Couple Held In Beatings At Pope Air Force Base
Judge Leary Carroll set bonds of 1000 dollars each for a man and wife from Pope Air Force Base accused of abusing her 5 year old son from a former marriage. The pair were jailed awaiting Cumberland County Recorder's Court hearing. Police say the man beat the boy with fists burned his foot with a cigarette and taped his mouth. The woman faces an accessory charge. Their other three children were given to welfare officials. The Gilmore couple live linked to Manchester New Hampshire and Detroit Michigan.
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Leonard Copp
Robert E. Gilmore
Pope Air Force Base
N. C
Fayetteville
Gilmore
Leary Carroll
Judge Carroll
Cumberland County Recorder's Court
Pope
Lenny Copps
Fionna Shirley Copps Gilmore
County Welfare Department
Copps
Detroit
Bell
Calif
Move Aids Reserve Opponents Move Aids Reserve Opponents
Rep. Short said an antisegregation amendment strengthens opponents of a bill to expand the military reserves. The measure, backed by Eisenhower, would raise active reserves to 2.9 million by 1960 and create a six month teen volunteer program. The antisegregation clause and a ban on foreign assignment for returned servicemen were approved as part of changes to the bill.
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Washington
Short
R-Mo
Powell
Eisenhower
Pentagon
House
Capitol
United States
Rep
Bow
Ohio
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Yugoslavia
Japan
Testimony Conflicts in Senators Probe Cash Payoffs
Senators probe alleged cash handouts and favors linked to military procurement. Witnesses describe gifts including a coat for a contract officer Mrs Mella Hart, a home freezer, lingerie, and $50 payments to Navy inspector Julius Goldman as advance payments or loans. Marvin Rubin denies paying bribes and faces questions about influence peddling.
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Tor Sons
Marvin Rubin
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Rubin
Subcommittee
McClellan
Navy
Julius Goldman
Goldman
Ansonia (Conn.) Garment Co
Jerome Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Melvin Carlin
Bonita
Fire Claims Mother and Two Daughters in Madisonville
In Madisonville Kentucky a young mother Martha Lou Pert 22 and her daughters Ladona 3 and Laura Pauline 1 died in a house fire that destroyed their three room home. Jesse Pert 28 the husband escaped severely burned. Lee Oates the mother’s father saw flames at about 3 23 a m and attempted rescue but the fire prevented it. The cause of the blaze remains undetermined.
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Madisonville
Jesse Pert
Martha Lou Pert
Ladona
Laura Pauline
Lee Oates
Pert
Oates
Polio cases rise sharply amid vaccination concerns
Washington reports a 30 percent weekly rise in polio cases to 206 for the week ending May 14. The Health Service notes 23 cases in non inoculated contacts of vaccinated children, while inoculated individuals show no new infections. A delay in vaccine clearance adds uncertainty to the antipolio program.
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Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
California
Eisenhower Vetoes Postal Pay Measure
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise postal workers pay by an average 8.6 percent for about 500,000 employees. He criticized the bill for inequality and administrative problems, and said a 7.6 percent increase is about as far as he will go. He urged Congress to reconsider a fair postal pay measure in the public interest.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Conferees Agree on Nine Million Dollar Tax Bill
Senate and House conferees reached a compromise on a revenues measure expected to raise about 9.768 million dollars a year. The plan limits the beer tax to one cent per bottle, still yielding roughly 1.76 million annually, with all revenue staying in the state. House and Senate agree on other changes including removal of certain taxes and a newspaper levy debate.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Hodges
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
B. T. Falls
Tom White
Lenoir
Tom Turner
Guilford
A. C. Edwards
Greene
Falls
North Carolina
River flood swamps Trinidad Colorado as rains persist
The Purgatoire River flooded Trinidad, Colorado inundating rail lines and streets after more than 20 hours of rain. National Guardsmen evacuated families, schools closed, and shelters opened in a city split by the river.
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Associated Press
Trinidad
Colo
Raton Pass
N.M
Santa Fe
National
Trinidad Junior College
Hoehne
Texas
Ballinger, Brady and Fastl
Tex
Millions Swell Wembley Revival Amid Fist Fight
Billy Graham drew crowds at Wembley Stadium with a series of services in which about 3,033 signed decision cards on Monday and 3,600 on Saturday. Rain-soaked attendees formed a cross under umbrellas as hundreds walked forward to accept Christ. a scuffle between Rocky Marciano and Don Cockell briefly diverted attention.
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George Burnham
London
Peter
Billy Graham
Wembley Stadium
Rocky Marciano
Don Cockell
Wembley
North Carolina
Christ
Billy
W. E. Sangster
Britain
Anti Red Uprising Feared by East German Communists
West German intelligence reports rising unrest in East Germany amid food shortages and political changes. Strikes at a Rieinsberg pottery plant and a Griefswald university protest led to arrests as authorities expand security. The regime boosts armed brigades, army enlistment drives, special police, and movement checks to quell dissent.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Austria
Russia
Moscow
Rieinsberg
University of Griefswald
Bond set at 12000 for Kluckhohn murder case
Superior Court Judge Grover A. Martin set a 12000 bond for Richard Kluckhohn awaiting trial on murder charges. The 21 year old Harvard faculty son faces potential first degree murder indictment after a fatal shooting in a Raleigh parking lot. Kluckhohn’s parents and fiancee Ellen Waldron of Chicago were present. authorities plan to pursue court action starting June 6.
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Bond
Richard Kluckhohn
Evanston
Ill
Clyde Kay Maben Kluckhohn
Harvard University
Ellen Waldron
Chicago
Raleigh
Kluckhohn
Superior Court
Grover A. Martin
Howard Manning
Lester Chalmers
Martin
Chalmers
Manning
Martin Kluckhohn
Chapel Hill
Bernice Seawell
Miss Seawell
Washington
Ron
The
University of Chicago
Air subsidies cut as House panel trims Commerce budget
The House Appropriations Committee slashed airline and ship subsidies, cutting the Commerce Department budget by 244 million dollars from the President's request. Substantial reductions were urged in future subsidy payments, with 40 million proposed for all carriers and 90 million for ship subsidies. Federal highway and Inter-American Highway funds also faced reductions.
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Washington (P
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Preston
D-Ga
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Public Roads
Bank Holdup In Hot Springs NC Stolen Car Used In Escape
Two nervous gunmen robbed the Citizens Bank branch in Hot Springs North Carolina yesterday morning escaping with 1951 Oldsmobile taken in Knoxville Tennessee. The vehicle was abandoned with gloves found nearby and police believe the suspects switched cars after the holdup. Bank manager Joe Tilson described the robbers as rough looking in their 30s. no injuries reported.
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Hot Springs
N.C
Citizens Bank Marshall
North Carolina
Knoxville
Tenn
Joe Tilson
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