Hoffa Found Guilty in Pension Fund Fraud Case
A Chicago jury found Teamsters President James R Hoffa and six others guilty on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy in a $280 million union pension fund scheme. Hoffa faces up to 20 years in prison. The trial spanned 13 weeks with 172 hours of deliberation, and jurors found 21 of 147 charges guilty.
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Chicago
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
U.S
Chattanooga
Tenn
Great Lakes Naval Base
Great Lakes
Richard B. Austin
New Orleans
S. George Burris
New York
Herbert Burris
George
Levy of 48.58 Mills Proposed by Chanute School District
The Chanute school district proposes a 1964-65 budget of 1,059,356.48 with a tax levy of 48.58 per 1,000 valuation, up from 41.15. The plan raises salaries by about 50,000 and adds funds for supplies, utilities, maintenance, and equipment. Bond and recreation levies rise, while site purchase and debt plan adjust. Public hearing set for 8 p.m. next Monday.
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Chanute
Recreation Commission
New Hutton
Murray Hill
Alcott
Lincoln
West 14Th
Buford Fisher
General Fund
Social Security Fund
City Recreation Fund
Fisher
Board of Education
Traffic Fatalities Log From Topeka 1964 Update
Topeka AP reports Kansas traffic death toll during the 48 hours ending 9 am Monday July 3 1964 with 44 fatalities compared to 31 in the same period of 1963. The log records daily counts and trends for state wide road deaths.
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Topeka
Kansas
Intercepted Letter Reveals Speech Teaching by Husband
An intercepted note suggests that an old Piuto Indian woman learned English from her first husband who may have taught her to speak and read it, while her second husband is described as a mathematician. The fragment hints at domestic relationships affecting language learning.
Overturned Portugal Rail Car Kills 104 After Collision
At Custoias near Oporto a speeding two car diesel train derailed and overturned on an embankment. 104 passengers were killed and more than 100 injured as one car crowded with holidaymakers slammed into walls. The privately owned company ordered a three engineer inquiry.
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Oporto
Portugal
Custoias
Break-in at Chanute Livestock Auction House
Undersheriff Don Harding investigated a weekend break-in at the Chanute Livestock Auction on East 14th Street. A carton of cigarettes and refreshments were stolen. the thieves may have fixed lunch and drank two bottles of pop. Entry was gained by breaking a north window pane and reaching the latch.
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Chanute Livestock
East 14Th Street
Don Harding
Kansans Vote In Congress Kansans Vote In Congress
Washington AP reports Kansas GOP members participated in several roll calls. Senate confirmed LeRoy Collins of Florida to lead the Community Relations Service 53 to 8 with Carlson and Pearson voting for. A compromise bill allowing reimbursement for ship construction costs passed 49 to 30 with Carlson and Pearson opposing. An amendment to restrict federal funds for state programs without governor consent failed 45 to 46 with Carlson and Pearson voting for. A $947.5 million anti poverty bill passed the House 62 to 33 with Carlson and Pearson opposed. No major roll calls covered in period.
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Washington
Kansas
Congress
Senate
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Carlson and Pearson
Prouty
R-Vt
House
Kansas Weekend Traffic Fatalities Rise to Five
Five people died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend. Donna Minnick 16 of Kansas City was fatally injured in a two car crash in Wyandotte County Sunday. Lavern DeGroot 25 of Bellevue Michigan died Saturday after losing control on U S 24 near Topeka. Mack Hornback 67 of Kansas City Kansas was fatally struck by a car while crossing a street Saturday night. Two other fatalities occurred Friday night.
