Cleanup Upheld Union Reform Orders Block Hoffa March Election
A U.S. District Court judge ordered the Teamsters to comply with reform monitors. Hoffa faces removal as president if noncompliance continues and a March election could be blocked. Monitors, named to oversee a union cleanup, hold court powers to enforce changes. The case traces back to the 1957 convention and prior disputes over alleged misused funds.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Letts
F.dickinson Letts
U.S. District Court
James R. Hoffa
James C. Connell
Cleveland
Connell
Teamsters
Holla
Dave Beck Sr
Beck
Hoffa Beth
Senate
Backets
New York Area
Rank and File
Martin F. O'Donoghue
British Girl Tells Of Affair In Court Martial
In Denham England a 23 year old British woman testifies about an affair with Sgt Marcus Marymont a Korean War veteran from North Carolina. He faces murder and adultery charges after his wife Mary Helen died at Sculthorpe Air Force Base on June 9. Medical experts report arsenic found in some organs.
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Denham
England
Ange
Marcus Marymont
Hobbsville
N.C
Taylor
Marymont
Mary Helen
Sculthorpe Air Force Base
Court Rules Marquess Still Wed
In London a divorce judge ruled the Marquess of Milford Haven remains married in Britain despite his American wife Romaine Pierce Simpson’s Mexican divorce. Britain recognizes New York decrees but not Mexican quirks, complicating his status as he sought England’s recognition of the Mexican decree. He had been linked in the press to Eva Bartok before her romance with Prince Shiv of Palitana.
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London
Milford Haven
New York
Mexico
Britain
Prince Philip
England
New York State
Romaine Pierce Simpson
Bravos
Washington
Eva Bartok
Miss Bartok
Shiv
Palitana
Virginia convict confesses to 1954 Patterson murder
Calvin W. Pruitt 28 of Haleyville Ala signed a statement admitting the 1954 slaying of Attorney General-elect Albert Patterson during a robbery attempt in Phenix City. Gov James E Folsom said the signed confession showed truthfulness and prompted a joint investigation with Atty Gen John Patterson.
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Montgomery
Ala
Virginia
Albert Patterson
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Atty
John Patterson
Phenix City
Patterson
Albert Fuller
Arch Ferrell
S. Garrett
Garrett
Texas
Pruitt
Hayeville
Lorton
Alabama
Velva Pruitt
Haleyville
Oswego Braces as Snowstorm Deepens Repairs Continue
Oswego, N Y faces renewed gloom after four more inches raise the snow cover to about six feet. Roof collapses force evacuations. three families moved out overnight. No injuries reported as roads reopen and supplies hold. Schools slated to reopen Friday.
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Associated Press
Oswego
N.Y
Iday
Man receives mutual fortune from unknown half-sister
Fresno AP reports 73 year old Charles C. Binkley of Montpelier Indiana won half of a $3.1 million Nidever estate after a 34 hour Superior Court jury deliberation. The retired glass blower learned of the half sister three years ago and plans no major life changes. Binkley has one daughter and five grandchildren and keeps a pacer named Grand Ripple Mite as his main interest.
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Binkley
Cora Nidever
Montpelier
Ind
Nidever
Indiana
Joseph Binkley
Anna Miller Lewis
Glenoma Saunders
Weiser
Idaho
Snow blankets Eastern North Carolina as counties report heavy accumulations
A winter storm dropped two to fifteen inches across Eastern North Carolina, crippling transportation and forcing numerous schools to close. The Weather Bureau forecast more than six inches in the coastal plain and one to four inches in the Piedmont, with severe driving conditions and several minor vehicle incidents reported.
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North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Hoke
Person
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
U.S. Weather Bureau
Raleigh - Durham
Albemarle
Charlotte
Carolina
Associated Press
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Carolinas Bomb Hoaxes Trigger Widespread School Evacuations
Across North and South Carolina during a two week wave, anonymous phone calls warned of bombs at Burlington Broad Street Junior High Williams High School Chapel Hill High Bingham Hall and Pacolet High Schools. Police found no devices and schools evacuated or closed.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Burlington, N.C
Broad Street
Burlington
Williams High School
Cocks Teeee
Chapel Hill
N.C
Chapel Hill High School
Bingham Hall
University of North Carolina Res
University
Caretalk Sherome Bee
Chapel Hil High
Jin Street
Pacol@1
S.C
Pacolet
Sun's Energy To Become Big Power Source
Within this century fossil fuels will become scarce and costly. Scientists say sun power is our only income energy and will soon be the most used. The sun showers us daily with thousands of times our energy needs, and its use is just beginning. Details on this progress appear in Family Weekly magazine.
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Family Weekly
Stocky Soviet Physicist Steals Nobel Prize Show
At the Nobel banquet in Stockholm the stocky Soviet physicist Tamm stole the show greeting the King and Queen in Swedish and English. He was joined by Cherenkov and Frank in physics as the awardees and other winners applauded warmly. The ceremony included praise for scientific cooperation and peaceful international ties.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Tamm
P. A. Cherenkov
I. M. Frank
Soviet Union
Clich
Henieed
80th Wedding Anniversary Day Begun With Prayer
In Fairview Utah Peter and Celestia Peterson marked 80 years of marriage with a church night prayer and a testimonial dinner. They wed December 11 1878 in St George. Seven of ten children survive along with 253 blood descendants and 326 total relatives.
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Fairview
Utah
Peter
Celestia Peterson
Otis Nielsen
Apostle LeGrand Richards
Day Saints (Mormon
St. George
Here
Peterson
Ous
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Jasper
Calvin W. Pruitt
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Man
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Millbrook
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Rockefeller Institute
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