Professor Modica Linked to Mafia Ties in Garbage Rackets
Senate committee hearings link philosophy professor and NYU former faculty member C Don Modica to Mafia figures Albert Anastasia and Vincent Squillante. Testimony notes Modica tutored children of crime bosses and aided firms run by Squillante, amid bid rigging and violence claims tied to garbage removal contracts at Mitchel Field and area bases.
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Washington
Don
Modica
New York
Senate Committee
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc
Vincent J
Jimmy) Squillante
Anastasia
Rodson
Umberto
Robert F. Kennedy
Squillante
Nunzio
Vincent Squillante
McCiellan
D-Ark
Kennedy
New York University
Nunzio Squillante
Vincent
James Rosetti
Greater New York Cartmen’s Assn
Anne Daria
Association
Genaro
Gerry) Mancuso
Intercounty Cartmen’s Assn
Michel and
Roslyn Air Force
Angelo Recchia
Trig Cartage Co
New Hyde Park
N. Y
Mitchel Field
Recchia
Miravel & DeCabia Carting Co
Santini
Carmen DeCabia
Hicksville
Air Force
DeCabia
60 Foot Deep Hole Devastates Seattle Street
A massive sewer collapse in Seattle's North End caused a 60 foot deep hole that widened rapidly early today. Police ordered 60 residents to be ready to evacuate as edge crumbled toward homes and a five unit apartment building. Water backed sewer lines and Roosevelt Way may close as ground shifts threaten more streets.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Roosevelt Way
West seeks larger U N disarmament body amid Soviet pushback
At the United Nations Assembly Western delegates push to add 10 nations to the Disarmament Commission to force Russia into talks. The plan faces Soviet opposition over bloc representation with Poland or Czechoslovakia and Tunisia as Middle East ad hoc members, risking delay of new arms negotiations. India also backed enlarging the commission, favoring Yugoslavia and Egypt in the expanded body. Russia demands extending talks to all 82 members.
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United Nations
U. N. Assembly
Ithorny
Rusisia
Disarmament Commission
Assembly
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Tunisia
Middle East
Jnew
U. N
India
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Russia
Po Floods Sweep Italy Delta Flee For Safety
More than 30,000 Po River Delta residents escaped rising floodwaters and Adriatic tides in Rovigo and surrounding farms after days of rain. No casualties were reported as residents evacuated, awaiting calmer weather to allow waters to recede.
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Rovigo
Italy
Po River
Boy Tries Fish Proof In Distant School Excuse
A student denies skipping school and claims a fish proves his alibi. The teacher questions the tale as the boy insists the fish backs his story, creating a lighthearted dispute.
Khrushchev Riles West With Bold Claims During Moscow Remarks
Khrushchev boasted about Soviet rocket superiority and warned the United States will not soon match Moscow’s capabilities. He welcomed American leaders to Moscow and invited Harold Macmillan, while praising Zhukov as a military figure and criticizing political roles. He also toasted allied armies with Egypt and Syria, and mused on sinking rockets at sea.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Dulles
Georgi Zhukov
Britain
Khrushchev
Abdel Hakim Amer
Karushchev
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Russia
Harold Macmillan
Zhukov
Defense Ministry
Bears and pigs spark public outcry over Alamogordo tests
A New Mexico tale recounts bears sent to the Air Force Missile Development Center in Alamogordo for experiments while a pig death rumor circulates. Col. John P. Stapp explains safety tests favor humans, easing public alarm about animal use in early rocket research.
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New York
Air Force Missile Development Center
Alamogordo
Air Force Information
Ga‘ore
Air Force
John P. Stapp
Aero-Medical Laboratory
Almakers
Moonshine Jug Case Tied To Federal Conviction
In Tampa Florida a crime trial ended with a jury convicting a man of possessing a five gallon jug of moonshine with no tax paid. U S Atty Robert Nunez and Revenue Agent Oliver Sills poured samples for jurors who sniffed and sipped from the cup. Judge W J Barker urged jurors to continue as needed.
