Hoffa Cleared by Jury Fears Senate Rackets Probe
James R Hoffa acclaimed by cheering spectators after a federal jury acquitted him of bribery charges connected to the Teamsters union probe The Senate Rackets Committee signaled he will likely be called to testify in New York as it opens a rackets inquiry Hoffa vowed to support retiring Teamster president Dave Beck and to work with union allies while committee leaders prepared New York hearings and warned Hoffa name would figure in the probe
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Senate Rackets Committee
Hoffa
New York
John Dye Cheasty
Teamsters Union
Edward Bennett Willams
Rackets Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Capitol Dome
Dave Beck
Little Jimmy
Beck
Chicago
Hoffstar
John English
Jobs L. McClellan
Sugar Beet Warehouse Burns Down in Ashway Benon
Fire destroyed the Menominee Sugar Co warehouse in Ashway Benon, Milwaukee area, with flames impaling pulp and seed inside a 250 by 50 foot steel building. Firefighters from the suburb fought the blaze using two tank trucks supplying over 1,000 gallons of water each, and the fire spread to an adjacent concrete warehouse and a nearby boxcar.
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Green Bay
Wis
Ashway Benon
Menomee Sugar Co
Arguments In Knoxville Trial Stated Tuesday
An all white Tennessee jury will hear final arguments Tuesday in the Clinton High School integration case. Defense contends federal agents cannot identify defendants among integrationists while the prosecution asserts a circumstantial conspiracy to hinder school integration. Judge Taylor will instruct the jury after summary presentations by both sides.
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Knoxville
Tenn.uk
Tennessee
Torneys
Clinton, Tenn
Bight School
Supreme Courts
Robert J Taylor
City Sizzles As Mercury Rises Over Warehouse Blaze
Firefighters in Green Bay battled a long warehouse blaze as temperatures hit about 90 degrees. Trucks hauled water while Oshkosh crews helped, delaying spread. The fire burned for hours, with speculation that intense heat ignited metal framing and pulp piles. A prior two week old blaze caused about 1.5 million dollars in damage.
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Oshkosh
Green Bay Fire Department
Green Bay
Navy Raises Standards To Reduce Rolls
Washington reports the Navy tightens intelligence standards to speed up discharge of more than 13,000 sailors. Steps follow Defense Secretary Wilson’s order cutting 100,000 across the armed forces. targets include 35,900 Navy members by January and a reduction of about 1,635 officers.
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Washington
Upi
Navy
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Dulles to Speak on Disarmament Monday Night
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will deliver a nationwide radio and television address Monday night to outline U.S. views on disarmament. The talk will be carried by ABC from 3 to 3 30 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
American Broadcasting Co
D.T
Bones found beneath Chicago building during repair
Police investigated an excavator report of a bone mound found under a building undergoing repairs in Chicago. Authorities determined the site previously operated as a butcher shop.
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Chicago
Heat Bakes City as Thermometer Rises in July
Buckstaff Observatory notes a maximum of 0 degrees as residents seek relief at beaches and parks. Despite cooling breezes at night, temperatures climb again today. The Daily Northwestern records 7 degrees by 10 am under cloudy skies. July usually brings heat, Oshkosh hopes to avoid typical 30 degree July days, with only a few days exceeding that mark earlier in the year.
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Buckstaff Observatory
Oshkosh
Massive Offensive Launched Against Huk Insurgents in Philippines
Philippine army deploys 36 battalions in a no quarter drive against the Huk insurgents after President Garcia refused a 30 day grace period for surrender. Government offers pardons to 2800 Huk members and others under the anti Communist law. Troops move against positions in the Sierra Madre Arayat and Zambales ranges with orders to grant no quarter.
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Manila
Philippine Army
Carlos P. Garcias
Lander
Garcia
Congress
Philippines
Sierra Madre
Arayat
Zambales
Doubts Cast On Sheppard's Guilt
A Florida lie detector witness, Donald Wedler, claimed he killed Marilyn Sheppard and acted in a mental fog after bludgeoning the Cleveland housewife. Gov. ONeill authorized a test for Dr Samuel Sheppard, with Gregory to question him. authorities remained skeptical of Wedler's confession amid discrepancies and a history of conflicting accounts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Vict
Marilynj
Sheppard
Donald Joseph Wedler
Paul M. Herbert
Samuel Sheppard
Cleveland Osteopath
Herbert
Wedler
Alex Gregory
Deland
Sheppard Sheppard
Gregory
C William O'Neill
Cleveland
Marilyn
O'Neill
Maridyn Sheppard
Marayo
Textile Union Council Meets With Officers
Washington report says United Textile Workers executive council met in secret with officers including Anthony Valente and Lloyd Klewert to align bylaws with ethical practices code. Klewert admitted using 57000 in union funds as down payments on two suburban homes totaling 95080, claiming it hid money from hostile members and that the council directed the savings.
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Washington
United Textile Workers Union
Hro Tog
Anthony Valente
AFL - Civ
Valente
Lloyd Klewert
Senate Labor Rackets
1.6 Billion Surplus Puts Question On Tax Cut Prospect
Washington reports a 1.645 trillion federal surplus for fiscal 1837, with better than expected tariff receipts offsetting higher spending. Administration foresees an $1.8 trillion surplus for the current year, but analysts say it falls short of the level needed for a major tax cut, challenging prospects for tax relief measures.
