Minton to Retire from the Supreme Court
Justice Sherman Minton, nearly 66, cites pernicious anemia and a failing memory as he retires from the Supreme Court after 1949 service. Eisenhower weighs third appointment, with Brownell, Dewey, and Barnes named as potential nominees amid ongoing speculation.
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Washington
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court Ciue
Minton
High Court
Eisenhower
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Stanley N. Barnes
Anti-Trust Division
Justice Dept
U. S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
Supreme Court
John M. Harlan
Earl Warren
Harlan
High Tribunal
Justice Burton
Truman
Justice Clark
Roosevelt
Probe Continues in Ruotolo Case
New Haven investigators pressed on in the Ruotolo baby case after the body of six week old Cynthia Ruotolo was found in a Lake Whitney culvert. No suspects named as the FBI withdrew from the case. Coroner Corrigan opened an inquest as Eleanor Ruotolo and her two children left for an undisclosed destination.
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New Haven
Conn
Ruotolo
State
Abraham S. Ullman
New Haven County
Cynthia Ruotolo
Lake Whitney
Hamden Department Store
Cynthia
Eleanor
Harry H. Barrows
Hamden
Ullman
Victor Clarke
James J. Corrigan
FBI
Corrigan
Connecticut
Girl Is Scalped by Dough-Mixer
Janice Cory 11, daughter of Rev. Edwin E. Cory, Baptist minister, suffered a severe scalp injury when her pony tail was caught in a dough-mixing machine during a bakery tour with Camp Fire Girls in San Diego. Surgeons sewed the scalp back, with a good chance of retention. hair growth remains doubtful. The graft outcome will be clearer in about two weeks.
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San Diego
Calif
Janice Cory
Janice
Edwin E. Cory
Chula Vista
Bonn Opens Army to Former Hitler Elite Guard
West Germany's Defense Ministry allows former SS elite guard members into the new army up to lieutenant colonel rank. They must prove a clear break with Nazism and the SS. Former Gestapo and political SS members require defense minister approval.
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Bonn
West Germany
Defense Ministry
Hitler
Gestapo
Two Oil Lawyers Plead Innocent in Case Involving Senator Case
Two oil company lawyers Neff of Lexington Nebraska and Patman of Austin Texas pleaded innocent to a federal charge they unlawfully offered Senator Francis Case a $2,500 campaign contribution to influence his vote on the Natural Gas Bill. They were released on bond and set for trial November 19 in U. S. District Court. Superior Oil of California also pleaded innocent to conspiracy and lobbying law violations.
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Washington
Sen
Francis Case
R-Sd
Bolitha Laws
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Elmer Patman
Austin
Tex
U. S. District Court
Erc
Patman
Neff
Superior Oil Co
California
Superior Oil
Roger Robb
Congress
Eisenhower
Case
Navy Balloon Sets Altitude Record
The Navy announced that a research balloon reached 129000 feet, a new world record, and was still climbing. The University of Minnesota built the balloons under contract for the Navy and notified officials.
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Washington
Navy
University of Minnesota
Stevenson Eyes California Push In Presidential Campaign
Adlai E Stevenson plans one or two California trips to build momentum if he can win the state. Democratic strategists say carrying California could vault him to victory, with Pennsylvania viewed as more favorable than California. Stevenson spent days in Los Angeles and San Francisco preparing speeches and will next head to Springfield Ohio and New York. He criticized the Eisenhower administration over the school crisis and urged a stronger federal role to address classroom shortages and teacher shortages.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
California
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Ali- Nois
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Springfield
Ill
Ohio
Columbus
New York
Democratic Party
America
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
East Montana sees partly cloudy skies with a few showers and possible thunder in the southern mountains. Mild and warmer conditions continue into Saturday. west Montana has partial showers over the mountains mainly in the south with no significant temperature change.
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Montana
Bonn's Direct Plea to Russia on Unification Talks Rejected
The report outlines Britain’s shift in Suez policy toward UN involvement after the Menzies mission failed to win Egyptian President Nasser’s agreement to international canal operation. It notes the mission’s end in Cairo and possible UK move to seek a UN Security Council meeting, with domestic and international calls for a peaceful settlement.
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Bonn
Russia
London
Suez
Britain
United Nations
Menzies
Cairo
Nasser
U. N
Menzies Group
Robert Gordon Menzies
Australia
United States
Ethiopia
Iran
Sweden
Selwyn Lloyd
New York
Security Council
Egypt
Eden
Pakistan
Iraq
India
Suez Canal
France
Robert G. Menzies
Dulles Strives to Break Suez Deadlock in Talks
Secretary of State Dulles met with Britain's Coulson and France's Alphand in Washington to seek a formula to salvage the Cairo conference. Alphand aide Laboulaye said negotiations would continue, with officials noting the first feeling-out phase may be ending and further talks needed to bridge rival plans.
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Washington
Dulles
Suez Canal
Herve Alphand
State Dept
Britain
J. E. Coulson
Coulson
Jacques Vimont
Cairo
Farrer given life for Montana woman's murder
Daniel M. Farrer 26, former Wyoming DJ, was sentenced to life for the knife slaying of his former sweetheart Dorothy C. Hilgert 26. He pleaded first degree murder. Court psychiatrists said he is sane. Hilgert was stabbed 67 times at her brother Dr Frederick Hilgert’s office on March 8.
