Veterans to receive 1957 GI insurance dividends nationwide
About 5.35 million veterans will get roughly 236 million dollars in regular dividends from Veterans Administration life policies in 1957. NSLI holders will share about 220 million, USGLI policyholders about 26 million, with details on rates and timing sent to policyowners.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Harvey W. Higley
U. S
National Service Life Insurance
USGLI
Higley
Hisenhower
Ex Sen Walker Dies Longtime Colorado Publisher
Walter Walker aged 73, a former U S senator from Colorado and longtime publisher of the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, died at St Mary’s Hospital after being taken there Saturday. Born in Marion Kentucky on April 3 1883, he joined the Sentinel in 1905 and became editor in 1911 after I N Bunting’s death, later purchasing the paper in 1917.
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Wnand Junclive
Colon
Walter Walker
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
St. Mary's Hospital
Walker
U. S
Colorado
Marion
the Sentinel
I. N. Bunting
Bunting
Teddy Bear in Oven Triggers Honolulu Fire Scare
Mrs. Donis McCarthy alerted firefighters to smoke billowing from a kitchen range in Honolulu. Fire crews subdued a smoldering teddy bear placed in the oven by her young daughter, ending the scare with no injuries reported.
Stevenson Opens Western Drive in 1956 Campaign
Adlai E. Stevenson started a western tour with a broad attack on Eisenhower public lands policy. He criticized private interests driving away lands while Nixon and Kefauver campaigned in Texas New Jersey and New Hampshire. Stevenson promoted a federally aided health plan with state administration and non socialized medicine claims.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Pittsburgh
Onight
Nixon
Texas
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Delaware
Kefauver
Gruenther cites Russian subs in Med as insignificant
General Alfred Gruenther, retiring NATO commander, says Russia has 408 submarines and some cruise the Mediterranean but notes the submarine presence there is insignificant. He adds Albania, the only Communist port in the basin, poses no major threat as a base.
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Alfred Gruenther
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Russia
Mediterranean
Gruenther
Albania
Strong men steal two tons of tools in Chicago heist
Police hunt several strong armed burglars who hauled away tools weighing two tons valued at 150000 dollars in Chicago. The crime prompt a citywide investigation as investigators seek suspects and assess security failures at the site.
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Chicago
Reuther Defends Union Political Contributions As Voluntary
Walter Reuther told a Senate subcommittee that labor political gifts are peanuts compared with unions and COPE voluntary contributions. He argued funds come from members and individuals not regular dues, countering claims of illegal use for the Stevenson Kefauver ticket. Also testifying were COPE co-directors Jack Kroll and James McDevitt, and Chamber of Commerce officials Arch Booth and William Barton.
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Walter Reuther
Senate
Taragement
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
CAW
Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education
COPE
Revither
Ian
Sen
Curtis
R-Neb
Sections
Ques
Jack Kroll
James McDevitt
Labor Federation
Adlair Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Arch N. Booth
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
William B. Barton
Chamber
Kuchel Warns Against 90 Percent Parity Farm Plan
Los Angeles Senator Kuchel campaigned in Corona Perris Elsinore Hemet Palm Springs and Banning warning that restoring 90 percent parity for farm prices would raise taxes or require deeper federal debt. He contrasted his stance with opponent State Sen Richard Richards who backs the parity level.
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Los Angeles
Vhom
Kuchel
Arm
Corona
Perris
Elsinore
Hemet
Palm Springs
Richard Richards
Barometer Poll in Alaska Tests Nationwide Trends
Pi voters across Alaska cast ballots in an election viewed as a barometer for national politics. Leaders from Juneau to Nome faced a campaign climate shaped by Eisenhower and Stevenson appeals amid a history of territorial trends affecting the U.S. House.
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Juneau
Alaska
Nome
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
James Hagerty
Adjai
United States
Stevenson
Suspect in Two Texas Murders Shot Dead in Texas
In Mercedes Texas deputies found Cecil Heidt shot near his home amid a double homicide case. The shooting involved Mrs Wilma Neider and her son David Rich, with Rich charged in the related killings. A shotgun lay beside the bodies as investigators traced a path from a nearby farm road to the crime scene.
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Tex
Cecil
Wilma Neider
Territorial
Paul Rich
Meyer
David
National Congress
Charles
Rich
Rich’s
Santas
Fire Traps Jet Pilot in Attempted Takeoff
An Air Force captain, James O Bailey, age 34 from Fort Worth Texas based at Barksdale AFB Louisiana, was trapped when a fire erupted around the jet during takeoff at El Paso International Airport. The craft refueled and then exploded ripping the nose as it rolled about 200 yards beyond the runway before stopping.
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Air Force
TSS
el Paso
James O. Bailey
Fort Worth
Tex
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
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