Test of strength in Teamsters race at Miami Beach
At the Miami Beach Auditorium two top contenders James Hoffa of Detroit and Thomas Haggerty of Chicago clash as the Credentials Committee files its final report on contested delegates. A coalition seeks to block Hoffa with support from others while Hoffa opponents warn of AFL CIO expulsion if Hoffa wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla. Uw
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Thomas J. Haggerty
Chicago
Hoffa
Beck
John S. Shelley
D-Calif
William A. Lee
Thomas L. Hickey
New York
Teamsters
Afl-Cio
Four Southern Chiefs Try To Forge Race Plan
Four Southern governors met in Washington to craft a joint proposal for President Eisenhower on the Little Rock school integration crisis. The strategy conference debated several action plans, aiming to discuss federal troop withdrawal and a path forward with the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
White House
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Griffin
Collins
Ban Threat By Pathologist At Flu Meeting
A Minnesota pathologist threatened to ban reporters from a joint meeting of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and the College of American Pathologists over discussion of Asian Flu. Dr. Lyle A. Weed warned press exclusion, calling the issue speculative while noting possible use of 1918 virus remains for study. The five day meeting opened with debate on virus origins and the role of pathologists in criminal investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Minnesota
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
College of American Pathologists
Lyle A. Weed
University of Minnesota
Weed
Alan R. Moritz
Institute of Pathology
Western Reserve Medical School
Columbus
Ohio
Moritz
Robert FE. Stowell
University of Kansas Medical School
Esso Cuts Crude Oil Purchases Hit Mississippi and Louisiana
Esso Standard reduces crude oil buys in Mississippi and Louisiana by five percent amid winter demand drop and refinery cutbacks. State tax losses of about $20 000 monthly in Mississippi and $2 000 daily severance tax in Louisiana are projected, with Adams County most affected. other counties listed include Wilkinson Jefferson and Franklin.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Mississippi
Esso Standard
Esso
A. J. Ferguson
Adams County
Wilkinson
Jefferson
Franklin
Will Never Be John Law Again Will Never Be John Law Again
In Manchester Kentucky a man drove to Clay County Jail and asked the jailer to lock up two drunks he had in his car. The jailer arrested Harlan Sizemore 30 and detained him for intoxication. Sizemore later declared he would not try to be sheriff again.
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Manchester
Clay County
Harlan Sizemore
Sizemore
Study Districts Consider Flood Protection Plans
Plaquemines parish police jury announced on Monday it will study better flood protection proposals for Pointe a la Hache. The panel also will evaluate a plan to consolidate three drainage districts and streamline oversight.
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Pointe A LA Hache
Plaquemines Parish
Regional nurse returns from leave in Ouachita parish
Miss TKruth Miller resumes duties as regional nurse for Ouachita parish health unit and advisory nurse for the northeast district while wildlife and fisheries agents begin annual fishing license checks. Unlicensed gear may be confiscated on the spot. warnings issued against trawls seines and traps.
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Miss Tkruth Miller
Ouachita Parish
Miss Miller
Gabe
Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Julius Book
Bus Plunge Kills Three Children and Injures Many
A school bus from All Saints Catholic School veered off a grade on Los Angeles East Side, 35 feet into a ravine. Killed were Steven Majorca 8 John De Santis 7 Edward Ulwelling 6. Driver Leldon Smith hurt. 24 others injured. Witnesses and police cite brake failure.
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Los Angeles (i
All Saints Catholic School
Steven Majorca
John de Santis
Edward Ulwelling
Isomie
Iheldon Smith
Lyle Christy
101st Troops Return School To Guardsmen
In Little Rock the federalized National Guard assumed full charge at the Central High School scene. The 101st Airborne troopers were placed in the background while 153 guardsmen from Texarkana Hope Malvern Prescott and Arkadelphia escorted the nine Negro students to school. The swap appeared unsettled as plans shifted and the Army did not disclose when paratroopers would leave the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
National Guard
Army
United Press
101St Airborne
153Rd National Guardsmen
101St
Fr Good
Texarkana
Hope
Malvern
Prescott
Arkadelphia
Centra
Harry Strong Named To Fill City Tax Job
Harry Strong was appointed to fill the vacancy in the city tax office created by the retirement of Henry Haas. Mayor W L Howard said Strong now assumes duties Haas performed, after serving as chief inspector in charge of building permits since January. Zufall succeeds Strong as inspector.
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Henry Haas
W. L
Jack) Howard
Harry Strong
Haas
Strong
John So. Zufall
Monroe General
Columbian Carbon Company
B Tucker
P. A. Pong
Light Drizzle Likely Tonight in the Area
The weather bureau expects light rains or drizzles tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Lows tonight 58 to 62 degrees, highs tomorrow 73 to 77. Yesterday was mostly cloudy with scattered light rain in the south. highs ranged 65 to 75, and lows 57 to 63.
