Army Trial Adapts To 200 Mile Missile Limit Deal
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. pleaded guilty to 15 charges after a pre-trial deal that dropped espionage and false swearing counts. The trial shifts to sentencing with 14 witnesses planned to discuss the Wilson missile order and IRBM comparisons to the Air Force Thor. Nickerson faces possible dismissal or up to 30 years in prison.
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BEM Price Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson Jr
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Nickerson
Wilson
Army
Nickersonn
Thor
William G. Barry
West Point
Brewster Found Guilty of Contempt in Congress Case
Frank W. Brewster vice president of the Teamsters Union was convicted on all 31 counts of contempt of Congress for defying the Senate Investigations subcommittee. Judge John J. Sirica sentenced no date set and Brewster remains free on bond awaiting a pre sentence report.
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Washington
Frank W. Brewster
Teamsters Union
Congress
U. S
John J. Sirica
Brewster
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Teamsters
West Coast
Sirica
Subcommittee
Senate
Lyndhurst Homes Turn Brown Overnight in Mystery Paint Change
In Rutherford New Jersey the State Board of Health tests 200 Lyndhurst homes after 30 white houses discolor to dark brown overnight. Residents Mrs Frank Marvis and Mrs Miriam Sachs describe a fog with dirt particles and a possible chemical reaction caused by fumes and heat reacting with lead in paint. Police note sulphric fumes from stagnant water as a theory.
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Miriam Sachs
Bureau of Adult and Occupational Health Division
Triple yolk egg found by Mrs Agnes Goldberg in Providence
Mrs Agnes Goldberg in Providence cracked an egg to reveal three yolks expanding a small kitchen moment into a curious surprise reported by local observers.
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Providence, R.I
Agnes Goldberg
Neighbor Boy Held Over Missing Girl Slaying
The body of 10 year old Shirley Kyle was found near her Kansas City home. A 15 year old neighbor with a history of molesting children was arrested after a nightlong manhunt. Police say she was strangled and raped.
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Robert J. Kyle
Gladstone
Kan
Robert J. Kyle Jr
Shirley Alice Kyle
Kyle
Kansas City
Salvatore Taconic
Verda Reynolds
Falbo
Shirley
Weather to Turn Mild with Showers Tonight
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer weather with a high near 85 degrees. A band of rain moves toward the Miami Valley with scattered showers tonight and a low in the 60s. Middletown recorded a high of 79 yesterday and a low of 55 this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Look Alive Joke Replaces Soldiers with a Button
In a Pentagon office, a chuckle sign warns humorously that personnel can be replaced by a button. The caption echoes Army cadence about efficiency and automation. The quip captures light relief amid routine duties in a military setting.
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Army
Pentagon
Trucker Held In Slayings Of Ex Wife And Son In Terre Haute
Thomas Whitaker 36 was jailed on a second degree murder charge after fatally shooting his ex wife Alma Whitaker 39 and their son Jack 10 at Stewart Martin’s home in Westwood. He wounded daughter Regina 9 and photographer Stewart Martin. Whitaker sought access to his children and later surrendered after hideout in woods.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Thomas Whitaker
Alma Whitaker
Jack Whitaker
Regina Louanne
Stewart Martin
Whitaker
Justice of the Peace
Lee Easton
Martin
Westwood
Martin House
Five Miners Trapped In Ohio Coal Mine Collapse
Five miners were trapped at Powhatan No 2 mine in Fernwood Ohio after a hillside slope collapse. Rescue teams bore from two entry points about 75 feet from the opening while others escaped and reported lights on the trapped men and air.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Powhatan No
Fernwood
Here
Joan Supinski
Mount Pleasant
Fred Sabol
Harrisville
Hank Horvath
Tiltonsville
Kenny Hamilton
Adena
Martin Kowalski
Floyd Pennhardt
Cadiz
Charles Herron
Hopedale
Don Davis
Amsterdam
St. Clairsville
Wintersville
Mingo Junction
Clean H-Bomb Ahead in Five Years Says Eisenhower
President Eisenhower reported that scientists believe a totally clean hydrogen bomb could be developed after four to five more years of testing. He also reiterated hope for a Soviet suspension of tests and outlined a broader disarmament package including halting production of new fissionable materials and limited inspections. He urged restraint on prices during inflation and defended the constitutional role of the Supreme Court while warning against leaking secret government information.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
United States
Russia
Dulles
Italk
Supreme Court
Federal Study Commission
Congress
Flash Floods Hit Formosa Buried in Kaohsiung Wreckage
Torrential rains caused flash floods in Kaohsiung port Formosa burying nine people in collapsed homes and leaving over 10 000 homeless. The disaster followed heavy rainfall across the region.
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Taipei
Kaohsiung
Formosa
Giant Storm Audrey Advances Toward Louisiana Coast
Hurricane Audrey, a 100 mph storm, moves toward the Louisiana coast with landfall expected late Thursday. The Weather Bureau urges evacuations for exposed lowland areas as gales threaten the mainland tonight. Audrey centers about 400 miles southwest of New Orleans at 10 a.m. CST.
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New Orleans
Audrey
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Benns seek FCC license for Tiffin 1240 kHz station
William Benns Jr and Barbara Benns doing business as Tiffin Broadcasting Co of Washington applied to the FCC on Tuesday for a new Tiffin Ohio radio station on 1240 kilocycles with 1 kilowatt power and unlimited time.
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Washington
William Benns Jr
Barbara Benns
Tiffin Broadcasting Co
Federal Communications Commission
Tiffin
Ohio
Reds Seek Conference on Korea
North Korea called for a broad international conference to arrange withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea and a peaceful settlement. The U N Command rejected the proposal as inappropriate for a military conference. Chou En Lai voiced support in Peiping.
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Charles Chin Panmunjom
North Korea
Korea
Joint Military Armistic Commission
U.N
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Chung Kook Rook
Chung
Panmunjoo
U.S. Marine Corps
Homer L. Litzenberg
Litzenberg
U.N. Command
Disarmament Talks See West and East Split Over Plan
U S envoy Harold E Stassen proposes three stage cuts to 1 700 000 troops each for United States and Russia meeting stiff questions from the Soviet delegation led by Valerian Zorin Britain and France pledge lower ceilings while linking deeper reductions to German reunification and other settlements Western sources say future issues could affect stages two and three.
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Watson Sims
London
U.N
Russia
U.S
Duesiane Etenmed Ta
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Stassen
Valerian Zorin
West
Zorin
Britain
Dulle
Washington
France
Germany
Nixon Seen as Strong 1960 GOP Contender
Vice President Nixon drew solid Midwest GOP support at the 49th annual governors conference as talk swirled about his candidacy for 1960. Governors signaled cautious approval of Eisenhower’s plan for a task force study while eyeing a potential home base for Nixon and weighing other contenders like Knowland Knight.
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Williamsburg
Nixon
Eisenhower
Knowland
Knight
Jack Bell
Goodwin J. Knight
Sen
William Knaowland
California
Senate
Republican Party Organization
GOP
William G. Stratton
Ilinois
Harold W. Handley
Indiana
Joe Foss
South Dakota
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