12 Year Counterspy Career Ends for Union Leader
Anthony Doria former AIW secretary admitted keeping thousands in an iron strong box at AIW headquarters Milwaukee and not reporting union funds to rank and file. He denied personal use while claiming records may have disappeared as senators questioned a $9620 bond proceeds investment and his $25,000 stake in International Procurement Enterprises connected to aerial mapping for the government.
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Anthony Doria
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Senate
New York
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Dio
Earl Heaton
McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters
International Union
Bellino
Cruel Society
Anthony J. Doria
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
AFL
United Auto Workers
Knowland rejects talk of civil rights trade for foreign aid
Senate Republican Leader Knowland denounced claims President Eisenhower would trade civil rights for more foreign aid. He warned national defense must not be on the bargaining table and said no compromise with House Democrats on the civil rights bill will be accepted. A House showdown was anticipated today.
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Ike
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
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Polish City Under Guard After Major Strike
In Lodz Poland armed guards patrol streets as 10 000 transport workers strike for higher pay paralyzing the city once praised as a model. Police tear gas bombs sent five to hospitals in a clash as strikers barricade car barns and ignore government leaflets calling them back to work.
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Weather Outlook for Ohto and West Virginia
OHTO expects sunny and pleasant conditions Wednesday with clear cool nights. West Virginia sees fair and cool weather with comfortable temperatures, lower 50s to mid 50s inland and 55 to 80 on the western side, with Wednesday remaining dry and unchanging in temperature.
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West Virginia
Meany Opposes Hoffa On Fifth Amendment Cooperation
AFL-CIO President George Meany rejects Teamsters leader James Hoffa’s stance on cooperating with congressional committees. Meany vows to back officials who invoke the Fifth Amendment only to protect themselves and fights corruption probes within labor.
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James R. Hoffa
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Midwest
Teamsters Union
Aflcio
Executive Council
Retired Cop Denies Advising Deal Over Chester Case
Former New York police captain William C. Beneke testified before a Brooklyn grand jury investigating labor racketeer Max Chester. He denied suggesting any deal and said he would be out of his mind to discuss such matters.
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William C. Beneke
Chester
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Beneke
Paul Claude
Claude
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Greenpoint
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Senate OKs Military Construction Authorization Bill
The Senate voted to authorize military construction projects totaling 1.445 billion dollars for the current fiscal year begun July 1. The authorization differs from the House bill, and a compromise is expected before appropriations. The House has passed an appropriations bill for 1.581 billion, with details tied to the authorization measure.
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Names Drop Like Leaves at Trial in Confidential Case
Clark Gable disavows knowing Francesca de Scaffa amid Confidential Magazine libel trial testimony. Howard Rushmore testified de Scaffa, ex wife of Bruce Cabot, claimed an affair with Gable while gathering material on Josephine Dillon. Rushmore said he quit Confidential over recoil to lurid content and that truth harming stars was not the editor’s concern. Prosecutors seek to limit defense witness calls about magazine stories.
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Liner Docks With 50 Ill Passengers
A transatlantic liner with 50 passengers ill with influenza docked at 8 am, disembarkation delayed to determine transfer method. The Arosa Sky carried 847 passengers, including 647 foreign exchange students, about 200 ill aboard, with 22 in the ship hospital and 28 confined to cabins. City and federal health officials and police awaited disembarkation at quarantine.
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Ohio Solon Opposes Indiana Public Works
Rep. Kirwan of Ohio, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, said he will oppose federal public works funding for Indiana. He cited the Indiana Legislature’s opposition to federal aid to the states as the reason for his stance.
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Indiana
Kirwan
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Pills No Solution To Mental Health
An Ohio medical authority states that improving mental health does not come from taking tranquilizing pills. Dr Chauncey D Leake of Ohio State University argues the solution is self knowledge honest personal evaluation and greater understanding of the brain and its function.
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Ohio Medical
Chauncey D. Leake
College of Medicine
Ohio State University
Eisenhower to Sign NY Niagara Falls Power Bill
President Eisenhower is expected to sign promptly a bill authorizing New York State to build a major power project at Niagara Falls. Work could begin by fall, with the project aimed at supplying electricity and boosting regional development.
