Eichmann Hanged and Cremated in Ramleh Prison
Adolf Eichmann was executed at Ramleh Prison near Tel Aviv after being found guilty of crimes against humanity. His body was cremated and the ashes scattered at sea. Israel’s Supreme Court had rejected his appeal and President Ben Zvi denied clemency.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Nazi Germany
Gestapo
Ramleh
Eichmann
Hitler
Mediterranean
Supreme Court
Izhak Ben- Zvi
Germany
Soviet raises meat and butter prices to fund agriculture
In Moscow on June 1 the Soviet Union hiked meat and butter prices to finance lagging agriculture amid shortages. Butter up 25 percent to 1.83 dollars per pound, pork and beef up 30 percent to 88 cents. Wages remain low, with semiskilled workers at about 88 dollars monthly and professionals around 222 dollars. Government says higher charges are needed to cover farm costs, while blaming the United States for international tension and arms race developments. The order was issued by the Com ... Continued on Page 2.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Com
Rusk Plans Europe Trip to Meet Allied Leaders
Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a late month trip to Europe to confer with allied leaders including West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and possibly French President Charles de Gaulle and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. He aims to discuss Berlin settlement talks and broader Western European political unity as U S policy.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Europe
Atlantic Alliance
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Rusk
Adenauer
Berlin
United States
de Gaulle
Weather Report for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Saturday with a high near 76 to 85 and a low 50s to 60s. Indiana sees little temperature change with widely scattered thundershowers mainly evening tonight through Saturday. Illinois predicts considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms, especially tonight, cooling somewhat with lows 58 to 65 and a high around 85. River stage remains at 4.3 feet and steady.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Five Scientists Join Dr. Salk In Research
Five research scientists join Dr. Jonas Salk as the first resident fellows of the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla California. Gerald Piel notes Seymour Benzer Stuart professor of biology at Purdue University is among them. Other fellows include Jacob Bronowski London Melvin Cohn Stanford Paris Renato Dulbecco Caltech Edwin Lennox NYU Pasteur.
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New York
Jonas Salk
Salk Institute of Biological Studies
la Jolla
Calif
Gerald Piel
Seymour Benzer
Stuart
Purdue University
Jacob Bronowski
London
Carnegie
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Melvin Cohn
Stanford University
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Renato Dulbecco
California Institute of Technology
Edwin Lennox
New York University
Salk
Permit Issued To End Feud On Jail Work
A Vigo County Jail remodeling project proceeds after a clash between City Building Inspector Walter Goble and County Attorney Leonard Kincade. The St. Louis contractor Pauly Jail Building Company will complete work now that a building permit is issued and bonds are deemed unnecessary on county contracts. Repair costs are estimated at $260,000.
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Vigo County
Walter Goble
Leonard Kincade
St. Louis
Goble
Kincade
Pauly Jail Building Company
Kennedy to Limit Washington Trip to Mexico City
President Kennedy will confine his trip to Mexico next month to Mexico City and its immediate surroundings. He and Mrs. Kennedy depart June 29 and return July 1, per the White House.
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Washington
Kennedy
Mexico
Mexico City
White House
Vietnamese Hunt For Red Kidnapers
South Vietnamese troops pursue Communist guerrillas who seized three American missionaries including a woman doctor at a leprosarium near Ban Me Thuot. U S Embassy says search teams, some trained by the Army Special Forces, are operating in rugged jungle terrain as concern grows for the captives Archie E Mitchell Eleanor Ardel Vietty and Daniel Gerber are named victims. Gerber a Mennonite lay missionary and conscientious objector is reported to be at the leprosy hospital jointly run by Christian and Missionary Alliance.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
Ban Me Thuot
U. S. Army
Archie E. Mitchell
Ellensburg
Wash
Eleanor Ardel Vietty
Houston
Tex
Daniel Gerber
Dalton
Ohio
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Gerber
Mennonite Central Committee
Akron
Now You Know By United Press International
The jumping hare is described as leaping on its hind legs when frightened and can travel as far as 20 feet in a single hop.
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United Press International
Murder Bullet Identified in Irvin Trial
In Sullivan Indiana the prosecution in Leslie Irvin's murder trial presented a service station attendant cap two bullet slugs and a wound photo as evidence. Inspector Birk Harl testified the cap possibly belonged to Wesley Kerr. Harl identified the two slugs one from Kerr's head and one on the station floor.
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Harl
Kerr
Kenneth King
Vanderburgh County
Atty Gen Kennedy seeks registration of ten communists
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy petitioned the Subversive Activities Control Board to order ten named individuals to register as members of the Communist party. The action builds the government’s push to expose party leaders and members, citing the 1950 Internal Security Act. The listed figures include Brooklyn NY officials William Patterson Betty Tormey and William Albertson. Miriam Friedlander and Louis Weinstock of NYC. Albert Lima of Oakland. Roscoe Proctor of Berkeley. Dororthy Healey of Los Angeles. Continued on page 2.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Subversive Activities Control Board
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Moscow
New York City
Albert J. Lima
Oakland
Calif
California
Roscoe Quincy Proctor
Berkeley
North California
Dororthy Healey
Los Angeles
Southern California
France Plans Diamond One Satellite Launch Schedule
Paris government sources say France may join the space race within 18 months. The first satellite named Diamond One is planned for launch late next year, slightly ahead of earlier schedule.
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Paris
France
Ancient Quimper village uncovered undersea ruins
Scientists in Quimper France announced they have found a village buried under the sea dating to about 6,000 years ago. Wood fragments measured for radioactivity suggest the settlement existed long before Christ and 2,500 years prior to the common era.
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Quimper
France
Christ
Symington Warns Stockpile Losses Likely Higher
Sen. Stuart Symington said the Billie Sol Estes case would pale next to defense stockpile losses, now estimated to exceed 1 billion dollars. Investigators examined an $11 million cryolite stockpile under a 1952 contract with Aluminum Ore Co, noting total costs reach $13.27 million with transport and storage.
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Washington
UPI
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Billie Sol Estes
Symington
Senate
Aluminum Ore. Co
East St. Louis
Ill
Johnston Russell
General Services Administration
Scramble Two Signal Sparks Mock War Exercise
Guard pilots of the 113th Tactical Fighter Squadron engage in Exercise Clear Lake at Elgin AFB Florida. The Indiana unit on active duty since October operates from a staging base 100 miles from the battlefield as pilots await 24 hour orders to launch.
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Brookley
Afb
Ala
113Th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Indiana Air National Guard
Terre Haute
Indiana
Elgin Afb
Fla
Clear Lake
U. S
Stocks Off Many Take Their Profit
New York June 1 The stock market cooled and declined on profit taking. Downturns in key issues ranged to about 2 and volatile stocks fell more. Trading volume remained heavy but below the week’s prior sessions. Dow Jones 608.43, losses led by IBM Polaroid Xerox Litton American Telephone.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Polaroid
Xerox
Litton Industries
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Union Carbide
du Pont
International Nickel
Texaco
Liggett & Myers
Securites
DePauw President Humbert Suffers Heart Attack
DePauw University President Russell J. Humbert, 57, suffered a heart attack at his summer home near Traverse City Michigan and was hospitalized. He was to deliver a high school commencement address in Bryan Ohio when the emergency occurred.
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Greencastle
Ind
DePauw University
Russell J. Humbert
Traverse City
Mich
Humbert
Bryan
Ohio
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