New Unit To Conduct FDA Probe
Washington AP reports a special investigating unit will probe alleged wrongdoing in the FDA this week. Secretary Flemming cites testimony in Senate hearings accusing FDA officials of being too friendly with drug manufacturers. Welch’s case and payments to publishing ventures are noted.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Secretary of Welfare
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Henry Welch
Welch
FDA Antibiotics Division
Medical Journal Publishing Ventures
Barbara Moulton
Eisenhower Extends West Point Farewell Visit With Classmates
President Eisenhower stayed an extra day at West Point for Alumni Day and a farewell visit with the 1915 class. He toured Thayer Hall and East Barracks, spoke with veterans, and joined a parade and maple tree planting before a class luncheon.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Stewart Air Force Base
Thayer Hall
Marty Maher
Academy
Marty
Secret Service
Baptists Reject Four Proposals Targeting Catholics
The American Baptist convention defeated four proposed resolutions aimed at the Roman Catholic Church amid presidential election tensions. Delegates affirmed the right to inquire about a candidate's religion while opposing tax funds for private school transportation and other costs. The body also backed nonviolent student sit-ins against segregation.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N.Y
American Baptist Convention
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Separation of Church and State
Policeman Sues Gambler To Get Facts On Bribe
Canton Ohio AP Policeman Robert H Dennison 39 suspended Massillon police sues convicted gambler Jesse Toles 43 alleging he solicited bribes around Oct 1 1957. Dennison seeks to uncover facts to press further action and to compel Toles to answer under oath. Toles pleaded guilty last summer to possession of gambling equipment and was fined.
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Canton
Ohio
Robert H. Dennison
Massillon
Dennison
Jesse Toles
Stark County Common Pleas Court
Toles
Cochran Becomes First Woman to Fly Mach 2
Jacqueline Cochran, renowned aviatrix, becomes the first woman to fly at Mach 2 aboard a North American Air Vigilante in Columbus Ohio piloted by James Pearce. The flight surpassed 1,300 mph at eight miles altitude. Cochran already held Mach 1 and multiplespeed records.
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Columbus, Ohio
Jacqueline Cochran
North American Aviation
Miss Cochran
Columbus
Aviatrix
Morday
North American
James Pearce
Port Columbus
Bourguiba Leaves for Three Week Rest Cure
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba departs by special plane for a three week rest at the hot springs of Salsomaggiore in northern Italy.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Salsomaggiore
Italy
Airmen Donate Blood For Girl In Critical Surgery
About 500 airmen volunteered to donate blood for 13 year old Allen Coffman of Kansas City who needs heart surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Doctors warn she would live only 60 days without the operation, as rare A RH positive blood with specific antibodies is required. An appeal to Forbes Air Force Base sought compatible donors after two city banks found only five with the correct type.
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Kansas City
Kan
University of Kansas Medical Center
Allen Coffman
Clifford Coffman
Allen
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Court upholds ban on felons in union leadership
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 3 decision sustains a section of the New York Waterfront Commission Act barring felons from serving as officers of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local 136. Justice Frankfurter writes the majority, while Justice Douglas dissents.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
New York
de Veau
Otce
Gun Battle Kills Five in Philippine Feud Shootout
In a village south of Manila five men died in a feud triggered gun battle. Four men from each family exchanged shots with pistols on Sunday, ending with three from one clan and two from the other dead in the street.
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Manila
Philippine News Service
Crash Kills Columbus Man in Gallia County
A Columbus man traveling alone was killed when his car left Ohio 7 four miles north of the Lawrence County line in Gallia County. The Highway Patrol identified him as Earl Hubert Powers, 23.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Columbus
Lawrence County
Gallia County
Highway Patrol
Earl Hubert Powers
Coffee Breaks Hit Record High in U S Workers at Desks
About 27 million American workers receive a daily coffee break with beverages brought to them, while 16 million do not leave their workspaces. U S coffee drinking rose to a historical peak last year with over 390 million cups consumed daily. Advertisers spent roughly 7 million dollars on coffee and tea ads in newspapers in 1959.
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U.S
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