Eisenhower Seeks Unity For Farm Program And Anti Communism Push
President Eisenhower urged national unity in support of his legislative agenda including a flexible farm price plan. In a nationwide address he called for speedier Congress action on a “potent package of protection against communism” and stressed domestic priorities like tax reform and funding projects.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Citizens Committee
House Agriculture Committee
America
St. Lawrence Seaway
South Korea
House
Senate
Ransom Paid in Arizona Wife Kidnapping Case
Senator McCarthy said he was joking when he suggested Roy Cohn wanted Schine to be a general and work from a Waldorf penthouse. He testified under cross exam that he ribbed Secretary Stevens and that Schine was drafted November 3.
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Sen. McCarthy
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Roy M. Cohn
G. David Schine
the Waldorf
McCarthy
Schine
Cohn
Roy
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Dix
N. J
Army
Subcommittee
Segregation Loopholes Hunted in Southern States Fight
Richmond June 11 AP attorneys general of Southern states may meet this summer to hunt legal loopholes to preserve public school segregation after the Supreme Court ruling. Governors and legal representatives from eleven states attended a 15 state conference in Virginia headed by Gov. Stanley.
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Supreme Court
Virginia
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanley
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Armed Kidnap Suspect Sought In Arizona Mountains
Police and FBI units sweep the Superstition Mountains for a dangerous kidnapper who seized Evelyn Ann Smith, 23, wife of a Phoenix executive. After a 29 hour captivity and a $75,000 ransom, she was released unharmed near Apache Junction as a nationwide search continues for the gunman with a rifle.
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Pinal County
Apache Junction
Florence Junction
Evelyn Ann Smith
Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company
Smith
Arizona
Smith Lafe
Salt River
Chevron
Phoenix
Drug Plant Blast Kills 5 Injures 32 in St Louis
A mysterious explosion at the Wilson-Kieth & Co pharmaceutical plant in South St Louis killed five workers and injured 32. Debris flew 300 feet, a fire swept the site, and surrounding buildings were damaged. Victims included Arnaud Wilson, 29, who was hospitalized in good condition. Officials cited possible causes from dust to gas leaks.
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South St. Louis
Wilson-Kieth & Co
Arnaud Wilson
Anna
St. Marys Hospital
St. Louis
Fred R. Lawton
Robert Hill
Lillie Hill
James Muldrew
Roosevelt Madden
Emanuel Silverman
Wife Slayer Goes To Death
George Edward Grammer, a former New York businessman, was hanged for the murder of his 33-year-old wife in 1952. Prosecutors cited love letters and trips with Mathilda Mizibrocky of Hamilton Ont as motive. Grammer claimed the killing was not premeditated.
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George Edward Grammer
New York
Grammer
United Nations
Baltimore
New Yorker
Mathilda Mizibrocky
Hamilton
Ont
Chicago
Fair Weather Update for Southern Illinois
The report notes a fair night with Saturday partly cloudy conditions and a chance of thunder showers. Temperatures range from a low of 73 tonight to a high of 93 on Saturday with Saturday night cooler. Spillway levels at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake are listed.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Roosevelts Settle Row As Wife Delays Divorce
The James Roosevelts privately settle a separation dispute with Romelle Roosevelt delaying divorce for a year. The agreement ends the separate maintenance suit and divorce action, keeps them married to ensure compliance, and waives use of a 1945 adultery confession.
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Roosevelts
Jimmy
Los Angeles
James Roosevelts
Congress
California
Romelle Roosevelt
Pasadena
Roosevelt
Murder Plot Suspect Held in Lake Wales Case
Raymond James, 32, Pensacola millhand, was arrested in Bartow on a conspiracy to murder K. H. Gerlach. He was brought to Lake Wales where Sheriff Pat Gordon said James admitted agreeing to kill the 81 year old calendar maker for 5000 dollars but balked when offered 4500 in advance.
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Bartow
Ila
Lake Wales
Raymond James
Pensacola
K. H. Gerlach
Pat Gordon
James
Gerlach
Young Son Told to Tell Truth as Father Jailed
In Muskegon Michigan on June 11 a state conservation officer found Ronald Barber, age four, who said his father Leonard Barber shot at a deer out of season to save a deer. Leonard Barber is serving 10 days in jail and owes a $50 fine.
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Muskegon, Mich
Leonard Barber
Ronald
Kuskegon
Washington
Eisenhower
Illinois
Professor killed in accidental shotgun discharge
St. Louis on Thursday Professor R. Murray Cantwell of St. Louis University was killed in an apparent accident when a shotgun he was cleaning for a vacation and hunting trip discharged. The incident occurred as he prepared for travel.
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St. Louis
R. Murray Cantwell
St. Louis University
Flanders Again Targets McCarthy in Senate Row
Senator Flanders demanded McCarthy be ousted as chair of the investigations subcommittee unless he purges contempt and answers charges from 1952. The Vermont Republican cited a 1952 report on funds from a housing firm and a $10,000 Lustron payment, urging Senate action.
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Stratton
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Illinois
Joseph T. Meek
United States Senate
Republican National Committee
McCarthy
Sen. Flanders
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Flanders
Benton
Vermont
New England
McCarthy Army
Government Operations Committee
Senate Rules Committee
Lustron Corp
Adoption Law Change Asked in Chicago Report
Chicago Bar Assn committee urges Illinois adoption reforms to curb quickie or black market adoptions. Proposal calls for investigations by welfare departments or licensed agencies, and for the adopting party or agency to be Illinois based. Millage of cross border concerns cited with Michigan cases and fees.
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Chicago
Chicago Bar Assn
Illinois
Leon M. Drespres
Association
Despres
Department of Welfare
Nathan J. Kaufman
Detroit
Michigan
Kaufman
Common Salt Sabotage Hits Navy Radar Parts
Pasadena report says a saboteur damaged $500 worth of Navy radar capacitors at Hopkins Engineering Co by sprinkling ordinary salt on two car tons of condensers. Officials suspect a disgruntled employee. Salt alters the capacitors' sensitive paper insulation between foil layers.
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Pasadena
Calif
Hopkins Engineering Co
Doctor predicts cancer agent in tobacco soon isolated
Lake Placid New York June 11 AP Dr Ernest L Wynder Memorial Hospital New York City predicts researchers will isolate an agent in tobacco tars that causes cancer He says removal may be possible by changing manufacturing or by filtering tobacco as a preventive measure at a state health conference.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Ernest L. Wynder
Memorial Hospital
New York City
Bus Strike Prolonged in Continental Trailways Tieup
Negotiations stalled in Wichita after six days of strike against Continental Trailways. G L Carpenter general manager reports no progress as talks recessed.
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Wichita
Kan
Continental Trailways Bus System
G. L. Carpenter
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Marty Snyder
Richmond, Va
Senate Investigations
Roy Cohn
Frank Carr
Clark Clifford
Iruman
Democratic Committee
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Clifford
Phoenix, Ariz
Roy Exendine
Commission
Illinois Learning
O. J. Banton
Southern Illinoisan
Springfield
Lloyd Morey
University of Illinois
D. W Morris
Southern Illinois University
Roosevelt College
Navy
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