Justice May Collapse Says Judge
New Yorks top jurist Albert Conway warned the administration of justice could collapse under a heavy backlog of cases in districts including New York, Bronx, Kings, Queens, Nassau and others. He cited 80 percent of auto accident suits and delays up to 44 months. He urged fulltime courts and broader cooperation to speed trials.
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Saranac
New York
Albert Conway
Court of Appeals
State Judicial Conference
New York State Bar Assn
Bronx
Kings
Richmond
Dutchess
Orange
Putnam
Rockland
Westchester
Nassau
Queens
Suffolk
Conway
William P. Rogers
U. S
Richmond County
Queens County
Supreme Court
Rogers
Department of Justice
Virus Probe Funds Sought for Impersonator Viruses
Washington seeks more funding from Congress to study impersonator viruses that mimic polio and other cripplers. Dr. Theodore J. Bauer testified to a House subcommittee that Punta Gorda Florida’s suspected polio outbreak will likely be caused by one of these new viruses.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Thas
Congress
Theodore J. Bauer
House Appropriations
Punta Gorda
Fla
Puzzle's Answer Blasts Quizzers at Ohio Gas Station
In Columbus, Robert Fletcher aged 8 and James Plunkett aged 10 suffered third degree burns after dropping a book of lighted matches into an underground waste oil storage tank at a gasoline station. Ignited fumes caused an explosion spraying hot oil 20 feet. fire was apparently extinguished by the blast with no other injuries reported.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert Fletcher
James Plunkett
Woman Fires Hospital Three Die in Blaze
In Princeton New Jersey a 29 year old mental patient Mildred Waters was arraigned on arson charges after a fire at Tenacre Foundation hospital killed three women patients. Waters told police she started the curtain blaze for excitement. Seven other women were rescued from the frame building as Superintendent J Burwell Harrison estimated $100000 in damages. Victims identified include Mrs Bess Meyer 77 Philadelphia formerly of Texas Mrs Eleanor Sampson 49 Boston and Mrs Ellen Huggett 1 New Orleans.
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Princeton
Mildred Waters
Rocky Hill
Conn
Mercer County
Fred Porter
Jack Petrone
Tenacre Foundation
J. Burwell Harrison
Bess Meyer
Philadelphia
Texas
Eleanor Sampson
Boston
Ellen Huggett
New Orleans
Anti-U S Writer Targeted by Eastland Panel
Senate Internal Security subcommittee chairman Eastland labeled Maud Russell of New York City an anti-American propagandist during a public hearing. Russell, publisher of Far East Reporter, refused to reveal Communist party membership. Eastland urged registration as a foreign agent and labeling of her publications. Others named include John W Powell and William Hinton who similarly refused to disclose party ties. Irish immigrants are credited with introducing white potatoes into New England.
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Washington
Eastland
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Maud Russell
New York City
Communist Party
Miss Russell
China
United States
John W. Powell
San Francisco
William Hinton
Putney
Subcommittee
Bee causes mishap after car stops
Shoshone Idaho report of a Tacoma Washington man Dwight B Miller pulling off the highway fearing a bee in the back seat. The canal bank collapsed sending the auto into the water after the vehicle stopped on the canal bank.
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Shoshone
Idaho
Dwight B. Miller
Tacoma
Wash
We're Not Happily Wed Marriage Author Reports
Samuel G. Kling, Baltimore lawyer and author on marriage, told the Maryland State Bar Association that unhappy marriages far outnumber blissful ones. He cited a trend of rising divorce rates, youthfulness of couples, and a call for a sweeping study of marriage and divorce laws.
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Atlantic City
Samuel G. Kling
Kling
Baltimore
Maryland State Bar Assn
Lawyers
Five Die in Korea as Rains Lash North
In Seoul heavy rain that lasted about 30 hours from Friday caused at least five deaths and left more than 3,000 homeless. Nine inches of rain fell in Seoul making the heaviest June rainfall on record. A 56 year old man and two children perished when their home was washed away, a woman drowned near Seoul, and a nine year old girl died in Inchon when a landslide buried her. American personnel suffered no casualties.
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Seoul
Republic of Korea
South Korea
Inchon
Coal Safe Crackers In Chicago Robbery
In Chicago a gang tried to crack a safe Friday night but cooled it with soda bottles. They escaped with about $10,000 in cash, according to reports from UP.
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Coal Safe Crackers
Chicago
Wilt Dau Avery
Soviet Syria Talks Open in Damascus
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov began talks in Damascus with Premier Sabri El Assali's coalition cabinet as part of a Middle East fact-finding tour. Officials expect discussions to focus on international events with possible Algerian questions and UN action.
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Damascus
Syria
Dmitri Shepilov
Middle East
Shepilovy
Sabri el Assali
Mideast
Arab League
United Nations
Shepilov
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Athens
Greece
Lebanon
Salah ‘Bitar
Egypt
Bitar
Egypt Seeks Firm Western Pledge on Aswan Dam Aid
Egyptian Premier Nasser pressed for a firmer Western pledge to finish and begin construction of the Aswan high dam on the Nile. Negotiations at a critical point, with Nasser shifting toward the Soviet bloc and signaling possible increased Soviet influence if the West does not fund the project.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United States
Egypt
Aswan High Dam
Nile River
Nasser
Middle East
State Department
Cairo
Eugene R. Black
World Bank
Black
Britain
Congress
Radio TV Union Warns Of Massive Job Losses
The Radio TV and Parts Conference Board a 75 000 member group warned the radio television and electronics industry is in perpetual chaos failing to provide decent wages or job security and said about 55 000 jobs vanished in three years following a two day meeting in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Electrical Union Conference Board
Radio
International Union of Electrical Workers
Western heroes dress alike confound London kids
London audiences saw a Western where good and bad men wore similar costumes challenging the white hat convention. The Times received letters opposing such changes to Western attire and characterization. A British screen writer noted the old rule of quick six shooter reloading, sparking further commentary.
