New Terminal at Airport To Be Dedicated Saturday
Winnebago County celebrates the inauguration of a yearlong airport terminal project with a 1 05 PM Saturday ribbon cutting. North Central Airlines will send a plane to the new facility where Alvin A Staffeld will cut the ribbon. Open houses follow Saturday and Sunday with tours of the terminal. North Central moves in next week as Wittman shifts to the new airport office.
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Winnebago County
North Central Airlines Inc
Alvin A. Staffeld
Neenah
Staffeld
Joseph F. Drexler
S. J. Wittman
T. K. Jordan
Wisconsin Aeronautics, Commission
Arthur Schwandt
Airlines
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
Leighton Hough
North Central Airlines
Wittman
Aviation Committee
Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Three Back Gen Pate On Defense Plans Tremor Is Reported
A San Francisco tremor near 3 am caused no damage. In Washington three House Armed Services members backed Gen Randolph M Pate in opposing Eisenhower’s defense reorganization plan. They urged Congress retain power over service roles while acknowledging future secretary needs.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Randolph M. Pate
Congress
Pate
Marine Corps
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Division of Defense
Secretary of
Defense McElroy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Rep. Hardy
D-Va
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Patel
Rivers
D-Sc
Four Defying Nuclear Zone Orders Jailed
In Honolulu four crew members of the ketch Golden Rule were jailed after attempting to sail toward the mid Pacific nuclear test zone in defiance of court orders. Skipper Albert Bigelow and three others William Huntington George Willoughby and Orion Sherwood faced criminal contempt charges after their 30 foot vessel was towed back by a Coast Guard cutter. They pleaded innocent at arraignment and were remanded to Honolulu jail.
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mid-Pacific
Navy
Albert ‘Smith Bigelow
Cos Cob, Conn
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Bigelow
William Huntington
St. James
N.Y
George Willoughby
Blackwood Terr
N.J
Central Committee of Conscientious Objectors
Orion Sherwood
Coast Guard
U.S
Firing disrupts Bogota center as police secure offices
In Bogota a morning shooting scattered pedestrians who fled for cover. The downtown area emptied until 9 15 am when government workers and cable company staff were allowed back. One radio station remained on air under police control. The report, incomplete, notes a possible link to upcoming presidential elections and mentions a San Gil uprising in support of ex dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
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San Gil
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Manned Space Ships And Rockets to Mars Proposed
Washington plans for a civilian space agency include manned ships to Mars and orbiting stations with a budget starting around 100 million dollars in the first year and rising to about 300 million annually later. The program also envisions extensive satellite launches and new massive rocket engines over a three to five year horizon depending on funding.
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Mars
Washington
House Space Committee
Budget Bureau
Moon
No Trouble in Wallington as Missing Parakeet Jerry Hinted Found
Mrs Pauline Opalinsk of Wallington New Jersey says her missing parakeet Jerry speaks both English and Polish and she hopes for a swift recovery with local help and notices.
Dulles presses Arctic inspection deal amid Cold War shifts
Secretary of State Dulles travels to Copenhagen to press Soviet acceptance of an Arctic inspection regime tied to curbing northward bomber flights. He pitched the plan as a turning point in the Cold War while denying propaganda aims and signaling a possible link to a summit. He also outlined views on suspending nuclear tests and relations with the United Arab Republic under Nasser.
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Moscow
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T. S
Canada
Alaska
Siberia
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Eisenhower
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Gamal Abdel ‘Nasser
Egypt
Syria
Middle East
March sales boost noted amid mixed economic signals
Washington reports show March gains in department store and wholesale sales, easing from February lows but below March 1957. Durable goods and nondurables rise, while auto production stays weak. Tax refunds totaling 2.452 billion dollars were mailed by April 24, with unemployment relief advancing in Congress.
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Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Auto Buying. Co
Detroit
Treasury
Monty Says Shooting War Now Unlikely
Paris report quotes Field Marshal Lord Montgomery as saying a shooting world war is unlikely and urging politicians to relax tension. He cautions the Soviets could win a bloodless victory if the Atlantic alliance neglects global issues, notably Western Europe’s oil and food dependence.
