Negro GI Jailed for 199 Year Sentence in Park Killing
In Chicago, 18 year old Army private Henry Matthews from Detroit pleaded guilty to murder after choking 17 year old Joanne Pushis at a Battery A antiaircraft unit party in Calumet Park on Aug 6. Judge Thomas Kluczynski sentenced him to 199 years, rejecting parole before 66 1 3 years and noting the act as a horrible strangulation.
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Henry Matthews
Detroit
Chicago
Joanne Puskis
Thomas E. Kluczynski
Matthews
Miss Pushis
South Side
Criminal Court
Joanne Pushis
Battery A
734Th
Calumet Park
Lake Michigan
Kluczynski
Thews of
Tongay Jumps From Train Recaught After Escape
Tongay, a 37 year old Miami man serving a life sentence in connection with his daughter's death, escaped from a passenger train near MOBILE Alabama last night and was recaptured 45 minutes later. He previously fled in New Orleans last November by blending with restaurant patrons while a guard settled a bill. He traveled to Los Angeles and Nashville area before authorities caught him in a city chase and returned him to Florida State Prison at Raiford.
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Mobile
Ala
Russell Tongay
New Orleans
Los Angeles
State December tax collections rise by two million dollars
North Carolina general fund revenue for December totaled 12 154 864 with a year to date 75 144 526 up more than 10 percent. Income tax receipts climbed 1 158 616 to 4 306 405 while sales taxes rose 994 427 to 6 190 729 reflecting better enforcement and new levies.
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General Fund
Shaw
Highway Fund
Truck Driver Says Woman Shot Self
Summerville officers expected to pick up truck driver David Geiger who claimed a 30 year old Silsbee Texas woman Mildred Holden shot herself to death with Geiger s pistol after riding in his truck The sheriff said Geiger is held without charge in Holden s death and told police he was scared to tell them the incident occurred last Wednesday in Arkansas Authorities planned extradition steps as Arkansas State Police and Silsbee sheriff s representatives were en route.
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Summerville
S.C
Arkansas
Texas
Silsbee
Tex
Herbert H. Jessen
Dorchester County
David Geiger
Mildred Holden
Geiger
Charleston
Mayo
Fila
Jessen
Sln
Arkansas State Police
Sheriff's Office
Eisenhower Plans Farm Message Ahead Of State Of The Union
President Eisenhower intends to send Congress a priority farm program message next week likely Monday. White House secretary James Hagerty said timing is not fixed and could precede the Democratic Agriculture Committee action on a House bill restoring rigid price supports. The plan may include keeping flexible supports, boosting benefits for low income farmers, and a soil bank concept.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Congress
Senate
House
House Public Works Committee
Uncle Sam
Eisenhower
Presidential Commission On
Lucius D. Clay
Clay Commission
James C. Hagerty
White House
Key West
Fla
Aiken
Senate Agriculture Committee
Capitol Hill
Democratic-controlled
Agriculture Committee
Soil Bank
Sparkman
Ala
Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Hearing Opens Into Communist Influence in Press
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee begins three days of public hearings with subpoenaed witnesses including James Glaser a former managing editor of the Communist Daily Worker. Glaser once read for the New York Times and now works for the New York Post as investigators pursue Communist ties in media.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
New York
James Glaser
Subcommittee
Glaser
Daily Worker
New York Times
New York Post
The
Times
Senate
Eastland
D-Miss
Winston Burdett
Brooklyn Eagle
Burdett
CBS
Eagle
Early Global War Ruled Out By Quarles
U S Air Force Secretary Donald A Quarles on a Far Eastern tour said a global war could be ruled out for the foreseeable future He believed the Communists would not start a war unless they could win it He noted risks in Formosa and potential local gains but warned against a successful full scale clash.
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G Kong
U.S
Donald A. Quarles
Les
United States
Quarles
Peiping
Formiosa
Andrew J. Kinney
Asia
Kinney
Miss Universe May Become U.S. Citizen
Miss Hiilevi Rombin of Sweden, 1956 Miss Universe, indicates she may seek U.S. citizenship. The blue-eyed blonde is registered as an alien and has filed an application, with details provided in the piece.
