Court Martial Colonel Berger to Take Stand at Fort Sill
At Fort Sill Oklahoma Lt Col Walter P Berger faces negligent homicide charges in the June 22 mortar incident. Prosecution rested after witnesses testified Berger questioned a cease fire order and twice checked with the fire direction center before resuming fire.
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FT. Sill
Short
Berger
Robert O. Phillips
Phillips
Walter P. Berger
Philadelphia
Billy G. Walker
Rosser D. Moody
Toano
Reuther Blasts GM for Higher Prices During AFL CIO Banquet
Walter Reuther accuses General Motors of short-changing the public by raising auto prices. He had urged a $100 cut on 1958 models as an anti inflation move, but GM President Curtice rejected the idea and proposed a two year contract extension.
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Chicago
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
Auto Manu
UAW
Aflcio American Federation of Techers
Curtice
Americans Arrive in Peiping From Moscow Flight
Forty one young Americans arriving in Peiping after a nine day journey from Moscow on the Peiping Express were greeted by cheering crowds and handed flowers. They said President Eisenhower was ill advised about their visit and praised the trip as wonderful despite some heated arguments among travelers. The group, invited to Red China after attending Moscow’s World Youth Festival, planned weekend sightseeing and encountered strong anti US sentiment and patriotism from locals.
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London
Peiping
Reuters
Red Capital
United States
Siberia
China
Moscow
Eisenhower
Dean Hoxsel
Los Angeles
Louis Alhonote
Brooklyn
John Brown
Dan O'Connell
Chicago
Elaine Kusnitz
University of California
West Adams
Earl Williamson
Red China
Peking
U. S. detonates 13th A-Bomb test at Nevada site
The United States exploded the 13th atomic device of the 1957 series at Yucca Flat Nevada. The Doppler blast rose to 36 000 feet with a pink mushroom cloud as 41 military planes and 450 observers watched from 3000 yards. Canadian Queen's Own Rifles observers attended.
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Nevada Desert
United States
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Angel’s Peak
Ground Zero
Yucca Flat
Queen’s Own Rifles
Calgary
Alta
Attack Fatal To Olmstead
W K Olmstead retired Missouri Pacific Railroad traveling auditor fatally struck on a city bus. He died at St. Francis Hospital soon after arrival. Funeral arrangements under Mulhearn Funeral Home. Survived by wife, son W K Olmstead Jr, daughter Cliffie Olmstead. Resided 1708 Lexington Ave Monroe.
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W. K. Olmstead
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Francis Hospital
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Wayne W. Gray
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Olmstead
W. K. Olmstead, Jr
Miss
Cliffie Olmstead
City of
Monroe
Lexington Avenue
Rescue effort fails as teen dies in Canadian mine shaft
In Timmins Ontario rescuers recovered 15 year old Blakemore from debris 10 feet below the abandoned gold mine shaft where 16 year old Bonar Scholes was saved the night before. Three teens escaped as rotted timbers collapsed over the shaft harboring a 30 foot water bottom.
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Timmins
Ont
Blakemore
Bonar Scholes
Blakemore Bay
Scholes
W. G. Bissonnette
Vipond
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Stockpile Drugs State Prepares For Flu Outbreak
Louisiana health officials report rapid vaccine production ahead of a potential Asiatic flu epidemic. A second large shipment arrived as 3 500 doses were distributed statewide. Doctors note uncertain lab confirmation of Asiatic flu. cases rise in clinics while preparations continue.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Health Department
Health Department
Rafael Sanchez
Sanchez
Louisiana
A. A. Flores
Charity Hospital
New Witness Called In Movie Trial
In Hollywood Confidential defense counsel called a surprise witness to fix a date for Maureen O Hara's alleged romance with a Latin lover at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Michael Patrick Casey testified the encounter occurred between February 8 and April 14, 1954, while he worked there. The court also heard novelist William Bradford Huie defend Confidential as obscenity cases moved forward.
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Hollywood
Maureen O'Hara
Grauman
Michael Patrick Casey
Hollywood Boulevard
Subpena
Miss O'Hara
James Craig
Europe
Casey
Mamie Stover
Hartsell
Ala
Mail delivery begins in Parkwood subdivision
Here and There Homes in Parkwood subdivision of West Monroe will begin home mail delivery next week. Postmaster Homer Roark urged residents to install mail boxes and ensure correct house numbers. The Louisiana State Personnel Council will sponsor a two day personnel conference in Baton Rouge on Sept. 17 and 18.
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Parkwood Subdivision
West Moinroe
Homer Roark
Louisiana State Personnel Council
Baton Rouge
William H. Ruff
State Department of Public Welfare
Ruff
Diesel Crash Claims Ten Lives Near Iraputo Mexico
A diesel locomotive struck a southbound Texas bound bus at a crossing in Iraputo killing two Americans, Samuel Alvarado Lascari of Los Angeles and Elizabeth Mary Sahlman, and eight other passengers Timely report lists six additional victims including three women and two children with sixteen injured hospitalized in the 410 year old provincial city.
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Iraputato
Mexico
Texas
United States
Samuel Alvarado Lascari
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Mary Sahlman
Hoffa Pledges Cleanup Over Underworld Ties in Teamsters
James R. Hoffa told the Senate Rackets Committee he is shocked by New York mob influence in the Teamsters Union and pledged a nationwide cleanup if elected president. He warned against phony New York locals run by criminals and said he would discipline implicated officers. Hoffa also said he would look out for Dio’s family if Dio faces a long prison term.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
New York
Teamsters Union
Midwest
Hoffa
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Underworld
Johnny Jo
Dio
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
John McNamara
New York Teamster Local 195
McNamara
New York Teamster
Ives
Af Hoffa
Late August Heat Returns After Cool Spell
Cool air gives way to late August heat with temperatures rising from a low 66 to 72 overnight. A trace of rain fell yesterday at Lafayette as northeast Louisiana stays dry this weekend with highs around 90 to 94 and lows near 68 to 72.
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Lafayette
Louisiana
Democrats Mull Compromise Rights Proposal In Civil Rights Debate
Speaker Rayburn said Democrats may have a compromise proposal ready tomorrow to break the civil rights deadlock. He criticized Rep Martin’s GOP plan backed by Eisenhower, noting it would allow judges to hear voting rights contempt cases without a jury with limited penalties. Johnson and Rayburn discussed a counteroffer, aiming for a clearly written proposal.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Anafananan Dawhie
Lluyyuuldd
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
Johnson
Martin
Campaign to Save Shaw Alphabet Reform Reaches US
Mrs. Clara S. Richter a New York attorney and writer joins British MP Isaac Pitman in a bid to overturn a Chancery Court ruling on George Bernard Shaw s will. The effort seeks a worldwide inquiry into simplifying English spelling while Shaw s executors redirected funds to the British Museum the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the National Gallery of Ireland.
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London
Clara S. Richter
New York
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Chancery
High
British Museum
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
National Gallery of Shaw
Ireland
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Trip
Nevada
Captive
Flores
Charity
Marion Wells
Blundon Orphanage
Baker High Scool
State Industrial School For Colored
Baker
Mogabgab
State Health Department
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Emmett Till
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G B. Shaw
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