Mob meeting probes lead to wider raids and Fifth Amendments
In the Apalachin aftermath the State Senate committee hearings showed mob figures like DAgostino and Guarnieri invoking the Fifth Amendment repeatedly. The Barbara case drew court action over a liquor records seizure while in New York City Anna Genovese was ordered to testify in a New Jersey grand jury investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horan
Magaddino
State Senate Chamber
Bauman
D'Agostino
LaDuca
Buffalo
Arnold Bauman
Apalachin
William F. Horan
Joseph Barbara Jr
State Capitol
Senate
Barbara
Joe Profaci
Brooklyn
Utica
Joe Falcone
Anthony ‘Guarnieri
Upstate Endicott
Oo Guarnieri
Profaci
Falcone
State Supreme Court
Binghamton
Barbara Sr
State Liquor Authority
Canada Dry Bottling Co
Endicott
McAvoy
SLA
Barbara Jr
New York City
Vito Genovese
Mercer County
N. J
New Jersey
General Sessions
George M. Carney
Anna Genovese
Exhausted Woman Found on City Bus Awakens After Checks
An elderly woman slumped on a city bus was revived after a priest and police were summoned. She explained she had collapsed from exhaustion due to Christmas shopping.
Torture Findings Bring Algerian Prison Abuses To Light
A French government commission report released after a press leak details torture and inhuman treatment of Algerian rebel prisoners by French forces. It notes eight camps housing 5 000 to 6 000 detainees, with deaths from asphyxiation in wine-cellar and wine-vat incidents and says disciplinary actions followed in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Guy Mollet
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Felix Gaillard
Algeria
le Eee
Robert Lacoste
Ain-Isser
Mercier-Lacombe
le Monde
Algiers
Mourainville
Boy Keeps Good Time in Tummy
Two year old Kenneth Rogers swallowed his mother's wristwatch after a band performance. X rays show the watch in his stomach still running. Doctors sent him home for observation and will decide how to remove it after further tests. His mother Mrs Betty Rogers, 26, asked where the watch was and Kenny replied I eat it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Kenneth Rogers
Kenneth
Rayz
Betty Rogers
Kenny
Florida Crop Loss From Deep Freeze Hits Citrus
A 23 year record cold wave crushed Florida crops with heavy damage to tangerines temple oranges and many groves. Grapefruit fared better but oranges faced potential embargo and emergency area consideration while Everglades vegetables like corn and beans suffered peak harvest loss and Plant City Christmas strawberries were ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeland
Flsa
Florida
Miam
Indian River
Florida Citrus Commission
Everglades
Plant City
Eisenhower and Allies Promise NATO Summit Efforts
President Eisenhower and Adenauer arrive as NATO leaders gather. Dulles meets Gaillard and Pineau while Macmillan Lloyd lunch before the talks. Four premiers yet to arrive join 14 of 15 NATO heads for Monday’s opening session. Salazar stays away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Europe
United States
Germany
France
Gaillard
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
U.S
Hera
Dulles
Christian Pineau
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Einar Gerhadsen
Norway
Willem Drees
Netherlands
Achille van Acker
Belgium
Adone Zoll
Italy
Portugal
Antonio Salazar
Buttonwillow man shot during weapon safety demonstration
Bakersfield report says Jesse Hogan 35 of Buttonwillow was treated for leg wounds after a 16 gauge shotgun discharged while John Stone 62 demonstrated safety features of the weapon. The incident details remain under investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
Jesse Hogan
Buttonwillow
John Stone
Eisenhower's Paris Address on France and NATO Unity
President Eisenhower speaks at Orly on the 1944 liberation of Paris and the NATO alliance. He praises France's role in Western unity and outlines resolve to strengthen the NATO shield against Soviet pressure while defending liberty, equality, and fraternity as enduring NATO values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Eisenhower
Orly Airfield
France
America
NATO
Free World
Cornell Bans Overnight Frat Parties
Cornell University imposed an overnight party ban at fraternity houses after a student died from a fall at a house party. A 3 a.m. weekday curfew for women guests and a 4 a.m. curfew on weekends were adopted with watchmen enforcing quarters, plus penalties for excessive drinking and public drinking. The policy, led by Theresa R Humphreyville and a 14-member faculty student committee, aims to end parties by set times and require separate facilities for women lodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Cornell University
University
Theresa R Humphreyville
Magistrates Draw Lots for Court Assignments in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on a Friday the 13th, 13 magistrates draw numbered slips to determine next year's courtroom locations. Eight Democrats and five Republicans, all reelected last November, each hoped for their neighborhood assignment. Nine re elected magistrates were returned to their old courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City Hall
James H. J. Tate
FBI Hunts Clues in Elkton Fire Fatal to Four
The FBI joined the probe into a flash fire at the Thiokol Elkton plant that killed four and injured four others. The blaze started in a mixing vat in a 100 by 40 foot building, with rockets igniting during the blast. Victims from nearby communities were identified as Charles L. Devault, Marvin J. Kincaid, Jerome J. Kahl, and Frank K. Knight. The facility manufactures solid propellant for various Army and Air Force missiles. The plant employs safeguards and wide spacing to prevent wider destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkton
FBI
Thiokol Chemical Corp
H. G. Jones
Charles L. Devault
Marvin J. Kincaid
North East
Jerome J. Kahl
Riverside Beach
