FBI to Take Over Weinberger Kidnapping Case Today
The FBI will assume leadership of the Weinberger kidnapping investigation in Westbury New York today after 3 p.m. EDT, seven days after infant Peter Weinberger was abducted from his parents’ yard. Federal agents expect a crackdown on hoax calls that have hampered the inquiry as Mrs Betty Weinberger faced two more fake meetings with the kidnapper.
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Frederick M. Winship
United Press
Westbury
N.Y
FBI
Weinberger
Nassau County
G-men
Peter
U.S
Morris Weinberger
Betty Weinberger
Long Island
Thomas Code
Local Weather Deluge Delays Wheat Harvest and Road Work
County farmers face extended rain as wheat fields lie down and mud slows excavations on Mt Jackson Edenburg Road. Observers note rain varies by area with parking scarce in New Wilmington during a Christian Endeavor convention.
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New Wilmington
State Christian Endeavor Convention
Mt. Jackson-Edenburg Rd
Daily Weather Report Mostly sunny with mild highs
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. today show a maximum temperature of 76 and a minimum of 56 with no precipitation. River stage is 7 feet. Compare to the same date last year with a high of 89 and a low of 55 and no precipitation.
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United States
Eisenhower to Return to White House After Farm Recovery
President Eisenhower plans a work and rest period in Gettysburg before resuming duties in Washington within a week. He will end his farm convalescence next week and then fly to Panama July 20 for a conference of American presidents. He continues to favor Nixon and will meet Percival Brundage and Arthur Fleming to discuss White House plans.
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Donald J. Gonzales
United Press
Gettysburg, Pa
Eisenhower
White House
Pudget
Percival F. Brundage
Arthur S. Fleming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Panama
Nixon
Washington
Gettysburg College
GOP
Move To Ban Nuclear Weapons Proposed In Soviet Parliament
The Supreme Soviet in Moscow agreed to consider banning the use and manufacture of nuclear weapons. The first meeting after the campaign to downgrade Stalin placed the atomic ban proposal on its agenda in record time.
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Moscow
INS
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Stalin
Western powers seek direct Russia reply on curbing nuclear tests
At the United Nations, British Minister Anthony Nutting urged Russia to respond to a four power plan for limiting nuclear test explosions. He cited NAS and British Medical Research Council findings on fallout risks and urged a health informed first step toward disarmament within a U S Britain France and Canada framework.
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Pierre J. Huss
United Nations
N.y.ins
Russia
Anthony Nutting
U.S
Britain
France
Canada
Nutting
National Academy of Sciences
Nationalist Artillery Bombards Mainland and Quemoy
Peiping radio reported Chinese Nationalist artillery on Quemoy and along the coast bombarded targets on the mainland for five hours on Monday morning. It said the People s Liberation Army returned fire and destroyed one Nationalist gun position on Quemoy.
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Tokyo
INS
Peiping
Quemoy
Chiaoyu
China
Disc Jockey Questioned In Death Of Wife
Pittsburgh disc jockey Wally Dickson aged 26 was questioned by police over the rifle death of his wife Nancy 26. Two friends backed his alibi of being away from home when the murder occurred. Detectives planned lie detector testing as the investigation continued. Nancy Dickson was found slain in their Edgewood apartment with a .22 rifle beneath her body and the weapon owned by Dickson.
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Pittsburgh
Wally Dickson
Henry W. Peiper
Allegheny County
Dickson
Nancy
Edgewood
Theodore Helmbold
First Federal Plaza Contract Awarded Today
First Federal Plaza on North Mill Street was awarded to Matthew Leivo and Sons Inc for about a million dollars. Ten bids were submitted on June 26 with six eliminated, leaving four bids on revised specs. Ground breaking awaits steel strike settlement. occupancy aimed for September 1957.
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North Mill Street
Matthew Leivo
Nixon’s Place On G O P Ticket Seems Secure
Gettysburg Pa INS report says Vice President Nixon is firmly kept on the Republican ticket. Eisenhower backs Nixon amid talk of replacing him with a less controversial figure and shows no plan to withdraw endorsement despite Nixon’s health and age concerns.
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Richard
Eisenhower
Nixon
White House
James C. Hagerty
French Infantry Patrols Kill 29 Rebels in Algeria
In Constantine province, French infantry patrols killed 29 Nationalist rebels as 9000 French troops with artillery and air support push a large clean-up operation 35 miles south of Algiers. Officials say the campaign will continue for several days though no major rebel groups were flushed out yet.
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Algiers
Algeria
Constantine
U.S. Silent On Soviet Flight Charge Amid Probe
Secretary Dulles faced questions as Moscow handed a protest note accusing U.S. planes of intruding up to 200 miles into Soviet airspace on July 4 5 and 9. The State Department prepared a formal reply while Air Force officials weighed the response.
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Charlotte Moulton
United Press
Washington
Russia
U.S
Baltic Sea
Air Force Headquarters
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Georgi N Zaroubin
Dulles
Moscow
Radio Moscow
Baltic
Poland
East Germany
United States
Soviet Union
United Plant Sale Plans Smoothed Toward Closing
Final signing of sale papers for the former United Engineering and Foundry Co. plant is being smoothed toward a closing but no date has been set. GSA officials in Washington announced the progress after a meeting in Washington with Mesta Machine Co. and GSA attorneys. David Brown, secretary to Frank Mesta, called the session strictly legal and said no Mesta officials attended. He said they do not foresee difficulties and that the deal would close within a week.
