Press Agent Slain and Movie Extra Held
Ray Pastrana a 23 year old Los Angeles man was seized in Peach Springs Arizona while buying gas for a car belonging to murdered Hollywood press agent William Clyde Westcott Jr Pastrana was taken to Kingman for questioning in the slaying which occurred in the West Hollywood Hills Westcott was found beaten to death in his luxury apartment Police said Pastrana claimed he knew nothing of the case and had only discovered the car registration after being stopped by deputies
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Kingman, Ariz
Arizona
Los Angeles
Ray Pastrana
Peach Springs
William Clyde Westcott Jr
Westcott
Hollywood Hills
Pastrana
Kingman
Alay
Igdas
New York
Bernard Delh
California Police
Donald Nelson
Berman Shines as Civilians Counsel in McKeon Court Martial
New York trial lawyer Berman, enlisted as civilian counsel, impresses the seven member military tribunal with memory recall and gentle cross examination. His courtroom demeanor and strategic influence on witnesses echo famed legal figures while his military service includes the China-Burma-India theater and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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McKeon
Berman
New York
Bermen
Randolph Mcc. Pate
U. S. Marine Corps
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Darrow
Loeb-Leopold
Chicago
Tennessee
Fallon
Lloyd P. Stryker
Liebowitz
D. C. Murray
Gene Fowler
Quentin Reynolds
Thomas E. Dewey
Jimmy Hines
Murphy
Alger Hiss
Alexander F. Simpson
Napoleon
New Jersey
Hall-Mills
Somerville
N. J
Chine-Burma- India
Air Force
Bitter 1956 primary maneuvers spill into the South
The piece tracks Sen. Chandler defending his Southern stance on school desegregation and the Supreme Court, while Harold Stassen pushes for Gov. Herter as Eisenhower’s VP choice. McKeldin and Knowland back Nixon, Knight hedges, and Stassen gains limited GOP support in California. Harriman gains Democratic traction in Iowa Utah. Two Utah candidates seek the GOP gubernatorial nomination including J Bracken Lee amid intra party tensions.
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Harriman
South
Chandler
Senate
Supreme Court
Chandler's
Stassen
Eisenhower
New York City
Herter
GOP
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Nixon
California
Republican Assembly
Sacramento
Wiliam F. Knowland
Goodwin K. Knight
Knight
Leonard W. Hall
San Francisco
Chicago
Iowa
Washington
Wyreming
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Bride from Australia Stirs Crowd at Zoo in Crandon Park
In Miami the groom to be Cecil leaped toward the fence to kiss Cecilia as 200 people watched at Crandon Park Zoo. The arrival of a mail order bride from Australia created a comic scene with the crowd cheering the unlikely couple.
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Miami
Australia
Cecil
Cecilia
Crandon Park Zoo
Jittery Hodge Cited As Depressed After Quizzing
Springfield Illinois UP reports former state auditor Orville E. Hodge remained under a physician care described as terribly depressed and nervous after Senate Banking Committee investigators questioned him about a million-dollar state check scandal. Doctors planned X-rays if symptoms persisted. no heart condition found. Investigators Robert A. Wallace and Donald L. Rogers said they obtained a confidential transcript of Hodge’s answers.
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Springfield
Ill
Orville E. Hodge
Hodge
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Robert A. Wallace
Donald L. Rogers
Won't Give Up Richmond Pup Bites Mail Carrier
In Richmond Virginia a dog bit the mail carrier when the owner locked the dog inside. Postmaster Fergus Mcree said the pup nipped the carrier's fingers as mail passed through the front door slot.
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Richmond
Fergus Mcree
U S Seeks Aluminum Settlement Amid Steelworkers Strike
The Federal Mediation Service waits for replies from Aluminum Co. of America and United Steelworkers on resuming talks in Pittsburgh to end a four day strike by about 18 1000 USW members at 12 Alcoa plants and 9 Reynolds plants. The unions seek layoff pay and wage hikes while Alcoa and Reynolds offered a three year contract.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Mediation Service
Aluminum Co. of America
United Steel
New York
USW
Alcoa
Reynolds Aluminum Co
R. W. Dannahoo
Philadelphia
Mediation Service
Reynolds
Basic Steel Industry
Aluminum Workers International Union
AWIU
Steel Workers Face Delays at Major Mills
About 63,000 steel workers at two firms mills may not return until midweek as contracts remain unsigned. Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube mills in East Chicago still without deals. In Buffalo Republic Steel workers return to duty, while Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna remains guarded by pickets with 7,000 United Steelworkers.
