Texas legislator indicted for bribery in naturopathy case
James C. Cox a Texas House member from Conroe was indicted by the Travis County grand jury on charges he agreed to accept a $5,000 bribe from Dr. Howard Harmon to defeat HB274 outlawing naturopathy in Texas. The indictment cites a Feb 20 meeting and a recorded offer.
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Garth Jones
Austin
Tex
James C. Cox
Texas House of Representatives
Travis County
Grand
Howard Harmon
Cox
Harmon
Conroe
Texas
San Antonio
Texas Naturopathic Physicians Assn
House
Conroe Courier
Bill Bradford
Jim
Nature
Bradford
Scott Owen
Kai-shek Says Nationalist Forces Ready to Invade Mainland China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek told visiting American reporters that Nationalist forces are at their peak and prepared to invade Communist China coast with American aid. He asserted air power landing craft and weapons would enable an invasion if timely, and dismissed fears of Soviet intervention while seeking moral and material support without sending troops.
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Taipet
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
China
Russia
Soviet Union
Jupiter Intermediary Range Missile Launch Reported
Washington sources say the Army launched its Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile from Patrick Air Force Base Florida but Defense Department would not confirm. Spokesman noted a malfunction in a prior test with no casualties while Erik Bergaust of Missiles and Rockets cited a 5 pm launch time.
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Washington
Army
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Defense Department
Erik Bergaust
Missiles and Rockets
$10 000 Donation Topic In Probe
Senate investigators seek to question Teamsters leaders Dave Beck and Frank Brewster over a claimed $10,000 donation to influence Oregon Liquor Commission appointments. Howard Morgan testified that Beck and Brewster offered funds to back a candidate, with Spear naming the leaders as sources. Beck is PAG teamsters head. Brewster leads the western conference.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Frank Brewster
Teamsters
Oregon Liquor Commission
Howard Morgan
Oregon
Morgan
Robert Kennedy
Beck
Brewster
MoeClellan
D-Ark
Red
Europe
Congress
Portland
Ore
Manton Spear
Robert Holmes
State Liquor Commission
Holmes
Spear
Doctrine Approved By Mohammed V
In Rabat Morocco Sultan Mohammed V endorsed Eisenhower’s Middle East doctrine after Vice President Nixon outlined its terms. Nixon, on an Africa tour, received an enthusiastic welcome and was to proceed to the Gold Coast for Ghana’s independence ceremonies. The sultan signaled receptivity to counter communism while staying non Middle East.
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Rabat
Morocco
Sultan Mohammed V
Eisenhower
Middle East
Nixon
Africa
Gold Coast
Ghana
Two Sisters Die In Fire At Milwaukee Pizza Parlor
A fire at a Milwaukee pizza parlor owned by the father killed sisters Bonnie Hartick 20 and Betty Jane 7 months after flames spread from the shop to the second floor living quarters. A sister Cherie 8 was rescued by patrolman Edward Steenweg 27, and a waitress from a nearby restaurant was hospitalized in poor condition.
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Milwaukee
Bonnie Hartick
Betty Jane
Cherie
Edward Steenweg
Federal Highway Ad Bill Said Dangerous by Rep McGregor
Rep J Harry McGregor of Ohio warns the proposed federal highway advertisement bill could widen control. He says passage may create a hole in the dike effect and bring restrictions on barns factories and backyards visible from the road during the roadside business association convention.
Brawl Ends In Death In Over the Rhine
Police report a street brawl outside a cafe in Cincinnati's Over the Rhine district on Friday night ended with one man dead. The deceased was tentatively identified as 23 year old Skinny Williams. Caf patrons planned to transport him to a hospital but he died in the car before departure.
