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Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1957

Page

8

New Hoffa Quiz to Open Today

Washington AP reports Senator McClellan predicts Senate rackets committee hearings on Teamsters boss James R. Hoffa will expose shake downs and alleged misused union funds. More than 25 witnesses are set to testify starting tomorrow about Hoffa’s affairs and possible loan of nearly a million dollars to a Minneapolis department store during a strike. Hoffa’s backers deny efforts to disrupt his bid for international president as convention opens in Miami next week. Dranow of John W. Thomas department store hospitalized after what appears to be a heart attack. his doctors weigh Testimony viability in Washington this week depending on diagnosis.

Washington McClellan D-Ark Senate Rackets Committee Teamsters James R. Hoffa Hoffa Midwest Miami Dave Beck Teamsters Union Minneapolis Retail Clerks Union Benjamin Cranow John W. Thomas Dranow Mt. Sinai Hospital

Courthouse Lacks Air Conditioning Causes Frayed Tempers

In Winston N C the new Hertford County courthouse drew praise for its style but judges and officials express irritation over the absence of air conditioning. Superior Court Judge W H S Burgwyn told the grand jury the lack of cooling frays temper, including the judge's, prompting a grand jury recommendation to install air conditioning facilities.

Winston N.C Hertford County Superior Court W. H. S. Burgwyn Grand Jury

Eisenhower Proclaims Action Over Arkansas School Obstruction

President Eisenhower issues a proclamation declaring obstruction of federal court orders on Little Rock Central High School desegregation a denial of equal protection. He cites unlawful assemblies and conspiracies hindering enforcement of federal and state laws and invokes military authority under Title 10.

Newport R. 1 Eisenhower Little Rock Arkansas United States of America United States District Court For Central High School United States Dwight D. Eisenhower The

Obstruction of Justice Cease and Desist Issued in Newport

A terse notice states actions were taken to stop obstruction of justice with a cease and desist order affixed in Newport Rhode Island on September 23 1957 in the year of independence. The document references the United States seal and a formal witness statement.

United States America Newport Rhode Island United States of America

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