Fair Weather Friday Through Sunday At Inter-State Fair
Weather stays favorable as the 68th Inter-State Fair near West Salem continues through Sunday. Judges finish cattle and 4-H divisions while 4-H contests, dress revue, and harness horse races highlight Friday and Saturday. Wonder Bros Circus opens Friday night. Frankie Masters orchestra headlines Saturday.
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U.S. 16
West Balem
Wonder Bros. Circus
Midwest
Frankie Masters
Wisconsin
Missourian Dealer Arrested In Federal Drug Case
A 40 year old Missourian, Jack R. Clayton of Blue Springs, described by federal narcotics agents as a million dollar heroin dealer, was arrested near Joplin on a federal complaint charging him with peddling heroin in Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. Federal and county officers seized him at a relative’s farm home. the case was filed in Tyler Texas. Clayton reportedly had been under investigation by Ernest M. Gentry of the Federal Narcotics Bureau.
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Joplin
Here
Jack R. Clayton
Blue Springs
Arkansas
Florida
Tennessee
Texas
Tyler
Tex
Clayton
Dallas
Ernest M. Gentry
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Hoffa Linked to Racketeers in Philadelphia Hotel Charter
Senate Rackets Committee heard William Brennan testify that James Hoffa helped racketeers obtain a charter to run Local 410 of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union in Philadelphia. Brennan described intimidation, a $23,000 debt, and racketeers led by Sam Feldman, with Hoffa planning a cleanup in due course.
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Hoffa
Washington
Pennsylvania
James R. Hoffa
Philadelphia
William J. Brennan
State Federation of Labor
Brennan
Senate Rackets Investing Committee
Chicago
Paul
Ricca
Owen J
Bert) Brennan
The
Teamsters
William Brennan
Teamster
Sam
Shorty) Feldman
Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union
Feldman
International Union
Union
International
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Teamsters Union
Long Beach
Ind
Michigan Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund
Final Vote Near On Aid To Education Bill
The House nears a final vote on a billion-dollar education aid blueprint to boost science funding and national defense readiness. The four-year plan would include scholarships loans and state grants with a need based limit. Senatorial action and amendments to limit scholarships and ban discrimination are expected.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carl Elliott
Ala
Eisenhower
Adam Clayton Powell
DNY
Nautilus Sends First Transpolar Subsea Voyage
The United States announces the nuclear submarine Nautilus completed history's first transpolar undersea crossing under the Arctic Ocean. President Eisenhower honors Cmdr. W. R. Anderson and crew at a White House briefing, noting a submerged sea lane from the Bering to Greenland seas.
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Washington
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Greenland Sea
North Pole
Cmdr
W. R. Anderson
Waverly, Tenn
Unemployment Dips Yet Jobless Rate Rises in July
Government data show unemployment fell by 143 000 to 5 294 000 in July while the rate edged up to 7.3 percent. Nonfarm payrolls rose 198 000 to 65 179 000 as manufacturing employment fell and earnings nudged higher. The July rate increase follows a 6.8 percent June rate amid seasonal adjustment nuances.
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Washington
Commerce and Labor Departments
Commerce Weeks
Mitchell
Census Bureau
Labor Department
Novelist McEvoy Dies at 63 in New City
J P McEvoy, 63, novelist playwright and poet, died today at his New City home after months of illness due to a stroke. He was with his wife and four children at his bedside.
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New City, N.Y
J. P. McEvoy
McEvoy
Death Toll Rises to Sixteen After Tanker Collision
In Newport Harbor the death toll climbed to 16 after the collision of two tankers. Samuel Williams of Port Arthur Texas died at Newport Hospital. Twenty four crewmen were injured, several critically, and two others were unaccounted for. All victims were crew of the Gulfoil, a 10 340 ton outbound empty vessel. Captain Montreville Eden and second officer Raymond C Day, both of Port Arthur, were among the dead.
