Gun Running From Page One
The article profiles Leopold and a dense Swiss fraud network tied to arms and explosives. It notes police dossier activity, alleged Algerian contraband ties, and a global market centered in Africa and the Middle East. It discusses smugglers, informants, and the risky, profitable web sustaining postwar gun running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
Knecht
International
Africa
Middle East
U.S
Algeria
France
Tunisia
Libya
Europe
England
Belgium
Israel
Mediterranean
Italy
Switzerland
Federal Justice Ministry
Berne
Léopold
Marcel Leopold
Railroads Face Costs as Suburban Growth Shifts Transport
The piece notes railroads lose freight and passenger share from 62.3 percent in 1939 to 49.2 percent in 1956 while trucks rise to 17.3 percent. It cites Robert R. Young and NYC Penn Central merger efforts, subsidies favoring air and road transport, and growing commuter travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central-Pennsylvania
Robert R. Young
NYC
Chesapeake& Ohio Railroad
Young
New York Central
Interiktafa Commoeree Commission
Pennsylvania
Vince Sm St
Albert
Soviet Hire of U S Soldier for West Berlin Labor Unit
The jet pilot described being moved by Soviet supervisors among jobs in West Berlin and West Germany under espionage rules. Before joining the U S Army para military labor service battalion in West Berlin, Hiller reportedly worked as a West Berlin policeman under Soviet orders and used nights off to visit East Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Berlin
West Germany
U. S. Army
Para
Hiller
East Berlin
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Charles Knecht
James MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Harvard University
Walt Disney Studio
Arthur Jenkins
The
Herald Co
Herald Place
Syracuse
N. Y
E. A. O'Hara
Associated Press
Herald
van ‘Lines
Ray Carruthers
East Water Street
Drug, Feed and
Aaa
RO Asean
Saber Service Battalion
Tempelhof Air Base
U. S. Air Force Base
Bundeswehr
U. S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United State
United States
Germany
Soviets
Peu
Taito
N.Y
New_York
Pane
Yaaians Press
W. Jist St
New Ors
D’‘Orsay
AINE
Tory
Vita-War Corporation
Commerce Court
Newark, New Jersey
Motorola
Motorola TV
Peers
Caen
Otorola
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