McCone Faces Senate Inquiry on Atomic Views
President Eisenhower nominated Los Angeles businessman John A. McCone to head the Atomic Energy Commission. Senators will probe his views on atomic policy and potential conflicts of interest amid required divestment from Bechtel-McCone. McCone may become AEC chairman if confirmed.
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John A. McCone
Senate
Hts
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
McCone
Los Angeles
Lewis L. Strauss
AEC
Strauss
William F. Knowland
Rcalif
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
House Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
Anderson
Potsdam
N. Y
Clarkson College
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Massena
Clarkson College of Technology
De Gaulle cabinet backs Algeria crackdown and reforms
Paris reports Premier Charles de Gaulle gains Cabinet approval for a mass reform plan in Algeria. The ministers set Oct 5 for a nationwide referendum and move to include an Algerian Muslim in the cabinet while appointing Gen Raoul Salan as official representative to tighten executive control.
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Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Algiers
France
de Gaulle
de Gaule
Raoul Salan
Salan
Police weigh-in order for Washington motorcycle corps
Washington congressman deems some riders overweight and calls for a weighing test. Deputy Chief Covell expects most to pass though a few may be heavy. scale tests ordered for next week to ensure officers remain fit for duty.
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Howard W. Covell
Covell
Hospital Receives $10,000 Gift From Pietrafesa Co
The Joseph J Pietrafesa Co Inc makers of Searbury Clothes donate 10000 dollars to establish the waiting room in the emergency department of the new community hospital. Ransom G MacKenzie, chairman of the memorial gifts committee, announced the contribution at the fund's final report meeting.
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New Community Hospital
Joseph J. Pietrafesa Co. Inc
Ransom G. MacKenzie
Labor Bill Satisfies Kennedy and Moves to Senate
Senator John F Kennedy praised a labor bill as fully adequate to curb union abuses and urged passage without major changes. The measure, backed by Sen McClellan and approved 12-1 by the Labor Committee, would create a union democracy code and require public accounting of union finances. It aims to modify Taft Hartley provisions, though some senators seek tougher amendments. The bill advances to the Senate floor by next Tuesday before a June 10 deadline.
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John F. Kennedy
D‘mass
Senate
Kennedy
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Senate Labor Committee
McClellan Committee
William F. Knowland
California
Knowland
McClellan
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Record Low For June As Temperatures Dip To 43
The Weather Bureau reports a recordJune low of 43 degrees last night marking the coldest June 7 since 1912. Forecast calls for a warming trend with tonight's low near 50 and highs in the upper 70s tomorrow and Monday. Winds from the south to southwest at 15 to 25 mph.
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Weather Bureau
Miss Mary Watters Lends Dentures For Wedding
In Knoxville Tennessee Miss Mary Watters told friends she spoke unclearly Friday because she lent her upper and lower dentures to a friend who was getting married.
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Knoxville, Tenn
UPI
Mary Watters
Quit School Last Year Elevates to VP at 18
John Graves 18 quit high school after failing to graduate and turned to encyclopedia sales. In under a year he rose from salesman to regional trainer and in December became assistant vice president of C F Collier and Son Corp, earning 20000 this year before taxes. Graves says the achievement was a matter of principle and his father, a seminary dean, notes his individuality.
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District of Columbia
Louisville
John Graves
C.F. Collier & Son Corp
Fiis
Graves
Allen W. Graves
School of Religious Education
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Horatio Alger
The
Encyclopedia Company
Macmillan Arrives in Washington for Policy Talks
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan lands at Washington National Airport for top level talks with President Eisenhower. They plan informal discussions on Russia summit prospects nuclear test suspensions and De Gaulle. Macmillan delays due to engine trouble and will meet Dulles and von Brentano before a dinner at Dulles home.
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UPI
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Eisenhower
Macmillan
Washington National Airport
Russia
Charles de Gaulle
France
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Indiana
Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Heinrich von Brentano
Lady Dorothy Macmillan
Perons Teenage Sweetheart Weds Near Buenos Aires
Nelly Rivas once linked to ex President Juan Peron’s teenage circle married Carlos J Rodriguez, a minor employee of the U S Embassy, at her home in Florida district near Buenos Aires. The couple, ages 18 and 21, were described as neighbors who had announced their engagement weeks earlier.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Nelly Rivas
Juar D. Peron
Carlos J. Rodriguez
U.S
Rodriguez
Florida
Harriman Denies Veto Linked to Ex-Con Racketeer Ties
Governor Harriman rejected charges that he vetoed a labor racketeering bill due to an alleged friendship with ex convict organizer Robert Bernard Baker. Both men offered minimal contact notes with dates in 1952 1956 and 1936. Baker said they only shook hands and Harriman claimed he did not know him.
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New York
UPI
Harriman
Robert Bernard Baker
Teamsters Union
Washington
Chicago
Irving M. Ives
R-N.y
United States
Ives
Baker
Andrews Tests Show No Poison
Police report George D. Goose Andrews died February 3. After exhumation, chemical tests on body tissues were negative for poisons, per Police Chief Harold F. Kelly. His widow Isabell Andrews of 941 James St. had raised suspicions.
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Andrews
Harold F. Kelly
Isabell Andrews
James St
Wallace J. Minaker
Kelly
Mr. Andrews
Mr. Minaker
Robert Wilson Jr
Death Car Driver Kills Self in Jail
A railroad employee, George W. Harley, 41, who had been jailed after a car he drove struck and killed 5 year old Thomas G. Aycock Jr., was found hanged in his cell two hours after being released on a $5,000 bond. The incident followed the fatal accident on a sidewalk and involved other deaths and suspicions surrounding two associates.
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Atlanta
George W. Harley
Thomas G. Aycock Jr
W. R. Stewart
Andrews
Mr. Minaker
Faye
Senate backs $3.71 billion foreign aid plan amid cuts
The Senate approved a $3,712,900,000 foreign aid program after defeating efforts to trim the bill and ban further aid to Communist nations. The vote was 51 to 17 with Republicans and Democrats split. The measure sets a July 1 ceiling and moves to a House–Senate conference to reconcile differences.
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Senate
Yugoslavia
Eisenhower
House
Senate House
Appropriations Committees
Foreign Relations Committee
Allen J. Ellénder
Ellender
Today’s Chuckle About Spending For Show
A light gag on people who buy things they cannot afford to impress others they barely know. It humorously notes the cycle of spending to satisfy social perception and the empty chase of status.
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