Mobster Valachi to testify on New York underworld rulers
Senate hearing on organized crime resumes with Joseph Valachi naming the five New York Cosa Nostra families led by Vito Genovese and detailing shakedown tactics. U.S. Marshals tighten security after bomb threats as Valachi provides charts on crime operations and rackets including gambling and shylocking.
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Washington
New York
Joseph Valachi
Senate
Valachi
U.S
Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Carlo Gambino
Gaetano Lucchese
Giuseppe Magliocco
Joseph Bonanno
Genovese
John F. Shanley
New York Police
L Lsted
Shanley
Tad
Shaniey
James McShane
FBI
McShane
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Capitol
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Jerome S. Adlerman
New York Area
la Cosa Nostra
Adlerman
Troubled at Heart and a Young Love Dilemma
Dorothy Dix advises a couple about a wife’s Sunday bus rides with her in law’s friend. She suggests clear boundaries, honest talk, and possibly joining or hosting visits to maintain trust and family balance. A second letter asks if a 15-year-old should give up a steady romance with parental approval. Answer urges caution, age awareness, and parental guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Paradise
U S Aid to Viet Nam Under Close Review
Washington officials report a review of U S aid programs for South Viet Nam to ensure funds support the anti-Communist war and Diem government rather than suppress critics. None of the major programs are canceled, but some licenses and approvals are being held up for review, delaying projects.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Times of
Viet Nam
United States
Congress
Valachi testifies on mafia ties and killings
The fourth day of Valachi testimony reveals his role in gang murders and his claims that Vito Genovese ran La Cosa Nostra from prison. Valachi says Genovese marked him for death, while denying being in places during shootings.
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Valachi
la Cosa Nostra
Our Thing
Mafia
Vito Genovese
Genovese
Cuba Stricken by Flora as Relief Efforts Move In
Flora weakened to 75 mph with forecasts of stationary drift as Cuba’s Oriente Province suffered heavy flooding. 39,000 residents evacuated from eastern areas. Red Cross in Cuba offered relief supplies from the U.S. and the Lake Champlain conducted aerial surveys of Haiti’s capital Port au Prince.
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Page One
Cuba
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Moyari
Castro
Oriente
U.S. Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Santiago
Mayari
U.S
U.S. Weather Bureau
Miami
Flora
Caribbean
Jand
Kennedy
Lake Champlain
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Negra
El Dorado TV Station Sold to Fuqua Interests
KTVE in El Dorado is sold to Fuqua Industries of Augusta Georgia for 15 million dollars pending FCC approval with transfer not due until early 1964. Veterans Broadcasting of Rochester sells. Fuqua plans Monroe Louisiana studio expansion and maintains existing staff. Fuqua cites strong regional economic prospects and service to northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.
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EL Dorado, Ark
KTVE
EL Dorado
Fuqua Industries Inc
Augusta
Federal Communications Commission
Veterans Broadcasting Co
Rochester
N.Y
Fuqua Industries
J. B. Fuqua
Georgia
Georgia Democratic Committee
WJBF
WROZ
Evansville
Ind
South Carolina
John Long
Fuqua
American Broadcasting Co
National Broadcasting Co
Monroe
Veterans Broadcasting
Ervin F. Lyke
Syracuse
Louisiana
Arkansas
KTVB
Sinatra to Sell Nevada Gaming Interests
Las Vegas AP reports Frank Sinatra plans to pull out of Nevada gaming after surrendering 3.5 million in interests. He will not contest the Nevada Gaming Commission move to revoke his license and will focus on entertainment. Casinos provided jobs for entertainers, he says, and he wishes the industry well.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frank Sinatra
Nevada
Sinatra
Nevada Gaming Commission
Sam Giancana
Cal-Neva
Lake Pahoe
Harry Claiborne
Weather shifts to cooler by midweek across Arkansas
A cool front moves southward, bringing cooler air to northern Arkansas today and spreading statewide by Wednesday. Temperatures drop from 90s to lows in the 40s to 60s in places like Harrison, with no rain through Thursday and general northerly winds.
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Revist
Parthet
Arkansas
Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Harrison
North
South Arkansas
Arkansas Regional Forecast From The Associated Press
Central Arkansas will stay clear to partly cloudy through Wednesday with slightly cooler nights and days. Highs range 84 to 94 this afternoon, and nights dip to 42 to 52. Wednesday highs near 92, with cooler nights around 42 to 50. Northeast and Northwest Arkansas expect fair skies today through Wednesday, with warm daytime readings and cooler nights. Southwest and Southeast Arkansas show highs around mid 90s and nightly lows near 48 to 55.
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Arkansas
Missouri
Central
Argansas
Sinatra faces license revocation and asset seizure
The Gaming Central Board urged the Slate Gaming Commission to revoke Frank Sinatra's Cal-Neva gaming license and compel him to surrender his 9 percent Sands hotel stake in Las Vegas. Sinatra's Cal-Neva interest is valued around $3 million and Sands holdings about $380,000.
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Gaming Central Board
Slate Gaming Commission
Sinatra
Cal-Neva
Sands Hotel
Las Vegas
Restriction Bill to JFK Removal Passes in House
The House approved a bill to remove a use restriction on 9.8 acres at Camp Robinson near North Little Rock, surplus land turned over after World War II. The Arkansas Board of Education uses the site under a 1959 lease-purchase with the National Guard, and removal would let the board continue its surplus-property program with the state paying fair market value.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Kennedy
Camp Robinson
North Little Rock
Arkansas Education Board
Arkansas
Board of Education
Arkansas National Guard
Non-Farm Employment Records Set in Southwest States
The Labor Department reports August added 6,800 non farm jobs in Arkansas and Oklahoma, lifting the four-state Southwest region to a new non farm employment high for the month. Texas leads yearly gains with 64,600, Arkansas 8,300, Oklahoma 1,800, and Louisiana 4,200. Farm employment rises by 5,600 to 4,541,100. Arkansas manufacturing added 2,000 jobs, with average weekly wages at 70.38 dollars versus 102 in Louisiana, 93.84 in Oklahoma, and 97.11 in Texas. Arkansas hourly wages equal 1.70 dollars, compared with 2.34 in Texas, 2.40 in Louisiana, and 2.26 in Oklahoma.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Labor Department
Louisiana
Texas
Dismissal of Complaint Asked by Arkansas Residents
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co asked the Arkansas Public Service Commission to dismiss a Monroe County complaint that the firm neglected rural service. The company said it polled residents, offered service at established rates, but six signers were in an area served by United Utilities Co and unable to be served by Southwestern Bell.
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Little Rock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Monroe
Southwestern Bell
Brinkley
Mora
United Utilities Co
Holly Grove
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Tom Colburn
Dorothy DIX
Wolf Trails
Helen Worden Erskine
el Dorado TV
Natete
THE
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Martha Washington
JFK
Falcon
Mobil
Falvan Squire
Fuuiia
Ward
America
Hope Auto Co. Inc
Wope
Ark
Abc-Tv
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