Khrushchev Claims Soviet Access to U.S. Codes in L A Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev boasted in Los Angeles that the Soviet Union has obtained top secret American intelligence codes. City guide Victor M. Carter quoted Khrushchev describing how agents supply code books and how Moscow sends false information back to Washington. The party rode through the San Fernando Valley with U S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge listening.
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Los Angeles
Nikita Khrushchev
Victor M. Carter
Carter
Republic Studies
Rostov
Russia
American Central Intelligence Agency
Allen Dulles
Khrushchev
Praca
San Fernando Valley
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
Eisenhower
Freighter Fire Off Bermuda Aboard Marmadeal
A Marmadeal freighter of 6184 tons battling hurricane Hannah near Bermuda contained two fires in holds No 1 and No 3 with hose lines and Coast Guard aid. No injuries reported among 43 crew and 12 passengers amid rough seas as the ship headed toward Bermuda after leaving New York for South America.
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Bernard Brown Hamilton
Bermuda
Coast Guard
U. S
No. 1
No. 3
Marmadeal
New York
South America
Mixed Cargo Co Oe
Moore-McCormick Steamship Line
Leopold sues book author in Illinois defamation case
In Chicago a defamation suit named 57 defendants including author Meyer Levin. The suit alleges Levin portrayed Leopold as the book's chief character Judd Steiner, a depiction the plaintiff says harms his public image. Leopold, 55, was paroled from Stateville in 1958.
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Chicago
Nathan Leveae
Leopold
Meyer Levin
Elmer Gertz
Levin
Judd Steiner
Stateville
Miraculous Story Pilot Survives 40,000-Foot Jump Into Sea
British test pilot Johnny Squier bailed out from a supersonic jet at about 40,000 feet over the west coast of Scotland and survived an extensive sea search. He floated 30 miles to shore in a rubber dinghy, inflated his pack, and paddled to safety after detaching his parachute. He woke at a private school near the coast, married with two children, and his wife Margaret calls him lucky and a miracle.
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Stranraer
Scotland
Squier
Johnny Squier
English Electric Aviation Co
Margaret
Strike
Johnny
Soviet claim of interplanetary station in lunar orbit
The Soviet Tass agency announced a multistage rocket launched an automatic interplanetary station into orbit designed to pass near the moon. The station would pass about 10 000 kilometers from the moon and travel toward the earth at its furthest point.
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London
Tass
Moscow Radio
Moon
Earth
Hannah Balloon Breaks Into Hurricane Eye For Tracking Breakthrough
A free floating balloon carrying a radio transmitter rode in the eye of Hurricane Hannah for over 24 hours in Miami. Cecil Gentry of the National Hurricane Research Project says the test may mark a breakthrough in hurricane tracking using shore based radio direction finding. A prior balloon lasted six hours in the eye before dropping into the ocean. Further experiments are planned to prove the concept and potential operational use.
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Miami
Fla
Hannah
Cecil Gentry
Calm Storm Center
Sonpen Ae
Gentry
National Hurricane Research Project
Air Force Cambridge Research Center
Nehru Opens Decentralization Drive in Nagpur
Prime Minister Nehru visited Nagpur to inaugurate a Rajasthan state wide experiment in decentralizing government power to elected village elders called panchayats. The event marked Gandhi's 90th birth anniversary and supported village autonomy to curb rural migration to cities.
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Nagpur
India
Nehru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Macmillan Confident of Winning Election
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressed confidence that the Conservatives would win the election as polls in the final days showed 39.5 percent backing Conservatives and 38 percent for Hugh Gaitskell’s Labour Party. He spoke at a news conference five days before the vote amid shifting margins and an 18 percent undecided bloc.
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Robert Tuckman
London
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Manchester
England
Budget squeeze forces Navy Air Force to cut manpower
Assistant Secretary Charles C. Finucane said the Navy and Air Force will trim personnel next year to free funds for missiles and equipment. The Army may not volunteer similar cuts and expects to rely on the draft to July 1.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
Navy
Air Force
Asst
Secretary of Defense
Charles C. Fimeenne
Pentagon
Finucane
Senator Case opposes California taxes on Sox players
Senator Clifford P. Case criticizes California over taxing Chicago White Sox players’ World Series incomes while in Los Angeles. He argues nonresident income taxation creates chaos and cites New Jersey residents working in nearby states as precedent for banning such taxes. The constitutional change awaits Senate Judiciary action.
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Washington
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Chicago White Sox
California
Chicago
Los Angeles
Case
New Jersey
New York City
Philadelphia
New York State
Senate
Urgency Grows as Steel Strike Negotiators Brace for Taft Hartley Action
Pittsburgh AP reports urgency in the 81 day steel strike as United Steelworkers summon its Wage Policy Committee to meet Monday at 10 a.m. President David J. McDonald also calls the International Executive Board to convene. A tentative eight cent package is discussed but not confirmed.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
USW
International
America
McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Diploma Mills Damaging U.S. Prestige Across World
The American Council on Education said diploma mills sell degrees to foreigners and dupe thousands, harming U.S. education's reputation. The study estimates 200 mills in 37 states, with 75 million dollars in annual revenue and up to 750,000 students affected.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Washington
American Council On Education
U.S
U. S
United States
Howevver
National Home Study Council
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