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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1957
Page
3
Los Angeles jurors retire to weigh charges against Confidential and Whisper publishers along with Fred and Marjorie Meade. If found guilty, penalties reach up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Evidence centered on alleged conspiracies to publish lewd material to profit.
Dave Beck, head of the Teamsters Union, faces nine counts of income tax evasion for 1950 to 1953 and pleads innocent. His son Dave Jr and four associates face charges of conspiring to aid the tax evasion and their trial is set for January 6, barring separate-trial motions.
A Horton born youth, raised in Kansas, earned a 1922 KU law degree, taught at Washburn Northwestern and McPherson, then returned to KU. He is married with one son and grandchild and recalls a 1920 KU Nebraska game with Phog Allen coaching. His Danish parents are noted by his surname.
TOPEKA News reports that donations to build and equip the Eisenhower Library at Abilene will be deductible for income tax purposes. Attorney General John Anderson Jr. said he was advised of the ruling by the acting director of the tax rulings division of the U S Treasury.
Rescue crews dug through rock to locate Arlie Davis missing after a roof fall at Premier Pocahontas No 1 mine in Herndon. Two coworkers, Arnold Wingo and Paul Kratsch, were recovered earlier, with 115 miners organized into round the clock crews. State and federal mine inspectors joined the operation as the search continued 10 miles from Mullens.
A tentative note indicates corn price support may be raised from two to three cents a bushel above the preliminary national average of 1.364 a bushel announced last winter. The final rate must be set later after reviews.
The Agriculture Department announced a parity rate of 77 percent for corn if supply stays within forecast. Despite no major supply change, the parity price rose from 1.77 to 1.81 dollars, making the 77 percent rate amount to 1.84 dollars per bushel.
Eugene Podziemski, 36, was arraigned on attempted murder charges after admitting he poisoned his wife Phyllis, 37, by tainting coffee and a pastry. He was released on $10,000 bond as she remains hospitalized for a nervous condition and has been ill since last July. Podziemski says he intended only to make her sick to revive their love.
Berlin reports say prosecutor Ernst Melsheimer, a feared East German official in communist authorities, is missing from radio coverage of the trial of five Germans accused of spying for the United States. Speculation grows he may have been removed from office.
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