Charges of altered expense bills spark House probe
Washington reports allege that House expense vouchers were altered to hide lavish spending on liquor hotel stays and trips. Reporters say ink blotting erased wives’ names on hotel bills and that some bills list food after bar charges at Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Committee members deny improper charges and defend legitimate business.
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UPI
Capitol Hill
Knight
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
Life Magazine
House
Honolulu
Royal Hawaiian
Oren Harris
Surf
Harris
House Public Works Committee
Commodore Hotel
New York City
Long Island
Velista
William C. Cramer
Rfla
Senate Approves Phillippi Creek Flood Control Survey
Lawmakers deny high living flood control views but senators approve the Phillippi Creek plan. The U S Senate Public Works Committee OKs the survey covering the urban area west of Cattleman Road and upper reaches of the creek. The move aims to ease chronic flooding threatening thousands of Sarasota County residences and supports ongoing watershed projects and drainage improvements.
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Viears Nuate
Phillippi
Phillippi Creek
U.S. Senate Public Works Committee
Sarasota County
Cattleman’s Road
Kenneth
Ushway 41
Suis Road Department
THE
NEWS
Senate Committee
House
Senate
Sarasota West Coast
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Clark
Air Force tightens spending on golf and morale projects
Congress probes Air Force use of tax funds for a nine hole golf course at Offutt Base Nebraska and enlistment labor valued at 5250 while questioning legality. House subcommittee discusses use of manpower and morale spending as part of broader scrutiny of military waste.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
House
Armed Services
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
West Virginia Returns Attack Series From The Daily Mail
The Charleston Daily Mail runs a two part series critiquing Philadelphia’s coverage of West Virginia. It cites roving politicians TV commentators and newspapermen reacting to a Saturday Evening Post piece on the state’s slums and poverty.
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Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Philadelphia
West Virginia
the Mail
Saturday Evening Post
Kensington Park Homes Open for Residents at Park Club
Kensington Park Homes announces a 14 acre Swim and Country Club open to residents. Sarasota market highlights include Best Home Values from 12,459 to 19,450. For details call RI-7-3011.
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Kensington Park
Sarasota
Mama mockingbird protects fledglings at Sarasota-Bradenton
A mother mockingbird at the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport shielded her three fledglings in a palm nest area. National Airlines staff moved the youngsters to a box for feeding, then the bird began dive bombing anyone approaching the box. A photographer attempted a closeup but was deterred by the vigilant bird.
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Mama Mockingbird
Sarasota - Bradenton
National Air Lines
NAL
Robert van Lennett
Broadway Walkout Looms After Eleventh Hour Rejection
More than 2,000 actors shouted down a late producers offer to avert a Broadway blackout. Actors Equity planned a walkout tonight of The Tenth Man cast, risking a full Broadway theatre shutdown within 24 hours. Negotiations with the League of New York Theaters continued as a long strike loomed.
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Jack Cavanaugh
NEW York
UPI
Actors Equity
Broadway
Actors Union
League of New York Theaters
David Merrick
FBI Chief Calls Death Penalty Essential Deterrent
Director J. Edgar Hoover argues in the FBI law bulletin that the death penalty is necessary to deter atrocious crimes such as murder and treason. He cites the Rosenberg espionage case and the Jack Graham bombing case as examples warranting capital punishment amid the Chessman controversy.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Jack Graham
Grahams
Dering
FBI
Caryl Chessman
St Paddy Wins English Derby At Epsom Downs
St Paddy, owned by Sir Victor Sassoon and ridden by Lester Piggott, captured the 281st English Derby at Epsom Downs by a nose over Alcaeus who edged Kythnos for second in a photo finish. Vienna, Churchill’s colt, was scratched leaving 17 runners.
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St. Paddy
Epsom Downs
Alcaeus
Kythnos
Sir Victor Sassoon
Lester Piggott
Piggott
England
Vienna
Sir Winston Churchill
20 Cent Hourly Hike Sets Local Plumbing Rates
A new wage agreement between the Sarasota Plumbing and Heating Contractors Assn and Local 583 of the United Assn. of Journeymen raises residential plumber pay by 20 cents and commercial by 10 cents. Journeymen start at 3.35 per hour, rising to 3.45 on Sept. 1, 1960, with the contract running to May 1, 1961. The document was sent to the Florida Industrial Commission for approval.
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Sarasota
Kerr
Florida Industrial Commission
Davis - Bacon Journeymen
Earlier Embassy Bug Revealed in Moscow Residence
A British diplomat recounts a prior bug in the U S embassy residence in Moscow once used by Joseph Davies and parallels with Averell Harriman in 1945. He describes a three foot crawl space with wires behind the ambassador's desk and sawdust noted during a cautious search. State Department security says no record of the incident exists.
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U.S
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Averell Harriman
Davies
U. S
State Department
Telegraphic Pay Hike Ends Western Union Strike
Washington UPI. Management and the Commercial Telegraphers Union reached a oral two year contract after 17 hours of talks. The deal includes a 10 cent per hour wage increase now and a 5 cent raise next January 1 plus a 1 cent per hour increase for walking and bicycling messengers starting today. The current contract will be extended day to day until written terms are filed.
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Brodine
Vonnie
Vickie
Seattle
Europe
Washington
UPI
Company
Commercial Telegraphers Union
E. L. Hageman
CTU
Hageman
Jet Whisks To Old World's Glories By Kent McKinley
Kent McKinley details a TWA Europe flight from Idlewild to Paris and Rome aboard a 707. He describes weather, Alps, the Seine, Rome arrival, customs, a Rome office contact, and a glimpse of St. Gregory of Padua canonization events, plus cafe and Keatsiana sights.
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McKinley
Europe
TWA
Flight 800
Idlewild
Orly Field
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Rome
Wunderbar
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Med
Gefion
Com
Athens
Tel Aviv
Jean Gavoni
Florida
Canonizzazione del Bento
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