Prosecutions for Tax Evasion Rise in 1954
The Justice Department Tax Division reports 542 criminal tax convictions or guilty pleas in 1954, part of a year that closed 4,150 civil and criminal cases and saw 4,300 new matters. Notable names include Frank Costello, Sam Bear, Benny Binion, and Jack Dragna amid indictments of figures such as Carroll Mealey and Hyman Klein.
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Brownell
Asst
H. Brian Holland
Holland
United States
Frank Costello
New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Internal Revenue
Emmett Warring
Washington, D. C
Sam Bear
Warring
Harry Gross
Frank Erickson
Benny Binion
Southwest
Harry J. Klein
Louisville, Ky
Paul Dillon
St. Louis
J. Richard Kates
New Jersey
Harold Adonis
Alfred C. Marshall
San Francisco
Frank L. Saubter
Oakland
Calif
George B. Parr
Duval County
Tex
Carroll E. Mealey
Hyman H. Klein
New York City
Jack Dragna
Los Angeles
Evan Dale
Southern Illinois
Virginia Hill Hauser
Cecil and
Fred Folsom
Alabama
Chrysler Workers Return After Unauthorized Strike
Workers at Chrysler Corp restaffed after a wildcat strike that halted both shifts and shut the Mack Avenue plant. Kenneth Morris of UAW Local 212 called the action unauthorized, while union spokesmen cited a dispute over new equipment as the cause. The plant closed briefly and about 5,000 workers were sent home.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Mack Wes
Plymouth Dhai Vision
Ne of Bodies
Kenneth Morris
Set Ont
Five More Face Death In Egypt
A military tribunal in Cairo sentenced five Brotherhood leaders to death by hanging and handed prison terms from five years to life to twenty others, with four suspended. Scores of members have faced special courts after Nasser’s crackdown earlier this month and after the execution of six top officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Revolutionary Council
Mansfield Proposes 25 Percent Military Pay Increase
Sen. Mansfield proposes a 25 percent rise in military pay to sustain a three million strong force with minimal use of the draft. He backs a wartime excess profits tax on defense production and supports a new manpower program with six months of annual training for volunteers who would enter the reserves after service. The administration plans a pay increase but has not set an amount.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Death Probe Sought In Boy Burns Case At New Bern
Officers probe whether 5 year old Alfred Mouton died from an accident or punishment for bed wetting. Sheriff Berry says Johnsons told doctors he burned the boy with scalding water after placing him under a running shower. The case ties to Cherry Point and a Craven County grand jury inquiry begins after the Dec 20 death.
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New Bern
N.C
Charlie Berry
Alfred Mouton
Cherry Point Marine
Pete Johnson
Berr
Craven Superior Court
Sonvanea
Triaba
Grand Jury
I Luke's
Smith
Berry
Morgan
Pitkin
Johnson's
Sgt. Johnson
Mercy Hospital to Treat Negro Patients in Separate Ward
Charlotte Mercy Hospital under the Sisters of Mercy announced it is treating Negro bed patients for the first time in the city. The move follows Bishop Vincent S. Waters October request for the Raleigh Diocese to admit a patient sister Mary Peter says a dedicated section for Negroes has been created, with prior out patient care already offered.
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Charlotte
Mercy Hosital
Bholic Sisters of Mercy
Vincent S. Waters
Raleigh
North Colina
Mary Peter
Mercy
New Speed Record Is Established by Stapp on Land
Lt Col John Paul Stapp, 44, aero medical scientist, set a world land speed record of 632 mph in a rocket sled at Holloman AFB New Mexico on December 10. The run tested escape pressures for airmen, with Stapp wearing a plastic helmet and visor and enduring up to nine gravities during a 14 second deceleration. He reported eye strain and minor injuries but no major ill effects.
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Los Angeles III
John Paul Stapp
Holloman Air Development Center
N.M
Air Force
Stapp
Sam Pyp
Dog Helps Boy Walk Again in Council Bluffs
Suzie the Labrador helped three year old Gene, once paralyzed by polio, relearn to walk. After a hospital stay and foster care, Gene began walking with Suzie's aid, steadily improving to a limp-free stride with no braces.
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Suzie
Gene Walker
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gene
Walker
AP Wireoto
Sacert
D. I. Walker
Victory Predicted For Mendes
European press predicts Pierre Mendes France will push the Paris agreements through the French National Assembly. Official spokesmen are quiet. A West German Socialist statement questions treaties formed under narrow margins and the continuance of partition. More on page two.
