Apalachin delegates convicted in underworld conspiracy
Twenty Apalachin delegates were convicted of conspiring to hide the true purpose of their crime conference two years ago. The verdict may threaten syndicated crime, with sentences up to five years and fines to ten thousand dollars per defendant. The jurors deliberated for 54 days before reaching the verdict in the New York conspiracy trial.
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New York
Justice Department
Upstate
Joseph Barbara Sr
Federal
Irvin R. Kaufman
Barbara
Apalachin
Capone's Killers Suspected in Touhy Slaying in Chicago
In Chicago, Roger Touhy was killed and Walter Miller wounded on the steps of Touhy's sister’s home as the syndicate—long blamed for gangster violence—was suspected. Investigators pressed the inquest while veterans recalled a long gang war with Capone’s remnants lingering as possible motives.
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Chicago
Crime Syndicate
Roger Touhy
Genevieve Miller
Walter
Touhy
Miller
al Capone
Capone
Virgil Peterson
FBI
Cuba Sentences American to Jail
An ailing American businessman, John V. Martino, 49, of Miami Beach and New York, was sentenced by a Castro military court to 13 years in prison on charges of aiding anti Castro groups. James Buchanan of the Miami Herald is accused of involvement. The case links Cuban dissidents with Florida operatives and cites the White Rose Society.
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Havana
Cuba
Florida
Fidel Castro
Miami
John’ V. Martino
Miami Beach
Fla
New York
James Buchanan
Miami Herald
Martino
White Rose Society
United States
Two Shot In Cuba Executions at Tias Rivera Camp
Ex-Cpl Luis Lara Crespo aged 21 and ex-Sgt Jose Morifs Reyes aged 34 were executed by firing squad at a Cuba army range after being sentenced last Monday for promoting an uprising from eastern mountains. Lara Crespo had earlier been condemned as a war criminal, escaped, then recaptured.
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Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Luis Lara Crespo
Jose Morifs Reyes
Tias Rivera
Fidel Castro
Lara
Likely successor named for Alberta lieutenant governor post
Speculation centered on retired Edmonton teacher J. Percy Page as the probable appointee to replace J. D. Bowlen who died at 83 after a decade in office. Page, 72, former Edmonton MLA and Conservative house leader, also built a notable record coaching the Edmonton Commercial Grads girls basketball team for 17 years.
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Edmonton
J. Percy Page
J. d. Bowlen
Page
Edmonton Commercial Grads
Eisenhower Urges De Gaulle to Back Allied Defense Integration
Paris AP reports President Eisenhower pressed Charles de Gaulle to concede on integrating France's forces with Western allies. The private talk followed a two-hour, twelve-minute four-power session with Macmillan and Adenauer as NATO and East West summit plans dominated discussions.
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Paris
Eisenhower
de Gaulle
France
Christian Herter
NATO
United States
Macmillan
Adenauer
White House
James Hagerty
Reuters
Khrushchev
Hagerty
United Nations
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Algeria
Elysee Palace
Yest
O Connor Remanded On Attempted Murder Charge
Daniel William O Connor, once on the RCMP most wanted list, was remanded without plea to December 24 on a charge of attempting to murder an RCMP officer. He arrived at Burnaby court from Vancouver airport after a Seattle flight and will be held without bail at Oakalla.
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Vancouver
Daniel William O’connor
RCMP
O'Connor
Burnaby
Seattle
Wash
Oakalla Sz
O’connor
Federal Justice Department
B.C
Rcmp Ol
W. F. Hare
Keremeos
B. C
Executions Denied by Hungarian Counselor in London
Dr Laszlo Bati of the Hungarian legation in London denied reports that young people were executed for their roles in the 1956 revolt. He said stories originated with emigre groups and fascist supporters, were picked up by Swiss newspapers and then the British press, and noted Selwyn Lloyd said the reports were unconfirmed.
