AFL-CIO Leaders Slow To Act On Beck Questions
In Washington AFL-CIO leaders face questions about why they waited to act after Dave Beck was ousted from a VP post amid Teamsters funds misuse. Only George M. Harrison admitted doubts but cited lack of AFL-CIO subpoena power. Other leaders declined comment while the Ethical Practices Committee investigates union corruption ahead of the merged federation’s actions.
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Teamsters’ Union
Senate
Senate Committee
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers
A. J. Hayes
Machinists
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AFL
CIO
Ethical Practices Committee
William Green
George Meany
Green
Meany
Walter Reuther
Two Hiway Mishaps In Lawrence County No Injuries
Two highway accidents in Lawrence County yesterday caused more than 2000 dollars in property damage with no injuries. The costliest crash occurred at 7 p.m. 7.2 miles south of Town Creek on Alabama 101 involving a 1956 Plymouth driven by Frank B. Couburn and a 1957 Farmall tractor driven by Clarence H. Conner, with damages about 1000 and 700 dollars respectively. A second collision 9 miles south of Moulton on Alabama 33 involved a 1956 Ford pickup driven by Isaac Johnson Jr. and a 1956 Chevrolet station wagon driven by William G. Lovelace, with damages of 50 and 400 dollars. Patrolman Wilburn Craft investigated both accidents.
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Town Creek
Alabama 101
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Courtland
Clarence H. Conner
Alabama
Isaac Johnson, Jr
William G. Lovelace
Memphis
Wilburn Craft
Mexico City highway link to Yucatan by 1958
Communications authorities say highways will be open from the capital to the Yucatan by mid 1958 with gaps being filled. Cars may reach parts of the route by riding railway flatcars. More than 300000 eye injuries occur annually in American industry.
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Yucatan
Everest Peak Reaches 29002 Feet in Himalayas
The summit of Mount Everest towers at 29002 feet in the Himalayas. It has reportedly been climbed only once, in 1953, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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