Rackets Hearings Set as McClellan Targets Mob Ties
Senate rackets probe predicted hearings will expose a powerful criminal syndicate linked to Lucky Luciano and Mafia figures. McClellan subpoenaed 100 witnesses, with focus on Apalachin and gangster operations in New York garment trades, Detroit, Chicago and other cities, plus possible testimony from James R. Hoffa.
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Washington
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Italy
McClellan
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Apalachin
N. Y
Albert Anastasia
New York
Scranton
Pittston
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
Robert F. Kennedy
Vito Genovese
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Hoffa
Carpenters Union
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Indiana
New Officer Installation By Monroe Jaycees
The Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce will install incoming officers at a banquet at The Rendezvous Fire side Room at 7 p.m. Monday. State president Tom Ruffin will deliver the keynote and install the new Monroe Jaycee officers led by president Joe Rabin, with vice presidents Bob Aymond and John Birdsong Jr, secretary Guy Jones, treasurer Louis Daniel, and a 7 member board including Sidney Seegers and Rev Jim Wattley. Incoming Jayne officers include Gertrude Gill as president and Caroline Masur as vice president. Over 125 Jaycees and wives expected for what Hargiss calls the largest installation in three years.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
H. W
Buddy) Tolson
Tom Ruffin
Shreveport
Ruffin
Monroe Jaycee
Joe Rabin
Bob Aymond
John Birdsong Jr
Guy Jones
Louis Daniel
Sidney Seegers
Joe Maggio
Jim Wattley
Jerry Johnston
Buster Crowler
William C. Kelly
Gene Ridings
Billy R. Hargiss
Jaycee
Monroe Jaycee Jayne
Jayne
Gertrude Gill
Caroline Masur
Bonnie Passman
Lybby Anders
Nancy Aymond
Tom Easterling
Sunshine
Vera Kelso
Hargiss
Tolson
Jaycees
Reds Postpone Going Abroad
A Vienna government delegation's trip to Moscow was postponed due to Khrushchev's travel plans. Chancellor Julius Raab announced the change, shifting the July 13 departure to July 21 at the Soviet ambassador's request. An Austrian spokesman said details were not yet known.
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Vienna
Austria
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Julius Raab
Strike Authorization Vote Glides Toward Big Three
UAW reports overwhelming support with 128127 in favor and 8645 against to back contract demands at General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Ballots from UAW focal plants nationwide indicate continued voting through July as negotiators press deadlocked talks.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Big Three
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Girl 14 Injured In Wreck At City Intersection
A 14 year old West Monroe girl Joyce Floyd was injured when a 1941 truck she rode in collided with a Cadillac at the Texas Avenue Sighth Eight street intersection. The light was reported out of order. No charges were filed.
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West Monroe
Joynce Floyd
Box 138
C. 0. McMahon
Lomran
Miss
S. Eighth St
Texas Avenue
S. Eight
Bill M. Daugherty
Bossier City
Monroe
Ingram Heads N E Scabbard and Blade Unit at Northeast
Cadet Capt Sam Ingram, a Northeast State senior from Met Rouge, will lead the college company of Scabbard and Blade for the next year. New officers include 1st Lt Bennie Andrews 2nd Lt Paul Fleming and 1st Sgt Jackie DuPriest with Capt Earle Trabue as adviser. The unit, installed Feb 1956 as Company B-13, emphasizes quality, military citizenship and supports events like the annual military ball with Pershing Rifles assistance.
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Sam Ingram
Northeast State
Met Rouge
Scabbard and Blade
National Honorary Military Organization
Bennie Andrews
West Monroe
Paul Fleming
Jackie DuPriest
Earle Trabue
Northeast Military Faculty
Ingram
Reserve Officers Training Corps
John Earl Taylor
Farmerville
Trabue
Military Department
Northeast
Y-5
National Society of Pershing Rifles
Father of 7 Drowns Near Alexandria
Ralph Louis Baillio a 46 year old city electrician and father of seven drowned Saturday in Saline Bayou near Alexandria Louisiana The body was recovered hours later by sheriff s deputies after a man reported Baillio s unoccupied boat Survivors include his parents his widow three sons four daughters and three sisters Funeral services will be held Monday
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Alexandria
Ralph Louis Baillio
Icity
Saline Bayou
Baillio
George Baillio
Services Set For 15 Killed At Westover Base
At Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts memorial services will be held for 15 airmen killed in a jet Stratotanker crash. Chaplains Col William F Taylor and Maj Lawrence A Dickson JR will lead two services at 11 a.m. and 11 45 a.m. EDT due to anticipated attendance.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
William F. Taylor
Lawrence A. Dickson J.R
Few Can Afford House Says National Housing Conference
The National Housing Conference said fewer than 30 percent of American families can afford to buy and maintain a new house at current prices. The estimate rests on a survey of 29 cities and the rule that housing costs should not exceed one fifth of income. The private group has urged federal public housing programs since 1931.
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Washington
National Housing Conference
Bob Hope Wins 1958 Murray-Green Award
Comedian Bob Hope was chosen by AFL-CIO to receive the Murray-Green Award honoring Philip Murray and William Green. The honor includes a medal and $5,000 for his services entertaining armed forces personnel worldwide.
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Washington
Bob Hope
AFL- cIo
Philip Murray
William Green
Afl-Cio
Hope
Armed Services
Tire Blowout and Accident Injures Local Man
A 21 year old Choudrant man suffered a nearly compound leg fracture after a tire blew on a gravel road near Calhoun. The rim also detached striking his leg while replacing the tire. He was taken to Ruston hospital by Hixson Brothers ambulance at 2 30 PM and placed in a cast.
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Ruston
Alton Fischer
M. D. Powell
Calhoun
Hixson Brothers
Monroe
Octagonal house linked to Scotlands far northeast
John O Groat named the settlement in Scotland and, per National Geographic, was a tactful man with seven sons known for turbulent temperaments. He built a house with eight doors and an octagonal table to grant all sons equal status. The piece notes oil industry employment in Texas: about 119000 workers earning 658 million dollars in drilling and production and 47000 in refining earning 294 million.
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John O. Groat
Scotland
National Geographic Magazine
Georgia Leads in Birth Registration and Property Rights
Georgia became a pioneer by mandating birth registration and granting married women full property rights. The move marked a significant shift in civic records and gender equality in the state.
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Georgia
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DeSiard Monroe
Strike Action
Blender
Jack Moss
Cheeks Electric Cor
Crosley & North 11Th St.w. Monroe
Ingram Heads
N.E. Company of Scabbard
Cotton & Silks
Cotton & Dacrons
Dacrons & Ragers
Orions
Dacron
Dan River Ginghams
Dacron & Cotton Trims
Skip Dent
Cotton Oxfords
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