Naming of Ring Czar Sparks California Boxing Probe
Governor Knight’s boxing investigators call for a shakeup in California boxing, proposing a one man state boss and license revocation for major figures. The year long study targets Babe McCoy Cal Eaton and Jimmy Murray for fixing fights and links to underworld figures. The trio deny charges and threaten court action and deny involvement with hoodlums. Eaton defends Olympic Auditorium and seeks concrete evidence.
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Sacramento
Knight
California
Babe McCoy
Cal Eaton
Los Angeles
Jimmy Murray
Oakland
McCoy
Eaton
Southern California
Mickey Cohen
Frank Carbo
New Orleans
Governor Knight
Olympic Auditorium
Olympic
Secret Sessions Court Fight Set
A court battle to halt so called secret meetings by the Santa Monica City Council opened in Superior Court today. The Third District Court ruled that freedom of the press is not involved in the secret murder trial in which Charlotte Black was convicted in Sonoma County Superior Court at Santa Rosa last May.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Santa Monica City
Superior Court
Sacramento
Third District
Charlotte Black
Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
Chicago Polio Near Epidemic
Chicago reports a mounting polio outbreak with 609 cases and 13 deaths as clinics and hospitals accelerate inoculations with Salk vaccine. The Public Health Service has set 1330 cases as the epidemic threshold for the city’s nearly four million residents.
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Chicago
U.S. Public Health Service
Cotton Crop Down 1956 U.S. Bales Decline
Washington announced the 1956 cotton crop at 13,552,000 bales, an 8 percent drop from the previous year. The Agriculture Department provided the estimate amid ongoing market and weather considerations.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Baseball Today League games on tap with pitchers set
American League action features Ditmar and Hoeft for New York at Washington Turley to face Stewart in Boston and Parnell opposed by Baltimore at home National League slate lists schedules including Cincinnati at night with Rush Deuts and other pitchers noted along with twilight starts plus various lineups and matchups
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Bunning
Aguirre
Ree Y
New York
Washington
Turley
Stewart
Stone
Adlai Steverson faces civil rights storm at convention
Adlai E. Stevenson encounters a civil rights storm as the Democratic convention nears. A 15 member platform drafting slate including Rep. John W. McCormack is named to bridge differences with five Southerners showing initial favorable reaction. Stevenson presses forward amid tense party dynamics in Chicago.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Happy
Gov
A. B
Chandler
Kentucky
Sheriff Calls Off Hunt for Azusa Pair
The San Gabriel Canyon search for Brenda Howell 11 and Don Baker 13 of Azusa was halted as investigators believe the youths may have run away. Residents sighted them Monday night in town. Brenda resented returning to school after summer break. Brenda’s parents from Fort Bragg awaited news as Brenda visited Knot’s Berry Farm with relatives.
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Brenda Howell
Don Baker
Azusa
Morris Dam
San Gabriel Canyon
Brenda
Don
Fay Howell
Edna Howell
Fort Bragg
Mendocino County
Mary O. Edwards
Rock Vale Rd
Edwards
Bakers
Knot
Jesse Baker
Trial in Brink's Boston heist enters third day
In Boston the Superior Court proceeds with the Brink's Boston headquarters robbery trial for eight Greater Boston men. The jury selection has not yet begun after three days of proceedings and scrutiny of potential jurors.
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Boston
Superior ‘Court
Brink
Harriman denial and Southern reaction to court ruling
Chicago reports quote Harriman denying withdrawal from the Democratic presidential race and urging platform support for the Supreme Court decision banning school segregation. Mississippi Governor Coleman leads Dixie Democrats in a three hour discussion, noting Stevenson remains the South’s most acceptable candidate but vows a reevaluation as events unfold.
