General Electric names Vinson as VP and head of manufacturing services
Albany tax refunds list shows 3 047 names with 11 Rodriguez entries and 33 Smiths. General Electric announces Arthur F. Vinson elected vice president and general manager of the manufacturing services division, succeeding Nicholas M. Duchmenin on special assignments. New York city faces potential 90 degree heat wave with forecast to continue through Monday after three days above 90.
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New York
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Nicholas M. Duchmenin
Ralph J. Cordner
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Hoover Defends FBI Civil Rights Probes as Duty
In a statement released by the FBI, J Edgar Hoover says civil rights investigations are duties under an act of Congress, responding to governors from Pennsylvania Virginia and Texas who argued such probes infringe state rights. The remarks precede his return to Washington noting the nationwide role of federal law enforcement.
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Department of Justice
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Virginia
Texas
Hoover
Washington, D. C
Korea protests lifting of sea defense zone
South Korea condemned Gen. Mark Clark for unilaterally lifting the sea defense zone set after mutual talks and said it would protest. In Tokyo, Korea pledged to continue enforcing its fishery conservation and peace zone.
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Seoul
Mark Clark
Adm
Sohn Won
Tokyo
Yong Shik Kim
South Korea
Deaths and royal ties surface in scattered obituary notes
Philip Osborne seven of Townsend visited London and spring Lake New Jersey. Gordon gland air attache in the British Embassy. Peter Townsend banker and stepfather to Daisy Gordon Townsend traveled from Brussels to await a royal visit. William J Sherwood eighty three of Chicago cofounder of Chi sago Motor Bus Company and long time executive. Princess Margaret noted in a brief reference to a performance with the royal family.
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Sago Motor Bus Company
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Chicago
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300-Pound Cabbie Fells, Sits on Scrappy Gunman
A Bronx supermarket robbery ended when a 300-pound taxi driver tackled and pinned the armed suspect. Off-duty officer Abraham Becker intervened, aiding in subduing the gunman as shoppers fled. The assailant and Becker exchanged blows. injuries were reported but the robber fled. The incident disrupted the store and prompted police action.
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Abraham Becker
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Life Term Sought in Ex-Sweetheart's Sister Killing
Somerville Massachusetts 25 year old Mildred McDonald faces life imprisonment as maximum penalty after pleading not guilty to a second degree murder charge in the stabbing shooting and attempted cremation of Mary Di Rocco the ex-sweetheart's 14 year old sister. State prosecutors say the case does not warrant the death penalty and will present to the Middlesex County grand jury on Sept 9-10.
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George E. ‘Thompson
Mary di Rocco
Middlesex County
Thompson
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Massachusetts
Miss McDonald
New York
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Springfield Sporting Goods
Charles A. Cortells
Joseph di Rocco
Joe
Springfield
McDonald
Xaw
Lawrence
Holyoke
Jehe
Rail Firemen Win Back Pay Settlement at $250,000
About 130 locomotive firemen of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad share a back pay settlement totaling near $250,000. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers won a 21-year dispute claiming pay for acting as flagmen during engine movements. Checks reached as high as $9,000 with payroll Aug. 10, per Salamanca Republic Press.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
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Pennsylvania
Salamanca Republic
Balmore
Tax Collections Set A Record At 69 Billion
Washington report shows Internal Revenue Service receipts for the year ending last June reached a record 69.687 billion dollars. Individual income and employment taxes led with 37.255 billion, up 10.4 percent, while corporate income and profits rose to 21.595 billion, up 12.5 percent. Gift taxes surged 292 percent to 107 million. alcohol and tobacco taxes increased as well.
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Internal Revenue
3000 Cut From Payroll
Washington reports large federal staff cuts across USIA and other agencies. About 3,000 positions will be eliminated or reassigned, reducing USIA from 8,200 to 6,200 with over 500 abolished. Most affected are foreigners, while VA trims about 1,000 in Washington amid decentralizing insurance. REA dismisses 37 staff, 2% accountants cut, 11 demotions. Voice of America scales back broadcasts in several languages.
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Rural Electrification Administration
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State Department
Voice of America
Theodore? C. Streibert
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Russia recalls envoy to India
Russia withdraws ambassador Ivan A. Benediktov, who presented credentials seven weeks ago, amid opposition to the Russian leadership. Tass said he will return soon. Benediktov, 51, was known for his informal style and had won friends among officials and reporters in New Delhi.
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Franco U S Bases Talks Still Snarled in Madrid
Stubborn bargaining between the United States and Generalissimo Franco’s Spain shows no quick end after nearly 13 months of talks. Key issues include control of base facilities and the use of U S aid funds. Maj Gen August Kissner heads the U S mission and reports progress as tentative pacts emerge on economic and military aid and base use.
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Siege Continues as Brooklyn Parents Demand Gamma Globulin
In New York, a sit in at the City Health Department over polio erupted as 75 parents with 300 children from the Jewish Community House Camp pressed for gamma globulin after three polio cases. The protest extended overnight with 14 remaining, and Mayor Impellitteri planned a meeting to discuss inoculation for the camp and other epidemic areas.
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Plane He Raced Was Clocking Him
A Borger Texas man Donald Gowdy 38 drove a speeding foreign car with his two sons and struck a plane racing to measure its speed. A jeweler from Clinton Oklahoma a wife Ruth 36 and two children Jack Stanley 10 and Harvey 5 died in the crash. Police say Gowdy shot and killed his wife and children then killed himself after highway patrol stopped the car at about 90 miles an hour near a Bronx apartment.
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Okla
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Borger
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Sweet Tooth Blocks Way To His Heart
In Chicago a divorce suit sees Barbara Trepina accuse Emil Trepina of cruelty for eating candy bars and arriving home with no appetite. Judge Robert J. Dunne suggests lunch out to test the wife’s cooking, keeping the hearing open until September 1 to observe results.
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Puizier
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Barbara Trepina
Emil ‘Trepina
Emil
Russia denies survivors in bomber shootdown protest
The United States complained after a U S bomber was shot down near Soviet Siberia on July 29. Russia denied knowledge of any survivors and claimed the plane was over Soviet territory. The U S noted the crew of 17 and a reportedly rescued co pilot by an American ship. Lincoln White said Moscow demanded measures to stop U S planes from violating Russian territory. In another item, New Haven faces bridge repair costs after a Kimberly avenue bridge opening caused a three hour traffic tie up.
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U.S
Far East
Jonnly
E. Roche
Moscow
United States
State Department
Protestants Reject Spanish Vatican Concordat Impact
In Madrid Protestant spokesmen say the government Vatican concordat blocks public worship for 28 000 Protestants. Non-Catholic groups warn services and Bible printing will continue amid a 29 million Catholic nation. The accord upholds religious unity but restricts external ceremonies and public manifesta tions.
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Spain
Vatican
Fernando Martin Sanchez
Calohea Publishing House
Cathylte
San Sebastian
Battleship New Jersey joins Formosa patrol near Kaohsiung
The 45,000 ton New Jersey, flagship of the U S Seventh Fleet, anchored off Kaohsiung Formosa today to guard against invasion. Vice Admiral Joseph W Clark entertained Chinese Nationalist officials aboard during the first formal welcome.
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Formosa II
New Jersey
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Kaohsiung
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