Geneva talks teeter as Russia stands firm on Berlin demand
UPI reports the Big Four foreign ministers conference may be suspended by Tuesday if Russia refuses to soften its Berlin demand that the Allies withdraw within 12 months. Western officials say Gromyko will reject recess options, risking collapse unless Moscow yields on a summit. Herter listed three points for progress: reach areas of agreement, narrow East West differences, and agree on possible summit topics.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
Berlin
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. William Fulbright
D.-Ark
Kremlin
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
London
Paris
Herter
Senators survey dunes area by copter and jeep
A Senate Subcommittee visited the Indiana Dunes to study a bill by Sen. Paul Douglas proposing a 5000 acre national park. The group toured by helicopter and jeep from Midway Airport after a Chicago crowd of about 3000 demonstrated against the proposal.
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Chesserton
Ind
Senate
Indiana Dunes
Indiana
Illinois
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Midway Airport
Chicago
Benton Stong
Douglas and Stong
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Pair Wanted In Ore Fraud Give Selves Up
SAN ANTONIO June 13 Two men surrendered Friday night to face charges in a uranium ore fraud case possibly totaling over one million dollars Addison 36 and Nance 32 ended a statewide manhunt. Bond set at 40000 each. Investigators say up to 400 people may have been victimized by false ore mine schemes. Documents in a 150 daily hotel suite showed they had took money from buyers in 18 states. They claimed a machine would make abandoned mines profitable and sought loans of at least 1250. Investors expressed indignation at indictments and arrests. former Texas A&M star John Crow noted he would recover his investment and asked if proof existed of Addison’s fraud.
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San Antonio
John Milton Addison
Dan Nance
Addison
Nance
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Asst. Dist. Atty
Harold Hall
Hall
John Crow
Texas A&m
Chicago Cardinals
Crow
Coroner to rule on Medaryville death of Robert Timmons
Medaryville Indiana June 13 a coroner will rule on the death of 83 year old Robert Timmons who died after his car struck a bridge abutment near here Wednesday Timmons who had TB and suffered blackouts was taking shots for tuberculosis and collapsed after the crash authorities said
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Medaryville
Ind
UPI
Robert Timmons
Here
Timmons
Castro to Oust More Cuban Officials in Shakeup
HAVANA June 13 PD More cabinet ministers face replacement in the biggest government shakeup since Fidel Castro took power. Sources say two or three more ministers will go after Castro already replaced ministers of state interior agriculture health and social welfare. Observers link the move to dissension over land reform while Castro rejects U. S. ambassador Bonsal note and defends Cuban sovereignty. Braden called Castro a dictator and warned of plans to take over Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Interior
United States
Phillip Bonsal
U. S
Department of State
Chicago
Spruille Braden
Braden
Cuba
Colombia
Argentina
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Salinas admits robbery claim in Albany restaurant heist
Ernesto Salinas, 23, told police he robbed a restaurant of 295 dollars because he had reliable information the place would be held up. He claimed he acted to protect the money and intended to return it. He offered a possible alibi but did not provide details.
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Albany
Calif
Ernesto Salinas
Salines
New Magazine Group Sued By NL Association
A hearing for a temporary injunction in Vigo Superior Court seeks to halt Richard C. Harrington and Local Readers Service from luring National Literary Association employees. NLA seeks $25,000 in damages and a permanent injunction, citing Harrington’s prior roles and alleged plans to start a rival business. The case involves NLA founders Leo Light and Roy B. Hodge and lists defendants at 2225 Wabash and 2066 North Thirteenth Street.
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National Literary Association, Inc
Wabash Avenue
Richard C. Harrington
Local
Readers Service, Inc
North Thirteenth Street
Albert Owens
Vigo Superior Court
National Literary Association
NLA
Leo Light
Terre Haute
Roy B. Hodge
New York
Harrington
LRS
Richard L. Long
Indiana State approves funds for campus utilities project
The State Budget Committee in Indianapolis approved 200 000 for Indiana State Teachers College to extend tunnels and utilities for new buildings. Purdue University’s 2 000 000 request for a Student Health Center was deferred. Educational Contingency Fund grants: Whiskey Run 15 823 of 41 347 and Sterling Two 9 912 of 20 043.
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State Budget Committee
Indianapolis
Indiana State Teachers College
Purdue University
Educational Contingency Fund
Crawford County
Whiskey Run
Sterling Two
Steel wage talks hit trouble over meeting format
The United Steelworkers plan to hold 12 separate talks with 12 steel companies in New York after declaring authority to strike if needed. Companies refuse multiple rooms, sticking to a four-man negotiating team at the Hotel Roosevelt. The union says it will station its full negotiating committee in 12 rooms and insists on presence of authorized company officials at each session.
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New York
UPI
United Steelworkers International
Fourman
Hotel
Roosevelt
First Rocket Ship To Get Second Free Flight Test
At Edwards Air Force Base California on June 13 1959 America s first rocket ship the X15 will undergo its fifth captive flight under an eight jet B52 bomber. The test aims to observe behavior with a fuel load near 20000 pounds doubling the rocket s weight and increasing mass significantly for performance data.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
America
Senate Group's Findings Stir Citizens' Wrath
In Gary Indiana a mass meeting is planned by the Gary Women’s Citizens committee and the Gary Crime Commission to demand protection from Chicago racketeers. The event follows Senate Rackets Committee hearings on Lake County vice and gambling. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Raub and Sen. John McClellan are linked to the case with possible federal prosecutions.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Women’s Citizens Committee
Chicago
Cornelius J Verplank Jr
Gary Crime Commission
Senate
U. S. Atty
Kenneth C. Raub
Fort Wayne
Commission
Women’s Committee
Petticoat Brigade
Washington
Lake County
McClellan
John McClellan
D-Ark
Metro Holovachka
Verplank
Senate Committee
Crime Commission
Raub
FBI
Treasury Department
River Stage Falls to 4.9 Feet as Weather Bureau Updates
The Weather Bureau reports river stage at 4.9 feet and falling. Temperature noted as 73 with a reading at 8:18. Local conditions updated for readers tracking water levels and forecasts.
