Hoffa Trial Set As Monitors Move On Union Funds
U S District Judge Joseph R. Jackson ordered a trial to oust James R Hoffa as Teamsters president with monitors accusing Detroit Local 299 of misusing about 600000 of union funds. Hoffa attorneys vow appeals while others seek to delay trial. The housing bill faced a presidential veto threat as the Senate considers a 1 billion mortgage program to aid homeowners and builders amid partisan debate.
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James R. Hoffa
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Detroit
Chessman Holds Final Talk Ahead of Execution
Daryl Chessman prepared for a final talk with two of his attorneys in San Quentin as they sought ways to halt his gas chamber execution set for 10 am Monday. The lawyers A L Wirin and Rosalie Asher met Gov. Edmund G Brown in Sacramento Thursday but found no new avenue to delay. They planned a 1 pm meeting with Chessman today. Brown remained firm that he could not act unless an unexpected critical development appeared.
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Daryl Chessman
A. L. Wirin
Rosalie Asher
Edmund G. Brown
Sacramento
Chessman
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Air Force fires last Titan missile to test advanced ICBM
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Air Force completed firing the final Titan missile from its limited range program and will begin tests on a more capable intercontinental model.
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Fla
Air Force
Saturn rocket to fire eight engines in ground test
Space scientist Wernher Von Braun says the Saturn super rocket will have all eight engines fired in a Huntsville ground test within days. The test, at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, will produce more than 1.2 million pounds of thrust as part of NASA's 10 year plan toward manned moon missions after 1970.
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Wernher von Braun
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Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
van Braun
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Infant seen with boys found abandoned in briar patch near Hahira
Search resumed in Hahira Georgia for an infant reported seen with two little boys abandoned in a briar patch near U S Highway 41. Authorities cordon off the area as the investigation continues.
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Venezuelan airliner crash blamed on White Russian bomber
Road workers report survivor told them a deranged White Russian passenger bombed the Vene zuelan airliner. Pilot struggled with the man before a blast sent the craft down near Caracas. Eleven of thirteen aboard died. two survivors include a Spanish grocer and a Venezuelan woman. The grocer, Jose Chacin, said the passenger threatened to blow up the plane.
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Venezuela
Vyacheslav Lavinski
Jose Chacin
Name Commissioner Columbus
Dr Henry Luidens superintendent of Lima State Hospital has been appointed commissioner of the state Division of Mental Hygiene.
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Henry Luidens
Lima State Hospital
State Division of Mental Hygiene
Violence erupts as Turkish students clash with police in Ankara
At least 100 hurt as mounted police with tear gas confront demonstrators including 9000 Ankara students. Reports say four students and a policeman were killed, while Istanbul clashes also claim deaths, as martial law expands to Ankara and universities close until May 29.
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Ankara
Istanbul
Menderes
Syngman Rhee
FTC issues seven point guide against phony ads
The Federal Trade Commission unveiled a seven point guide to curb misleading advertising of guarantees and warranties. It urges voluntary compliance by businesses, warning refusals could lead to charges of unfair competition and deceptive practices.
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The
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Missionary Claims Discovery of Sodom and Gomorrah Remnants
Dr Ralph Fe Baney a Baptist missionary explorer and three American divers report underwater ruins in the Dead Sea area they say indicate the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. He describes a 15 foot by 8 foot levee beneath the sea and a two mile stretch from the Lisan Peninsula. The levee allegedly failed in an earthquake and flooded the plains. Baney directs the Christian Approach Mission which operates an Bethlehem orphanage.
