Portland DA invokes Fifth Amendment in Senate probe
Multnomah County District Attorney William Langley refused to answer when asked about his first meeting with James B. Elkins amid tense testimony on Teamsters rackets. Langley, born 1916 in Portland, said he is under Oregon conspiracy indictment and invoked the Fifth Amendment. The hearing focused on Teamsters finances and destroyed records at Council No. 37.
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Washington
William Langley
Multnomah County
Portland
Senate
Langley
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Teamster's Union
James B. Elkins
Ore
Elkins
Senators
Teamsters
U. S
Oregon
McClellan
Mundt
Supreme Court
Joint Council of the Teamsters Union
Reginald
Reg) Mikesell
Council No. 37
Edward Bennett Williams
Hoffa
John Dye Cheasty
New York
Senate Committee
Cheasty
FBI
Committee
Iraqi oil shipments resume to Britain from Baniyas
The Iraqi Petroleum Co said the French tanker Aramis began loading 25,000 tons today at Baniyas for shipment to England. It marks the first Iraqi oil shipment to Britain since installations were blown up during the attack on Egypt last November.
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Syria
Iraqi Petroleum Co
Aramis
Baniyas
England
Britain
Egypt
Weather shifts from spring to winter phase in March forecast
The weather bureau warned of a changeable March with a forecast winter phase bringing considerable cloudiness, wind, scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, then turning colder tonight and Friday with scattered snow flurries. Temperatures range from the 20s tonight to a Friday high of 28 to 38.
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Kenoshans
American Motors
Mercury
British Viscount airliner crashes in Manchester
A BEA Viscount airliner from Amsterdam with five crew and 15 passengers crashed on landing, killing 20 aboard and injuring a woman and child feared trapped in three houses. The plane overshot the runway and hit a council estate prompting a police cordon.
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England
Britain
Lancashire
British European Airways
Amsterdam
BEA
Ships Collide In Atlantic Near England Involving Waterman
The Dutch Waterman carrying 800 emigrants including 312 Hungarians collided with the Italian Merit 566 miles west of Bishop’s Rock Lighthouse. Both ships reported no immediate danger and no casualties. RAF Shackleton stood by near Plymouth. The Waterman had left Rotterdam last Monday under Holland-America Line charter.
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England
Waterman
Canada
S.S. Merit
Atlantic
Merit
Bishop’s Rock
Scilly Islands
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Royal Air Force
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Holland-America Line
Rotterdam
Convict Freed After 18 Years On Armed Robbery Sentence
In Riverhead New York Charles Campiglia 57 was freed by Judge Edgar Hazleton after serving 18 years of a 35 to 70 year term. Campiglia said prison knowledge of the law helped him gain release as the judge forgot the routine question Have you any reason why judgment should not now be pronounced.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Charles Campiglia
Suffolk County
Edgar Hazleton
Indians Seek Two Year Extension of Federal Control
The Menominee tribal council in Neopit Wis voted unanimously to request a two year extension of the termination date for federal control of Menominee affairs, currently Dec 31 1958. Three delegates James G Frechette Alf Frechette and Hilary Waukau were named to present the data in Washington. The council also approved a land resources survey despite objections from U S Commissioner for Indian Affairs Glenn L Emmons.
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Neopit
Wis
Congress
James G. Frechette
Alf Frechette
Hilary Waukau
Washington
Glenn L. Emmons
U. S. Commissioner For Indian Affairs
Menominee Reservation
Pabst in Red Milwaukee Losses in 1956
Pabst Brewing Co. reported a $767000 loss for 1956 marking the first annual deficit since Prohibition repeal. The Milwaukee firm said it operated in the red for the year.
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Milwaukee
Pabst Brewing Co
Wisconsin Senate Passes Social Security Pension Bill for Teachers
The Wisconsin Senate approved a bill extending federal social security pensions to public school teachers in a unanimous vote. The measure now advances to the Assembly for consideration.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Senate
Assembly
Cairo Pledges Full Cooperation With UN Gaza Mission
Cairo promises full cooperation with United Nations Emergency Forces in the Gaza Strip as the delegation commits to support the peacekeeping mission and facilitate access for relief operations.