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London
Europe
Pierre Mendes - France
Paris
National Assembly
West Gerae
Johnston Demands Ladejinsky Story
Senator Olin Johnston demands the inside story on Wolf Ladejinsky’s dismissal as U S agriculture attache in Tokyo. He seeks a broad inquiry into security findings and the government program, with letters sent to Secretary Benson and Secretary Dulles. The intent is to probe vagueness in rules and potential partisan use, with more cases to be reviewed.
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Washington
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Esenhower
Wolf Ladejinsky
Tokyo
Secrtary of Agriculture
Benson
Ladejinsky
State Department
Johnston
Senate Civil Service Committee
I.W. Brawley
Dulles
Brawley
France approves German rearmament and ally ties
French National Assembly votes 289 251 to back German rearma ment paving way for broader Franco West Germany partnership. President Mendes France faced an unstable government as Eisenhower and Dulles await further balloting before public reaction.
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Washina
France
Wes
Commu
French Assembly
Eisenhower
Dulles
Pierre Mendes - France
Ee Meee
Eae
Nems
Oes
National Assembly
North Atlantic
Convicted Murderer and Three Others Escape from Penitentiary
Convicted murderer Nathan T. Corn and three other prisoners remained at large after a tunnel escape from the South Carolina Penitentiary. The break saw six inmates slip to freedom through a heating tunnel. two were captured nearby, a guard was suspended, and police hunted roads, rails, and bus lines. Other escapees included Charlie Goodson Earl Gardner and Jesse Bryson. two Brooklyn inmates were later captured.
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Columbia
Nathan T. Corn
South Carolina
Charlie Goodson
Reese
Ounty
Reaki
Earl Gardner
Jesse Bryson
Horry County
John Paype Phn
Marion Dellernie
Brooklyn
N.Y
Richard
Soa
Indictments Sought In Plot To Murder Seafarers Leader
Union rivalries spark a grand jury session led by Prosecutor Guy Calissi in Hackensack New Jersey. The case centers on a Tampa Florida link and a plan to kill Seafarers Union leader Paul Hall amid a power struggle for a $28 000 a year secretary treasurer post. Arrests include James E Cobb of Tampa and others held without bail in New Jersey and New York.
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Calissi
Wiliam B. Higgs
Tampa
Higgs
Ray White
Mall
White
Hall
AFL Rer
Ion Union
Amerca
Montvale NJ
James E. Cobb
Cobb
William Brader
The
Assn
Bredley
West Milford
N. J
Edward l. 63
Caliesi
Taffe
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Seafarers Union
SIU
French Premier Faces Test in West German NATO Move
Premier Pierre Mendes France survived a confidence vote as Parliament preliminarily approved one Paris treaty admitting West Germany to NATO. Two more confidence votes awaited on interforing accords and a seven nation West Union to control arms. White House welcomed the turn toward ratification and U S officials expressed gratification.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
West Germany
Mendes- France
West Union
Assembly
France
Ani
Washington
Lar
Ey Tonne Es Easy
Ato
NATO
U.S
Augusta
Esenhower
Midway Heads to Pacific for Far East Duty
The aircraft carrier Midway leaves Norfolk bound for the Pacific with orders to guard the Far East against Communist aggression. Sailors aboard the 60 000 ton ship anticipate operations with the 7th Fleet near Formosa as Sea follows to the West Coast in 1957 for yard work at Bremerton to receive a new cantilever flight deck and steam catapults.
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Midway
Norfolk
Navy
Fort
Far East
Bremerton
Wash
Pacific
Reynold I. Hoste
Yester
Nor‘otkhe
Formosa
Carrier
Sea
Bremerton, Wash
Naval Shipyard
7Th Fleet
Moral Rearmament Meet Opens in Washington
About 1,000 people from the United States and abroad gathered in Washington for the Moral Rearmament session opening the one day assembly. The program featured the play The Dictator's Slippers by Peter Howes, highlighting leadership struggles in a country with a deceased dictator. DuBois Morris described the movement as an ideology for everyone aiming to remake the world starting with individual change. Dr. Frank Buchman, founder, attended as the birthday greetings from Vice President Nixon and members of Congress were noted.
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Washington
Peter Hows
DuBois Morris
Assembly
Auso Seaders
Era Sion
Frank Buchman
Moral Rearmament
Nixon
Congress
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Justice Department
Mendes
Estop
Corn
Collinsville
Rock ‘Hill
G . C. Beam
Beam
Catawba
Sion
Liz
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