Sergeant Linked To Russian Spy in Espionage Trial
Microfilm evidence in the trial of Oll I. Abel cites a Russian claim that an American Army sergeant on active duty aided espionage while at the U S Embassy in Moscow. Sgt. Roy A. Rhodes 40 of Ft Myer Virginia is named on a government witness list and awaits testimony as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
William F. Tompkins
U.S. Army
Roy A. Rhodes
FBI
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Reino Hayhanen
Peekskill
N.Y
New York
Oll I
Ft. Myer
Rhodes
Asst
U.S. Atty
Eatontown
N.J
New York City
Moscow
Red Bank
Nwt
Senate panel targets Hoffa election as rigged
Senator John L. McClellan said the committee has information that could prove Jimmy Hoffa was elected Teamsters president at a rigged convention with most delegates illegally selected. He urged antitrust action against unions and a federal right to work, citing misused union funds and large pension welfare totals.
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Biloxi
Miss
John L. McClellan
Mississippi Manufacturers Assn
McClellan
Congress
Hoffa
Senate
Cooler Tomorrow With Weekend Frost Possible
A high pressure system brings cool, fair weather into the weekend in the Miami Valley. Today’s highs near 60 with clouds, tonight dipping to 35 with frost likely, Saturday forecast to 65, and scattered showers possible by Sunday. Middletown reported a 3 PM high around 60s and a 7:30 AM low near 45 with 0.02 inches rainfall yesterday.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Chuckle Neck Riddle Teases Risk of Not Sticking Out
A brief item notes a humorous proverb about sticking out to avoid trouble, reframing a common caution into a playful warning. The snippet hints at a comic angle on social behavior and personal caution.
Pain cure by wasp sting at Fort Scott lake
Fort Scott businessman Frank Becco took Lyle Amer to a duck blind to sting wasps. Amer was stung to eliminate the nest in a claim it would relieve rheumatism. A local physician noted wasp venom has neurotoxin effects in small doses, but called the method risky.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Frank Becco
Lyle W. Amer
Amer
Becca
Soviet Plan for Lunar Station Mirnaya Declared
In Izvestia Aleksandr Aleksandrov says a Soviet lunar station named Mirnaya will appear on the moon Very soon. The project would be unmanned and follows Sputnik era space speculation and Bolshevik Revolution anniversaries.
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London
Mitnaya
Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Leningrad University
Izvestia
Moscow Radio
Iof
Mirnaya
Ike Would Pool NATO Brains For Space and Arms Pace
President Eisenhower plans a broad NATO pool of scientific brainpower and industrial resources to counter Soviet advances in weapons and space. The idea, hinted at in a toast to Queen Elizabeth, aims to involve the entire alliance beyond Britain and the United States, leveraging free world assets to outpace Moscow. The plan surfaces ahead of Eisenhower's meeting with Prime Minister Macmillan to discuss world problems and NATO expansion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Harold Macmillan
NATO
White House
Free World
Macmilan
Macmillan
Free Countries
Duke Uses Missiles In Sendoff At Catterick
The Duke of Kent and Royal Scots Greys officers pelted each other with rotten apples and flour bags as a sendoff for a tank regiment heading to Germany. The duke led a parade across a grade crossing and ambushed a passing train, described by onlookers as a circus.
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Catterick
England
Duke of Kent
Elizabeth II
Royal Scots Greys
Germany
Army
New Talks With Reds Held Likely
London reports say Prime Minister Macmillan may press for a new summit with Soviet leaders in Washington talks with President Eisenhower next week. The Foreign Office denies plans though diplomatic circles note possible mention. Macmillan travels Tuesday seeking to resolve East West tensions.
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Washington
London
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Middle East
Russia
Foreign Office
Evening Standard
the Star
Nikita Khrushchev
the Standard
Geneva
Turkey
Syria
Khalil Kallas
Istanbul
Moonwatch Eyes Sputnik as Sightings Remain Elusive
U S scientists press moonwatch observers to focus on the satellite itself not its carrier rocket. Reports from Southern Hemisphere observers in Australia and South Africa note sparse sightings while South Pasadena scientists photographed Sputnik. Moscow says it has circled Earth 190 times. Aviation Daily hints at a possible moon mission tied to November 7 Bolshevik anniversary.
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Washington
Sputnik
Armand N. Spitz
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
U.S
Spitz
Cambridge
Mass
South Africa
Australia
Chile
Peru
Netherlands West Indies
Observatory
Space
Earth
Leon Campbell
Moonwatch Project
Campbell
South Pasadena
Calif
Moscow Radio
Aviation Daily
Christian Clausen
Los Angeles Examiner
UN Calls Urgent Meet On Sensitive Mideast
The U N Assembly, urged by Syria and the Soviet Union, votes to hold an urgent session over alleged U S and Turkish plans for war in the Middle East. Turkey and Syria blame each other as Britain and the United States seek wider investigation.
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Mideast
Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
Syria
Soviet Union
U.N. Assembly
United States
Turkey
Waiadie
U.N
Seyfullah Esin
Kremlin
Middle East
U.S
Balloonists Soar in Fresh High Altitude Flight Test
Two Navy balloonists Cmdr. Malcolm D. Ross and Morton L. Lewis launched from an open pit mine near Crosby Minnesota in a 2 million cubic foot plastic balloon to study human response to 80 000 feet altitude. The test runs seven to eight hours with a controlled descent planned for sundown.
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Crosby, Minn
Navy
Cmdr
Malcom D. Ross
Bureau of Aeronautics
Morton L. Lewis
Office of Naval Research
ONR
Ross
Lewis
Rapid City
S. D
Air Force
David G. Simons
Queen Elizabeth II Begins Washington Visit With Culture and Unity Emphasis
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive in Washington for a four day state visit. Elizabeth tours the National Gallery of Art and 24 exhibition galleries while Philip receives a National Geographic Society Gold Medal from President Eisenhower for his world voyage. A garden party at the British Embassy and a White House dinner highlighted Anglo American unity. The leaders avoided discussion of Russia's missile and satellite advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priusa Monaren
White’ House
National Gallery of Art
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Philip
White House
British Empire
Her Majesty
Washington
Eisenhower
America
Britain
Canada
United States
Russia
Prank Distress Bottle Delays Coast Guard Notice
William Robinson III and Lila Scott of Shreveport sent a fake distress message aboard the Neptunia last summer. The bottle washed ashore on the French coast and the coast guard traced it to Robinson, who confirmed it was a joke.
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Shreveport
William Robinson III
Coast Guard
University of Oklahoma
Robinson
Lila Scott
Neptunia
Paris
United States
Cmdr
D. M. Morell
New Orleans
Morell
Scott
Bill
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