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Cairo
Egypt
United Nations
Gaza Strip
Seventh major quake hits Aleutian chain marks ongoing series
The Coast and Geodetic Survey reports a seventh major earthquake in the Aleutian Island chain, continuing a sequence that began Saturday. The bulletin labels the event as violent and tied to the same long activity in the region.
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Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey Today
Aleutian Island
Washington House Debates Year-Long Tax Extension Bill
The Washington House debated extending current taxes on liquor cigars automobiles and corporations for another year with a likely approval by nightfall. A senate amendment to provide tax relief for small corporations is strongly anticipated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Lilly Announces Rabies Vaccine Innovation
Eli Lilly unveiled a new rabies vaccine described as the most important advance in human rabies immunization since 1885. The vaccine is produced in embryonated duck eggs and reportedly free of a paralytic factor that has caused paralysis or death in some cases.
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Indianopsiis
Louis Pasteur
Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical House
Lilly
UN Delegates Seek Kashmir Peace Under UN Mediation
Gun Nar V. Jarring of Sweden arrived in Karachi to mediate the nine year dispute between India and Pakistan over divided Kashmir. He was sent by the United Nations Security Council to find a solution.
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Pakistan
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
India
Kashmir
United Nations Security Council
Ike Sets Bermuda Voyage To Aid Health And Talks
President Eisenhower sails tonight on the cruiser Canberra for a six day Bermuda voyage to ease a cough cold and ear infection. He plans talks with Prime Minister Macmillan in Bermuda and will remain in contact with Washington via secret facilities aboard the ship.
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Eisenhower
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Bermuda
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Harold Macmillan
White House
Korea
Helena
Lawrence R. Daspit
Wisconsin Assembly approves food coloring bill in fruit protests
The Wisconsin State Assembly gave preliminary approval to a bill allowing harmless artificial coloring in canned fruit by a 58 to 39 vote amid a long debate over food coloring safety. The bill also proposes local governments can raise dog license taxes to cover care costs. a separate measure creates a tax exemptions study committee.
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Madison
State Assembly
Jerris Leonard
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ervin Bruner
Verona
Ora Rice
Rdelavan
Assembly
Warren Grady
Port Washington
Norman Sussman
Hungarian Revolt Brings About 100 Top Scientists to West
The Hungarian revolt yielded about 100 crack scientists who fled after Soviet troops crushed the revolt. Many have been placed in U S colleges and universities where they conduct research. Some are still in Austria awaiting relocation.
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Washington
West
U. S
Hungary
Austria
New York Central Opens Its First Electronic Freight Yard
Buffalo New York Central Railroad officially opened today its first electronic freight yard here marking a modernization milestone for rail logistics in the city.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Thai Parliament Opens as King Appeals for Unity
Bangkok opened parliament with King Phumipol Adulyadej urging national unity amid heavy security after reports of threats to assassinate top government leaders.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phumiphon Aduldet
Father of Kenosha City Manager Plan Remembered
A 1922 referendum ended the aldermanic system in Kenosha. Charles H. Goodman a former alderman led the move, backed by Independent Voters League and local groups. Women voters proved pivotal with mobilization including 200 cars to the polls. The city shifted to a city manager council form after a 3,770 to 2,898 result.
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Kenosha
Charles H. Goodman
Goodman
Waupun State Prison
House of Correction
Milwaukee
Independent Voters’ League
Rotary
Kiwanis
Kenosha Evening News
Lake Shipping May Start Early
Buffalo shippers plan an early inspection of the Lake Erie ice field aboard the Coast Guard cutter Ojibwa as unseasonably warm weather pushes for an earlier opening of the Great Lakes navigation season. Coast Guard Commander Eugene Walsh said current ice is lighter than last year and could break up with a few warm days and offshore winds.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Ojibwa
Eugene Walsh
Ex Reporter Convicted in Contempt of Congress
William A. Price a former reporter for the New York Daily News was convicted yesterday of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer whether he had ever been a Communist.
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Washington
William A. Price
New York Daily News
Congress
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