McGinnis and 3 Others Indicted in B&M Car Deal
Four men including the B and M Railroad president and a former president were indicted by a federal grand jury on antitrust charges and for misusing railroad funds. Names include Daniel A. Benson Patrick B. McGinnis George F. Glacy and Harry Mersey plus the two companies. The indictment alleges sales of ten rail cars without competitive bidding netting about 72 thousand dollars for the officers and shows the firm’s losses of about three million annually. Mersey defended his firm as unjust. The case spans 1958 transactions and related resale profits through International Car.
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Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
Daniel A. Benson
Weston
Mass
B&m
Patrick B. McGinnis
New York
George F. Glacy
Brookline
Herry Mersey
New Haven
New Haven, Conn
Iternational Railway Equipment Co
The
Railroad and
Mersey
Benson
Boston and Maine
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Maine
McGinnis
Highway Trailers Inc
Benson, McGinnis and iGlney
Hays
Glacy
Glaey
Wall Street
Lehman Brothers
Central of Georgia Railroad
Norfolk Southern
New Haven Railroad
Ford Foundation
Tax Exemption for Students Passes Senate in Mass
The Massachusetts Senate voted 22 to 10 to permit $600 deductions for dependents in fulltime college, nursing, or vocational schools, up from $400. Senators warned towns would lose revenue. estimates suggested $2.25 million yearly with half aimed at city and town distributions. House members cited travel expenses for a national conference as others prepare for Hawaii. Public hearings on building projects and a $45 million capital outlay were also advanced, while a bill allocating $569,000 for the Crime Commission and $60,000 for the attorney general’s work passed the Senate.
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Boston
Massachusetts Senate
Joseph F. Gibney
Webster
William D. Fleming
Worcester
Maurice Donahue
Holyoke
Senate
Massachusetts Crime Commission
House Subcommittee Advances Civil Defense Shelter Plan
The House armed services subcommittee approved the first step of a broad civil defense program to fund fallout shelters in schools hospitals and non profit institutions. The panel backed $175 million in shelter aid for this year and $15.6 million for federal building shelters, with a five year plan costing $2.4 billion and 95 million shelter spaces.
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Washington
UPI
House
Armed Services
Ce F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Rockefeller's Daughter-in-Law Births Second Child
Mrs Steven A Rockefeller daughter-in-law of Governor Nelson A Rockefeller gave birth to a 7 pound 2 ounce girl in New York Tuesday. Mother and child are reported doing fine. Anne Marie Rasmussen, the former name, was a Norway native who once served in the governor's household and married Steven in 1959. They also have a son, Steven Jr., age 3.
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New York
Steven A. Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Anne-Marie Rasmussen
Norway
Steven
Steven Jr
Caption error ties Marcos Jimenez to ABA president-elect
The Eagles regrets an error in a caption misplacing former Venezuelan president Marcos Jimenez at the head of a caption about Lewis F. Powell Jr. Powell is president-elect of the American Bar Association. The correction notes Jimenez is jailed in Miami pending extradition.
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Marcos Jiminez
Miami
Lewis F. Powell Jr
American Bar Association
Change of address notice and postal service update
A notice announces a change of address for postal service subscribers. It lists durations from one month to six months, mentions second class mailing, and urges recipients to update their addresses to avoid mail interruption.
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Subec
Oshire Eagle
Masiaconserts
Rights March Organizer Is Ex-Red, Draft Dodger
Washington senator Strom Thurmond charged that Bayard Rustin, deputy director of the Aug 28 civil rights march, is a former Communist who spent 28 months in jail for refusing to register for the draft. Rustin acknowledged a wartime prison term and past Communist membership.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
S.C
Thurmond
Bayard Rustin
Congressional
Rustin
March
Harlem
Friendship Baptist Church
Democrats Seek To Boost Legislature Image In Mass House
Massachusetts House Democrats met for an hour and formed a 10 member committee to improve the chamber image and oppose placing a 50 percent pay raise on the ballot. Attendees were sworn to secrecy and identities of members were not disclosed.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts House of Representatives
B and M Posts Record Passenger Increase This July
Boston area rail service shows 28.1 percent more passengers in July than a year earlier, led by Easton and Maine Railroad. MTC executive director Joseph F. Maloney credits the demonstration program for drawing commuters back to trains, noting about 116,000 additional riders compared to July last year.
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Boston
UPI
Easton and Maine
Joseph F. Maloney
Mass Transportation Commission
MTC
Malaney
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Hawaii
Seargeant At Arms
James F. Condon
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John E. Powers
Honolulu
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Steven Rockefellers
Berkshire Eagle
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Rights March
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