Oil price probe welcomed by Senators amid grand jury action
Senators O Mahoney and Magnuson welcomed a Justice Department grand jury investigation into oil and gasoline price increases. The probe targets possible industry actions related to the Europe oil program and domestic price fixes as officials report current shipments to Europe.
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O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Magnuson
D-Wash
Justice Department
Senate
Alexandria
Antitrust Division
Albert V. Bryan
Bryan
Potomac River
Victor R. Hansen
Europe
Interior Department
U. S
Humorous courtroom exchange with farmer wit
The lawyer jeered the witness about distance at the scene. The farmer deadpaned that when he wakes each morning he can see the sun about 93,000,000 miles away.
Saud Leaves Washington After Pledge of U S Aid Pact
King Saud departed Washington in Eisenhower's plane amid rain after a state visit marked by a five year renewal of the Dhahran Air Field pact and a promise of U S military and economic aid to develop Saudi forces and infrastructure. Vice President Nixon attended farewell ceremonies at National Airport.
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King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Eisenhower
Nixon
Goodby
Ington National
Saud
Azores
Spain
U. S
Dhahran
Russia
United States
U. N
Mideast
Fisenhower
Dammam
Arabian American Oil Co
Armaco
Mediterranean Sea
Ibn Saud
Communiqae
Shattered Gas Main Found In Reno Blast
A shattered gas main was found under Sierra Street after a Tuesday blast that leveled a city block. Two people were killed and 40 injured. Investigators planned further work to determine if the main broke before or during the explosion. Reno traffic resumed on Virginia Street after barricades were set.
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Reno W
Sierra St
British Recover Slowly From Bill Haley Visit
London reports show Britain slowly recovering from Bill Haley and his rock n roll rhythm after chaotic Waterloo arrivals. Haley notes the brief 30 and 40 minute concert sets as crowds press toward the stage, while critics compare the show to Beethoven and Orff. No riots occurred at the concerts.
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Bill Haley
London
Britain
Haley
Waterloo
Leslie Grade
Jnot
London Times
Carl Orff
Beethoven
Orff
Waterloo Station
Eisenhower visits Thomasville for quail hunt or golf
President Eisenhower arrives in Thom asville with Mrs Eisenhower and party for a February stay at Humphrey's plantation. The group scopes Glen Arven Golf Course while quail fields are dry and dusty. Weather up to 85 degrees, plan includes possible quail hunt if light permits.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Glen Arven
Hummphrey
Eisenhowers
John S. Doud
Denver
Howard M. Snyder
White House
George E. Allen
Gettysburg
John Hay
Jock) Whitney
New York
Rumor of Royal Rift Quietly Denied in London
London papers reported no discussion of a supposed quarrel between Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip after a Baltimore Sun story claimed a rift. Palace press secretary Cmdr Richard Colville said the rumors are untrue as the Duke of Edinburgh completes a world voyage aboard Britannia and the couple plan a Lisbon reunion for an official Portugal visit.
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United States
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Buckingham Palace
Baltimore Sun
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Richard Colville
Palace
Duke of Edinburgh
Britannia
Lisbon
Portugal
Teen Killed in U S 40 Collision Near Springfield
Thom as Cottingham aged 16 of Four Town was killed Friday night when the car he rode in collided with another vehicle a few miles west of Springfield on U S 40, state patrol reports.
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Springfield
Ohio
Thomas Cottingham
Rt. 1
Fourtown
U. S. 40
State Highway Patrol
Currencies Fall Amid Suez Crisis Hit on Zurich Market
Swiss money market records sharp declines in the ruble and Hungarian forints driven by the Suez and Hungarian crises. Egyptian pound value also slips about 20 percent while the franc and pound show varied movements. Swiss trade with Egypt remains settled in Egyptian pounds.
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Switzerland
Russia
Hungary
Egypt
Zurich Financial Exchange
Europe
U. S
U.S
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Suez Canal
Don’t Race Russians Saltonstall Pleads
U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall told a Cincinnati audience that America should not engage in a numbers race with Russia in armaments. The Massachusetts Republican urged maintaining strong national defense to deter any attack through assured retaliation.
