Bahamas Invasion Quelled by British Forces
A fragmentary report details a British response to a Bahamas disturbance near Cay Sal Island. It mentions a four engined Heron aircraft and constables, with references to colonial figures Col B J and Colchester-Wemyss, amid vague claims of invaders and flags.
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Cay Sal
Bahamas
UPI
Chamas
Bahamas Isle
Col B. J
Caha
Colchester-Wemyss
Sion
Cuba
Nassau
Fulbright Sees Need for Tight Bank Laws
Senator Fulbright wrapped a 10 day hearing into the Orville Hodge embezzlement case with calls for revisions to federal bank laws. He noted that hearings showed flaws in the Fed FDIC statute and banking system and suggested extending federal insurance to state banks that attract deposits from public officials. The inquiry also examined bank political ties and campaign contributions amid Hodge’s theft case.
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Chicago
J. Wiliam Fulbright
Orville Hodge
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Witham G. Stratton
Hodge
Fulbright
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pills Could Control Sex of Babies
London scientist Dr K G McWhirter of Oxford’s Genetics Laboratory says sex of unborn offspring may be influenced by paternal blood alkali content. He notes non human studies and observed traits in athletes and high altitude animals suggesting acid base shifts affect male or female outcomes.
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London
Oxford
K. G. McWhirter
Genetics Laboratory
University Museum, Oxford
Nature Shout
McWhirter
New Sub Darter Commissioned at Groton Yard
The submarine Darter, claimed by builders as the “quietest of all,” was commissioned today by the Navy at Electric Boat Co. in Groton. The 280 foot craft, created by General Dynamics, runs on conventional diesel engines unlike the nuclear Nautilus and Sea Wolf, and its keel was laid 14 years earlier off Japan during World War II.
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Groton
Conn
Iney
UW. 5
Navs
Electric Boat Co
General Dynamics
Carp
Japan
Philippines Fetes Liberation of Leyte Anniversary
Manila celebrates the 12th anniversary of American World War II forces landing on Leyte island with President Magsaysay and cabinet in Tacloban. Ambassador Albert Nufer and Maj. Gen. John B. Ackerman represent the United States in ceremonies.
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Manila
Leyte Island
United States
Ramon Magsaysay
Tacloban
Albert Nufer
John B. Ackerman
13Th Air Force
Warship Heads to Stricken Philippine Vessel
The USS Benex pushed through typhoon conditions toward the freighter Lepus, a 1,666-ton Madrigal Shipping Co. ship from Manila, about 450 miles east northeast of Luzon. Lepus, with 26 crew and no passengers aboard, reported water entering a hatch as distress signals were sent.
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Manila
Ipi
Benex
Pacific
Philippinga
Lepis
Ping Co
Luzon Island
State Fund Tops Budget Forecast
State officials credited stronger business conditions for a sizable jump in general fund revenues for the July September quarter. Revenue exceeded estimates by 10,295,761 or 5 percent, with total receipts about 20,266,086 versus 219,970,625 budget. Sales tax led gains, followed by bank and corporate income tax and liquor excise tax.
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Sacranento
Ford
Joansts
John Pierce
U N to Begin Suez Conference Monday
Cairo officials say preliminary talks on the Suez Canal dispute will open in Geneva on Monday Oct 23 with Egypt likely represented by the same delegation led by Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi. In Paris a government spokesman called the meeting a possible trial balloon.
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Geneva
Mahmoud Fawzi
Egypt
U. N. Security Council
Paris
Selwyn Lloyd
Liverpool
Security Council
U. N
New York
Beer thief robs Boston hospital of cash and checks
A gunman dressed in a long coat and kerchief robbed the Boston Lying-in Hospital office of 52,708 in cash and over 40,000 in checks. He entered by rapping, forced a cashier and two women clerks to lie down, then concealed the money in a beer carton before fleeing through the first floor nursery.
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Boston
James Borland
Borland
Carol Forgrave
Helen Quirk
Soviet Premier Bulganin May Propose Test Ban
UBS observers said Bulganin sent a note to Eisenhower less than three weeks before election day. Stevenson backs a 4-point plan to halt H-bomb tests, while Eisenhower calls it weakening the peace. Embassy counselor Ledovski delivered the message, text to be translated for the President.
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UBS
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Democrate
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Bulganin
State Department
Adrei M. Ledovski
John Foster Dulles
Ledhovski
Dulles
Tokyo Bound With Treaty as Promised
Tokyo bound Hatoyama leaves Moscow carrying a declaration ending the 2 year state of war with the Soviet Union. The pact falls short of a full peace treaty as Moscowbooks limits including return of two tiny territories. Japan wins UN support for membership, release of nearly all Japanese POWs, and a long term fisheries accord.
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Moscow
Ichiro Hatoyama
Soviet Union
Stockholm
Tokyo
United States
Hatoyama
Nikolai Bulganin
Japan
Hussia
Tetum
United Nations
Navy Transport Blazing Trail Across Antarctic
A four engined C124 transport took off for McMurdo Sound on a trail blazing mission marking the U S Air Force first fight over the frozen continent. Captain Wallace Malone of McKinney Texas led a crew of 11 and 15 passengers with cargo and fresh produce for a Navy party spending the winter on the south polar land. Five more C124s were to follow at four hour intervals Sunday. The Antarctic phase began with all Navy planes flying to McMurdo. a P2V bomber earlier crashed on the ice, killing four and injuring four others. The current voyage includes two Navy corpsmen to assist the wounded and a party led by Comdr Paul W Frazier of Higginsville Missouri aiming to blaze a trail into Marie Byrd Land.
