New Labor Corruption Probe Targets Union Officials
Senate investigators announce evidence of corruption among International Union of Operating Engineers leaders and certain employers. Key witness Joey Fay, a former labor extortionist, and William P. Maloney, a union vice president, are slated for public hearings starting January 20. Initial focus on Chicago and San Francisco locals and the international HQ.
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Washington
Senate
International Union of Operating Engineers
AFL - C10
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Joey Fay
Fay
New York
Sing Sing
International
Delaware River Aqueduct
William P. Maloney
International Union
Chicago
San Francsco
Union
Fresh Chill Hits Florida Fruit Area
A weather summary describes subzero air and snow showers moving across the northeast with no major disruption. Cold snaps reach northern Pennsylvania and North Carolina, while light snow spreads from eastern Washington to the Rockies. Moist Gulf air brings balmy southern Texas readings and 50 degree spells in the Lower Mississippi Valley, with rain chances growing toward the southern Great Lakes and more snow likely in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
North Carolina
California
Washington
Rockies
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Great Lakes
Publisher Lee Weathers Dies in Florida Heart Attack
Shelby Daily Star publisher 71, long-time legislator, died in Broward County Florida after a heart attack while vacationing. A Wake Forest graduate and former NC State Senator, he led the Star operations, served in the NC Press Assn, and sponsored taxes and unemployment related laws. Survived by two children.
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N.C
Lee B. Weathers
Shelby Daily Star
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Broward County
Weathers
Lauderdale- On-The-Sea
Lawndale
Cleveland County
A. P
Octavia Nolan Weathers
Wake Forest College
Charlotte
Gov
U.S
Clyde R. Hoey
Star Publishing Co
Star Press, Inc
North Carolina Press Assn
State Senate
Senate
Hoey
North Carolina Railroad Commission
J. M. Broughton
State School Board
State Board of Conservation and Development
Kiwanis Club
Building and Loan Association
Gardner-Webb
Henry Lee Weathers
Daily Star
the Star Press
Miss Pearl Weathers
Southern Presbyterian Press
Atlanta
Police souped up cars ready to chase speeders
The Cincinnati Police Department buys seven souped up patrol cars to outpace hotrodders in speed chases. The new cars are intended to give officers a speed edge during pursuits.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Police Department
Weather Outlook Covers Regions From Ohio Valley To California
Forecasters predict rain from Ohio and Tennessee valleys into the central Appalachians and southern California with western Nevada. Snow is expected at higher elevations as systems move inland.
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Ohio
Tennessee
Central Appalachians
California
Nevada
Maclean split as wife seeks children from Soviet Union
The Sun day Pictorial reports Mrs Melinda Maclean American born wife of diplomat Donald Maclean has split with him and begs help from British and U S authorities to move their three children Fergus 12 Donald 10 and Melinda 6 out of Russia. Maclean reportedly lost his job in the Soviet foreign languages department and faced Western scrutiny over Kremlin notes.
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London
the Sunday Pictorial
Donald Maclean
Soviet Union
Melinda Maclean
U.S
Melinda Marling
Chicago
Pictorial
The
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Maclean
Fergus
Donald
Melinda
Russia
Soviet Foreign Languages Department
West
Kremlin
Atlantic
Washington
Foreign Office
California
Burgess
Los Angeles Examiner
Rep. Lipscomb
R-Calif
Leingratel
Moose Strikes Truck Hood During Saskatchewan Hunt
Emile Unterschute and Alf Dodge were returning from a hunting trip in Saskatoon when a moose leaped onto the truck’s hood. The vehicle halted and the moose vanished from the scene.
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Wynyard
Sask
Emile Unterschute
Alf Dodge
Waynick Seeks Funds to End Armory Fund Freeze
North Carolina Adjutant General Capus Waynick said he will press the congressional delegation to release about 500000 of the 17 million armory appropriation held up by a Budget Bureau freeze. Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers will join in Washington for a meeting with Rep. Harold Cooley and others to explain the need for additional facilities.
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Raleigh
Adj
Capus Waynick
North Carolina
Congress
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
Waynick
Harold Cooley
D-Nc
Washington
Claude T. Bowers
Almond Pledges Uncompromising Fight Against School Integration
Virginia Governor James Lindsay Almond Jr. sworn in pledging a Democratic administration to fight racial mixing in public schools. He warned chaos from integration and urged lawmakers to back a law to close public schools if federal troops are ordered in, as part of anti integration statutes. His administration includes Lt. Gov. A. E. Stephens and Atty. Gen. Albertis Harrison Jr.
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Richmond
James Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Capitol
Thomas Jefferson
Almond
Thomas B. Stanley
Little Rock
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower
A. E
Stephens
Albertis
Harrison Jr
Six-year term for crash deaths assigns one year per victim
Los Angeles motorist Victory L. De Casaus, 35, began serving six years in county jail, one year for each of six deaths after a Sept. 26, 1955 four car wreck on the San Bernardino Freeway. Five members of one family and another driver died. jury convicted him on six counts of manslaughter. Attorney pursued appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Michigan claims the most state and roadside parks in the Union.
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Los Angeles
Victory L. de Casaus
San Bernardino
de Casatis
U. S. Supreme Court
Speed-up In Fund Use Urged
Congress moves to force faster spending of defense research funds stalled by Budget Bureau. Senator Chavez chairs a subcommittee and seeks language in a supplemental bill to require immediate use of 1.26 billion for missile and space programs while hearings continue on defense department reorganization. Michigan sells more hunting and fishing licenses annually than any other state in the Union.
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Michigan
State
Union
Washington
Budget Bureau
Congress
Chavez
D-Nm
Senate Defense Appropriations
Chaves
Defense McElroy
Missile Center
Hyman G. Rickover
Navy
Garrison Norton
Defense Department
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Florida
Ghandi Shrine
Harold Macmillan
New Delhi
India
Macmillan
U.S. Weather Bureau
Western Lakes Region
Macleans
Split
Gen. Waynick
Saltonstall
R - Mass
Preparedness
Appropriations Committee
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