Welfare funds used illegally face lawsuit by miner
A 60-year-old coal miner from Fayette County Pennsylvania filed suit in federal court seeking to oust United Mine Workers health and welfare fund trustees. He alleges misappropriation of about 1000000 a year, lack of annual audits, and that payments went to ineligible miners while eligible ones were denied. He aims to stop political manipulation of the fund and obtain an accounting.
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Washinton/P
Ilegal
United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund
H. Livengood
Fayette Conny
John J. Low
Ezra van Horn
Fridges
R-Nh
UMW
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Livengood
Cox Internntz
Brideea Sax
Harlan, Ky
Bridges
van Horn
Thin Fund
Fayette County
25 Years Of Progress Silver Anniversary Edition
Coming this Sunday the Kingsport Times News prints a Silver Anniversary Edition marking 25 years of progress with old city photographs and a look at how Kingsport looked in 1924.
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Kingsport Times News
Marshall to Lead Red Cross as Chairman on October 1
General George Marshall set to head the American Red Cross, succeeding Basil O’Connor as chairman starting October 1. President Truman endorsed the move, noting Marshall’s long public service including roles as Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of State, with no salary attached to the Red Cross post.
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Washington
George
Marshall
American Red Cross
Truman
Basil O'Connor
Red Cross
Mary
Sgu
Times
Marshall Itor
Army
China
Kingsport Times News Silver Anniversary Congratulations
Congratulatory messages pour in from national and regional newspaper leaders on the Kingsport Times News Silver Anniversary. Letters praise the paper’s service to the public, with signatures from David W. Howe and Oveta Culp Hobby among others.
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Times-News
David W. Howe
Free Press Association
Burlington
Vermont
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Kingsport Times-News
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston Post
Houston
Texas
Southern Newspay
Indictment Returned In Mass Slaying Of 13
Camden County grand jury returns sixteen indictments after a mass shooting that killed eighteen and wounded others. Ex- artilleryman Unrich is named in one count. witnesses described a brief reign of terror.
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Camden
N. J
Howard B
Times-Newa Unruh
Maas
yas-Bennet
Sullivan High
Camden County Brand
Calnin
Unrich
Postal Rate Action Delayed on Capitol Hill
Senator Olin Johnston said the Senate will wait before acting on a committee approved postal rate bill. The plan seeks to raise revenue to offset deficits, with increases in one cent postcards business rates and second class mail. House hearings have occurred but no action taken, and partisan prospects for passage remain uncertain.
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Washington
Olin Johnaton
D-Sc
Senate
Seaaton
Johnston
Lucas
Thenois
Post Officer Department
House Post Office Committee
Oublakers
Grizzle Blanes Penley In Theft Pleads Guilty
In a Kingsport hearing Grizzle Blanes Penley who faced charges in a burglary case pleaded guilty and received six months in the county jail. Eyewitness testimony identified Penley as one of two men involved in the theft of a briefcase from Tennessee Rulane Company on July 13. The other defendant, Grover Penley of Highland Park, was convicted and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for housebreaking petit larceny and receiving stolen property. Captain Cecil Durham testified to the arrest and location near the Kingsport Utilities substation. The briefcase belonged to R. J. McCuen, manager of Rulane Company, and was valued at over $40.
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Bill Manes Blountville
Spl
State
Grover Pen- Iny
Highland Park
Fenley
Viarar Grizale
Hoghland
Tenneaver Rulane Company
Kingsport Police
Bill Taylor
Penley
Grizzle
Johnson City
Kingsport
McCuen
Shade Anley
Bulding
Izzla
Taylor
Durham
Cpl
Hugh Barger
Tennessce Highway Patrol
Pentey
Laa
High and
Park
Robert
Jamen C.barrett
Fred Lie McMiuftt
T. R. Bandy, Sr
William V. Argo
Alecal Division
Tennessee Department
Bee Court
Mickey Cohen Wins In Brush With Law
In Los Angeles Mickey Cohen dodged a peace disturbance charge as a jury took seven ballots and four hours to acquit him for swearing loudly at his home. He admitted using coarse words but denied provocation. He and five aides face a October trial on conspiracy tied to a slugging case.
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Los Angeles A
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
Mickey
Senate Approves Overseas Arms Aid Plan Amid Debate
Senate vote 55 to 24 approves the 1.914 billion arms aid bill to rearm allied nations. Leaders Connally and Van den Berg led the push while Taft warned of arming nations against Russia. House support and differences noted. figures include allocations for Greece Turkey and Asia-Pacific.
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Washington—.P
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Fowselen Relations Committee
Taftle
Ohio
Russia
Wardenberg
House
Greece
Turkey
Actress Helen Hayes’s “Act Of God Baby” dies at 19
Mary MacArthur, the so called act of God baby linked to Helen Hayes, died at 19 in Lenox Hill Hospital from a generalized virus infection. Her father Charles MacArthur and Miss Hayes were at her bedside as she prepared to appear with her mother in a Broadway premiere next month.
