Excess Loans Charged in Military Housing Projects
Senator Byrd states FHA insured loans in at least 70 military housing projects exceeded construction costs by 11.9 million dollars, totaling 190% of costs. He notes the practice, called mortgaging out, built windfalls and cites 267 projects under the Wherry Act of 1949. He does not accuse individuals of wrongdoing.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Federal Housing Administration
Byrd
FHA
Soviet Writers Union Accused of Money Misuse
Auditors report the Soviet Writers Union profited about 119 million rubles in four years from its two publishing houses Soviet Writer and Literary Gazette. They fault the union for failing to mobilize writers to gather material, citing reluctance of some authors to travel from Moscow.
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Moscow
Soviet Writers Union
Soviet Writer and Literary Gazette
Polio Aid Cut Back By National Foundation
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reduces polio programs and expands aid to arthritis and birth defect victims. Basil O'Connor, the president, said nonparalytic polio payments will be discontinued while basic polio obligations continue.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
Plane Crash Kills Three In Japan
A four engine C130 turboprop returning from Iwo Jima crashed into a US Air Force barracks at Ashiya air base in southern Japan. It killed three people and injured 14, with two seriously burned. Eight aboard the plane, one crew member killed and two killed in the barracks. The pilot tried to land with one engine out. Names of casualties were withheld pending kin notifications.
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Tokyo
US Air Force
Japan
Ashiya
Iwo Jima
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Nine North Carolinians to graduate from Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS MD AP Nine North Carolinians are set to graduate June 3. Each will be commissioned as an ensign in the Navy or a second lieutenant in the Air Force. The list includes William H. Batts Jr David K. Bishop Wade Leon Davis Lynn M Gantt Griffin F Hamilton Roger G Martin Silas Oscar Nunn III and Sidney Edwin Veazey with parent names and home towns noted.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Navy
Air Force
William H. Batts Jr
Vazelle S. Jessup
Grubb St
Hertford
David K. Bishop
Nixon Delays Campaign Decisions Before Moscow Trip
Vice President Richard M. Nixon will decide after a July Moscow trip how broadly to campaign for the 1960 Republican nomination. Aide Klein will oversee efforts for congressional candidates in 1958 and travel with Nixon to Moscow if aligned with campaign plans. Rockefeller's rising activity could accelerate Nixon's timetable if the New York governor appears ready to challenge.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
Nixon
el Cepe
San Diego
Calif
Klein
Nikita Khrushchev
Nelson A. Rocke
Rockefeller
King Baudouin Visits Hollywood and Disneyland
Belgium's King Baudouin toured Hollywood studios and met Debbie Reynolds and Mervyn LeRoy during a visit to Southern California. He enjoyed lunch with stars, dined with LeRoy, and is set for a Disneyland tour with Walt Disney as his host before a helicopter ride to an airliner bound for San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Belgium
King Baudouin
California
Debbie Reynolds
Disneyland
Debbie
Holywood
Hollywood
Mervyn Leroy
Walt Disney
Marine Corps
Anaheim
International
Audrey Hepburn Expecting First Child in January
AP reports Hollywood star Audrey Hepburn and her friends announce she is expecting her first child, due in January, reflecting a milestone in the actress's public life and career.
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Hollywood
Audrey Hepburn
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