Brewster Links Teamsters Aid to Knight Campaign
Brewster testifies the Teamsters Union made a political contribution to Governor Knight of California and pressed for San Francisco port director appointee Charles Tait. He also notes Knight’s later nomination of Harold Lopez to the Harbor Board and cites ongoing push for personal financial records from President Dave Beck.
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Washington
Frank Brewster
Teamsters Union
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Charles Tait
Seattle
San Francisco
Brewster
Teamsters
Robert Kennedy
Gov. Knight
Tait
Dave Beck
Kennedy
Harold Lopez
California Board of Harbor Commissioners
Lopez
Western Conference
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Beck
Europe
James Duff
R-Pa
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters 'Union
Elevator Tragedy Kills Five at Jacksonville Courthouse Site
A construction elevator to the seven story Duval County courthouse plummeted nineteen workers five died and others injured as witnesses heard a loud crash. Victims include Edward Leach 31 Dewey Woods 39 Glen Idol 25 Jack Monroe Thomasson 24 and Dave Atmore 56 all white except Atmore.
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Jacksonville
Bob Barsh
Duval County
Ueiegs
Edward Leach
Dewey Woods
Glen D. Idol
Jack Monroe Thomasson
Dave Atmore
Atmore
Nixon Watches Tunisia Parade
Vice President Nixon and guests from 33 nations watched Tunisia celebrate its first independence anniversary with a parade featuring a 5 000 man army.
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Tunis
Nixon
Free
Tunisia
Actors May Look Stiff In Baltimore Staging
St David's Players seek a hall for HMS Pinafore set for May 24 and 25. Richard D Byrd calls Dr John H Fischer city schools superintendent seeking facilities. He is redirected to the city morgue by Dr Russell S Fisher chief medical examiner who questions the plan.
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Baltimore
St. David’s
Richard D. Byrd
John H. Fischer
City Hall
Fischer
Byrd
Russell S. Fisher
Van Linked To Murder Of Woman In Columbus Area
Investigators link a 51 year old painter from Amvet Village to the death of an unidentified young woman found strangled near Big Darby Creek. Arrest followed a tip. rope and possible blood stains tied to the suspect’s home and a 1947 automobile. FBI gives no fingerprint match. dental records unhelpful.
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Columbus
Ohio
Big Darby Creek
Amvet Village
Franklin County
Ellsworth Beck
Darbydale
Carli Tetrick
Kosher Appetite Star Turns Snuffy Into Movie Co star
Nine dogs reached the Beverly Hills audition judged by Sinatra Sidney and Kohlmar for a Pal Joey film role. Snuffy the cairn terrier won a $500 a week contract by devouring bagels and cream cheese, beating larger entrants and ending a nine day stay in the city pound.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Kim Novak
Rita Hayworth
Marilyn Monroe
Scarlet O'Hara
Snuffy
Sinatra
S. Sinatra
George Sidney
Fred Kohlmar
Nate
N’ al
Beverly Hills
Associated Press
New York
Tokyo
London
Paris
South America
Columbia Pictures
Fox
Romanoff's
St. Bernard
Harry Bernstein
Marvin Cohen
Harry
Pomona
Bert Morse
Los Angeles City
Arcadia
Calif
Lassie
Ham marskjold heads to Cairo to press Gaza talks
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold travels from New York to Cairo to meet Egyptian leaders on Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba issues tied to Suez Canal status. He plans talks with President Nasser and may discuss UNEF, canal tolls, and potential limits on Israeli shipping amid rising tensions with Israel.
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U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Gaza
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
Miladre
New York
Hammarskjold
Israel
Egypt
Nasser J
U.N. Emergency Force
UNEF
Golda Meir
David Ben-Gurion
Nasser
Strip
Mahmoud Fawzi
U.N
Ralph Bunche
Gaza Strip
Hassan Abdel Latif
Nassser
Suez Canal Authority
World Bank
Explosion at Merck plant Kills Three in Linden New Jersey
An explosion at a vitamin laboratory in a Merck and Co. plant in Linden New Jersey killed three men and injured eleven others. Workers on the first floor of a three story brick building faced ignition of flammable solvents. fire cleared quickly. Deceased are Walter Green Rahway Ed Centrowski of Linden and Edward Linsch of Linden. Leo Bitsch was seriously hurt and ten others treated for minor injuries. First floor damage extensive.
