Agrees To Quit As Union Chief For A Price
James G. Cross has quit as president of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union amid a pending corruption case. the union board says terms include dismissal of litigation and a reported 250000 cash settlement to settle pension rights and other potential costs. The case alleges misused funds to cover legal costs and personal expenses.
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Washington
James G. Cross
Bakery
Confectionery Workers International Union
Cross
Palm Beach
Fla
Florida
Afl-Cio
American Bakery & Confectionery Workers
Solar
Missing armored truck cash partly solved by FBI in 1959
Los Angeles FBI said $113,200 from Armored Transport trucks vanished after a truck was left unguarded. William G. Simon declared suspects Lubin and others may be involved. two men were arrested 19 months later as investigators move toward partial resolution.
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Noted Transport Co
Harp
William G. Simon
FBI
Lubin
Port. Co
Bank of America’s
Figueroa
Los Angeles
Truman Returns Home After Washington Trip and Robbery
Truman is back from Washington after a 644 hour route during which a truck made 17 stops to collect money from banks and firms. A $113,200 money bag disappeared from an unguarded but locked truck after five brief stops. Guards were cleared and investigators retraced the route but found no clues.
Two Burned In Olathe Blast
An explosion and fire at an Olathe filling station injured two, one critically. Larry Rowie, 16, suffered burns over 90 percent and was in critical condition at KU Medical Center, while Charles Zaman, the station manager, burned on the head and arms. Fire officials blamed fumes from a gas tank ignited by a heater pilot light. The incident caused extensive damage and left several others with injuries as crews worked to control the blaze.
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Olathe
Kan
Larry Rowie
University of Kansas Medical Center
Charles Zaman
W. J. Prather
Ads for TV writing kits flood readers with fake lines
A New York AP piece warns that simplistic TV writing prompts sell a foolproof method built around canned lines. It catalogs distractingly derivative sample lines and a wild mix of adventure tropes, weaponized plots, and implausible scenarios.
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New York
Lowry
Swedish Star Ingrid Thulin Considers Hollywood Move
Ingrid Thulin, Bergman’s leading lady, questions Hollywood life as she films for MGM and signs with Mirisch. She laments long workdays in Sweden versus California, contemplates staying, and notes pay and cultural differences while living at the Bel-Air with husband Harry Schein. Meanwhile in Kansas City, pay delays loom as county officials question payroll funding and the auditor balks at certifying the print shop payroll.
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Miss Thulin
Bergman
MGM
California
Five
Mirisch Co
Bel-Air
Harry Schein
Sweden
Ingrid
Kansas City
Harvey
Jones
Jackson County
Harry Bergin
Bergin
South
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Truman
Eli Lubin
Mickey A . Love
Ntomy Cohen
Glenn M. Tharp Jr
Pomdeeweeee
Bonner Springs
Kent
Roche
Hadnedy
White House
Lground
Ar J
C. Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Elizabeth Rudel
U. S
Cynthia Lowry
Private Eye
Serafina Dear
Harry
Frank
John Smith
Africa
Sir Archibald
Ford
Chevrolet
Dodge
Gor
Pewit Ford
Dodge Lancer
Comet
Corvair
Falcon
Wsmanusane
Minnick Motor CO
Hickory
Ottawa
Kansas
Topeka
John Gingrich
Nyle Miller
The
Kansas Historical Society
J. Hambleton Abrahams
Shawnee County
Fogle Quarry Crushed Stone Ag
Hollywood
Ingrid Thulin
Ingmer Bergman
Blue Cross
Western, Kansas
Kansas Hospital Service Association, Inc
Kansas Physicians’ Service
Blue Cross Pays
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of
Topeka Boulevard
Topeka, Kansas
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