Senate panel orders Testimony in Teamsters Racketeering Probe
Einar Mohn top Teamsters official told to testify before the Senate Investigations subcommittee on labor racketeering. McClellan disclosed letters with Mohn after requesting all personal financial records of Dave Beck from 1950 onward. Contempt charges face Mohn and Seattle official Frank Brewster as staff probes expand to Portland prostitution and Los Angeles rubbish collection.
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Washington
Einar Mohn
Teamsters
Senate
Labor and Industry
Mohn
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Dave Beck
Beck
Europe
U. S
Bai Ag Hg
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Tno
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Frank W. Brewster
Seattle
Shots Fired Near Struck Princeton Plant Incites Fear
In Princeton Indiana a 4 month old girl was wounded by a bullet in Evansville after a supervisor’s wife reported rapid shots near their home. State police pursue tips as the plant workers face a prolonged strike tied to union leadership.
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Princeton
Ind
Evansville
Robert Klassen
Potter & Brumfield
Earl Hollen
Gibson County
Julia Ann Russell
Ronald Russell
International Assn
Hollen
Russell
Deaconess
Frank McDonald
Vanderburgh County
Klassen
India Denies Zhukov Arms Deal Report
New Delhi sources deny published reports that Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov arranged a deal to sell arms to India. The denial emphasizes no such agreement was reached and defers to official channels for confirmation.
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New Delhi
Defense Ministry
Georgi Zhukov
India
Small Fry Bests Fire
In Gardena California a 4 year old Scott Abel started breakfast with an egg that exploded. He calmly called the fire department, gave no address, and told operators his parents were asleep. Firefighters traced the call and arrived after 5 am to find the egg fire burned out and the boy hopeful to become a fireman.
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Gardena
Calif
Scott Abel
Scott
Ralph Abell
Ohio Senators Seek Constitutional Change on Hiring Rules
In Columbus two state senators proposed a plan to amend the Ohio constitution to drop the voting in state requirement for administrative appointees. The move would allow out-of-state experts to head agencies without living in Ohio a year, affecting posts like highways and mental health. The measure would go before voters for approval.
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Columbus
Ohio
T Tink
Fred Harter
D-Summit
Charles A. Mosher
R-Loran
Senate House
Charles M. Nobie
New Jersey Turnpike
Ohio Department of Highways
Noble
K. William O'Neill
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Wants To Do Good Fast Talking Minister Is Study In Contrasts
Calvin Laskey a Canadian who posed as a minister and war hero to marry a couple illegally and to shadow a longer crimes career. Prosecutor Pringle notes a pattern of aliases, jail breaks, and fraud while Laskey claims a humane drive and intent to tell the truth in the future. He is serving six months in county jail for the illegal marriage as Boston drafts further custody and fire investigations continue.
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Elmdale
Kan
Calvin Laskey
William Pringle
Laskey
Richard Iliff
Chase County Leader-News
Elmdale Christian Church
Chestnut Hall
Park College
Nickel Hall
Francis Towle
Boston
Kansas
Pringle
UN Studies Compromises In French Algerian Strife
The 27 nation Asian African group planned to present a compromise plan at the United Nations General Assembly to end French Algerian strife in North Africa. The session in New York was to discuss a path forward amid broader Middle East and regional concerns involving Israel and Egypt.
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Israel
Egypt
United Nations
N.Y
North Africa
UN Committee Split on Algerian Demands and Gaza Talks
A United Nations committee voted against full Algerian self determination demands while approving diluted recommendations for French Algerian talks. In New York, other votes backed a joint effort for a peaceful solution, and Argentina to the Dominican Republic led a push for a broader resolution. Meanwhile U.N. diplomacy over Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza and the Gulf of Aqaba faced delays as Israel sought clarifications to U.S. proposals. Egypt pressed for implementation of 1943 refugee repatriation and unconditional Israeli withdrawal, noting Egyptian territorial rights to the Gulf entrance, with Hammarskjold seeking U.N. and mixed armistice commission input.
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Ne Asscndly Sovnat
France
Japan
Philippines
Thailand
Assembly
Argentina
Brazil
Cuba
Italy
Peru
Dominican Republic
U. N
Gaza Strip
Sharir el Sheikh
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N
Israel
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
Sinai Desert
Hammarskjold
E.L.M. Burns
DAR Program Restart in Colorado After Flag Controversy
Gov. Steve McNichols approves the Daughters of the American Revolution to resume patriotic activities in Colorado institutions after a controversy over a Mexican flag bearer. A DAR official had urged suspension following the incident last Saturday. McNichols met Tuesday with 12-member DAR Denver chapter committee.
