Body in Frogman Gear Found Near Chichester Harbor
A headless, handless body in a frogman suit was found 11 miles from the area where Cmdr. Lionel Crabb disappeared 13 months earlier. Authorities suspected the diver may be Crabb, whose mission remains officially unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chichester
England
Cmdr
Lionel ‘Buster Crabb
Exprts
Admiralty
Crabb
Chichester Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor
Portsmouth
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Ordzhonikidze
Bulgarin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchevy
Britain
Eden
Russia
Court orders new hearing for Chessman
The Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, orders a new hearing for Caryl Chessman the California sex offender and author known as the red light bandit before the California Supreme Court. Justices Douglas Burton and Clark dissented Chief Justice Warren sat out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Caryl Chessman
California
Harlan
Chessman
San Quentin
Douglas
Burton
Clark
Warren
Black
Frankfurter
Brennan
Whittaker
California Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Nixon Expects Eisenhower Back In Office Tomorrow
Vice President Nixon said he expects President Eisenhower to be back in the office tomorrow after being informed at 9:30 a.m. today by Maj. Gen. Wilson Persons that the illness is minor. Nixon spoke to reporters upon arriving at the Capitol to preside over the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Eisenhower
Capitol
Senate
Wilson Persons
Persons
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower Nominates 185 New Postmasters Nationwide
President Eisenhower named 185 new postmasters across the country, including Fred E. Wiseman of Charleston, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Fred E. Wiseman
Charleston
W. V
George Washington Planted Orchards in Early Frederick Leases
Local history notes that George Washington promoted farming orchards in the Shenandoah Valley. In Deed Book 12, Frederick County Court records two 1767 land leases in Frederick granting 226 and a half acres near Worthington Marsh to Alexander Fryer and James Barnard. Lessees must plant 100 apple trees within five years and another 100 peach trees within ten years, and replace damaged trees.
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George Washington
Shenandoah Valley
Frederick County Court
Frederick
Worthington Marsh
Alexander Fryer
James Barnard
Pro Western Candidates Win 15 Lebanon Parliament Seats
In Lebanon, government backers won 15 of 22 seats in the first round of the general election. Premier Sami Solh and Beirut contenders led the government vote as clashes occurred in Beirut leaving one dead and eleven injured. Rounds on central and north Lebanon follow over the next three Sundays to fill the enlarged 66 seat parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Nasser
Egypt
Syria
Ministry of the Interior
Sami Solh
Dulles Questions Soviet Willingness to Accept Arms Controls
Secretary of State Dulles told the House Foreign Affairs Committee he does not yet know if the Soviets are ready to accept the controls required for an effective disarmament agreement. He warned against dismantling defenses based on unsupervised Soviet promises as the Eisenhower foreign aid program seeks approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dulles
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gordon
D-Ii
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Virginia road deaths rise to 324 with weekend toll
Ten fatalities over the weekend push Virginia's traffic death toll for the year to 324. Victims include Henry C. Grogan and Edward S. Vasilioski in a Martinsville U.S. 58 head-on crash, plus several other wrecks and a non collision death near Trevilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
U.S
Martinsville
Henry C. Grogan
Edward S. Vasilioski
Sharon
Adam Vasiliosk
Grogan
Vasilioski
Edward Vasilioski
Wasielieski
Frank J. Conner
Rt. 2
Copper Hill
Floyd County
Roanoke
Vida King DeLong
Louisa
Trevilians
State Rt
Homer Staton
U.S. 460
Buckingham
Granville Charles
Kelso
Buchanan County
Grundy
George Lindsay
Hillside
U.S. 50
Fairfax County
Lacy ‘Odell Bateman
Capitol Heights
Rain of eels hits Piacenza town in bizarre weather
In Piacenza Italy residents awoke to a surreal storm as countless four inch eels were washed from the sea by a miniature torna do and dumped across the town. No cats or dogs involved just a downpour of slippery fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piacenza
Italy
Stormy Weather Claims Four Lives Across Regions
The storm battered plains states and the southeast, causing four drownings. Two deaths occurred in Florida as a tropical storm swept from St. Petersburg toward the Georgia line, while two more drowned in Coffeyville Kansas when a bridge over Verdigris River collapsed. Perry Florida saw over 11 inches of rain and mass evacuations as the storm moved toward Charleston. Tornadoes and severe storms touched Kansas Oklahoma and South Dakota with no reported casualties.
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Plains States
Florida
St. Petersburg
Gulf of Mexico
Georgia Line
Perry
Fla
Tallahassee
Charleston
S. C
Coffeyville
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Special Treatment Given Purchases From Union Chief
A former Indiana Highway Department official testified that William Doggett ordered highway right of way purchases from Carpenters Union leaders be handled by the Indianapolis office. Louis B. Smith said the order came for the Tristate Expressway near Gary. Doggett faces separate indictment in the Indiana highway land scandal.
