Hoffa Defends Union as Kennedy Presses Riss & Co. Deal
In Washington on Tuesday James Hoffa testified before the Senate Rackets Committee denying wrongdoing while Kennedy argued Hoffa steered favorable terms to Riss & Co. of Kansas City. Hoffa described an oral 1956 agreement and a lease buy plan that forced drivers to choose between ownership and unemployment, with concerns over price and worker consent.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Riss & Co
Kansas City
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Hoffa
Riss
Kennedy
Court Criminal Docket Shows Multiple Local Fines and Sentences
Police Court records list Eleanor Bell paroled with a 40 day jail term for drunken disturbance and Charley Ford facing 30 days in jail plus a $100 fine for drunken driving. Everett Price appeals a 30 day sentence for vagrancy. Several others receive fines from 5 to 20 dollars for stop sign and speeding violations. multiple suspensions noted. Vacation Pak promo appears as a local sale ad.
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Eleanor Bell
Ind. St
Charley Ford
Route 3
Everett Price
Eudora
Warren Robertson
Easton
Kan
Timothy Leone
Utah
Lloyd Frink
Jean Reynolds
Baldwin
Bobby Hurley
Gerald Oglive
Tenn. St
Joe Stroup
Brink
Virginia Campbell
Summit
Hiram Chaffin
Lyle Story
Omer Bowman
Maple Lane
Recreation Commission sponsors bus trip to Kansas City Baltimore game
Lawrence youths must register by Saturday to join a Recreation Commission bus trip to the Kansas City Baltimore game. Cost is 1.50 per person, with parental consent required. Bus departs South Park at 5 p m Tuesday from the Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Commission
Wayne Bly
South Park
Gallagher named Jackson County clerk to succeed Nordberg
Gov James T Blair appointed Harry W Gallagher as Jackson County clerk to replace the late Ben Nordberg in Jefferson City. The swearing in followed Nordberg’s death leaving the post vacant.
City OKs Kanwaka water plan to hook onto city supply
Kanwaka water line supporters win tentative city approval to draft a contract for up to 120 users, over half farmers, to buy city water with construction funded by a Farm Housing Administration loan. Six inch main would serve about 13 miles of line with one origin meter.
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Kanwaka Water Line
City Commission
Kanwaka
John Brand
Water Line
Farm Housing Administration
Brand
Pittsburg
Independence
Iola
Arkansas City
First National Bank of Chicago
Homewood Gardens
19Th Street
Morton Building Materials Co
Sixth and
Iowa Sts
Elm Street
Woodlawn
Lincoln
East 19Th Street
Fairview
18Th Street
George Brahler
Kentucky Street
10Th
Traffic Commission
Charles Stough
City Street Department
7Th and
N.H. Sts
Douglas County Lake Boosters Banquet Set At KU Union
About 325 persons are expected at the Douglas County Lake Boosters banquet at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Kansas University Union Building Reservations were turned in today The event seeks to show state officials the local support for a proposed 250 acre state lake northeast of Baldwin Preliminary engineering work is complete Members of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission will attend and meet here Friday morning Action on the Baldwin lake could be taken then and work could begin as soon as early 1960
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KU Union
Kansas State Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Vinland
Douglas County Lake
Kansas University Union
Baldwin
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Baldwin Lake
Production Rises To Record Level In June
The Federal Reserve Board reports industrial production rose in June to 155 per cent of the 1947-49 average, two points above May. Output grows in autos and durable goods while construction material production rises. steel falls to 90 per cent capacity. Retail sales stay at a record high and bank loans expand. New construction value grows less than seasonally, at 2 per cent below the March peak.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Eisenhower comments cover wage policy Nixon visit and politics
President Eisenhower criticizes minimum wage inflation fears, backs Mitchell’s view. He hopes Nixon’s Soviet trip yields similar access to Kozlov. He laughs at Butler’s wage contrast and notes steadfast relations with Rayburn and Johnson amid a Democratic Congress. Former IL managers Becker and Mulleavy coach Dodgers.
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Menhower
United States
Castro
James P. Mitchell
Nixon
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Russia
Frol A. Kozlov
Butler
Paul M. Butler
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Western powers press Gromyko on 18 month Berlin truce
At the Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Geneva the Western powers urged Andrei Gromyko to lower his price for an 18 month Berlin truce. Gromyko rejected this linking it to his East West German unification plan and refused to budge.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
Palace of Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Baby births and residents listed for Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital notes births including a baby boy for Lou Ellen Gehlbach and baby boy for the Wausbinder family and baby girl for the Chiles family. Also recorded are residents and addresses for multiple Topeka and area households across McLouth Independence Linwood Baldwin and nearby locales.