Local Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Local conditions report yesterday high 82 and low 68 with 0.32 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for fair, cooler tonight in Terre Haute and vicinity, with Sunday fair and pleasant. Lows tonight around 55, highs Sunday about 78, then Monday fair. Indiana and Illinois warm-up with cooler nights and fair days, lows ranging 46 to 58, north and south. Ohio Districts mostly fair and cooler tonight, with Sunday fair and cool. lows in the 50s. Surface readings show 61 at 1:00 AM and 74 at 2:00 PM.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Pedestrian Is Forgotten Man In Traffic Safety Picture
Indiana leaders push for tougher traffic law enforcement and a speed control push. Robert L. McMahan, former commissioner, outlines Indiana's point system for suspensions and revocations and says speeding must be curbed even without new legislation. The pedestrian is the forgotten part of road safety.
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Indianapolis
Hoosiers
Robert L. McMahan
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Indiana
Highway Traffic Safety Seminar
McMahan
Postal workers work holiday clash over July 4
Washington June 13 4 Post office workers won t get a holiday on July 3 as the 4th falls on a Saturday President Eisenhower authorized the holiday but Postmaster General Arthur E Summerfield later announced post offices will stay open July 3 with normal mail deliveries that day
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur E. Summerfield
Senators Clash Over Air Defense Plan Proposals
Washington June 13 senators criticized the administration’s air defense revamp. Secretary McElroy outlined shifting from manned bomber defense to missile threats, cutting Nike Hercules and Bomarc funding, boosting Nike Zeus. Sen Russell backed the plan, estimating $1 billion saved, while Sen Jackson denounced it as a reduced, wasteful compromise. Senate inquiries and testimony followed as defense dollars loom.
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Washington
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Army
Air Force
Russell
Henry M. Jackson
Dwash
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
McElroy
Symington
Francis Case
R-S. D
John
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tomahawk Head Used in Brutal Chicago Slaying
CHICAGO June 13 The body of 33 year old housewife Mrs Geraldine Nesius was found in her Northwest Side apartment with a tomahawk head used as the weapon. Her son David Pickles 14 is missing and police seek him for questioning. Philip Nesius 29 discovered the body. the apartment was ransacked and a small money box pried open.
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Chicago
Geraldine Nesius
David Pickles
Philip Nesius
One Killed Six Hurt In Highway Crash Near Mount Vernon
A head on collision on Ind 62 near Mount Vernon left one dead and six injured. Gary L. Jensen, 18, died at Deaconess Hospital Evansville about an hour after the crash. Passengers Norman Ward, 21, and Otis Holder, 19, were among the injured. Ward’s car struck the Albin vehicle while Ward attempted to pass another car. Albin and his wife Mary Ann and their two daughters survived with minor or moderate injuries.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Here
Gary L. Jensen
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Charles Albin
Otis Holder
Norman Ward
Albin
Mary Ann
Charla Rae
Susanne
Jensen
Holder
Ward
Truck Driver Killed In Ohio Crash
LaGrange truck driver Johnson Oakley aged 41 died in a U S 6 crash near Napoleon Ohio Friday after attempting to pass two trucks. Police said he swerved into a ditch to avoid a collision with an approaching vehicle.
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Lagrange
Ind
Johnson Oakley
Napoleon
Ohio
Johnson
Wife Sobs Plea To Save Man In Coed Rape Case
In Tallahassee on June 13 a wife testified to save her husband from possible execution in a rape case involving a Florida A&M University coed. The defendant, Collinsworth, claimed temporary insanity due to alcohol as psychiatrist Wilhoit testified he was “simple minded” yet aware of right and wrong. The girl accused Collinsworth and three others of taking her from her date and forcing seven times the night of the spring dance. One defendant admitted he would have stopped if she had said no, drawing anger in the segregated courtroom. The prosecution wrapped its case as the article notes continued coverage on page 8.
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Tallahassee
Fla
A_ slim
Pearlie Collingsworth
Collinsworth
W. M. C. Wilhoit
Pensacola
Wilhoit
Florida A&m University
Patrick Scarborough
Scarborough
William D. Hopkins
FBI Disbelieves Mother's Kidnap Tale In New Mexico
In Guymon Oklahoma on June 13 the FBI dismissed a Akron Ohio mother Jeanette Bailey 26 claim of kidnapping and freed three Farmington New Mexico residents Jesse Kenner Harold Holderton and Lois McWilliams Stripling after investigating her note and escape account no charges were filed.agent Wesley Grapp said the FBI could not explain why she invented the story and called it one of those things.
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Guymon
Okla
FBI
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Jeanette Bailey
Akron
Ohio
Tucumcari
N. M
Amarillo
Bailey
Wesley Grapp
Oklahoma
Inflation Warning from James P. Mitchell at ILO
Geneva report confirms the US licked the 1958 recession but Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell cautions that inflation dangers remain. He spoke to the 43rd International Labour Organization convention on Friday detailing the inflation risk ahead.
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Geneva
UPD
U. S
James P. Mitchell
International Labor Organization
United States
Mitchell
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