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Newport
R.I
Newport Harbor
Samuel Williams
Port Arthur
Tex
Newport Hospital
Gulfoil
Montreville Eden
Raymond C. Day
Census says recession slowed farmers leaving land
The Census Bureau reports the farm population fell 1 430 000 from 1956 to April 1958 to 20 827 000, resuming a downtrend after a 1953–1956 pause. Other data hint the recession spurred some urban return and slowed rural migration as farm tech and nonfarm opportunities shift work patterns.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Russia Demands Red China Seat at UN Session
At the United Nations in New York the General Assembly opens an emergency session on the Middle East. The Soviet Union is expected to press to seat Communist China in place of the Chinese Nationalist delegate. Russia seeks broader withdrawal of troops and a summit to end Cold War tensions. Moscow also names its delegation to the session headed by Andrei Gromyko with Valentine Zorin and Arkady Sobolev.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Soviet Union
Communist China
Security Council
U.S
United Arab Republic
Lebanon
Jordan
Arkady A. Sobolev
Henry Cabot Lodge
General Assembly
Lodge
Britain
U.N
Pierson Dixon
Khrushchev
Peiping
Macmillan
Sobolev
London
Moscow Radio
Andrei Gromyko
Valentine Zorin
Arkady Sobolev
Tornado injures two in Milwaukee. extensive damage reported
A small Milwaukee tornado injures two people and damages homes, garages, and commercial buildings along a 16 block area on the northwest side. Witnesses compare the funnel to a whirling mass of junk and a flock of birds. The 70 mile per hour winds hit late afternoon over Lake Michigan, then dissipated.
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Lake Michigan
Donald Mueller
Weather Bureau
Lake Shore
Wisconsin
Menomonie
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee County
Port Washington
West Bend
Wausau
Cedarburg
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Madison
Beloit
Superior
Six Inch Drunken Driving Jaunt Costs $200 License
Kenneth Kline of Elizabeth New Jersey had his license suspended for two years and a $200 fine after his drunken driving conviction was upheld. He claimed he only moved the car six inches before arrest by Patrolman Dominick Secero. County Judge Milton A. Feller ruled that in drunken driving terms six inches equals a mile.
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Milton A. Feller
Dying Kierdorf Claims He Set Flint Fire
Michigan attorney general said dying Frank Kierdorf admitted setting fire to a Flint dry cleaning store. He alleged his uncle Herman Kierdorf helped at the scene as an escalating arson case and possible Teamsters links surfaced.
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Kierdorf
Pontiac
Mich
Michigan
Paul L. Adams
Frank Kierdorf
Flint
Adams
Teamsters Union
Herman Kierdorf
Frank
Tony Spiel
Oakland County Prosecutors Office
James R. Hoffa
Herman
Tomah Girl Undergoes Heart Operation Today
Kay Sjolander an 18 year old from Tomah Wisconsin underwent heart surgery in Minneapolis performed by University of Minnesota surgeons. Soldiers from Camp McCoy Wisconsin donated blood for the operation with nearly 100 offering to donate. The operation used a mechanical heart lung device and was expected to finish around noon.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Heart Surgeons
Kay Sjolander
Wisconsin
Camp McCoy
Wis
Sjolander
Tomah
Kay
Administration Approves House Draft of SS Bill
The administration backs the House plan to raise Social Security benefits while opposing higher federal shares for public assistance. Secretary Flemming urged Senate Finance Committee support noting major OASI changes include a 7 percent benefit rise and a higher taxable wage base.
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Washington
Arthur S. Flemming
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol
Flemming
House
Congress
Senate
Colonel Who Saved Church Relics Dies
Lt. Col. Julius Schlegel who saved the Monte Cassino monastery treasures during an Allied advance in Italy died today at 63. He oversaw the valuables when German forces prepared to defend the site, and he smuggled paintings and relics from the burning monastery.
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Vienna
Julius Schlegel
Monte Casino
Italy
Schlegel
Air Force proceeds with manned balloon space test
Capt. Grover J. Schock will ride in the same gondola used for a record altitude test as the Air Force presses ahead with a 100000 foot, 24 hour balloon flight to study conditions before a manned satellite mission. A prior monkey flight failed when a 233 foot balloon ruptured near Crosby Minnesota. Weather permitting, launch is set for Tuesday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Air Force
Grover J. Schock
Space Biology
Crosby
Sule
David G. Simons
Schock
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Lyle W. Wegener
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W. T. Collins
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Justice Department
Davidson
Michigan Teamster Health Welfare Fund
McClellan
Mideast
Russia
Red
China
William N. Oatis
Earl Carsten
Michael Friesenegger
Mary Jerovenko
Burg
Park Falls
Eau Claire
Lone Rock
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Colo
By Dwight L. Pitkin
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamster Local 299
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Iron Mine
Capt. Schock
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