Doubt Cast On Italian Masterpiece Sent To Eisenhower
A wealthy British German divorcee withdrew an offer to gift to President Eisenhower a painting she claimed as Correggio's Il Giorno. Art experts questioned authenticity, suggesting it may be by one of Correggio's imitators. The painting allegedly depicted the Madonna and Child with St Jerome and was valued at $100 000.
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Milan
Italy
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Ave
Katherina Williams
Aissance
Correggio
Madonna and Child
St . Jerome
Para
Sigpecen
Corregio
Vanguard Again Fails To Orbit Satellite Meant To Measure Solar Radiation
The Vanguard rocket again fails to reach orbit as its second stage fails to ignite and a basketball satellite plunges back to earth. GE unveils a high thrust engine capable of lifting much heavier payloads, while the Navy notes ongoing test setbacks amid rivalry with the Soviet Sputnik III and Vanguard I.
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Cape Canaveral
Vanguard
Naval Research Laboratory
Navy
Plorers
General Electric Co
GE Rocket Engine
Malta
N.Y
Secret Sessions Sought on Goldfine Testimony in Adams Case
A House subcommittee weighs private testimony for John Fox regarding Bernard Goldfine allegations. Fox accused Goldfine of embezzlement and said Adams had him in his hip pocket. Chairman Oren Harris considers executive session to protect defamed or incriminated individuals.
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Bernard Goldfine
White House
Sherman Adams
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Goldfine
Adams
Fox
Roger Robb
Samuel P. Sears
Federal District Court
Boston
Harris
Boston Port Development Co
Charles ©. Wyzanski Jr
Robb
Sears
Subcommittee
Boston Post
New England
United Nations considers secret meeting on Hungary crisis
A five nation UN committee debates a request for a special general assembly on Hungary after the executions of Imre Nagy and other revolt leaders. The group meets behind closed doors under Ambassador E Ronald Walker and weighs a fact based report for September assembly.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPT
General Assembly
Hungary
Imre Nagy
E. Ronald Walker
Australia
Nagy
Pal Maleter
Fatter Pensions for 232000 Federal Retirees Approved
President Eisenhower signed a bill boosting pensions for about 232000 retired federal workers who began benefits before Oct 1 1956. The increases, effective Aug 1, raise checks by about 10 percent with a $504 yearly top cap. Some 12000 widows who were previously ineligible also gain. Those retired after Oct 1 1956 remain on a different schedule.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Civil Service Commission
Harris Claims Innocent Note to FCC On Policy
Rep. Oren Harris, D Ark, chairman of the House subcommittee linked to the Sherman Adams affair, says the letter to FCC Chairman John Doerfer was a policy inquiry. He says there was no personal involvement and that he relayed a Pine Bluff station’s inquiry from B J Parrish along with a request for FCC reply and policy explanation.
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Washington
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House
Sherman Adams
Federal Communications Commission
Harris
FCC
John C. Doerfer
Doerfer
B. J. Parrish
KOTN
Pine Bluff
Ark
Parrish
Commission
Turncoat Marine Weds in California Return
La Rance V. Sullivan, a Korean War veteran who recently returned from several years in Communist China, marries Berniece Brown of Menlo Park, California. The couple’s union is reported by a Sullivan sister in Marin City.
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Marin City
Calif
la Rance V. Sullivan
United States
China
Berniece Brown
Menlo Park
MacArthur Invited to Return to Philippines
Philippine President Carlos Garcia announced an invitation for Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur to return to the Philippines and be welcomed by new citizens he freed in World War II. Garcia, a wartime resistance leader, and MacArthur met briefly in New York before Garcia continued his U. S. tour. details were disclosed by Philippine Ambassador Carlos P. Romulo in Phoenix.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Douglas A. MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Carlos Garcia
Garcia
New York
United States
Carlos P. Romulo
Martian invasion radio scare shocks Lisbon residents
A Lisbon radio dramatization of a Martian invasion sent residents into a frenzy similar to Orson Welles at the 1938 U S broadcast. Police stations were flooded with calls asking if Martians landed at Carcavelos and even priests were sought for last confessions.
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Lisbon
UPI
Orson Welles
United States
Carcavelos
Estoril
Mother Dies After Porch Collapse In Portland
Mrs Irene House 31 a mother of four died after a sun porch railing collapsed while she hung a scatter rug in her second floor duplex in Portland Police held her four children aged six months to seven years until their father returned from western Oregon where he was working in berry fields.
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Portland
Ore
Irene House
Berry Fields
Oregon
Wreck-Free Buddies Finally Get Together
In two summers Harold W. Shuler and Hugh B. Wayt of Frankfort Ind have vacationed together. After 10,000 miles without a scratch a Tuesday stop in Corvallis Ore led to Harold seeing his car hit from behind. The other driver was Hugh at the wheel.
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Corvallis, Ore
Harold W. Shuler
Hugh B. Wayt
Frankfort
Ind
Harold
Hugh
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