Rackets Probe Tightens On Teamsters Action
Senate rackets investigators say their probe reaches into management and labor practices with a focus on alleged Teamsters funds payments to Nathan Shefferman. Hearings resume with Frank Brewster testifying. grand jury weighing bribery charges against Hoffa, who is free on bond. Beck faces a deadline to surrender financial records from 1949 to 1955.
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Senate
Roberty Kennedy
Teamsters
Nathan W. Shefferman
Chicago
The
Midwest
Rackets Committee
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Tacoma
Wash
Beck
Beck Says He Repaid All Loans
Beck testified on television that he borrowed an estimated 300000 to 400000 dollars from the Western Conference of Teamsters without interest while heading the regional group. He said the loans have long since been repaid and that he does not recall writing notes to the 11 state union organization. He faced Senate inquiry over rackets in labor unions and challenged the hearing procedures while insisting his wealth is not tied to union business. He would decide with counsel James Duff whether to disclose personal records before a Wednesday deadline set by Senator McClellan.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dave Beck
Teamsters
International Union
Beck
Senate
Seatte
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Western Conference
Sunday Ban Ends In The Hague Amid Oil Crisis
Economics Minister Jelle Zijlstra today lifted the Netherlands Sunday driving ban tied to the Suez Oil crisis. The move ends a wartime style restriction that affected motorists and businesses nationwide.
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Hague
Jelle Zijlstra
Netherlands
Victuals For Vipers Sweep Through Gypsum Hills Safari
In Okeene Oklahoma the International Assn of Rattlesnake Hunters fears drought decimated prey, prompting a homegrown feeding effort. Leader Jack Roberts says 20000 snakes are expected for the three day safari with 300 pounds of rattlesnake steaks served at the banquet.
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Okeene
Okla
International Assn
Jack Roberts
Rattler
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Roberts
Lasda
Texas twisters and floods lash Gulf Coast region
Severe storms battered the Texas Gulf Coast with hurricane force winds and more than 10 inches of rain in Texas City. A resident, James J. Simpson, 45, drowned after his car slid into a deep culvert. A twister near Port Boliver unroofed homes and injured Mrs. Ernestine Martin. numerous structures damaged across Galveston County.
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San Angelo
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James J. Simpson
Ernestine Martin
Port Boliver
Gulf
Texas Panhandle
Texas
C. W. Whitman
Galveston Sheriff's Office Said the Tornado Struck On the C. H. Boyd
Galveston Island
Arcadia
First Christian Church
Gordon Taylor
Man Slays Daughters Mom and Self in Illinois
WEST FRANKFORT Ill a 44 year old jeweler killed his three young daughters his mother and himself with a hammer and a pistol on the eve of his planned marriage to his bookkeeper The inquest was ordered coroner said the slain were Minnie Behn 70 Kay 10 Shirley 12 and Linda 14 Behn died of a bullet wound to the temple his bride to be Maldetta Minton 38 was in shock Investigators found no motive Behn had custody of the children and his divorce was recent
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West Frankfort
Ill
Barney Browning
Herman Behn
Behn
Minnie Behn
Kay
Shirley
Linda
Maldetta Minton
Bbeen Behn
First Christian Church
Browning
William
Herman
Bill
Hot Springs
Ark
June
Chicago
Zambesi River On Rampage Forces Surrender Plans
Engineers plan to capitulate in a losing effort against a record flood on the Zambesi River. They intend to abandon the power station at Victoria Falls as flood waters cover 500 square miles, swamping villages and causing numerous African deaths.
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Livingstone
Northern Rhodesia
Zambesi
Victoria Falls
Garcia Becomes Philippine President After Magsaysay Crash
Vice President Carlos P. Garcia takes oath as fourth Philippine president after the death of Ramon Magsaysay in a Cebu Island plane crash. Garcia vows to continue US-Philippine friendship while the nation mourns the loss of a democratic champion.
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Donald E. Huth
Manila
Carlos P. Garcia
Ramon Magsaysay
Garcia
SEATO
Australia
Magsaysay
Cebu Island
Philippine Republican
Richardo Paras
Ito
Stauch
Cebu
UN forces withdraw from Gaza positions as talks unfold
U N Forces appeared to be withdrawing from Gaza positions and redeploying along the demarcation line, with troops partly deployed though not fully withdrawn. Canadian armored contingent heads to Egypt. Bunche and Stavropoulos shuttle between Gaza and Cairo as Dulles meets Meir to urge U S action to curb Egyptian moves. Meir warns Israel could face renewed conflict if Egypt asserts control in Gaza.
