High Court Postpones Vacation on Girard Case
The Supreme Court delayed its vacation to hear July 8 arguments on whether Army Specialist 3 C William S Girard should be handed to Japan for trial on manslaughter charges. Brownell urged swift action to avert strains in U S Japan relations amid controversy over the transfer.
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Supreme Court
William S. Girard
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U.S. District Court
Joseph Co. McGarrachy
U.S
U. S. Court of Appeals
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New Mad Bomber Plagues Police at Subway Station
A new mad bomber threat emerges as a home made live bomb is found in the Broadway LaFayette Street subway station stairwell. The device, about five inches long, was connected between ends and contained power. A note asks Is this still crude as police review the second such discovery in a week. The original suspect George Metesky remains in custody, having planted 32 bombs with 15 injuries and no fatalities. The latest bomb was moved to Fort Tilden Queens after minimal disruption to subway service.
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New York
Broadway-LaFayette Street
George Metesky
Waterbury
Metesky
Nathan D. Cook
Transit Authority
Fort Tilden
Rockaway
Queens
Capital Airlines Plane Crashes On Training Flight
A Capital Airlines DC3 on a training flight crashed into the backyard of a Clarksburg bungalow killing three aboard. The pilot dodged the wreckage amid a yard scene with residents and neighbors describing the dramatic descent. The victims were Capt. C. R. Burke, R. K. Thomres, and H. A Podgurski. cause was undetermined.
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Capital Airlines
Clarksburg
C. R. Burke
Fairfax
H.A Podgurski
Pittsburgh
Lawnmower Powered Car Faces Five Traffic Violations
Ten year old Wesley W. Tole Jr and his father appeared in Municipal Court in North Miami to answer charges tied to a lawn mower powered car driven on a sidewalk outside the store. Wesley faces five counts including driving without a license and not having a license plate or inspection sticker. The father claimed neighborhood kids were using the device for fun and that lights were used to illuminate rides at night outside the store.
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North Miami
Fila
Wesley W. Tole Jr
Tole
Wesley
Bulk Movement of Area s 1957 Cherry Crop Begins Next Week
The 1957 cherry crop estimated at about 1,200 tons will move to processors in bulk next week. Zeropack Co will open Tuesday, Rawson Fruit Co near Charles Town Monday or Tuesday, and Musselman plant at Inwood Wednesday. Shenandoah Cherry Growers Association met at Musselman plant to discuss opening dates and plans. Prices include 72 cents per pound for No 1 cherries and 2 cents for juice cherries with a 90 percent No 1 rejection right.
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Montmorency
Zeropack Co
Rawson Fruit Co
Charles Town
W. Va
C. H. Musselman
Inwood
Old Virginia Packing Co
Front Royal
Virginia
Stockdale
U S Jets Set for Korea Arrival Monday
The United States will begin sending F100 jet interceptors to South Korea by Monday to counter North Korean air power. The move, part of a broader U N command effort to modernize forces in Korea, includes new equipment for South Korean troops and infantry, with plans to land at Osan base. North Korea denounced the arms buildup and called for an immediate conference on the Korean question.
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United States
South Korea
North Korea
U. N
Korea
U. S
Pyongyang
Kim Il Sung
Peiping Radio
Kim
Senate Passes Hell's Canyon Dam Bill To House
The Senate voted 45 to 38 to authorize a high federal dam at Hell's Canyon on the Snake River near Idaho and Oregon, a win for public power advocates and a setback for the Eisenhower administration which backs private dam plans. If House passage occurs, a presidential veto is likely.
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Hell's Canyon
Senate
House
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Eisenhower
Idaho Power Co
Sen
Watkins
Utah
White House
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Potter
Youth praised by Gen Sir Roy Bucher in Pevensey
Gen Sir Roy Bucher aged 42 defends Britain's youth in Pevensey England saying local teens under 22 show less mischief than critics claim. He recalls releasing 20 bees in a church sermon as a boy and remarks that he used to run such shoplike stunts.
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Pevensey
England
Sir Roy Bucher
Britain
U S to Withdraw All Ground Combat Forces From Japan
The United States plans a July start to withdrawing about 30 000 ground combat troops from Japan with a broader one year reduction, as part of a guarded disarmament push and a possible revision of the 1951 security treaty. Kishi says partnership goals achieved though Ryukyu Bonin control remains unresolved.
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U. S
Japan
Eisenhower
Kishi
State Dulles
U.S
London
San Francisco
Ryukyu
Bonin Island
Whisky and Speed Take Most Lives In Traffic Crashes
Virginia State Police statistics show that 227 of 1,012 drivers in fatal crashes were known to be drinking last year. Rural fatal crashes had 38.4 percent with drivers exceeding speed limits. 10.6 percent had at least one driver over the maximum safe speed. Pedestrian fatalities numbered 169 with 30 drinkers. Fatalities fell 5.6 percent from 879 to 830 as injuries declined despite an 8.7 percent rise in registrations.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mother's car kills 3 year old in Manistee
In Manistee Michigan a 3 year old boy named Kevin was accidentally killed when his mother Mildred McMahon backed the family car from a driveway searching for him after he appeared to wander off. The coroner, Douglas Clason, confirmed the incident.
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Manistee, Mich
Mildred McMahon
Manistee
Douglas Clason
Kevin
Nixon Seeks Deeds Over Words in Red Nations Talks
Vice President Nixon urged that U S dealings with Communist nations be judged by deeds, not words, as he spoke in Plymouth Mass during the Mayflower II celebration. He stressed peaceful change, warned against relying on hope alone, and highlighted disarmament talks and ongoing voyage plans with potential New York revenue estimates up to three million dollars.
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Nixon
United States
Eisenhower
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London
John Lowe
Warwick Charlton
Felix Fenston
Fenston
Charlton
Lowe
Newport
R. I
New York City
Manhattan
President Eisenhower Spends Weekend at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower enjoys a quiet weekend at his Gettysburg farm. He arrived with Mrs Eisenhower by car after flying from Washington. He waited for cooler weather but the temperature remained near 90 degrees as he started an 18 hole round at the Gettysburg Country Club.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Gettysburg Country Club
BM Benny Hooper Jr. Well Rescue Bill Spawns Mediation Call
The Suffolk County Medical Society mediation panel and Dr Joseph H Kris agreed no payment by Benny Hooper Jr parents for the rescue from a 24 foot well. AMA head urged all parties to sit down and resolve the $1500 fee dispute amid publicity and gifts to the family.
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Bay Shore
Suffolk County Medical Society
Joseph H. Kris
Benny Hooper Jr
Manorville
American Medical Assn
Benny
Long Island
Kris
Hooper
Atlantic City
N.J
David B. Altman
AMA
Benjamin Hoopers
Kria
Hoopers
Betty
Pittsburgh
Paul R. Hawley
American College of Surgeons
Hawley
Los Angeles Mirror-News
Philip J. Rafie
Sam Woodson
Dutch liner Sibajak runs aground near Suez Canal
The Dutch liner Sibajak carrying 854 passengers ran aground on a sand bar in the Suez Canal ten miles south of Ismailia. The 12 342 ton ship bound for Rotterdam from Indonesia was the third vessel to run aground recently. The Egyptian navy warned shipping agents the Suez roadstead will close four hours daily at the southern canal entrance pending further notice due to suspected stray mines. Normal transit remains unaffected.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Rotterdam
Indonesia
Suez
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