FCC Probe Targets Mack Over Miami Channel 10 Case
House investigators plan to hear FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack defenses next week amid charges he accepted money from lawyer Thurman Whiteside connected to Public Service Television Inc.’s Channel 10 bid in Miami. Four Miamians linked to Mack were summoned to testify, including Whiteside, Judge Robert Anderson, Paul Scott, and Perrine Palmer, with Whiteside denying wrongdoing.
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Washington (Ap
Federal Communications Commission
Richard A. Mack
Mack
Harris
D-Ark
House
Channel 10
Miami
Fla
Bernard Schwartz
Subcommittee
Thurman A. Whiteside
Schwartz
Whiteside
Public Service Television Inc
FCC
Public Service
National Airlines
Robert Anderson
Paul Scott
Perrine Palmer
Fire kills two firefighters in Manhattan factory blaze
A five alarm fire at a paper and twine factory on 137 Wooster Street collapsed a six story loft building. Two firemen died Bernard Blumenthal and William G Schmitt with four others missing feared dead. Ten firemen injured. Seven workers escaped unharmed.
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New York
Wooster Street
Manhattan
Bernard Blumenthal
Brooklyn
William G. Schmitt
Staten Island
Schmitt
Blumenthal
Deacon’s Wire Tap of Minister Faces Punishment
Henry Buescher, a church deacon in Houston, was fined 250 dollars and given a six month suspended sentence for wire tapping. He admitted recording a conversation between Rev. O W Coburn and Mrs. Inez Caylor, saying the pastor was a bad influence on youth. The judge condemned the act as dirty and unjustified.
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Houston
Tex
U.S
Hannay
Baltimore Bank Holdup Suspect Nabbed After $35,000 Recovered
FBI agents recovered $35,000 from the Sparrows Point Provident Savings Bank holdup and arrested 22 year old Martin Joseph McNicholas, an Army deserter from Yonkers New York. McNicholas was charged with the actual robbery and held on $100,000 bail. Police and FBI tracked loot to a North Baltimore rooming house basement where $14,880 and a .38 snub were found.
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Baltimore
FBI
Sparrows Point
Provident Savings Bank
Martin Joseph McNicholas
MecNicholas
Yonkers
N.Y
Stassen Resigns Disarmament Post to Seek Pa Governor Race
Harold E. Stassen resigned today as President Eisenhower's disarmament adviser to run for governor of Pennsylvania. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said the move was Stassen's decision and he was not asked to resign.
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Thomasville
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Pennyslvania
James C. Hagerty
White House
Stassen
Missing Mom Dorothy Newsome Found and Arrested
Dorothy Newsome, 21, who vanished three weeks ago after leaving two young sons with a babysitter, was found in a North Side cafe by police and charged with contributing to neglect of minors. The boys, ages 14 months and 3 years, were placed in the county children's home. the father reported he did not know their whereabouts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dorothy Newsome
North Side
Franklin County
Lois Kapp
FBI arrests BGE draftsman in downtown Baltimore holdup case
About 14 hours after the holdup, FBI agents entered the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. office and arrested 25 year old Robert K. Pippin, a drafts man once from Easton Maryland, on charges of aiding and abetting in the holdup. He is held on $50,000 bail. The FBI did not specify his exact role.
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FBI
The
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
Robert K. Pippin
Pippin
Easton
Real Fatigue Tests Endurance of Airman in Space Barrel
Airman Donald G. Farrell nears the end of a seven day sealed cabin test at Randolph Air Force Base near San Antonio. Despite signs of real fatigue he remains alert, with scientists confident he will complete the experiment on schedule.
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San Antonio
Tex
Donald G. Farrell
Randolph Air Force Base
The
Bronx
Air Force
George R. Steinkamp
Randolph
Espac Medicine
Dis
Farrell
Steinkamp
US Jails Cuban Hero As Rebel Inmate Bond Details
Carlos Prio Socarras, exiled Cuban leader, remains in jail after posting a $3000 bond on an indictment for plotting against Batista. Co defendants Enrique Henriquez and Juan Orta cannot meet bail. Prio and Daniel Vasquez y Coejo choose detention until supporters post bonds, as the indictment ties Prio to aiding other Cubans in the anti-Batista movement.
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Miami
Fla
Carlos Piio Socarras
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Enrique Henriquez
Juan Orta
Prio
Daniel Vasquez Y Coejo
Piio
Snow Blankets Tennessee Arkansas And Mississippi
Snow covered highways across West Tennessee eastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi with up to eight inches forecast. Police reported 93-car crashes in Memphis eight hour period and seven hospital injuries as weather disrupted travel. Mardi Gras reels with parades postponed due to rain and cold as crews thaw pipes and respond to accidents.
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Memphis, Tenn
West Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Tennessee River
Memphis
New Orleans
Hermes
Babylon
Prio Led to Court as Cuban Exiles Protest
Prio and three companions walked five blocks from the Federal Building to Dade County's courthouse while a jostling Cuban escort sang the national anthem and chanted Viva Prio Viva Cuba. Jose Aleman led exiles to the Miami Herald to condemn the handcuffed march as an affront to Cubans.
