Attack Over Test Successful Signals Presidential Powers Decision
Washington reports that Operation Alerl 1955 concluded with a decision to rely on the President's inherent powers rather than seeking congressional authority to mobilize the nation. Eisenhower rested at Gettysburg as 35,000 officials fled to shelters during the simulated attack and the exercise explored wartime control of materials and production.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur S. Flemming
Eisenower
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Flemming
Hired Thug Sent Up for Death Plot
HACKENSACK New Jersey James E Cobb of Tampa Florida confessed to plotting to assassinate AFL Seafarers' union official Paul Hall as he prepared to run for re election. Cobb received a 5 to 7 year sentence after pleading guilty. Police discovered a loaded 12 gauge shotgun in Cobb's car near Hall's Montvale home. Other suspects were charged and an ongoing probe has produced twenty indictments including five against John Dogs. White, president of the Tampa AFL Central Trades and Labor Assembly, is named in the conspiracy but denies the charge and remains free on bail.
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Cobb
Murde Paul Hall
Secretar
AFL Seafarers
National Union of North America
Hall
Rey White
Tampa
Fla
Montvale
John Dogs
White
AFL Central Trades and Labor Assembly of
Wilder Hall
Man of Steel Acrobat Survives 55 Foot Fall at Steel Pier
Robert Atterbury of Minneapolis fell 55 feet from a 65 foot pole during a water circus at Steel Pier Atlantic City. He survived with a fractured pelvis ribs and bruises as 3,000 onlookers watched. His wife Lauren and sister-in-law Shirley Peterson performed nearby.
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Atlantic City
Atlantic City Hospital
Robert Atterbury
Minneapolis
Mina
Steel Pier
Real Men of Steel
Charles Hart
Atterbury
Lauren
Shirley Peterson
Kefauver Probes Smut Mills Amid UCLA Coed Nudes Testimony
U S Senator Kefauver subcommittee hearings reveal a mail order nude art trade tied to UCLA coeds and a former husband. Testimony describes the scale as big business with estimates of up to four hundred million dollars annually, fueled by magazines and comic ads. Witnesses claim gaps in postal regulations enable smut mills, while industry voices urge the shakeup to curb permissive content.
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Los Angeles
Kefauver
UCLA
Subcommittee
James Bobo
Estes Kefauver
United States
Tyram
Boho
Midwest
California
Jetter
al Sports
Marilyn Monroe
Singapore Strikers Back to Work Amid Uncertain Walkout Threat
In Singapore the port resumed activity as about 15,000 workers returned to jobs after a strike. Leader Lim Chim Siong of the Waetory and Shopworkers Union ordered the suspension of the strike until the government clarifies the cases of six imprisoned union members. The government will review those detentions by June 26.
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Singapore
Great
Pune
Lim Chim Siong
Waetory and Shopworkers Union
Lim
Men Wale
Kit Run Car Kills Women Driver Held
In Los Angeles County a fatal hit and run killed Agnes Coats 63 of Venice at Pier Avenue and Mainty Ocean Park. Driver Carl Lane 24 turned himself in. he was booked on suspicion of manslaughter on a felony hit and run. Another crash on Melly Boulevard and Oxtored Avenue sent Edmond Montano 19 of Grendals to death. his brother Walter 22 injured. Wade Matthews 64 of Whittier died when a car plunged from the Angels Crest Highway.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Agnes Coats
Venice
Pier Ave
Mainty Ocean Park
Carl Lane
Santa Monica
Lunt
Booker
Tuna Fishers' Wives Fly to Capital for Tariff Fight
In San Diego four wives of tuna fishermen fly to Washington to press for a presidential quota on Japanese tuna imports. They seek inclusion in talks with Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr and California officials, arguing U.S. industry sacrifices and Japan's share of domestic demand. Sen. Kuchel and Rep. Wilson are noted as meeting them.
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Capital
San Diego
ULP
Washington
Herbert Hoover Jr
California Commission
George .Zcuff
State Department
U. S
Thomas Kuchel
Rep
Bob Wilson
California
Red China Freeing Three Turncoats
The article reports two more American POWs who initially refused repatriation choosing to return to the United States, while Cpls. Claude J. Batchelor of Texas and Edward S. Dickenson of Virginia are convicted of collaborating with the enemy and informing on comrades. Dickenson’s appeal is pending. The U.S. government says it will arrange homecoming for other POWs who change mind, but warns they will be accountable for past acts. Families react with cautious optimism as officials discuss procedures and potential returns.
