Eight Steel Giants Indicted in Price Fix Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in New York City charged eight steel firms and two officials with conspiring to fix prices in the multibillion-dollar steel sheet industry. The alleged scheme spanned 1955 to 1961, involved secret hotel meetings, and violated the Sherman Act. Each corporation faces up to $50,000 fines and individuals up to $50,000 plus a year in prison.
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Washington
Eeight
New York City
United States
Steel “Corp
Pittsburgh
James P. Barton
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem, Pa
WJ. Stephens
National Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Reservation Deadline Extended for Chamber Sports Banquet
Nearly 250 reservations have been received for the Chamber of Commerce annual sports banquet on April 14. The deadline has been extended to Saturday due to strong interest. Ralph Miller, Wichita University coach, will speak despite recent resignation for a University of Iowa post. Judge Robert Pinet will preside, with Lyman Corlis Jr. introducing Miller and coaches introducing athletes. The banquet starts at 6 30 p m in the Ottawa University union building.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Chameer
Ralph Miller
Wichita University
University of Iowa
Miller
Robert Pinet
Lyman Corlis Jr
Ottawa University Union
Bethany Chapel Burns Mortgage Dedication At Topeka Church
More than 100 people gathered at Bethany Chapel for a public dedication and mortgage burning of newly installed pews. Special guests were New Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Topeka. The four oldest active members burned the mortgage, representing 253 years of combined membership. The church has 78 members led by Pastor Rev. S. E. Hopkins.
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Bethany Chapel Baptist Church
S. E. Hopkins
Guy Edwards
Emma Armstrong
Hopkins
Kathryn Cunningham
Ernest Crith
Bethany Chapel
New Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Topeka
L. E. A. Jones
Racial Ordinance in Kansas City Put to Referendum
Kansas City voters face a direct vote on extending racial equality rules to taverns and amusement venues. The measure, tied to the 1963 amendment, carries fines and possible license loss, with proponents and opponents arguing over property rights and race relations.
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Kansas City
Frank Martin
Board of Election Commissioners
Robert P. Lyons
People For Public Accommodations
Thurman L. MeeCormick
Association For Freedom of Choice
Tavern Owners Association
McCormick
Lyons
Ilus W. Davis
Doctors Strike Fills Belgian Hospitals in Week One
Belgium faces a mounting hospital crisis as doctors strike for a week with no solution. Nurses struggle to manage a flood of patients and beds line corridors while some civilians are sent to military hospitals.
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Tom Ochiltree
Brussels
Belgium
Arthur Gilson
Gilson
West Germany
Theo Lefevre
Storm Drops 18-Inch Snow In Montana
A wintry system swept the northern Plains and Rockies dropping 16 to 18 inches of snow in Montana between Helena and Great Falls with drifts up to seven feet. Wyoming mountain areas reported over a foot of snow while Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and northeast New Mexico saw snow or snow mixed with rain. Elsewhere, heavy rains hit the eastern Gulf states and parts of the Midwest, with flood warnings in Alabama and Georgia as the Chattoochee River overflowed Cobb County.
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Plains
Rockies
Montana
South
Alabama
Georgia
Canada
Helena
Great Falls
Monetana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Gulf States
Atlantic States
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
North Atlantic
Chattahoochee River
Cobb County
Alabama National Guardsmen
Atlanta
Montgomery
Ala
Alaska earthquake relief moves thousands to improvised shelters
Thirty five Portage refugees stay in Diamond Jim's log lodge, 266 Ko diak Indians housed in an Anchorage grade school, and thirty eight Chenega villagers in a Cordova church. Relief efforts face poor communication and vast distances, relying on helicopters, planes, trucks, and foot travel. Donations from across the country include a New Jersey boy’s Easter basket, lumber shipments from Portland, and $10,000 each from the Japanese government and Pope Paul VI. The Methodist Council of Bishops proclaims Alaska Earthquake Appeal Sunday on April 5.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Portage
Here
New Jersey
Portland
Methodist Council of Bishops
MacArthur the Man A Portrait of The Old Man
Relman Morin offers a portrait of General Douglas MacArthur focusing on personality. He describes a handsome, energetic leader with a precise voice, strong language, and steady calm. The piece notes his religious references, private loyalties, and how rivals saw him as ambitious yet brilliant.
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Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Relman Morin
MacArthur
Associated Press
George C. Kenney
Star Chamber
Cobs
MacArethur
Bataan
Jesus of Nazareth
Philippine
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Phyllis, Gibbons
Occas
Arthur
Pusan
MaccArthur
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Isteney
Mthur
Jeannie
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Bethany Chapel Burns Mortgage
Huell Warren Jr
Mitted
Army
Olen
Lefevre
Catholic-Socialist Coalition
Powr
Kodiak Island
Chenega
Cordova
acArthur
Strow
Seledom
Oklahoma
Otasco
Orlatiomatire & Supply
Longlife
Atten
First National Bank OF Ottawa
Franklin County
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