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Linden
N. J
Merck and Co
Walter Green
Rahway
Ed Centrowski
Edward L:sch
Leo Bitsch
Spring Arrives After Frigid Miami Valley Thaw Delay
Winter fights on with light snow flurries and 15 to 20 mph winds in the Miami Valley. Officials forecast a partly cloudy day with a high near 42 and a cold night low around 28. Spring expected Thursday with 52 for a high. Middletown logged 55 for the high yesterday and 33 this morning with only a trace of snow.
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Miami
Middletown
Hope Seen For Canal Settlement
Egypt's proposed operation of the Suez Canal prompts cautious Senate forecasts of possible settlement in the Middle East crisis. Some officials deem the plan unsatisfactory while others call for thorough exploration and adoption as a basis for settlement, with tolls to Egypt and a canal improvement fund.
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Washington
Egypt
Suez Canal
Middle East
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Humphrey
D-Minn
Mansfield
D-Mont
Sparkman
D-Ala
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Egyp
Ment
Israel
World Bank
Judy the Toledo Zoo cub recovers from pneumonia
Judy the Toledo Zoo five week old chimpanzee is recovering from pneumonia with care from two veterinarians a pediatrician a homemade oxygen tent and a foster mother. Diagnosed March 11 the chimp was placed in a foster home and began recovering after the improvised tent was built.
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Toledo
Ohio
Judy
Zoo
Carl Johnson
Clarence Potter
Woman Shot in Miami Valley Chautauqua Incident
Mrs. Nancy Groninger 35 of Western Avenue Miami Valley Chautauqua was brought to Middletown Hospital at 1 45 PM with a reported bullet wound. Franklin Police Chief Frank Harbach said a call to Chautauqua reported a woman had been shot. An Eaton Funeral Home attendant said she staggered from her home to a neighbor’s house. No other details were available at press time.
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Nancy Groninger
Western Avenue
Miami Valley
Chautauqua
Middletown Hospital
Franklin
Frank Harbach
Eaton Funeral Home
Groninger
Chuckle on Difference in Auto Payments
A light joke notes the contrast between the driver of a new car and the owner of a new automobile equals 24 monthly payments.
Hound Case Proves Less Profitable Than Expected
In Harlan Kentucky the dispute over a blue tick hound ended in a court ordered auction. Byrd Hensley and Kelsey Meadows split $7 from the sale with each covering about $50 in attorney fees and around $6 in costs, netting about $3.50 each after $113 invested.
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Harlan, Ky
Byrd Hensley
Kelsey Meadows
Harlan Circuit Court
Edward G. Hill
C. W. Pennington
Cawood
Meadows
Hensley
Easier To Handle Solid Rocket Fuel Under Test
A new solid propellant rocket motor, designed by Aerojet-General for Jupiter IRBM, went into testing last October and is described as the largest solid propellant power plant used in a ballistic missile. Army experts suggest it may suit Navy Polaris IRBM, reflecting Navy preference for solid fuels for sea storage and handling.
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Imais
General Tire Co
Defense Department
Aerojet-General Corp
Army
Navy
Clairvoyant Horse Lady Wonder Dies at 33 in Richmond
Lady Wonder, a brown mare famed as a four legged swami, died of a heart attack at age 33. Her owner Mrs Claudia Forda claimed the horse read minds and gave telepathic cues, while skeptics blamed coincidence. The horse once helped police locate a missing child in Quincy in 1952.
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Richmond
Lady Wonder
Claudia ‘Fonda
Bermuda talks aim to repair British American Middle East rift
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan meet in Bermuda to restore cooperation over Israel security in Gaza and shipping through the Gulf of Aqaba and Suez Canal. Ben-Gurion warns of marches if Egypt blocks passage. talks focus on Suez control and canal politics.
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John M. Hightower
Tucker
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Atlantic
Middle East
Macmillan
U.S
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
U. S
Israel
London
United States
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
John Woodall
Dulles
Mid-Ocean Club
Britain
France
Egypt
David Ben-Gurion
U.N
Soviet Union
Nasser
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