Probers Split Sharply On Vindicating Adams
Washington AP reporting shows Democratic and Republican members of a House subcommittee divided on whether its report vindicates Sherman Adams in a military contract settlement case. The panel found no evidence Adams intended to influence a $40,382 penalty refund to Raglaine Worsteds, Inc. in Manchester NH, but party lines shaped interpretations of the findings.
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Washington
House
Sherman Adams
Wesien
Mage Phoue
House Armed Services Investigate
Adams
Raglaine Worsteds, Inc
Manchester
N.H
IV O
Porter Hardy
D-Va' A
GOP Hails
Sea Styles Bridges
Chester FE Verton
New Hampshire
Sea Irving Wi Ives
RNY
Raglaine
Hardy
Willan EO Hess
Chiods
Senor Republicis
Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Congress
Chile Quotes Argentina Clash Over Cape Horn Lighthouse
In Santiango Chile an AP report says Chile charges Argentina landed Marines on Snipe Island near Cape Horn and destroyed a lighthouse. Chile asserts clear rights to Snipe while protests claim disputed territory and damaged beacon on the border island.
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Santingo
Chile
Argentina
Snipe
Cape Horn
South Ameria
Smipe
Raenkna
Ta ‘Niles
Borren
Health imperiled by nuclear tests UN report warns
United Nations scientific panel of fifteen nations says even small radiation increases from nuclear weapon tests threaten mankind's culture and health. The body backs the report but rejects a Soviet push for an immediate end to detonations. The 228 page study, Small Amounts Dangerous, notes genetic and possible cancer risks.
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United Nations
Scientific Committee
Kennedy urges higher benefits for the aged in Social Security plan
Senator John F. Kennedy urged boosting old age benefits by 2 percent rather than the 7 percent in the House bill. He proposed raising lump-sum death payments and aid for children with unemployed fathers. Secretary Flemming opposed higher state public assistance grants but supported the 7 percent increase in Social Security insurance benefits.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Senate Finance Committee
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Kennedy
First 70-Seat Tram to Stop at Edwallon Station
London reports that September 27 will be a red letter day for porter Bill Lanth at Edwallon station as the first tram in 70 seats will stop there a special for a football match.
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London
UPI
Bill Lanth
Edwallon
Five Killed in Erie Rail Collision Near Suffern NY
Two Erie Railroad trains collided head on near Suffern New York killing five aboard No 50 and injuring 22 others. Conductor George Sutton of Port Jervis was in critical condition. sixteen more passengers and crew were hospitalized.
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Erie Railroad
Stiesrlington
Monroe
N.Y
la Hoboken
N.J
Sam Nardo
Murtun J. Walsh
Charles G. Mitchell
J. Bower
Raiload
Port Jervis
Hoboken
New York City
Hudson River
New Jersey
New York State Line
George Sutton
Good Samaritan
Bran ‘Sa
Good Samaritan Hospital
Congress Hopes to Adjourn by Weekend Amid Backlog
Washington AP reports Congress aims to clear a heavy backlog and adjourn by the weekend. Senate action centers on Social Security, foreign aid, education funds, and a farm bill. House debates contend with farm relief and labor regulation measures amid looming deadlines and re election pressures.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dtex
House
Sam Rayburn
Slo
Rayburn
Senate House
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Atomic Energy Commission
Appropriations Committee
Rules
Reds Press to Lift Yanks From Lebanon
City officials debated a plan to fund a new high school and remodel two existing structures. Council member Charles Piss proposed a formal directive to the city attorney to prepare two bond issues totaling 3.5 million dollars for a new high school at a new location and 2.31 million for modernization and reconstruction of two high schools. A joint decision by the council and board of education was urged, with public input possible if no accord is reached, as work could begin following initial reservations and actions.
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Common Council
Charles
Ely
Two Die In Plane Crash In Wisconsin
Two Michigan men died when their private plane crashed in a thunderstorm about 22 miles south of the Wisconsin Michigan border. Tom Ravingsig, 40, Iron River, and Gary Jackson, 16, Stambai Mich, were found dead by Forest County deputies near a farm by Armstrong Creek Wisconsin after they failed to land safely.