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Kansas
Donna Minnick
Kansas City
Wyandotte County
Lavern DeGroot
Bellevue
Mich
U.S. 24
Topeka
Kan
Mack Hornback
Remarkable 104 Year Old Pioneer Delivers Salt Lake Speech
Hilda Erickson, Utah's last Plains pioneer who crossed east to west before railroads, spoke 29 minutes at a Federal Heights Ward chapel. She recalled Sweden visits, the cholera blaze, wagon train trials, Mormon missionary work with the Goshute Indians, and decades of frontier life. Her daughter Amy Hicks watched as Erickson, nearly 105, stood firm and entertained the crowd.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Hilda Erickson
Utah
Plains
Federal Heights Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mount Pleasant
Grants Ville
Mormon Church
John
Wendover
Riots Endure in Rochester Massive Weekend Violence
Rochester, N Y. AP four people dead hundreds wounded and major property damage as National Guardsmen are deployed Gov Nelson A Rockefeller activated 1000 guardsmen to restore order A helicopter crash killed a man and a county official injured critically during the unrest Over 600 arrested and 300 injured including police and firefighters Curfew liquor gun sales halted and rioters targeted liquor stores and storefronts in the west side Jefferson Avenue area and Joseph Avenue during the weekend riot sequence
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Rochester
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Jefferson Avenue
Joseph Avenue
Camera-Carrying Ranger 7 rocket launch delayed
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP An attempt to launch the camera carrying Ranger 7 spacecraft to the moon was postponed due to ground support equipment problems. The countdown had reached 22 minutes remaining before a scheduled 1 42 p.m. EST launch. If successful, Ranger 7 would take over 4000 pictures from 1120 miles up to aid lunar mapping and future Apollo landing site selection.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Atlas
Ranger 7
Goldstone
Calif
Space Agency
Earth
Maria
City Boy Survives Eight Days in Yosemite
John Ireland Jr. of Los Angeles survived eight days in Yosemite National Park with only water after wandering from a Harden Lake trailer. Found three miles from camp by rangers Gil Hall and Jim Reilly, he weighed 86 pounds, down from 103, and endured high 30s nights with mosquitos and cold. He credited hope and a helicopter sighting for his rescue. doctors called his condition good.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
John Ireland Jr
Los Angeles
Gil Hall
Jim Reilly
John
Lewis Memorial Hospital
Yosemite
Old Indian Grounded on 115th Birthday
Tatsumbie DuPea, a Piute Indian, turned 115 in Los Angeles but remains grounded by a broken hip. At a party hosted by her son Edwin, 64, she spoke of a long past life and her admirer Captain Edward Gray of the Buffalo Bill Circus in London, while noting she loves performances she once gave in films. Only two children, Edwin and Christina, 58, survive.
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Los Angeles
Tatsumbie DuPea
Edwin
Edward Gray
London
Gray
James Milligan
DuPea
Christina
Weather Area Forecast Ends Tuesday With Heat Spike
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered mainly night thunderstorms. Warmer Tuesday with low around 70 to 75 and high near 100.
Kansas rainfall tops 4.81 inches at Longford in weekend storm
Substantial rains erupted in central Kansas with Longford reporting 4.81 inches. Miltonvale 3.61, Fort Riley 3.56, Manhattan 3.18, Minneapolis 2.91, and Sand Springs near Abilene 2.81. Widespread showers favored south central areas, with totals from half an inch to one inch elsewhere. The Weather Bureau called it the most general rainfall in Kansas since July 1912 and forecast renewed showers and storms later.
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Topeka
Kansas
Longford
Miltonvale
Ft. Riley
Manhattan
Minneapolis
Sand Springs
Abilene
Weather Bureau
Santa Fe Railway Reports First-Half 1964 Net Income
Chicago AP reports the Santa Fe Railway System earned 41,196,467 in the first six months of 1964, or 1.56 per share, up from 33,798,750 and 1.26 per share a year earlier. President Ernest S. Marsh notes this is the first consolidated earnings release including controlled subsidiaries.
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Chicago
Santa Fe Railway System
Ernest S. Marsh
Marsh
Santa Fe
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Robert F. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Santa Fe Lake
Reation Funds
Tribune
Lois Erickson
Cha
Yours
Jose Ferreira
THE
Associated Press
John Erickson
Grantsville
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Ranger 6
City Boy
Harden Lake
John Ireland
Santa Fe Railway
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