Jury Trials Stay Out of Civil Rights Bill Battle
Southern House members failed to insert jury trial guarantees into the civil rights bill as the House defeated their amendment 199-167. The vote signals the bill will pass in a form acceptable to President Eisenhower with Northern Democrats and Republicans backing him, though Senate fate remains uncertain.
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Washington
Southern House
White House
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
Rep
Willis
D-La
South
Capitol Hill
Mitchell Called By Attorney For Frank Brewster
Mitchell and other federal officials may be called as witnesses in the contempt of Congress trial of Frank W. Brewster, Teamsters Union vice president. Brewster’s lawyer issued subpoenas for Mitchell and Labor Board Chairman Boyd Seedorf. The trial recessed until Monday as officials consider quashing requests.
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Washington
Mitchell
Frank W. Brewster
Teamsters Union
John K. Pickens
Brewster
Boyd Seedorf
National Labor Relations Board
Asst
U.S. Atty
William Hitz
Western Conference of
Teamsters
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Senate
Navy Would Not Let Adele Ferguson Board Nautilus
Bremerton writer Adele Ferguson reports she was barred from a Nautilus cruise by Navy officials stating women are not allowed aboard. Lt Cmdr Lillian Arslanian supported the restriction, and Sen Henry M. Jackson sought clarification with Admiral Taylor, who confirmed no female passengers on Nautilus cruises.
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Adele Ferguson
Bremerton Sun
Bremerton, Wash
Navy
Puget Sound
US Navy
Adele
John
George
Sam
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Lillian Arslanian
U.S
Henry M. Jackson
Admiral Tay
Lor
Admiral Taylor
Hoffa Trial Set to Open Monday in Bribery Case
Federal judge orders the conspiracy bribery trial of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa to proceed Monday. Hoffa, vice president and Midwest boss, was arrested March 13 for alleged efforts to obtain inside information from the Senate Rackets Committee. Co defendant Hyman I. Fischbach of Miami is named with Hoffa.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Jimmy Hoffa
Burnita S. Matthews
Hoffa
London
Midwest
Senate
John Dye Cheasty
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Committee
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Hyman I. Fischbach
Miami
Ava Gardner Seeks Divorce From Frank Sinatra
Mexico City report states actress Ava Gardner files desertion suit against Frank Sinatra her third husband. The divorce could be granted in days if Sinatra does not contest. Gardner married Sinatra five years ago and has been separated for two and a half years.
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Mexico City
Ava Gardner
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Miss Gardner
Fifty Years As Diplomat Is Celebrated By Dulles
Secretary of State Dulles marks 50 years in diplomacy, begun at the 1907 Hague peace conference with the Chinese delegation. At 69, he plans to work at home, preparing a San Francisco speech and a committee hearing, while reflecting on a career spanning international law and service under several presidents.
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Washington
Dulles
San Francisco
Congressional Committee
Hague
John W. Foster
China
Missing Americans Among Plane Crash Victims Near Moscow
A Polish twin engined airliner carrying 12 people including eight passengers crashed in a storm near Moscow. Three Americans survived, two others are unaccounted for. Survivors include Margaret Temper and her daughter Michelle, both of Grand Rapids, and Richard Cheverton, WOOD-TV's news director. Rescue work was aided by AP and NBC reporters on scene. Six bodies were counted at the wreck.
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Moscow
Margaret Temper
Michelle
Richard Cheverton
Grand Rapids
Mich
Soviet Union
Wood-Tv
Cheverton
Harvey Beaker
Beaker
Harold Milks
Roy Essoyan
Associated Press
Irving R. Levine
National Broadcasting Co
Ike to name Truman officials to Atomic Energy Commission
The New York Times reports President Eisenhower will appoint John S. Graham and John F. Floberg to the Atomic Energy Commission. Graham, 51, was assistant treasury secretary and later executive assistant to the under secretary. Floberg, 41, served as assistant secretary of the navy for air. Graham replaces Murray. Floberg fills Von Neumann’s expired term.
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New York
New York Times
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington Dispatch
John F. Floberg
Durham
Graham
Floberg
Treasury
Winston-Salem
N.C
The
Volunteers For
Adlai E.) Stevenson
Soviet TV Notebook Dismisses U S Leaders Speech Offer
Moscow radio in English declared Soviets have no interest in hearing anti Soviet remarks from Dulles Radford or Norstad about America plans. The note follows CBS broadcast of Khrushchev interview and calls for reciprocal access on Soviet TV.
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London
Russia
Moscow
United States
Dulles
Radford
Norstad
America
Arthur Radford
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lauris Norstad
NATO
CBS
Nikita Khrushchev
Woman Dies In Jump From Burning Home
An 80 year old woman, Georgella Leese, died Friday after leaping from her blazing second floor bedroom in Canton Ohio. Firemen said the fire started when she fell asleep while smoking, leaving her with severe burns.
