Racketeer Dio Faces Senate Questioning Over Labor Exploitation
Labor racketeer Johnny Dio is set to testify before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee, with possible Fifth Amendment invocation. The panel investigates an alleged alliance between Dio and James R. Hoffa to control New York labor contracts and suppress worker wages. Paroled convicts connected to the case testify, while employers describe contracts signed under Dio’s influence with little bargaining or benefits.
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Washington
Johnny Dio
New York
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Dio
Hoffa
Teamster
Seaboard
Samuel Goldstein
Teamsters Local 239
Max Chester
Teamsters Or Allied Industrial Workers
AIW
Seizure at Utah Prison Ends Swiftly With Hostage Release
Fourteen women from the Kitchen Rhythmettes of Price were held for about an hour when 15 inmates seized the Utah State Prison auditorium. Guards retook the area, releasing the women unharmed after a brief standoff. three knives and several bats were found during a later cell search.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Utah State Prison
Kitchen Rhythmettes
Price
Salt Lake City
John W. Turner
Turner
Parking Dilemmas at Meter Three
A woman faces a peculiar choice after parking her car which of the three meters to feed with a nickel. The wry moment captures a common urban nuisance and the small anxiety of finding the right coin slot in a crowded lot.
Mansfield Girl Wins Miss Ohio at Wayne County Fair
Linda Kay Hartman of Mansfield, 18, 5 feet 4 1 2 inches, 35 24 35, won Miss Ohio at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. She earned a $1000 prize plus a trip to Atlantic City to compete in Miss America. Irene Meyer of Cleveland won runnerup and Diana Attic of Toledo took third with $250 and $90 respectively.
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Wayne County Fairgrounds
Linda Kay Hartman
Mansfield
Ohio
Miss Mansfield
Atlantic City
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Irene Meyer
Defense Farm Funds Approved by Eisenhower
Washington reports the Defense and Agriculture Departments received funding anew after a temporary extension ended. President Eisenhower signed bills restoring 12 month appropriations for both agencies, ending a period of authority limited by stalled regular appropriations and civil rights debate in the Senate.
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Agriculture Departments
Eisenhower
Senate
Start of Scandal Mag Libel Trial Draws Hollywood Stars
Los Angeles patrons pack a courthouse for Confidential Magazine libel case as jurors are being selected. Actors Tab Hunter Buddy Baer Alan Nixon and others appear as potential witnesses while the defense seeks to subpoena more than 100 stars. Courtroom mixups and legal formalities slow jury selection with a full panel not expected until next week.
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Los Angeles
Confidential Magazine
Hollywood
Tab Hunter
Buddy Baer
Alan Nixon
Marie Wilson
Josephine Dillon
Clark Gable
Stella Shoue
Hunter
Baer
Nixon
Rory Calhoun
Gary Cooper
Walter Pidgeon
Lana Turner
Lenny Tufts
Eather
Turmoil in Cuba Expands Across Oriente Province
Rebels under Fidel Castro clash with Batista forces in eastern Cuba as strikes spread from Santiago de Cuba to Manzanillo Bayamo Palma Soriano and Camaguey. A bomb kills a woman bus driver. U.S. ambassador E T Smith’s remarks spark protests and calls for his removal. The State Department orders a full embassy report and adopts a hands-off stance on Cuba’s internal affairs.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Batista
Aberos
Oriente
Aiei -Teengeee
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Manzanillo
Bayamo
Palma Soriano de Holguin
Camaguey
U.S
E. T. Smith
Smith
Congress
Washington
State Department
Tactical Air Cuts Hinted by Air Force Chief
General Thomas D. White, Air Force chief of staff, signaled possible large withdrawals of overseas tactical air units and further cutbacks at home. He urged reliance on NATO air strength in non nuclear warfare and said, We have pared the tactical air forces, we may have to pare them further.
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Washington
Thomas D. White
Air Force
United States
Air Force Assny
White
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Vienna
Walter F. George
M. L. Malloy
George
Trudy Campbell 8 Drowns After Pond Incident
Cambridge Ohio eight year old Trudy Ann Campbell daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Campbell Rt 1 Cambridge drowned Friday after wading in a pond near her home.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Trudy Ann Campbell
Donald Campbell
Western plan for arms inspections draws cautious Soviet response
Secretary of State Dulles outlined a two part Western inspection plan for the Soviet Union and much of Europe and North America. Soviet delegate Zorin said the proposal would receive study and warned it unfairly targeted Russia. He lamented lack of discussion on broader disarmament questions.
