U S Government Battles Girard Case Jurisdiction
In Washington attorneys for Army Specialist 3C William S. Girard urge a U S court to halt plans to try him in Japan arguing he is entitled to a court order blocking the Japanese trial. The government says federal courts lack authority to review that decision. The case centers on Girard who killed a Japanese woman at a firing range while on duty and claims joint U S Japan jurisdiction may apply.
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Washington
William S. Girard
Earl J. Carroll
Army
3.C
Japan
U. S
Oliver Gasah
Girard
Louis Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Louis
United States
Gasch
Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Miami
Nurse Strangled With Stocking Found by Fiancé
HOLLYWOOD CALIF AP An intern discovered his fiancée strangled with a stocking and nearly nude on her bed. Dr Walter Deike former track star at Wisconsin and Chicago entered a rear window to find nurse Marjorie Hipperson 24 beaten and garroted in her Los Feliz apartment. Police noted no sign of robbery and set time of death at 1 a.m.
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Hollywood
Calif
Walter Deike
Wisconsin
Chicago
Marjorie Hipperson
Deike
Los Angeles
Logs Feliz
Bachelor
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Hipperson
Bud Schottmiller
Sorg Paper Announces 2 Million Expansion Plan
D G Driscoll of Sorg Paper Co announces a 2 million expansion and plant improvement program the largest in 105 years. Projects include 1 million for Oglesby Mill upgrades 320000 for a new warehouse at Smith Mill 60 000 sq ft storage. Completion aimed within 18 months.
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Sorg Paper Co
D. G. Driscoll
Paper Company
Oglesby Mill
Smith Mill
Sorg
Driscoll
Serg
Columbia Avenue
Oglesby
Civil Rights Fight Nears Final Moves
The House nears final stage in a civil rights bill with Southern opponents unsure how to proceed. Debate on amendments opens after general debate, with administration backing for federal injunction provisions and a contested jury trial amendment for contempt cases in federal injunctions.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Senate
Postmaster General to Air Money Woes Before Panel
Summerfield faces House Appropriations subcommittee over postal finances. He seeks 149.6 million dollars extra for the new fiscal year. Possible cuts discussed include Saturday mail service, halting suburban carrier extensions, closing hundreds of post offices, and suspending money orders. Senate Rackets Committee postpones hearings to June 20 to allow Teamsters trials testimony.
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Washington
Summerfield
House Appropriations
Senate
Congress
Bakershoe
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamsters
Frank W. Brewster
Einar O. Mohn
Brewster
Mohn
Five Die as Kerosene Stove Blazes in Connecticut Home
Five persons perish when a kerosene stove explodes in a Madison house. Victims include 29 year old Mary Cooley and her 37 year old brother Charles VanderWalker plus Mary 3 Patricia 2 and Suzanne 10 months. Grandfather 70, brother 34 and sister 39 escape unharmed. Fire started as hot laundry water slopped onto the stove causing burners to flare and ignite the stove.
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Madison, Conn
Mary Cooley
Charles VanderWalker
Leona Handy
Charles Nilson
Madison Police
Handy
Kkitchen
Cooley
Beck Passport Is Suspended
Washington State Department suspended Dave Becks passport at the request of the Justice Department and the Senate Rackets Committee after a Tacoma federal court refused his request to attend a Paris labor conference. Beck faces trial on charges of evading 56000 in federal income taxes in 1950 and aiding in preparing a fraudulent tax return. he is free under a 5000 bond.
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Washington
State Department
Dave Beck
Justice Department
Senate
Tacoma
Wash
Teamsters Union
Paris
Beck
Fedge
Prince Aly Khalid Marries Mannequin Bettina in Paris
France Soir declares official the rumored marriage of Prince Aly Khan and Paris model Bettina Bodin, though Aga Khan family and Aly’s household deny knowledge. The 46 year old prince and the model, real name Simone Bodin, have dated for years amid Rita Hayworth divorce in French courts. Aly’s secretary would not confirm.