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Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Chicago
Buffalo
N.Y
Republic Steel
Lackawanna
Bethlehem Steel
United
Eisenhower Signs Name Change for Bedloe’s Island to Liberty Island
President Eisenhower signed a bill renaming Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor to Liberty Island, the home of the Statue of Liberty. The change formalizes the island’s widely recognized name and preserves its historic landmark status.
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Washington (Lp
Eisenhower
Bedloe’s Island
New York Harbor
iLiberty Island
Polio Cases in Chicago Top 500 as Shots Pushoutbreak Data
Chicago reports 516 polio cases in 1956, with health officials rushing Salk vaccine to children under 19 and pregnant women. Mobile inoculation units target four West Side neighborhoods amid loudspeaker appeals, while Dr. Bundesen notes emergency status, not an epidemic.
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Chicago
Board of Health
West Side
Ihealth
Herman N. Bundesen
Red Chinese Deny Burma Invasion
Hong Kong reports say Communist China denied invading Northern Burma and called the claims groundless. Burmese sources claimed 500 troops held about 1,000 square miles after clashes, while Burma pressed for withdrawal and urged negotiations.
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Hong Kong
China
Burma
Peiping People’s Daily
Peiping Radio
People’s Daily
Rangoon
Red China
Peiping
Asia
United States
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Argentina frees 36 political prisoners in Buenos Aires
Argentina's provisional government releases 36 more political prisoners not charged with crimes. Most are former Peron followers held under security regulations. The move follows releases of about 200 such detainees in recent weeks.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Milk use focus drives GOP strategy in New York race
Sen. Harry A. Wise of Watertown argued the Republican program centers on increasing milk consumption to lift farmer income and criticized Gov. Harriman for vetoing six GOP milk measures in 1956. The conference outlined campaigns for a veto-proof Legislature and highlighted GOP labor and welfare policy achievements.
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Buffalo
Harry A. Wise
Watertown
Idaho
Harriman
Wise
Senate
Walter J. Mahoney
GOP
Albany
Stanley J. Bauer
Mahoney
L. Judson Morhouse
Austin W. Erwin
Geneseo
Senate Finance Committee
Repubican
Bauer
Sampson Closedown Stalled for Months
Air Force confirms Rep. Taber claim that Sampson AFB cannot close without House and Senate Army Services Committees authorization. An Air Force spokesman said a caretaker detachment will be assigned pending proper congressional consent.
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Jules Witcover
Herald-Journal
Washington
Air Force Today
John Taber
Auburn
Sampson Air Force Base
House
Senate
Army Services Committees
Air Force
Sampson
Congress
Taber
Geneva
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
Lackland Afb
Texas
Parks Afb
California
Air Force Planning
Lackland
Parks
House Appropriations Committee
GOP
Ike Names Health Chief
WASHINGTON Dr Leroy E Burney former health commissioner of Indiana is the new surgeon general of the United States. Burney 49 is an expert on radiological health and will head the Public Health Service succeeding Dr Leonard A Scheele who resigned to become president of Warner-Chilcott Laboratories Inc. in Morris Plains New Jersey.
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Washington
Leroy E. Burney
Indiana
United States
Burney
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
Scheele
Warner-Chilcott Laboratories Inc
Morris Plans
N.J
Eisenhower
Senate
Italian Film Stars Planned Russia Visit
Moscow hosts a Russian premier festival opening September 3 with a lineup of Italian film stars. Gina Lollobrigida or Sophia Loren will lead the delegation, both unknown in Soviet cinema and never appeared on a Soviet screen.
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Russia
Moscow
Gina Lollobrigida
So‘phia Loren
Uncertainty Over Hostage Fate in Cyprus Crisis
In Nicosia Cyprus EOKA rebels claimed to hold John A Cremer a 78 year old Englishman missing since Wednesday and threatened to execute him if three Greek Cypriot extremists were not reprieved The three condemned men Andreas Zakkos Charilaos Michael and Jacovos Patassos face hangings within weeks while Gov Harding's council weighs appeals and the hostage's fate remains unresolved.
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Nicossa
Cyprus
EOKA
Isles
Greece
John A. Cremer
Cremer
Kyrenia
Nicosia
Povernor
John Harding
Andreas Zakkos
Charilaos Michael
Jacovos Patassos
Zakkos
Michael
Brian Coombe
Royal Engineers
England
Coombe
Patatsos
Shell Kills Two Boys in Morlaix Field
In Morlaix France two French boys were killed when a World War II shell they found exploded as they attempted to disassemble it. Officials confirmed fatalities and described the incident as a tragic accident.
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Morlaix
France
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