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Prio
Dade Countty
Federal
Viva Prio
Cuba
Jose Aleman
Miami Stadium
Miami Herald
Quarrel Over Lost Hound Ends in Fatal Shooting
Athens Ohio AP a Columbus man Eugene Hayes 32 is shot three times with a .22 rifle after a dispute over a missing coon hound. George Gross 42 admits shooting Hayes claiming a mix of accident and self defense after an argument with Hayes sister Mrs James Congrove and her brother in law Sylvester Marshall on a township road near Athens.
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Athens
Ohio
Columbus
Harold Shields
Eugene Hayes
Shields
George Gross
Rt. 5
Hayes
Gross
James Congreve
Congrove
Here
Sylvester Marshall
Gavin cites DoD funding limits hampering Army mobility
Lieutenant General James Gavin, retiring as Army chief of research and development, told House investigators that money restrictions in late 1957 prevented the Army from awarding any research and development contracts to boost mobility. He said the curbs continued into the first half of fiscal 1958, delaying vital mobility projects amid missile and nuclear war concerns.
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Washington
James Gavin
Defense Department
Army
Gavin
House
Department of Defense
Pals Except For Parties
Rog er Furse and Russell Drake both nine are close friends but miss parties. Roger had his eighth birthday last year but Russell had measles the day before and could not attend. Russell held his ninth birthday party yesterday but Roger was ill with measles Thursday.
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Midvale
Utah
Roger Furse
Russell Drake
Roger
Russell
Families Should Have Three Children, Says Chuckle
A lighthearted quip suggests every family should have three children so if one is a genius there are two others to support them. The remark playfully echoes concerns about parental burden and societal expectations.
Mountain Snowslides Bury 4 Men
Three men trying to rescue a fourth entombed by a snowslide were buried by another slide and presumed dead in Ouray Colorado. Rescue teams faced freezing temperatures and unstable snow, rock, and timber as they worked sixty feet deep to reach victims. Sheriff Bud Slott said recovery would be impossible for any survivor.
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Ouray
Colo
Bud Slott
Ouray County
Four Ouray men die in canyon landslide trapping bulldozer rescue
Oscar Franz reports a second slide that engulfed a bulldozer where Ted Mason 42 Walt Smith 45 Danny Gerrell 27 and Mike Muransky 40 of Ouray stood. Mason first fell with initial slide as Jo Martinez witnessed the second collapse and cried for the men to run. The canyon was almost fully filled by debris.
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Oscar Franz
Ted Mason
Walt Smith
Danny Gerrell
Mike Muransky
Ouray
Mason
Muransky
Smith
Gerrell
Harry Peck
Camp Bird
Here
Peck
Jo Martinez
Martinez
Frigid Air Delivers Snow Across Montana Rockies
A mass of frigid air over the Continental Divide brought heavy snow to the northern Rockies. Miles City registered 15 below zero, Cut Bank 6 below, Great Falls zero, and Billings three above. Snow depths reached 11 inches in Billings and Great Falls, with Lookout Pass at 100 inches on the Montana Idaho border.
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Helena
Mont
Continental Divide
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Miles City
Cut Bank
Great Falls
Billings
Lookout Pass
Montana-Idaho
Tunisia Faces UN Hearings Over Sakiet Raid Conflict
Tunisia seeks a UN Security Council condemnation of France for the Sakiet Sidi Youssef air raid claiming 79 killed and 130 wounded, while France accuses Tunisian aid to Algerian rebels. Bourguiba imposes consulate restrictions and demands French troop withdrawal and the Bizerte base yield.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
U.N. Security Council
U. N
New York
The
Council
Paris
Algiers
Algeria
Bone
Bourguiba
Bizerte
Gafsa
Medjez
le Kef
Children Taken Away From Home
Three truant Amish school children two boys and a girl are to be taken from their homes to Wayne County Children's Home this afternoon. Emmanuel Miller 15 son of Mr and Mrs Andy S Miller of Maysville was taken to the home Friday. Parents of the other children say they were not notified in time to surrender them. The Slabaughs refused to turn their son Jacob over to Child Welfare Director Paul Kinney. Kinney will confer with Prosecutor James Leedy Monday about legal action. The Amish parochial school board told officials the parents will not compel attendance until age 16 as required by state law.
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Wooster
Ohio
Wayne County
Emmanuel Miller
Andy S. Miller
Maysville
Child Welfare Board
Emmanuel Slabaugh
Jacob
Paul Kinney
James Leedy
Slabaughs
Amish Parochial School Board
Burglary Case Ends With Cop Conspiracy Tie
In Stillwater Oklahoma Cushing detective George Bledsoe 33 admitted conspiring with thief Blackie Yost 56 to trap accomplice Ray Abbott 60 during a Christmas drugstore burglary Abbott and Yost had prior burglary records Bledsoe claimed he fired during the break in and planned to capture Abbott for 250 dollars The case cracked after a month long probe and no action was taken against Bledsoe yet by the City Council.
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Stillwater
Okla
Cushing
State Crime Bureau
O. K. Bivins
Oklahoma City
George Bledsoe
Blackie Yost
Dilton
Ray Abbott
Drumright
Lishment
Bledsoe
Yost
Payne County
Bivins
Abbott
Clyde Sapp
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Florida
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Atlanta
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Aleman
Marshall
C. R. Carlson
Clinton
Ill
Mickie Tharp
Habib Bourguiba
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Tulsa
Earl Bedde
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