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London
Sheriff's Posse
Times of London
Langlie Chosen as GOP Keynoter at National Convention
In Olympia Washington Arthur Bernard Langlie Governor and former Seattle mayor is set to deliver the keynote at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco on August 20. Langlie, a three term governor and longtime Eisenhower ally, has led GOP efforts on the power development program in Washington. He also chairs the National Governors Convention and presides over its opening meetings in Atlantic City.
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Olympia
Wash
Seattle
Arthur Bernard Langlie
Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
San Francisco
Langlie
Chicago
Fie Jed Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Atlantic City
Two Oil Tanks Burn In Midland Fire
A lightning sparked blaze at Magnolia Petroleum tanks in Midland Texas raged through two 100000 barrel tanks threatening hundreds more in a vast oil field complex. The fire illuminated downtown areas as workers fought to prevent spread and containment efforts continued overnight.
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Midland
Tex
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Taipe
Formosa
Rochester
Starm
Helena
Magnolia
Gulf
Aflan
U.S. 7Th Fleet
P.S
Florida
Planes Search For Missing Echo Yacht Near Bermuda
Four planes launched from Hamilton Bermuda to locate Echo the missing yacht in the New port Bermuda race. Echo a Class D sloop owned by William R Ryan of Riverside Conn remains unfound while Shoal Water a Class A schooner with cadets from the New York State Maritime Academy was seen 2 miles from the finish. Also reported Argentine finance minister Blanco announced ratification of a multilateral commerce and payments accord with ten European nations to take effect July 2.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Echo
William R. Ryan
Riverside
Conn
New York State Maritime Academy
Buenos Aires
Eugenio Blanco
Blanco
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Italy
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Britain
Switzerland
Canadian Couple Married 70 Years
WOODSTOCK Ont. Mr and Mrs James M Watson celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary and recall not expecting to live to this day. They received congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II, Canadian government officials and Mayor Bernadette Smith. Mrs Watson is 96 and her husband 94.
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Woodstock
Ont
James M. Watson
Queen Elizabeth II
Bernadette Smith
Watson
Backfire Seen Spark To Air Crash
A Venezuelan airliner crash off New Jersey killed 74 people, including 20 Americans. A South American aviation expert suggested a backfire or turbine explosion in engine No. 3 may have ignited spilled fuel during an emergency landing procedure at Idlewild. Three victims were identified, including Mrs. Myrtle H. Isbell of Ohio and Mrs. Flor de Maris Vellasquez de Armas of Caracas with her son Alexander.
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New York
U.S
Atlantic
Asbury Park
N.J
Virginia
Idlewild
Jesus Indriago
Indridgo
Myrtle H. Isbell
Toledo
Ohio
Flor de Maris Vellasquez de Armas
Caracas
Venezuela
Alexander
Russians and Americans Meet Quietly at Paris Faust Opera
In the Paris Opera House hundreds of Russian and American tourists attended a new production of Gounod Faust. About 440 Russian visitors make the first big batch to Paris since 1914, with roughly equal American attendees. During intermissions they paraded past one another without greetings, largely due to language barriers. The Russians have drawn French curiosity and cordiality since their arrival at Le Havre on a West European tour.
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Paris
Paris Opera House
Charles Gounod
le Havre
Nap Costs 3000 Gallons of Gas
18 year old Donald Farmer slept on a gasoline truck while fueling. The tank overflowed and about 3000 gallons spilled onto the ground before he was awakened. Firemen spent three hours washing the gasoline away.
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Louisville
Donald Farmer
Farmer
Portage County manhunt for killer of three women
Alfred Wilson, 37, a heavy truck driver, fled after fatally shooting his wife’s sister Geraldine Brown in Leavittsburg and Hazel Botts in Cortland, then kidnapped Nancy Worthington and killed her near Windham. A note to his wife and a deserted 1949 sedan were found along Silica Road as police pursued him. Mrs. Wilson remained in protective custody in Trumbull County as authorities said suicide was not confirmed.
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Warren
Ohio
Portage County
Alfred Wilson
Silica Road
Windham
Juanita
Trumbull
T. Herbert Thomas
Wilson
Geraldine ‘Brown
Leavitts Iburg
Cortland
Here
Hazel Botts
House Group May Cite Playwright Arthur Miller
Representative Walter says the House Committee on Un American Activities will discuss contempt action against playwright Arthur Miller for refusing to name associates at a 1939 40 meeting. He notes Miller could still wed Marilyn Monroe before July and hopes no impact on Miller's passport.
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Washington
L Walter
D-Pa
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Arthur Miller
Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Walter
England
Rebess
Miss Monroe
London
Ancient Chinese Used Natural Gas Three Millennia Ago
Ancient records indicate early Chinese populations harnessed natural gas around 3000 years ago. The practice demonstrates early energy use and regional gas seepage exploitation in historic China.
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Syracuse
Commission On the Courts
State Supreme Court
Children’s Court
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Virus Probe
Pentagon
Armed Forces
Quantico, Va
Donald A. Quarles
Air Force
Wilber M. Brucker
Army
Charles E
Defense
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Thomas
Navy
WomanFires Hospital
New England
Bee
Frank G. Dickey
University of Kentucky
College of Education
Dickey
Herman Lee Donavan
Korea
Czechoslovakia
GOP
Arthur B. Langlis
RED
Kirkville, N. Y
Emerson
Emerson Ave
Mears, Jim
Don Scripa
Field's
Solvay Victory Tavern
Lafayette
N. Y
Bill Flask
Warners-Camillus Road
Warners
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