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Eisenhower
New York State
Niagara Falls
Morros to Face Senate inquiry in espionage case
Boris Morros, once a Hollywood producer, faces a Senate Internal Security subcommittee hearing on August 21. He is to name a “prominent American woman” who allegedly exposed him to Russians as a counterspy, while claiming he never was a spy and that his work aided the FBI. Morros discussed his twelve years abroad and espionage networks from Paris to Moscow.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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Jack Soble
Jacob Albam
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State Stresses Science and Math in Ohio Schools
The State School Board approved adding one required science or mathematics credit, raising graduation requirements from eight to nine credits. A report warned Ohio will need 76 037 certified teachers by 1961, with two of every three freshmen expected to become teacher trainees. The board also refused to reconsider transferring Washington Court House area for a new 645 000 school and approved regulations for a 10 million dollar state aid program for extra classrooms.
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Harold J. Bowers
State Division of Teacher Education and Certification
E. E. Holt
State Superintendent of
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Washington Court House
Arkansas City Hit By Flood
A flash flood swept through Arkansas City causing evacuations for more than twenty residents. Water depths reached two to six feet in the northern part of the town, with cars submerged and businesses damaged. Fire department boats rescued 17 people from flooded homes after heavy rain from Monday into Tuesday.
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Ceiling Collapse Unnerves Louisville Official
Miss Pat Burke at Louisville city hall was showered by falling ceiling sections after a large ceiling area collapsed on Monday. She remained calm and said the incident unnerved her as dust sprinkled around her office.
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Pat Burke
City Hall
Juvenile Held in Klamath Falls Slaying Case
In Klamath Falls Oregon 13 year old Bernie B Kurtz is jailed after admitting to killing a playmate amid fear of being exposed for a burglary they staged Sheriff Murray Britton said the boy confessed the murder and burglary plan to authorities
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Four Beagle Pups Find Home After Classified Ad
Frank Deardorff of Richland Avenue found homes for four part-Beagle puppies after placing a Messenger Classified Ad. Classified ads can help sell or give away unwanted pets and connect with new owners.
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Stark County Farmers Favor Milk Strike
A Stark County dairy farmers meeting approved a milk strike. The Ohio Dairy Farmers Bargaining Assn led by Joe N. Brown of Jefferson Ashtabula County sponsored four meetings with another rally planned in Wellington Lorain County tonight.
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Large Labor Surplus Reported in Ohio Area
The Ports mouth Chillicothe area in Ohio is listed as having a substantial labor surplus after a major shoe factory shutdown and payroll losses in primary metals, railroad transportation, construction, and coal mining. Light hiring in paper and atomic energy fields partially offsets these declines.
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Portsmouth-Chillicothe
Ohio
U. S. Department of Labor
Hunt for 71 year old Billy Martin widens search
Brazil Indiana police and the Indiana National Guard join citizens in a large scale search for 71 year old Billy Martin who has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The effort includes volunteers and law enforcement agencies across the area.
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Indiana National Guard
Billy Martin
Rest Home Patient's Body Found Near O'Neill
Sheriff Robert C. Hartenbach and Coroner Henry Ewing investigated a wooded area near the O Neill rest home after Harry M. Malley 67 was found dead. Malley disappeared from the Texas community on August 5 prompting a weeklong search.
Bible Film Planned by Cecil B DeMille
Hollywood producer Cecil B DeMille marked his 76th birthday by announcing plans to make another Bible based film. He hinted the project would follow sacred texts and anchor a major production in his longstanding biblical filmmaking tradition.
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Cecil B. DeMille
House Bill May Raise Postal Fees
Washington the House likely to pass a bill lifting mailing charges to help cover postal losses. Lawmakers anticipate a 4 cent letter stamp raise from 3 cents and discuss tying the bill to postal worker pay increases and a possible veto by President Eisenhower.
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House
Eisenhower
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
Martin
Senate
Spy Case Rejected Spy Case Rejected
Soviet spy Col Rudolf Ivanovich Abel appears in Brooklyn Federal Court for a bail and plea hearing. He will likely be assigned counsel after John J Abt declined to defend him. Abel has been held without bail awaiting defense.
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Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Soviet Secret Police
Brooklyn
John J. Abt
Abel
Abt
Communist Party
Dayton Robbery Ends With Shooting at 2400 Bar
Herbert White, 34, lay in critical condition after witnessing an armed robbery at the 2400 Bar in Montgomery County Dayton. Officers arrested Donald Armstrong, 21, and James Bowles, 20, linking them to the $114 robbery. money recovered. White reportedly said, You’re kidding, before being shot.
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Miami Valley Hospital
Herbert White
Montgomery County
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Armstrong
Ed James Bowles
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