6th Fleet Jets Chase Spy Under Shoot to Kill Orders
U S 6th Fleet interceptors were ordered to shoot down a suspected Russian aircraft seen over the Turkish coast and near NATO invasion fleets. The unidentified plane crossed the Black Sea region and Bulgaria before retreating toward Greece, reportedly flying at extreme altitude and speeds. Admiral Brown relayed the ultimatum to carrier groups. pilots prepared to fire with sidewinders if the aircraft menaced formations, but the plane veered away.
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6Th Fleet
U. S. 6Th Fleet
Turkey -to-Vice
Adm
Charles R. Brown
U. S 6Th Fleet
Bulgaria
Turkey
Saros Gulf
Bessarabia
Black Sea
NATO
Greece
Adm. Brown
Clifford H
Buerfeldt
Brown
Navy
7Th Fleet
Far East
Japan
City Fights Power Plan Over Niagara Front Dispute
Niagara Falls officials and the State Power Authority remain deadlocked over the Niagara power redevelopment project. The city rejects conduit routes and tax revenue compensation terms, while the authority pushes surface conduits and underground tunnel costs. Federal Power Commission hearings begin in Washington Tuesday on aspects of the $600 million project. The authority has a provisional license pending those hearings and has raised tax compensation to three million dollars.
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Niagara Falls
State Power Authority
Niagara Power
Federal Power Commission
Washington
FPC
Grandmother Survives 50-Foot Fall While Tarpapering
In Pittsburgh area Federal resident Cellisie Snak, 73, fell fifty feet from a roof to a bedroom but escaped with a scratched hand. She quipped that it would take a sledge hammer to kill her.
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Pittsburgh
Cellisie Snak
Federal
Milk Price Discount Offered by Albany Dairymen
The Dairy men's League in Albany unveiled a quantity based discount plan to save housewives up to three cents per quart, while three dairies raise retail prices by one cent. Home delivered milk will cost 27 cents per quart for pasteurized and 28 cents for homogenized. The plan offers one cent off per quart for two to three quarts, two cents off for four to five quarts, and three cents off for six or more quarts.
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Albany
Dairymen's League
League
Seaman Finds U S Has Heart
Frank E. Showers a seaman from Red Creek New York wrote home from the destroyer USS Ahimann off Formosa saying Uncle Sam has a heart. His letter to his mother led her to contact Congressman Kenneth B. Keating who then pressed Navy officials. Showers will travel to Newport Rhode Island at his own expense to join the USS Chambers, joining his brother Arnold on a destroyer escort.
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Herald-Journal
Washington
Sam
Frank E. Showers
Red Creek
N.Y
Frank
Ahimann
Formosa
Pacific
Ruth Showers
Wayne County
Navy
Pentagon
Newport
R.I
USS
Chambers
Arnold
Man of Year Still Missing in North Tonawanda
Police issued a 13 state missing persons alarm for Donald W. Miller 35 bank official and Junior Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year who has been missing since he left for work last Wednesday morning. Miller is manager of the credits department and an assistant loan officer at Marine Trust Co. in North Tonawanda.
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North Tonawanda
Chamber of Commerce
Donald W. Miller
Miller
Five Cent Toll Dispute Ends in $18 Fine
Donald L. Conley of Azusa California argued his converted pickup should cross the Paseo toll bridge for 10 cents. Bridge toll takers claimed it is a 15 cent crossing. He refused to pay more than a dime and was arrested. In Magistrate Court he paid the $18 fine and costs.
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Kansas
Boss Teases Secretary In Daily Office Joke
A lighthearted quip shows a boss ordering his secretary to send a telegram to his daughter so she will stop using the phone at home. The moment underscores office humor of the era.
Frost Grips Central New York With Record Lows
Overnight lows dipped to the low thirties across central New York with Saranac Lake and Adirondacks reporting snow flurries and season lows. Forecasters predict a warming trend beginning Monday with a high near 64 after a cold start.