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London
Reuters
Laszlo Bati
Legation
Hungary
Bati
World Association For Parliamentary
Germany
Selwyn Lloyd
Funeral for Alberta Lieutenant Governor Bowlen Draws Thousands
A state funeral for Lieutenant-Governor John James Bowlen of Alberta drew thousands along Jasper Avenue Edmonton to St. Joachim's Cemetery. Bowlen, 83, who served a decade as lieutenant governor, was remembered in a Requiem Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral with RCMP and armed forces pallbearers, followed by a solemn procession to the graveyard in 24 degree weather.
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Edmonton
John James Bowlen
Alberta
Jasper Avenue
St. Joachim’s
Bowen
J. H. Macdonald
St. Joseph’s
F. P. Carroll
Calgary
J. M. Malone
Armed Forces Guard of Honor
Mr. Bowlen
Bowlen
RCMP
Lundy Island Faces Fight Over Incorporation and Taxes
The Devon county council weighs making Lundy an administrative part of Devon to curb crime and enforce laws. Islanders led by Stanly Smith oppose annexation, warning it would end their centuries old tax free, lawless lifestyle. Albion Harmon supports staying autonomous and self governed. The island once resisted taxation in 1953 after a prior incorporation attempt.
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Lundy
Reuters
Devon County Council
Dom
Devon
Devon Courts
Bar of Justice
Stanley Smith
Smith
Council
Smith and the
Lundyites
Albion Har
England
Britain
Missing crash victims in remote Ontario search
In pre dawn the search for two missing crash victims continues as RCAF Dakota aircraft scout dense muskeg and brush in northern Ontario after a mid air collision of a B 47 bomber and F 102 jet. A helicopter will transport the investigation team and surgeon.
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Montreal
Ontario
United States Air Force
Sault Ste. Marie
Roy Minor
Theodore C. Adams
Capt. Minor
RCAF
Lieut. Adams
Khrushchev Urges Universal Disarmament Push
Moscow reports Premier Khrushchev renews call for total and universal disarmament in a letter to West German Chancellor Adenauer on the opening day of a Western summit. He urges West Germany to renounce nuclear arms and back a peace treaty with the Soviet Union, linking leverage to UN controlled disarmament.
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Konrad Adenauer
Khrushchev
United Nations
Adenauer
Paris
Federal Republic of
Germany
West
Soviet Union
Dooley Says Cancer Not Spreading After 18 Months Hope
Dr. Tom Dooley, 32, diagnosed with chest cancer, tells reporters at London airport he has 18 months to live but recent surgery shows no spread. He plans to return to Laos to continue aiding jungle hospitals and notes he has raised about $400,000 for the cause.
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London
Tom Dooley
Dooley
New York
Laos
Indochina
United States
Chou En-lai proposes Asian summit with Nehru on border dispute
Premier Chou En-lai suggested a summit with Indian Prime Minister Nehru in a letter to discuss the border clashes. He proposed meeting in China or Rangoon and urged both nations to halt frontier patrols. Chou disputed India’s claim of mistreatment of 10 Indian prisoners. Ten Indians were killed in October clashes in Ladakh.
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Peking
Reuters
Chou En-lai
Nehru
India
Chou
China
Rangoon
Burma
Ladakh
Kashmir
Longju_on
Tibet
Northeast Frontier Agency
Macmillan and Gaitskell See Souring Ties
Two Liberal papers report Prime Minister Macmillan and Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell deeply dislike each other. They cite a public clash in the Commons over a commission on the Central African Federation and suggest private talks are strained as Parliament faces its duties. The Guardian says the feud is the sharpest since Lloyd George and Chamberlain.
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London
Reuters
Macmillan
Hugh Gaitskell
House of Commons
Central African Federation
Nyasaland
Rhodesia
Guardian of Manchester
Lloyd George
Neville Chamberlain
Gaitskell
Roy Welensky
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Don Breackwell
Saskatoon
Charles Moore
Dublin
Ireland
Bernie Eberley
St. Boniface
Harold Pretty
Sydney
N.S
Bryan Hawkes
Hamil
Ton
George Down
Kamloops
William Rutherford
Eng
Alan Harvey
St. Catharines
Ont
al Minshull
Pat Barrett
Toronto
Arnold Dove
Welland
Denny Carroll
Regina
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Diefenbaker
Ike
Little Cloud
Moscow
Southeast Asia
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Ils
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