Gun running plot broken in New York City area
Undercover agents detained El Salvador’s chief of staff Col. Manuel Rodriguez and five others on conspiracy charges in a gun running scheme. Bail set at 3 million dollars. A seventh suspect was sought. The case, disclosed by U S Attorney Robert B Fiske Jr, involved a staged 10 000 submachine guns deal with payments totaling 100 000 dollars to undercover agents and defendants in Mount Kisco New York and New York City area.
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U.S
Robert B. Fiske, Jr
Washington
Francisco Bertrand Galindo
Fiske
Joseph F. Kelley
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Naval historian Samuel Morison dies at 88 in Boston
The Navy veteran and historian Samuel Eliot Morison who chronicled World War II penned biographies of Christopher Columbus and John Paul Jones died Saturday at age 88. A retired rear admiral, he lived on Beacon Hill and will be buried near his Maine estate after funeral services at the Church of Advent. He taught at Harvard 1915 to 1955 and earned two Pulitzers and the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his naval histories. He is survived by three daughters, eight grandchildren, and several miles from readers who valued his firsthand sea experience.
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Christopher Columbus
John Paul Jones
America
Navy
Massachusetts General Hospital
Church of Advent
Beacon Hill
Northeast Harbor
Maine
Forest Hills
Harvard University
Naval Reserve
Lyndon Morison
Edward Spingarn
Washington, D.C
H. Brooks Beck Jr
Canton
Mass
Catharine Cooper-Morison
London
Longest sled dog trip ends and new goal set
Naomi Uemura, 35, completed the longest one man sled dog journey from Jakobshavn Greenland to Kotzebue Alaska, nearly 8000 miles with 30 dogs dying. He survived polar bear encounters and two icy water falls, describing a near death on sea ice west of Greenland. He plans a further challenge to cross Antarctica.
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Alaska
UPI
Naomi Uemura
Antarctica
Uemura
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Grenland
Kotzebue
Greenland
Weatherfront Drenching Storms Span Southern to Great Lakes
United Press International reports showers and thunderstorms from Florida to the Atlantic coast and Ohio Valley into the Great Lakes area. Heaviest storm activity hit northern Florida with a likely but non touchdown tornado near Homosassa. Gusty winds up to 60 mph hit Pendleton Oregon as temperatures plunged from 90 to 56 in three hours.
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Homosassa
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Ore
Insurance Man Promises Help From Metropolitan Life
A brief ad style note from Metropolitan Life of New York urges readers that chances are they lack the answer and promise to help, presenting the insurer as the today expected partner for answers.
California Proposes $2.50 Minimum Wage With Reforms
The California Industrial Welfare Commission proposes raising the adult minimum wage to $2.50 per hour, effective by Labor Day after hearings in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Fresno. The plan extends protections to all adults, adds a four day work week option, and covers overtime for agricultural workers.
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UPI
State Industrial Welfare Commission
California
Commission
Howard A. Carver
Los Angeles
Fresno
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