Frank K. Knight
Rising Sun
U.S. 40
Maryland
Jones
Thiokol
Army
Honest John
Air Force
Auto workers feud cited in union probe remarks
Mundt urged proof for any employer wrongdoing brought to the committee with authority to investigate while Curtis pressed Mazey to come forward with evidence. He questioned why the Teamsters and Bakers and Confectionary Workers unions were expelled by AFL CIO amid the two sided violence charges in the Kohler strike probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mundt
Curtis
Mazey
Teamsters
Aflcio
Bakers and Confectionary Workers Union
Afl-Cio
UAW
U S Fishing Fleet Ignored Gunfire Off Chilean Waters
Maritime authorities report two Chilean military planes fired across the bows of 23 U S fishing vessels that refused to leave waters claimed by Chile. The ships including the Equator and Excalibur did not respond to radio calls as gunfire followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antofagasta
Chile
U.S
Renown
Willy
Excalibur
Equator
Coimbra
West Point Equator
Peru
Ecuador
United States
Thruway Head Debuts as Silver Creek Buffalo Section Opens
Buffalo New York Governor Harriman announced Brill as chair of the State Thruway Authority opened the 29 mile Silver Creek to Buffalo section completing the 500 mile main line. Brill predicted New England Berkshire sections would finish next year creating a continuous Buffalo to Boston system with brief breaks to Augusta Maine. He called the Thruway the twentieth century Erie Canal and railroads in economic impact with an estimated 500 million dollars invested to create new facilities along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Clinton B. F. Brill
State Thruway Authority
Silver Creek
Brill
New England
Berkshire
Boston
Augusta
Would-Be Bank Robber Has a Lot to Learn
A 27 year old Bernard Jackson walked into the Chemical Bank branch near the 4th Street precinct on Friday the 13th and demanded 50 000. Police officer Robert Tennant drew his weapon as Jackson attempted the robbery and he was taken into custody on charges of attempted robbery and illegal possession of a gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chemical Corn] Exchange Bank
4Th St
Bernard Jackson
John A. Cronin
Cronin
Robert Tennant
Jackson
Kidnaper Sentenced in Idaho Flight Case
Willard Arthur Brown, a 23 year old Montana prisoner who escaped custody, was sentenced by U S District Judge Fred M Taylors to up to 20 years in a federal penitentiary for kidnapping Laura Shafford a 24 year old mother from her Galen Montana home during his cross state flight. He had been serving a four year auto theft term and surrendered in Idaho after a telephone call to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Idaho
Willard Arthur Brown
Montana
U.S
Fred M. Tayfies
Brown
Laura Shafford
Galen
Mont
Dorothy Wilczek
Jamestown
Medaris details 1954 1500 mile missile plans in hearings
Medaris testifies the Army began Redstone work in 1954 aiming for a 473 mile range later reduced to 200 miles after AEC weight estimates. He cites 1954 Jupiter work aiming for 1500 miles, blocked by budget limits, with production promised to allies including Britain and likely available by late 1958. Senators criticize speed of missile and satellite production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medaris
James R .Killian
Eisenhower
Army
U.S
Britain
Europe
Noon to Become Pakistan Premier
A six party coalition formally elected Foreign Minister Firoz Khan Noon as its leader, clearing the way for him to become Pakistan's seventh prime minister. There is no immediate date for taking office as President Iskander Mirza asked Noon to form a cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Firoz Khan
Pakistan
Iskander Mirza
Too Many Hands Spoil the Case in Special Sessions
In New York Special Sessions court Judge Benjamin Gassman says four hands on a pistol are as good as none. Patrolman Alexander Sheen testified to a April 3rd Street confrontation at 3rd Ave and 11th St where a 38 caliber pistol fell. Both Pasqual Figueroa and Angela Gonzalez claimed ownership but neither could be identified as owner, and both declined to claim the pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marine Cpl Sibell Convicted for Cruelty at Sasebo
Marine Cpl Sheldon D. Sibell of Nelson Minnesota was convicted yesterday by general court martial on one charge of cruelty toward Navy prisoners. He received three months hard labor with confinement and a $7 monthly fine for three months. The 21 year old was acquitted on five other cruelty charges. sentence subject to automatic review. Sibell was the sixth Marine convicted at Sasebo with five acquittals and five others awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokosuka
Japan
Sheldon D. Sibell
Nelson
Sasebo
Blast at Lindsay Colliery Kills Nine in Scotland
An underground explosion at Lindsay Colliery near Kelty Scotland today killed nine men and injured seven others. Rescue efforts and investigations are underway as authorities assess the cause and scope of the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelty
Scotland
Lindsay
Edinburgh
Notable Bankers and Engineers Die in Unhurried Notices
Charles S. McCain former chairman of Chase National Bank and Dillon Read & Co died at 73 in St. Barnabas Hospital. Arthur John Rowledge Rolls-Royce chief air designer for 24 years died at 81 in London. James M Power 35 once rising NY Democratic figure died after a long illness in Bronxville. John J Martin 73 wireless radio pioneer funeral set in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Charles S. McCain
St. Barnabas Hospital
McCain
Chase National Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank
Dillon, Read & Co
London
Arthur John Rowledge
Rolls-Royce
Bronxville
N. Y
James M. Power
Democratic Party
State Banking Department
Chicago
John J. Martin
Riverdale
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