AFL-CIO Council Moves Against Unions Over Welfare Fraud
The AFL-CIO Executive Council announced possible suspensions of one union and investigation of three others for alleged welfare fund fraud. The action follows the merger of the AFL and CIO to purge corrupt influences, while endorsement of Stevenson or Eisenhower was delayed. The council also accepted an application from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
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Council Today
Afl-Cio
George Meany
al Council
Poconos Mountains
Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
AFL and Cio
Laundry
Allied Industrial Workers
Meany
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Stevenson
Council
Nixon
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Study Traces Reds Spy Case Campaign
Washington report says Communist led campaigns exploited the Rosenberg spy case to damage U S prestige and raise about half a million dollars. The House Un American Activities Committee says fraud was the hallmark of campaigns that protested the Rosenbergs death sentence. The 137 page report notes destroyed records hinder precise money totals and criticizes National Rosenberg Committee bookkeeping.
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Washington
U.S
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Russia
Communist Party
National Rosenberg Committee
Babe Didrickson Zaharias Condition Unchanged
Galveston hospital spokesman reported no significant change in Mildred Babe Didrickson Zahari’s condition over the past 24 hours. The famed athlete remains comfortable and alert, visiting family, reading messages of support, while her nourishment challenges yesterday prompted family calls.
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Galveston
Tex
Mildred
Babe) Didrickson Zaharias
G. A. W. Currie
John Sealy Hospital
Kansas Traffic Deaths 1956 Record Summary
State Accident Records Section lists last 48 hours totals and year to date figures for Kansas traffic fatalities. For 1956 the period shows 4 deaths in the latest 48 hours and 398 year to date, compared with 352 for the same period in 1955. The note also mentions the stables will be open tonight.
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Kansas
Topeka
Hot and Dry Weather Persists With No Rain
The region endures a two week dry spell with no significant rainfall since early spring. Forecasters expect widely scattered thunder showers in the western part of the state but none locally. Sunday's high neared 100 degrees at 99 while morning low stood at 72. Tuesday forecast calls for lows in the 70s and highs in the upper 90s.
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Mercury
Billion Extra Seen for U S At Fiscal Year End
Washington reports a revised federal budget outlook with a projected surplus near one billion dollars for the year ending June 30. The estimate, from an administration source, would nearly double Eisenhower’s January forecast and sits below last year’s surplus of about 1.75 billion. Revenue and spending projections are higher due to a booming economy and rising personal and corporate incomes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury Department
Egypt Says Nasser to Reply on Suez Talks
An Egyptian source said Cairo will reply tomorrow to Australia Prime Minister Menzies five nation committee for talks on the Suez crisis. Nasser likely to meet the committee in Cairo but insists the entire Suez issue be discussed, not only the proposed international control plan.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
London Suez
Menzies
London
United States
Suez
India
Bill Bodin Rolls Out the Barrel Gas Free with Cars Ad
Bill Bodin announces a promotion offering 50 zal free gas with all cars. The advertisement highlights a gasoline incentive tied to vehicle purchases or rentals, signaling a sales push and market appeal.
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Bill Bodin
Eisenhower Challenges Soviet Tests Call for Open atomic evidence
President Eisenhower challenged the Soviet Union to disclose nuclear tests in advance to curb risk. He cited a Soviet detonation reported by the Atomic Energy Commission, noting the blast was well below U S explosions, and urged strong international control and safeguarded disarmament with broad UN support.
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Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Russia
Vance
Yestterday
Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Commission
United States
Bikini
Pacific
U. N
Youngster Recovers From Mountain Ordeal at Rainier
Richard Mizuhata a 13 year old Japanese American Boy Scout wandered for seven days with minimal food and water on Mt Rainier National Park. He was found by Paul Uno a Seattle mail carrier and volunteers and taken to hospital in Seattle where doctors called his recovery amazing.
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Seattle
Richard Mizuhata
Richard
Mt. Rainer
Here
Carbon River
Mt. Rainier National Park
Paul Uno
Park Rangers
Turkish floods kill scores across northern to southeastern Turkey
Floods sweeping a large region left at least 61 dead in Istanbul area and across the north and southeast. About 40 men are missing and presumed drowned after seeking shelter under a bridge over the Euphrates when a flash flood struck.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Euphrates River
Adlai and Kefauver Begin National Grassroots Campaign Tour
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver depart for Santa Fe to launch a broad grassroots drive against the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. The plan calls for day and night stumping by car, with state and local leaders advising on issues to stress. The venture then moves to Vancouver Washington, Sioux City, Knoxville, and Chicago for strategy and leadership meetings.
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Chicago 1
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Santa Fe
N. M
Stevenson-Kefauver
Vancouver
Wash
Sioux City
Knoxville
Tenn
Chicago
New Mexico
John Simms
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Arkansas
Arizona
Mrs Tydings Enters Race For U S Senate Seat
Mrs. Millard E Tydings enters the Democratic senatorial race to succeed her ill husband in Baltimore She says she agreed to seek appointment to carry on the Tydings name in November The 52 year old is a daughter of Joseph E Davies former U S Ambassador to Russia and Belgium
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Baltimore
Millard
E. Tydings
Tydings
Joseph E. Davies
U.S
Russia
Belgium
County Fair May Be Among Largest Here
Officials prep for what may be one of the Douglas County fairs largest yet as the event moves to the county fairgrounds and becomes a full five day program with 750 prizes across 200 classes. New features include commercial exhibits from Lawrence firms and expanded 4-H divisions with 85 classes. Judging begins Tuesday afternoon with an evening show featuring tractors and a 60 stock stock market note closes.
