Girard Case Subpena Sparks U S Japan Defense Clash
US Attorney Oliver Gasch lamented aggressive defense actions may harm GI William S. Girard in Japan. Subpenas seek written records as Gen Decker heads to Japan to observe. A federal restraining order and court date set to decide Girard’s return and evidence handling.
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Oliver Gasch
William S. Girard
Gasch
Girard
United Press
Charles L Decker
Army
Japan
Wilbert Brucker
Decker
Defense Department
Naka Sakai
U.S
Dayton M. Harrington
Earle J Carroll
New York
Federal District Court
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Ottawa
Augos Oe
Plush Seats For Copters Hit by Solon Plush Seats For Copters Hit by Solon
Sen. Ellender accused the Defense Department of spending about 100000 dollars on plush VIP seats for nine helicopters without congressional consultation. He said the purchase appears to be wasteful while defense funding faces cuts and hearings resume next week for further detail.
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Washington
Elender
D-La
Defense Department
Congress
Ellender
Senate
House
White House
Air-Sea Hunt Cancels Part of Navy Exercises
President Eisenhower visit prompts large naval display but most training was canceled as a 19-ship task force from the USS Saratoga carried out a partial rescue for two downed pilots. One pilot rescued near Georgia, while the other remained missing as rain and heavy seas hindered operations.
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Eisenhower
Atlantic
Georgia
Valley Forge
Navy
Boston
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Charles B. Wilson
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
US Poland Sign Pact For Ninety Five Million Aid
The United States and Communist Poland signed a 95 million dollar aid pact. It provides 48.9 million in agricultural products and mining machinery and 46.1 million in surplus wheat and cotton. An Export-Import Bank loan of 30 million funds mining equipment, with 18.9 million in cotton fats and oils sold to Poland. The deal follows three months of talks and aims to bolster Poland's independence from Moscow while using Polish zlotys for embassy expenses.
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Washington
United States
Poland
Gomulka
Europe
Wladislaw Gomulka
Moscow
Congress
State Department
House
Berm Creer
Orange County
E. L. Russell
Sandburg Attacks TV Ads At National Club Meet
Poet Carl Sandburg denounced television commercials as inanities and cheap tricks before about 3000 women at a General Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Asheville North Carolina. Arlene Francis stood beside him as he quipped about a shorter Lincoln biography and avoided more mercantile jabs tonight.
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Asneville
N.C
Carl Sandberg
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Arlene Francis
Sandburg
Lincoln
Francis
Wisconsin Republicans Set Aug 27 For Special Senate Election
LACROSSE Wis August 27 is the date chosen for a special U S Senate election to succeed the late Joseph R McCarthy. Primary July 30. Glenn Davis, Walter J Kabler Warren P Knowles Alvin J Okowski and Henry Hughes are among candidates. Goldwater to keynote. The convention may endorse a candidate with 3000 to 5000 attendees expected.
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Thomson
Madison
Vaacant
Glenn Davis
Walter J. Kabler
Warren P Knowles
Alvin J Okowski
R-Wis
Davis
Supreme Court
Henry Hughes
Oshkosh
U. S. Senate
U. S
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Fear Asian Type Influenza in U.S.
In Santa Ana California, officials report a new influenza strain that swept the Far East may have reached the United States, signaling potential epidemic spread and calls for health vigilance.
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U.S
Santa Ana
Calif
Far East
United States
Disease feared in Far East with rising deaths
A report notes the illness is described as mad yet carries risk of complications and has led to several deaths in the Far East. Officials warn of further spread as health authorities mobilize containment efforts.
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Far East
Union VP Got $60 000 Testimonial Gift
The Senate Rackets Committee charged the Bakery Workers Union with squeezing 85,470 from workers and employers and awarding nearly 60,000 to Union Vice President Max Kralstein. Testimony named tickets to a testimonial dinner, ads in a souvenir program, and a Waldorf Astoria banquet as major expenses with Kralstein receiving 57,000.
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Senate
Bakery Workers Union
Max Kralstein
Joseph Tenezar
Bakers Local 3
New York
Kralstein
Tenezar
Kralstéin
Robert F. Kennedy
Waldorf-Astoria
Kennedy
Tenevar
Wisconsin to hold Aug. 27 special Senate election
Wisconsin Gov Vernon Thomson set August 27 as the date for a special U S Senate election to fill the McCarthy vacancy with a term ending in January 1959. Nomination papers may be circulated starting June 18, with July 12 filing deadline. Five Republicans and two Democrats announced candidacies. cost estimated at 500000 with local governments bearing most.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
U.S. Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Vernon Thomson
Tomson
GOP
Cconsin
Republican Party
Jeaeh Thomson
Party of the People
McCarthy
Eisenhower Orok
Repub- Sen
Wiley
Hean
Nest Revealed Inside Truck From Toledo in East Providence
A trailer truck arrived yesterday from Toledo, Ohio to East Providence carrying a robin's nest with three intact eggs found on an under carriage crossbar after the 820 mile trip.
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Providence
Toledo
Ohio
Talks Fail To Bring Accord In Fox River Valley
A Thursday meeting between Fox River Valley contractors and striking carpenters ended in a stalemate after three hours, prolonging a five day walkout that halts most Valley construction. Carpenters seek a 25 cent raise this year with 20 cents yearly boosts for two years. contractors propose 12, 18, and 12 cent raises plus 5 cents extra in October. Picket lines are honored across Fond du Lac to Menominee, with nearby jobs paused and some nonunion contractors signing interim agreements.
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Carpenters
Carpenters District Council
Appleton
District Council of
Fond du Lac
Fox River Valley Contractors’ Association
Menominee
Mich
Oshkosh Building Trades Council
Green Lake
Beris
Winchester
Winneconne
Pilot Killed as Jet Crashes at Scott Air Force Base
First Lt. George T. Norbut, 29, of St. Louis, died when an F-102 jet crashed in flames during an attempted emergency landing at Scott Air Force Base Illinois. He was ferrying the plane from California to Wright-Patterson to Ohio and was stationed at Gebauer AFB Grandview Missouri.
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Til
George T. Norbut
St Louis
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Air Force
Norbut
Gebauer Air Force Base
Grandview
California
Wright-Patterson Base
Ohio
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