Hoffa Accused Of Misdeeds By Senate Panel
Sen. McClellan of Arkansas, chairing the Labor Rackets Investigating Committee, issued a new broadside listing 34 alleged improper activities by James R. Hoffa and associates. The attack follows 48 items cited at hearings last month, portraying Hoffa as avoiding questions about ties to hoodlums and racketeers.
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Gardner L. Bridge
Washington
James R. Hoffa
McClellan
Ark
Teamsters
Senate Labor Rackets Investigating Committee
Hoffa
Campaign manager challenges 111 Local delegates at union convention
Peter J. Hoban, campaign manager for Thomas J. Habberty of Chicago, says he has challenged delegates from 111 locals. The grounds are missed credentials filing deadlines or improper election of officials.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Peter J. Hoban
Teamster
Thomas J. Habberty
Chicago
Hoffa Under Fire for Union Fund Misuse and Collusion
Testimony outlines 19 improper union practices by James R. Hoffa including $1 million in welfare funds loaned to John W. Thomas department store in Minneapolis despite near bankruptcy and a $200,000 loan to the same store during a strike. Accusations also accuse Hoffa of aiding union officials in improper business ventures and collusion with employers, including a joint scheme with Bert Brennan and Henry Lower for personal profit against members.
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Hoffa
Ceee McClellan
James R. Hoffa
John W. Thomas
Minneapolis
Minn
McClellan
AFL
Teamster
Mr. Hoffa
Owen
Bert) Brennan
Detroit
Henry Lower
Pedestrian Declines Panhandler Then Mockingly Offers Office
A passerby dismisses giving money to a man on the street. The panhandler retorts by suggesting he could set up an office to fund his needs. The exchange captures a sharp street humor moment.
Surviving Pamir crew reunite with families in Casablanca
Volkert Anders and five others who survived the Pamir sinking are pictured aboard the U S Military Transport Service ship Geiger in Casablanca Morocco. He hugs his father as three other survivors stand nearby in this AP photo from Paris.
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Volkert Anders
Atlantic
Geiger
Casablanca
Morocco
Paris
Water and prayer as Pamir survivors recount sinking
Five German sailors rescued after two days in a half sunken lifeboat tell how thirst and a damaged craft doomed comrades aboard the Pamir from Argentina to Hamburg. They describe deaths by thirst and drowning as others leaped overboard.
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Stephen Hughes
Casablanca
Morocco
U.S
Geiger
Frankfurt
Cmdr
Malcolm W. ‘Graham
Fresh Meadows
N.Y
No Lip Service? Jury awards to man after kissing impairment
Norwalk Ohio jury awarded 14666 to Ellis Dotson 44 near Willard after he sued Baltimore Ohio Railroad for 25000. Dotson claimed injuries from a Dec 1 1955 freight car collision while brakeman impaired his speech and his ability to kiss. His wife Mildred testified the injury affected farm work and his kissing ability.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Ellis Dotson
Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mildred
Hoffa Happy As Court Clears Election Path
James R. Hoffa, jubilant at a Washington court ruling clearing Teamster elections, predicted a convention victory next week and vows delegates can exercise their voting power. The decision, seen as a win for Hoffa amid AFL CIO pressures and graft accusations, prompts anticipated purges of dissenters and signals Hoffa's path to the presidency.
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Hoffa
Miami Beach
Fla
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Elec
Teamster
Afl-Clo
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
U. S. District Court
F. Dickinson ‘Letts
Convict Escapes Ohio Pen Inmate Stabs Former Companion
John McGee 41, an Ohio State Penitentiary trusted inmate, fled a state warehouse on Front Street after stabbing Ardella Cunningham 33 at the Plaza Hotel. Police issued a citywide search. McGee was serving a second degree murder sentence and was eligible for parole in June 1959.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
McGee
Front Street
Dayton Area Air Traffic Gets Safer
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports a sharp drop in near collisions near Dayton. Only one incident was logged in the quarter ending June 30, with earlier periods showing higher counts. A new radar system at Wright Patterson AFB is to improve control of civil and military air traffic within 40 miles.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Dayton
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Second to last 1957 atomic blast visible across the West
The next to last test of the 1957 series detonated at the Atomic Test Site Nevada. A bright flash was seen from San Francisco to Los Angeles and as far as Boulder City Nevada. The AEC reported the blast was weaker than expected but nominal at about 20 000 tons of TNT.
