Ranch Wife Abducted in High Speed Kidnapping Case
A ranch wife, Mrs Hilda Faye Dawson, was abducted from her Fairfield home, then held hostage as a pursed car sped over 120 mph toward Vacaville and Dixon. Police later trapped the kidnapper, 40 year old Charles MeArthur of Dixon, at a wrecked vehicle. Dawson survived with a scalp wound and described a terrifying ordeal before being rescued ten hours after the dawn chase.
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Fairfield
Calif
Hix
Hilda Faye Dawson
Charles MeArthur
Dixon
Ars
Anche
John Dawson
Mrs Dawson
Howard R. Boyd
Martha
Chattanooga
Tenn
Boyd
Stephen Edward
Jimmy Lee
Fhne
Racket Charges Link Hoffa Aide to Extortion Claims
Two witnesses in Senate racket hearings accused Mike Singer, a James R. Hoffa ally in Los Angeles, of running an extortion racket targeting firms. Cohen and Gurewitz testified Singer’s group sought control of profitable private businesses, while McClellan warned against reprisals and vowed upcoming hearings into alleged Teamster corruption and ties to gangsters.
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Washington
Mike Singer
Teamster
James R.hoffa
Los Angeles
Ben I. Cohen
Ri É& IL Processing Co
Morris Gurewitz
Washington Rendering Co
Jam Angeles
John T. McClellan
SpyArk
Singh
Metberg
Meclellan
Cohen
Singer
Gin Wit
Ther
U S Sues Vote Board in Alabama
The U S Attorney General filed suit in Federal District Court in Montgomery Alabama charging the Macon County Board of Registrars with discriminating against Negroes seeking to qualify as voters The action is the second under the 1957 Civil Rights Act to protect voting rights The Montgomery suit names the Macon Registration Board and Grady Rogers and EB Livingston as defendants with their records to be examined by the Civil Rights Commission procedure noted in December
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Washington
Rogers
Federal District Court
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Registrars
Macon County
Terrell County
Columbus
Macon Registration Board
Grady Rogers
EB. P. Livingston
Livingston
Macon
CHL Rights Commission
Spinster Foiled in Plot to Kill Boss Wife
In Philadelphia AP report, Pauline Weiss a 48 year old secretary confessed to hiring a professional killer to murder her employer Willard K Griffin’s wife Miss Murial Griffin of Devon. The plan collapsed when the would be killer turned out to be a policeman. Detective Peter Noga staged the sting taking cash. Weiss had paid 150 to the detective and earlier 750 to an underworld contact. Griffin, manager of Rev 1 Polk Co, said he was shocked by the arrest and Weiss’s professed love for him.
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Philadelphia
John J. Kelly
Pauline Weiss
Murial Griffin
Devon
Miss Wriss
Willard K. Griffin
Griffin
Pallee
Miss Weiss
Kelly
Griffins
Peter Noga
Isa
Underworld
Toga
Rev. 1 Polk Co
Willard Griffin
Center
Eisenhower Considers Visit To Soviet Union
President Eisenhower would consider visiting Russia if new developments prove it furthers peace, White House press secretary James Hagerty said. He stressed there are no current plans for a trip and noted Khrushchev’s invitation was informal and linked to a hostile Moscow speech.
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Thomasville
White’ House
Eisenhower
Visidlo
Russia
James C. Hagerty
Nikita Khrushchev
Hagerty
Soviet
Krémlin
Moscow
Communist Party
Kisersower
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Prewmier-Khrushchev
Two Salt Lake City men seized in gold theft scheme
Secret Service arrests James Maughan and Thomas Montgomery in Salt Lake City on charges of conspiring to steal gold from Kennecott Copper Co. About $2,100 in stolen gold seized from an assayer as investigation widens. Authorities expect more arrests as the probe continues.
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Washington
Secret Service
Salt Lake City
Eisenhower
Kennecott Copper Co
Peer Secret Service
Kennecott
James Maughan
Pioneer Really Co
Thomas M. Montgomery
Kennelcotl
Bitter exchange marks Los Angeles widow meeting
A widow of a slain Canoga Park photographer confronted a family friend in a tense face-to-face meeting in Los Angeles on Thursday. The encounter followed bitter accusations as pages announce various sections and notices across the paper.
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Canoga Park
Los Angeles
Humphrey Blasts Khrushchev In Senate Reply
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey accused Nikita Khrushchev of controlled hysteria and fabrication in Moscow. Khrushchev ridiculed Humphrey's claims about Soviet China talks, comparing him to Baron Munchausen and likening Yugoslavs to yellow press sellers in a speech at the 21st Soviet Communist Party Congress.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Nikita Khrushchev
Senate Disarmament Subearambice
Khrushchev
Humphrey
Soviet Union
Chinese Peoples' Republic
Baron Munchausen
Communist Party Congress
Moscow
Humphrey-Khrushchev
Nnn
Senate
Teader
Indivatr
Soviet Russia
DT Am
Soviet Communist Party
Uhr
Yugoslav Communist Party
Red China
Kremlin
Minnesota Democrat
Txarist
Russia
Waman
Sen
Yellow Press
Deny Alexandria Va Delay in Integration
U S District Judge Albert V Bryan rejected the Alexandria School Board plea for a delay in admitting nine Negro students to three public schools next Tuesday. The judge found no reason to alter his order and allow an appeal to higher courts. Commonwealth Atty Earl F Wagner noted the board sought time to pursue legal avenues.
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Alexandria
U. S
Sévert
Arlington
Norfolk
Barton Phillips
Bryan
Plane Victim Wife's Home Burglarized
Glen Cove reports burglars broke into Mrs. John D. Zahn's home Thursday night and stole about $200 in cash and valuables while she attended her husband’s funeral wake. The incident followed his Tuesday airplane crash death and a court stay request by school officials amid integration debates in nearby towns.
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Glen Cove
John D. Zahn
Plane reports ship clue seen near Greenland coast
A U S Air Force plane sighted an object about 30 miles east of Greenland Cape that may be the hatch cover of the Danish ship Hans Herstoft sunk by ice last Friday. Coast Guard cutter Campbell and the ships Umanak and Hedraft attempted to verify.
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New York
WVM
Hans Herstoft
Coast Guard
Campbell
U. S. Air Force
Greenland
Umanak
Shin
Hedraft
Red Jet Tape Sparks Senate Demand for Defense
Washington reports a slashing debate over Soviet pilots allegedly targeting a U S transport plane. The State Department released a recording with harsh voices, noting six to seventeen American airmen died in the September crash near Turkey and Soviet Armenia. Arlington burial honors interrupted Senate discussions as officials call for accelerat ed defense programs and heightened vigilance.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
State Department
U. S
Turkey
Soviet
Armenia
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Arlington National Cemetery
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
de Ma
Crash kills woman and blocks 101 near Santa Maria
Santa Maria California highway patrol says Tana Jean Lott, 34, of San Pablo was killed in an early morning crash on U S Highway 101 four miles south of Santa Maria. A truck and car collision sent her vehicle into an embankment as a tractor-trailer exploded, blocking both directions for four hours while traffic was rerouted through Orcutt.
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Santa Maria
Tana Jean Lott
San Pablo
U. S
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Charles McArthur
Hoffa
U.S. Sues Vote Board
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Lice
Nat Boyle
Comlex
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Waines
Your Werkt
MR. K
Russ
Deny Alexandria, Va
Chizl
Simon E. Sobeloff
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Wagner
Sobeloff
Baltimore
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