Indicted Soviet Spy Ru dolph Abel in Brooklyn Case
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel a 55 year old described as a Soviet colonel of intelligence masquerading as a Brooklyn artist was indicted as a spy. The indictment charges Abel and four alleged coconspirators with activating agents in the United States to obtain defense related information and microfilm transmission to Soviet Russia. Abel was arrested in New York June 21 and held in detention before deportation proceedings were superseded by the espionage charge and trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
United States
Soviet State Security Service
American Central Intelligence Agency
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse
Abel
Soviet
Russia
U. S
Latham
McAllen
Tex
Texas
Eisenhower weighs veto on civil rights bill and cabinet moves
President Eisenhower reiterated opposition to the Senate civil rights bill version while signaling the chance of additional congressional action. He also discussed naming Neil H. McElroy secretary of defense and praised long term foreign aid and mutual security programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Ohio
Neil H. McElroy
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
McElvoy
Wilson
House
Senate House
Congress
L Eisenhower
United States
City approves Bell four party service delay plan
After a reading of the new city ordinance set rates for South western Bell Telephone Co. the company asked to discontinue four party service but could not add the stipulation without rewriting the ordinance. The council kept the form, and the new rates take effect Aug. 29. Clifford Carter of Bryan visited Snyder to discuss Texas constituents with Senator Lyndon Johnson and said Texans back Johnson’s work in Washington.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Snyder
W. W. Park
Truman Black
Clifford Carter
Bryan
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Sen. Johnson
U. S. Senate
Carter
Washington
Weather Summary for Texas Regions
Snyder reports high 96 degrees Tuesday with low 68 and morning reading 69. East Texas partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers today and Thursday with little temperature change. South Central Texas partly cloudy with daytime thundershowers and little change. North Central Texas partly cloudy with thundershowers this afternoon and southwest areas unchanged. West Texas clear to partly cloudy with late day and night thunder showers and no significant temperature shifts.
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Snyder
Texas
Easton Denies Using a Recorder in Dio Inquiry
The Senate Rackets Committee heard Easton deny using a recording device after invoking the Fifth Amendment 88 times. He said he dictated 54 recalled questions to a stenographer and claimed no recording occurred. Kennedy pressed for the stenographer Miss Licata as he questioned Easton’s memory of the interview.
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Washington
Frank Easton
Johnny Dio
Senate Rackets
Easton
Dio
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
AFL
United Auto Workers
June Licata
Miss Licata
Leon Reich
New York
Sen
D-Mass
Brooklyn
Sen. Kennedy
Sen. Curtis
R-Neb
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
John O'Rourke
Child Rescued From Abandoned Chimney Shaft
In Bay City Michigan a 3 year old girl Glenda McPhee became wedged in an 8 by 12 inch opening after falling 18 feet into a chimney shaft. Firefighters dismantled the foundation brick by brick for about 30 minutes to free her. She was hospitalized and later reported not seriously hurt.
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Bay City
Mich
Glenda McPhee
Glenda
Glen McPhee
Voor
Pacifists Clash With AEC At Nevada Atomic Test Site
Pacifists attempting to halt a nuclear test at the Nevada site were turned back as the Atomic Energy Commission delayed the blast due to winds. Eleven demonstrators were arrested but later cautioned by a Beatty judge, with sentencing suspended for a year if they commit no Nevada offenses. Lawrence Scott, former minister, led the group back to camp.
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Nev.p
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Japan
Committee For
AEC
Beatty
Nevada
Lawrence Scott
Chicago
Permit Approved For New Water District Project
The State Board of Water Engineers approved a 56 000 acre foot permit for the West Central Texas Municipal Water District. The district plans a 13 million dollar reservoir on Hubbard Creek to serve Albany Abilene Anson and Breckenridge. Protesters warned they would challenge the decision in court if granted.
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Austin
State Board of Water Engineers
West Central Texas
Two Small Fires Cause Little Damage Near Snyder
Firemen answered two calls late this morning. At Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. on the Lubbock highway five miles north of Snyder a waste oil pit burned and damaged two utility poles and lines. A second blaze at 430 East Highway involved an air conditioner in a small shop with only slight damage.
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Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Lubbock Highway
Snyder
East Highway
Sultan Force Closer To Rebel Fort In Oman Conflict
British troops and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman army moved to 14 miles from Nizwa, approaching the rebel stronghold behind five-foot walls. Royal Air Force leaflets warned villagers to cooperate as the force advances 80 miles from Fahud seeking a quick knockout to end a three week tribal rebellion amid Persian Gulf oil interests.
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Manama
Bahrain
Muscat
Oman
Nizwa
Izz
Royal Air Force
Fahud
Arabian Peninsula
Ft. Nizwa
Persian Gulf
Britain
Pre School Signups Near 60 Percent for First Grade Bridging
About 304 students registered for pre school as a bridge program for newcomers to first grade this fall. Over 500 total are expected in the first grade. The program runs next Monday to August 23 with sessions 8 to 9 30 a m and 10 to 11 30 a m. Parents attend orientation at each school.
Action Promised On Library Board Plan
Scurry County commissioners plan to decide next Monday on appointing an advisory library board. At a meeting with John Hudson, state librarian aide, attendees urged board governance over the library, not direct operation by the court.
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Scurry County
Ian
Edgar Taylor
Commissioners Court
Moore
Palmer
Knight
Hudson
John Hudson
Gene Dulaney
L. L
Pat) Moore
Lee Watson
Six Jailed After Youth Is Beaten in Houston
In Houston, six adults and juveniles from a north side gang led by a former 55-arrest felon were jailed on disturbing the peace charges after beating 16-year-old Phenone Neal. The eight members, calling themselves the Laura Koppe Road Gang, were stopped at about 8:30 p.m. with two juveniles released.
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Houston
North Side
Laura Koppe
Gerald K. Adams
Phenone Neal
Neal
Gordon Lusk
Joe Norris
Rotund Comedy Star Oliver Hardy Dies
Oliver Hardy movie comedy team Luurel and Hardy member dies at his North Hollywood home after a paralytic stroke on September 12. He had been incapacitated since and could not speak.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Oliver Hardy
Luurel and Hardy
Monnie L. Jones
Dummies Used In B58 Test
Fort Worth tests involve man like dummies ejected from Convair B58 nose section during sled tests at China Lake California. Dummies carry data instruments to record forces and accelerations to study human response in high speed eject scenarios. J E Hickok Convair Fort Worth senior test engineer says tests reveal what a human would endure during escape.
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J. E. Hickok
Convair
Fort Worth
Khrushchev tours East Germany denounces Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin for a tour of East Germany and denounced Konrad Adenauer as a great danger to world peace at a mass rally. The Soviet leader was greeted by East German officials led by Walter Ulbricht as security and anti Communist unrest simmered amid Hungarian memories.
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Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
East Berlin
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Khrushchev
Adenauer
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Moscow
Anastas Mikoyan
Andrei Gromyko
Walter Ulbricht
Bulganin
A. I. Mikoyan
Pickford Opposes Revival of Old Films on TV
Mary Pickford, a silent film icon, told reporters she will not allow her early pictures to be shown on television. She recalled watching films at Pickfair with Lionel Barrymore and others laughing at the outfits, noting Lionel’s tears.
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San Francisco
Mary Pickford
America
Pickfair
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel
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