McClellan to Probe Goon Tactics in Scranton Labor Row
Senate rackets panel led by Senator McClellan will hold public hearings in Scranton starting Tuesday to examine alleged goon squad violence by local labor union officials and ethics questions about convicted officers. FBI interest is noted as the probe aims to uncover racketeering in labor and management.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Scranton
Senate
Teamsters Union
Scranton Building Trades Council
Lavern Duffy
Duffy
Teamsters
Dave Beck
West Coast
New York City
Becks Power To Be Tested At Meeting
Beck leads Teamsters closed door strategy session in Galveston to decide whether to defy the AFL CIO and face an ethics hearing in Washington. The 1.35 million member union debates Becks fate as internal support splits and opposition grows ahead of a September election.
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Beck
Galveston
Tex
Teamsters’ Union
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio
Senate
Washington
AFL - Cio
Galvez
Union
Portland Official Convicted in Gambler Prosecution Case
A circuit court jury in Portland, Oregon convicts District Attorney William M. Langley of failing to prosecute gamblers at a roadhouse. Langley faces removal from office and possible fines. a motion to arrest judgment will be argued next Monday. The verdict was 11 to 1 after about two hours deliberation.
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Portland, Ore
Atty
William M. Langley
Langley
Portland Vice
Frank Lonergan
Janice
Senate
James
Big Jim) Elkins
Portland
Terry D. Schrunk
Clyde C. Crosby
Oregon
Elkins
New Industry Announced For Denton
Denton hosts Golden Anniversary celebration as the Jaycees announce Thermo Products Inc of North Judson Indiana will establish a Denton assembly and shipping plant. Initially about 35 workers, rising to 125 within months, with 14 000 square feet of space. The plant will assemble fabricate and ship through Denton to several states.
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Denton
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Davidson
Ken Goble
The
Jaycees
Thermo Products, Inc
North Judson
Indiana
Goble
Dr. Goble
Egyptian pickpocket cites identity card loophole
In Cairo on April 13 an Egyptian man applying for an identity card listed his profession as pickpocket. He argued the admission would amount to a false statement in the document, a claim that appeared to satisfy officials.
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Cairo
Grain Storage Study Aids Guilford County Farmers
The Guilford County agent asks all grain growers to return questionnaires detailing 1956 production, farm storage, and interest in a proposed public grain storage and redrying facility. Counties in the study include Randolph Davidson Rockingham Alamance and Chatham. Current figures show over one million bushels produced yearly with no public storage and only four commercial firms offering 200 000 bushels capacity.
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Guilford County
Guilford
Greensboro
High Point Cancer Crusade Opens With Strong Support
The 1957 High Point Cancer Crusade kicked off Friday morning with optimism as Jim Ehret praised a substantial contribution from Silver Knit Hosiery Mills in memory of Silver. Glen Crihfield urged progress in research and education, noting cancer as a leading killer and stressing the need for broad support. The campaign theme Fight Cancer with a Checkup and a Check returns, aiming to save lives now through health checks and later through funded research and education. Campaign leaders by division include Dick Meisky, Ernest McCall, Herb Minnis, P. V. Kirkman, Bud Gamble, Porter Hauser, T. A. Wilson, Thurman Wall, Walter York, Jack Rochelle, J. Ehret, Ted Schubert, Robert Davis, James Fox, Clifford W. Lewis, William P. Hinson, and Jesse Washburn. Volunteers urged to contact campaign HQ at S Main Street branch of High Point Savings and Trust Co. or call 9610.
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Jim Ehret
Silver Knit
Silver
Glen Crihfield
Dick Meisky
Ernest McCall
Herb Minnis
Johnny Bruton
P. V. Kirkman
Bud Gamble
Porter Hauser
T. A. Wilson
Thurman Wall Post Office
Walter York
Jack Rochelle
J. Ehret
Ted Schubert
Robert Davis
James Fox
Clifford W.lewis
William P. Hinson
Jesse Washburn
S. Main Street
High Point Savings and Trust Co
Management Club To Elect New Officers
The Industrial Management Club of High Point will elect officers for 1957 at the YMCA on Tuesday at 6 30 PM presiding is Darrell Pierce nominating committee chairman The current president is Gilbert M Ross The meeting includes a Man of the Year award invocation by Rev Arlo Newell and welcomes by Forrest Edwards A film A Man With a Thousand Arms will precede the award Other officers include Richard Wade Keith Clark and Lester R Propst Jr
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Industrial Management Club of
High Point
YMCA
Darrell Pierce
Gilbert M. Ross
Industrial Management Club
Arlo Newell
First Church of God
Forrest Edwards
Richard Wade
Keith Clark
Lester R. Propst Jr
Icy Blast Hits Most Of Nation
The Associated Press reports wintry weather across the eastern two thirds of the United States with frost in the south, record lows in Oklahoma and Missouri, and scattered snow from the Great Lakes to New York and Pennsylvania. Farmers face crop damage in Oklahoma and northern Texas as arctic air lingers.
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Associated Press
Whitefish Bay
Lake Superior
Soo Locks
Georgia
Plains
Oklahoma City
Springfield
Great Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
Nantucket Island
New England
Oklahoma
Texas
North Carolina
Gulf Coast
Mercury
Florida
Miami
Pacific Northwest
Kentucky
Tennessee
Vision of ultrathin TVs on walls by Dr Hillers
Toronto reports Dr James Hillers, a pioneer of the first successful microscope, predicts televisions will be so thin they can hang on walls like pictures, envisioning a wall mounted future.
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Toronto
James Hillers
Vaccine Protects Mice From Leukemia Virus
A vaccine that kills the leukemia virus with formaldehyde protected 80 percent of mice in tests. Developed by Dr. Charlotte Friend at Sloan Kettering, it mirrors the Salk polio vaccine in method and suggests possible human leukemia virus link.
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Chicago
Charlotte Friend
Sloan- Kettering Institute
New York City
American Assny For Cancer Research
Friend
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Ohio Valley
Kansas
Nebraska
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Rocky Mountains
Chatham
John Bolt
Management Club
Pharmacists
Koonts-Mcqhee Drug CO
Walter J. Burdette
St. Louis University
America
Pilus
Saanetty
High Point and
High Point Enterprise
Mme
Cadillac
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