O Keefe Named By FBI as One of Brink's Gang
Joseph J. Specs O Keefe a 44 year old gunman named as part of the Brink s gang that stole 1 219 000 in cash faced contempt charges for refusing to testify before a grand jury in Boston A closed hearing before Judge William T McCarthy heard the case as secret minutes of the grand jury were evidence Boston police were present and detectives questioned O Keefe about the January 17 1950 robbery affidavits filed with a U S commissioner tied him to the crime and noted substantial assets tied to his family
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Boston
Joseph J
Specs" O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Federal Grand Jury
William T. McCarthy
Cook
United States
FBI
U. S
George F. Garrity
John B. Greene
Brink
Joseph J. O'Keefe
O’keefe
Mary A. Hooley
Mary O'Keefe
Joseph O'Keefe
Murder Boss To Testify At New York Probe
Albert Anastasia, reputed Murder Inc. boss, was to testify before the New York State Crime Commission. Testimony tied Anastasia to the 1939 murder of a reform-minded longshoreman and showed mob control over the waterfront and the ILA locals, with William O'Dwyer and Edward Heffernan implicated in related inquiries.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Vincent Mannino
Marcy Protter
State Crime Commission
Peter Panto
Panio
Murder, Inc
New York
Albert Anastasia
New York State Crime Commission
Anastasia
Port of New York
AFL International Langshoremen's Association
William O'Dwyer
U.S
Mexico
Kings County
New York City
Edward A. Heffernan
O'Dwyer
Aees
Teen-Agers Deliver Toys To Needy Families
The Yuletide Charity Workers, led by Morgan W. Willis, delivered Christmas toys to 76 children in 18 needy families. Teens repaired toys in homes and garages, while merchants donated fruit, food, nuts, cottage cheese, paint and hardware. A car agency provided a truck for deliveries, and Willis plans a larger program next year.
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SANTA
William M. Niland
Yuletide Charity Workers
Morgan W. Willis
Portsmouth Herald
Navy
Marines
Yuletide
Willis
Dock Racket Case Against Florio In Jury's Hands
Washington court hears perjury trial of Edward J. Florio, an AFL official and New Jersey longshoreman organizer, who faces questions over two $1,000 checks said to come from Mackenna Operating president Lawrence C. Howard. The defense asserts Florio misremembered and Howard clarifies the payments related to sugar unloading.
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Florio
Washington
Edward J. Florio
U.S. District Court
New York
International Longshoremen's Association
AFL
New Jersey
Lawrence C. Howard
Mackenna Operating Company, Inc
Gerald Lamby
Electrical Workers Win 5 Percent Pay Increase Across Industry
In Schenectady and nationwide about 19 500 local workers and 280 000 others may receive roughly 50 dollars in back pay by Christmas as the wage stabilization committee approves a five percent raise for about 200 000 General Electric plant workers and directs executive director Harry Weiss to authorize similar deals with Westinghouse Sylvania and others. Unions press immediate back pay to aid holiday shopping.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Cuntry
General Electric Company
U.S
Harry Weiss
Weiss
Appoints Secretaries For Navy Air and Army
Republican House sessions in February will open debate on revising the Taft Hartley labor law as Rep. McConnell of Pennsylvania prepares to chair the Labor Committee. He hints at evolving a bill, possibly patching Taft Hartley or drafting a wholly new measure, amid mixed views on the law’s complexity and political reception. Senator Taft supports retaining the law and plans to reintroduce amendments.
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Washington
Republican House
Rep
McConnell
House Labor Committee
Taft Hartley
Capitol Hill
GOP
Capitol
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Aides to Wilson Selected During Cruise on Helena
President elect Eisenhower announced civilians who will head the Armed Services under Secretary of Defense designate Charles E. Wilson. Selections include Roger M. Kyes as deputy secretary, Robert Ten Broeck Stevens as secretary of the Army, Robert Bernard Anderson as secretary of the Navy, and Harold L. Talbott as secretary of the Air Force. All must win Senate approval. The appointments followed conferences aboard the cruiser Helena during return from Korea, as inflation policy looms.
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New York
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Charles E. Wilson
Roger M. Kyes
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
General Motors
Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
South Plainfield
N.J
General Electric Corp
General Foods
Jackson Mills
J. P. Stevens and Co
Navy
Robert Bernard Anderson
Vernon
Tex
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Air Force
Harold L. Talbott
North American Aviation Co
Chrysler Corp. Finance Committee
Talbott
Senate
James C. Hagerty
Living Costs Edge Up to Match August Record
Washington reports the cost of living edged up two tenths of a point to 191.1 percent of the 1935 38 base, driven by higher home rents. Rail workers kept a one cent hourly wage cut despite the rise, with about 1.5 million workers affected by union contracts tied to the index. Retail food prices fell slightly in seven New England cities from mid October to mid November.
