Hiss calls Pumpkin Papers useless for espionage
New York AP Hiss labeled the Pumpkin Papers presented in the 1950s espionage case as duds after reviewing three microfilm rolls, two of which contained only Navy documents and inventory data. The FBI released the rolls under a Freedom of Information Act suit, and Hiss and historians examined them with reporters.
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New York
Hiss
Richard M. Nixon
State Department
FBI
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Nixon
California
Lrst
House UN- American Activities Committee
Moscow
Sugar firms fined for price fixing in federal case
Five of six sugar companies pleaded no contest and were fined a total of 300000 in federal court. Holly Sugar Corp., Great Western Sugar Co., American Crystal Sugar Co., Amalgamated Sugar Co., and Consolidated Foods were fined 100000, 50000 each. California & Hawaiian Sugar Co. awaits an August 15 trial date.
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San Francisco
California & Hawaiian Sugar Co
U.S. District Court
Robert Schnacke
Holly Sugar Corp
Colorado Springs
Colo
Great Western Sugar Co
Denver
American Crystal Sugar Co
Amalgamated Sugar Co
Ogden
Utah
Consolidated Foods
Chicago
Amalgamated
American, Crystal
C&h Sugar
Great Western
Holly
Chicago-West
C&h
California- Arizona
Foreign direct investment by U S firms tied to global totals
American firms direct investment abroad is about 120 billion dollars, roughly six times the 20 billion dollars foreign investors have placed in the United States. The comparison highlights the scale of cross border private capital flows and the role of foreign capital in U S markets.
Dr Van M Sim Removed From Army Medical Research Role
Dr Van M Sim, longtime head of Edgewood Arsenal medical testing programs, is reassigned as special adviser to the technical director. He begins annual leave and will not return until mid September as the Army probes possible adverse information from CBS reports about past drug use and falsified reports.
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Ago
Army
Sim
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Edgewood
CBS News
Olympia
Wash
Astronauts Begin Light Exercise After Medical Checkup
Three Apollo astronauts Thomas P. Stafford Donald K Slayton and Vance D Brand are in good health and ready to jog and perform light exercises. They left Tripler Army Hospital for a 10 day semi isolation on a Marine base after lung irritation from poison rocket gas during the Apollo Soyuz descent. Doctors report no lingering symptoms and say seclusion helps prevent infection until lungs are normal. Families accompany them as debriefing and exams continue and officials anticipate island sightseeing this weekend.
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Honolulu
Apollo
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Vance D. Brand
Tripler Army Hospital
Marine Corps
Pacific Ocean
Space Agency
Camden door to door drive funds new doctor opening costs
A door to door campaign in Camden and Somers Township seeks $12,000 to cover expenses for the new physician Dr. James W. Thomson. His family practice and obstetrics office opens this week at 194 W Central Ave. The partnership with the business men’s committee aims to keep him in practice at least six years, with pledges already made by local businesses and organizations.
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Camden
Somers Township
James W. Thomson
Central Ave
Senate revives partial strip mining bill for federally owned coal
The Senate voted 84 to 12 to send to the House a narrowed strip mining bill aimed at curbing mining on federally owned coal in the West. It lacks the 35 cent per ton reclamation tax and awaits House action not before September, with opposition to partial coverage from some leaders.
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Washington
Senate
Ford
House
Lager Dominates U.S. Beer Brewing
More than 90 percent of beer brewed in the United States is lager made from barley and cereals such as rye and corn.
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United States
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