Solons Press Cap Fraud Case
Senate investigators ordered New York cap maker Sol C. Schlesinger and Col. Louis H. Shirley to refresh their memories and report back. Schlesinger denied a 27745 dollar kickback from a subcontractor during the Korean War and refused to produce company books. Shirley said he never took a payoff but earlier Kravitz claimed paying Shirley’s hotel and expenses after a Paris weekend in 1952.
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Pan American DC7C makes record non stop Paris flight
A Pan American World Airways DC7C carried 53 news, radio, and television executives and 100 crew on a 4806 mile nonstop flight from Miami to Paris. The 14 hour 2 minute journey averaged 302 mph with a top speed of 450 mph and used 7139 gallons of gasoline, leaving a 400 mile reserve at touchdown.
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Steelworkers Ready for Talks
PITTSBURGH The United Steelworkers union opens negotiations next week for two year contracts covering about 650 000 workers at 172 basic steel and iron ore producers. Seven committees named will meet Monday with company negotiators. The union seeks 23 contracts demands, focusing on four key goals: full supplemental unemployment benefits, premium weekend pay, a substantial pay raise from the current average of 2.56 dollars per hour, and a fully industry paid hospitalization plan.
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Italians clash as fascists fight to shape local elections
On election eve clashes in Rome and Milan leave several injured and 16 rioters arrested as fascists clash with police. Communists abstain from protests while 30 million Italians vote for municipal and provincial councils in a test of Western opinion amid postwar tensions.
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Republican Scrap Wisconsin Ikeman Faces Party Battle
In Milwaukee supporters of President Eisenhower and Wisconsin right wing GOP clashed as delegates to the State Republican convention debated endorsing a senatorial candidate. Alexander Wiley urged re election while opponents denounced him and attacked the Eisenhower administration. Postmaster General Summerfield and Senator McCarthy spoke in support of the Eisenhower Nixon ticket.
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Ex-GOP Leader Sentenced for Tax Evasion in Colorado
Former Colorado Republican party chair Charles A. Haskell, a 50 year old accountant and father of six, received six months in prison and an $85,000 fine in federal court for failing to report income in 1951 and for back taxes from 1946 to 1952. He resigned as GOP chairman last September after indictment. Judge Lee Knous presided.
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Husband of state party chair to face trial in September
In San Diego, the husband of Elizabeth Snyder, Democratic State Chair, must stand trial September 24 on charges including violating the State Election code, perjury, and conspiracy to commit grand theft in liquor licensing cases. Cote, Edward Levine, and others face related driving charges with fines totaling at least $225.
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Idaho Fights Flood as Kootenai Waters Rise
Bonners Ferry Idaho endures a long flood battle as the Kootenai overflows dikes threatening 17 500 acres of farmland and the town. About 16 000 acres have already flooded, with more lands covered as two more dikes were topped. Over 1 000 volunteers work sandbagging and blocking water, while the river may fall to 34 to 34 5 feet by Monday, contingent on rain or heat. In the East, temps rise in New England and the lower Great Lakes after a cold spell, with showers nationwide and Oklahoma seeing heavy rain again.
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U S to Seek U N Action on Red Refugee Pressure
U S spokesman said Henry Cabot Lodge will urge the U N to endorse the right of Iron Curtain refugees to seek asylum in free countries. The push follows reports of Soviet and Iron Curtain diplomats pressuring refugees to return home and a Senate subcommittee probe into Romanian diplomats alleged to influence refugees. Diplomatic tensions grow as recall or expulsion options are discussed and U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold is informed.
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Meter Reader Admits Killing in Cincinnati Slaying
Robert Lyons, a Cincinnati water meter reader, confessed to the April 11 murder of socialite Evelyn Pugh after entering her home through a servants entrance. Pugh was found with 22 stab wounds in her front hallway by her husband William Pugh, head of A H Pugh Printing Company, as police had initially hesitated to charge Lyons before his subsequent confession.
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Colorful Labor Figure Reardon Dies at 90 in San Francisco
Timothy J. Reardon, veteran San Francisco labor and political figure, died after a stroke at Mount Zion Hospital. He led the city public works department from 1914 to 1932 and later served as State Industrial Accident Commissioner under Gov. James Rolph.
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Bomb attacks rock uneasy Cyprus amid street clashes
Reports from Nicosia and other towns say Cypriot rebels bombed British forces injuring several officers, with blasts striking Paphos and Famagusta. Rioting Greeks and Turks broke into streets in Larnaca. a curfew was imposed on Jarpang. Bishop Anthimos petitioned the UN for a peaceful solution.
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CHIEF'S AWAY Fire House Burns Down
Santa Maria fire station burned to the ground yesterday as Chief Frank Drakes attended a meeting in Santa Barbara. Three fire trucks a motorcycle and hundreds of feet of hose were lost. Inspector Dan Smith on duty took the blame after gasoline leaked from Engine No 1 and flames spread.
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Speedy Justice In South Dakota
BISON S D firm ene Morgan 31 of Concord and David Ernest 25 of Waltham Mass were sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping Mrs Hugh Galland 58 from her farm last Saturday They also received 164 years for armed robbery Mrs Galland was bound to a windmill for 10 hours before the men were captured and led authorities to the hiding place
Post Office Loss Set at 5 Billion in Pasadena Claim
Pasadena report says Postmaster General Norman Ab Tams announced postal losses since World War II reached about 5 billion dollars. He stated the service loses money on three cent letters and nearly every other service.
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Ike's Education Aid Plan Lauded by Educators
Gettysburg Pennsylvania educators praised President Eisenhower's proposed intellectual aid plan and pledged support. Foundations Ford and Carnegie noted ongoing efforts to pilot such programs with private funds. Chancellor Robert B House of the University of North Carolina called the proposal good. Eisenhower spoke at Baylor University in Waco Texas urging universities and foundations to unite for lagging nations with modern science facilities. He traveled to Waco for a breakfast speech and planned a quiet weekend at his farm with a morning golf round. No blueprint was issued as to how to develop schools, the staffing and curriculum would be locally determined by the host nations.
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