Ross Resignation Linked to Defense Contract Inquiry
Wilson Aia resigns amid a congressional probe into defense contracts tied to Ross. The inquiry questions whether Ross violated conflict of interest laws or profits from contracts, with focus on an $884,150 trousers contract to Wynn Enterprises. Related contracts involve Southern Athletic Co. and family ties to H. D. Wynn.
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Ross
Defense Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edmund F. Mansure
Peter A. Strobel
Wynn Enterprises
Great Impostor Poseur Teacher Nabbed in Island Case
State police report a man named Dermara as Martin Godgart a supposed teacher of English Latin and French to Worth Haven youths. He claimed superior qualifications and led recreation programs and a Sea Scout unit while praising by colleagues and island residents. He allegedly produced a Wagner College record and Maine teaching certificate to support fraud claims.
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Martin Daniel Godgart
Worth Haven
Martin Godgart
New York
Wagner |S College
Dermara
Wagner
Maine
Millard Nickerson
Demara
Island
Baptist Sunday School
George Merrian
Tey
Gart
Gog- Gare
Wiliam Hopkins
Il Whart
Chessman in Solitary Over Book and Letters
Daryl Chessman, on Death Row, received a 29 day solitary sentence for smuggling the manuscript of his book The Face of Justice and three letters. A prison board imposed the discipline after he pleaded no contest to violating regulations. Warden Teets said carbon copies were found in a surprise Wednesday night incident. Chessman, once sentenced to die in 1948 for kidnapping and rape, awaits resolution of his seventh Supreme Court appeal. A new rule bars Death Row inmates from writing except legal documents and limited personal letters.
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San Quentin
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Harley
Teets
Death Row
U.S. Supreme Court
Free Pastor Can Not Lock God Up in Church
In Glendale a bus driver ordered Rev Samuel E Cargill to stop reading the Bible aloud on a crowded bus. Police arrested him for disturbing the peace. a jury acquitted after a 1 3/4 hour deliberation. He declared you cant lock God up in a church.
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Glendale
Samuel E. Cargill
Los Angeles
Matthew X
William Nethan
Cargill
Sons of Crosby and Capra enlist in the Army
Hollywood gathers as Bing Crosby’s son Lindsay, 19, reports to an Army induction station with hopes to join special services as an entertainer. Frank Capra Jr., 22, son of the director, enlists for three years in the Signal Corps after Pomona College graduation. Capra witnesses the oath as his father is away in Palm Springs.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Army
Lindsay Crosby
Bing
Frank Capra Jr
Frank Capra
Avill
Signal Corps
Pomona College
Ht Capra
Zen
Young Cras
Palm Springs
McKeldin Attacks GOP Antiquated Policies in Michigan
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin of Maryland told a Washtenaw County Lincoln Day dinner that Republicans clinging to old goals like high tariffs risk losing credibility. He criticized support for the McZarsan-Walter Immigration Act and cited Du Pont, General Motors, General Electric, U. S. Steel, and imperial oil as leaders in industry.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Washtenaw County
GOP
du Pont
General Motors
General “Electric
U. S. Steel
First Atomic Cruiser Named Long Beach
The Navy designates the new lightweight cruiser as the USS Long Beach with Long Beach civic groups, the City Council, Chamber of Commerce, and residents praising the honor amid support from Rep. Craig Hosmer and local associations. The shipyard and Navy ties in Southern California are highlighted as key to the naming effort.
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Navy
Long Beach
Fleet Reserve Assn
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Naval Base
Craig Hosmer
Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower to shift Bohlen to new post abroad
The Eisenhower administration reportedly plans to move Charles E. Bohlen from Moscow to another diplomatic posting. Officials say Llewellyn Thompson may become ambassador to Belgium or the Netherlands, while Bohlen may take a new assignment after four years in Russia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Bohlen
U. S
Russia
Belgium
Netherlands
Llewellyn ‘Thompson
Austria
Bowlen
Moscow
Boblen
Charles “H. Klensch
Hident
The
International News
Senhower
J. Clifford Folger
Republican Finance
Lawtis Soviet Literature Committee
Bel- Klensch
Alrium
Fred
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wife divorces Henry Colgate on mental cruelty grounds
A Las Vegas divorce filing shows Henry Colgate 66, board member of Colgates Patholive Peet Ca, was divorced Thursday by spouse identifying as about 30. The proceedings list extreme mental cruelty as the grounds for the dissolution of marriage.
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Henry ‘Colgate
Las Vegas
Henry Ars Colgate
Colgates
Patholive Peet Ca
Deelaise Colgate
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