Supersonic Airliners Seen Far Removed from Area of Fantasy
Two aviation experts predict near term supersonic passenger service with 130 seat jets offering New York to Los Angeles in 70 minutes and London to New York in 98 minutes. They say a delta wing craft using turbojet and ramjet engines could be built with current engineering, enabling 3,500 mile range and 27,000 pound payload, with certification by 1965.
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New York
Los Angeles
London
Robin Jamison
England
Bristol-Siddeley Engines Ltd
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Jamison
Ramjet
United States
Hibbard
Jamisons
Beck and two executives indicted in $200000 deal
A federal grand jury indicted former Teamsters leader Dave Beck and two trucking executives Roy Fruehauf and Burge Seymour over a $200,000 payment in 1954. The case centers on a taft hartley law violation for accepting payments between union officers and management. The defendants include Fruehauf Trailer Co. of Detroit and Associated Transport Inc. of New York, with Brown Equipment named in the indictment.
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New York
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck Sr
Beck
Senate
Washington
Roy Fruehauf
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Detroit
Burge Seymour
Associated Transport Inc
U.S. Atty
S. Hazard Gillespie
Fruehauf and
Seymour
Teamsters
Fruehauf
Fruehaus Trailer and
Associated Transport
Brown Equipment and Manufacturing Co
Bear Takes Over Crane Job On Work Boat
In Sault Ste. Marie, George Robson arrived to work as crane operator on a scow in Whitefish Bay and found a 250 pound black bear occupying his seat. After discussion with coworkers, the crew chose to wait and watch. The bear climbed the boom to study the crowd before retreating as Robson lowered the boom ashore.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
George Robson
Whitefish Bay
Robson
Eisenhower vows to use influence to push Strauss nomination
President Eisenhower said he would use every influence he could to win Senate confirmation of Lewis L. Strauss as commerce secretary. He defended executive lobbying as necessary and asked Congress to see the light, while the Strauss nomination faced ongoing Senate debate with no vote date set.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Commerce
Executive Branch
Strauss
Congress
Executive Department
Senate
Bardot’s Mother Confirms Actress’s Marriage in France
Brigitte Bardot’s mother confirmed the actress wed Jacques Charrier in Saint Tropez about ten days ago. This marks Bardot’s second marriage, following her 1952 to 1957 union with Roger Vadim.
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Saint Tropez
France
Brigitte Bardot
Jacques Charrier
Brigitte
Roger Vadim
Parkinson Dies At 77 Tycoon Of Old School Finance
Thomas I. Parkinson, 77, longtime head of Equitable Life Assurance Society, died after a stroke at his Long Island home and at Bayshore hospital. He led the insurer for 26 years before retiring in 1954, shaping a major financial firm of the era.
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West Islip
Thomas I. Parkinson
Long Island
Bayshore
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Western plan for Berlin crisis meets cool Soviet reception
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected the Western compromise plan at a secret Four Power session. Western ministers said Moscow would get 24 hours to respond. Herter Lloyd and Couve de Murville planned a late afternoon meeting at Gromyko's villa to hear Khrushchev's decision.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Moscow
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Soviet Union
West Belin
Khrushchev
Gromyko
Eisenhower signals stance on potential summit with Khrushchev
President Eisenhower warned against rushing to a summit if the Geneva talks fail. He called any plan for frequent meetings a backward step in diplomacy and left open a later parley with Nikita Khrushchev to discuss disarmament and a nuclear test ban pending Soviet concessions on Berlin.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Geneva
Alexander
Napoleon
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Long Enters Hospital In Louisiana After Texas Stay
Governor Earl K Long returns to Louisiana from a Texas mental clinic and slips into Ochsner Foundation Hospital through a rear door with reporters present. He is to be housed on the fifth floor for about two weeks or longer, as his wife confirms.
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Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Texas
Ochsner Foundation
Air National Guard
Gov. Long
Galveston
John Sealy Hospital
Moisant
U.S. 61
Ochsner
Wilma Lockhart
Margaret Dixon
Baton Rouge, la
Morning Advocate
Martin O’miller
Roy W. Wright
William H. Cook
Baton Rouge
Navy patrol plane guns disarmed amid MIG attack
A Navy reconnaissance plane attacked by Communist MIGs could not fire back because its stop and forward turrets were deliberately rendered inoperable. A communications foulup also blocked a required fire order to the tail gunner, prompting an Eisenhower ordered inquiry and a Senate study by Lyndon Johnson's preparedness panel.
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Washington
Navy
Eisenhower
Congress
Japan
Sea of Japan
Donald R. Mayer
North Korea
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Liberace Wins Libel Case for Damages in Mirror
In London a high court jury awarded Liberace 8 000 pounds 22 400 dollars in damages after ruling Daily Mirror columnist William NConnor implied the American pianist was homosexual. The libel verdict comes Wednesday in the case over published remarks.
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London
Liberace
William N. Connor
Daily Mirror
Brothers’ crime spree ends in gunfire in Mass
Police killed William Coyle 22 and captured his brother John 24 after a chase near a cranberry bog in Middleboro. John faced murder and kidnapping charges after allegedly admitting his brother shot a patrolman in Philadelphia. Authorities say the siblings had been stealing milk door to door.
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Middleboro
Mass
Philadelphia
William Coyle
John
John Coyle
James F. Kane
Howard Gatter
Coyle
Gatter
Fare
Late tourist leaves parimutuel tickets and note
Police received an envelope from an American tourist at Assiniboia Downs race track. The note read I am sorry I didn t have the two bucks left and included losing parimutuel tickets. The incident prompted no further action.
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Winnipeg
Assiniboia Downs Race Track
Secret of Gang Meeting Intact
Joseph Barbara Sr 53 died after heart attack at his Endicott home following the Apalachin underworld meeting held Nov 14 1957. Barbara had avoided questions about the gathering while investigators pursued suspects and indictments.
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Johnson City
Joseph Barbara Sr
Apalachin
Barbara
Endicott
Wilson Memorial Hospital
Here
Mafia
Sicily
Supreme Court
State Investigation Commission
Underworld
Former Apalachin host Joseph Barbara Sr. dies
Neighbors refuse comment on the death of Apalachin gangland figure Joseph Barbara Sr. who died Wednesday after a series of heart attacks. The estate once hosted a 1957 gang meeting and was later sold for 130000 amid plans by new owners to open it to sightseers. Barbara held an 80000 mortgage on the 58 acre property and left two sons Joseph Jr. and Peter and a daughter Angeline.
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Joseph Barbara Sr
Richard W. Jones
McFall Road
Barbara Mansion
Kenneth Brinkman
Barbara
William McGlade
Edgar D. Croswell
State Police
Nawicki
Tioga County
Russell Terry
Vestal
LaRue Quick
Endwell
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Ill
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Jerry Stone
Andrew Reese
Recorder
Frank Schemanske
Reese
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Binghamton
New York State
Croswell
Treasury
Owego
New York City
Castella
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