Meany ousts Hoffa ally Dorfman from key post
AFL-CIO President George Meany ordered Paul Dorfman removed from office as secretary treasurer of the Waste Material Handlers Union No. 20467 and then made the ouster permanent. Dorfman is linked to Hoffa and faces questions over profits from welfare accounts tied to Teamsters and Electrical Workers unions.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Paul Dorfman
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Vna
Chicago Labor Union
Dorfman
Veer
Waste Material Handlers Union
Meany
Rose
Teamsters and Electrical Workers Union
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Senate
Carta Pos Sat Meany
Union Fermanety
Aming
Bertman Ethical Practices Aggre
Dorfman's
Ethical Practices Group
Lawmakers Seek Probe Into Chrysler Tank Program
House investigators told Congress the Army gave Chrysler a near blank check for a Korea era tank program that produced hundreds of T43 heavy tanks with defects. The Military Operations subcommittee asked the comptroller general to assess contract value and competitive impact on future tank awards while noting Army ambivalence about massive tanks for a mobile atomic war. Findings emerged from March hearings reviewed by the Government Operations Committee.
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Washington
House
Army
Chrysler Corp
Rep
Holifield
D-Calif
Chrysler
Mh Bay Oe
Eisenhower Promises New School Aid Bill and Foreign Aid Action
President Eisenhower announced he will submit a new school aid bill to Congress and urged swift passage of a foreign aid measure. He opposed adding a jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill and defended his finances, saying all holdings are in trustees’ hands.
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Washington
Fisenhower
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Senate Democrats
White House
Maxwell Gluck
Gluck
Ceylon
Fletcher Knebel
Controversy Over Grace At Small New Jersey School
EDGEWATER PARK N J controversy over whether elementary students may say grace before lunch continues The New Jersey attorney general calls it illegal In this 350 resident town two schools serve K-8 with about 400 pupils including 350 from outlying districts The grace practice was abandoned in the cafeteria era prior to leaving for meals.
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Edgewater Park
N.J
Grace
New Jersey
Eee Park
Farnum
Magowan
Dulles Talks With Zorin as Disarmament Talks Continue
In London Secretary of State Dulles met Soviet delegate Zorin amid feverish Western diplomacy on disarmament. The five power group plans an interim U N report and possible extension of talks as ministers in London and Paris prepare for further discussions.
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London
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Valerian Zorin
Dulles
Paris
Christian Pineau
Harold Macmillan
U. N
Zorin
Britain
France
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Senate Rackets Hearings Opened on Hoffa Plan
The Senate Rackets Committee opened hearings to allege Hoffa used gangsters to seize power over the Port of New York and the Eastern seaboard. Kennedy said racketeers have risen since 1950, with underworld influence in New York labor unrest. The hearings were telecast to New York Wilmington Waterbury and Washington.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
James R. Hoffa
New York
Seaboard
McClellan
D-Ark
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
Sen. Ives
R-Ny
Kennedy
Dumont
Wilmington
Del
Waterbury
GOP Fights A Power Plants on House Floor Battle
Republicans vow a floor fight as Democrats push a bill from the Senate House Atomic Energy Commission to authorize 58 million dollars for early development of atomic fueled electric power plants. The plan would fund reactors for five utilities and study plutonium production for weapons and peaceful energy use.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Atomic Energy Commission
Durham
D-Nc
Rep. Cole
RNY
Big Rapids
Mich
Chugash
Alaska
Piqua
Ohio
Nebraska
Atomic Energy Commisson
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Eyes Trip To Russia
Mrs Roosevelt hopes to travel to the Soviet Union by the end of August after receiving a visa. She said no definite plans exist yet for the journey.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
Soviet Union
Farmers Not Too Well Pleased Despite Higher Tobacco Prices
Tobacco markets across the South Carolina and North Carolina Border Belt opened with prices above last year. Total sales reached 8.93 million pounds at an average of 54.10 dollars per 100 pounds, though growers grumbled over not matching Georgia Florida Belt gains and government loan patterns.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
Georgia-Florida Belt
Carolinas-Virginia
Georgia-Florida
Market News Service
Border
Kingstree
S.C
Tabor City
N.C
Lake City
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Department of Agriculture
Influenza Epidemic Strikes Santiago and Central Chile
In Santiago and central Chile an influenza epidemic has affected about a million people. The Ministry of Health reports six deaths among the ill.
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Santiago
Chile
Ministry of Health
Eisenhower Defends Judicial Power in Civil Rights Bill Debate
President Eisenhower told reporters he opposes adding a jury trial amendment to the administration civil rights bill before the Senate. He insisted federal judges must be empowered to enforce court orders and said this was his final word on the matter. He reiterated support for maintaining authority to seek civil injunctions to protect minority voting rights without juries in civil contempt cases.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Gener
At General
Attorneyeral
Sens, O'Mahoney
Dsats Tan Te Pen Ure
Kohler Nominated By Wisconsin GOP In Senate Fight
Wisconsin Republicans nominate Walter J. Kohler Jr. a three term governor and ally of President Eisenhower for the Senate seat. He narrowly defeats Glenn R. Davis in Milwaukee precincts in a seven man field and will face Democrat William Proxmire in August for the remainder of McCarthy's term ending January 1958.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
House
Sen
McCarthy
Gerald Lorge
Kohler
William Proxmire
Aye Apnea
Davis Eoree
Alvin O’konski
Warren P. Eons Coe
Henry P. Ser
Odeise
John C. Schafer
Helen
Proxmire
U.S. Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Sheboygan
Wis
U.S
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Convicts Still Control Prison in Montana Riot Aftermath
In Deer Lodge Montana convicts hold the Montana State Prison during a nine hour riot eight hostages seized guards patrolling exterior towers with no entry into walls. Attorney General Forrest H Anderson plans an investigation and the Montana Board of Prison Commissioners was set to meet in Helena as the riot ended with inmates free in unlocked cells.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Montana
Montana Board of Prison Commissioners
Helena
Atty
Forrest H. Anderson
Benne Anderson T
Oak Command
Graf
George Weakens In Fight Against Heart Disease
Walter F. George, diplomat and former senator from Georgia, grew weaker as doctors said his condition is grave. The 79-year-old is taking less nourishment and gradually declining, with no signs of improvement.
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Vienna
Walter F. George
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Bilt
Marjory G. Mitchell
Parnler
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