AFL-CIO Flags Corruption in Two Unions
The AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee indicts the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union and the United Textile Workers of America for misuse of funds and unethical practices. The report cites insufficient corrective measures and follows prior charges against the Teamsters leadership as the Executive Council weighs action.
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New York
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Bakery & Confectionery Workers International Union
United Textile Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio High Command
Labor Federation
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Labor Movement
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Hoffa
Ethical Practices Committee
UTWA
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Bakery Workers Union
No Pie Is Found Boys on Probation
In St Joseph Missouri three boys aged 8 10 and 13 were placed on probation by Juvenile Court after breaking into two tractor trailer trucks owned by Pacific Intermountain Express also known as P LE Detective Sgt Glen Thomas said the youths ripped open boxes of lighting fixtures and rolls of wire and told investigators they were searching for pie.
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ST. Joseph
Glen Thomas
Pacific Intermountain Express, Co
P.le. Thomas
Rail traffic resumes after Peabody wreck
Rail traffic on the Rock Island line through Peabody resumed last night after wreckage from the Twin Star Rocket was cleared. The southbound train derailed early yesterday injuring 24 of the 77 aboard.
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Peabody
Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Isselhardt Named Executive Secretary of Kansas Anti Discrimination Commission
Today Topeka announces the appointment of W Jack Isselhardt as executive secretary of the Kansas Anti Discrimination Commission. Isselhardt succeeds prior leadership to guide agency policy and enforcement efforts statewide.
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Topeka
Jack Isselhardt
The
Kansas Anti Discrimination Commission
Fall Festival Show Features Variety at Memorial Building
The Jaycees announced a free two night Fall Festival program at the Memorial building. Thursday’s lineup includes Cliff Sperry and Lawrence Lovett guitar vocal act, 12 year old pianist Phil Carter, and the Ever Ready 4-H instrumentalists Martha and Mary Angleton, plus the McClungs of Walnut and crown queen festivities. Saturday’s show brings Springfield Jubilee acts headlined by Roger Blevins Jinny Pop Luke McNealy Debbie Lewis Billy Western Joan Ross and King Sterling with Johnny Cooper as MC. Funds come from affiliated merchant memberships.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
JayCee
Cliff Sperry
R. J
Lawrence Lovett
N. Grant
Phil Carter
S. Gretchen
Square i
Martha
Mary Angleton
McClungs of
Walnut
Memorial Building
Springfield
Roger Blevins
Jinny Pop
Luke McNealy
Debbie Lewis
Billy Western
Joan Ross
King Sterling
Louisiana Hayride
Johnny Cooper
Will MC
The
Jaycees
Chanute Merchants
Nasser offers arms to Tunisia as Tunisian accept aid
President Nasser proposes military assistance to Tunisia which confirms it will accept the arms package. The Tunisian government stated the decision in Tunis after the ambassador to Cairo announced the offer. A separate trial in Japan reveals a U.S. soldier testified that an empty cartridge was fired during a deadly incident involving William S. Girard and a Japanese woman. Victor Nickel described firing brass cases from a machine gun emplacement as part of the guard detail. In Detroit, General Motors reports 16,000 workers at seven plants will be idled indefinitely due to strikes at two supplier facilities Mansfield Ohio and Marion Indiana.
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Cairo
Nasser
Tunisia
Alayer el Sahbani
Tunis
Somagahara
Japanei
U.S
William S. Girard
Victor Nickel
Girard
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Mansfield
Ohio
Marion
Ind
Claflin Teen Killed in Motorcycle Truck Collision
Duane Howard Beese fifteen, of Claflin, was killed in a vehicle crash last night when his motorcycle collided with a truck at an intersection in Claflin. No further details were provided.
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Claflin
Kas
Duane Howard Beese
Grace Church Plans Building Expansion
Members of Grace Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly to proceed with a new brick Gothic church building of 35 by 80 feet seating 200, to be connected by a corridor to the present structure. The project includes razing a nearby dwelling, uses the old building for church school and chapel, and is estimated to cost 65000 dollars with a future financial drive planned.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Third and
Lincoln
South Lincoln
Robert Yadon
Winfield
William Gray Jr
Boyd Latimer
South Santa Fe
Fifth death in Canada flu outbreak reported in Rouyn
A 23 year old religious teacher died from pneumonia after catching influenza in Rouyn Quebec as the outbreak spreads across Ontario British Columbia and Yukon Territory where schools were closed. Health officials struggle to determine if the strain is Asian flu.
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Toronto
Canada
Rouyn
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Northland
Waitehorse
Yukon Territory
Oklahoma Farmers Lose 37.53 Million to Floods
Stillwater Oklahoma AG SCS reports farmers suffered thirty seven million five hundred thirty thousand dollars in spring flood losses.
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Stillwater
Okla
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service
Oklahoma
War Dads Open 15th National Convention in City
The American War Dads and its auxiliary begin their 15th annual national convention in Kansas City with a Thursday night opening program.
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Kansas City
American War Dads
Eisenhower orders federal troops to take over Little Rock
President Eisenhower orders government commanded troops to assume control in Little Rock as civil unrest continues. Arkansas National Guard is federalized and placed under Washington, while Faubus officials react with surprise. Police crack down at Central High with arrests and tense schools prepare for the day.