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Sodom
Gomorrah
Dead Sea
Ralph FE. Baney
Kansas City
Baney
Christian Approach Mission
Bethlehem
Defense Budget Revision Seeks 1961 Appropriation Boost
The House Appropriations Committee rewrote Eisenhower's 1961 defense budget in a 9.34 billion bill for the year starting July 1. The panel added 129.17 million over the president’s request but only 2.87 million more than the January plan, funding more attack and Polaris submarines, National Guard, airlift capacity, fighters, and airborne alert, while cutting civilian payrolls and several procurement programs. If passed, the package would cover 2,489,000 military personnel, 31,880 planes, and 817 ships.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Defense Department
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Eral
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Debate on Eisenhower foreign aid yields mixed Senate votes
The Senate split on Eisenhower’s foreign aid plan with two administration wins and one setback. A 32-27 vote defeated an amendment to cut 200 million dollars from the two billion dollar military aid request, while a 44-33 defeat stopped a 50 percent shipm ents provision for the India Pakistan project. An override 45-25 added a clause allowing withholding aid from nations waging economic war against others.
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Eisenhower
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Frank Church
Idaho
John Marshall Butler
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Indus Basin
India
Pakistan
U.S
World Bank
United Arab Republic
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Kenneth B. Keating
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Methodists at Odds Over Race Structure Change
Denver church conference debates abolishing the all Negro Central Jurisdiction by 1968. A pro change vote failed 200 to 600, with opponents warning it would worsen opposition. Delegates instead kept the existing racial jurisdiction system, while acknowledging the critical split within the denomination.
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Harold C. Case
Boston University
Two Threats Reported Before Car Bombing in Asbury Park
Deputy Police Chief Joseph Friedland said Doris DeGrad, whose car was wrecked in an explosion, had received two threatening phone calls hours before the incidents. Police investigated the blast in Asbury Park, New Jersey, as authorities searched for a motive and suspect.
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Doris DeGrad
Traffic Death Toll Drops in March Nationwide
The national traffic death toll for March fell to 2400, the lowest March total in 11 years, marking a 16 percent decline from 2860 deaths recorded in March 1959.
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Tornadoes Strike In Oklahoma Toll Reported
A farm family of three was killed when a tornado struck their home near Cromwell in Seminole County. Oklahoma City saw a man die of a heart attack as tornadoes moved across a 50 mile central Oklahoma corridor from Anadarko to Oklahoma City. Minor towns Pocasset and Cromwell suffered damaged homes and two structures flattened. City officials could not yet estimate total damages.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Cromwell
Pocasset
Here
Black man jailed after slapping white girl sparks unrest
A 25 year old Black man, Morgan Junior King, slapped a white girl in Miami after bumper contact. Police say two white men fired rounds as he fled. King faced charges of inciting a civil unrest event, reckless driving, vagrancy, and aggravated assault as authorities dispersed about 200 people amid a tense scene.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Morgan Junior King
Theresa Mahoney
King
Dick Clark denies payola in House testimony
Disc jockey Dick Clark defends himself before a House investigative subcommittee saying he has never accepted payola. He complains of pretrial condemnation and submits a 34 page statement asserting cooperation and transparency, stating he never agreed to cash payments for songs or shows.
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Orville Lansford
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Billy Parsons
Washington
Lansford
Dick Clark
House
Clark
Parola
De Gaulle Ends U.S. Visit With New Orleans Luncheon Stop
French President Charles de Gaulle arrives in New Orleans for a ceremonial luncheon as part of his U S tour before continuing to the Caribbean and then Paris. Police estimate crowd size at 500 plus thousands lining streets. Mayor deLesseps Morrison greets him.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Caribbean
Paris
deLesseps Morrison
Ferdinand deLesseps
Suez Canal
Fought Against Indonesian Government Sentence Fortune Flier
Allan Lawrence Pope an American flier of fortune was sentenced to death in Jakarta for opposing Indonesia's 1958 rebellion. Other items note CENTO exploring a Middle East command, red swastikas in Panama, Nowa Huta opposition, Cuban anti Castro arrests, Ohio boys town plan, Chou Enlai in Calcutta, TV writers contract talks, and Emperor Hirohito's 59th birthday.
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Indonesia
Allan Lawrence Pope
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