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Los Angeles
Daniel M. Farrer
Wyoming
Murer
Superior Court
H. Burton Noble
Farrer
Dorothy C. Hilgert
Frederick Hilgert
Cheyenne
Miss Hilgert
University of Wyoming
London Girl Plunges Into Meat Dye Vat
Joan Livingstone eleven, turned green after climbing a slaughterhouse roof to fetch a ball and falling into a vat used to stain condemned meat. A doctor said she is not seriously hurt and the color will wear off.
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London
Joan Livingstone
Montana Rancher Death Is Probed
In Billings a pathologist will examine gunshot head wounds on Lester Tobe Stovall 54 a Bull Mountain area rancher to decide if safety concerns were involved Coroner Mel Boice said the inquiry is ongoing with the Yellowstone County sheriff's office Stovall was found Thursday in the cab of his pickup behind a Billings tavern A large cash claim is suspected with only a $5 bill and a penny in his pockets and a missing wallet indicates possible robbery One .22 caliber bullet grazed the head and another penetrated the left temple.
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Billings
Lester
Tobe) Stovall
Bull Mountain
Mel Boice
Yellowstone County
Don Davison
Stovall
Son Faces Charge in Wreck That Took Father's Life
Mike Gregovich 45 arraigned before Justice Evans Innes on manslaughter charges for the Aug 17 head on crash on U S Highway 91 that killed his father John Gregovich 74. The younger man asked for plea time as Dillon County authorities set bail at 5000. Clyde Smith 72 and Mrs Minnie Stewart were in the other vehicle. all injured parties were hospitalized then released. The complaint was filed by Beaverhead County Attorney Carl Davis.
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Clyde Smith
Dillon Rancher
Minnie B. Stewart
Smith Ranch
Negro pupils turned back by ugly mob at Clay and Sturgis
In Kentucky a violent mob barred two elementary Negro students from Clay school and mobs later drove reporters from town. National Guard units were mobilized as FBI began civil rights investigations. Tensions rose after Sturgis earlier saw troops force a path through jeering crowds, with threats of job loss against Black families seeking integration.
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Sturgis
Kentucky
Clay
Jack Hudgsons
Evansville
Ind
Courier
Hudgsons
A. B
Chandler
National Guard
Don Sturgill
Public Safety
FBI
Sturgist
Truman Attacks Administration In Political Speech
Former President Harry S. Truman accused President Eisenhower of passing the buck to subordinates to preserve popularity, risking world war. He delivered a standing ovation greeted speech to the American Political Science Association, saying the White House shifted governance to advertising agencies and that aides rather than the President are responsible for actions.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
American Political Science Assn
Truman
White House
New York
Madison Avenue
What’s in a Name A Knave and Want Ads Heroes
A historical note explains how knave once meant a rogue and how Want Ads act as 24 hour helpers, selling renting buying and announcing for households. It invites readers to dial 5451 to get expert Want Ad writing assistance for more effective ads.
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Want
Dial
West Germany appeals to Kremlin on new reunification effort
West Germany asks the Soviet Union to join a renewed Western drive to reunify Germany. The note to Moscow and four capitals proposes secret diplomatic talks and a demilitarized buffer along the Oder-Neisse line. Soviet replies stress reunification only via Bonn and East Berlin talks, while Western factions react variably.
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West Germany
Kremlin
Bonn
Soviet Union
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Washington
London
Paris
Moscow
Oder-Neisse Line
Eden
Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Communist Party
East Germany
Adenauer
Free Democrats
Adeamer
Europe
Germany
Isae
Heinz Krekeler
Dulles
U. S
Batchelor Loses Appeal in Korea POW Conviction
U S J Batchelor of Kermit Texas loses appeal of a 1954 Army court martial conviction for aiding the Chinese while a prisoner in Korea. He receives a 20 year term plus dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. The three judge court affirmed the verdict unanimously citing overwhelming evidence.
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Washington
U.S
J. Batchelor
Kermit
Tex
Korea
Batchelor
Joel W. Westbrook
San Antonio
Westbrook
Cpl
Edward
Dickenson
Cracker’s Neck
George W. Latimer
Four youths caught in false alarm probe
Police questioned four youths over a false alarm incident after ultraviolet light revealed purple hand glow from potassium permanganate powder on an alarm box. The suspects were arrested on unrelated matters during the inquiry.
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Washington
Train Wreck Wounds 37 Near Warsaw Indiana
Nineteen injured were released after treatment and thirteen remained in hospitals as nine cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad Trail Blazer derailed near Warsaw Indiana. Cause not determined police cited a broken journal from a hot box.
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Warsaw
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Trail Blazer
Typhoon Emma Strikes Okinawa Amid Strong Winds
Typhoon Emma battered the U S occupied island of Okinawa with winds over 92 mph, likely the worst in seven years. Reports say northern Okinawa could face center winds of 140 mph as gusts hammered the area and communications strained under the storm’s impact.
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Tokyo
Emma
Okinawa
Outade
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