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Denver
Daughters of the American Revolution
Steve McNichols
Colorado
DAR
McNichols
Weekend Weather Outlook For Miami Valley
A moisture laden low pressure system moves east bringing rain or snow showers to the Miami Valley. Today’s official high reaches 40 degrees with possible afternoon rain and a low near 32 tonight. Saturday turns colder with a high around 45 and rain changing to snow flurries. Middletown reported a 35 degree high yesterday and a 19 degree low at 7 am.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Israel Accepts U S Plan but Seeks Clarification
The United States offers to back Israeli shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba and press UN measures to limit Egypt after Israeli troop withdrawal from occupied areas. Israel sent a generally favorable reply to Dulles but asked for clearer guarantees on Gulf access and Gaza Strip security before full withdrawal. Abba Eban to meet Dulles. Israel seeks stronger assurances than a post hoc protest.
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Washington
Israel
Dulles
Egypt
Abba Eban
U. S
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
Eban
United States
United Nations
U. N
Gulf
Gaza
Jerusalem
McDonald Heads For Re election
Pittsburgh based United Steelworkers election results show president David J. McDonald leading Donald C. Rarick by 156000 to 73600 votes from 660 locals in the U S and Canada. Tellers have until May 1 to complete the tally and neither side has conceded yet.
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Pittsburgh
Tusday
United Steels Workers
David J. McDonald
Donald C. Rarick
U. S
Canada
McDonald
Rarick
International Union
Coroner disputes Grimes sisters case findings
Cook County coroner investigator challenges autopsy results in the Grimes sisters murder. He claims beatings and possible sexual molestation occurred, proposes deaths occurred later than reported, and says the girls were dumped on a suburban roadside on January 13 or nearby dates.
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Chicago
Cook County
Grimes Sisters
Lena Talls Aha
Fr. Wis
Grimes
Barbara
Patricia
Glos
Oak Park
Jerry J. Kearns
A. C. Webb
Lalse
Gromyko Replaces Shepilov as Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko named foreign minister replacing Dmitri Shepilov in a Moscow broadcast. Nikolai Patolichev becomes first deputy foreign minister, a post he has held since July, with party background and experience in the United Nations.
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London
Andrei Gromyko
Dmitri Shepilov
Nikolai Semendovich Patolichev
United Nations
Gromyko
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Moscow Radio
Shepilov
Patolichev
Communist Party
Chuckle Money Outpaces Runners Up in Humorous Charge
A lighthearted quip notes money often leads in jokes about wealth and priority. The line implies humor values cash as the main measure of importance, with second place depicted as far behind in the punchline.
Ike Seeks Quick Vote On Mideast
President Eisenhower urges prompt Senate approval of a military economic plan to aid Middle Eastern nations resisting Communist influence. The measure, supported by Democratic revisions, would allow use of armed forces if needed and free up funds for military and economic aid in the region.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Middle East
James C. Hagerty
U. S
United States
State Dulles
Hagerty
Thomasville
House
Bridges
R-Nh
GOP
Knowland
California
Johnson
Texas
Dayton man killed in two-truck crash near Nestville
Dayton resident Richard L. Chansler, 38, died Thursday in a two-truck collision on U.S. 46 five miles west of Nestville. State highway patrol said his body was pinned in wreckage for over 30 minutes.
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LA Porte
Ind
Richard L.chansler
Dayton
U.S 46
Nestville
Highway Patrol
Schoolteacher Unmasked As Fantastic Imposter
Maine state police announced Ferdinand Waldo DeMara 35 native of Lawrence Massachusetts posed as Martin Godgart an English French and Latin instructor in North Haven Maine He also used the names Dr Joseph C Cyr and studied at Wagner College DeMara admitted to being the same man who served with the Canadian navy and performed surgery with minimal training He faces a charge of cheating by false pretenses and had a past as a zoology professor and Navy deserter story notes his various ruses across several states and institutions.
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Augusta
Maine
Korea
Ferdinand Waldo DeMara
Lawrence
Mass
Martin Daniel Godgart
North Haven
Martin Godgart
New York
Wagner College
DeMara
Wagner
Millard Nickerson
Joseph C. Cyr
Baptist Sunday School
George Merrian
Godgart
Notre Dame Institute
Alfred
DePaul University
Grand Falls
N. B
Houston, Tex
Texas
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