Ransom Mystery Ties Teamsters to 1953 Greenlease Case
Senate investigators push public hearings on the $300,000 Greenlease ransom mystery linking to labor rackets and Teamsters figures. Kennedy and McClellan cite new testimony from witnesses, including Gus Zapas, as they seek to close a narrowing but baffling evidentiary gap.
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Senate
Special
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Callab
FBI
Nedy
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
McClellan
Kennedy
Bobby Greenlease
Kansas City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Missouri Gas Chamber
Gus Zapas
Indianapolis Teamsters Union
Zapas
Vincent (Piggy Mack) Marchesi
St. Louis
Christ Lekometros
Senate approves Social Security liberalization bill
The Senate passed a liberalized Social Security bill 79 to 17 after trimming public assistance boosts. It would raise benefits by seven percent and fund them with a payroll tax increase aimed at long term system soundness. The House had approved 375 to 2 earlier, with a veto risk from President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Nudists Convene At Woburn Abbey Duke Absent
About 200 undressed participants gathered on the grounds of Woburn Abbey for the International Naturist Congress. The Duke of Bedford, away in Canada, sent greetings on television and expressed hope the bison on the estate would not be spooked by any nudist pursuit across the lawns.
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Woburn Abbey
Canada
Cyrus Eaton
Pugwash
N.S
Bedford
U.S
Jack Parr
Woburn Park
Princess Margaret and Townsend romance back on?
The Sunday Pictorial reports Princess Margaret seeks Queen Elizabeth II's blessing to resume romance with Peter Townsend, amid conflicting British press coverage. Townsend, a divorced war hero, allegedly flew from Brussels as Margaret returned from Canada, with no meeting since July 11. Townsend denies ongoing romance as Queenal approval remains uncertain.
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Sunday Pictorial
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Elizabeth II
Townsend
the Pictorial
England
Brussels
The
Pictorial
Windsor Castle
Scotland
Buckingham Palace
Canada
London
North Carolina Moves Toward Nuclear Energy Use
Gov Hodges heard a report from the Governor's Committee on Nuclear Energy led by W D Carmichael Jr. that North Carolina is advancing rapidly into peace-time atomic power with progress in medicine industry agriculture and transportation. The panel urged preventive radiation safety measures and noted a long inventory of state nuclear projects.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
North Carolina
Gov
Hodges
America
W. D. Carmichael Jr
University of North Carolina
Officials Seek Cause Of Crash At Nantucket Air Disaster
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators probed New England's worst air disaster as a Convair plowed into pines near Nantucket airport killing pilots and several notable passengers. Seventeen aboard survived with serious burns. victims included Gordon Dean and Harvey Schwamm.
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Nantucket
Mass
Civil Aeronautics Board
New England
Convair
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Harvey Schwamm
Wall Street
American Trust Co
John S. Pearson
Manhattan
American International Underwriters Corp
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
New York
Firing Of Rocket Likely At Dawn
Cape Canaveral reports a preliminary countdown for the Thor Able moon rocket launch, with technicians at the blockhouse and a forecast of partly cloudy weather. Officials say timing is tight and a successful early blastoff remains uncertain amid celestial mechanics challenges and a potential postponement to next month.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Douglas Aircraft Co
Patrick Air Force Base
Cleo
Cape
Air Force
Cocoa Beach
Space
Pentagon
U. S
Gun Battle at Hungarian Legation in Bern
Two Hungarian refugees fought a half hour gun battle at the Hungarian Legation in Bern aiming to seize documents. Sander Nagy was critically wounded, Endre Papp captured by Swiss police. Five other Hungarians were arrested outside. police hint at further action. Nagy paralyzed by a bullet. legation staff acted to protect immunity.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hungary
Legation
Sander Nagy
Endre Papp
Kurt Kessi
Papp
Nagy
Kessi
Cleo Veers Toward East Amid Hurricane Warning
Hurricane Cleo shows a slight eastward turn 900 miles southeast of Bermuda moving north-northwest at 22 mph. Top winds near 125 mph, forecast to hold for 12 hours then shift northward. Hurricane force winds extend 75 miles, gale area spans 225 miles north semcircle and 150 miles south. ships urged extreme caution.
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Cleo
Bermuda
Miami Weather Bureau
Nasser's stance on Eisenhower plan shapes Middle East move
Washington reports say Gamal Abdel Nasser shows deep suspicion of Eisenhower's six point Middle East peace plan. Officials note Nasser's reaction could determine the plan's fate as Cairo's leader weighs the U N six point package tied to UN actions against subversion and indirect aggression.
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Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Eisenhower
Cairo
Nasser
United Nations
United Arab Republic
State Department
U. S
U. N
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