Kohler Hoax Shooting Claim Sparks Senate Hearing
Witness says Kohler Company instigated a hoax shooting amid the UAW strike. Ernest L. Rose testifies that a non union conspirator told a striker to shoot into his garage, later deemed a hoax after sheriff inquiry. Counsel Lyman C. Conger challenges the charge.
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Kohler Company
Probers
D-Ark
UAW
Kohler Co
Kohler
Wis
McClellan
Rose
Joyce
Ernest J. Rose
Sheboygan
Senate
Bombers Not U S Arms Aid In Indonesian Action
Washington official states American planes used in the Indonesian bombing were not supplied through the U S arms program. Assistant Defense Secretary Sprague says GAO criticisms may have been outdated and cites Japan training pilots for jet fighters.
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Washington
U.S
Asst
Mansfield D. Sprague
Sprague
Computlee
General Accounting Office
Congressional
GAO
Japan
Two Dead in Crash In Pensacola and Alabama
A Marine flight instructor Lt. David Bruce Mahorney 25 Hartford City Ind and student Ens Richard E. Cossitt ? Atlanta Ga died when a jet trainer crashed near Evergreen Alabama Tuesday January 28 196? The wreck is under investigation and authorities released identifications of the victims.
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Pensacola. Fla
Evergreen
Ala
Navi
Marthe
David Bruce Mahorney
Hartford City
Ind
Ens
Richard E. Cossitt
Atlanta Ga
Government Maintains 30 Percent Tax on False Beards
London report states that on Tuesday the government refused to abolish the 30 percent levy on fake beards and moustaches, keeping facial disguise duties in place despite calls for repeal.
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London
Proposal For PWA Agency Wins Support
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson backs a Gore led plan to create a Public Works Administration with a half billion dollar jobs fund. The bill would fund 90 percent of qualifying projects including public buildings schools recreation facilities airports and hydroelectric plants to reduce unemployment and spur recovery. Johnson says action is needed now and supports early Senate consideration alongside an emergency housing bill.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon Big Johnson
Texas
Public Works Administration
Johnson
Sen Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Eisenhower
Sen. Sparkman
Motionless Moon Studied by Air Force
The Air Force explores a hovering satellite concept a fixed point above Earth for radio relay, weather observation, or missile launching. Details cite a 22,000 mile altitude and an orbit once per day, moving with Earth’s rotation to remain over the same longitude.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Irvine
Armed Forces Communications Flectron Je Assn
Washington
Air Force Missile Test Center
Will Press To Quiz Senators In FCC Probe
Rep. Wolverton demands questioning of senators tied to Miami Channel 10 battle. Harris opposes direct invitations while Kefauver Holland and Smathers say they would testify if invited. Mack appearance postponed as hearings probe FCC pressure and responses from National Airlines.
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Rep. Wolverton
Miami
Washington
House
FCC
Rep
Wolverton
New Jersey
Harris
D-Ark
Congress
Kefauver
Tennessee
Holland
Smathers
Florida
Federal Communications Commission
Mack
Richard A Mack
G. T. Baker
Alexander Hardy
National Airlines
Wisaherne
Holland and Smathers
D-Tenn
Fach
Harris D-Ark
House Miles
Baker
Ing Helland
A. Frank Kalsentine
Channel 10
Senate
Florda
Furlier
Widow and Child Escape Fire That Destroys Home
A fire destroyed a building housing a widow Mary Kopan and her tavern and dance hall after a passing minister raised the alarm. Kopan and her youngest child escaped. five other children were at school. Damage estimated at 1600 with origin undetermined. Kopan's husband died seven months earlier in a highway accident.
