Single Teamsters Plan National Pact Meeting in Chicago
Hoffa outlines a plan to split the Teamsters into three regional areas and push for a single master agreement covering all 48 states with uniform wages and conditions. He aims to convene a Chicago planning meeting with two delegates from each regional council as 18 officials from nine Western states are named.
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San Francisco
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Chicago
Hoffa
Washington
Senate
Jury Discharges After 30-Hour Deadlock in Mack Whiteside Case
The Richard A. Mack and Thurman A. Whiteside conspiracy trial ends with the jury split 11-1 after 30 hours of deliberation. Judge Matthews discharged the panel and thanked jurors, while Mack's attorney Nicholas J. Chase faced reprimand for improper conduct. The case concerns allegedly rigging a Miami Channel 10 award to Public Service Television Inc. and began April 7.
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Washington
Richard A. Mack-Thurman A. Whiteside
Burner
Mack
Federal Communications Com
Whiteside
Miami
Miami TV
Public Service Television, Inc
Burner Reao
Matthews
Nicholas J. Chase
Gas Tax Increase Studied
Washington lawmakers studied several highway funding options to sustain the national superhighway program. A compromise floated a 1 2 cent gas tax rise plus suspending pay as you go and a highway use tax on trucks, with a one cent rise offering about 560 million dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Senate
Treasury
Mice Fail To Develop Cancer From Smoke Exposure
London AP report says over five years tests by the British Institute of Cancer Research found no lung cancer in 40 Leeds mice exposed to concentrated cigarette smoke and atmospheric pollution. No malignancy appeared in rats and guinea pigs at St Bartholomew's Hospital, though smoking reduced animals' food intake and weight.
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London
British Institute of Cantumor
Leeds University
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Institute
Olga Minter and the washer that tied up London
In London Olga Minter stuck her finger in a washing machine drain to dislodge a button. The scene drew 15 firemen police ambulance and a doctor who fought the machine for two hours before her finger freed with a decisive plop as a crowd gathered and traffic stalled.
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London
Olga Minter
Chine
Mrs. Minter
Powder Puff Derby Winner Favors More Women In Air
Spokane AP report on Aileen Saunders winning the 1959 Powder Puff Derby, a transcontinental air race for women. Saunders, 32, flies a Cessna 142 owned by husband Walter, credits him for the victory, and says she may be teaching her 15-year-old son to fly. About 120 pilots competed in 13th annual derby with prizes totaling 1300 dollars, average speed 111.53 mph, handicap-based ratings.
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Spokane
Wash
Aileen Saunders
Tropical Cindy Ends Drought Across North Carolina
Tropical storm Cindy drenched eastern North Carolina with moderate to heavy rains, easing drought conditions. The Raleigh station placed Cindy north of Raleigh moving northeast at about 10 mph, with heaviest rainfall in Siler City and Oxford. River levels rose but only minor flooding expected. Asheville reported no rain.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cindy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Raleigh-Durham
Weather Bureau
Siler City
Oxford
Charlotte
Greensboro
Wirstom-Salem
Fayetteville
Smithfield
Roxboro
South Carolina
Asheville
Long to sue Time Inc for damages over Life magazine piece
Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long announced he will file a civil suit in Baton Rouge seeking more than two million dollars in damages against Time Inc for alleged slander in Time and Life magazines. He cited a Life magazine photo and questioned coverage of his health and vacation plans.
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Winnfield
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Time, Inc
Time
Life
Joe Arthur Sims
19Th District Court
Baton Rouge
Margaret Dixon
B. B. Rayburn
Jesse McLain
Life Magazine
Covington
West
Winnfield Farm
Shreveport
Fort Worth
Tex
Long
Othe
Baton
Krotz Springs
Frank Diesel
Ken Lane
WLCS
Lane
Diesel
Bogalusa
J. J. Artell
Red River and
Atchafalaya Levee
Italian metal workers strike affects mills and shipyards
About a million Italian metal workers began a five day strike across steel mills metal works and shipyards to back demand for fringe benefits. The Fiat factory in Turin was the exception as independent unions representing Fiat workers join the action.
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Rome
Italy
Fiat Auto
Turin
Fiat
SC Tobacco Sales Delayed Two Days
South Carolina tobacco sales will begin July 30 two days later than planned. The delay follows Georgia Florida market date changes and gives major buyers and federal price support staff time to set up for the Pal metro marketing season.
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Florence, S.C
South Carolina
Georgia-Florida
No Change Is Detected In Steel Talks
New York AP reports chief steel negotiator R. Conrad Cooper says no improvement seen in talks to avert a nationwide strike set for next Tuesday midnight. Cooper, executive vice president of U S Steel, leads the industry team opposing higher pay demands. Union president David J. McDonald heads the four man steelworkers group.
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New York
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Fourman Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Governors Continue Red Tour Faces Harsh Realities
Governors touring Moscow visit Public Health Minister S B Kurashov then inspect Katshenko Mental Hospital housing 2 500 patients with one doctor per 20. They also tour a labor correction camp housing 1 000 with two governors already back in the U S.
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Moscow
Luther Maton
S. B. Kurashov
Katshenko
Kurashov
Seave the Sea
William Stratton
Illinois
Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
U.S
Sukarno Plans to Hold President and Prime Minister Roles
In Jakarta Sukarno states he will keep both jobs for five years to focus on economic and social strength. He has assumed dictatorial powers but says he does not intend to act as a dictator.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Parley Resumes Monday on German Reunification Plan
Western allies propose equal East West German representation on a subcommittee to prepare for reunification and a freeze of the Berlin situation. The plan requires a Big Four commission and a later supreme conference. Adenauer is wary of any power limits on the subcommittee while Herter downplays the numeric issue.
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Geneva
Erlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
East
West Germany
Europe
Berlin
Khrushchev
Ger
Commission
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
U.S
Christian A. Herter
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Ohio
Radford
Pentagon
Hof
Mack-Whiteside
West Maps
Gov
Long Will Sue Magazine
S. L. R. McNichols
Colorado
Krukovo
New Jersey
Robert Meyner
Luther
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