Col Nickerson Pleads Guilty On 15 Charges
Army Col John C Nickerson Jr pleaded guilty to 15 charges for disobeying orders in handling secret information. The plea followed the government's dismissal of espionage charges at the start of his general courts martial and could limit any review of the missile program.
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John C. Nickerson Jr
Restone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Unifax
Army
Nickerson
Robert K. Bell
Ted
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
West Point
Wisconsin highway budget expands patrol and inspectors
Republicans push a 377 million highway budget with new personnel to relieve state traffic patrols and add nonuniformed inspectors for truck weighing school buses salvage yards and auto dealers. Democrats oppose patrol academy funds and seek slower measures amid adjournment pressure.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Senate
West Allis
Thomson
Motor Vehicle Department
Proposals To Reshape Supreme Court Accountability
Senate action would require four year Senate confirmation for Supreme Court justices, sparking opposition from Kefauver who warns it would politicize the court. Eastland Johnston back amendment while Andrews Mason push impeachment moves in the House. Court decision on contempt appeals coincides with calls for redefinition of congressional powers.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Andrews
D-Ala
Mason
R-Il
House
America
Johnston
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
House Committee On Un-American Activities
John T. Watkins
Illinois
Watkins
House Committee
Congressional
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Gromyko charges U S disarm talks usadas screen in arms race
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accused the United States of using the London disarmament negotiations as a screen to intensify the arms race. He urged Washington to curb aggressive rhetoric echoed by Gen Lauris Norstad or own up to hostile aims. Norstad defended NATO capabilities, saying he did not indicate Soviet attack plans.
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Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
United States
London
Gromyko
U.S
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Europe
Norstad
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
West
Paris
Senate Committee
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministry
Open Curtain Idea Praised by Dulles and lawmakers
Secretary of State Dulles proposed an open curtain exchange of uncensored radio and television with Russia. Senators Johnson Mansfield Wiley Smith Fulbright and committee leaders welcomed the move as bipartisan and aimed at easing disarmament talks and exposing truth to the Russian people.
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Washington
State Dulles
Russia
Tain
United States
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Lyndon Johnson
State Department
Khrushchev
Johnson-Dulles
Wiley
Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Green
D-Ri
Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Sen. Johnson
Coon Valley Chooses Site for New Union High School
The Coon Valley Chaseburg Union High School district named the Anderson Addition in Coon Valley as the site for a $550 000 school after a heated meeting attended by over 500 people. Voters approved a $20 000 budget while the district contemplates a state education hearing Friday in Chaseburg.
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Coon Valley. Wis
Coon Valley
Chaseburg Union High School
la Crosse
Vernon Counties
Chaseburg
American Legion Hall
Anderson
Midden Farm
Jack Klung
Atty. John Bosshard
Bosshard
Stoddard
Adolph Olson
Hamburg
Godfrey Schedivy
House votes extra 133 million for post office services
The House approved an additional 133 million dollars for the Post Office Department for the next fiscal year, with assurances no serious service cuts, including Saturday deliveries, would occur. The sum adds to the existing 3.192 billion, with Postmaster General Summerfield seeking 149.5 million more. Senate action pending.
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Washington
House
Post Office Department
Congress
Summerfield
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Interior Department
Forest Service
Station Wagon Collision Kills Three Boys in Duluth
A Duluth truck collides with a station wagon carrying eight tons of hot bituminous paving material. Wilbur Curtis 31 Jeff Hudson 12 are dead at the scene Jerry Schinn 11 dies at hospital. Robert Withrow suffers minor injuries. Rudolph Poukka driver of the truck is unhurt. Police say the boys had been swimming and hitched a ride.
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Duluth
Minn
Wilbur W. Curtis
Jeff Hudson
Jerry Schinn
Curtis
Robert Withrow
Rudolph Poukka
Proctor
Continue Operations of McCarthy Office in Senate
The Senate voted to extend the late Sen Joseph McCarthy's office and staff operations until September 3. McCarthy died May 2, and rules would have ended operations by July 2, but Sen Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin secured the extension.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
McCarthy
Senate Acts To Increase School Aids In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Senate approved a bill to raise state aid to public schools by 12.5 million dollars for 1957 59 and adopted a distribution formula. The companion measures, part of Gov. Thomson s package, were sent to the Assembly despite Democratic opposition and parliamentary delays.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Senate
Assembly
Sen
Maier
Milwaukee
Gov. Thomson
Nelson
Mississippi River flood crests eyed from La Crosse to Guttenberg
Forecasts expect the Mississippi River crests near La Crosse at 11 to 11.5 feet by July 4, with flood stage 12 feet, and similar rises at Winona and other points through July 6. Officials warn rains could raise crests, as forecasters rely on Army Corps data and river engineers.
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Mississippi River
St. Paul
la Crosse
United States Weather Bureau
Minneapolis
Winona
Minn
Joseph H. Strube Jr
Strube
USWB
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Mt. Vernon Street
Hastings
Red Wing
Lake City
Lansing
Iowa
Prairie du Chien
Guttenberg
Key Witness Against Hoffa Awaits Ruling
A ruling is expected today on barring John Dye Cheasty the New York lawyer and key witness in the bribery conspiracy trial of Hoffa and a co defendant. Cheasty allegedly accepted a Senate Rackets Committee staff job and fed secrets to Hoffa aiding the government case.
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Washington
Jimmy Hoffa
Burnita S. Matthews
John Dye Cheasty
New York
Hoffa
Senate
Cost Of Living Edges Up In May With Wage Adjustments
The cost of living rose three tenths of 1 percent in May, marking a ninth straight high, while real earnings of factory workers fell by half a percent as a shorter work week persisted. Union contracts tied to the CPI will raise wages for nearly 1 million workers across metals, meat packing, and aircraft sectors. The CPI stood at 49.6 percent of the 1947-49 average, about 3.6 points above a year ago.
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Washington P
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon warns on defense budget cuts during Milwaukee Jaycee speech
Vice President Nixon told a large Milwaukee audience that cutting defense spending below recommended levels endangers national security. He argued disarmament negotiations complicate reductions and defended foreign aid as cost effective, noting it supports allies and ultimately strengthens US defense. Preliminary convention business was announced before Thursday officer elections.
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Milwaukee
Nixon
U. S
Congress
Free World
Federal state task force eyed to study program control
President Eisenhower proposed a joint federal state task force at the Governors Conference to study reviving state control of some federal programs and to discuss possible tax reductions if functions are shifted. Governors split along party lines with Republicans expressing cautious support and Democrats largely critical.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
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P.O
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Detroit
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