Payoff To Labor Bosses Ties Up 14 Years Of Labor Peace
Officials of Neo Gravure Printing Co testified they paid 131,459.95 to a convicted labor extortionist to assure labor peace. 128,376.95 was salary to relatives of the man and other payments brought total to 307,136.50. The company printed Sunday supplements for major New York and Boston newspapers and faced Senate Rackets Committee questions as union officials refused to discuss payoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Neo Gravure Printing Co
Weehawken
N. J
Harold Goss
Senate
Goss
George M. Kopecki
Cornelius Soonon
New York
Neo Gravure
American Weekly
New York Journal-American
New York Daily Mirror
New York Hearth-Tribune
Boston Herald
Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union of
New York and Vicinity
Charles E. Chesmerk
William Hillbrant
Joseph J. Gervase
Strauss Gains Backing Amid Senate Hearing Rift
In a Senate Commerce Committee session Dr Edward Teller urged strong support for Strauss as secretary of commerce. Teller credited with wartime scientific progress defended Strauss against charges of vanity and deceit while noting real hydrogen bomb work lay with others. Anderson cited past clashes over atomic policy as basis for continued scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasittington
Pie Lewis
Strauss
Senate
Edward Teller
Teller
Senate Commerce
Clinton P. Andersen
D-Nmo
University of California
Rationation Laboratory
Eisenhower
Anderson
AEC
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Rockefeller Begins Vacation to Venezuela
Governor Rockefeller and Mrs. Rockefeller left Albany by plane for a two week vacation in Venezuela. They planned a nonstop seven hour flight from Idlewild to Caracas and a two hour drive to the Monte Sacro ranch arriving Thursday morning. The governor would return May 28 arriving Idlewild the following day.
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Albany Op
Rockefeller
Albany
Venezuela
Idlewild
New York City
Caracas
Monte Sacro
Inside Obituary Bridge Market and Classifieds
Obituary notices and market briefs appear in the bridge and radio television sections, with classifieds listing items on page 14 and sports updates on pages 11, 12, and 13. A Tulton item graces listings alongside Phoenix features in the media overview.
Sugar Ray Robinson Offered 500000 to Defend Title
Madison Square Garden offered Sugar Ray Robinson five hundred thousand dollars plus a percentage to defend his middleweight crown against Carmen Basilio. Harry Markson said Robinson called the offer good and negotiations would continue. Basilio’s proposed purse was believed to be two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The bout, if made, would likely be held in Los Angeles in September.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Sugar Ray Robinson
Carmen Basilio
Harry Markson
Boxing
the Garden
Markson
Robinson
National Boxing Association
Basilio
Garden
Robinson-Basilio
Los Angeles
Churchill Visits ill allies with Eisenhower at Walter Reed
Sir Winston Churchill accompanied by President Eisenhower visited two gravely ill friends at Walter Reed Hospital. John Foster Dulles, ill and in a wheelchair, and General George C. Marshall, frail after strokes, greeted the British statesman with warmth as reports highlighted the emotional moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Britain
Walter Reed Hospital
John Foster Dulles
George C. Marshall
Marshall
US Army
Churchill
Dulles
Eisenhower White House
James C. Hagery
Hagerty
Tiend
Dome
State Department
Sir Winon
Shoemaker To Ride Sword Dancer In Preakness
Willie Shoemaker will ride Sword Dancer in the Preakness on May 16 after Sword Dancer finished second to Tomy Lee by a nose. Trainer Elliott Bureh announced the rider and noted Tomy Lee was shipped to California for recovery.
