Eichmann Faces Trial In Secret Israel Proceedings
Adolf Eichmann, former Nazi SS colonel charged with the murder of millions of Jews, was arrested and held in an undisclosed jail. Israel’s premier disclosed the capture in parliament but most case details remained secret as a West German-like death penalty risk looms under Nazi crime provisions. Eichmann led the Jewish Resettlement Bureau and attended the Wannsee Conference, with capture long a top security priority since his wartime escape.
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Senate Labor Unit Considers Higher Federal Minimum Wage
The 16 member Senate Labor Committee met behind closed doors as pro labor Democrats push to raise the federal minimum wage from 1 to 1.2 dollars and extend coverage to 10,700,000 workers, with Sen John F Kennedy aiming to move the bill out of committee this week toward a Senate vote. Additional items note House investigations into private industry contacts with the Federal Power Commission and Treasury arguments to continue telephone and travel taxes past July 1. A House education subcommittee opened hearings on creating a presidential commission to study whether obscene material drives criminal or anti social behavior.
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Florida Democrats Pick Governor as Race Debates Segregation
In a Florida Democratic run off primary voters choose between Davie E. Carlton Jr and Farris Bryant to lead the ticket against Republican George Petersen. Both back kept schools segregated by legal means while Carlton pledges moderation. About 800000 Democrats expected to vote in fair weather.
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Millard Caldwell
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Iace
George Petersen
Quinn Named as Possible GOP Speaker Hope
The GOP weighs Hawaii Governor Quinn for a convention role as a top potential speaker. National figures Morton Percy and Laird hold key posts as party plans solidify a presidential nomination strategy. Quinn, Rochester born Harvard Law graduate, led Hawaii as its first governor since statehood.
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Charles Percy
Chicago
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Wis
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Rochester
Hawaii
Rockefeller
Folger Shakespeare Library defends snubbed critics in spring report
Washington commentary notes Folger Library proudly asserts scholars never sleep at conferences while defending its pocket sized Shakespeare editions as affordable. It cites British snobbery and colonial-era quips as history, praising readers in Alabama and other colonies for embracing the Bard.
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Literary Supplement
London Times
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Treaty with Japan Seen Costly for U.S. Venture
In Paris and Tokyo the United States Japan security pact wins approval but draws fierce opposition. Kishi pushes the 30 year U.S. force presence amid leftist protests and Soviet Chinese propaganda. Critics warn of war risk and political backlash as Eisenhower eyes a June visit.
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Eisenhower
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Tollgate Humor Returns With Cigars for Toll
John M. Rollow an insurance agent was short on toll money at a Dallas Fort Worth Turnpike exit and a courteous toll collector allowed him to pay the balance with cigars in this light hearted incident from Dallas Texas.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike
Publicist Fred Knight of Northeast Airlines dies
Boston report states Fred N. Knight aged 54 of Marblehead Massachusetts, public relations director for Northeast Airlines, died Monday from a heart attack.
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UPI
Fred N. Knight
Marblehead
Mass
Northeast Airlines
Democrats To Select A Speaker For National Convention
New York dispatch reports the Democratic National Committee arrangements committee meets to choose a keynote speaker and permanent chairman for the Los Angeles convention. Gov Leroy Collins of Florida is seen as a likely choice to take the gavel from Sam Rayburn. Senator Frank Church of Idaho is also mentioned as keynote prospect. Announcement is not expected until 4 PM at a closed press conference led by National Chairman Paul Butler.
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UPD
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Los Angeles
Florida
Leroy Collins
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Frank Church
Idaho
Paul A. Butler
Clergy Urges Churches To Break From Middle Class Respectability
In Cleveland Rev. Marshal L. Scott, dean of the Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations, calls on Protestant churches to liberate themselves from the middle class respectability they have fallen into. In Trumbull County, Prosecutor Charles H. Anderson says James Zimmerman is to be returned from Inkster Michigan to face trial for an $18,000 hold up of a Warren store. Jack Rayment of Painesville is named the new president of the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations
Trumbull County
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James Zimmerman
Ferrell
Inkster
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Jack Rayment
Painesville
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Emmy nominees vote begins as 1959-40 program opens
In Los Angeles members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences start voting for nominees in the 1959 40 Emmy Awards program. The item also lists historical notes and brief world events from 1879 to 1819 and mentions a postponed murder trial in California.
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Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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Experts Split On Oil Well Production In Fairfield County
In Columbus both Russell C. Graber and Floyd Edwards touted a Fairfield County oil well as ready to produce 300 to 350 barrels daily. George C. Shearrow of Ohio State University contested the figures saying natural output would be one to two barrels a day. Graber and Edwards predicted completion by week’s end with Graber citing at least 50 barrels daily without pumping.
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UPD
Fairfield County
Russell C. Graber
George C. Shearrow
of and Gas Division
Geological Survey
Ohio State University
Graber
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Floyd Edwards
Shearrow
Pianist Victor Borge Fights Hotel Door Lock
In Reno Nevada pianist Victor Borge rushed to catch a plane to California when his hotel room door jammed. The hotel owner aided his escape with an acetylene torch, quipping it was a hot engagement as he raced to make the flight.
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Victor Borge
California
Borge
Hargrove May Plead Guilty To Save Life
In Painesville Ohio Floyd E Hargrove faces a murder trial over the Christmas Eve death of scout master Charles Clark The defense hints at a guilty plea to secure a life sentence with parole possible in 20 years The case features disputed investigation handling and testimony about a six month affair involving Clark s widow Lois Clark.
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Winfield Scott Slocum
Louis Turi
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Mentor
Turi
Hathy
Clark
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Lois
Miami
Clair
Scientists Propose Chemical Barriers to Protect Oysters
UPI reports scientists from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have developed chemically treated sand barriers to defend oyster and clam beds from predators such as drillers starfish and crabs. The method uses chlorinated heavy oil and insecticides embedded in sand strips to deter enemies while remaining largely non toxic to mammals. Questions remain about environmental impact and whether the chemicals could accumulate in shellfish.
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UPI
Biological Laboratory
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Anford
Plane Sentry Stabs Airplane at Johannesburg Airport
J K Iverson told a magistrate he woke at 4 a.m. for guard duty, found it cold and wet, and stabbed an airplane with a bayonet, causing it to be set on fire. The magistrate fined him 88 pounds.
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