Hoffa Faces Quizzing On Corruption
Senate inquiry into Teamsters President Hoffa and underworld links expands. McClellan says evidence will require explanations as Hoffa to be questioned Tuesday. Hearings will probe Detroit laundry rackets and activities across multiple states with witnesses including Harold Gibbons and Owen Brennan.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
McClellan
Detroit
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Nevada
Minnesota
Nebraska
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Florida
Pennsylvania
New York
Missouri
Harold Gibbons
St. Louis
Hoffa
Owen B. Brennan
Dave Beck
Teamsters Union
Czechs Force Landing of Sabena Plane Over Weather
A Sabena World Airlines flight carrying 19 passengers was forced to land by Czech fighter planes at Budweis near Linz after deviating from its route due to bad weather over Austria. The aircraft was allowed to resume its flight about four hours later.
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Brussels
Belgium
Sabena World Airlines
Czechoslovakia
Athens
Frankfurt
Germany
Austria
Czech
Budweis
Linz
New Network Television Show Debuts With Fresh Name
A new network television show premieres under a newly chosen title. Producers announce the program aims to blend comedy and variety, drawing on familiar faces and new talent.
Atlas launches first successful space test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P The fully powered Atlas inter continental ballistic missile thunders aloft on a successful first space test. The 85 foot, 100 ton rocket lifted at 5 16 p m EST with twin boosters and a sustainer engine reaching 15 000 mph over about 2 500 miles. Officials called the test normal and a milestone for U S ICBM prestige.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space
Free World
U.S
Gee
Rainfall Story Highlights Middletown July Deluge
A July rainfall exceeding 12 inches in Middletown transforms daily life with widespread impact. The issue dedicates Page 23 to the full Middletown area picture, noting how nearly every facet of life has been touched by the heavy rains.
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Middletown
Rebel Leader Pleased After Talks With Lebanon President
Rebel chief Saeb Salam met President-elect Fuad Shehab and expressed high satisfaction after a 90 minute discussion. U S ambassador McClintock hinted the Lebanon crisis could be ending as American troops faced a fatal shooting near a rebel stronghold.
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Faed Shehab
Beirut
Defense Ministry
Lebanon
Shehab
Camille Chamoun
Saeb Salam
Wilton Wynn
Fuad Shehab
Basra
Eisenhower Signs Bill for Labor and Welfare Funding
President Eisenhower signed a bill providing 3.1426 billion dollars for the Labor and Welfare Departments in the coming fiscal year, with funds also for related agencies. The approved amount exceeds the president’s request by about 169 million dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Labor and Welfare Departments
Munition Dump Blast Near Rio Sanctioned Safe After Fire
A vast army munitions dump exploded near Rio de Janeiro causing a major evacuation of about 30 000 residents. Firefighters and soldiers battled a day long blaze and multiple blasts but the army said there were no deaths and only minor injuries. Initial panic reports estimated thousands dead but later officials lowered the death toll to under 50.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Heroin Seized In Cincinnati Drug Raid
Police seized heroin and marijuana valued at 13000 in a fashionable Cincinnati home raid. Occupant Robert L. McCray, 32, was arrested but charges not filed yet. It followed another narcotics arrest 24 hours earlier as Herbert Lockhart, 38, was charged after swallowing heroin. investigators recovered some from a cupboard.
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Cincinnati
Robert L. McCray
Herbert Lockhart
Janey
San Quentin Robbery Ties Canteen Safe to 116 Watches
An unethical thief broke into the San Quentin prison canteen by jimming the barred window and forcing a safe door, making off with 116 wrist watches valued at 1276 dollars. The theft occurred Friday between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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San Quentin
Calif
Six Drug Firms Charged With Wonder Drug Price Fixing
The Federal Trade Commission charged six major drug companies with fixing prices on antibiotics like tetracycline. Firms named include Pfizer American Cyanamid Bristol-Myers Olin Mathieson Bristol Laboratories and Upjohn. The case seeks cease and desist orders and could lower medical bills for millions.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Chas. Pfizer & Co
American Cyanamid Co
Bristol-Myers Co
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
New York City
Bristol Laboratories, Inc
Syracuse
N.Y
Upjohn Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Commission
Congress
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate Commerce Committee
Dulles Heads to Brazil in Latin America Reappraisal
Secretary of State Dulles departs for Brazil on a three day tour as part of a U S reassessment of Latin American relations. Earlier missions by Nixon and Dr Milton Eisenhower preceded this trip. Talks with President Kubitschek may set up a Western Hemisphere foreign ministers conference to restore hemispheric solidarity amid recent unrest in Peru and Venezuela.