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Tampa
Fla
U. S
Robert Nunez
Oliver Sills
U S Moon About Set For Firing By Vanguard Officials
U S scientists report Russia may keep the second satellite aloft a year or more while Sputnik I may decay by December 11. U S experts say Vanguard aims to launch test spheres next month and the first full satellite in March from Cape Canaveral. Smithsonian officials note up to five objects circling Earth linked to Sputnik I and its components. Dr Hynek and Dr Herget provide assessments of speed and sighting data for Sputnik II and potential Laika return.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Naval Research Laboratory
Project Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Grand Central Rocket Co
Mentone
Calif
Navy
U. S
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
J. Allen Hynek
Observatory
Earth
Paul Herget
Cincinnati Observatory
Weather forecast for Miami Valley with rain and cool temperatures
A dreary spell of rain drizzle and fog is forecast for the Miami Valley through Friday. Today to be wet with up to 20 mph winds and a high near 68. Tonight mostly cloudy with light drizzle and a low around 48. Friday partly cloudy and mild with possible rain and a 62 high. Middletown official high 54 at 9:30 am and overnight low 52 at midnight. Rainfall totals reach 1.14 inches for the day and 1.22 inches since Tuesday evening.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Eisenhower Calls For Substantial Defense Spending Increase
President Eisenhower warned in a national broadcast that space age weapons require a very considerable rise in defense spending. He said Congress must cut some nonmilitary programs to offset costs and emphasized no immediate tax cuts. He outlined specific military growth areas and urged a stepped up science education program to meet the Soviet threat.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Hitler
Oklahoma
Washington
Strategic Air Command
U. S
Ike Warned Of Bribes In Science
In Williamsburg Virginia Henry T Heald president of the Ford Foundation urged that the federal government should not bribe scientists noting that scientists cannot be produced by money alone. Heald, speaking at the Council of Chief State School Officers meeting, stressed the role of local school curriculums and stronger math and science emphasis in high schools to address the lag behind the Soviet Union and improve American science education.
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Williamsburg
Henry T. Heald
Ford Foundation
Eisenhower
America
Russia
Heald
Eisenhower Urges Stepped Up Arms Program
London Moscow radio summarized President Eisenhower's Oklahoma City speech urging a quicker American armaments buildup. The broadcast stated the President acknowledged the Soviet Union now has more scientists and engineers and trains them faster than the United States.
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London
Moscow
Eisenhowerer
Oklahoma City
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Air Force Flexes Global Reach With Long Range Flight Tests
The Air Force showcases its power with record jet tanker flights to Buenos Aires and back, a nonrefueled 6,325 mile record from Westover to Buenos Aires, and a series of long distance bomber and fighter missions. Gen Curtis LeMay piloted much of the KC135 and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as Gen Thomas White frames these acts as proof of global capability. Six B52 bombers, F100C Sabre jets, and F100D and F100 Voodoo fighters participate in extended missions to support an Argentina air show and Pacific deployments.
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Thomas White
Air Force
Curtis LeMay
Washington
LeMay
Buenos Aires
Pacific
Argentina
Curtis E. le May
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Thomas D. White
Loring Air Force Base
Limestone
Maine
Homestead
Fla
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
California
Guam
Gannon Air Force Base
New Mexico
Hickam
U S and Britain Back Arms to Tunisia Amid Algerian Crisis
Washington reports that the United States and Britain will proceed with arming Tunisia, delivering about 1 500 rifles and 50 000 rounds of ammo to President Bourguiba. France objects, and discussions involve Secretary Dulles and Foreign Minister Pinault.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Tunisia
Paris
Felix Gaillard
Algeria
Herve Alphand
State Department
Asst
C. Burke Elbrick
Habib Bourguiba
Bourguiba
Dulles
West
Egypt
Syria
Gaillard
Christian Pineau
Eisenhower
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Bellingham
Tulsa
Okla
Woodland
Bocas
Weer Valley News
Cocky Khrushchev
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Alamogordo, N. M
Sputnik IL
Missile Center
Col. Stapp
W. J. Barker
U.S. Moon
Lewis Gulick
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Ike
Vern Haugland
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