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Chicago
Averell Harriman
Harriman
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Coleman
Dixie Democrats
Stevenson
South
IKE VOICES HOPE FOR SUEZ PEACE
Egypt boycotts London conference on Suez control while pressure for negotiated settlement grows. Nehru to attend with call for halting warlike moves, India’s stance shifting amid international calls for UN forum. 24 nations invited as Evatt questions use of force.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Britain
Nehru
France
iCeyion
New Delhi
Australia
Herbert Evatt
United Nations
British
Foreign Office
Five Die in Flying Boxcar Crash Near Boca Raton
A C-82 Flying Boxcar crashed and burned during a fruit fly eradication mission. Pilot Charles Day and co-pilot Ray Howkie, both from Haywood California, died along with four others from Miami. The plane developed engine trouble en route from Opa-Locka to Boca Raton to pick up insecticide.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Florida
United Heckathorn
California
Master Field
Opa-Locka
Charles William Day
Ray Forrest Howkie
Haywood
Calif
John Tichner
Warren Rogers
Adlas
W. Johnson
Miami
Blast Toll Tops 1000 in Colombia After Truck Explosions
The blast in Cali killed or left for dead hundreds as seven dynamite laden trucks detonated in the heart of the city. Officials feared the death toll could exceed 1000 with many injured unlikely to survive. US firm employees were among the injured and President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla blamed political sabotage.
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Cali
Colombia
Gustavo Rojas Pinila
St Landry Catholic Church Sells Land in Opelousas
In Opelousas Louisiana the St Landry Catholic Church sold a 250 by 257 foot parcel today for 45000 dollars. The land had been donated to the church in 1855 and valued at 400 dollars at the time.
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Opelousas
St.Landry Catholic Church
Love Finds a Way Honeymoon in Captain’s Cabin
In Devonport England Captain E G Roper of the British aircraft carrier Ocean moved out of his cabin for Lance Cpl Bill Parkins and Olive Potkins to use as a honeymoon suite. The couple, married four days earlier, spent six hours in the captain’s private quarters before the Ocean sailed for Suez area. A petty officer protected the door to keep them undisturbed.
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Devenport
England
Ocean
Bill Parkins
Suez Canal
E. G. Roper
Olive Potkins
Women's Royal Army Corps
Trapped Belgian Coal Miners Reach Surface After Fire
Flames sever the elevator cables at Marcinelle Belgium trapping about 270 miners 2485 feet below. Seven reach the surface while earlier 25 escaped. Rescue teams face smoke heat and barriers as officials fear a miracle.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Midwest Rainy Fair Report Across Regions
The weather shows little overall change with showers from the Rockies to the Mississippi River. The eastern third remains generally fair while plains sections report late day storms.
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Chicago
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi River
Plains States
Army Plays Him Vid Trick He's Off Bass
Milton Erwin Nadel a 22 year old musician reported to the induction station with his bass arguing he could not leave it behind. After FBI involvement talks with his father and the U.S. Attorney Nadel agreed to begin basic training and to request permission to send for the bass after two months.
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Army
Los Angeles
U.S. Army
Milton Erwin Nadel
Armed Forces
Nadel
FBI
U.S
U S Aims at Mexican Cleanup of Wrongdoers
Authorities said the vice cleanup in Tijuana targeted both American and Mexican criminals. Assistant District Attorney Roberto Valazco asked the U S consul to keep a representative on duty at police headquarters to expedite justice for arrested Americans. Baja California Governor Braulio Maldonado maintained temporary headquarters to direct the effort.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Asst. Dist
Roberto Valazco
U.S
Baja California
Braulio Maldonado
If you're neurotic your parakeet may be too
Hal Boyle profiles Rene Gaspard the bird psychologist who treats pets from turtles to cheetahs He has worked with stars like Skitch Henderson Faye Emerson Ernie Kovacs and Arthur Godfrey He warns that entertainers with late nights and cocktail parties can affect pets especially birds and shares anecdotes about Ole the crow and techniques to teach birds words and routines
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New York
Rene Gaspard
Gaspard
Skitch Henderson
Faye Emerson
Ernie Kovacs
Arthur Godfrey
Ole
Eisenhower Charts Peaceful Path for Suez Crisis
President Eisenhower expressed hope the Suez Canal crisis will be settled by peaceful means. He rejected the idea of using force and urged substituting the conference table for the battlefield at the 24 nation talks in London. He said a further health check could occur before the November election if needed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
France
London
Dulles
White House
Suez
Employment at New Record in July
Washington government report shows employment rising for a second straight month. July added 152,000 jobs, bringing total employed to 66,655,000 nationwide.
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Washington
Weather Tonight and Tomorrow Sunlit with Patchy Clouds
The forecast calls for night and early morning low clouds then sunny skies today and tomorrow. A full weather report appears on Page A1O.
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