Jake the Barber Faces Lie Test in Touhy Killing Probe
Chicago promoter Jake Factor known as Jake the Barber underwent a voluntary lie detector test amid the Touhy assassination probe. Police cleared him of direct involvement earlier. the attack on Roger Touhy and bodyguard Walter Miller remains under investigation as Mafia links are explored.
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Jake the
Touhy
Chicago
UPI
John
Jake the Barber
Roger Touhy
Walter Miller
Factor
Ap Whtephoto
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Brennan
Ralph Frost
Slayings Link Prohibition Era Mob to 900 Chicago Murders
Chicago crime history draws focus as Roger Touhy's 1930s execution and 1959 gang killings highlight unresolved Mafia era violence. Reports name Albert Anastasia, Anthony Pisano, Janice Drake, and others amid a string of unsolved murders across New York and Florida.
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Chicago
UPI
Roger (the Terrible
Touhy
al Capone
Black Hand (Mafia
Albert Anastasia
New York
Anastasia
Lord High Executioner
Murder, Inc
Anthony
Little Augie) Pisano
Janice Drake
Alan Drake
Jury Probes Loan to New York Official
A grand jury will question Manhattan borough president Hulan E. Jack over a $5,500 payment by real estate operator Sydney Ungar to remodel Jack’s apartment. Jack admitted Ungar financed the remodeling and said it was a loan he vowed to repay, though no note was signed.
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Factor
Los Angeles
U.S
Robert Tieken
New York
UPI
Manhattan
Hulan E. Jack
Sydney Ungar
Jack
Ungar
Soviet Leader Sends Trees to Eisenhower Gift
A Soviet plane will deliver 40 trees and shrubs to President Eisenhower as a thanks for hospitality during Khrushchev's visit. The cargo includes maple pine linden larch lilac birch cedar and a pomegranate plant. Inspectors will screen the shipment at Glendale Maryland before planting at Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Three Soviet agricultural scientists accompany the gift to advise on planting and care.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
White House
Gettysburg
Agriculture Department
Glendale
Khrushchev
Castro seeks death sentence for Buchanan in four hour TV tirade
Castro attacked the Inter-American Press Association over Buchanan’s case and accused him of aiding fugitive Austin Young who hid in a hotel room. The Cuban premier claimed Young paid the bill and that Buchanan supported an armed anti government plot that earned a 30 year prison term.
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Castro
Inter-American Press Association
Buchanan
Austin Young
Young
T]eidelberg
Germany
U.S
U N Secretary General Heads to Africa Tour
Dag Hammarskjold flies from New York to Stockholm then launches a 15 000 mile swing through Africa to assess UN economic development roles. An Army statement also reports Jaroslav Nemec a Czech vice consul in Salzburg gave a Communist agent atropine salt shakers for RFE cafeteria in Munich on Nov 16.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPI
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Stockholm
Africa
Hammarskjold
Jaroslav Nemec
Salzburg
Austria
RFE
Munich
Mother Seaton Moves Toward Beatification
In Vatican ceremonies Pope John XXIII presided as Mother Seaton was declared venerable, a first major step toward beatification and possible canonization in the Roman Catholic Church. The move marks her as worthy of veneration and inches toward sainthood.
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Vatican City
Seaton
Vatican
John XXIII
African states leaders tour with Portugal and Spain talks
The report notes a six week tour visiting top leaders in 21 African states and territories. It states plans to meet Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio de Oliveira Salazar and Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco on the return trip to New York. Germany
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Africa
Antonio de Oliviera Salazar
Portugal
Francisco Franco
Spain
New York
Ninety six Men Survive Two Weeks In Shelter Test
PARKS AIR FORCE BASE California Ninety six volunteers from Santa Rita rehabilitation center completed a 14 day fallout shelter test at Parks Air Force Base east of San Francisco An Army band greeted them as they emerged amid cheers and gray skies The test started with 100 men and ended with two hospital exits due to illness and court appearances Boredom and sanitation were main complaints while no fights occurred Shelter commander called the run an unqualified success though unproven for women and children.
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Parks Air Force Base
Calif
San Francisco
Kwai
Walmer FE. Strope
Radiological Defense Laboratory
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Miller
Beverly Hills
Goniff
Scarface al Capone
United States
Joseph Bronge
Joseph
Angie) de Marco
Boston
Everett
Mass
Bennie Lazzara
Tampa
Fla
Melvin T. Meinsen
Kansas City
Kan
Robert L Hooper
Hooper
Ter
Whalen
Havana
Cuba
Luis Lara Crespo
Jose A. Morffi Reyes
Rosario
Lara
Morffi
Pinar del Rio
Fidel Castro
Miami Herald
James Buchanan
Damon
Pasadena
Gemologist
American Gem Society
Jelly Server
Rg Ics
Pastry Server
Tomato Server
Mls
Fed
Matel
Huntington Dr
San Marino
Grouods
Chelsea
Hall's
Hall
Pomona
Los Robles Avenue
Colorado Boulevard
Hall’s
Santa Ana
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