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Canton
Ohio
Georgella Leese
Ee Ae
Smok
Soviet Subs Reported Bound for Egypt Navy
A British Navy spokesman says three Soviet submarines sighted in the English Channel ten days ago are in the Mediterranean en route to Egypt. The subs include two long range models and a coastal type and may join the Egyptian Navy by Monday. Naval informants note two U.S. destroyers monitored the voyage from the Baltic to the Mediterranean.
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London
English ‘Channel
Mediterranean
Egypt
U.S
Baltic
Dayton Man Sentenced to Life for Dec 11 Murder
George B. Clay, 41, of Dayton pleaded guilty June 7 in Common Pleas Judge Neal F. Zimmers' court to the murder of Mrs. Effie M. Love, who was slain December 11, and Friday received a life prison term.
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Dayton
Ohio
George B. Clay
Effie M. Love
Clay
Common
Neal F. Zimmers
High Winds Claim Two In Illinois
Tornadic winds and heavy rain swept central Illinois injuring more than 50 and killing two, with Springfield suffering extensive damage to homes, plants, and utilities. Hospitals treated about 50. 5 000 telephones were out of service. insurance estimates exceeded a million dollars.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Paul Farley
Anna Belle Larsson
Allis-Chalmers
Weaver Manufacturing Co
Cole Chemical Co
Abraham Lincoln
Jacksonville
St. Louis
Brigadier Faces More Wifely Woes
Los Angeles police report another criminal complaint against Frank Mills a 60 year old man who posed as Brigadier General Franklyn Mills. The case cites bigamy and grand theft alleged by Virginia Dean Mills and Sarah Schultz who say he left them and he owes $600 from a loan. Mills has been married 25 times and has spent time in two prisons and a jail.
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Los Angeles
Frank Mills
Banco
Mills
Bunco
Virginia Dean Mills
Sarah Schultz
Schultz
Ex-Bullfighter Held In Spain in Seville
Sydney Franklin, a 50 year old former American bullfighter from Brooklyn, was arrested by the civil guard at Alcala De Guadaira near Sevilla. He is being held at the request of customs authorities, after living in Spain seven years and running an apprentice bullfighters school.
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Sevilla
Spain
Sydney Franklin
Alcala de Guadaira
Franklin
Brooklyn
N.Y
Jaws To Try GI William Girard Legal Fight
Final arguments on whether US policy allows Japanese courts to try Army specialist William S. Girard. Judge McGarraghy could rule next week on delivering Girard to face trial in Japan for the January death of a Japanese woman. Girard claims the death was an accident amid a grenade launcher incident.
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Minal
Jaws
William Girard
Washington
William S. Girard
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Girard
E.c
Japan
U. S. Atty
Oliver Gaschp
Congress
Lor Girard
Army Ouster Of Fignole Sparks Haitian Street Protests
Provisional President Daniel Fignole's ouster by a Haitian military junta triggers protests from workers in Port au Prince. Crowds stay peaceful after a curfew as heavily armed troops seal exits. The three-man junta, led by Brig. Gen. Antonio Rebreau, governs amid elections delays.
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Port AU Prince
Haitii
Daniel Fignole
Port Au/ Prince
Fignole
Haiti
Antonio Rebreau
$2 000 Trust Grows to $980 000 for Don Ellis Simon
In Santa Ana California the 21 year old Donald Ellis Simon received final accounting of a trust fund started 21 years ago with $2,000 by his father Norton Simon now Hunt Foods executive. The fund grew through stock investments to nearly a million dollars as Donald earned his UC Berkeley degree last week.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Donald Ellis Simon
Donald
Santa Ana Superior Court
Norton Simon
Hunt Foods
University of California At Berkeley
Todays Chuckle Pun Pairs Husband Reminder
A woman jokes that her husband is wonderful in one respect as he never says I told you so but constantly reminds her that he does not. The quip plays on a light marital dynamic with a dry twist.
Byrd Sees Possible Tax Cut If Spending Falls
Senator Byrd of Virginia predicts a tax cut could occur in 1958 if President Eisenhower lowers next year's spending. He disagrees with Treasury Secretary Humphrey on prospects, saying it depends on administration and popular demand to trim spending and reduce the national debt.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate OKs foreign aid bill 57 to 25 in Senate vote
The Senate approved Eisenhower's foreign aid measure by 57 to 25, sending it to the House. The vote showed Republican unity and solid Democratic backing for the program, with leaders Johnson and Knowland steering lawmakers through successive amendments and defenses of the plan.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Sen. Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson and
Knowland
Green
Drl
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West cheers Soviet plan to admit inspectors
The Soviet Union proposed allowing Western inspectors if a nuclear test ban is agreed, suggesting a two to three year moratorium enforced by a U.N. committee. Western observers call the idea a significant advance but stress need for clarification and for inspection of both testing and production of fissionable material.
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London i
Soviet Union
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Valerian Zorin
United Nations
Zorin
Lony
Britain
Russia
United States
Jules Moch
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