Hoffa's grip on Teamsters weakens amid fee dispute
In Chicago Hoffa agreed to halt union payment of his legal fees after vice president Harold Gibbons cited legal risk. General counsel Edward Bennett Williams warned such payments could violate federal law as Hoffa faces a $20 million pension fund misuse charge. Gibbons and O'Rourke framed the move as Hesitant pending legal clarity.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
Chicago
Teamster
Harold Gibbons
St. Louis
Gibbons
John J. O’rourke
New York
Teamsters Local 107
Philadelphia
Williams
Benefactor of Korean Waifs Dies
Harry Holt, Oregon farmer and founder of an adoption program that placed more than 3,000 Korean orphans in American homes, died at his orphanage north of Seoul at 59. Survived by wife and 14 children, Holt had suffered several heart attacks and faced criticism from North Korean radio over alleged abuses. The program began in 1956 to aid children fathered by American servicemen. Holt called it the work of the Lord.
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Seoul
Harry Holt
Oregon
Holt
Creswell
Ore
Korea
U. S
Wanda Belle Holt
Mexico City
Engle Ends Re election Bid Amid Health Battles
California Senator Clair Engle withdraws from re election campaign after brain surgery and health setbacks. Campaign chairman Tom Carrell received a telegram stating Engle could not continue. Engle, 52, had surgery August 27 and again four days prior, expressing grief and the need to step down.
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Sacramento
UPS
Clair Engle
California
Rights Riot In Nashville
Hundreds of civil rights demonstrators swarmed Nashville streets protesting segregated eating places. Police attempted to disperse the crowd, using water from a fire truck and padded wagons to move sit‑ins, with 16 injured and several jailed as crowds blocked traffic and lingered in the streets.
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Nashville
Chuckle on Voters Echoes Poll Slogans and Stirrings
A satirical quip contrasts two voter groups with a blunt jab at supporters and critics. The remark highlights polarized views and inflammatory language about intelligence and prejudice in political discourse.
Canadians Expelling Russian Spy Correspondent Tarasov
Canada expels Vasily Tarasov, 35, a correspondent for Izvestia, on espionage charges after Toronto police trap and seize classified documents found in his possession. The Telegram reported the Tuesday action and involved police in Toronto.
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Toronto
Canada
Izvestia
Toronto Telegram
Vasily Tarasov
Teachers Start Slowdown Over Pupil's Non-Expulsion
Niles Township East High teachers halt nonessential duties in a work slowdown after the board declined to expel Joel Wolf a senior linked to 41 incidents 16 severe. The district may revisit expulsion at a May 4 meeting while tutors arrange graduation. The 120member federation denounced the board action as violating ethics and faculty autonomy.
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Skokie
Ill
Niles Township East High School
Chicago
Joel Wolf
Dennis Snider
Wolf
Niles Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Reserve Center Site Announced Near Weing Road
Negotiations completed in Cedar Rapids by US Army Engineer District Omaha for about 6.25 acres west of Weing Road NE between J Street and Glass Road. A two story armed forces reserve center will be built on the site, purchased from Harold J. and Mrs. Ross. Bids for construction will be advertised soon, with awards before June 30 and construction starting about 30 days after. Completion planned for next spring.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Army Engineer District
Omaha
Weing Road
J Street
Glass Road
Armed Forces Reserve Center
Harold J. Ross
Navy panel backs $500 million plan to rescue submarines
A high level Navy group urged spending a third of a billion dollars over five years to develop the ability to recover sailors and submarines from deep ocean depths. After the Thresher tragedy, the plan envisions mobile manned submersibles and rescue units aboard submarines, with operations to depths beyond current limits.
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Thresher
Trieste
Gas Prices Fall to Ten Year Low in Cedar Rapids Area
Gasoline prices across Cedar Rapids and Marion stations tumbled to ten year lows on Tuesday with regular as low as 22.9 cents per gallon at independent outlets and 23.9 to 24.9 cents at most major brands. ethyl ranged from 25.9 to 28.9 cents. Dealers cited wholesale price softness as a key factor while some predicted the trend may spread to other Iowa cities.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Downed Helicopters and Mounting Vietnam Casualties
Do Xa base north of Saigon faced a heated assault as a convoy of about 40 U S and Vietnamese helicopters moved troops in. Two helicopters were downed by gunfire, 13 hit severely, and 11 Vietnamese troops were killed. An AD-6 fighter also suffered engine damage and the pilot was badly hurt. US planes dropped thousands of bombs while helicopters evacuated dead and wounded. Casualties for the government ran over 400 across the week of fighting around Kien Long and Ca Mau peninsula with Viet Cong losses not yet tallied.
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Saigon
Do Xa
Ca Mau
U.S
Soc Trang
Can Tho
Kien Long
Adjutants General Convention Faces Segregation Clash
In New Orleans the Adjutants General Assn of the U S began a three day meeting amid a segregation dispute. Puerto Rican and New York delegations walked out after a Negro member was refused a hotel room, while 30 to 35 military aides were ordered to leave. The gathering planned to move to Camp Leroy Johnson as the crisis prompted private talks.
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New Orleans
Adjutants General Assn
U.S
New York
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Edwin Heywood
Maine
Association
Leroy Johnson
Heywood
Roderick Hill
California
Rea
Puerto Rico
van Exel
Kennedy International Airport
Three District Merger Talk From Linn County Boards
Walker Coggan and Troy Mills boards met to discuss circulating petitions for a proposed merger of the three districts. A seven member board is planned if approved, with information meetings to follow. A contest for a proposed district name is underway, and the boards plan another meeting at Troy Mills on May 27.
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Gazette
Walker
Walker, Coggan
Troy Mills
Byron Starr
Railroad Aid Bill Rejected by House Rules Panel
Washington The House Rules Committee again rejected the administration's national transportation bill aimed at aiding railroads to improve finances. In an 8-7 vote the panel refused to reconsider, effectively killing the measure which would have exempted railroads from Interstate Commerce Commission rules when transporting grain and other agricultural commodities.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
America
Smith
D-Va
Interstate Commerce Commission
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