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United States
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Comirades
U. S. Court of Military Appeals
Dickenson
U. S
iThursday
Red China
White House
Istate
Defense and Justice DesPartments
Washington
Defense Department
Griggs
Bell
Cowart
Olympia
Wash
Jewel Bell
Peiping
Jacksonville
Tex
Albert Griggs
Monticello
Ark
Chester Green
Army
William A. Cowart
China
Weil
Man Admits Strangling of Former Wife in San Jose
Joseph Rinaldi, 51, glazier, admitted to police that he strangled his divorced wife Donna, former San Jose State College housemother. He was arrested Friday morning by two patrolmen after a traffic stop. Mrs. Rinaldi, 51, was found strangled Wednesday afternoon, her body wrapped in a rug in the basement of her daughter’s home following a divorce last Monday.
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San Jose
Joseph Rinmaldi
Donna
San Jose State College
Rinaldi
Mearning City
TV Actor I Charged With Grand Theft
YORE UP Los Angeles actor Eugene Sucha idolsky aged 33 remained free on 509 bond after pleading innocence to grand larceny. Indictment accuses Sucha of stealing 35000 from Samuel Rabner of Rabner Trading Co in 1950 by false accounts for plastic bottle orders. Police say he is wanted in Burbank on a bad check charge. fugitive hearing set for Aug 5.
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Eugene Suchaidolsky
Liberty
Suchadolsky
Samuel Rabiner
Rabh Trading Co
Connecion
Eugene Darcy
Burbank
Calif
Kansas Supreme Court voids TOPERA censorship act
The Kansas State Supreme Court ruled Friday that the UPA bill abolishing motion picture censorship in Kansas is unconstitutional. Atty. Gen. Harold Patter challenged the act as a rider attached to a 1955 motor vehicle law repeal measure.
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Topera, Kan
UPA
Kansas
State Supreme Court
Atty
Harold Patter
Argentina Navy Sees Revolt Fire Across Capital
La Manana in Montevideo cited a confirmed report that most Argentine warships were at sea amid revolt rumors. Peron declares a state of siege as army command loses internal control. Churches damaged, seven or more churches hit, with embassies and government buildings affected. Locals seek sanctuary in Montevideo as communications blackout eases.
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la Manana
Uruguay
Peron
al Alege
Congress
Army Ministry
Army High Command
Baer
U.S
Washington
Reuters
Government House
Casa Rosada
Pink House
Plaza de Meyo
U. S
First National Bank of Boston
Plaza de Mayo
Rio de la Plata
Montevideo
Argentina
Vatican
Pill Overdose Tr eam Denied by Alice Lon
Hollywood socialite known as Champagne Lady Alice Lon denied any link to a six hour reign of horror and an overdose incident involving her family. Pasadena police reported her husband Robert W. Waterman, 31, ingested pills weeks earlier. officials called the overdose accidental after he was found unconscious at the Pasadena Settlement House. Lon claimed Waterman left a note to "Carel" and insisted she faced an effort to alienate her children.
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Hollywood
Alice Lon
Pasadena
Miss Lou
Robert W. Waterman
Waterme
Waterman
Watermen
Carel
Lon
Rock of Gibraltar
Shoes Off Holdup at Inglewood Finance Co
Two bandits robbed Inglewood Finance Co employees of 335 dollars on Friday. They pinned victims with a sharp tactic, removed their shoes, and scattered carpet tacks to block pursuit. Manager Donnox 47 alerted police.
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Inglewood
Inglewood Finance Co
Cary
Donnox
Tornadoes Hit Three States Causing Damages and Flood Threats
Storms lashed Kansas Oklahoma and Texas injuring no one but causing extensive damage. Wellington suffered a destructive twister blasting a furniture store unroofing another and damaging several homes. Oklahoma faced heavy rains flooding creeks and power outages while Kansas saw a near miss by a tornado that sent three youths to safety in a ditch.
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Tex
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Highway Patrol
Cheyenne
Hammon
Washita
Oklahome City
Gary
Waldo Payle
Bob Lyne
Agent Sued for 4 1/2 Billion Claims Tax Fee Fight
Artesia man Lester C Plummer sues revenue official Caviness for 4.5 billion alleging illegal seizure of property and excess taxes. Plummer seeks 13% billion in actual damages and 3 billion in exemplary damages, arguing minimal government and citizen rights.
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Artelia
J Bureau
Pri- C
Boek Daviness
Carlsbad
Lester C. Plummer
Artesia
Plummer
Department of the Bureau
Caviness
Hair Specialist Here Tomorrow To Show Hair Growth
San Diego reports a hair growth demonstration by trichologist Robert Clarke at the Wilton Hotel tomorrow. He will personally examine worried men and women, explain home treatment kits with germicides and scalp stimulants, and offer a free examination with no obligation.
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Long Beach
Robert Clarke
Tomorryay
Wilton
Clarke
jUrat Oly
Ali
Sookeart
Robert Chirk
Howe
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