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Nev
San Francisco
Los Angeles
AEC
Boulder City
Cleanse Own House First Says Acheson
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson argued the United States must resolve domestic racial issues before leading abroad. He spoke at a news conference during a recess of the new Democratic policy committee meeting, stressing his remarks were his own.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
U.S
Little Rock
New Democratic Party
Queen to View Les Girls in Royal London Screening
Queen Elizabeth will attend a royal screening of the American musical Les Girls in London. The cast includes Gene Kelly Mitzi Gaynor and Kay Kendall with the event described as a lighthearted musical performance for the queen.
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U.S
London
Gene Kelly
Mitzi Gaynor
Kay Kendall
Faubus threatens to close Central High over integration
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus signaled a possible shutdown of Central High School if needed to halt integration as federal troops enforce the court order. He said a special legislative session might be required to pass laws backing such a move and warned the decision remains in the future despite Capitol confrontation and federal intervention.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Central Hig School
Federal Bayonet Point
Faubus
Eisenhower
Central High School Mothers League
Fal Ss
Margaret Jackson
Georgia
Mississippi
U.S. Army
Central High
Arkansas
Arkansas National Guard
Deep South
Open house marks Journal centennial and expansion
The Journal announces an open house on Oct 9 one week from Wednesday to celebrate its 100th anniversary and to signal completed remodeling. Details are on Page 37.
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Journal
Admiral questions massive retaliation and calls for new approach
U S 6th Fleet commander Vice Admiral Charles R Brown on Salem said no alternative to massive retaliation exists now but urged yearly policy review. He warned a limited war with smaller bombs could evolve as scientists advance and stressed humanity must avoid tying policy to a single formula.
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U. S. 6Th Fleet
Salem
Turey W
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Charles R. Brown
Brown
United States
Congress
Savings Time Ends in Some States This Weekend
The Associated Press reports daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. in California Nevada Wisconsin Minnesota and parts of Ohio Illinois Maryland Indiana and Pennsylvania with others staying on daylight time until Oct 27 and a few Midwest areas choosing year round.
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Associated Press
California
Nevada
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Illinois
Maryland
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ukraine Official Dies Suddenly in New York
V I Prokopchuk, 29, adviser for the Ukrainian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, collapsed and died early Saturday in Upper Brookville New York. He arrived in the United States two weeks ago and was stricken at the residence in this Long Island town maintained by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Upper Brookville
N.Y
V. I. Prokopchuk
United Nations General Assembly
Prokopchuk
U. S
Long Island
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Red Top Brewery to Quit Business in Cincinnati
The Red Top Brewery Co. will go out of business within two months. Brewing ended Friday. about 150 employees will lose their jobs. Muskegon Motor Specialties Inc of Jackson Michigan, owner of the assets, plans to sell the plant and equipment.
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Cincinnati
Red Top Brewery Co
Robert Woerner
Woerner
Muskegon Motor Specialties, Inc
Jackson, Mich
Red Top Assetts
Mother of Five Killed in Ohio Truck Crash
Mrs Bonnie Jean McDaniel 24 of Fra zer sburg Rt 1 was killed when the pickup she rode in overturned on Ohio 79 a mile south of Fallsburg. Sheriff deputies reported the crash occurred Saturday.
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Newark
Ohio
Bonnie Jean McDaniel
Rt. 1
Frazersburg
Fallssburg
Sheriff's Deputies
Eisenhower Denies Hitlerian Tactics In Little Rock Row
President Eisenhower rejects Senator Russell's Hitler comparison over federal troops in Little Rock. He defends using force to enforce federal court orders and cites Faubus actions in mobilizing the National Guard to block nine Black students from school entry.
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James Devlin Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Little Rock
Sen. Russell
Dga
Faubug
Union
Russell
Presiden
Storm Troopers
Hitler
Baltimore Doctors Perform Dog Heart Transplant Experiment
Three Baltimore researchers led by Dr. Edgar F. Berman and Dr. Leonard C. Akman transplanted a donor dog heart into a host dog at Sinai Hospital. The procedure ran about four hours with a heart-lung machine, producing a 68 minute beating period before the heart ceased due to tissue rejection.
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Baltimore
Balti
Edgar F. Berman
Leonard C. Akman
Mauricio Goldberg
Sinai Hospital
Berman
Akman
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