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Mich
Michigan
Budder
Tom Ravingsig
Iron River
Gary Jackson
Stambai Mich
Wrec
Forest County
Wis
Jackson Bot
Seret
Thanederstorm
Jackson
Rucinski
Armstrong Creek
US student held near Vienna crosses Iron Curtain
An American student, identified as John Bachmane-Hardcastle, 20, was arrested near Kittsee about 50 miles east of Vienna after climbing a barbed wire fence at the frontier to be photographed behind the Iron Curtain. Austrian police said Czech authorities had not been contacted about his whereabouts by Sunday.
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Vienna
Girababis
Ree
Leon Cartain
Tohn Bachmane-Hardcastle
Nashvie Teno
Kittsee
Wierbe
Ceech Warthornes
Chinese Reds Blast Quemoy In New Drive
Chinese Communist artillery and ships engaged near Quemoy Island as Nationalist forces attempted to repel an active attack. Reports say Communist troops and anti aircraft positions moved into front line areas while Formosa prepared for possible invasion with citywide evacuations and military patrols.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Defease
Maped
Quemos
Parmeni
Wallace Beakley
Cammmi
U.S
Lod
Formosa Strait
Far East
Beakley
UPS
Arnold Dibble
Tokye
Skimdiver Solves Five-Year Angling Pool Mystery
Smethwick report states a Skimdiver sonediay solved the mystery of one of seven thousand carp and gudgeon dumped into the Angling Club pool five years ago. The fish escaped through a bottom outlet pipe, and authorities confirm the casing of the incident.
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Smethwick
Oa Baoa
UPD
Sonediay
Gromyko Expected To Bid In U N Emergency Session
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko arrived with a 75 member delegation to argue for withdrawal of American and British troops from Lebanon and Jordan at the U N General Assembly emergency session. He planned to speak early in the debate starting Wednesday, as Asian neutralists seek a path to force troop withdrawals so the Assembly can focus on other Middle East issues.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Lebanon
Jordan
Gromyko
Moscow
Shnattun
Jordin
Ana Visa Wis
Tus
Mr. Daw
AUS Weisslands Gnt
Tao Bare Dauning
Canro
Bild
United States
Soviet Premier Hails Hydro, Taunts U S Over Grand Coulee
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev praised the world’s largest hydroelectric project in the USSR while belittling the United States for Grand Coulee in Washington. He claimed the American dam took 30 years to build versus seven for the Soviet project, and warned future dams must accelerate to aid war industry.
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Kuibyshevy
Nikita S Khrichehev
Tsi Khosheles & Pakke
Valwe
Moscow
Middle East
United States
Washureton Tie
Wirches
Ariel Lake
Rietary
Merry
Washington
Mederal
Commissener
Deshemmer
Deshemer
UN Reclamation
Wichriphohes
Europe
Supreme Soviet
Kita
Withdrawal Of Lebanon Units Seen Imminent
Washington reports intensified speculation that the United States will pull out a battalion of Marines from Lebanon, about 1,800 men, before the U N assembly debate. Total U S forces in Lebanon are around 14,200. A replacement battalion prepares to sail, possibly kept aboard ship to reduce forces on land while preserving Med strength. President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles edge toward finalizing the Middle East case for the U N.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Lebanon
State Department
Defense Department
U.S
United Nations Assembly
Mideast
Iraq
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
U.N. Assembly
Dulles
New York City
U.N
Nine Unhurt As Airliner Fails to Rise
North Central Airlines DC-3 slid off the end of a wet Austin Straubel Airport runway during takeoff in Green Bay. Six passengers and three crew members escaped uninjured as a partial power failure was blamed on the right engine. The aircraft nosed into a ditch and settled on its fuselage after skidding about 200 feet beyond the runway end.
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North Central Airlines
Green Bay
Austin Straubel Air Field
Russell Blaisdell
Chicago
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