Meade Reveals Spice Informers in Trial Hearings
Fred Meade disclosed names tied to Confidential and Hollywood Research Inc in a criminal trial here. He claimed associates and witnesses including Dorothy Dandridge, Mae West, Gloria Wellman, and Paul Gregory provided statements or affidavits while detailing past incidents and payoffs.
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Dani ‘Torey
Kestraba
Nepio
Dorothy Dandridge
Woos
Lake Tahoa
Albert
Chalky) Wright
Mae West
Frey
Hollywood Research Inc
Paul Gregory
Clark Gallo
Josephine Dillon
Meade
Buddy B
Air Force
Cminsel
Arthur J. Crowley
Hollywood Research
Dis
Sun to Kiss Balmy City Says WM Two
A World War II era discussion shows WM reflecting on youth and kissing norms. He notes that 98.99 percent of his peers kissed only after meeting their wives. His son Jr. WMT questions if he will do the same with a straight face.
West Accepts 2-Year A-Ban
The United States agreed to a conditional two year suspension of nuclear weapons tests in exchange for a Soviet commitment to a permanent cut in atomic weapons production and to install inspection systems. President Eisenhower announced the concession after disarmament talks in London as negotiators in London pressed for broader terms. The move aimed to influence world opinion while Moscow signaled cautious welcome.
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Washington
AFP
United States
Russia
Jxenhower
Russi
London
United Stitec Tnd Geel
Vaterian Zorin
Eisenhower
Co. Eg
Zorin
State Department
Finland’s inflation spurs unusual savings guarantee idea
In Elmira New York a Sylvia Porter column notes Finland offers a savings account with return of principal plus inflation-adjusted loss. The claim highlights how inflation reshapes monetary policy. The article hints at further discussion on Page A-8.
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Bemk
Elmira
N. Y
Sylvia Porter
Finland
Kisses Her Ailing Son Then Slays Him at Manteno Hospital
Vera Durant, 46, a distraught mother, visited her mentally ill 14 year old William at Manteno State Hospital. During visiting hours she kissed him goodbye then shot him in the head with a 25 caliber pistol, dying an hour later. Durant was taken into custody. the sheriff said she was too upset to be questioned. William had been committed to the facility last March.
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Manteno
Manteno State Hospital
Vera Durant
Diagnostics
Donald
Edward
de. W. Laffey
Kankakee County
Laffey
50 GID-Day Victims Found in Ship Hulk
Workmen salvaging a sunken ship off Utah Beach from the 1944 invasion found the skeletons of 39 American soldiers in one wreck. The remains will be buried at the American cemetery in St Laurent after identification efforts.
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Cherbourg
France
Utah Beach
Europe
St Laurent
Forecaster claims high altitude predicts weather nationwide
The forecaster says a 19 mile high balloon could predict weather for half the nation. Air Force balloonist reached that altitude before observers at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday noted four large airfreighters spinning and rising for about 30 minutes.
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Avith
Sys
Air Force
Page Ly
Los Angeles International Airport
Costly XF103 Interceptor Research Plane Halted
The Air Force halted work on the XF103 research aircraft after at least six years and a 100 million dollar cost, with no flight debut. It involved Republic Aviation and Curtiss-Wright divisions, originally eyed as a 1,400 mph interceptor, later regraded as a test project.
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Washington (P
Air Force
Republic Aviation Corp
Farmingdale
N.Y
Wright Aeronautical Division
Curtiss - Wright Corp
Woolridge
N. J
Senate
Clifford
Air Forece
Venus and Jupiter Align Tonight in Rare Conjunction
Western sky appearance features Venus and Jupiter approaching conjunction. Observers report the two bright planets visible Wednesday night as Jupiter passes behind Venus. Philip Brown of Fifth Observatory notes such events occur about once every forty years.
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Venus
Jupiter
Philip Brown
Fith Observatory
Americans Board Communist Train Toward Peiping
Forty one Americans boarded a Communist Chinese train at the Soviet border on Wednesday bound for Peiping, defying U.S. State Department warnings. The two day journey heads to the Red Chinese capital as tensions around policy and travel continue.
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VSPOR
Medics Bilked of $100000 Nab 2 as Embezzlers
FBI arrested Margaret Lydia Burton and her daughter Sheila Joy Burton in Tulsa after a Georgia clinic shortage was found. Burton, an elusive theft and embezzlement suspect, and her daughter face charges including interstate transportation of stolen property and conspiracy. Bonds set at 830000 and 010000 respectively.
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Tulsa
Okla
GPI
Georgia
Margaret Lydia Burton
FBI
Sheila Joy Burton
Burton
Rayburne W. Goen
W. J. O'Meilin
Atlanta
Decatur
Margaret Burton
U.S
Oklo
Tanker Sinks After Blaze and Explosions
The 25,000-ton World Splendor sank in the Mediterranean after two explosions and five blasts. Salvage ship Svitzer relayed word of the sinking while the crippled tanker, towed from Southampton to Gibraltar, had captain and injured crew removed.
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Gibraltar
World Splendor
Mediterranean
Svitzer
Gibralter
Southampton
England
Fersian Gulf
Hotta Dio Ties Seen in Wire Recording
Senate Rackets Committee heard a wiretap rec orded Feb 26 1953 in which James R Hotta admitted possible interest in bringing Johnny Dio into a Teamster local in New York. Hotta claimed he did not aim to recruit the mobster, while the tape identifies a Dio call. The inquiry also notes a drive by unions to organize New York taxi drivers as Teamsters weigh charter options.
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Washington
James R. Hotta
Johnny Dio
Senate
New York
AFL
Dio
United Auto Workers
Teamsters
Jaces
North American Wins Air Force Missile Contract
North American Aviation in Downey was chosen by the Air Force to develop an air to surface missile for long range bombers. The project will not create new hiring and may not recall 7,200 laid off workers while initial research proceeds. The contract covers R and D with potential later expansion into production, and Navaho program costs were disclosed as 690 million over ten years.
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North American Aviation Corp
Downey
Air Force
North American
North. American
Air Research and Development Command
Air Material Command
Air Staff
Craig Hosmer
Long Beach
Hosmer
Long Beach Doctors Form Panel to Study Asiatic Flu Vaccine
A committee of Long Beach internal medicine specialists will study the safety and effectiveness of the Asiatic influenza vaccine amid conflicting reports by the U S Surgeon General and a county medical association committee. Dr Lewis T Bullock warned of possible side effects while Dr Leroy Burney urged widespread use. The Long Beach branch president Dr L L Wiltse will appoint internists to review Bullock s statements and gather all available information from the surgeon general. Inoculations are expected for Sept 1 on an individual basis, with no community program planned. Two Brooklyn children suffered severe reactions, according to Associated Press.
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Long Beach
U.S
Los Angeles
Lewis T. Bullock
Bullock
The
Independent
Leroy E. Burney
L. L. Wiltse
County Medical Assn
Wiltse
Boy Rescued From 17 Foot Well Test Hole
A five year old boy named Kim Smith of Saskatoon fell feet first into a 17 foot well on a farm near Big River Saskatchewan. About 100 volunteers and two digging machines worked to tunnel horizontally to the boy’s position while oxygen was piped into the shaft. His full name is Kimdale and he spent about five hours trapped before rescuers freed him, his mother Mrs. Fred Smith speaking to him during the procedure.
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Big River
Sask
Kim Smith
Saskatoon
Thy, Child
Kimdale
Fred Smith
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