Garbage Probe Ties Professor to New York Racketeering
Washington witnesses describe C. Don Modica once a philosophy professor and tutor to the children of crime figures in New York. He is to testify before the Senate committee probing garbage rackets linked to Albert Anastasia and Vincent Squillante. Also named are Nunzio Squillante and other cartel figures as enforcers and associates in a $50 million garbage business.
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Washington
Modica
Robert F. Kennedy
Squillante
Nunzio
New York
Vincent Squillante
McClellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
New York University
Medica
Nunzio Squillante
Vincent
Ing
James Rosetti
Greater
Greater New York Cartmen’s Assn
Anne Daria
Association
Genaro
Gerry) Mancuso
Intercounty Cartmen’s Assn
Procrastinators Club crowns 1956 queen Beth Swinand
Philadelphia report states the Procrastinators Club of America has crowned its 1956 queen Beth Swinand, 17, joining members who value doing it tomorrow over today. Lester Waas, 37, heads the club chapter and presides over the ceremony.
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Philadelphia
Procrastinators Club of America
Beth Swinand
Lester Waas
Wait on the Lord for Courage in Difficult Times
A meditation urges faith over fear when facing opposition. The Psalmist promises strength to the heart and courage through God's companionship, dissolving sin and temptation. Enlisting God as teammate provides fellowship peace beyond human power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Dieffenbacher
NEA
God
Air Force touts KC135 fuel jet power in Buenos Aires flights
Washington reports highlight nonstop KC135 jet tanker missions to Buenos Aires and back with record nonrefueled range of 6325 miles. Gen. White terms feat a sign of global reach. LeMay piloted much of the trips and won honors. Secretary Douglas calls the flight history in the making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Buenos Aires
Pacific
Argentina
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
LeMay
Thomas D. White
Douglas
Civil War Veteran Turns 115
A report notes Khrushchev’s remarks at a Moscow reception with Egyptian and Syrian military officials. He comments on rockets, US leaders, and Britain as a US satellite, then retracts a remark, while toasting the armies of the Soviet Union, Egypt, and Syria.
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Khrushchev
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
United States
Eisenhower
Dulles
Georgi Zhukov
Britain
Abdel Hakim Amer
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Russia
Oldest Civil War veteran Walter Williams turns 115 in Houston
Walter Williams celebrates his 115th birthday in Houston with a party planned by daughter Mrs. Willie Mae Bowles. He remains in bed, missing his wife who died recently, while two Civil War veterans still living include 11 year old John Stalling of Slant Virginia. The party features Texas Ruby and Curley Fox performing Dix i e and Cotton-eyed Joe per Williams requests.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Texas Ruby
Curley Fox
Dixiie
Williams
Willie Mae Bowles
Wanene
Eisenhower warns space age weapons boost defense spending
President Eisenhower said space age weapons will require a very considerable rise in defense spending and force cuts in some nonmilitary programs to offset the hike. He urged not sacrificing security for a balanced budget and warned pressure groups will wail in anguish. He also pressed for expanded education and basic research amid Soviet advances.
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U.S
Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
Congress
Students defend Capitol visit as rights to discuss policy
George C. Cochran, NC State College senior and president of the North Carolina Student Legislature, rebuked Gov Hodges for calling students immature. He said delegations from multiple colleges represent their campuses at the Capitol and oppose any implication that they must answer for whom they represent. He stressed the resolution supported interracial marriage rights and did not approve restrictions by law.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
George C. Cochran
North Carolina State College
Cochran
State Capitol
Ram
Truman Predicts Tax Hike
Former President Harry S. Truman says an income tax increase will be necessary to meet crisis from Soviet tech advances. He asserts the money must come from taxes and hints at broader defense spending implications amidst Eisenhower's space age program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Eisenhower
Oklahoma City
Sputnik II May Stay Up Year
U S scientists say Russia s second satellite Sputnik II may circle Earth for a year or more. It is slowing down gradually and predictions that Sputnik I would fall by Dec 11 are no longer certain. American scientists near approval to clear Cape Canaveral for next month s test launch and for the first fully developed satellite in March.
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Washington
U. S
Russia
Naval Research Laboratory
Project Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Grand Central Rocket Co
Mentone
Calif
Four Bears and a Pig in Alamogordo Sputnik Tale
The column recalls a New York farm sending four bears to the Air Force Missile Development Center in Alamogordo for experiments. It notes safety studies with animals, cites Col. John P. Stapp’s rocket sled test, and mentions a pig death scare that was later denied. The piece ends with a playful jingle about a pig not dead to defuse public concern.
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Steve Lowell
Alamogordo
N. M
New York
Force Missile Development Center l
Air Force Information
Missile Center
Air Force
Col. Stapp
FBI identifies suspect in patrol officers killings
Fingerprints found on an abandoned 1957 Oldsmobile linked to the shootings of two North Carolina State Highway Patrolmen on November 5. The FBI traced prints to a man who escaped from a New York State Mental Hospital, with a nationwide search under way for Wetzel. A John Doe murder warrant was issued in Charlotte. The car, found in Chattanooga, contained loaded revolvers and had been stolen from a Bradford, Pennsylvania hardware store. Wetzel has an arrest record dating to 1933.
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Washington
FBI
North Carolina
New York State
Wetzel
Charlotte
N.C
John Doe
Wister Lee Reece
Sanford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hoover
Wetzel’s
Bradford
Hole in Seattle street swells as sewer break enlarges crater
A large sewer break in a North End Seattle boulevard caused a 60-foot-deep hole that widened to 200 by 100 feet and threatened nine homes. Police prepared evacuations while Roosevelt Way possible closure loomed as water backed up and a nearby junior high school closed.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Roosevelt Way
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Zhukov
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Veterans Hospital
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