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Butternut ‘P
Mary Kopan
Kopan
Group Okays 1 Million For Brussels Expo
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the full 2 054 000 requested by President Eisenhower to fund the Brussels International Exposition opening in April. The House backed a transfer of one million dollars from Moscow World Trade Fair funds for a public health exhibit. the Senate kept the Moscow funds in reserve. The supplemental bill also funds other trade fairs and a major Agriculture Department appropriation to repay the Commodity Credit Corp for disposal programs.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Wiil
Senate
House
Gorki Park
Moscow
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
France receives U S reactor fuel shipment for peaceful use
Paris reports the arrival of five nuclear fuel elements valued at 11,000 and four isotopes for research under the U S program. The items arrived in special containers as part of shared atomic energy efforts for peaceful purposes.
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Paris
France
Four Children Dead as Train Hits Auto at Crossing
In Carlyle Illinois a westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight struck an auto at a grade crossing at 8 15 am killing four of ten children aboard the car. Three Berry children Phyllis Flora Kay and another kin died. Eugene Higgins died later in hospital. Two severely injured Lester Berry and Allen Berry were hurt and wife and father were shaken. The auto was hurled 100 feet after the impact. The wreck left bodies scattered along the tracks and across the scene.
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Carlyle
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Francis Berry
Rene
Phyllis
Flora Kay
Berry
Eugene Higgins
Breese
Lester Berry
Allen
Roth
Lord the
Berry Auto En Tute
Thard Street
Army launches second Explorer satellite from Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral the Army sent aloft a Jupiter rocket carrying a second Explorer type satellite. The four stage rocket roared off at 12 28 pm EST as officials timed the launch to avoid radio signal interference with the first Explorer and nearby Soviet Sputnik. The secret hydyne fueled engine powered the craft toward a hoped for 200 mile altitude and long duration in orbit.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Free World
Defense Department
Army
Orbtt
Explorer
Foreign Ministers of West Europe Converge in Rome
Western European Union foreign ministers met in Rome behind closed doors to review the international situation. A stand conference and standardization of arms were expected as main topics during the two day gathering.
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Rome
European Union
Naifions
No Excuse Three Rivers Driver Cited For Lapsed Plates
Ida Atkinson of Three Rivers received a ticket for driving with 1957 license plates three days after the deadline. The incident involves a state license branch and local police actions in the town.
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Three Rivers, Micharl
Ida Atkinson
Atkinson
Tnnager
Doors Open To Summit Parley
President Eisenhower said the door to a summit with Soviet leaders remains open but must be carefully prepared and Washington session length could affect timing. He echoed Secretary Dulles on patience while noting no need for heavy federal spending to end the recession. Page 2.
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Washington
Fisemomver
Unie
Fusenhower
Dalles
United States
Tasenhower
Kremlin
Thiy
Emenhows
Mitchell Plea Rejected by Secretary of Air Force
Secretary James Douglas overruled an Air Force board and denied a plea by Brig. Gen. William Mitchell's son William Jr. to restore the late air pioneer's 1925 court martial conviction. Douglas praised Mitchell’s vision but said the evidence supported the verdict. Mitchell was suspended, his base pay cut, and he resigned in 1926.
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Washington
William
Billy) Mitchell
Air Force
James Douglas
Mitchell
William Jr
Boyce
Air Pioneer
Douglas
Frank
Army
Milwaukee
Wis
Marlin Flatoes
Congress
National Defense
Navy
War Departments
Mrs. Smith Runs for Wisconsin State Treasurer
Milwaukee Republican Dena Smith, who was appointed after her husband Warren Smith’s death, announces candidacy for the state treasurer two year term. She served as treasurer since 1948 and spoke at the 10th Ward Republican Club pledging to continue her late husband’s work.
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Milwaukee
Dena Smith
Gov. Thomson
Wisconsin
U S Commander Stump Arrives in Manila for SEATO Meeting
U S commander in chief in the Pacific Felix B Stump arrived in Manila for the SEATO military advisers conference. The meeting opens Thursday as a lead into the SEATO foreign ministers conference scheduled for March 11.
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Mamila W
Felix B. Stump
U.S
Pacific
Manila
SEATO
Seato Foreign Ministers
Ilir
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