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Washington P
Indiana Highway Department
Carpenters Union
Louis B. Smith
Gary
William Doggett
Doggett
Smith
Senate Roads Subcommittee
Frank M. Chapman
Internaional
Indianapolis
Tristate
Chapman
Maurice A. Hucheson
The
Carpenters
O. William Blaier
Jordan Expels Two Egyptian Diplomats on Security Charges
Jordan expelled two Egyptian diplomats for security charges after a wartime style dispute. The foreign minister said the Egyptian military attaché Maj. Fuad Hilal urged a Jordanian official to aid a plot to assassinate Jordanian officials and was linked to larger allegations of security risk. Jordan called for a replacement of the Egyptian representative on the joint military command amid tension with Cairo and Nasser.
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Amman
Jordan
Cairo
Samir el Rifai
Maj
Fuad Hilal
Mohammed Abdul Aziz
Jerusalem
Rifai
Egypt
Middle East
Hilal
Hussein
Beirut
Lebanon
Habes Majali
Majali
Nasser
Soviet Union
Syria
Faisal
Iraq
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Idriss
Libya
Mothers Back Appeal for U S Trial of Girard Brother
Louis Girard and a delegation from Ottawa Illinois presented 6800 mothers petitions at the White House urging that William S. Girard be tried in an American court for the death of a Japanese woman and her husband. An Ottawa 180 foot scroll with 20000 signatures accompanied the group as they sought reversal of a decision to try him in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
William S. Girard
Louis Girard
Shirley
Girards
Ottawa
Edward A. McCabe
Eisenhower
Girard
Louis
Union Station
William
Japan
Reception Planned for Mrs Roosevelt by Mrs Helm
Mrs James M Helm of Boyce issued invitations for a reception at Winchester Golf Club for Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt on June 21. Helm, White House social secretary in the Wilson, Roosevelt and Truman administrations, is retired and splits her time between Washington in winter and her Clarke County home in summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Helm
Boyce
Winchester Golf Club
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Helm
White House
Wilson
Roosevelt
Truman
Washington
Clarke County
Byrd Receives Congratulatory Cheers on 70th Birthday
Washington reports senators praising Harry F Byrd on his 70th birthday. Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson calls him distinguished and illustrious, while Senators O Mahoney Barrett and others offer brief remarks. Byrd has served 24 years and ranks third in seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon B Johnson
D-Tex
Harry Flood Byrd
America
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Barrett
R-Wye
Byrd
Kefauver
D-Tenni
Eastland
D-Miss
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Eisenhower Suffering Upset Stomach Not Heart Issue
President Eisenhower reported progressing satisfactorily after an upset stomach and vomiting last night. Physicians noted no link to his 1955 heart attack or ileitis, with tests showing stable vitals and no ECG change while engagements were canceled as a precaution.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Col
Thomas W
Mattingly
Heaton
Paul Dudley White
Boston
White
Denver
New York Stock Exchange
Snyder
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
Market Closes Higher After Ike News Slows Decline
The New York market partially recovered after a sharp drop tied to President Eisenhower's health report. Oil issues led losses with Amerada and Gulf Oil sliding, while the Dow fell 3.04 to 502.59 and the Associated Press index dropped 1.70 to 182.30 at noon.
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New York
Eisenhower
Amerada
Gulf Oil
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Calif
General Dynamics
Goodyear
Bethlehem
White House
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
One Hurt in City Mishap Today at 12:15 P.M.
Mrs. Margaret A. Crosswell of Greenville was injured in a two car crash at N Loudoun and Wyckets. She suffered a bruised right shoulder and shock and was taken to Memorial Hospital. The other driver was Woodrow Wilson Carlisle of Rt 1, with damage to cars estimated at 550 and 300 dollars respectively.
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Margaret A. Crosswell
Greenville
South Carolina
N. Loudoun
Wyckets
Holmes McFarland
Warren Fogle
McFarland
Crosswell
Memorial Hospital
Marcy C. Croft
Aiken
S. C
Woodrow Wilson Carlisle, Rt. 1
Carlisle
Wyck St
Loudoun
Erwin Coates
Rt. 2
James Berryman
Rt. 1
Pluma Bowman
Chesapeake
Ohio
Coates
N. Cameron St
Gibbons St
Arthur Monroe Goodin, Jr
Clearbrook
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Lionel Crabb
Everard K. Meade
Solh
Abdullah Yafi
Seab Salam
Mediterranean Republic
Yaffi
Salam
Wilson Lee King
King
Nora H. Marlowe
Ellerson
Nine Mile Road
Berry Street
Henrico County
Stonewall School
Montmorency
L. O. Dick
Maine
Winchester Seed Company
Ike
American University
Bertha Adkins
Republican National Committee
Donald Derby
Hurst R. Anderson
Ernest S. Griffith
New School of International Service
Hamilton Electric
Hodgson & Brown Jewelers
Hopewell Meeting House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Sen
Ridgeway Church Hall
Payne's Gaapa
Coil
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