Costello May Face 15 Years In Prison
Gambler Frank Costello convicted on three counts of income tax evasion with a $39,015 figure. Jury deliberated eight hours. sentencing set for Monday by Judge John F. X. McGahey. Costello, 63, appeared near tears and faces possible 15 years, $30,000 fine, and deportation proceedings. He had been released from Milan prison seven months earlier after an 18 month contempt sentence for Kefauver hearings.
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New York
Frank Costello
Costello
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
John F. X. McGahey
Beloit man elected vice president of plumbing contractors
Robert T. Morrill of Beloit Wisconsin was elected vice president of the National Association of Plumbing Contractors at the group's annual convention.
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Washington
Robert T. Morrill
Beloit
Wis
National Association of Plumbing Contractors
Laniel faces tight vote amid Indo China policy questions
French Premier Joseph Laniel and top advisers wrestled with Indo China policy as the government survived a 289 to 287 confidence vote by a razor margin. Debate focused on possible dispatch of draftees to Indo China and extending conscription, with parliament wary of expanding war commitments.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
National Assembly
Laniel
Assembly
Geneva
Korea
Switzerland
Indo-China
Committee On National Defense
France
Saigon
Hanoi
Weather Outlook Brings Warmer Weekend Across Wisconsin
The weatherman reports sunny skies and rising temps in Wisconsin. Noon readings show 60 at Nash Motors, 59 downtown, 56 at the sewage plant, with Thursday high 55 at the plant and state peak 74 in Eau Claire and Grantsburg. Night low 47, with milder air ahead for Saturday. forecast calls for fair tonight and Saturday, high 70 to 76 except near Lake Michigan.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Eau Claire
Grantsburg
Lake Michigan
Churchill to Join Queen for Return Home
Prime Minister Churchill left London this afternoon to accept an invitation from Queen Elizabeth to accompany her on the final leg of her triumphal journey home.
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Churchill
Queen
London
Queen Elizabeth
Fisherman Rescued After Rowboat Capsizes Off Lake Michigan
A 65 year old Kenoshan, Carl Soderman, was rescued from 40 degree water by a Chicago coast guard 30 foot motorboat after a tug's wake capsized his 12 foot rowboat near the harbor breakwater. He was taken to the local coast guard station for rest and later returned home.
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Lake Michigan
Chicago Coast Guard
Carl Soderman
34Th Ave
Soderman
Coast Guard
Coast
Kohler declines grand jury for Outagamie County case
Gov Kohler refused to summon a grand jury or John Doe probe for sheriff Lyman B Clark case. He stated he lacks authority to convene such a body and sees no need for expensive procedure in this instance.
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Appleton
Kohler
Outagamie
John Doe
Lyman B. Clark
Mollie E. Pfeffer
First 16 wounded French evacuated from Dien Bien Phu
French and Vietnamese forces evacuated the gravely wounded from Dien Bien Phu as helicopters and light planes carried 16 of an estimated 450 severely injured to Luang Prabang and Hanoi. Dr. Pierre Huard coordinated talks with the Communists to arrange the evacuations. The total wounded is thought to reach 700, with airstrip damage delaying full evacuation.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
U.P
Dien Bien Phu
Pierre Huard
Hanoi University
Red Cross
Huard
Luang Prabang
Laos
Phuly
Freighter Omar Babun Grounded Off Cape Hatteras Rescue Underway
Coastguardsmen rescued 14 crew members from the 1,275 ton freighter Omar Babun after it ran aground amid heavy seas off Cape Hatteras. Captain Jose Zillie radioed at 1:30 a.m. reporting danger of sinking as surf pounded the vessel near the bar reef. A breeches buoy rescue was used to bring the crew to safety.
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Cape Hatteras
N. C
Hatteras Island
Jose Zillie
Omar Babun
Barrier Reef
Twining Warns on Soviet Heavy Jet Bombers Reach US
Gen Nathan F Twining said the Soviet Union now has thousands more combat planes than the U S forces and unveiled a new heavy jet bomber comparable to the B 52 during Moscow display He warned the Reds can reach important targets in Europe Asia North Africa and potentially the United States while noting the U S must maintain superiority in long range air power through resource investment and hard work.
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Amarillo
Tex
Nathan F. Twining
United States
Air Force
Europe
Asia
North Africa
Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
Navy
Twining
Rep
Schrivner
Akan
House
Russia
United States Air Force
Marine Corps
Kohler Opens Platteville State College Library
Gov. Walter Kohler spoke at Platteville State College dedication ceremonies for a new library and laboratory school costing 1.3 million dollars in Platteville Wisconsin.
