Carpenters threaten AFL CIO split over corruption probe
AFL-CIO faces a crisis as Carpenters chief Ma Hutcheson challenges ongoing corruption investigations and warns of withdrawal. After Teamsters expelled, leaders debate punishment, while Hutcheson defends himself amid Senate questions and Indiana indictments. The Carpenters may rejoin or pull away again.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Carpenters
Ma Hutcheson
George Meany
Teamsters Union
Aflcio
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers
James B. Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
Hutcheson
Senate
Carpenters Union
Afl-Cio Council
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Carpenters 'Union
Teamsters
AFL
Desperado Surrenders In Denver
AP report details Vernon Johnson and Vernon Sides surrender to FBI in Denver within days of Patrolman Raymond J. McMaster slaying near a Boulder roadblock. Sides and Johnson, both charged with murder, were located after a tip and at Johnsons mother’s home and at the Capitol grounds respectively.
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Denver
FBI
State Capitol
Vernon Johnson
Vernon Sides
Raymond J. McMaster
Boulder
Sides
Revilo
Scott Werner
Johnson
Werner
Capitol
U S Jet Airliner Beats Comet In New York Flight
In a London to New York showing both planes claimed routine timings. Pan American Airways Boeing 707 beat British Overseas Airways Comet IV by 11 minutes after a 7 hour 27 minute crossing, arriving 53 minutes faster than the Comet.
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New York
Pan American Airways
London
Oo Airways Corp
Pan Am
Atlantic
Gander, Nild
Boeing
Gander
Radio TV Strike Postponed Amid Prolonged Talks
New York AP reports the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists defers a possible strike against the four major networks. AFTRA, representing about 12 000 performers, extends its strike deadline after talks over rates for network use of taped programs. The union seeks a 10 percent wage increase across the board.
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New York
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
AFTRA
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting Co
National Broadcasting Co
Death Telegram Missed Target Ends in Suicide
Alvin G. Parrish aged 50 sent a distress telegram to his wife promising to kill himself if she did not respond by 10 pm Saturday. The message went to her former Hammond Indiana address and arrived after the deadline. Parrish died Tuesday in a Memphis hospital after shooting himself with a .32 pistol at about 10 30 p m. Sheriff's deputies reported the incident occurred Saturday night. Relatives said the telegram reached the wrong residence before the deadline expired.
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Savannah, Tenn
Alvin G. Parrish
Parrish
Memphis
Leon Colbert
Flowers Hospitalized After Return to Smithfield
J Percy Flowers 53 year old merchant farmer and former bootlegger was handed to Johnston County officers Tuesday after release from Atlanta federal prison. He was taken to Johnston County Memorial Hospital with a stomach ailment but his condition is not serious.
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Smithfield
N.C
J. Percy Flowers
Johnston County
Atlanta
Johnston County Memorial Hospital
Flowers
Sea Pen
Cane County
B. A. Henry
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