Longest Trial Convicts Five in Queens Sewer Scheme
Five men convicted in a 165000 Queens sewer project scandal face prison terms from 21 to 124 years and fines totaling 3302000. The verdict ends a 14 month trial, with one defendant acquitted. the Clementes and two city officials convicted of defrauding the city and taking bribes for a faulty Laurelton sewer.
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New York
INS
Queens
New York City
Queens County Court
Victor P. Clemente
Dominic Clemente
Gerard J. Brinkman
John A. Neary
Walter C. Bullis
William P. O'Mara
Clementes
Laurelton
Polio Vaccine Safety Rules Expanded After Cutter Cases
Health service notes raised safety standards for polio vaccine production and testing after incidents of live virus found in final mixtures. It details manufacturers records gaps, calls for stronger process controls and a new biologics division led by Dr. Carl L. Larson, plus Chicago suspends school inoculations and Idaho reports new poliovirus cases linked to earlier campaigns.
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Scheele
Health Service
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
The
Wyeth, Inc
Marieita
Werth
Wyeth
Iman Moore, Inc
Zioneville
Ind
Patavon
SAIC
Satchy
Ite
Biologics Control
Carl L. Larson
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Hamilton, Mont
Chicago Board of Health
Roland R. Cross
Ilinois
Chicago
Idaho
Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Assn
AMA
Duke of Edinburgh at 34 Quiet Birthday At Buckingham
In London the Duke of Edinburgh marked his 34th birthday with plans to spend the day at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II and their two children Prince Charles and Princess Anne. In Omaha Nebraska Mrs. C Hollestelle reported to police that thieves dismantled a two car garage she planned to move from her lot leaving no material behind.
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London
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Omaha
Neb
GM Plants Shut in 11 States Amid UAW Walkouts
GM halted operations at Chevrolet assembly and body plants in Detroit Flint Bay City Saginaw Buffalo Tonawanda Indianapolis Muncie Toledo and Baltimore as walkouts violated the expiring UAW contract. Parts shortages forced shutdowns while negotiations recessed to seek a settlement ahead of the Sunday deadline.
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Ion
GM Chevrolet
Detroit
Flint
Bay City
Saginaw
Fid
Buffalo
Tonawanda
N. Y
Indianapolis
Muncie
Ind
Toledo
Ohio
Baltimore
UAW
Menay
Ford
Southgate
Los Angeles
Population of Ontario Surpasses Five Million Milestone
Ontario’s population exceeds 5,100,000 with a yearly growth of about 119,000, averaging roughly 10,000 new residents each month. This reflects sustained expansion for the Canadian province.
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Ontario
Canada
One Man Army Evans Honored in Crescentown Memorial Drive
In Cresaptown Maryland residents plan a tribute to Bull Evans the One Man Army of the Marine Corps. A drive seeks about 1000 to send Evans mother Rosa Evans to Japan to visit Bull s widow and his son. Evans earned Bronze and Silver Stars two Presidential citations and was posthumously noted for Navy Cross consideration after dying in 1934 in Japan. The fund has reached 200 so far.
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Cresaptown
Cumberland
Bougainville
Midway
Tulagi
Makin
Guadalcanal
Navy
Chiyoka Matwsoka
Japan
Hong Kong Welcomes Bishop Donaghy Returning From Red China
Bishop Frederick Donaghy of New Bedford Massachusetts arrived in Hong Kong from Red China after nearly five years of confinement. He spent 26 years in China and was named bishop of Wuchow in 1938. Donaghy, 52, wore plain clothes and was greeted by about 50 nuns and priests. He was convicted of subversive activities and ordered expelled from Red China.
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Hong Kong
Frederick Donaghy
New Bedford
Mass
Red China
China
James Edward Walsh
Cumberland
Shanghai
Donaghy
Wuchow
Kwangsi Province
iRed
East German Reds Propose National Army Draft
East Zone Communist leaders Walther Ulbricht and the Central Committee announced plans to form a national army and enforce conscription for thousands of youths in the East Zone. The moves mark a shift from Nazi terminology to a military service system amid East Germany's political climate.
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Ulbrisht
Militaerdien- Berlin
East Zone
Walther Ulbricht
Deutschland
Par
Back-scratchers fixed to courthouse doors in Dyer County
At the Dyer County courthouse in Dyersburg Tennessee two wooden back scratchers with eight teeth each were installed on the outside door facing of the offices of Registrar Don Powell and Trustee Harold Holt.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Dyer County
Don Powell
Harold Holt
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Samoa
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