AFL-CIO to crack down on union welfare fund frauds
AFL-CIO leaders plan steps to investigate and possibly expel unions tied to multimillion-dollar welfare fund misuses. A five member Ethical Practices Committee seeks authority for hearings in four cases, amid Senate subcommittee findings. Concerns include near million dollar shortages in Laundry Workers International Union funds and a local leader guarded during testimony.
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Miami Beach
Fla
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Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Senate
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Laundry Workers International Union
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Executive Council
Congress
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Eisenhower
Pledger To Lead Cooties In 1956
Jefferson R. Pledger becomes commander of the Cooties Pup Tent No. 16 of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5263 at Fort Sill. Installed officers include Donald E. Cross, Robert O’Neill, Melvin Fagen, Meade Willcox, Lawrence A. Larson, and G. D. Hunsucker with Grand Commander John Growberger presiding. Guests from other tents attended and Mrs. J. R. Pledger supervised a luncheon.
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Jefferson R. Pledger
Pup
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fort Sill
Donald E. Cross
Robert O'Neill
Melvin Fagen
Meade Willcox
Lawrence A. Larson
G. D. Hunsucker
Chaplin
John Growberger
Oklahoma City
Eddie Osborn
Ernie Caruthers
Richard Barnsaby
Sherman Thompson
Wessey Campbell
Tipton
J. R. Pledger
Claudia theater play on sale at Lawton Little Theater
Tickets for Claudia the Broadway comedy by Rose Franken are on sale at the Security Bank box office. The Cameron College auditorium hosts a Friday opening through Saturday night with curtain at 8 pm under director John Den ney. Reservations: Little Theater 7857 by day or 4605 col ret Mrs Mangum in charge.
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Lawton Little Theater
Claudia
Security Bank & Trust Co
Rose Franken
Cameron College
John Denney
Little Theater
Grant Mangum
Little Theatre
Craig Pierson
Aggie
Nixon Hails Great GOP Record at Lincoln Day Dinner
Vice President Nixon praised a magnificent three year GOP record at a National Republican Club Lincoln Day event in New York. He touted prosperity without war and full employment, attacked Stevenson Kefauver and Harriman as crisis seekers, denied calling Truman a traitor, and urged support for a Republican president and Congress to advance civil rights progress.
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Eisenhower
National Republican Club
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
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Averell Harriman
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Mr. Truman
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Party
United States
Communist Party
Stevenson
Alger Hiss
West
Sen
William F. Knowland
California
GOP
Knowland
Waldorf-Astoria
St. George Hotel
Brooklyn
Kings County Republican Organization
Abraham _ Lincoln
Thomas E. Dewey
Kefauver
Harriman
New Jail Break Attempt Stopped
Sheriff Everett Hale said deputies thwarted a weekend jail break attempt as inmates sawed into bars on the west side using razor blades. Four prisoners were confined separately. on New Year’s Day inmates on the third floor held a party after sawing into a solitary cell used to store confiscated liquor.
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Everett Hale
Stassen Predicts Truman Type Campaign By Democrats
Charleston West Virginia Special Presidential Assistant Harold E. Stassen predicted at a Lincoln Day Republican dinner that this year’s Democratic campaign will be of the typical Truman type not inhibited by facts and trafficking in every bit of bitterness that can be distilled. He added the heavy opposition campaign can be met only by a GOP campaign that is comprehensive continuous and constructive.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Birth in Pontiac of Missionary’s Son Matthew Jay
Mrs Edward McCully Jr wife of a missionary killed in Ecuador last month gave birth to an eight pound one ounce son named Matthew Jay at Pontiac General Hospital. Officials said both mother and baby are doing fine.
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Pontiac, Mich
Edward McCully Jr
Ecuador
Pontiac General Hospital
Matthew Jay
Coincidence Assigns Airman to Fort Slocum Duty
Fort Slocum first sergeant Sgt Ed L Polk said he could hardly believe it when he saw airman first class James R Valentine named for charge of quarters duty Monday night. Polk noted the choice was entirely coincidence and that Valentine’s name came up unexpectedly.
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New York
Edwin L. Polk
Army Information School
Fort Slocum
Polk
James R. Valentine
Payne’s BBC Jazz Show Falls Quiet as Musicians Strike
London report notes Jack Payne’s television jazz program on BBC network Monday night halted by a musicians strike. He filled time with Shakespearean recordings as the orchestra walked out. In Wisconsin, Mrs. Glen Wise becomes state’s first woman acting governor after governor and lieutenant governor leave town. Lincoln’s Birthday closes state offices for the day.
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Payne
BBC
Madison
Wise
Glen Wise
Wisconsin
Washington car blast near Blair House misread as gunfire
A Monday scare near Blair House where two men once tried to shoot President Truman was a stalled motorist Edwards Evans car backfiring and catching fire after a push from another motorist. In Rio de Janeiro carnival, police cite heart and lung strain among most casualties rather than violence.
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Washington
Blair House
Truman
Edward Evans
Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
Club Marks Negro History Week Here
Hospitality club members hosted a meeting at 101 Arlington Drive with speaker Mrs. M. L. Sanders attending. A special collection supported Negro History Week as Mrs. L. Sullivan led routine business and refreshments were served by the hostess, with next meeting set for Mrs. Marie Fletcher.
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M. L. Sanders
Hospitality Club
W. R. Patterson
Arlington Drive
L. Sullivan
Marie Fletcher
Scout Banquet On Tap Friday
The annual blue and gold banquet of Cub Scout Pack No. 73 will be held Friday night at Jefferson School at 6 30 p m. Maj J W Crow said plans were made at a session of the adults committee at the Nanis home 1314 Lincoln.
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Jefferson School
J. W. Crow
I. B. Nanis
Lincoln
Lawton Reporter Details Eisenhower Newsprint Aid Plan
An official said part of an extra 18 million dollars for farm research requested by President Eisenhower would fund efforts to aid newspaper publishers. The aim is to test timber bamboo as a potential material to ease the newsprint shortage before the House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee.
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Lawton
Eisenhower
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress Hearings Open on Pay as You Ride Highway Plan
Treasury Secretary George M Humphrey testifies on the Democratic pay as you ride highway proposal amid charges it is fiscally unsound and will raise highway user taxes by about 800 million dollars yearly for fifteen years. Motorists say trucking industry bias, truckers deny. Also Senate probes a 2500 dollar campaign contribution to Senator Francis Case and House Un American Activities resumes hearings on Communist infiltration. Farm research noted.
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Washington
House
Ways & Means Committee
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Congress
Patient pickpocket attempt at Long Beach dentist
A 75 year old dentist in Long Beach recounts a woman who entered his office seeking tooth extraction then accused him of uninterest after an awkward request for affection. He says she fled after he suggested a colleague and later found his wallet missing with $160 gone. The woman was about 40 with six upper and eight lower teeth.
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Long Beach
Calif
Linus West
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