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U.S
Leverett Saltonstall
America
Russia
University of Cincinnati
Massachusetts
U S Hopeful Nasser To Ease Border Woes
The Eisenhower administration hopes Israel will withdraw troops from Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba to avert sanctions and a UN showdown. President Eisenhower and U S officials pressed Israel for unconditional withdrawal while Egypt and UN plans shape a possible temporary U N presence.
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Nasser
Eisenhower
David Ben-Gurion J
Jerusalem
Ben-Gurrion
Egypt
Foreign Ministry
Ben- Gurion
Israel
U.N
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza
Aqaba
United States
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
A’l
U. N
Rising Prices Blamed For Lag In Employment
Washington senators say rising prices curb buyer demand contributing to January employment drop the largest in eight years. Secretary Weeks and Secretary Mitchell report 1,660,000 jobs lost in January with unemployment rising to 2,940,000 as post holiday cutbacks and outdoor work decline.
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Washington
Bennet
Utah
Byrd
D-Va
Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Bennett
The
National Assn
Manufac
Nation's first atomic furnace will produce power today
Chicago reporter Robert Goldenstein describes the start of the Experimental Boiling Water Reactor at Argonne National Laboratory. The 5 000 kilowatt reactor begins a year long trial to test feasible, safe nuclear power generation using low enrichment uranium. The facility sits on a 3 700 acre Argonne reserve in Lemont Illinois with plans for a Dresden Illinois 180 000 kilowatt reactor.
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Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lemont
Commonwealth Edison Co
Argonne
Dresden
Ill
Arco
Idaho
Cop Slaver Suspect Held In Alabama
Cincinnati police pursue extradition of Lemuel Sam Trotter for the 1955 homicide of detective Walter Hart during a Cincinnati holdup. Trotter was captured in Selma Alabama under a false name and faces charges tied to the Grey Eagle Case. Robert Jackson and Willie Barnett are also linked. Jackson awaits Ohio Penitentiary execution and Barnett is at Lima State Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Alabama
Lemuel
Sam Trotter
Hamilton County
William ‘O'Neill
Charles Martin
Selma
Ala
Trotter
Martin
Walter Hart
Weather Washes Across the United States
A broad band of wet weather spread across much of the nation with mild mid winter temperatures. Rain and drizzle affected southern Minnesota to northern Missouri and the southern Great Lakes to the Middle Atlantic coast, with Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin recording the heaviest rain. Snow fell 1 to 2 inches from North Dakota to northern Minnesota.
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Missouri
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Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
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Indiana
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Oft-Wed Cincinnatian Gets Fifth Divorce
A 65 year old Loveland Ohio man with transatlantic ties has divorced his fifth wife. Le Cameron Trent of Dundee Scotland a wartime pilot faced charges of gross neglect of duty. He wed Bella Millers on September 24 1955 after meeting her during a Scotland tour.
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Loveland
Ohio
le Cameron Trent
Bella Millers
Trent
Dundee
Scotland
Arabs Seek Punishment of Israel at United Nations
United States quietly surveys Egyptian reaction to a conciliatory Nasser statement to urge Israel to withdraw from Gaza and Sharm el Sheikh. Egypt opinion, Arab delegates push for penalties on Israel while Washington weighs diplomatic steps to ease withdrawal standoff.
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United States
Nasser
Egypt
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
U.S
Lodge
Israel
Sharm el Sheikh
Gaza Strip
West
Walter Eyton
Foreign Ministry
Tel Aviv
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Mediterranean
Palestine
Cases In Wrong Court Say Federal Judge In Cleveland
Federal Judge Paul Jones says about 75 percent of pending U S district court cases in Cleveland should be heard in state courts. He notes that in many hearings the court functions as a state court, applying state law when no federal issue is raised.
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Clevland
U.S. District Court
Paul Jones
Reunited Parents Claim Lost Oklahoma Child
In Hobart Oklahoma Grace Reynolds a 36 year old Barstow California dress shop owner reunites with Mr and Mrs L F Edens claiming to be their long missing daughter Mary Elizabeth Edens. Blood tests and a scar match support the reunion after years of searching dating from Christmas Eve 1924 Babbs Switch fire tragedy.
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Okla
Oklahoma
Grace Reynolds
Barstow
Calif
L. F Edens
Babbs Switch
Edens
Associated Press
San Bernadino
Elmont Place
Reynolds
Place
Lions Club
Wayne Fite
Wilburn Henderson
Oklahoma City
Betty Reynods
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