Quiz Show Scandals Reach Guilty Or Not Guilty Question
Charles Van Doren and a dozen other former quiz show contestants surrender in New York to face perjury charges in a grand jury probe. Indictments cover two counts each with possible prison and fines. The case centers on rigging on Tic Tac Dough and Twenty One, with Van Doren facing arraignment and others silent or pleading not guilty.
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Eisenhower urges stronger United Nations worldwide
President Eisenhower calls for ceaseless effort to strengthen the United Nations as a bulwark against communism. He urges free nations to share the burden, spoke at the dedication of the Hiawatha Bridge over the Mississippi at the Minnesota Wisconsin line during a cross country tour.
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Fourth Kennedy Nixon TV Debate Likely Last
Washington dispatch reports the fourth Kennedy Nixon TV debate may be the campaign’s final one. Nixon rejected a fifth debate and proposed a two hour format with public questions, but Kennedy refused. Kennedy challenged Nixon in Columbus saying he cannot meet Khrushchev but can argue with him.
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Nixon Attacks Kennedy as Dangerous Double-Talker on Campaign Trail
Vice President Richard Nixon travels to Florida amid a forceful assault on Senator John F. Kennedy. Nixon accuses Kennedy of dangerous immaturity on foreign policy and questions his stance on Quemoy and Matsu. He vows a vigorous drive in pivotal states as the campaign enters its decisive weeks.
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Must Clear Latin American Image Of US-Rosenberg Must Clear
Morris W. Rosenberg, AP World Service editor, told the New York State AP Association meeting that U.S. image in Latin America harms relations. He criticized diplomats as cookie pushers and urged clear understanding to support democracy in the 20 sister republics.
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Kaminsky denies Soviet espionage and a light sentence
Mark I Kaminsky, 26, a Cass County Michigan teacher, denied espionage in the Soviet Union. He pled guilty to spy charges to receive a lighter sentence, then was sentenced to seven years but had the term suspended and was deported. Companion Harvey Bennett, 26, of Tracy California, was expelled with him.
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Kennedy attacks Eisenhower era policy on Cuba and Latin America
Senator John F. Kennedy accuses the Eisenhower administration of blunders that opened Latin America to communism. He calls for a bold Alliance for Progress and ties Nixon to past Latin America policy while criticizing open backing of dictators. He urges a Western Hemisphere arms accord and long term development loans.
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U.S. resumes Laos aid after talks in Vientiane
The United States restarts the 46 million dollar yearly military aid to Laos following talks in Vientiane between neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma and State Department official J. Graham Parsons. Phouma reportedly rejected US demands to end peace talks and move the capital.
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Youth Dies After Penicillin Injection in Miami
A 13-year-old boy, David L. Shoopman, collapsed moments after a penicillin shot for an earache and died two hours later. Police quoted Dr. Orion V. Carr saying he administered 20 000 units. Carr cited a weak heart and a penicillin reaction as the apparent cause.
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Stengel Fired As NY Manager May Seek Another Job
Three guards held hostage for over six hours by convict patients at Connecticut State Prison ward. The hostages released after a conference with attorney Roger Gleason and State Rep. Marshall M. Dudley. two convicts, Walter Doolittle and Peter Kinosh, met them. Doolittle and Kinosh are serving terms for armed robbery and riot related offenses.
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Casey Stengel Fired by Yankees at Age 70
Casey Stengel announced he was fired by the New York Yankees citing age as the reason. Dan Topping said retirement and profit sharing led to the decision, with Stengel set to receive more than 160000 by Oct. 31, 1960. The club plans a youth program and no successor named yet.
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William Seward Day Proclaimed in New York
Gov Rockefeller designates William H. Seward Day in Albany honoring the former governor who helped negotiate Alaska purchase while serving as U S secretary of state.
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Orient Express Ends Vienna to Calais Run
The Orient Express will discontinue its Vienna to Budapest and Bucharest service, with no passengers on some days. From now on the train will run east only to Vienna, and the western terminus at Calais will no longer be served.
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Woman Tries Paying Taxes With Trading Stamps
Chesterfield Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney Ernest Gates slams the idea as illegal tender. A woman mailed a large batch of trading stamps to the county treasurer to pay 1956 delinquent property taxes. Treasurer George W. Moore Jr. will mail them back.
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Million Dollar Los Angeles Safe Robbery Targets Fernandez Home
Los Angeles sheriff's deputies report a three million dollar burglary at the Bel Air home of retired broker Raoul Fernandez. The haul included about one million in jewelry and two million in stock of Coca Cola, with deeds and citizenship papers also stolen. The entry used a removed screen from a third floor guest room. Fernandez and his late wife were long linked to Coca Cola founders.
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