Interest Conflict In Cotton Buys
GAO reports private sales agencies handling surplus government cotton faced conflicts of interest from mid 1959 to April 1961. Transactions involve over 400 million dollars as agencies sold cotton to themselves for resale at higher prices. The Agriculture Department was urged to recover deficiencies and tighten controls.
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Washington
A4ap
General Accounting Office
Congress
GAO
Agriculture Department
Department
Billie Sol Estes
Baseball Scores from the American League Results
The American League standings show New York at 41 2?, Cleveland 42 6, Detroit 316, Baltimore 39 39, Chicago 40 40, Boston 26 4, Kansas City 36 43, Washington 21 49. Monday games include New York 8 Kansas City 4 and Cleveland 2 Baltimore 0 among others.
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Washington
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Pittsburgh
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Cincinnati
Milwaukee
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Houston
Conflict of Interest Inquiry in Coffeyville Bridge Project
An inquest is set this afternoon on conflict allegations involving Street Commissioner Lewark Sewark and Mayor Fred Hedges. Lewark’s welding shop supplied equipment for a creek bridge, with Lewark claiming no law violations since his firm held only a subcontract. City and county attorneys will question about a dozen witnesses before City Judge Raymond Belt to determine the extent of Lewark's city work.
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Coffeyville, Kan
Bill Sewark
Fred Hedges
Lewark
Joe Levy
Glen Tangier
Raymond Belt
Levy
Patterson Liston Sign Contract For Title Fight
Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston signed for the heavyweight title bout at Comiskey Park on September 25. Patterson weighed 193 pounds and plans five weeks of heavy training in Highland Mills New York. Liston predicted a early knockout and promoters expect over 5 million in gross revenue, with more than 4 million from theater and television.
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Chicago
Floyd Patterson
Sonny Liston
Comiskey Park
Liston
Patterson
Highland Mills
N.Y
Linois Athletic Commission
Philadelphia Battler
George Katz
Katz
Adenauer in Talks With de Gaulle in Paris
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Germany met privately with French President Charles de Gaulle in Paris. Sources say topics included improving French German relations Britain’s entry into the European Common Market European political cooperation and NATO defense policy.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Fires of Rebellion Fanned in Cuba Guerrillas Reach Matanzas
An American observer describes an all-Cuban group landing in Matanzas Province to support anti Castro uprisings. The unit leader says 20 guerrillas are involved and are connected to an international anti-Communist brigade. The group aims to extend anti Castro activity.
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Cuba
Matanzas
Frank Fiorini
International anti-Communist Brigade
Miami
Fla
Norfolk
Tanzas
Havana
Brokers Trek Vast NYSE Floor In Busy Trading Day
On a typical NYSE trading day a floor broker for a commission house covers more than 12 miles walking the busy trading floor. His route traverses the pit and aisles as he executes orders, chats with traders, and monitors price movements across multiple sectors.
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New York Stock Exchange
Warning Sign Sticks on Port Elizabeth Door
A door in Glen Hurd Port Elizabeth displays a comical warning sign reading Beware of my Mother-in-law. The note adds a local touch to a quiet neighborhood scene.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Glen Hurd
Morning After Buffalo Tavern Offers Simple Sympathy
The report from Buffalo New York describes a west side tavern serving black coffee and two aspirin with quiet sympathy the morning after a breakfast gathering. The line expresses communal mourning and support in a plain, somber tone.
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Buffalo
N. Y
West Side
Algeria Declares Independence From France
Charles de Gaulle announced Algeria’s independence after 132 years of French rule as 4,500 nationalist guerrillas massed southwest of Algiers. Moslem crowds welcomed Premier Youssef Ben Khedda’s government while guerrillas loyal to Ben Khedda seized public buildings to block Ben Bella’s faction.
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Algeria
Africa
Ahmed Ben Bella
Aligiers
Youssef Ben Khedda
de Gaulle
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French Republic
Christian Fouchet
Abderrahmane Fares
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Tunis
Ben Khedda
Ben Bella
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