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Cairo
Egypt
U. N
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Uaanli
Apiaeu Jotuer
E. L. M. Burns
U.N
UNEF
Strip
Naples
Italy
Canadian Armored Corps
Air Force
Nantes
Middle East
Ralph Bunche
Constantin Stavropoulos
Bunche
Burns
Salah Gohar
Palestine Department
Sharm el Sheikh
U.S
Dulles
Israel
Golda Meir
U. S
Mideast
Mines Found Near Gaza Border After Tractor Incident
An Israeli army spokesman reported three additional land mines found near the site by the Gaza border where a farm settlement tractor struck a mine on Sunday. Footprints from the mines traced toward the Gaza Strip.
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Tel Aviv
Israel Army
Gaza
Israel
Gaza Strip
Woman Keeps Long Nose Prize Money For Charity
Mrs Terry Phillips who won 100 pounds on a TV show for nose enhancement has decided to keep her natural nose. Her 8 year old daughter Shirley influenced the decision saying not to have it altered. The prize will be donated to four charitable organizations in Twyford. Husband Bill supports the choice.
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London
Terry Phillips
Phillips
Jimmy Durante
Phillips Schooz
Shirley Phillips
Boys Dog Found Shot In Bayou
In Galveston Texas a dog named Blackie, linked to a gunfight that halted five dog catchers, was found floating in a bayou. Two 14-year-old boys, Charles Layman and Robert Garcia, claimed a dog catcher shot Blackie after it bit him. The incident led to firings of five temporary dog catchers, a halt to a stray‑control drive, and the boys’ school suspensions.
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Galveston
Tex
Blackie
Charles Layman
Robert Garcia
Otis O’callaghan
Tom Juneman
Ruby Layman
Charles
Juneman
George Clough
Ship Pera ma Explodes and Towed in Gulf of Mexico
In the Gulf of Mexico the tanker SS Perama was rocked by two explosions and a fire that forced its 43 crew to abandon ship. The Coast Guard said the Perama was towed by SS Esso Bermuda after being rescued by SS Clairborne from two lifeboats.
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Miami
Fla
Perama
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Esso
Bermuda
Navy Hunts Fliers Missing In Ocean
The U S Navy said it continued a search for five Americans who disappeared Saturday while flying a Navy JD1 Invader from Japan to Okinawa. The hunt involves 11 naval ships 24 Navy and Air Force planes and three Japanese coast guard ships.
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Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Japan
Okinawa
Those Forty Bays Those Forty Bays on our children
Poem by Julien C Hyer reflecting on mob justice and the crowd at crucifixion during Palm Sunday asking readers which crowd they join today and urging self reflection.
Shoot Him George' Couple Wounded In Escape Try
A 27 year old married man and his 16 year old girlfriend tried to steal two police pistols at Camden City Hall detective headquarters. George E Murray grabbed guns and fled anteroom to elevator. Detective Palese fired wounding Murray and Clara Wall. Murray hospitalized in serious condition. Clara wounded. Both had prior arrests in Milwaukee and Oswego.
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Camden
N. J
City Hall
Ter
Syracuse
M.Y
Benjamin Franklin
Scamden
Philadelphia
George E. Murray
Clara Wall
Anthony de Vello
Dominic Palese
Murray
Palese
George
Clara
Milwaukee
Oswego
N.Y
Toney
Erie Pa
Florida
South Jersey
Clayton
Camden County Children’s Shelter
Cooper
Weather Showers End Winter Era in Miami Valley
The last cold wet winds of Winter invade the Miami Valley with rain showers likely through Tuesday. Officials forecast increasing cloudiness and cooler weather with a high near 60. Additional showers and possible thunder are expected tonight and Tuesday, with a low around 50 and highs in the mid fifties. Sunday reached a 65 degree high at 3 p.m., while this morning’s low was 41. Rainfall since 6 a.m. totaled .05 inches.
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Miami Valley
Chuckle about laryngitis prompt to ask for doctor
A man with laryngitis asks via phone if the doctor is in. The secretary whispers for him to come up, setting a light, humorous scene in a workplace.
Missing Boy Scouts Hunted In Smoky Mountains
In Gatlinburg Tennessee an overnight flashlight search is under way for three Greeneville scouts Jimmy Grubbs 11 Victor Thorne Jr 18 and Mike Harmon 12 who disappeared after leaving Newfound Gap to climb Mt Leconte nine other boys completed the 13 mile trip Captain Paul Metcalfe Greeneville rescue says the missing party likely strayed from guidance as they lacked prior mountain hiking experience.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains
Greeneville
Jimmy Grubbs
Victor Thorne Jr
Mike Harmon
Newfound Gap
Mt. Leconte
Smokies
Leconte
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