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Paris
France Soir Today
Prince Aly Khan
Bettina
Aga Khan
Aly
Simone Bodin
Rita Hayworth
Cincinnati School Budget Plans $24,645,201 for 1958
Cincinnati superintendent Dr. C. V. Courter has submitted to the Board of Education a budget of 24 million 645 thousand 201 dollars for 1958 operations.
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Cincinnati
C. V. Courter
Board of Education
Conservatives Capture Canada In Upset Vote Time For Change
In a historic upset, conservatives win the most House seats ending 22 years of Liberal rule with John Diefenbaker set to form a minority cabinet. Prime Minister St Laurent expected to resign as Liberals lose many cabinet members while Pearson and St Laurent remain in leadership.
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Canada
Toronto
Liberal Party
John Diefenbaker
Louis St. Laurent
Vincent Massey
Diefenbaker
Commons
Conservatives
Liberals
Socialist Ccf
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
CCF
St. Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
Prince Albert
Conservative
House of Commons
Open Skies Test Zone Question Urges Allied Input
Washington urges European allies to decide quickly if an open skies test in Europe should be in a first stage disarmament pact with Russia. Harold Stassen proposes a high level NATO expert committee to handle the issue as talks proceed with the Soviets and allied nations.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Russia
Harold Stassen
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stassen
State Dulles
Peggy Hopkins Joyce On Critical List In New York
Peggy Hopkins Joyce a six time married Ziegfeld Follies showgirl from thirty years ago was placed on the critical list at Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York. She entered the hospital June 1 for treatment of throat cancer and is married to Andrews C. Meyer her sixth husband. they wed in Switzerland in 1953 and kept the marriage secret until last year.
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New York
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Memorial Center For Cancer and Allied Diseases
Andrews C. Meyer
Switzerland
Carpenters Leader Linked To Indiana Highway Scandal
Senator Gore says evidence from a Senate Roads subcommittee links Maurice Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters Union, to highland profits on an Indiana expressway project. Two other union officials and two former Indiana Highway Department officials refused to answer, amid claims of a $89,000 profit split. Gore will send transcripts to the Justice Department and Indiana prosecutors, with Hutcheson possibly facing ouster from AFL-CIO posts.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Justice Department
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Carpenters Union
Senate Roads
Indiana Highway Department
Gary
Ind
Indiana
Lake County
D. Harold Handley
Hutcheson
Afl-Cio
Cincinnati Woman Admits Fatal Knife Slaying
Police arrest a Cincinnati woman who admitted fatally stabbing her husband during a Monday night fight in their apartment. Jasper Green, 50, lay dead in the kitchen as Eva Green, 43, told officers her husband struck her with a baseball bat and she used a butcher knife in self defense. No charges were filed immediately.
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Cincinnati
Jasper Green
Eva
Green
President Returns To State Tasks After Illness
President Eisenhower returned to his White House desk and appeared in good spirits after an illness that briefly sidelined him. Doctors had said he was virtually recovered and listed no office engagements for the day though he planned to sign letters and handle some work.
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Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Leben
James C. Haglerty
Howard M. Snyder
Weather Outlook: Thunderstorms Tonight Through Tomorrow
The forecast calls for thundershowers today and tonight with continued rain tomorrow and tomorrow night. Expect cooler highs and higher humidity. Temperature readings include a high of 8, a low of 68 yesterday morning, and a low of 72 this morning.
Spectacular Navy Review Readies Armada for Virginia Event
In Norfolk Virginia a vast fleet gathers on the eve of a historic international naval review. More than 100 ships from the United States and 17 foreign nations prepare for the ceremony linked to Virginia's 1957 Jamestown Festival marking the 350th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement. The USS Saratoga moves to anchorages as Canberra Boston and Northampton lead the fleet in a display already drawing tugboat support.
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Norfolk
United States
Hampton Roads
Cape Henry
Virginia
New World
Canberra
Boston
Northampton
Storm at sea leaves passenger anxious near land
A storm battered the ship and a frightened passenger asked the captain how far they were from land. The captain replied about a mile and that land was straight down, prompting the distressed comment.
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