Hoffa Convicted in Major Pension Fund Fraud Case
In Chicago a jury found Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa and six others guilty on multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy in a scheme to defraud a $280 million union pension fund. Hoffa faces up to prison time and fines, with co defendants convicted on at least one fraud and one conspiracy charge. The indictment included 20 mail fraud charges and a single conspiracy count.
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Chicago
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Chattanooga
Tenn
U.S. District Court
Teamsters Union Pension Fund
Goldwater Gains By Harris Analyzed In Survey
Louis Harris finds Goldwater gains from three voter groups at the Republican convention. Despite a 64 to 36 lead for Johnson, Goldwater could reach 55 to 45 if gains continue. Middle road and independent voters remain pivotal moving toward November.
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Louis Harris
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Mr. Johnson
Arizona
Johnson
Goldwater
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
LBJ
Ae BP
San Francisco
Harris
Precinct Resident Testifies In Local Democratic Primary
A Big Pines precinct resident testified that 10 of 135 registered Democrats were dead at the May 30 primary as a state elections board hearing into voting irregularities continues. He said 58 others were unaccounted for, with 46 moved. The testimony sparked defense objections as the hearing sought to determine if fraudulent counting affected the 34th Senatorial District race won by 4 votes.
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Ambrose B. Dudley
Associated Press
Marshall
N. C
Big Pines
Madison County
McKinley Massey
State Elections Board
Massey
Joseph Huff
Clyde Norton
Old Fort
Zeno Ponder
A.E. Leake
Ponder
Huff
Leake
New York City
William Joslin
Election Board
Joslin
Norton
Elections Board
Raleigh
J. Frank Huskins
Burnsville
Ten Killed In Kinston Accident
Ten people died in a pre-dawn crash two miles east of Kinston on U S 70. A 1958 Negro car with six passengers collided with a 1959 white car carrying six, killing five whites and five Negroes. Two occupants survived. Victims include Thad Harris Jr and Doris Harris Smith among the whites from Snow Hill area and Earl McMillan and Mary Powell among the Castleberry, Alabama victims.
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Kinston
N. C
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Alabama
E. M. Moore
U.S. 70
Snow Hill
Raleigh
Thad Harris Jr
Maury
Greene , County
N.C
Donald Aaron Wade
Doris Harris Smith
Walstonburg
Greene County
Stephen Lyman Kearney
Snow Bill
Highway Patrol
Mary Denton Speight
Stantonsburg
Earl McMillan
Mary Powell
James Douglas Powell
Ollie Powell
Castleberry
Ala
James A. Conner
Rt. 2
Dover
Train accident in Portugal kills 104 near Oporto
A derailed private railway two-car diesel train packed with holidaymakers overturned on an embankment near Custolas, three miles from Oporto. 14 killed and over 100 injured as the rear unit snapped its couplings and careened between walls. Front car passengers largely unharmed. crowded rear car blamed for disaster. Passenger Jose Ferreira, 43, described the moment the front car sped away as the rear car rolled free before the crash.
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Oporto
Portugal
Portuguese Railway Co
Custolas
Jose Ferreira
Guard Backs Uneasy Peace In Rochester
Rochester riot aftermath: Gov Rockefeller orders up to 1000 guardsman to back anti riot efforts as four die and hundreds wounded in weekend violence. Looting, gunfire, and arson mark the street battles with police using tear gas and hoses. Curfew, liquor and ammunition sales halted, city council acts while guards patrol troubled zones.
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Robert T. Gray
Rochester
N.Y
UN Juhe
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pale
Jefferson Avenue
Joseph Avenue
Ranger 7 launch postponed after ground issues
Technical problems in ground equipment halt the Atlas rocket countdown 16 hours after launch, delaying Ranger 7’s mission to transmit more than 4,000 lunar pictures. The six TV cameras aim to guide a precise collision with the moon and support future Apollo design work.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Day
Ranger 7
Moon
Agena
Ranger 6
Goldstone
Calif
Police Officers Search For Body Snatcher In Skokie
Police Capt Edward Caulfield led a Skokie search for a body snatcher after a 14 year old girl’s corpse vanished from a coffin in a Skokie funeral home. Two men were questioned early daylight and cleared as investigators tied the case to a burglary and mutilation.
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Skokie, S
Edward Caulfield
Skokie
Evan Theresa
Autoston
Leo Koertgen
Thei
Margaret
Skokie Valley
Stopsy
Chicago
THEY HEED NO LEADER In Rochester riots of bold youths
In Rochester New York an AP report describes militant youths in the Negro community as a new breed who defy leaders and nonviolence. The piece cites a fire and deaths during unrest, with mixed reactions from residents and authorities and a helicopter used to spot rioting.
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New York
Rochester
Bernard Gavzer
N.Y
ihe/sons
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Harris Survey
Qannn Arenas
Noro
PRN
Harlem
J Yn
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Ernest Denny
Andrew Sparacino
The
Roches
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