Miami TV Loans Probe Ties to FCC Channel 10 Case
Rep. Harris says the FBI probe will summon Richard A. Mack to testify about alleged loans totaling several thousand dollars from Thurman A. Whiteside linked to Public Service Television Inc. in Miami Channel 10 license controversy. Whiteside denies wrongdoing and cites a long friendship with Mack.
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Washington
Harris
D-Ark
FBI
Richard A. Mack
Miami
Mack
Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz
FCC
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Thurman A. Whiteside
Whiteside
Florida
Public Service Television, Inc
TV Channel 10
Public Service
National Airlines
Channel 10
Robert H. Anderson
Anderson
Lone
Possible Snow Flurries Weekend Weather Outlook
A frigid weekend forecast with no strong warmup. Cloudy skies today with light snow possible and a high near 30. Tonight will be increasingly cloudy with light snow and a low around 20. Saturday stays mostly cloudy and cold with snow flurries. Sunday partly cloudy and continued cold. Middletown’s high yesterday reached 25 at 5 pm and the low 11 above at 7 am.
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Middletown
Churchill Visit Set for April To Meet Eisenhower
Sir Winston Churchill will likely visit the United States in the second half of April. He and Lady Churchill have been invited by President Eisenhower, according to members of his entourage.
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Nice
France
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
Eisenhower
Fire Destroys Ohio Riverfront Building In Cincinnati
A block long warehouse housing Acme Paper Co Anchor Paper Co and Queen City Industries burned from 10:35 p.m. to early morning. Firemen battled flames as ice formed from water, with two, three and four story sections collapsing. Investigators sought the blaze origin while three Cincinnati fires in a month warned by alarms.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Front
Mabahli Alien Aude
Cslaviisiments
Acme Paper Co
Anchor Paper Co
Queen City Industries
Froges
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Thief Doomed To Failure
An amateur extortionist left two notes on doors in a Detroit apartment building demanding money and warning of exposing alleged affairs. Police noted one tenant is an unmarried woman and the other a bachelor, undermining the scheme and revealing careless planning.
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Detroit
Chou En Lai Tours Korea with Chen Yi in Pyongyang
Premier Chou En Lai of Red China and newly appointed foreign minister Chen Yi arrived in Pyongyang for a goodwill visit to North Korea.
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Tokyo
Chou En-Lai
Red China
Chen Yi
Pyongyang
North Korea
Mountain Rescue Ends in Boy's Death on California Cliff
In San Bernardino California 13 year old Donald Burns died after a fall on Mt San Gorgonio while a hiking party attempted rescue. Rescuers lacked rope and footing with a 700 foot waterfall complicating access despite efforts by sheriff deputies Norton Air Force Base personnel and a Sierra Madre team aided by a helicopter ultimately unable to reach the ledge.
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Donald Burns
Colton
Mt. San Gorgonio
Donald
John Mathews
Sierra Madre
O. T. Burns
Frank Bland
San Bernardino County
Norton Air Force Base
Warehouse Gutted By Flash Fire
A spectacular blaze fueled by gasoline and chemical drums destroyed a one story brick and concrete warehouse in Erie Pennsylvania. The owner estimates damage at eight million dollars as all fire equipment responded to the fire that consumed a block from midtown.
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Erie
Inferno Devastates Warehouse as Fire Rages in Erie
Firefighters battled a brutal blaze at the M. V. Irwin Co. warehouse where flames rose over 100 feet. Two firefighters were injured and a large stock of goods valued at about seven million dollars was destroyed. Officials estimated total damage near two million for property.
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Erie Veterans Hospital
John North
Millard Irwin
M. V. Irwin Co
Irwin
Navy approves three atomic submarines for Polaris missiles
The Navy awarded contracts for three atomic powered submarines to fire Polaris missiles. Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut will build two with Mare Island California constructing the third. First deliveries are due in 1960 as ballistic missiles reach production. Estimated costs range from 85 to 110 million dollars per submarine with a 296 million dollar supplemental appropriation to start the program. The Navy plans to expand to nine craft and selected the two yards for earliest completion.
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Washington
Navy
Electric Boat Division
Groton
Congress
Trouble Continues as New York City Schools See Violence
Public schools in New York face ongoing violence amid suspensions and a push to reopen four new special schools within a month. An intruder raid at Macombs Junior High saw seven students robbed. officials describe the incident amid broader debates over race and crime in the city’s 900 buildings. NAACP condemns the grand jury probe as racial hostility grows.
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Macombs
Bronx
Harry Flaum
iPlan
Robert F. Wagner
Averell Harriman
New York
Brooklyn
James L. Sullivan
U.S. Senate
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Grand Jury
NAACP
Tunisia Crisis Deepens As U.S. Seeks Mediation
Washington officials warned of a risk of clashes between French and Tunisian forces in Tunisia and in the United Nations. The Bourguiba government demands French withdrawal while Paris seeks direct talks, with the United States ready to mediate though no request has been made.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
France
Tunisia
United Nations
United States
U.N. Security Council
Paris
Tunis
Tunnisia
Habib Bourguiba
Bizerte
Herve Alphand
Altthough Bourguiba
Felix Gaillard
French Air Attack on Sakiet Sidi Youssef Causing Heavy Losses
An official report to the State Department states that French aircraft from Algeria bombed Sakiet Sidi Youssef on Saturday, causing 68 deaths and more than 100 injuries or missing.
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Algerica
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
State Department
Road Land Will Bring Fair Price for Freeways
Ohio Department of Highways says land sales for the Cincinnati to Cleveland Oh 1 freeway are based on fair prices. Recent deals include 54.33 acres in Wayne County at average around 160 to 240 per acre plus 70 000 in damages and a total land value near 662 000 before adjustments. If talks fail, condemnation with a jury may set prices.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Highways
Department
Cincinnati To Conneaut
Ohio 1
Wayne County
Ohio
Charles B. Bolton
Cleveland Real Estate
Cleveland Trust Co
James L. Stegmeier
Bolton
Bolton Farm
Stegmeier
Medina County
Charles M. Noble
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