Col Shirley Denies Money Ties in Defense Contract Graft Probe
Army Col Louis H Shirley rebutted allegations of payoffs from Sol O Schlesinger and others to influence his decisions as a top buyer for the armed forces in the early 1950s He said he never received money from Schlesinger or any other person and cited his role in funding two contracts in 1950 for 720 000 Air Force uniform caps The subcommittee probes graft in military procurement and reviews Schlesinger Kravitz records and related testimony
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Washington
Army
Louis H. Shirley
Shirley
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sol O. Schlesinger
Freeport
N.Y
Schlesinger
Herman Kravitz
Atlantic City
N.J
Paris
Kravitz
Cap
Internal Revenue Service
Schlesinger’s Company
Air Force
Drivers Arrested and Suspected Drunk Driving In Syracuse
Police jailed Louis Lowery after alcohol test and aliases tied to artful alibi. Laub alias history linked to past crimes. investigations connect to prior New Jersey arrest and Onondaga County case. In Traffic Court, William Taylor and Daniel Tarbell faced DWI outcomes. Police also review mental hospital disposition for Laub.
Bandaged Duck Puzzle Solved in Woburn
In Woburn Massachusetts a duck with a plaster bandage above its left eye drew attention on Main Street. Domenic de Lorenzo went fishing and patched the wound with a bandage after the duck returned with a gash. The grateful duck followed him home then explored the city before returning to his wandering.
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Woburn
Mass
Main Street
Domenic de Lorenzo
Domenic
Senate Faces Big Highway Bill Debate
The Senate plans Monday consideration of a 37 billion federal state highway program with pay as you build rules for the 40 000 mile interstate system and a penny per gallon gas tax increase. The bill aims to fund construction over 13 years for interstates and five years for other systems. The House approved a 51 4 billion program over 13 years with a similar tax hike.
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Washington
Senates
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
House
Death Driver Gets New Trial in Buffalo Toll
Emil A Decina, who killed four Buffalo schoolgirls when his car struck them on March 14, 1955, wins a new trial on criminal negligence charges after the Appellate Division reversed a State Supreme Court conviction. Decina, a 34 year old aircraft worker, said he had blacked out and did not remember the accident. He was sentenced to one to two years and had been free pending appeal.
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Rochester
Emil A
Decina
Buffalo
State Supreme Court
Attica
Air Force reveals mountain top supersonic test track
In Utah the Air Force opened a 214 mile long mountain top track for testing ejector seats and dummies at speeds near 1500 mph. During 39 runs a parachute failure sent the seat and pilot over a cliff where debris and parachutes exploded on the rocks below. The SMART project track, built by Coleman Engineering, aims to test high speed ejection and recovery.
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Hurricane
Utah
Air Force
Belair
Coleman Engineering Co
Los Angeles
E. A. ‘Gardner
Coleman
Two Boys Die as Fire Levels Farm Home Ontario
A fire leveled a farm home 10 miles west of Owen Sound Ontario early today killing two boys David Rexford Cruickshank 11 and Norman Richard 4. Their mother injured possibly a broken back while attempting to rescue them. Father and two sisters escaped unharmed.
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Owen Sound
Brando Raps Japanese Drivers as World’s Worst
Marlon Brando said Japanese motorists are the world’s worst drivers while traveling with a Nikkatsu Hotel chauffeur to Tokyo International Airport. He praised Japanese patience and Zen Buddhism but cited fatal and injurious traffic figures in Tokyo last year, with 767 killed and 11,142 injured.
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Tokyo
Marlon Brando
Hollywood
Nikkatsu
Tokyo International
Japan
Union battle at Grand Blanc plant injures ten
A jurisdictional clash at the Fisher Body Grand Blanc plant in Flint ends with ten hurt and one critical after about 500 union riggers storm the site driving out millwrights and pipefitters. GM plans to shift Grand Blanc from tank to civilian production and spans a move to take the dispute to international union presidents. Authorities foresee potential arrests after investigation.
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Flint, Mich
Grand Blanc Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Grand Blanc
Itank
Itank , Manufacturing, To Civilian Production. ‘Darin and Armstrong, Inc
Detroit
Darin and Armstrong
U N Africa Asian Unit Plans Algeria Discussion
The U N Africa-Asian group will ask the Security Council to discuss fighting in Algeria. Paw Htin of Burma said a 90 minute private caucus supported the move with 12 countries ready to join, and 2 declining.
