Eichmann Charged With Murder of Lidice Children
Jerusalem AP reports Adolf Eichmann was charged with murder for the Lidice children massacre. Evidence links the village razing in Czechoslovakia to Eichmann’s Berlin Gestapo office. Records describe 88 Lidice children sent to Lodz. seven deemed fit for Germanization.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
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Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Gestapo
Reinhard Heparich
Azi
Prague
Lidice
Lodz
Alleghany Directors Face Key CEO Decision and Board Shakeup
New York AP report details Alleghany Corp facing board reshuffle after a decisive power shift led by John Murchison and his brother. The nine new directors, including Murchison and Clint, must pick a chief executive and chart strategic moves for the $4.7 billion holding company amid ongoing control tensions with Kirby and other major stockholders.
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Kirby
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Clint
Brother Clint
John
Roanoke Integration Hearings Open In Roanoke
A Roanoke desegregation case seeks to admit seven Negro students to a white school. Lead attorney Reuben E. Lawson and James M. Nebrilt of New York, working with Thurgood Marshall, face state representation by Attorney General Fred Gray. State Pupil Placement Board members are subpoenaed.
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Roanoke
Reuben E. Lawson
Hoanoke
James M. Nebrilt I
Ow York
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For Advancement of Colored
Fred Gray
E. J. Oglesby
A. L. Wingo
E. T. Justis
Renote City
Widow of Clark Gable Granted $6000 Monthly
LA AP A court increased Kay Williams Gable's family allowance from 5000 to 6000 dollars monthly from the estate retroactive to Clark Gable's death on November 16 1960. The petition noted estate assets total more than ten million with film rights boosting value and cited growing expenses after the birth of their son John Clark.
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Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Gable
Kay Williams
John Clark
Cuba Buys Toys From Red China For Cuban Children
KEY WEST Fla AP Ha ina radio has announced a 2 million dollar purchase of toys from Red China and other curtain countries by the Cuban government. A broadcast Monday called the purchase a Christmas present for Cuban children.
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Haina Radio
Om Red
China
Iran
IDS Stock Split and Murchison Ouster Highlight IDS Moves
IDS plans a stock split up to 10 percent and a $6 annual dividend increase. The Murchisons controlled IDS for five years, owning 15 percent, before Kirby ousted them last year. Alleghany holds near half of IDS and also owns stakes in New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, and Missouri Pacific railroads.
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IDS
Kirby
Alleghany
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Missouri Pacific
First Union Hero Ellsworth Dies 100 Years Ago
In 1861 Elmer Ellsworth a 24 year old 5 foot officer hailed as the greatest little man led the Fire Zouaves and defended Washington before being shot in Alexandria. Lincoln Lee Davis and others mourned him as a model Union hero and the first Medal of Honor recipient guiding Northern resolve.
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Hudson River
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James W. Jackson
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Lincoln
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Robert Lee
Jollee
Davide
Sage Ma
Bern Mia
Day
Lee
Saratoga
Continental Army
Piney Falmer
Fort Sumter
New York City
11Th New York Infantry
Washington
Potomac
Francis Brownell
Nielsen Study Shows TV Is Woman's World
A. C. Nielsen Co findings show women dominate viewing in many genres including Westerns mystery suspense variety and situation comedies. Women also lead daytime audiences with soap operas and cartoons at peak hours.
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Nielsen
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York (Ap
A. C. Nielsen Co
Entertainment World Mourns Joan Davis
Palm Springs California AP Joan Davis the queen of comedy dies at 48 from a heart attack ending a career across stage screen radio and television Her last romance with Harvey Stock ended in 1959 after an argument Her marriage to Serenus Wills lasted 16 years ending in 1947 A vaudeville start and top radio earnings placed her behind only Hope and Benny in pay Rosary and Mass planned at St Pauls Church Los Angeles
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Palm Springs
Calif
Joan Davis
Miss Davis
Joan
Harvey Stock
Serenus Wills
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Comedian Wins Judgment for Libel Damages
Comedian Mert Sahhag won a libel damages judgment after a trade paper article allegedly mortified him. The case cited defaming statements and damages to his reputation as a monologist.
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Los Angeles
Mert Sahhag
Anti-Castro Council Split Roils Miami Politics
In Miami an internal split within the anti-Castro movement weakens the council linked to CIA actions in the failed Cuban invasion. Ray opposed surrender of authority to U S officials and criticized lack of underground briefing on invasion plans.
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Miami
Fla
Ot. Council
Miami Herald
Dea
Council
Central Intelligence Agency
Ray
U.S
Doctor Who Who Removed Own Appendix Returns to Work
A young Soviet doctor who removed his own appendix in the Antarctic on April 30 is in perfect health and has returned to work, according to Tass.
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Antarctic
Tass
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