Teamsters Tied To Vice Lords On West Coast
Washington report on Senate racketeering hearings details ex bootlegger James B. Elkins accusing Western Teamsters leaders of backing a Portland district attorney race to curb vice. Testimony links Frank Brewster and Thomas Maloney to campaign payments and gambling ties, with Langley winning the 1950 contest.
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Senate Brobers Today
Seattle
Teamsters
Portland
Ore
James B. Elkins
Elkins
Thomas F. Maloney
Wnion
Multnomah County
John B. McCourt
William Langley
Frank W. Brewster
Mige Union
Josey Pr .McLaughlin
Maloney
Ec Northwest
Canmat
Langley
House of Prostitution
Teamsters Labor Temple
Brewster
John Sweeney
International Teamsters
Oregon
Fragmentary Phone Notation Appears in Clipping
OCR shows scattered phone strings including Yoni Ade-D 4-O6ll and Ouptoy Ade-D1 60551 with a trailing All Others-Di 2816 obscured by cropping. The readable items suggest contact lines but lack coherent report context or event details.
Korean Turncoat Returns to U S in Hong Kong
Samuel David Hawkins of Oklahoma City, a Korean War turncoat, crossed the Red Chinese border and arrived in Hong Kong. He is the seventh U S soldier who defected and remained with the Communists after the 1953 armistice.
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Hong Kong
Samuel David Hawkins
Oklahoma City
U. S
United States
Forsythia blooms in Jefferson Street scene
City scenes note the flowering Forsythia along Jefferson Street. Twenty five illegally parked cars clutter the block area directly east of the Capitol building, drawing attention from residents and police.
U N diplomacy seeks sanctions free Israel Gaza withdrawal plan
The United States bids at the United Nations to resolve Israel’s withdrawal deadlock with a sanctions free resolution. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge consults Canada and India on a draft calling for immediate Israeli withdrawal and UN oversight in Gaza and Aqaba. Four core points include observing the 1949 armistice, deploying UN troops, allowing innocent passage through Aqaba Gulf, and UN administration of Gaza with gradual civilian transfer.
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Egypt
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Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Eban Says Gaza Hurdle, Aqaba Progress Possible
Israel's UN ambassador Abba Eban told reporters after meeting Secretary Dulles that Gaza remains the main obstacle in Middle East settlement while signs point to movement on Aqaba Gulf withdrawal. He stressed Egypt must not reoccupy Gaza and noted Canada’s four point proposal.
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Abba Eban
Aqaba Gulf
Gaza Strip
John Foster Dulles
Eben
Gaza
Middle East
Egypt
Eban
New York
Dulles
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Hammarskjold
Marine DI Cleared of Abuse Charge in Court Martial
Canton, North Carolina native Sgt William E Rich a 23 year old Marine drill instructor was found innocent on three counts of striking recruits but guilty of assault involving Pvt Kenneth A Benjamin of New York City Rich was reduced one rank to sergeant and fined 50 a month for three months The five member panel deliberated just over two hours at Parris Island South Carolina.
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William E. Rich
Canton
N.C
Rich
Pvt
Kenneth A. Benjamin
New York City
Wilson cancels Jupiter missile project and cites Thor plan
Defense Secretary Charles A. Wilson announced the Jupiter 1500 mile missile project is cancelled after about 175 million dollars spent at Redstone Arsenal Alabama and says the Air Force will build a similar 1500 mile rocket named Thor. He also disclosed court martial charges against Col John C Nickerson Jr and outlined other policy notes from the press conference.
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Defense
Charles A. Wilson
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson, Jr
Radstone
Wilson
Air Force
Nevada Prison Casino Story Revealed In Court
In Carson City Nevada two burglars told Superior Judge Edmund Scott of a prison roulette operation. Willian Reiter 33 and Ben Boldt described running a wheel inside Nevada State Prison taking a 10 percent cut for welfare.
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Redwood City
Calif
Nevada
Carson City
Edmund Scott
California
Willian Reiter
Ben Boldt
Scott
Reiter
State
Dunbar man charged with malicious wounding in gun attack
State police traced an abandoned bullet-riddled car to Nora Watson, 34, who was wounded in a Dunbar shooting. Her husband Fred Parker Watson, 39, is charged after admitting he fired a powered revolver into the rear of the car carrying his wife and a unidentified man. Nora Watson is hospitalized with a neck wound. The couple’s car was found on Route 25 near Institute after the attack.
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Dunbar
Ed Guthrie
Fred Parker Watson
Viginia Ave
Nora
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Guthrie
Watson
Rt. 25
Institute
Income tax fight ends in House stalemate
The House of Delegates voted down the WVEA backed state income tax after a coalition of Democrats and Republicans opposed the plan. The administration cap the tax would be replaced by a local permissive school funding option as debates linger with only 10 days left in the session.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Gazewe
House of Delegates
Finance Committee
Senate
HOUSE
del. England
Wyoming
del. Chilton
Kanawha
Definition LOAFER: A Man Whose Purpose Is Futility
A succinct definition portrays a loafer as a man whose sole aim in life is to demonstrate the futility of existence, presenting a bleak, lampooning view of idle reason.
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Loafer
Bipartisan backing for measure to fund veterans bonds
Senate leaders and Gov Underwood back a bill to finance retirement of Korean War veterans’ bonus bonds via a whisky price markup. The plan would raise about 15 cents per fifth and 10 cents per pint, likely killing the House’s cigarette tax scheme.
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John G. Morgan
Gazetta
Underwood
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
State Road Commission
House
Bean
Ex JP Attacks JP System Abuses in Charleston
Staff writer recalls three Charleston men with JP experience detailing alleged payoffs to docket clerks and bondsmen. Former JPs describe practices of adding unlawful interest on debts and sharing fees with police, with one reluctant to be named.
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Don Seagle
the Gazette
Justice of the Peace
Charleston
Justice of the Peace Courts
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