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Saranac Lake
Adirondack
Clintonville
Ausable Forks
Massena
Watertown
Elmira
Onondaga
New York
Syracuse
Pamir Survivors Reach Morocco in Navy Transport Flight
Five of six Pamir survivors arrived in Casablanca aboard the US Geiger wearing Navy uniforms and waving to officials. They were rescued after leaving the sinking vessel in a mid Atlantic storm and later transferred from Saxon. The sixth survivor heads to Puerto Rico.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Geiger
U.S
Puerto Rico
Witness links auto dealer death to Teamsters strike
Senate Rackets Committee hears testimony from Joseph Kritch that James Hoffa backed a Florida real estate venture and that Teamsters Local 376 pressured Rosedale Motors owner Love, allegedly causing his heart-related death during a 1950s strike.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Michigan
James R. Hoffa
Joseph Kritch
Northville
Mich
St. Louis Browns
Kritch
Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Florida
Love
Rosedale
Detroit
Teamsters
Henry Lower
Rosedale Motors
Lower
Teamsters Local 376
Lowe
Union Election Blocked by Temporary Injunction
The Teamsters Union faces a court-ordered halt to next week's national officer election after a federal judge signed a temporary injunction. Eleven rank and file members from New York filed the appeal with the U S Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing bosses rigged the convention vote to favor James R Hoffa. The case could delay the Miami Beach election and a possible permanent injunction.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Rank and File
Teamster
New York
Martin F. O'Donoghue
Teamsters
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
James R. Hoffa
Miami Beach
Fla
O’donoghue
Court of ‘Appeals
Eisenhower Denounces Faubus Storm Trooper Charge over Rock School Crisis
President Eisenhower angrily rebuked Gov. Faubus for using the Arkansas National Guard to block integration at Central High School. He said Russell’s accusation that Army troops acted like Hitler’s storm troopers misstated the defense of court-ordered school integration. He warned failure to act would threaten the union and federal authority.
Hoffa Opponent Roughed Up in Joplin Incident
JOPLIN Mo Mos Reniker Teamsters official says four other Teamsters assaulted him at his workplace and warned him to stop speaking against James R Hoffa and Floyd Webb Reniker 44 leads a faction seeking Webb ouster He reported the attack to a Senate Rackets Committee investigator who was in town recently Webb unavailable for comment as convention in Miami proceeds.
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Joplin
Mos
Reniker
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Floyd Webb
Hoffa
Midwest
The
Teamsters
Dave Beck
International Union
Webb
Senate
Bristol Britannia 312 Makes Proving Transatlantic Flight
A Bristol Britannia 312 made its early morning takeoff from London for New York on its first transatlantic proving flight. Technicians tested performance in icy North Atlantic conditions as British Overseas Airways Corp plans to use the aircraft on regular passenger runs by mid 1958. Trans World Airlines has shown interest for internal U.S. routes.
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London
Britain
New York
North Atlantic
British Overseas Airways Corp
Trans World Airlines
U.S
Paris Fashion Week Highlights Masculine Elegance Show
Designers showcased 17 men's houses to 400 guests in Paris as models presented haute street and tailored looks. Bright jackets, bold colors, oversized coats, and cuffed trousers drew applause while a perfume moment and a discreet strip tease punctuated the program.
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Paris
Izer
French Premier Seeks Confidence Vote on Algeria Plan
Paris Premier Maurice Bourges-Maunouvry demanded a vote of confidence to back his plan for Algeria partial home rule or risk removal. The move ends further debate on the government bill in Parliament.
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Paris
Maurice ‘Bourges-Maunouvry
Algeria
Ike's Letter on Little Rock Integration Telegram
President Eisenhower tells Senator Russell he was saddened to order force to carry out federal court orders in Arkansas. He argues state police powers could have supported the court and prevented violence and disrespect toward the federal judiciary. The message notes Arkansas National Guard involvement and wonders if integration at Central High School would have proceeded without the intervention.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Rock
Arkansas
Arkansas National Guard
Central High School
National Guard
Faubus Signals Possible Special Session on Integration
Gov. Orval Faubus opened the door to an emergency Arkansas Legislature session within 10 days amid the Little Rock integration crisis. He noted legislators pressing him to convene and some offered service without pay as Army troops continued guard duty at Central High. Nine Negro students completed a third day of integrated classes under security while the Central High football team won 15 to 6 as troops moved among the crowd.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Orvai Faubus
Faubus
Central High
101St Airborne Division
Istroumia High
Baton Rouge
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Sident Sa ’ Remo
Mob Vio
Teamsters Union Appeals Election Ban Order
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Adirondacks
Pamir
Mrs. Love
Tne
Storm Troopers
INS
Orval Faubus
State Guard
Richard Russell
Hitler
U. S. District Court
British Airliner
Ike
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