Crowley Indicted In Death In Tokyo Case
Joseph P. Crowley of New Haven faces a Tokyo District Court indictment for the death of his brother in law and business partner T. A. D. Jones Jr. The 48 year old ex halfback is charged with inflicting fatal injuries while intoxicated. The case involves three men who traveled to Tokyo to buy an oil tanker. Jones was found dead in their hotel suite three days after arrival.
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Tokyo
Joseph P. Crowley
New Haven
Kenjiro Furukawa
GI William S. Girard
Convictton
Girard
Jones
Crowley
Yale
T. A. D. Jones Sr
Eli
Jones Sr
Middletown
Ohio
Frederick M. Kissinger
Maryland
Imperal
Kissinger
Furukawa
Thomas Albert Dwight Jones
Uzuru Ono
Tad
Macmillan Seeks Stronger Trade Ties With U S
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan urged closer economic links with the United States in a televised commencement address at DePauw University Indiana. He spoke of removing barriers to money and trade and said interdependence should guide the free world as the 20th century progresses.
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Indianapolis
Harold Macmillan
United States
de Pauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Macmillan
Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Indiana
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Eisenhower Defense Bill Faces Democratic Skepticism
President Eisenhower seeks changes in a defense reorganization bill but meets cool reception from Senators Russell Mansfield and other Democrats. The Senate Armed Services Committee will review the bill after the House acts, as Eisenhower presses for three House drafts to be revised.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Mike ‘Mansfield
D-Mont
House
House Armed Services Committee
GOP Sees Economic Recovery as Key to 1962 Outlook
Republicans rely on an improving economy to blunt a political shift as Democrats argue the downturn already harmed GOP prospects. Senator Knowland credits the downturn for his California primary showing while Senator Mansfield calls California results hopeful for Democratic strength in both chambers.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
Rcalif
California
Knowland
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Mike Mansfield
Senate
Montana
Huge Sum Voted For Public Works
The House Appropriations Committee voted 1,074,041,500 dollars for federal public works for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The package funds 396 water resources projects by the Army Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, with 43 extra projects added for potential earlier construction. Contributions include 779,638,300 to Army Engineers, 245,739,200 to Reclamation, and sums for power administrations and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Army Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Reclamation Bureau
Bonneville Power Administration
Roulette Game Fatal in Cleveland
In Cleveland a 47 year old laborer, Blanco Boyd, was killed in a Russian roulette incident at his girlfriend Gloria Swanson Harper's home. Harper, 31, was jailed for investigation after the fatal gunfire in Lakeside Hospital.
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Cleveland
Fighter Jets Crash In Air Over Manchester
Two F86L jets from the Air National Guard crashed during a return flight to Grenier Air Force Base in Manchester New Hampshire after engine trouble. Both pilots bailed out successfully and landed in swampy terrain near homes. Second Lt. Peter Gulick 235 Hanover NH sustained a minor back injury.
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Manchester
N. H
Peter Gulick
Hanover
Air National Guard
Grenier Air Air Force Base
Supreme Court declines on Harford County desegregation plan
The High Court refused to decide on the legality of a gradual stair-step desegregation plan in Harford County Maryland, leaving the plan in effect as approved by lower courts. The House quickly passed a 665.7 million dollar appropriation to fund the emergency unemployment compensation law enacted last week and sent it to the Senate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harford County
House
Senate
Congress
Stevenson Seeks Aid For France At MSU Graduation
Adlai Stevenson urged steps to revive the free world economy and seek a Russia power equality to enable arms reduction. Speaking at Michigan State University, he called for U S aid to France, shared medical research, and a Marshall Plan style committee to draft a joint growth, tariff, and trade agenda for world recovery.
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East Lansing
Mich
Adlai E. Stevenson
Russia
Michigan State University
Stevenson
United States
France
Lightning lights cigarette during telephone jolt in Cleveland
Michael M. Gruber, 45, was hurled 14 feet across a Broadview Heights room when lightning struck the telephone receiver he used. An unlit cigarette in his hand was ignited by the blast. He escaped with only a bump on the head and no serious injuries.