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Cincinnati
Rhine” District
Williams
Pope Pius XII Celebrates 81st Birthday
Pope Pius XII marks his 81st birthday and the 18th anniversary of his election as head of the church. Rome residents and tourists gather in St. Peter's Square as Vatican flags fly and he maintains his usual schedule of mass in the private chapel and daily duties.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Rome
St. Peter's Square
Vatican
Akron man convicted in first degree murder of landlady
A nine man and three woman jury convicted 48 year old Joe Lancaster of first degree murder for the October 8 shooting of his landlady Louise Wallick. The jury did not recommend mercy and the sentence for first degree murder without mercy is death in the electric chair.
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Akron
Ohio
Common Pleas
Joe Lancaster
Lancaster
Louise Wallick
Bedwell To Be Freed On Monday
CHICAGO AP Bedwell 21 a skid row drifter facing murder charges in the Slaying of Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 Grimes will have charges dismissed when he appears in court Monday State's Atty Benjamin Adamowski said Bedwell who confessed and later recanted has been free on 20000 bond The girls disappeared December 28 after a movie and were found January 22 in a roadside ditch near Willow Springs Medical reports say death by exposure and witnesses who saw Bedwell with the Grimes girls after January 1 are not believed by Adamowski
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Chicago
Edward Benny Bedwell
Skid Row
Grimes Sisters
Benjamin Adamowski
Adamowski
Bedwell
Barbara
Patricia
Willow Springs
Grimes
Police May Have Shot Berserk Man In Toledo Rampage
In Toledo Ohio police probed if a construction worker Arnold Washington 39 killed after wounding his landlady 72 a 15 year old girl and two officers Washington died Friday night autopsy scheduled possible officer involved shooting two patrolman Charles Diefenbach 28 Irvin Smith 40 wounded Diefenbach stomach wound crouched behind cruiser awaiting shot at Washington Smith with chest and arm wounds Mrs Lewis injured in lower abdomen Meekins 15 wounded in stomach as Washington fired on officers at a rooming house
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Toledo
Ohio
Arnold Washington
Washington
Spolice
Charles Diefenbach
Irvin Smith
Mattie Lewis
Murder Charged in Wife Slaying in Cincinnati
Edwin Frederick Smith, 38, was indicted for first degree murder in Hamilton County for the shotgun death of his wife Mary Jean Smith, 26. Police said Smith admitted the killing after she went on a rock and roll jag, and that he, an iron worker, complained she often went out alone leaving their two children.
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Cincinnati
Edwin Frederick Smith
Hamilton County
Mary Jean Smith
Smith
Israel to withdraw from Gaza and Aqaba coast areas
Arab delegates at the United Nations view Israel’s plan to pull troops from the Gaza Strip and Aqaba coast with caution. Abdul Monem Rifa'i says group will decide Monday after weekend developments. U.N. and U.S. officials press for a clear, peaceful pullout and UNEF entry.
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United Nations, N.Y
UMN
Israel
Gaza Strip
Aqaba
Abdul Monem Rifa’i
Jordan
U.N
Washington
Dulles
Rifa'i
General Assembly
Gaza
Golda Meir
Egypt
Eisenhower Nominates Whittaker to Supreme Court
Washington President Eisenhower named U S Circuit Judge Charlies Evans Whittaker of Kansas City Maine to serve as an associate justice on the U S Supreme Court.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Charlies Evans Whittaker
Kansas City
U. S. Supreme Court
Sinatra testimony sparks charge of perjury in probe
Los Angeles hearings on a scandal probe describe the testimony as loaded with perjury. Frank Sinatra and private detective Philip Irwin disputed each other over a Marilyn Monroe raid on November 5, 1954. Irwin testified most of Sinatra's statements were false.
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Los Angeles
Ge Ea
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Marilyn Monroe
Hollywood
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Hell
Marilyn
Philip Irwin’ J
DiMaggio
U S Hopes for Fast Israeli Pullback in Egypt
U S officials expect a quick withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba paving the way for UN emergency forces to move in. Dag Hammarskjold ordered Maj Gen Burns to coordinate with Israeli leaders as government factions in Israel voice dissent and Arab envoys await the outcome.