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Washington
Dulles
Brazil
U.S
Latin America
Nixon
Milton S. Eisenhower
Peru
Venezuela
Juscelino Kubitschek
Kubitschek
Film Industry Inventor Albert E. Smith Dies
Albert E. Smith age 83 died at his Hollywood home Friday night. He co created Vitagraph one of the first successful motion picture projectors after observing Edison’s moving picture exhibit in 1896. Smith and J Stuart Blackton later toured theatres with a magic act before pioneering modern projection.
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Hollywood
Albert E. Smith
Smith
J. Stuart Blackton
Blackton
Thomas A. Edison
Eisenhower to Propose Concrete Mideast Peace Plans at U N
An unnamed U S official says President Eisenhower will submit concrete proposals for peace in the Middle East at a U N summit. Plans may include a U N military force to stabilize Lebanon and Jordan and monitoring of inflammatory broadcasts. The approach stresses political stability first, then regional economic improvements.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
U. N
United Nations Security Council
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
State Dulles
Geneva
New York
Congress
Washington
Khrushchev
U.N
Mideast
Eisennhower
Dulles
Lebanon
Jordan
Thne
Big heroin seizure in Dayton rooming house raid
Police in Dayton Ohio arrested four people after a raid on a rooming house uncovered about $10 000 worth of heroin. Detectives Granish Beatle and Reay seized three men from Chicago Samuel Gordon 52 Henry Solomon Jones 21 and James Lewis Reynold s 33 along with Marjorie Ann Sewell 30. About five ounces of narcotics were found with 100 capsules sold at four dollars each retail. Authorities plan to consult the prosecutor on charges.
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Dayton
Ohio
Richard C. Grandish
R. J. Beatle
J. B. Reay
Samuel Gordon
Henry Solomon Jones
James Lewis Reynolds
Chicago
Marjorie Ann Sewell
Mideast Talks Could Hasten Top-Level UN Meeting
United Nations diplomats hopeful for an informal two week timetable toward a high level Middle East summit. Delegates expect a Thursday vote on time and place while Dag Hammarskjold continues private consultations with council members. Britain Canada and the United States pushed for an August 12 meeting with heads of government possible around August 18.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Federation of Jordan Iraq Ends in Amman Announcement
Jordan declares the Arab Federation with Iraq dissolved after the July 14 coup that killed King Faisal and injured King Hussein. Iraq had denounced the federation formed Feb 14 to counter UAR and Egypt. Jordan seizes federation assets and banks in Jordan and notes loss of legal authority to confront Baghdad.
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Amman
Jordan
Arab Federation
Iraq
Faisal
Hussein
Republic of
United Arab Republic
Syria
Egypt
Baghdad
United States Recognizes Iraqi Government After Coup
The United States announced recognition of Iraq's revolutionary government after the July coup, citing adherence to the United Nations Charter and obligations including the Baghdad Pact. Officials suggested prospects for an Iraq neutral stance vs the Soviet West bloc and noted Iraqi leaders favor friendly Western ties with oil exports sustaining European markets.
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Washington
United States
Iraq
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
U.N. Security Council
State Department
Waldemar J. Gallman
Baghdad
Dep
Robert Murphy
Lebanon
Here
Cairo
U.S
Gallman
Republic of Iraq
Friisenhower
Faisal
Cops Suspended in Philadelphia for Safe-Driving Violations
Thirty five patrolmen sergeants and detectives were suspended by Police Commissioner Thomas J. Gibbons for violating departmental safe-driving regulations. The suspensions followed action taken Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Thomas J. Gibbons
New Mexico Lawmaker Proposes West Texas Secession Plan
State Rep. Fred Cole of Eddy proposes that eight West Texas counties join New Mexico by extending its eastern boundary to the Rio Grande. The plan would add about 300 000 residents and 300 000 square miles, placing New Mexico ahead of several states in size. Cole cites potential benefits for Texans joining New Mexico, including tax reductions and other leveraged policies.
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N. M
New Mexico
West Texas
Lone Star
Fred Cole
Texas
Cole
el Paso
Hudspeth
Culbertson
Loving
Reeves
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Brewster
Rio Grande
California
Montana
Alaska
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