Ride With Boss Costs Expert A 30 Day Job
Mrs Elinor K Wolf hired in January for six months to compile foreign aid data was fired after a 10 minute ride with her boss John B Hollister foreign aid chief. Hollister questioned her duties during the trip. Caldwell said the ride was deemed an unnecessary expense to the taxpayer and Wolf was dropped about five days later.
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Washington
Elinor K Wolf
Capitol Hill
Foreign Aid
John B. Hollister
Hollister
House
Caldwell
Freedom Is Won By Prisoner
An Ohio convict won freedom after a grand jury foreman failed to sign an armed robbery indictment. Judge Myron B. Gessaman ordered release for James L. Kennedy, 30, of Canton, whose 10 to 25 year term began May 31, 1956. Kennedy had been indicted July 8, 1955. proceedings were voided as the foreman’s unsigned indictment was deemed indispensable.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myron B. Gessaman
Franklin County
Collectors Want Data About Fires in Coral Gables
Miami officials instruct Fire Department to notify tax assessors when a house burns. City Clerk cites a $72.73 tax refund to Amanda Gibson on a 1949 burned property. Also notes Sir Thomas Dilling, former senior veterinarian with FAO, has retired at 65.
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Miami, Fla
Coral Gables
Sir Thomas Dilling
Food ‘and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
LA Says Auto Exhaust Last Big Smog Problem
Los Angeles officials report major progress in a nine year antismog effort. The Los Angeles Air Pollution Control District says industry and incineration controls cut smog to remaining issue auto exhaust. Four more years of effort expected with total costs around 72.77 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
APCD
APCC
Fair Weather Holding On Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports generally fair weather with hot spots and sparse showers. Pleasant conditions prevailed north of the Ohio River from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic, while coolest readings appeared in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley, 10 to 15 degrees below yesterday.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Texas
Gulf States
South Atlantic
Southern Plateau
Southwest Desert
Showgirl Hall Reaches $96,000 on CBS Quiz
New York showgirl Barbara Hall from Pittsburgh boosted her TV winnings to $96,000 on CBS TV's The $64,000 Question by correctly answering a four part Shakespeare query. Next Tuesday she faces the $128,000 question aiming for higher prizes and potential $256,000 final.
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New York
Barbara Hall
Pittsburgh
Miss Hall
Cbs-Tv
Thief Eluded by Wading Bird at Municipal Pond
Morristown police report a waterfowl from nearby marshlands is suspected of stealing goldfish from the Municipal Building pond. The bird appears to fatten on the prey yet evades capture.
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Morristown
Gator Holds Up Plans For Penguin Home
In Miami the Grandon Park Zoo planned a penguin house funded by visitor coin donations. An alligator named Junior served as treasurer, collecting $331.40 before his mate laid eggs and blocked access to the coins.
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Miami
Fla
Grandon Park Zoo
Junior
Leopold's Plea Studied for Parole at Springfield
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board weighed Nathan Leopold's fourth request for release from Stateville Prison. Leopold, 19 at the crime, serves 85 years for the 1924 Chicago teen homicide. Witnesses, including Meyer Levin and Dr Joan B Rice, urged mercy. letters from Carl Sandburg and others were read into the record.
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Springfield
Illinois Parola and Pardon Board
Nathan Leopold
Stateville
Leopold
Chicago
William G. Stratton
Mas
Meyer Levin
New York City
Joan B. Rice
Carl Sandburg
Filmed Theft Participants Plead Guilty
A 23 year old man and two teen girls pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Common Pleas Court after a two hour conference in which the charge of malicious entry was dropped. Wanda DiCenzi 18 Rose O'Donnell 18 and Ray Thomas surrendered after being told the holdup at St Clair Savings and Loan Co on April 12 involved a hidden camera. About $2376 was taken with most recovered.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
John T.corrigan
Wanda DiCenzi
Rose O'Donnell
Ray Thomas
St.Clair Savings & Loan Co
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Middletown
S. Clinton St
American
Wiv Savings and Loan Association
Donald Ellis Simon
Donald
Linda van Ronkel
Beverly Hills
Calif
Gator
Penguin
General Electric
TYTUS
Asy
Vic & Paul
Finance & Acceptance Corporation
Central Avenue
Garden
Stan Matlock
WKRC
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