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Washington
Ine Bureau of Labor Statistics
New England
Boston
Portland
Manchester
N.H
Bridgeport
Conn
New Haven
Providence
Fall River
PUC Approves New Schedule for Concord Train
The Public Utilities Commission approved a new Boston and Maine schedule for the Portsmouth to Concord run via Manchester. The weekday departure from Portsmouth is 8 30 a m with arrivals 19 16 at Manchester and 10 45 at Concord, shortening the Port City trip by 18 minutes. Return trips depart Concord 3 53 p m arriving Portsmouth 6 p m. Revised freight operations aim to cut overtime and a Greenland service may run to serve Newington Air Force Base upon demand.
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Concord
State Public Utilities Commission Today
Boston
Maine
Portsmouth
Manchester
Port City
PUC
Newington Air Force Base
B&m
Greenland
Women Beat Men in Portsmouth Blood Drive
Women outdonated men by seven pints in Portsmouth's blood drive though the quota of 200 pints was not reached with 105 pints collected. Honorary co chairmen Ira A Brown and Mary C Dondero lament the shortfall, noting more men quit than women and considering a recount next month.
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Ira A. Brown
Mary C Dondero
Portsmouth
Brown
Siamese Twins Survival Update After Separation
Nurses and doctors report on the Brodie twins Roger Lee and Rodney Dee as they remain in critical condition on ventilators two days after a pioneering head-to-head separation. Roger stays unconscious with impaired brain circulation. Rodney shows signs of consciousness and better stability, while both receive intravenous support at the University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute.
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Roger Lee
Rodney Dee Brodie
University of Ilinois
Roger
Rodney
Rodney Dee
Roger Lee Brodie
University of Ilinois Neuropsychiatric Institute
Rodhey
Eric Oldberg
Neurol
Chicken Thief Steals Jars From Vacant Kes Vozella House
A thief broke into Mrs. Joseph Vozella’s vacant home at 321 Dennett Street and took $0 worth of ready to eat chicken jars. Several jars of preserves were also taken, likely for dessert, as authorities describe the burglary.
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Joseph Vozella
Dennett Street
Bombers Hammer Red Supply Lines Over Western Korea
Hundreds of Allied fighter bombers swept the Western Korean Front pounding Communist troop concentrations and supply sites. Sabre jets damaged one MiG in two dogfights above the Suiha Reservoir as clouds and snow grounded planes. Paegyang, 25 miles north of Kaesong, saw a major Red troop concentration hit. at least 40 buildings destroyed.
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Seoul II
Suiha
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Paegyang
Kaesong
Price and pay controls threaten Eisenhower era plans
Republican leaders warn of political risk as Congress ponders extending wage price control authority past April 30 or altering the program. President-elect Eisenhower weighs whether to outline his legislative program to Congress after Jan. 20. House aides and Taft ally Halleck critique Truman’s wage policy while focusing on cutting federal spending and inflation.
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Eisenhower
Wilson
Helens
Korea
Congress
New York
Republian
Truman
Joseph W. Martin “Jr
Massachusetts
House
Halleck
Wage Stabilization Board
Martin
Coast Guard ends search for Bowden lobsterman
An intensive air and sea search for Jonathan Bowden, 33, a York lobsterman, was called off after he fell overboard from the Dracula off Boon Island. Bowden, born January 18, 1919 in Eliot, could not swim and had lived with his father on Mein Street. He attended York Schools and York High School class of 1987, later working for the Boston and Maine Railroad.
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York
Jonathan Bowden
Coast Guard
Bowden
Dracula
Boon Island
Coast. Guard
Eliot
Walter
Mildred (Frost) Bowden
Mein Street
York High School
Boston and Maine Railroad
Utility to Shut Off Power in York
York Central sane Power Co announces a Sunday power cut in seven York sections from 7 to 9 am for new line installation. Affected areas include York Harbor York Village Seabury South Side South Berwick Road Beach Ridge Road and Long Beach to Bescon Street.
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York—Central Sane Power Co
York
York Harbor
York Village
Seabury
South Side
South Berwick Road
Beach Ridge Road
Long Beach
Bescon Street
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Brink's
Pennsylvania
Greene
Heffernan
ILA
Joseph P. Ryan
Emil Camardz
Anthony Guistra
Grand Jucy
Lamby
Howard
WSB
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sylvania Electric Products
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers Union
Air
Army
New House
Brodie
Rock Island
Royt Brodie
Moline
Separat
Chicago
Helena
August
Charles A. Hal- Jeck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Sinsis
Robert A. Taft
Hood
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