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Platteville, Wis
U.P
Walter Kohler
Platteville State College
Senators Testify Adams Sought Help to Kill McCarthy Subpoenas
Senate witnesses Dirksen and Mundt describe Adams asking them January 22 to assist in suppressing subpoenas for five army loyalty board members. They recount Adams linking this to Roy Cohn's pressure to aid Pvt. G. David Schine, while Adams denies threatening to publish the Cohn-Schine report. Mundt and Dirksen say the episode shows possible impropriety and implicates Cohn.
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Washington
U.P
John G. Adams
Joseph R. McCarthy
Cohn-Schine
Loyalty Board
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Inll
Karl E. Mundt
R-S. D
Army-McCarthy
Adams
Army
Cohn
Schine
McCarthy
Army Loyalty Board
Mundt
Dirksen
McCarthy Subcommittee
Charles E. Potter
Gerald Morgan
White House
Dave Schine
John American
Russia agrees to neutral supervision for Indo-China peace
Geneva dispatch reports Russia accepting international oversight by neutral nations for any ceasefire agreement in the Indo-China conflict.
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Geneva
U.P
Russia
Hydrogen Bomb Tests End in Pacific Series
The United States reported a final hydrogen explosion in the 1954 mid-Pacific test series. The joint AEC-Defense Department said the tests were successful in developing thermonuclear weapons, noting prior blasts on March 1, 26 days later, and April 6. The end came as a five-power talks began in London on arms control and nuclear warfare bans.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific Proving Ground
Joint Atomic Energy Commission-Defense Department
London
Nationalists Capture Red Chinese Freighter East of Formosa
Nationalist navy and air force units seized an 8,000 ton Chinese Communist freighter east of Formosa on Thursday. Official sources supported the report but would not comment.
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Taipei
Formosa
Talks Likely On Internationalizing The Region
Washington officials and French authorities are poised to begin direct talks, likely in Paris, to discuss the potential internationalization of a disputed region. The move signals a diplomatic effort to ease tensions and establish a multilateral approach.
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Washington
United States
Paris
AEC Silent On Challenge to Adviser On Security Grounds
Washington report says the Atomic Energy Commission declined comment on a published claim that a second important adviser to the AEC has been challenged on security grounds.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Snead Leads Palm Beach Round Robin After Round Two
Westbury New York U P reports Slammin Sammy Snead from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia posted six points with a 37 35 72 in the second round to seize a 36 hole lead at plus 20 in the Palm Beach round robin golf championship.
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Westbury
N. Y
U.P
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Palm Beach
Indicted in Japan for attempted murder of Prime Minister
Hosei Kuzuhara a 21 year old carpenter who forced entry to Prime Minister Yoshida home on May 3 was indicted on charges of intent to murder Police say Kuzuhara confessed he planned to assassinate the Prime Minister in Yokohama Japan
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Yokohama
Japan
Hosei Kuzuhara
Yoshida
Kuzuhara
Gar Wood Rescued After Venturi Breaks Up
Gar Wood aged 73 and eight others were rescued after the Venturi a 188 foot twin hull yacht broke up in heavy seas off Great Isaac Light Bahamas. Wood secretary Jean Berry and housekeeper Jodie Rodriguez were brought to Miami by coast guard helicopter while seven Miami crew members were picked up by the Jerry Mar and other craft. The venture was returning from a trip to Nassau when a valve failure led to rapid flooding and the vessel began sinking under 10 foot waves.
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Miami
Fla
Venturi
Great Isaac Light
Bahamas
Gar Wood
Nassau
Wood
Callum
R. B. Staysa
C. J. Berger
J. S. Meister
Harry Folsom
M. Vandenberg
Jerry Mar
Isaac Light
Coast Guard
MacCallum
Fort Lauderdale
Belgium Cuts Draft Period to 18 Months
Belgium’s Socialist Liberal cabinet decided to shorten the draft period from 21 to 18 months. About 15,000 of the 80,000 conscripts will be released within two weeks, as part of a broader armed forces total around 145,000 including career soldiers.
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Brussels
Belgium
NATO
Restitution Ordered in Brown County Veterans Fund Theft
Leo Martin was convicted Thursday of larceny as bailee for misappropriating 2693.13 from the Brown County Veterans Fund. He made restitution immediately after the verdict.
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Green Bay
Leo Martin
Brown County Veterans Fund
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