melvin Price charges the Eisenhower administration violated Dulles bipartisanship principles in foreign policy. He cites Dulles War and Peace arguing bipartisan duty rests with the governing party. Price faults the new military foreign policy for massive retaliation without congressional consultation.
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Washington
Melvin Price
D-Ill
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Price
House, Armed Services
House-Senate
House
Dulles
Ilinois Democrat
NAACP seeks immediate end to school segregation plans
Atlanta NAACP officials from 17 states draft action urging local officials to permit mixed classes without delay. Thurgood Marshall predicts some Southern towns will open terms with integration, while legal actions are prepared to prevent undue delays. The group vows no compromise in principle and considers broader civil rights campaigns.
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Atlanta
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
NAACP
Supreme Court
Marshall
Nere
Producer Loses Suit For 3 1/2 Million
Hollywood film producer Edward Alperson lost a 3.5 million dollar damage suit against the producer of Bwana Devil. Superior Court Judge Joseph W. Vickers ruled against Alperson in his claim of a secret agreement with an Arth Qobeler agent to purchase the picture.
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Hollywood
Edward Alperson
Joseph W. Vickers
Arth Qobeler
Narcotics Menace Bill Introduced by Calif Congressman
Representative Charles S. Gubser of California today introduced a bill to authorize federal grants to teachers colleges that offer courses on the causes and effects of narcotics addiction. The proposal follows a debate among educators and narcotics officials about whether such instruction helps or fuels curiosity and experimentation. Gubser said the measure would not add to the controversy but prepare trained teachers to teach when ordered by authorities.
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Washington
Charles S. Gubser
Calif
Bureau of Narcotics
Gubser
Swig launches $10 million fund drive in San Francisco
San Francisco financier Ben Swig began a campaign to raise 10 million dollars for a nonprofit to build and operate a large south of Market complex with an underground garage, an airlines terminal and a convention hall. He contributed 100000 as the opening pledge and urged broad participation to save downtown.
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San Francisco
Ben Swig
Market Street
Swig
Convict Emerges From 57-Year Term In Chicago
Ex prisoner Lyman William Hall paroled from an Illinois prison last week puzzled by modern life. He spoke on McCarthy and modern women, noting changes in dress and manners. Hall plans to work with the Salvation Army and had little interest in new clothes, saying he is done with high living. He described watching television and reading while in prison, calling the current world “amazing.”
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Chicago
Lyman Wiliam
Sam Hill
McCarthy
Illinois
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Hall
Ed Hall
Salvation Army
Cops wake sleeper after long drive in Santa Ana city
Two red faced Santa Ana policemen wake Carroll Buchanan Giles, 41, found sleeping in a car. He says he arrived from Colorado seeking his sister’s home and receives directions before continuing his journey.
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Vata Alye
Santa Ana
Carroll Buchanan Giles
Giles
Colorado
Florida Democrats Choose a Candidate
Florida Democrats head to a run off for governor with about half the electorate expected to vote. Acting Gov Charley Johns and State Sen Leroy Collins campaign for J Beasley Odham whose earlier nomination was toppled in May.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Charley Johns
Leroy Collins
J. Beasley Odham
Eering
Johns
Collins
Dan Carty
Mild Mannered Extortionist Hangs Himself
A mild mannered extortion suspect William Barrows 42 hanged himself in a Los Angeles jail after writing a threatening letter to Governor Goodwin J. Knight demanding 5000. Police traced the signature to his license and said he blamed drinking for the letter.
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Los Angeles
California
Goodwin J. Knight
William B. Barrows
Barrows
Sacramento
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