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Christchurch
N. Z. Tun
McMurdo Sound
U. S. Air Force
Antarctic
Wallace Malone
McKinney
Tex
South Polar
Americas
McMurdo
Navy
Paul W. Frazier
Higginsville
Marle Byrd Lend
Col Balchen to Quit Air Force after Antarctic flights
Col Bernt Balchen, famed Norwegian born aviator and first to fly over the South Pole, will retire from the U S Air Force at month end. He is 37, serving at Pepperell Air Force Base in Newfoundland, and led pilot duties for Admiral Byrd during 1928 to 1930 Antarctic expeditions, including the 1929 Byrd South Pole crossing.
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Washington
Bernt Balchen
U. S. Air Force
Balchen
Pepperell’ Air Force Base
Newfoundland
Richard 2. Byrd
Balthen
Byrd
McKeon Brig Stay Ends After Drowning Night Tragedy
Former S/Sgt Matthew C McKeon ends three month brig sentence for leading a night training exercise in which six recruits drowned at a marsh near Parris Island South Carolina He resumes service as a private and will be assigned to headquarters and service battalion as a chaplain's assistant before transfer to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing at Camp Lejeune Nov 15 The case drew attention to Ribbon Creek and Navy Secretary Thomas reduced the original bad conduct discharge and nine month prison term to three months with time off for good behavior
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Parris Island
8. C
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Chevy Point
N.C
Corps
Headquarters and Service Battalion
Thomas
Worcester
Mass
McKeom
Guurk
Orig
McKean
Ribbon Creek
Tax evader convicted in Powell aide case prompts reaction
Rep Powell rails at the trial as Roy Lennon, 53, is found guilty on four of six counts of evading 54 210 in income taxes from 1949 to 1954. Lennon faces up to 20 years and 40 000 dollars in fines at sentencing Monday. The Harlem congressman’s aide was accused of listing two fake sons as dependents. The judge and federal prosecutor declined comment.
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New York
Adamus Trayton Powell
T-Ny
Roy Lennon
Powell
Mark
Archie O Dawson
Dawson
Lennon
Harlem
Rubber Check Proves Costly at Municipal Court
A market liquor-store operator paid July state sales tax with a $290.83 check that bounced and was fined $200 in municipal Court. Judge Lamon B. Sutter noted other Goldstein checks returned marked insufficient funds over the past two years.
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Lamon B. Sutter
Miami
Harry T. Goldstein
Nice
AJ Rudolph
Goldstein
7Th St
Rudolph
Quest
State Board of Equalization
Strike at Budd Co Red Lion plant halts work for 3400
About 3400 workers at the Budd Co. Red Lion plant in Philadelphia walked out today after a 17 hour bargaining session between company representatives and Local 2 United Auto Workers. The union spokesman cited late production delays on the Plymouth automobile chassis line and Kreekend job as central to the dispute.
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Philadel Pimla U
Red Lion
Budd Co
United Auto Workers Union
Homdred
Kreekend
Plymouth
Greek orphan steers voyage home with Navy lieutenant
Houston and Athens story follows Lt Norman Donahoe who, under the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, brought Stephen Emil from Greece to join his family. Donahoe taught the child basic English words and expected him to become a Texan soon despite a rough journey and prior diaper shortages during a prior adoption of Roni Marie.
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Houston
Tex
Am—Navy
Norman
Moose) Donahoe
Donahoe
Stephen Emil
Athens
Greece
Stephen
Ronie Marie
Navy
Donshoe
Roni Marie
Three Earned Ears? Readers Doubtful in Los Angeles
A shop window sign reading Earrings at three fev dollar was removed in Los Angeles after a customer questioned whether there were any three eared women in town. The brief note captures a quirky moment reflecting local humor and a disputed claim.
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Los Angeles
3400 City Employees Receive Larger Checks
Extra money appeared in bi monthly city payrolls distributed Friday to nearly 3400 city employees. City Council approved July salary increases raised for first half of October. most workers saw about a five percent rise and over a quarter earned 19 percent. Some engineers missed raises granted last June. Total cost of raises estimated at 873 714 dollars for the remainder of the fiscal year ending next June 30.
Murderer Doomed Blind Girl Witness Taindon Delahunty
Thomas Delahunty, 26, a laborer, was sentenced to death for the murder of Margaret Daniels smothered with a pillow in her home. During the escape he collided with Catherine Birch, another blind witness who identified him by a few words as he fled.
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Taindon WE
Thomas Delahunty
Delahunty
Margaret Daniels
Catherine Birch
Miss Daniels
Bride Severs Leg After Wedding in Oklahoma City
Cherrie Lee Jay, 17, wed Army medical specialist Laroy Jaggs at Fort Jackson, unaware her right leg would be amputated near the hip after cancer was found. Surgeon Dr. C. R. Rountree removed the limb Friday, shielding against spread while relatives kept the marriage secret until after the ceremony.
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Oklahoma City
Cherrie Lee Jay
Laroy Jaggs
Fort Jackson
S. C
Cherrie
Jay
C. R. Rountree
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