Former Indy taxi boss testifies Teamsters seized control before disappearance
Hugh Wagner told the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee that Teamster Union leaders took over the Indianapolis taxi company before its president Dave Probstein vanished in 1955. Wagner cited no explanation from unionists and Hoffa testified he loaned Probstein $8,000.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Teamster
Hugh Wagner
Senate
Dave Probstein
Wagner
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Probstein
Senato
Hoffa
Gene San Soucie
Gus
Saylor Coal Research Bill Faces Fight
Congress debates a bill to create a Federal Coal Research Commission with House support but opposition from Rep. Walter Rogers. Sen James Murray backs a Senate version as Rep. John Saylor pursues last-minute House passage. Proponents say the coal industryneeds federal research and new coal uses, while critics warn safeguards are lacking and subsidies may misdirect research.
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John Koenig JR
Associated Press Special Service
Washington
Pennsylvania
Federal
Coal Research Commission
Congress
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Walter Rogers
Texas
John
Saylor
Senate
Research Commission
House
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Murray
Rogers
Mines and Mining
Severe Thunderstorm Hits Plumville Area
A severe thunderstorm swept through Plumville and surrounding districts causing flash floods and basements to flood in Rural Valley Nu Mine and other neighborhoods. Separately UAW Ford and Chrysler pressed wage talks in quiet sessions with GM teams to meet later.
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Plumville
Detroit
United’ Auto Workers Union
Ford, Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
UAW
General Motors Corp
Rural Valley
NuMine
Robertshaw Fulton Plans New Plant Near Youngwood
Plans call for a 24 percent million dollar plant by Robertshaw Fulton Controls Co near Youngwood to manufacture thermostatic devices for home appliances and industry replacing existing facilities in Youngwood and near Scottdale Rural Valley firemen were summoned five times to flood calls with homes and cellars inundated by floodwaters from the storm Dayton firemen were also summoned officials canceled a night harness racing program at the Dayton Fair as rain subsided and no fire alarms were reported for the district more storms and thunder showers are forecast
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Youngwood
Robertshaw Fulton Controls Co
Scottdale
Rural Valley
Fred Ott
NuMine
Dan White
Charles Moore
Gazette
Dayton
Dayton Fair
the Gazette
Jimmy Barr Sets Sights On All American Derby
Indiana County 1958 Soap Box Derby champion Jimmy Barr heads to Akron Ohio to race in Sundays All American Derby at Derby Downs. He earned Indiana’s starting post by winning the county title in June and joins past Indiana entrants Doug Cope and Kenny Fairan. Sponsors include the Indiana Junior Chamber of Commerce and Indiana Evening Gazette with Herbert Pease joining as county sponsor. Barr’s parents and local Jaycees accompany him. he will attend events and the derby banquet Sunday evening.
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Jimmy Barr
Indiana
Akron
Ohio
Derby Downs
Tve
United States
Barr
Doug Cope
Kenny Fairan
Indiana Junior ‘Chamber of Commerce
Indiana Evening Gazette
Bary
Ak Lron
Herbert Pease
Jaycees
Paul R. Bary
Mid- Chestnut
Jimmy Will Eagles
Tfy
Super Dollar Days In Indiana
Merchants across Indiana join a two day Super Dollar Days sale this Friday and Saturday offering bargains in most stores. Shoppers are urged to plan rounds of local businesses for weekend bargains before Labor Day. End-of-summer values feature in all departments with the special banner in store ads. Budget buyers from the district are invited to shop tomorrow and Saturday.
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Merchants of Indianas
Indiana
Two Injured In Crash Of Gondola
In Ashland Wisconsin a training balloon gondola crashed injuring balloon builder Otto Winzen and Air Force researcher Capt Grover Schock. They were testing man’s reaction to space isolation when the gondola plunged 100 feet to a pasture after detaching from the balloon near Lake Superior. The test was postponed.
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Ashland
Wis
Ibuilder
Air Force
Grover Schock
Otto C. Winzen
Lake Superior
Highway Site Work Begins On District Office Project
Construction by L and D Construction Company of Latrobe starts on the District Highway office site two miles south of Indiana along Route 80. Today’s work includes topsoil removal and site surveying as officials plan to formalize next week after Governor George M Leader turns the first dirt on Wednesday.
