Subpoena Refusal Ties MSTS Bribe Inquiry To Cross
Federal employee George P. Cross, MSTS Brooklyn base engineer, refused to hand over financial records under subpoena amid Senate investigations into payoffs by private contractors. Cross cited constitutional rights, claiming records could incriminate him though he denies wrongdoing and offered to answer questions. Kammerick noted about 100000 unaccounted income from 1955 to 1959, suggesting links to contractor books. another witness, Joseph Bennett, testified to accepting about 1500 yearly in favors from Brooklyn MSTS contractors, framing such payoffs as common on the waterfront.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
George P. Cross
Military Sea Transportation Service
MSTS
Brooklyn
Cross
Senate Government Operations Investigations
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Subcommittee
Paul E.kammerick
Kammerick
Brooklyn Msts
Joseph Bennett
Houston
Tex
Bennett
Faulty radio signals cited in high court crash hearing
A New York Los Angeles aviation hearing investigated whether faulty radio beacons contributed to a collision near Miller Field between a United Air Lines DC8 jet and a Trans World Airlines Constellation. Testimony described erroneous signals guiding planes toward idlewild pattern, with pilots recounting difficulty receiving guidance as the crash near Preston lingered in memory.
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New York
Tate Bene
Bea
Staten Island
Los
Angeles
CNS
California Supreme Court
Miller Field
Egvanis
Eirgt Visi
Park Slope
Cival
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Picane
Fedral Gtion
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Tidelands
W. J. Picune
Emery Newbern
Colt’s
Pedro Mariner
Prestons
Idlewild
Radar
Preston
Colt
California
Prestontines
Larea
Constellation
LaGuardia Air
Long Beach
Vick
Picune
New
Long Beach Harbor
Colt’s Neck
York
Charles L. Vickers
Walter P. Morgan
Death by electric chair in $97 holdup slaying
Ralph Downs aged 28 died in Sing Sing Prison on Thursday night by electric chair for a fatal hold up in Ossining New York. On January 21 1959 he killed Dr Gordon King and wounded receptionist Lorita Turner 17 in The Bronx.
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Ossining
N. Y
Ralph Downs
Sing Sing
Gordon King
Bronx
Lorita Turner
Hearts of Irishmen softened by Princess visit in Ireland
In Birr Ireland Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones visit amid large crowds that forced delays and isolation at Birr Castle. They postponed planned visits to an orphanage and a monastery due to protocol and crowding, yet their charm and poise have softened Irish sentiment after fears of demonstrations.
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Birr
Ireland
Margaret
Anthony
Armstrong-Jones
Tony
Orphange
Felton invites California to breakfast in town
Felton California with 400 residents invites the 16 million state population to a breakfast on Sunday June 4. General Chairman Bob Gray of the Felton Businessmen's Association extends the invitation to all Californians. Ham and eggs hot cakes and coffee will be served on a mile of tables.
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Felton
Calif
UPI
State of California
Bob Gray
Court to rule on complex oil agreement case review
The court will decide how such an agreement between major oil companies should be drawn. The contempt citation against Attorney Grant B. Cooper, who defended Dr. R. Bernard Hineh in five murder trials, is under review. Superior Judge Leroy Dawson previously found Cooper guilty on two counts and fined him $1 000.
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JuUs Lusiregany
Grant B. Cooper
R. Bernard Hineh
Leroy Dawson
Cooper
Americans eat about 153 hamburgers per person yearly
A private survey reported that Americans averaged 2.95 hamburgers per week per person last year. The McDonald chain noted the total intake per person was 153 hamburgers across all styles.
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Chicago
UPI
McDonald
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