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Los Angeles
Hiilevi Rombin
Sweden
United States
Bellannahip
Citizenship papers valued more than money in Louisville robbery
Wolf Diamond, a Lithuanian native and naturalized citizen, was robbed at his shoe repair shop. The thief used a knife to threaten Diamond and took $900 in cash and papers, but Diamond said he would trade the money for his citizenship papers and expressed concern for his legal documents.
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Louisville
Wolf Diamond
Diamond
Lithuania
Faure Seeks To Prolong Cabinets In France
Paris reports Premier Edgar Faure urges a constitutional reform to extend cabinet life. He cites cabinet instability after recent elections, as Communists and Poujadists gain ground and moderates seek a means to secure a mandate through a new vote if a cabinet falls. Jan. 19 marks the formation date for the new Assembly.
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Paris
National Assembly
Mier
Edgar Faure
France
Faure
Pierre Poujade
Poujade
Assembly
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes-France
Parks Elected Director of State Higher Education Board
Dr J Harris Parks was unanimously chosen as director of the State Board of Higher Education and will take the post after release by the Consolidated University of North Carolina trustees. He will receive 16000 dollars a year and is 34, native of Bartow Georgia with degrees from Emory and Columbia.
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Raleigh
State Board of Higher Education
J. Harris Parks
Parks
Consolidated University of North Carolina
University Board of Trustees
Higher Education Board
Robert Lassiter
Charlotte
Dr. Parks
University
Gordon Gray
Defense
Gray
Bartow
Emory University
Columbia
University Center
Georgia
General Education Board
New York
University of North Carolina
Dynamite Found Under Street in Bingham Utah
Four officers discovered a sack of dynamite and blasting caps in a culvert beneath Main Street. Deputy Elmer Pantalone said the age of the explosive meant a minor exposure could have blown up the street. The dynamite had recently been taken from the U.S. Smelting and Refining Co. nearby.
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Bingham
Utah
Main Street
Elmer Pantalone
Pantalone
U.S. Smelting and Refining Co
Five Million Workers To Gain Automatic 1956 Pay Hikes
Washington reports that about five million workers will receive automatic wage increases in 1956, with unions negotiating the boosts or the federal minimum wage rising from 7 cents to 1 dollar on March 1. The Labor Department estimates these raises will affect at least 20 million workers under long term contracts, elevating purchasing power mid year while potentially tempering inflation.
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Washington
Ala Labor Department
Lunlennegat
Sania
Labor Department
Statistics Bureau
Ress
Bureau
Aarm
Trenagerienen
Governor Hodges Pushes ABC Board to Do a Good Job
Governor Hodges told the State ABC Board it faces a hot spot and tough duties. He cited a recent beer inspector case in which Hubert Harrell was dismissed and later reinstated after an SBI probe, urging vigilance against politics and favoritism. He urged unbiased enforcement and aboveboard public relations while thanking the board for service.
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Raleigh
Hodges
ABC Board
Po Hodges
Hubert Harrell
Jacksonville
SBI
Harrell
ABC
Tom Allen
Ronald iHocutt
North Carolina
Allen
Virginia Plan Vote Faces Constitutional Change Debate
Virginians head to a Monday referendum on amending the state constitution to allow public funds for private nonsectarian schooling. Backers say the 32 member commission plan offers an alternative after the 1954 Supreme Court ruling. opponents fear threats to public schools. An affirmative vote would trigger Assembly action to elect convention delegates and set a convention date.
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Richmond
Virginia
Commission On Public Education
Virginia Society For the Preservation of
Thomas B. Stanley
Commission
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Utah's 60th Birthday Marked Quietly in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City observes Utah's 60th anniversary of statehood with no ceremonies. Gov. J Bracken Lee used the day to criticize the "big tree" he decries in his proclamation. Utah gained statehood on January 1, 1896, with a statement stressing freedom, local governance, and the people as masters of government.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Status of Rewards Clarified in Attorney General Opinions
Raleigh Washington reward legality clarified for private citizens offering rewards to police officers. Rewards paid after meriting service and unanticipated by the officer are legal. Other rulings cover prisoner responsibility, municipal police age, and limits on crop planting by state agriculture officials.
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Raleigh
W. B. Rodman
Rodman
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
Inc
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