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Elsie Wausbinder
Norman Cadue
Haskell
Larry Mitchell
Eudora
Linda VanDruff
6Th St
Lou Ellen Gehlbach
22Nd St
Norma S. Cramer
Lake
Sandra Jane Stratton
Miss. St
Mildred Frowe
la. St
Glen A. Adams
Independence
Robert Raymond
Stouffer Pl
James Lobb
McLouth
Vernon
A. Smith
R. I. St
Ernest P. Haley
N. H. St
Robert Hepner
Maryland St
James F
Mrs. Chiles
Elm St
Wreck Victims Improve After Turnpike Crash
A Topeka woman and her two sons remained in fair to fairly good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a Turnpike collision with a parked pickup five miles west of Lawrence. Glen H. Adams of Independence, Mo., suffered gasoline burns but was treated and released. The Blevins car struck the pickup from the rear, then overturned. Damage to the car was extensive and the truck sustained about $1,500 in damage.
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Topeka
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jack Blevins
Ricky
Gregory
Blevins
Independence
Adams
Lindensmith
Pinch Won’t Be Felt At Once In Steel Strike
New York AP reports the half million steelworkers may not feel economic pinch immediately. Union officials including President David J. McDonald earn about $50,000 annually, and salaries stop when a strike begins. Workers receive two weeks pay plus two weeks vacation pay averaging $125 weekly.
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New York
David J. McDonald
City approves pavement policy shifting rock excavation costs
The commission adopts a new pavement policy lowering city costs for drainage and road work. The city pays for widening beyond 27 feet and supports storm sewer costs while rock excavation is borne by benefitted districts. Open drainage structures and development costs from rock removal reduce city expenses, with a 20 percent city share for road and intersection projects.
KC Steel Strike Hits Sheffield Plant in Kansas City
About 3,000 United Steel Workers members walked out at the Sheffield plant in Kansas City. The strike began today, signaling a major labor action with potential impact on production and local economy.
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Kansas City
United Steel Workers Union
Sheffield
Vacation Pak service ad message from Journal-World
A local newspaper ad urges readers to stay informed while on vacation this year offering the Vacation Pak service. It promotes ordering by phone or through the Journal-World carrier for continuous updates.
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Journal-World
Adv
Housing Bill Sparks Democratic Front Fire in Hearings
Democrats balk at Eisenhower housing bill version. Sen John Sparkman says banking committee will hear Eisenhower veto on Democratic measure. Johnson defends subsidy figures, calls Eisenhower 40 year calculation a Madison Avenue gimmick.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Madison Avenue
Venice Canals Link 118 Islands Via 400 Bridges
Venice’s network of canals connects 118 islands through more than 400 bridges. The historic waterway system forms a labyrinthine urban fabric famed for gondolas and intricate passagemways across Italy’s lagoon city.
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Venice
Italy
In Memoriam Martha Eva Markley
In loving memory of Martha Eva Markley who passed away July 15 1944. Robert Markley and daughters express lasting love and remembrance for their wife and mother.
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Martha Eva Markley
Robert Markley
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KU Sumer
Nancyelaine Rusk
Janet McFarland
Sara Hardiman
Laura Brown
Lawrence High School
Hoch Auditorium
Journal-World Photo
Kansas
Civic Club Board
Lawrence Colts
Kansas City Rock Island
Wichita
Colt-Rock Island
Colts
Wichita Wetzel Cowboys
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Schwarz
West
Joe Becker
Greg Mulleavy
The
Los Angeles Dodgers
Shirley P. Lobb
Betty D. Blevins
Gregory Blevins
Rick Blevins
Glen Adams
Janice R. Raymond
Stoffer Place
Mary Black
Tonganoxie
Teresa Rasing
Mo. St
Leah Trimmell
W. 22Nd
St. Terr
Doris Smith
R. I
R. I., St.; Mrs. Marie Windolf
Conn. St
George Todd
W. 20Th Terr
Loma Hépner
Alvi Lee Clayborne
Lincoln St
Norma Jean Chiles
Ann Haley
Fannie Wukowski
Pa. St
Florence E. Cook
Ohio St
William G. Hutson
Eldridge
Evelyn Woodruff
Vt. St
Naomi P. Perdue
Ash St
Frank G. Nelson
Linwood
Wanda E. Rose
Elmer
Commedia Carnival
Koln
Atlantic
South Carolina
Maine
Central Plains
Rockies
Decorating
A. V. Phillips
Lawrence Memorial Co
Decker-Cay Real Estate and Insurance Agency
East 8Th
Prescriptions
Round Corner Drug Co
Mel Fisher
K. C
Memoriam
E. Cae
Lawrence National Bank
Dale Sillix
Royal College
Medical Arts
Ans Grosby
Oso Reynolds
Wagner
Ray Walston
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