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Dulles
Soviet Union
North America
Europe
Washington
Eisenhower
Valerian Zorin
U.N. Disarmament
Russia
West
Rio Grande
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Albania
Greece
Turkey
Arctic
North Pole
Urals
Alaska
Kamchatka Peninsula
Zorin
Japan
North Africa
Middle East
P G Chief Said Offered Defense Job
Cincinnati based report says Neil H. McElroy of Procter & Gamble was offered the post of secretary of defense by President Eisenhower. The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted Washington sources noting acceptance depends on unspecified arrangements.
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Cincinnati
Neil H. McElroy
Procter & Gamble Co
Cincinnati Enquirer
Eisenhower
McElroy
Washington
Defense
Charles E Wilson
White House
Harvard College
Procter & Gamble
Model Plane Flies Hour 4 Minutes 19 Seconds
Willow Grove Pa A two year old New York model airplane enthusiast set a new world endurance record of one hour 4 minutes 19 seconds Friday at the 1957 model airplane championships at the Naval Air Station He was Thomas DeVille of New York City.
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Willow Grove
New York
Naval Air Station
Thomas DeVille
New York City
Winds Halt Nevada Atom Test Shasta Blast Postponed
Unfavorable winds at the Atomic Energy Commission test site in Nevada delay the planned Shasta detonation for 24 hours, delaying the scheduled detonation of the latest atomic test.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Shasta
British Send Troops To Aid Sultan In Oman Revolt
British ground troops and armored cars move into Muscat and Oman to aid the pro-British sultan. Scottish Highland and Cameronian units reach Ibri and Nizwa as RAF jets pound rebel targets.
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Sultan
Manama
Bahrain
Muscat
Oman
London
Arabian Peninsula
Foreign Office
Ibri
Trucial Oman
L. F. Sinclair
Persian Gulf
Sinclair
Nizwa
RAF
Rights Bill Faces Southern Senators Meeting in Washington
Senators from nine Southern states gathered in Washington to decide how much resistance to offer to the administration's civil rights bill. The House passed measure was rewritten late yesterday but final passage arguments were postponed to next week. Eisenhower warned a jury trial provision could invite a veto.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
Senate
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
House
Eisenhower
Knowland
California
House Conference
Johnson
Congress
Floods Kill 13, Displace Thousands Near Pusan
Korean police report flooding along the Naktong River north of Pusan results in 13 deaths, one missing, and about 4,000 people left homeless. Local residents seek shelter as emergency crews respond to the disaster.
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Pusan
Korea
o—Korean National Police
Naktong River
Kid's Crazy With The Heat
Oneida New York twelve year old William Harrington raced into the municipal pool jumped into 11 feet of water and cried for help after being pulled out he said I can't swim
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Oneida
N. Y
William Harrington
Youth Crime Flares Anew Boy Slain In Bronx Stabbing
In New York a fatal stabbing in the Bronx left George Marshall 18 dead and Richard Vaughan 17 wounded after a group assault. police detained two youths for questioning as a weekend anti delinquency drive continues. Earlier, a 15 year old white boy died in Washington Heights and another white youth was injured in a related gang attack. A Brooklyn 16 year old Negro was critically injured in a separate stabbing.
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New York
Bronx
161St St
Prospect Ave
George Marshall
Richard Vaughan
Washington Heights
Brooklyn
Eleven Plead Innocent In Dayton Narcotics Raids
Eleven men pleaded innocent at arraignment in Dayton Ohio on charges of possession and sale of narcotics. They were arrested last Tuesday in a police and federal raid and are held on bail in lieu of bonds totaling 325000.
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Dayton
Ohio
Cleveland Woman Admits Embezzling to Horse Bets
Mrs. Louis Madigan, 46, arraigned on embezzlement charges from her law firm. Police doubt her gambling tale about a $96,000 loss to a bookie as detectives verify deposits and question her claims about it comes bets and race track visits.
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Cleveland
Louis
Madigan
James K. Dodge
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