Hoffa, Colling Indicted on Perjury Counts in Wiretap Probe
James R. Hoffa, Teamsters vice-president, indicted on five counts of perjury before a rackets grand jury. Benjamin Franklin Colling, Detroit Local 299 secretary-treasurer, charged with twelve perjury counts in the same probe. Conviction could bring five years imprisonment and $2000 fines per count.
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NEW York
James R. Holla
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Grand
Termttera
Detroit
Benjamin Franklin Colling
Cleanup Order Given Teamsters
The AFL-CIO ordered two unions the Teamsters and the Bakery Workers to purge corrupt influences and officers within 30 days. The 29 member AFL-CIO Executive Council had already issued the same demand to the Textile Workers, with Meany noting names in a compiled report. Accused include Teamsters President Dave Beck and vice presidents Hoffa Brewster Brennan, and Bakery Workers President James G. Cross and George Stuart.
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New York
AFL
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Federation
Ethical Practices Committee
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Frank Brewster
Sidney Brennan
Bakers
James G. Cross
George Stuart
Hoffa financed defense for Teamsters agent Connelly
Senate investigator testified that James Hoffa approved about $50 000 from Teamsters funds to defend Gerald Connelly a Minneapolis agent and former secret official of Local 548 Connelly was convicted in two extortion cases and one bombing case and is serving a Terre Haute prison sentence Morgan testified Hoffa forced Connelly on Local 548 as part of a broader scheme by Hoffa Beck and other top union officers to place him in charge of the local
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hatfa
Teamsters
Minneapolis
Jerome Adlerman
Gerald Connelly
Connelly
Terre Haute
Arthur Morgan
Minneapoli
Hoffa
Morgan
Chilpmac MecCreHay
D-Ark
Robert Kennedy
Dave Beck
C. E. Dake
Jake
Paul Downs
South
James Meyers
San Antonio
Trias
Bastogne
Fax Conferees Fail To Reach Compromise In Iowa Legislature
Democratic Gov. Hershel Loveless and Republican leaders in Des Moines examined various revenue options after a two hour session. A withholding plan for income tax was considered, with potential $15 million windfall. Possible tax changes and bond funding schemes were discussed to restart state programs and capital improvements.
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Hershel Loveless
Loveless
Prentis
Cedar Rapids fights to keep Grant Wood murals from Montrose
Cedar Rapids art leaders urge Eppley Foundation to keep seven early Grant Wood drawings in the city. The pale color dairy farm scenes on wood panels were taken from the Montrose hotel mezzanine and are to be shipped to Omaha this weekend.
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Donald Rey
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Coecoliere
Eppley Foundation
Oraba
Eugene
Eppley
Montrose
Sheraton Company
Richard Pinney
Coe College
Art Association
Omaha
Charles Gustin
Sheraton-Montrose
Eisenhower Appeals to End Little Rock Troop Role
President Eisenhower told the nation that army deployment in Little Rock aimed to prevent mob interference with federal court orders. He warned that mob rule cannot override courts and urged Arkansans to end interference and restore peace. The troops were sent to ensure compliance with Judge Davies’s desegregation order.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Nation
Little Rock
United States
Arkansas
Ronald Davies
Walker
327Th Battle Group
Cpt
William A. Kuhn
Casper, Wye
Plans Announced For Cedar Rapids Police School Program
Chief Carl Badger unveiled preliminary plans for an extensive Cedar Rapids police training program. The first course in basic police matters will occur this year with regular spring and fall sessions emphasizing procedures. FBI agents will conduct most classes with a session before vacations and another after vacation periods. Prof. Richard Holcomb of the University of Iowa aids in programming, and Linn County Mental Health Society is to prepare a course on handling abnormal persons.
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Cetus Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Carl Badger
Badger
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Prostam
FBI Academy
FDI
Richard Holcomb
University of Iowa
Institute of Public Affairs
Linn County Mental Health Society
Food Cost Index Drops for Second Week
New York AP reports wholesale food prices fell sharply this week for the second consecutive week. The index stood at 6.17, down from 24 this week, indicating continued lower costs for wholesalers.
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New York
Iweek
Den
Dixie Governors Seek Troop Withdrawal From Arkansas Crisis
Southern governors meeting at Sea Island Georgia vote to send a fireside committee to Washington to press for withdrawal of federal troops from Little Rock at the earliest possible moment. The group includes Clement Griffin Collins Hodges McKeldin with Underwood the dissenting Republican.
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Sea Island
Little Rock
Washington
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Eisenhower
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Cecil Underwood
West Virziola
Clement
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Leroy Collins
Florida
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Faubus
Underwood
Paratroopers Escort Integrated Nine into Little Rock School
Central high school in Little Rock was integrated by bayonet armed troops of the 101st airborne division. Nine Negro students entered at 9:22 pm under heavy guard as crowds dispersed. A bomb threat emptied the building later, with searches yielding nothing.
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Little Rock
Central High School
101St
United Peens
James Flintham
Army
Tom Matthews
Aes Fe
Possen
Edwin A. Walker
Central High
Camp Robinson
101St Airborne Division
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