AFL-CIO Expels Teamsters on Corruption Charges
At the Atlantic City convention the AFL-CIO expelled the Teamsters Union on corruption charges after over three hours of debate. The appeals committee rejected a final plea to avoid expulsion, citing persistent refusal to remedy alleged corrupt conditions. Leaders James R. Hoffa and Dave Beck featured in ongoing hearings.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
N.J
James R. Hoffa
Dave Beck
Sen
Ate
Washington
Teamsters
Einar C. Mohn
McClellan
Mohn
D-Ark
Senate Committee
Appeals
John J. Murphy
Bricklayers Union
Executive Council
Alex Rose
Hatters Union
Senate
Seventeen Bodies Found After Georgia Gas Blast
Wreckage from a devastating gas explosion in Villa Rica Georgia killed seventeen people and injured 20 to 30 as four stores including a drugstore were destroyed. The blast likely originated in the drugstore with officials citing a faulty gas line and warning residents to avoid using appliances.
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Villa Rica
H. T. Clary
National Guard
Horace C Luther
H. G. Black
Luther
AP Photofax
Local 9 Board Urges Union Support for USI Drive
The Local 9 executive board reaffirms its full endorsement of USI in an open letter to members. It notes a cleanup campaign next week and reports USI has reached 80.6 percent of its $62,352 goal, seeking to finish by Friday December 13 with an envelope drive.
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Local 9
USI
AFL
CIO
America
Austin
Austin Daily Herald Drives Public Support With Carrier Solicitors
The 1957 civic project mobilizes 100 Austin Daily Herald carriers as volunteer solicitors for USI blitz funds. Envelopes go out Monday with returns due by Friday the 13th, as 711 solicitors and residents seek to reach $62,353. Clarence Smith leads the drive, promising public recognition for contributors.
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin
USI
Mother of four slain in Wisconsin. husband sought
A mother of four, Mrs Roman Kwosek, 24, was found dead from shotgun wounds in her Independence home. Authorities hunted her husband, 24-year-old Roman Kwosek, armed and dangerous, after he fled in a tan 1950 Chevrolet KL-149. Roadblocks were set across western Wisconsin as Trempealeau County deputies pursued him. Joyann, a 4 year old child, alerted authorities to the fatal shooting.
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Independence
Wis
Wisconsin
Roman Kwosek
Trempealeau County
Eugene Binjold
Joyann
Violet Christianson
Binjold
Kwosek
Austin
Indonesia Expels Dutch as West New Guinea pressure grows
Jakarta moves to expel Dutch subjects amid a broad seizure of Dutch businesses across Indonesia. About 46,000 Dutch nationals face evacuation. 100 KLM employees first to leave, with overseas assets valued around a billion dollars at risk.
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James Wilde
Jakarta
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Subidjo
KLM
Netherlands
Sudibjo
Federal payroll falls by 26 404 in October
Defense Department cutbacks reduced federal civilian employment to 2,339,994, the largest October decline since the Korean War era excluding September. Sen. Byrd notes the September drop was 33,654, with July totals at 2,407,651 workers.
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Washington
Defense Department
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Bloodmobile nears quota as donors boost totals
The Mower County bloodmobile may top its quota for the first time in three stops with 188 pints collected Thursday, 58 short of 625. Nine donors were rejected among 197 at the Elks Clubrooms. nineteen gave for the first time, and several reached one and two gallon clubs. Donors can give until 4 p.m. today.
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Mower County
Harold Lamon
Mower Couny
Elks
Robert Grebin
Walton
Johnson
Josephine Michael
Johns. Moen
Chester McClary
Grace Dougherty
Joseph Dolan
Arnie Tollefson
Harvey Smith
Vernon Kerling
William la Porte
Harry Hynie
Albert Gemmel
Sylvester Kronenbusch
Joe Majewski
F. Lloyd Young Jr
Milo Anderson
Sputnik Rocket Fall in the United States Stated by Khrushchev
Khrushchev charged that part of the first Sputnik's carrier rocket fell in the United States last Sunday and accused Americans of failing to return it. He told correspondents at a Finnish Embassy reception that the Soviets would return any American Sputnik that fell on Soviet soil promptly.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Mill City Man Reports Kidnapping Incident
Mill City resident Ivan Bloomquist 65 a railroad blacksmith told Minneapolis police he was kidnapped by a burly poorly dressed man who forced him to drive, blindfolded him, and robbed him of 71 dollars after taking his wife to a shopping trip. The suspect then drove toward Savage before returning to a Bloomington and Lake Street alley and fleeing.
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Minneapolis
Ivan Bloomquist
Bloomquist
South Minneapolis
Mendota Bridge
Savage
Bloomington
Lake St
93 Dead In London Rail Wreck Report
Rescue teams pulled another body from the wreckage in southeast London as the death toll rose to 93. Officials said the disaster prompted an expanded search and investigation into the cause and response.
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London
Cloudy Weather Readings Report at 8 30 Today
Weather readings show a temperature of 23 degrees at 8 30 today with a previous 24 hour low of 20 and high of 39. General conditions are cloudy.
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