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Helen Hayes
God Baby
New York
Mary MacArthur
Lenox Hill Hospital
Charles MacArthur
Miss Hayes
Jahet
Miss MacArthur
Instruments Tell Of Blast Truman Discloses Story
Washington reports President Truman stated the United States has evidence of a recent Russian atomic explosion and called for truly effective international control of atomic energy. Britain also hinted at an Australian explosion as officials briefed Congress and the Pentagon.
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Truman
Washington
United States
Russia
United Nations
Whits House
London
Aussta
Congress
Pentagon
Military Services
Atomate Energy Commission
Defense
Johnson
Street Scenes With Shovel Digging Draws Stare
Three of four passersby stop to gaze into a steam shovel hole while a middle aged woman dances to music in a store and a water truck driver takes a long drink at a public fountain as rainwater splashes nearby.
Ghost Village Bootleg Haven in Everglades Found Near Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale and Miami reporters describe a 40 year old moonshiner link in the Everglades. The island village, six to eight feet above cypress hammocks, shows hand kept nails and a sugar mill. Expeditions crossed shallow water by airboat and navigated jungle to reach it.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Everglades
Ates
Fort Lauderdale Daily News
Miami Daily News
Lonnie P. Harvey
Don Petit
Parole possible for Leopold in 1954 for Franks murder
Nathan Leopold, partner of Richard Loeb in the 1924 Bobby Franks killing, could seek parole in January 1954 after a state board commuted his sentence from 90 to 45 years. The case drew national shock. Leopold and Loeb were USC students defended by Clarence Darrow and sentenced to life with 92 years.
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Springweia
Nathan Leopold
Chicago
Bobby Franks
Gay
Adlaige
Stevenson
Illinois
Leopold
Stace Parson Board
Richard
Dickie) Loeb
Oeh
Loeb
Loob
University of Chicago
Hodg Let
Clarence Darrow
New York Goes On Street Repair Spree
By Ed Creagh, a New York taxi driver reports Midtown Manhattan’s ongoing street repairs. He blasts city officials for tearing up pavements and obstructing traffic on major corridors from Columbus Circle to Fifty-Third Street, calling it a vast nuisance and a “funeral procession” of congestion.
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Ed Creagh
New York
Midtown Manhattan
William J.boxer Sheridan
Brooklyn
Boxer
42Nd Street
America
Columbus Circle
Broadway
Highth
Park
Madison
Appalachia Officials Reappointed To Jobs
Town Manager John Fletcher announced that T. F. Jones was reap pointed town clerk and Charles Blair as police chief. The town council was re organized with Dr. F. E. Handy as mayor, W. R. Young as president pro tem, and council members W. Mitchell, M. A. Munsey, and F. E B. Henley. Trial justice is T. Jones with H. W. Grubb as fire chief and B. W. Hamilton as town attorney.
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Appalachia
John Fletcher
T. F. Jones
Charles Blair
F. E. Handy
W. R. Young
W. ©. Mitchetl
M. A. Munsey
F. E B. Henley
T. ¥. Jones
H.W. Grubb
B. W. Hamilton
Britain Says Red Atomic Blast Evidence Found
London reports that Britain and the United States hold evidence of an atomic explosion in the USSR within recent weeks. The disclosure cites early warnings about spread of atomic energy and references the Nov 15 1945 leaders’ declaration. It notes no nation can monopolize such weapons. A separate item says Anna Sue Hicks, 35 Hill Street, won theater tickets for safe pedestrian conduct.
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London
United States
Us.s.r
Attlee
United Kingdom
Canada
Anna Sue Hicks
Hill Street
Solunar Schedule From Knight’s Tables for Outdoor Sports
Solunar periods are listed with major and minor times to guide fishing and hunting. Major periods begin on the hour and last about one to two hours, while minor periods are shorter. times are shown in Eastern Standard Time for each day. The page presents the plan to fish in good territory or hunt in good cover by following the published Major Periods.
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John Alden Knight
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Bell Aircraft
Wheatfield
Kent Buffalo
Arthur Mussiner
George Marshall
Broad Street
Upper East Tennessee
Southwest
Virginia
Stu
Kingsport Times Stelenate
Jack Kiser
Knoxville
Press Association
IN Times-News
Press For Action
Grizzle Blanes Penley
Law
Europe
Maryland
Korea
Philippines
Ser Senate
George E. Benner, Jr
St. Louis
Heath
World Control
Senator McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Committee
McMahon
Ruaala
Ghost Village
Bootleg Haven
Mammoth
Britain
Miece Mage
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