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Douglas County
Big Springs
East Nineteenth Street
Lawrence
Howard Wiseman
Fair Board
E. R. Zook
Chamber of Commerce
Hig Springs
Bill Hundley
Paula Dill
New York
Quiz Is Resumed In Kidnap Probe
MINEOLA NY Police resumed grilling Angelo John LaMarca as they seek to solve the death of 32 day old Peter Weinberger. Authorities say LaMarca confessed to kidnapping the baby from Westbury July 4 and abandoning him in a honeysuckle patch. He was arrested Thursday and infant’s body found the next day. He said he took the child to Brooklyn and left him overnight with a friend but remains silent on the interval and has not named any accomplices.
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Mineola
N. Y
Angelo John
la Marca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
Westbury
Brooklyn
Hart Issues Statement On Close Vote Victory
George Hart, a narrow victor in a four way Democratic U S Senate nomination race in Kansas, issued a statement saying he regretted defeating three honorable party members and hoped Martyn Korf Fred Kilian and Paul Aylward would support him in the November election.
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Wichita
George Hart
U. S
Kansas
Martyn Korf
Fred Kilian
Paul Aylward
Eisenhower To End Rest On Tuesday In Pebble Beach
President Eisenhower will end his golf vacation in Pebble Beach California tomorrow and fly to Washington to launch his re election campaign and address government issues. White House press secretary James Hagerty said the President and Mrs Eisenhower will depart from the Naval Air Station at Monterey aboard Columbine III for the capital.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
Naval Air Station
Monterey
Columbine III
Fire guts Snavely home near Lawrence. family escapes
A Sunday blaze gutted the Clifford Snavely residence 14% miles north of Lawrence on US 40. The family escaped unharmed. the dog died. Damage to the five room frame house and contents estimated at 5700 with 4000 insurance. Salvation Army collecting for the family.
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Clifford Snavely
Lawrence
U. S. Highway 40
John Miller
Salvation Army
St. Smavely
Pleasant Grove
Snavely
Lawrence Paper Co
Ethan Smith
Tr. St
Doris Leonhart
Pa. St
One Dead And Another Hurt In Election Bet Fight
Dallas report states a 19 year-old man stabbed in the chest said he shot Hilton Campbell in a street fight over a 25 cent election bet. Campbell, 21, died. the other man, hospitalized, was unnamed as no charges had been filed. The Democratic runoff vote occurred Saturday.
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Dallas
Tex
Jover
Hilton Campbell
Campbell
Texas
TV Conventions Fail to Draw Viewers in Home Polls
Sindlinger Co reports 41,000 homes polled across 238 counties finding conventions drew average 33 million viewers vs 54 million for peak shows. One quarter of sets on, nonnetwork programs and sports often outdraw, while radio listening hits a yearly high. Dine-A-Mite reopens tomorrow with year of good food.
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New York
Sindlinger & Co
Philadelphia
Greeks Start Job Of Getting Set For Rush Week
The Kansas University campus rededicated effort to Rush Week with 18 sororities and 26 fraternities prepping. A new Alpha Omicron Pi house will open while Alpha Kappa Lambda takes over AO Pi’s former address. About 830 rushees and 520 male prospects, plus actives and counselors, will participate as rush events begin Friday night and Saturday night. Transfer students rush Thursday and former students start Saturday. Pledges occur September 18 with orientation to follow through September 12 and classes to start September 13.
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Kansas University
AO Pi
Alpha Omicron Pi
West Campus Road
la. St
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Panhellenie Council
Inter-Fraternity Council
Fraternity Board
Laurence C. Woodruff
Donald Alderson
K.U
Six Die as Windstorm Hits Paz de Aripopo
Six schoolgirls were killed when a freak windstorm struck Paz de Aripopo in Colombia's western jungle lowlands. The storm crushed a public school the girls attended, authorities reported yesterday.
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Bogota
Colombia
Paz de Aripopo
Five Day Weather Forecast for Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma
A fragmented forecast reports temperatures 5-10 degrees above normal in the northwest, with western Nebraska and western Kansas warmer by similar margins, and cooler conditions in the west of Oklahoma. Nebraska and western Kansas see normal highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s, with eastern Oklahoma near the middle 80s. Precipitation totals range from .25 to .50 inches in the north, up to 1.00 inch in some western areas, with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected early and again Friday through Saturday. Missouri trends show 6-10 degrees above normal, with highs mid 80s and scattered thunderstorms late. Kansas is partly cloudy with showers possible in the north and southeast. Weather station readings and past values are noted, concluding with statewide general advisories.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Persted
Missouri
Associated Press TU
Max
Biamarck
N. D
Chicago
Denver
Eamontenses
Fort Worthes
al Havre
Mont
Kennas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneap
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoman
Washington
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