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United Engineering & Foundry Co
General Services Administration
Washington D. C
Mesta Machine Co
GSA
Washington
David Brown
Frank Mesta
Pittsburgh
Mesta
Brown
Pittsburgh Considers Ending Penny Parking Meters
Pittsburgh City Council weighs abolishing penny parking meters. Safety Director Louis Rosenberg proposes 5 cents for 30 minutes and 10 cents for an hour, replacing the current 1 cent per 12 minutes.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Free Speech Clue Seen In Soviet Supreme Soviet Session
The Supreme Soviet opens in Moscow with 2000 delegates as observers watch for hints on free speech under the new government. The agenda from the Council of the Union includes pension bills and a Karelo Finnish admission request while Khrushchev attends the opening of the Council of Nationalities later.
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Moscow
INS
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Council of the Union
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Council of Nationalities
Russia
Halleck Seen As Selection To Nominate President
Representative Charles A. Halleck of Indiana is Eisenhower’s preferred choice to deliver the presidential nominating speech at the Republican convention. An administration official said Halleck is virtually assured unless strategists decide a rival candidate is needed to boost a key state race. Possible alternates include Senator James H. Duff of Pennsylvania Governor Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland and Governor Christian A. Herter of Massachusetts.
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Ruth Montgomery
I.N.S
Washington
INS
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Eisenhower
Halleck
GOP
Ike
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Nixon Returns From World Good Will Tour
Vice President Richard M. Nixon is to fly back to Washington today from an 11 day globe circling good will trip that took him to the Philippines South Vietnam Formosa Thailand and Pakistan He left Palma Mallorca with Mrs Nixon on the final leg. The trip comes as a White House statement confirms he remains Eisenhowers running mate for the 1956 campaign despite Eisenhowers recent illness and operation.
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Washington
INS
Richard M. Nixon
Asia
Eisenhower
Palma
Mallorca
Nixon
Philippines
South Vietnam
Formosa
Thailand
Pakistan
White House
Dulles Urges Russia to Free Captive Peoples
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called on the Soviet Union to liberate eastern European captive peoples and undo the abuses attributed to Stalin. He spoke after a Soviet Communist Party central committee resolution acknowledged Stalin era abuses and pledged preventive steps. Dulles voiced hope that world events will transform the international scene and bring freedom to enslaved peoples.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Europe
Stalin
Cabin Cruiser Smashed by Train Near Butler, Pa
A 32 foot cabin cruiser being moved by a tractor trailer was demolished when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck the rig on tracks near Butler Pennsylvania. The truck driver Eldern G Whetstone of Defiance Ohio said the truck stalled on the tracks Tuesday night and the train ripped apart the boat and trailer.
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Upi
Ohio
Eldern G. Whetstone
Defiance
Baltimore & Ohio
Freighter Sinks In Atlantic After Collision
The Estoril sank 450 miles east of Boston after a fog collision with the Italian cargo ship Déa Mazzella. About 30 crewmen were rescued by the Mazzella and were unharmed. The Estoril was en route from Halifax to Philadelphia with iron ore and sent an SOS at 1 30 a.m. EDT.
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Boston
INS
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Estoril
Halifax
N. S
Philadelphia
Brink's holdup suspect dies in prison hospital
Stanley A. Gusciora, 36, who faced trial with nine others for the Brink's counting house raid, died in a prison hospital after an autopsy found a brain tumor with acute cerebral edema. He had been extradited from Western State Penitentiary to stand trial in Stoughton, Massachusetts. His burial is planned for Saturday.
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Stoughton
Mass
Stanley A. Gusciora
Gusciora
Norfolk Prison Colony
East Cambridge
Western State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Death Notices Gathered in Wednesday Record
The page lists multiple death notices including Mrs Catherine Hunt of 736 Castle Street and Miss Dorothy Price aged 18 of 738 Ridge Street. Also noted are Frederick C McBride 80 of Hillsville and Mrs Jennie McConnell Ayers 83 of 408 Creton Avenue. William Frank Calderwood 36 of 222 Wallace Avenue and Mrs Sara E Ryan 40 of 810 Peorter Street.
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Catherine
Katie) Hunt
Castle St
Frederick C. McBride
Hillsville
Dorothy
Dottie) Price
Ridge St
Jennie McConnell Ayers
Creton
William Frank Calderwood
Wallace Ave
Sara E. Ryan
Peorter
Resumption Of Talks In Steel Strike Scheduled
In Washington industry executives agreed to resume negotiations with union leaders on Thursday to end the 11 day steel strike. A four member delegation led by U S Steel vice president John A Stephens met with Federal Mediation Chief Joseph F Finnegan and aides after 10 a m EDT.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Joseph F. Finnegan
United States Steel Worker
David McDonald
Washington
U.S. Steel
John A. Stephens
Steel talks near renewal as mediation opens
Washington reports federal mediation officials expect an industry agreement today to revive stalled steel contract talks after 111 days of strike. An industry delegation led by U.S. Steel Vice President John A. Stephens meets Mediation Chief Joseph F. Finnegan amid no clear sign of an imminent settlement. David J. McDonald, president of United Steelworkers, agrees to resume labor discussions.
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Washington
U.S. Steel
John A. Stephens
Joseph F. Finnegan
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Fair Weather Expected Across Pennsylvania
A high pressure system forecast pleasant conditions for Pennsylvania with mild temperatures in the 70s to low 80s and comfortable humidity. Forecasters warn of scattered showers possible in western and northern counties on Thursday.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Bureau
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