Hoffa Denies Ricca Know-How Of Chicago Mansion Deal
In the Senate Rackets hearing James R. Hoffa testifies he did not know that Paul Ricca owned the Chicago mansion purchased for 150000 by Teamsters Locals 299 and 337 in Detroit. He says the building will serve as a training school for pension and welfare fund officials and that checks were made out to Paul DeLucia. Hoffa questions Kennedy’s claim that DeLucia and Ricca are the same person.
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James R. Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Robert Kennedy
Senate
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Chicago
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D-Ark
New York
Johnny Dio
Robert F. Kennedy
Teamster
Detroit
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DeLucia
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Ban on gatherings in Levittown after stone attack injures officer
State police prohibit gatherings of more than three near the Myers home as demonstrators clash with officers. A stone struck Sgt. Tom Stewart causing possible brain injury. 3 people detained and 12 arrested on minor charges.
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Levittown, Pa
Levittown
William Myers
Tom Stewart
Bristol Township
Stewart
Lower Bucks County Hospital
William Ruch
Myers
Pennsylvania
Clayton Gould
William Duff
Fairless Hills
Paul Sullivan
Levit
Black escapee hunted in Georgia swamp after attack
In Nash County Georgia officers and volunteers surrounded a swamp seeking John Henry White a 25 year old Black man accused of assaulting an 18 year old white housewife and stealing clothing from her home after escaping a work camp. A bloodhound search failed to find him as volunteers waited in a tense scene near Nashville.
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Nashville
Berlin County
Lady student reporter ill at St Francis hospital
Annie Lee West of Northeast State College is a patient at St Francis hospital this week. She fell ill at school Monday and is undergoing tests while continuing to work on college news releases from her bedside. Leo Purvis was elected vice president of the Ferriday Quarterback club at the first meeting of the season with remarks from Head Coach J G Red Robertson and assistants Ben Green Doug Watkins and Earnest Davis.
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Annie Lee West) Stahl
Northeast State College
St. Francis Hospital
Leo Purvis
Ferriday
J. G. ‘Red’ Robertson
Ben Green
Doug Watkins
Earnest Davis
Purvis
Alligator Spotted Near Bayou DeSiard In Neighborhood
Residents in the 7200 block of DeSiard Road report a large alligator near Bayou DeSiard. One woman estimates the length at 14 feet while Homer McMurray, a retired Monroe police captain, says he has not seen it.
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Bayou DeSiard
Homer McMurray
Monroe
Eisenhower Links Syria Crisis to Soviet Aims
President Eisenhower warned the United States views the Syria crisis as an ultimate Soviet aim to control the country. He said Moscow’s pattern is to offer aid, plant agents, and place stooges in power, while noting the administration cannot confirm how far Syria has progressed.
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Eisenhower
Syria
Stooges
Middle Eastern
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House Committee Slashes AEC Request By $216 Million
Washington The House Appropriations Committee cut 215.9 million dollars from the Atomic Energy Commission request totaling 2.49 billion for operating expenses and construction. Most of the reduction is bookkeeping. a portion funds a new government built power reactor opposed by the administration amid a recent 352 million dollar AEC construction bill. The cut does not touch raw materials, special nuclear materials, weapons, or community operations programs. The Senate has approved 13 of 16 bills, with about 64 billion dollars requested and three billion in cuts passed.
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House Committee
Lenny Fant Named Northeast Louisiana Basketball Coach
Lenny Fant, longtime East Texas Baptist College coach, accepts the basketball head post at Northeast Louisiana State College. He will leave Marshall, Texas, to lead the Northeast State team this fall, succeeding Arnold Kilpatrick and Johnny Regean who coached last season.
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East Texas Baptist
Northeast Louisiana State College
Lewis Slater
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Marshall, Tex
Arnold Kilpatrick
Johnny Regean
Kilpatrick
Northeast State
Regean
Murray State Teachers College
Owenburg
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Monroe to Add 10 000 KW GE Gas Turbine by June 1958
City officials plan a General Electric 10 000 kilowatt gas turbine generator at Monroe power plant, to be shipped April and installed in 45 to 60 days, completing mid June 1958. Tom Underwood and H W McSherry toured Oklahoma turbines for engineering and operation insights. The unit serves as a peak load caller, with a $1.9 million purchase and installation cost under a bond plan approved by voters.
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City
Monroe
Tom Underwood
H. W. McSherry
Finance and Utilities
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Underwood
Utilities Commission
Cooler Nights Signal Fall Approaching in Local Weather
A local weather note reports comfortable 63 degree low last night as cooler nights appear near. Forecaster predicts daytime highs around 66 to 70 with no rain recorded yesterday in Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Fear Asiatic Flu Epidemic Moves Through Mississippi Counties
Dr. A L Gray, head of preventable disease for the State Board of Health, says waves of illness likely Asiatic flu are moving through several north Mississippi counties. No city outbreaks reported yet in the state, though urban doctors see more flu symptoms than usual for August as the disease spreads rapidly.
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Mississippi
A. L. Gray
Gray
State Board of Health
Police Boost Patrol Work on Louisville Avenue
Police increased traffic enforcement along Louisville Avenue in Monroe after a News-Star report of numerous violations at Louisville Avenue and North Third Street. Officers, in cars and on foot, monitored the four lane highway, stopping several out of state motorists during the effort.
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Monroe Police Department
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No Cases Yet as Asiatic Flu Prompts Prepared Response
Dr. W C Summer reports no Asiatic flu cases in Ouachita parish and says vaccine will be distributed via drugstores if needed. Physicians warn the virus could worsen and stress home care, bed rest for 3 to 5 days after fever ends, and caution clinicians on diagnosis. Dr. J D Martin notes 6 000 to 8 000 current cases across Tangipahoa St Helena Livingston and predicts school opening may boost infections.
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Shreveport
Quachita Parish
W. C. Summer
Parish Health Unit
Ouachita
Summer
Parish
J.D. Martin
Louisiana State Department of Health
Martin
Eisenhower open to compromise civil rights bill
President Eisenhower signaled willingness to accept a compromise civil rights bill with enforcement of voting rights. He noted a GOP proposal aimed to bridge the administration and Senate versions, while stressing no return of the attorney general enforcement section. He warned against using rights as a political issue and ruled out a special session.
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