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Washington
UPI
Rights Bill Collapse Looms as Compromise Fails
Washington predicts a split among civil rights bill backers over Part II, with Knowland failing to secure a compromise on federal injunction powers for the attorney general. Senate plans a vote next week on removing the provision, while southern leaders vow to oppose retention.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
William F. Knowland
Attorney General
Knowland
Richard B Russell
D-Ga
Jeader
United Press
Upper
Mississippis
Valley
Central Plains
Minneapolis
Midwest
Plains
St. Cloud
Minn
Alexandria North Platte
Neb
Des Moines
Jacksonville
Orlando
Fla
Grantsburg
Wis
Rockies
Pacifics Northwest
Needles
Blythe
Calif
California Desert
Hartley Case Clues Sought After Four Years
Police continue probe into the 15 year old Evelyn Hartley disappearance in La Crosse as investigators pursue leads about men who ordered safety belts. A Milwaukee driver Norman Thompson recalled finding clippings about the case in a ship cabin years earlier and later reported them.
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Aul Wallinets
la Crosse
Evelyn Hartley
Norman Thompson
Milwaukee
Thompson
Larosse
Prize Secret As Red China Radio Puts on Quiz Show
Tokyo dispatch notes Peiping Radio, voice of Communist China, launching a quiz show with questions about China. Sample queries include recognizing the PRC, Marco Polo, gunpowder, and a world‑wide product first invented in China. The station entices listeners to answer within three days for a prize.
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Red China
Tokyo
China
Peiping
Yin
Peking
Japan Based B57 Crashes Paratroopers Safe After Crash
Atsugi near Tokyo saw a Bar bomber crash after losing control. Airmen Capt Richard F Graham and 2nd Lt Thomas Dimes parachuted to safety. Both officers attached to the Sh I Air Force were uninjured.
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Fachu
Japan
Upi
Tao
Nea~ Atsugi
Tokyo
C Hlard FL Graham
JA. Thomas Dimes
Shi
Oklahoma City Officer Overcame Suspect in Street Confrontation
Policewoman Jean Latham said Floyd Russell, 39, of Coalgate, refused to believe she was a officer and taunted her. He was bucked against a wall before being booked on a public drunkenness charge.
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Oklahoma City
Jean Latham
Floyd Russell
Coalgate
Ghia
the Waves
Russell
Conference May Restore Some Cuts in Foreign Aid
Washington reports House Republicans expect a Senate conference to restore part of Eisenhower's foreign aid cuts. The House approved 254 2565 with cuts to military and development funds, while the Senate set 3 617 333 000 for the program. Key supporters said the changes do not seriously harm aims to aid 32 allies worldwide. In voting, two Wisconsin Republicans and three Democrats backed the measure while five Republicans opposed.
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Martin
Senate House
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Treasury
Washington
Wisconsin
Bill to Hike Costs of Gas Group Warns
Washington U R A 13 man minority of the House Commerce Committee warned Friday the natural gas bill would boost consumers gas bills by about one billion dollars yearly and hand a 30 billion dollar windfall to an industry already booming. The committee majority argued the bill would give fair and just treatment and is needed to free the industry from unworkable federal controls. The bill would relax controls allowing joint field price or reasonable market price. President Eisenhower has endorsed the bill but fate remains in doubt as House leaders will not bring it to a vote unless prospects look favorable.
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Washinggton U.R
House Commerce Committee
House
Eisenhower
State Warns Legion Of Wartime Unreadiness In Wisconsin
Wausau Wisconsin civil defense chief Don E Carlson told the American Legion convention that the state is almost totally unready to meet a wartime emergency He urged a state civil defense department with a fulltime director and an adequate appropriation Olson the state director should focus on civil defense rather than National Guard duties The Legion's 40 et 8 and auxiliary groups held elections and heard from national leader Chester Naumowicz who warned veterans faces potential loss of federal aid unless support remains strong The address stressed protecting veterans and the economy against neglect by others in the sector
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Wausau
Don E. Carlson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin American Legion Covention
Carlson
Ralph H. Olson
Olson
Wisconsin
National Guard
Milwaukeean
Legion
Henry DeBerge
Kenosha
Norman P. Kelly
Shawano
Edward Soles
Antigo
Ain
Reginald Golden
Madison
Conducteur
Richard Queenhoven
Appleton
Garde de la Porte
Walter Gruber
Commis Voyageur
Richard Johnson
Waupaca
Avocat
Bernard J. Stecker
Fond du Lac Aumonier
Baldwin
Marshfield
Medicine
Gordon M. Harner
Commissaire
Clyde I Green
la Crosse
49 Et Aundiary
Elsie Gehrke
le Chapeau
Ition
Chester Naumowicz
Silver Spring
Naumawicz
Atomic test proves civilians could survive high altitude blast
At the Nevada Atomic Test Site an air detonation from a Scorpion jet tested a nuclear missile burst nearly 30,000 feet high. Ground observers including Col. Sidney Bruce and Col. Frank Ball reported heat and brief intense light while volunteers stood beneath the fireball to gauge effects on people on the ground. Also present were Maj. John Hughes, Maj. Norman Bodinger, and Maj. Donat Luttrell.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Air Force
Col
Sidney Bruce
Durango
Calif
Frank Ball
Washington
State Toll On Highways Rises to 416
The 1937 Wisconsin traffic death toll rose to 416 after a station wagon crash in Jefferson County killed Fred R. Metzger, 43, and injuries from a wreck on Highway 20. A Racine woman, Mrs John Mollenberg, died from injuries after a highway crash near Portage. Mrs Mollenberg’s daughter, Mrs Louis Kliinkhammer, 35, also injured. Mrs Josephine Canella, 70, of Brown Lake, died at Burlington Hospital from injuries after a crash in Burlington.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Fred KR. Metzger
Lanny
Wazon
Highway 20
Jefferson County
Waukesha
John Mollenberg
Apta Wm
Porlaze
Mullenberg
Louis Kliinkhammer
Racine
Sparta
Josephine Canella
Broans Lake
Racine County
Burlington Hospital
Burlingston
Caneila
Chicago
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Smith
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