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Little Rock
Ark
Eisenhower
Eisenhower orders Arkansas Guard federalization over Little Rock crisis
President Eisenhower announced federalization of the Arkansas National Guard and Air National Guard to enforce school integration at Little Rock Central High. He will address the nation at 7 p.m. CST via radio and TV networks. The executive order cites noncompliance with a court order and allows use of U.S. troops to guarantee Negro students’ admittance.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Midway Consolidated School Set for November Occupancy
Buffalo November date set tentatively for the new Midway consolidated school southeast of Buffalo. Superintendent Charles H. Garrison says occupancy depends on water storage and sewage facilities completion. Plumbing fixtures, ventilation, furnishings, and gym floor finishing remain. classes continue at Buffalo until move-in.
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Buffalo
New
Midway Consolidated School
Here
Charles H. Garrison
Garrison
Driver Adams Pleads Guilty in Chanute Police Court
Louie J. Adams of Chanute was arrested at 5:45 a.m. and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He received a six month county jail sentence with parole. Officers detained Adams in the 300 block on North Evergreen after tracking his car from Mulberry to Santa Fe.
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Louie J. Adams
Chanute
Adams
North Evergreen
Mulberry
Santa Fe
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka 1957 Totals
Kansas state Accident Records Section lists 1 death in the last 24 hours and year to date totals of 388 for 1957, compared with 474 in the same period of 1956.
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Topeka
Kansas
Parade of Progress Parade Grows Entries to 56 in Humboldt Centennial
Humboldt centennial organizer Roscoe Kimerling reports 56 entries for the 3 p.m. Saturday Parade of Progress. About 90 pieces plus girl scouts Indians and nine bands are slated, with the Buffalo High School band newest. A potential route extension may occur as organizers plan a Thursday dry run and volunteers coordinate communications.
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Humboldt
Roscoe Kimerling
Buffalo High School
Kimerling
Meadow Gold
Poplar Grove Baptist Church
Monarch Cement Company
Chamber Members Drive Faces Busy Week Of Growth
At a Tioga Hotel luncheon the Chamber of Commerce outlined progress on the membership drive with 19 new members reported by two teams and leaders claiming figures will rise toward 100 as returns come in. The drive aims for at least 400 members with a fall festival window contest and an Oct. 23 industrial workshop announced.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tioga Hotel
O. H. Cunningham
Chamber
Clarence Sievers
Builders’ Committee
Sievers
Brown County
Floyd Naffy
Kansas Industrial Development, Commission
Les Matthews
Ideal Weather Preview Hits Topeka and Kansas
The weather forecast calls for mild conditions with sunny skies in Kansas. Northeast areas will warm to the low 80s today, cooler tomorrow, and night lows in the 40s to 50s with westerly to northwesterly winds through Wednesday. Lows this morning ranged from 42 at Goodland to 56 at Concordia. highs yesterday varied from 71 in Olathe to 83 in Garden City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Concordia
Olathe
Garden City
KCC Studies Merger of Telephone Systems
TOPEKA The Kansas Corporation Commission has taken under advisement the proposed merger of McKrae Telephone Co and United Telephone Co of Kansas Inc both of Abilene The McKrae exchanges to be merged include Altamont Altoona Benedict Buffalo Burlington Coyville Fall River Fredonia Lafontaine Neosho Falls Piqua and Toronto
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
McKrae Telephone Co
United Telephone Company of Kansas Inc
Abilene
McKrae
Altamont
Altoona
Benedict
Buffalo
Burlington
Coyville
Fall River
Fredonia
Lafontaine
Neoisho Falls
Piqua
Toronto
Arkansas National Guard Federally Deployed to Enforce School Aid
President Eisenhower authorized the federalization of the Arkansas National Guard to enforce court-ordered school integration in Little Rock. Secretary of the Army Brucker would implement the order while the Pentagon indicated regular Army forces may be used as well. The move followed the formal call into federal service announced by Secretary Wilson at Newport, and officials noted details would be provided later by the Army.
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Washington
Wilson
Arkansas National Guard
Little Rock
Pentagon
U. S
Eisenhower
Newport
R. I
Army
Brucker
Air National Guards
Arkansas
Asst. Sect. of Defense
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Fisenhower
National Guard
Camp Chaffee
First Armored Division
Ft. Polk
Integration Briefs Highlight Little Rock Turmoil and Reactions
Vice President Nixon blames Arkansas Governor Faubus for the Little Rock affair noting his handling fueled extremists. Evangelist Billy Graham labels the violence as extremistoutof town activity aiding Communist propaganda. Faubus leaves Southern governors conference saying he must be in Arkansas while Little Rock quiets amid Newarklike tensions. Negroes skip Central High as white crowds watch. agitator arrests and possible federal troops loom.
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Faubus
Little Rock
Sea Island
Central High School
Clarence R. Saunders
Little Rock Air Force Base
New York
Nixon
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Washington
Billy Graham
Soil Bank Discussion At Altoona High School
Wilson County agent Lester Griffith said a 1958 acreage reserve soil bank program meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Altoona High School cafeteria. The session aims to acquaint farmers with the program as they decide on participation, with Griffith and Willard Sainer of the Soil Conservation Service speaking.
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Fredonia
Altoona
Wilson County
Lester Griffith
Griffith
Willard Sainer
The
Soil Conservation Service
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Gov. Orval Faubus
Associated Press
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Sherman T. Clinger
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Central
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Arkansas Guard
Little Rock High School
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Bridge
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J. C. McCurdy
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Owen Lynn Oliphant
Owen Oliphant
Gene
Robert Gardner
Gerald
Carol Bink
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Marlin Blackston
Blackstun
Art Krone
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Ebur Schultz
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