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L and D Construction Company
Latrobe
District Highway Office
Route 80
Indiana
George M. Leader
Defeated by Champ Margit Morton in Greenwich
Victor Riesel reports from Europe in a Greenwich golf match where Margit Morton loses to the defending champion yesterday. See page 1i for INSIDE LABOR coverage and page wd for more.
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Inside
LABOR
Victor Riesel
Italy
Europe
Margit Morton
Greenwich
Connecticut
Weather forecast briefing for the region
Partly cloudy through tonight and Friday with scattered showers and thundershowers mainly in the afternoon or evening. Lows 62 to 70 tonight with little change in temperature Friday.
Britain Welcomes Ike Middle East Peace Plan
Britain backs President Eisenhower six point plan for Middle East stability and reconciling views. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd spoke at the UN General Assembly as he voiced disappointment in Andrei Gromyko's opening speech. Britain and the United States discuss a resolution covering political aspects of the plan.
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Eisenhower
Middle East
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Micelle East
United Nations, N. Y
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
General Assembly
Lloyd
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Ike
E. B. Bennett Returns Home From Hospital
Ed Bennett, Indiana barker, returned home today from the Indiana Hospital after a heart condition kept him there since July 21.
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Ed Bennett
Indiana
Barker
Indiana Hospital
Indiana County Chamber set October 6 meet at Rustic Lodge
The Indiana County Chamber of Commerce annual meeting will be held on October 6 at Rustic Lodge on Route 80 south of the city. It serves as a welcome for Fisher Scientific Company with Fisher family members and company officials among guests. Also invited are Borough and County representatives, White Township officials, and senior State Department of Commerce officials. The arranging committee includes William Steiner, chairman, with Mark O'Hara, Robert Carson, and Mike Lee.
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Indiana County
Fisher Scientific Company
Fisher
White Township
State Department of Commerce
William Steiner
Mark O'Hara
Robert Carson
Mike Lee
Mary Tate Stahura Dies After Long Illness in Indiana
Mrs. Mary Tate Stahura died last evening at six in Indiana Hospital after a long illness. Born June 1900 in Mildred Pennsylvania she lived in Clymer Arcadia before moving to Indiana in 1925. Survived by husband Andrew J. Stahura Sr four sons Andrew Edward James and Richard all of Ohio and Indiana and Cleveland respectively eight grandchildren two sisters Rose Freddrix and Susan Lutzak and brothers Frank Carl. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Mary ‘Tate Stahura
Albert
New Castle
Pete
Ol Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Mary
Andrew J. Stahura
Indiana
Mildred
Wilkes-Barre
Salvatore and
Anna Tate
Clymer
Arcadia
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Catholic Daughters ‘of America
Legion of Mary
American Legion, Elks
V.F.W
Red Cross
Andrew J. Jr
Edward J
James
Richard P
Cleveland
Ohio
Rose Freddrix
Susan Luczak
California
Frank
Carl
Altoona
Airliner Crashes Off Ireland With 99 Aboard
A KLM Super Constellation crash off Ireland leaves 99 people dead or missing, including 91 passengers and 8 crew. Wreckage sighted by RAF, SOS intercepted by Pan American cargo plane, with victims from multiple nations. Pilot listed as F A E Roelofs, 36. fate of all aboard deemed likely the worst single-plane disaster in commercial aviation history.
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Shannon
Ireland
Amsterdam
KLM
Pan American World Airways
Atlantic
Gander
Nild
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Westormy Atlantic
London
Holland
F. A. E. Roelofs
Dayton Fair Races Hope For Dry Weather
Dayton Fair officials hope for dry weather as rains threaten tonight’s harness racing program. A severe storm moved through the area, flooding the fairgrounds and submerging the track. Night harness racing was canceled, but races are planned again tonight amid ongoing rain concerns.
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Dayton
Dayton Fair
Dayton Fair Photos Page 26 Highlight Track Lights
Dayton patrons passed through the gates last night as fair officials note permanent track lighting this year after last year's success with portable lamps. Weather and rates details are on Dayton Page 4.
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Dayton
Birdie Tebbetts resigns as Cincinnati manager
Cincinnati AP Birdie Tebbetts resigned today as manager of the Redlegs. Tebbetts, who had led the team since September 29, 1953, said the decision was hard and he believed a manager should not quit, noting a discussion with general manager Gabe Paul after a recent game.
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Birdie Tebbetts
Cincinnati Redlegs
Gabe Paul
Tebbetts
The
Redlegs
Arpa
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Mary Stahura
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