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Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Shreveport
Moisant
Three Men Seized in Envoy Stabbing at Central Park
New York police detained three men after the Central Park stabbing and robbery of Nepal’s UN ambassador Rishikesha Shaha. Lawrence Jones, 42, of Brooklyn, was booked on assault and robbery charges. two others were held for questioning. Shaha remained in hospital with chest wound and head injuries.
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New York
Central Park
Rishikesha Shaha
Nepal
United Nations
Lawrence Jones
Brooklyn
Manhattan
New York Hospital
Asme
Jones
Shaha
New York City
Newburgh
N. Y
Patient Threatens Dentist in San Francisco Office
Police rushed to a San Francisco dental office to quell a man who threatened to kill Dr. Gerald T. O’Connor and berated him for an hour before telling patients to go home. The man, identified as Nicholas Aorlow sky, claimed the dentist pulled the wrong tooth.
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San Francisco
Gerald T. O'Connor
Nicholas Aorlowsky
O'Conner
France Plunged Into New Crisis
The French National Assembly defeated Premier Maurice Bourges Maunoury over a plan for partial self rule for Algeria. Bourges Maunoury handed in his resignation, which President Rene Coty did not accept at once. He agreed to stay until a successor is chosen as a 279 to 253 vote fell short of a full majority.
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Hodges
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Clement
Governors’ Committee
Leroy Collins
Florida
Southern Governors Conference
Theodore Mecheldin
Maryland
Paris
France
National Assembly
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Algeria
Bourges-Maunoury
Alice
Rene Coty
Coty
Bourges Matmoury
Bourges- Maunoury
Two gunmen hunted after trooper slayings and bank robberies
Indiana state police captured Victor Wayne Whitley, 26, near Mount Vernon after a wide manhunt that began in Michigan and spread to Indiana. Whitley and an accomplice allegedly killed a Michigan trooper, wounded several officers, abducted a man and woman, and were linked to bank robberies. the second gunman was killed earlier.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Indiana
Iman
Victor Wayne Whitley
Granger
Tex
Fred Lee
William Kirkham
Bob Grey
Here
Whitley
Ralph Walker Taylor
St. Alban’s
W. Va
Michigan
North Vernon
Donald Vogel
Jackson
Mich
Ougald Pellot
Frederick B. O'Connell
Pellot
O'Connell
U S describes integration row as episode toward progress
At the United Nations George Meany of the AFL-CIO told the UN that racial integration conflicts in Southern schools are merely an episode in a broader advance toward eliminating discrimination. He asserted the U S maintains an open active policy against race discrimination and pursues progress through voluntary and governmental efforts nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y. Um
United States
U.N
U.S
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Warren May Act Today To Halt Election
In Washington a group of 13 Teamsters members in New York seeks reinstatement of an injunction delaying the union election. Chief Justice Warren may act on the appeal as the case centers on alleged rigging to install James R. Toff as president. The circuit court had set aside a prior injunction while confirming proper delegate selection. The Senate Rackets Committee cites information that half or more of Miami Beach convention delegates were improperly chosen.
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Washington
Warren
Teamsters
New York
James KR. Toff
Federal Dist
PF. Dickinson Letts
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
Letts
Senate
Miami Beach
Fla
Morgan City Youth Held In Officer Killing
Franklin Louisiana police held 16 year old Frank Palmer Jr. on murder charges after he confessed to shooting Morgan City officer Ruble Mario Robicheaux with a 12 gauge shotgun in revenge for alleged mistreatment of his mother by the officer. The confession came within 36 hours of the fatal shooting through a glass door at the Morgan City police headquarters where Robicheaux was at the radio. Funeral services for the officer, father of five, were held Monday.
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Franklin
St. Mary Parish
Morgan City
Frank Palmer Jr
Ruble Mario Robicheaux
Aubrey Deslatte
Palmer
Robicheaux
Sheriff Believes Coleman Will Receive Subpoena
Prentiss County Sheriff George W. Rutherford Jr says a subpoena for Gov. J. P. Coleman will likely be served today. Rutherford accuses the governor of fraud and connivance in recall actions. he plans to subpoena two members of the three judge removal council and hand the subpoena to Hinds County Sheriff Albert Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kson
Miss
North Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Prentiss County
George W. Rutherford Jr
Rutherford
Mississippi Sheriffs Assn
Coleman
Hinds County
Albert Jones
District VFW Meeting Set in Monroe Post Home
The Mth district of Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold its annual fall meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Monroe post home on Sixth Street. District posts include Monroe Winnsboro Oak Grove St. Joseph and Rayville. Public relations officer Artis Tynes said possible discussion will cover recent developments in Little Rock.
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Mth District of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Monroe
Sixth Street
Winnsboro
Oak Grove
St. Joseph
Rayville
Artis Tynes
Rodney J. Hobbs
Little Rock
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Rally of Strength
McClellan
V2 Committee
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Dixie
John Law
Ark
William Fluck
Philadelphia
Elaine Fluck
Luck
Young Fluck
U.N. Assembly
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State
VFW
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