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Lord ‘Montgomery
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Britain
Atlantic Alliance
Western Europe
Burglars’ nitro plot blows Armour safe apart
In Indianapolis on Thursday a burglary scheme at Armour Packing Co. ended when a stuffed nitroglycerin safe exploded, blowing the safe across the room and shredding the cash inside. Police investigated the failed heist and noted no injuries were reported.
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Indianapolis
Armour Packing’ Co
New Flood Threat in Arkansas as Levee Break Reopens Dangers
Severe floods threaten southeast Arkansas with about half a million acres under water as a levee breach on McKinney Bayou near Garnet City prompts evacuations. Rain-swollen waters surged over a 900 acre lowland, forcing five families to flee and scattering more than 1500 cattle. National Guard units were ordered to assist local relief efforts.
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Texas
Mississippi
Garand City
Ark
McKinney Bayou
Adj
Sherman T. Clinger
National Guard
Prescott
Bandits Rob Jewelry Store in Beverly Hills Heist
Two masked bandits robbed Marvin Hime Wholesale Jewelry Co in Beverly Hills stealing diamonds rings watches and rubies valued over 100000. The men forced four clerks and eight customers to lie on the floor then fled as three shotgun misfires occurred. Store owner Marvin Hime escaped through the back door.
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Calif
Los Angeles County
Marvin’ Hime
Turing
Marvin Hime
Hime
Unbaited hook incident ends in crash in California
Louis Silva, 49, of Santa Barbara county, California, attempted to bait a fish hook while driving and lost control of his car, colliding with a tree. He sustained minor injuries and did not manage to bait the hook.
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Sax Luis Obispo
Calif
Louis Silva
Eisenhower emergency jobless bill clears House 370 17
The House approved the administration jobless relief bill 370 to 17 amid Democratic criticism as Republicans and Southern Democrats united to back President Eisenhower. The plan allows state flexible federal aid for extended unemployment benefits, with a 600 million dollar estimated cost and four year reimbursement required by states. Wisconsin Republicans O Konksi Withrow and Johnson Reuss Zablocki joined Democrats in voting against passage. Byrnes Laird Tewes Van Pelt backed the measure.
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Eisenhower
Congress
House
Dole
Senate
Rep. Forand
D-Ri
House ‘Action
Rep. Reed
New York
Ways and Means
Solons
Washington
Wisconsin
O’konski
Withrow
Johnson, Reuss
Zablocki
Byrnes, Laird, Tewes
van Pelt
Airliner Skids Off Runway at Newark Airport
A four engine Eastern Air Lines plane from Miami overshot a Newark runway and bogged in mud about 20 feet off the strip. No injuries were reported among 40 passengers and five crew. The DC7B sustained damage to landing gear two engines and the left wing. Buses transported passengers to the administration building.
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Newark
N.J
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
New York Authority
Arctic plan gimmick met with Soviet veto threat at U.N.
United Nations Security Council heard Soviet Delegate Arkady Sobolev denounce the American Arctic inspection plan as a gimmick and reject Swedish compromise aimed at averting a veto. He argued the proposal seeks military intelligence from Soviet territory and urged that any talks occur at a summit without preconditions. The U.S. measure calls for immediate discussions among Arctic nations on aerial inspections to prevent surprise attacks near the Soviet frontier amid Cold War tensions.
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N. Y
Soviet Union
Russia
Security Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
U.S
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NATO
Sobolev
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
Arctic
Murderer and Two Prisoners Escape Adams County Jail
A condemned murderer Henry Griffith 21 Spokane Floyd Weese Moses Lake and Stanley Razey Ritzville were among three inmates who overpowered a deputy sheriff last night at Adams County jail. They fled in a stolen car and were recaptured near Ephrata after a roadblock. Weese and Razey were serving short terms. Griffith awaits appeal after a murder conviction.
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Ritzville
Wash
Adams County
Ephrata
Washington
State Patrol
Henry Griffith
Spokane
Floyd Weese
Moses Lake
Stanley Razey
Weese
Razey
Griffith
Davis
Lind, Wash
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