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Cleveland
Michael M. Gruber
Broadview Heights
Gruber
Soviet Diplomat Denied Trying to Buy U.S. Secrets
Washington reports Soviet Ambassador Menshikov says Nikolai Karachkin denied seeking secret military documents from Charles Beaumet. Beaumet, a magazine writer, says he gave non secret materials for 435 dollars over months and cooperated with investigators. The U.S. plans no action against Beaumet while Karachkin faces expulsion for highly improper activities.
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Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
Menshikov
Nikolai I. Karachkin
State Department
Charles T. Beaumet
Kurochkin
United States
Beaumet
Arlington
Moscow
National Guardsman
Simpler Chuckle Vacations Guide for a Modern Traveler
A humorous note on travel plans where a man follows a wife to choose the destination and a boss to set the schedule, while needing guidance on the how of the trip. It highlights the lighter side of modern vacation planning and decision making.
Cincinnati Father Kills Son In Domestic Quarrel
In Cincinnati a 50 year old volunteer fireman Joseph Roehrig shot and killed his 19 year old son Thomas during a dispute with his wife Esther Roehrig over her taking a job. The father then wounded himself and died at the scene.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Roehrig
Roehrig
General Hospital
Thomas
Esther Roehrig
Mack
Fatal train crash reveals Suzy Parker wed
ST. AUGUSTINE Fla AP Suzy Parker 25 is severely injured after a train auto crash that killed her father George Lofton Parker Mrs Pierre Lasalle of New York City admitted her as a married woman Lasalle rushed from New York to be at her side doctors say she will remain hospitalized for weeks Parker, a former top New York model, had roles in Kiss Them for Me and 10 North Frederick.
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Suzy Parker
George Lofton Parker
St. Augustine
Fla
Miss Parker
Pierre Lasalle
New York City
Lasalle
New York
Jacksonville
Reciprocal Trade Plan Faces Rough Going in House
Washington AP report notes Eisenhower’s recipro cal trade plan faces a tight House showdown. A five year extension and 25 percent tariff cuts in exchange for foreign concessions are at stake as Republicans and Democrats split, with coal and textile interests resisting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
U.S
United States
Protectone
Republican
Salazar Likely to Extend Portugal Rule After Election
Early returns show Adm. Americo Tomas leading Salazar’s hand chosen candidate with near 90 percent of the vote while Delgado’s write in challenge gains little. Delgado vows to challenge Salazar and form a military government to enable free elections, but offers no real path to victory.
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Lisbon
Antonio Salazar
Portugal
Tomas
Delgado
Conto
Auto Union Reopening Negotiations Across Detroit Area
United Auto Workers opened full front negotiations with General Motors Ford and Chrysler to secure new contracts for about half a million workers. They seek to prevent violations of the no-strike policy during the no-contract period as talks resume. At Chrysler Center Line plant 2,300 workers faced pay raise policy protests by UAW Local 1245 over salaried staff raises.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
Chrysler Guided Missile
Suburban
Center Line
UAW Local 1245
Helicopter Forced Down Amid East West Tensions
A U S Army helicopter from the 3rd Armored Division made a forced landing near Zwickau inside East German territory. Nine servicemen are reported safe as East Germany and the Soviet Union dispute jurisdiction and call for different authorities to handle the incident.
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United States
Russia
East Germany
East Berlin
Germany
Soviet Union
3Rd Armored Division
U. S
Zwickau
East German
Foreign Ministry
U. S. State Department
State Department
Eas
Couple Killed in Peru Bus-Car Collision
A Toledo couple George F. Byers 81 and Lena Byers 65 died when their car collided with a Trailways bus on U S 24 at Peru. Ten bus passengers and the driver were injured, none seriously.
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Peru, Ind
Toledo, Ohio
George F. Byers
Lena
Trailways
U.S. 24
Peru
Relatives of Machine Gun Kelly Seek Release After 25 Years
Kathryn Kelly and her mother-in-law Ora Shannon petition a U S District Court claiming unfair trials and life sentences for their roles in the 1933 Urschel kidnapping. They were moved from Alderson prison to Oklahoma City to pursue the case, highlighting publicity as a factor in the Lindbergh Act era prosecution. Urschel was abducted July 22, 1933, and freed after nine days.
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Oklahoma City
George
Alderson
W.va
Kelly
Leavenworth
Kan
Urschel
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