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Egypt
Gulf of ‘Aqaba
Eilat
Israel
Gaza Strip
Moshe Dayan
E. L. M. Burns
UNEF
U.N
Cairo
Burns
Jerusalem
Dayan
Lydda
Jane Tel Aviv
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Washington
U. S
Suez Canal
Middle East
Syria
Dulles Andother
Gulf of Aqaba
Heye
Herut
Feeidom
Tel Aviv
Dulles
Sdrawal
Amendment Balloting To Be Test
The Senate met in an unusual Saturday session to vote on an amendment denying authority for up to 200 million dollars in military economic aid in the Middle East. Supporters expect a defeat that would clear the way for the resolution next week. Johnson forecast a vote on the amendment today and a final decision on the resolution by Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Middle East
House
Russell
Georgia
Byrd
Virginia
Stennis
Mississippi
Anderson
New Mexico
Inew
Dulles
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Marine drill instructor cleared of mistreatment charges
Sgt. Daniel J. Corey of Somerville Massachusetts was found not guilty on all counts in a summary court martial at Parris Island South Carolina. Recruits Barone and Hayes testified the incidents were not seriously harmful and were viewed as a joke by at least one trainee.
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Parris Island
S. C
Daniel J. Corey
Somerville
Mass
John L. Barone
Chester
Barone
Corey
Pvt
Thomas Hayes
Lawrence
Sgt
Tayes
Hayes J
Hayes
Police Hunt Tavern Thief
Police search for two men who kidnapped and robbed a tavern owner of $4,500 on Friday night. The owner, Paul Robert Nowlin Jr, says he was driven to a gravel road by his abductor, handcuffed, taped, and released near Twin Lakes.
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Columbus
Ohio
South Side
Paul Robert Nowlin, Jr
Twin Lakes
Yugoslav Captain Seeks Asylum After Landing in Austria
An officer of the Yugoslav air force asked political asylum in Austria after his military plane landed near Bruck in Styria. Austrian officials identified him as Capt. Blaz Munjko, 35, of Zagreb. He flew across the border yesterday and was taken to Vienna.
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Graz
Austria
Bruck
Styria
Blaz Munjko
Zagreb
Vienna
Nine Hurt In Blaze Destroys Buildings In Osorno
A major fire in central Osorno Chile injured nine people, including five firefighters, as it destroyed several business buildings and homes in the southern city. The blaze caused extensive damage and prompted rapid emergency response. Local authorities investigated the cause and coordinated relief for residents affected by the flames.
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Osorto
Chile
Canadian Fliers Die in Ottawa Crash
Ottawa reports eight Canadian military personnel died when an RCAF B25 bomber exploded and crashed near Ottawa during a flight from Churchill Manitoba. Among the dead was Air Vice Marshal Robert C. Ripley 43 of Lethbridge Alberta chief of the air materiel command.
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Ottawa
Robert C. Ripley
RCAF
Churchill
Manitoba
Ripley
Lethbridge
Alta
Air Materiel Command
Gates Named As Successor In Navy Post
Thomas S Gates Jr a Republican Philadelphia banker is named to succeed Charles S Thomas as secretary of the Navy with Eisenhower’s approval and Senate confirmation pending. Thomas resigns effective April 1 after serving since May 1954. Gates would earn 20000 annually.
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Washington
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Philadelphia
Charles S. Thomas
White House
Eisenhower
Thomas
Navy
Gates
University of Pennsylvania
Senate
Dade City
Fla
Pasco County
H. A. Gruetzmacher
Clell Horton Charged Overload Skiff in San Francisco Bay
Clell Horton faced charges of overloading a small skiff with 11 workmen in a Bay crossing to a dredging site. Coast guard cited reckless and negligent handling. Horton posted $100 bail.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Clell Horton
San Francisco Bay
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