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United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Algeria
Council
Philippines
Turkey
Laos
Libya
Nepal
Steel Wage Talks Open Next Week
The United Steelworkers Union begins two year contract talks for about 650000 workers at 172 steel and iron ore producers. Seven committees will sit at the bargaining table Monday with company negotiators. The union seeks full unemployment benefits premium weekend pay higher pay and expanded hospital coverage funded by industry.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Bentits
David J. McDonald
USW
J. W. Able
Howard R. Hague
Arthur J. Goldberg
Otis Brubaker
Joseph P. Molony
Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel
John W. Grasciar
Sharon
United States Steel Corp
James P. Griffin
Youngstown
Ohio
Polio Virus Spill Triggers Airline Health Sweep
A Capital Airlines plane carrying live polio virus was inspected and decontaminated by health service technicians and an Army Camp Detrick team after a cargo handler dropped a crate in Washington. Twenty two passengers on the Baltimore to Pittsburgh leg were offered gamma globulin shots, while 124 others were told no treatment was needed. Authorities termed the actions an abundance of caution and saw no infection risk.
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Washington
Capital Airlines
Health Service
Army
Biological Warfare Center
Camp Detrick
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Lin
Miami to Paris Hop Sets Record
Pan American World Airways DC-6IC plane carrying 53 executives and a crew of 10 landed in Paris today after a 4,806 mile non stop flight from Miami. It was the longest non-stop flight by a commercial airliner, taking 14 hours and 2 minutes at an average speed of 352 mph and a top speed of 450 mph.
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Paris
INS
Pan American World Airways Dcic
Miami
Firehouse Fire Destroys Engines in Santa Maria Blaze
In Santa Maria California a fire at the station destroyed three of four engines and damaged the building causing an estimated 200000 dollars in damage. Regular firefighters were away at a convention and volunteers were hampered by a broken siren. Fire began when a spark ignited gasoline.
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Santa’. Maria
Calif
Uninformed Woman Loses Social Security Benefits
A reader at age 71 seeks benefits from her husband’s record. The adviser urges immediate application for half his monthly amount with backdating, noting missed eligibility since 1958. Another reader asks about self employment and qualification for Social Security tax.
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M. J
Social Security Office
Indernal Revenue Service
Car Was Hot Now It's Shot in Pasadena
James Brown's car was found with bullet holes after a Sunday disappearance. Police spotted the vehicle on a hot sheet. a chase followed until Brown stopped and explained the damage to officers. No one was hurt.
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Pasadena
Calif. Ga
James Brown
Brown
Eustste
New Jet Interceptors Promise Better Defense Against Bison Bombers
Gen. Earle E. Partridge told a Senate subcommittee that an advanced-jet fighter now joining units will vastly improve intercept capability at high altitudes. He said two newer interceptors, not yet in service, have adequate combat ceilings to counter Russia's Bison bomber. He noted current fighters lack altitude performance but new aircraft will remedy speed and altitude deficiencies.
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Washington
Earle E. Patridge
Continental Air Defense Command
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Russia
Partridge
Pentagon
Corn Removal From Boy's Lung in Syracuse
Victory residents Norris Hornburg and wife report their year and a half old son Bruce swallowed corn kernels. He underwent two operations at Syracuse Memorial Hospital to remove corn fragments from his lungs. After the second operation his condition was fairly good.
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Victory
Bruce Hornburg
Norris Hornburg
Syracuse Memorial Hospital
Heck Foresees Sweeping GOP Victory in November
Oswald D. Heck, speaker of the New York State Assembly, told the Vermont GOP convention that a nationwide Republican win is imminent as Americans tire of Democratic policies. He praised GOP accomplishments and urged Vermont to back a national landslide, calling for "peace, prosperity, and progress" as watchwords for the election. He noted Vermont as faithful to the Republican cause and pledged mutual support.
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Montpelier
Oswald D. Heck
New York State Assembly
Heck
Vermont
Navy to Lay Two More Atomic Submarines
Washington reports two new atomic powered submarines will begin construction next Tuesday at Groton Connecticut. One vessel, the radar picket sub No 586, will weigh about 6000 tons and carry two atomic reactors. The other, the Skipjack, will have a tear drop hull and higher speed than the Nautilus with a single reactor.
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Washington
Navy
Groton
Conn
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corps
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