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Baltimore
Willie Shoemaker
Tomy Lee
Sword Dancer
Vromy Lee
Pimlico
Elliott Bureh
Pall Roland
Herbs
Shoemaker
California
Little Rock Fires 44 Teachers Over Segregation Row
The Little Rock School Board fired 44 teachers amid the city's integration turmoil. Among the dismissed are Central High leaders J W Mathews and vice principals J O Powell and Mrs Elizabeth Huckaby, with several elementary and junior high principals also listed. Moderates warned of court challenges while opposing a purge aligned with segregationists. Governor Faubus criticized the actions as favoritism toward Negro students during the integration dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Central High
Ted Lamb
Russell Matson
Everett Tucker Jr
Sstemn
Lamb
Irio
Central
J. W. Mathews
Prinpals J. O. Powell
Ellizabeth Huckaby
Orval E. Faubus
L. M. Christophe
Horace Mann
Baby found after abduction incident in Dallas
An 18 month old boy, Matchell John Johnson of Placitas New Mexico, was found abandoned in a Dallas drug store after a kidnapping case. FBI arrested a girl in Dallas who admitted taking the child and claimed she was the babysitter sought in New Mexico. Police noted the child was in good condition and the search involved Betty Smither, missing with the boy earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Albuquerque
Matchell Johnson
Paul Johnson
Placitas
FBI
Betty Smither
New Mexico
Johnson
Edgewood
Smithey
Clovis
N. Mo
Vickie Wilson
Chandler, Ariz
Reuther Spurns Speech At Red Rally in Berlin West
Labor leader Walter Reuther rejected an invitation to address a Communist led congress in East Germany calling the World Federation of Trade Unions a tool of Soviet policy. He said the move was a propaganda maneuver to minimize West Berlin’s May Day rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duesseldorf
Germany
Rogers to Fight Two-Term Ban
Washington leaders say Attorney General William P. Rogers will oppose repeal of the constitutional limit on presidents serving more than two terms. Senate and House GOP leaders report he will tell the Senate Judiciary Committee he favors scrapping the 22nd Amendment, though he previously supported repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
William P. Rogers
Everett M. Dirksen
Tllinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Rosers
Senate Judiciary Committee
America
Libel Award Against Lewis Reversed by District Judge
District Judge George L. Hart Jr. set aside a $145,000 libel judgment won by Pearl Wanamaker against Fulton Lewis Jr., ruling the verdict excessive and possibly tainted by passion. The 1956 broadcast falsely linked Wanamaker to a state department ally who fled the Iron Curtain. a later admission of a mistaken name prompted retrial unless parties settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George L. Hart Jr
Pearl A. Wanamaker
Fulton Lewis Jr
Hart
Lewis
Snark Missile Firing Success At Cape Canaveral
A Snark missile test near Cape Canaveral reported a successful intercontinental range run. The model roared off, dropped a dummy warhead on an impact area near Ascension Island, about 10,000 miles from the launch site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Upi
Ascenson Island
Mles
Fisher Taylor to Wed in Las Vegas Next Tuesday
Eddie Fisher says he and Elizabeth Taylor will marry in Las Vegas next Tuesday with Michael Todd Jr. as best man. Two ceremonies, civil and Jewish, will be private with no press coverage. Rabbi Max Nussbaum will officiate the Jewish rite.
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Hollywood
Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Las Vegas
New
Michael Todd Jr
Fisher
Michael
Spain
Todd Jr
Howard Taylor
Miss Taylor
la Jolla
Calif
Max Nussbaum
Khrushchev Sees No Berlin Trouble Ahead
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told West German editors in Moscow there would be no trouble in Berlin despite ongoing talks. He warned that without a German peace treaty the USSR would sign a separate one with East Germany, risking East German control of Western routes to Berlin. He also questioned linking European security to a German peace agreement. Washington officials discuss Khrushchev possibly visiting the United States for the New York World’s Fair exposition.
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New York
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
Newsmea Sles
Cooper
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Roosevelt Hotel
Iron Age
United Steelworkers Union
Frankfurt
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
Geneva
Washington
United States
Nikita Khrush
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
the Times
Coliseum
New York City
Grady Elected Baltimore Mayor
Baltimore Democrat J Harold Grady won the mayoral race defeating Theodore M McKeidin former mayor and governor in a Tuesday contest Grady cited voter desire for change and old faces being rejected as key factors The 42 year old lawyer and former FBI agent had been state's attorney since last November defeating D Alesandro in the March 3 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J. Harold Grady
Theodore M. McKeidin
Maryland
Grady
MeiKeldin
Ballmoreans
FBI
D'Alesandro
Four Black coed testifies on attacked at public safety point
A 19 year old Black Florida A and M student testified before a Leon County grand jury, saying four young white men seized her at a public safety point and hurt her. She was taken to University Hospital under sedation. evidence from other witnesses followed. The jurors were told to act by law regardless of race.
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Tallahassee
Fla
ULP
Florida A&m University
Leon County
Grand Jury
University Hospital
Bill Joyce
Circuit Court
W. May Walker
Walker
Florida
Florida A. & M. University
Bank Robbery Nets About Sixty Thousand In Ontario
Two gunmen abducted Bank of America manager Frank Collela and his wife from their home in Ontario before opening hours. They forced them to the bank at 4th and Mountain Streets where an estimated 60 000 to 70 000 dollars was taken. The couple was unharmed.
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Ontario
Calf
Bank of America
John James
Frank Collela
4Th and
Mountain Sts
Collela
President Eisenhower Hosts Churchill at Gettysburg Visit
President Eisenhower arranged a trip from Washington to Gettysburg to tour the Eisenhower farm with Sir Winston Churchill as his guest. The White House said the pair would travel by car to the 80 mile journey and return later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRF
Winsy
Gettysburg
Washington
Fisenhower Aranged
Sir Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
White House
Selcepter
Reds Boycott Space Panel United Nations
United States delegate Henry Cabot Lodge urged U.N. supporters of peaceful space exploration to expect progress through international cooperation. He noted the job is too large for any one nation while four members including the Soviet Union boycotted the committee. Others present stressed broad participation.
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United Nations Po
United States
U.N
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N. Committee
Soviet Union
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