Mystery burns and murder link tied to Teamsters case
In Pontiac Michigan an ex-convict business agent for the Teamsters was burned and robbed at a bar. His uncle Herman Kierdorf is missing and wanted on a warrant for possessing a pistol with a silencer. The bartender Merril was beaten and killed. Frank Kierdorf, 19, survived with severe burns and implicates union business. Police found a pistol with a silencer in a neighbor’s home and two other items linked to Herman. The case involves multiple suspects and potential ties to organized labor.
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Pontiac, Mich
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Oakland County
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St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
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Washington, D. C
Ingenious Post Office Stamp Trick Stuns Missouri Clerk
In Sikeston Missouri a woman entered the post office with two letters, two 5 cent stamps and a 2 cent stamp. She glued a 3 cent stamp on each letter then tore the 2 cent stamp in half and placed halves on both letters to greet the new four cent rate. The postmaster said he did not know what would happen but sent the letters through.
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Sikeston
Malcolm
Malelom
$150000 in Jewelry Stolen From Car in Warrensville Township
A New York City couple reported jewelry worth 150000 dollars stolen from their car at the Shaker House Motor Hotel in Warrensville Township. Louis Hand, a curtain manufacturer, said the jewels belonged to his wife and 3000 dollars worth of clothing were also taken from the locked vehicle, which was left overnight.
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Louis Hand
Shaker House Motor Hotel
Warrensville Township
Witness links Hoffa payment to avert 1949 strike
Former Detroit laundry operator William Miller testified before the Senate rackets committee that he handed over more than 450 to an official of a laundry firm association, believing the funds would reach James R. Hoffa as payment for labor peace. Hoffa, then Midwest Teamsters leader, sat at the witness table as Miller spoke. Miller now operates Gill Miller's Hotel and Restaurant in Watersmeet, Michigan.
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Teamsters
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William Jr. Miller
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Midwest
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Gill Miller
Watersmeet, Mich
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Khrushchev Rejects UN Summit Move in Moscow Message
Khrushchev rejected holding a summit in the UN Security Council and urged the General Assembly to convene in extraordinary session. He accused the council of bias toward NATO and SEATO members, and criticized the Chinese representative as a political corpse. The Assembly session is set to open in New York on September 16, with Eisenhower invited to attend.
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Rate hike approved exclude Long Beach customers
The General Telephone Co won approval from the State Public Utilities Commission to raise rates by 3.86 million dollars annually across 125 Southland communities, but Long Beach customers are excluded. The order, effective August 16, raises one party lines by 35 cents monthly, two party by 10 cents and four party by 5 cents with business rates up 1.50 to 31.90. residential impact limited to 590 thousand dollars of the increase.
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Warner's Chief Hurt in Crash Near Cannes
Pi-Jack L. Warner Hollywood film pioneer suffered a skull fracture in an automobile accident on the Riviera while returning home from a casino session. The 66 year old recovered consciousness after a brief coma. Warner Bros. president was uninjured beyond the fracture and no concussion.
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Palm Beach
Jim Man
Cap D'Antibas
Riviera
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Albert
Eisenhower to hold first news conference since July 2
President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 10 30 am EDT Wednesday his first since July 2. It offers reporters a chance to question him on the Middle East crisis and possible summit talks following U S troops deployment to Lebanon on July 14.
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Eisenhower
Middle East
Lebanon
Weather Outlook Mostly Sunny with Tonight Clouds
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with late night and early morning low clouds tonight and Wednesday. Temperature remains nearly the same with minimal change. Noon temperature is 7.
Pay night flight ends in death of three in Pacoima
In Pacoima a pay evening at a cabaret ended in the explosive death of three when a light Cessna 172 crashed and burned in a home front yard on San Fernando Road after a night club departure for White Man Airpark. Pilot Edward Hooker 42, a North Hollywood business operator. passenger Helen Padgett 26 a North Hollywood cocktail waitress. and Tambrog D Lambrinos 38 perished. Witnesses heard sputtering engine and a whistling before the crash as the plane circled in patchy fog and struck the yard, killing no one in the house. Hooker had filed a night flight plan to Imperial Valley but turned back due to heavy fog over LA.
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Amend
Dames
Edward Hooker
Hooker
San Fernando Road
Robert Conbert
Imperial Valley
Los Angeles
The Mideast Un censored myth of Nasser discussed
AP foreign affairs analyst William L. Ryan examines common myths about Nasser in the second installment of The Mideast Un censored. Page references indicate broader coverage across the newspaper with sections on politics, culture, and editorials.
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AP Foreign Affairs
William L. Ryan
Nasser
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Actress Gia Scala Rescued After Waterloo Bridge Incident
British Italian film star Giovanna Scoglio known as Gia Scala, aged 22, was stopped from leaping from Waterloo Bridge by a cab driver who restrained her and alerted police. She was taken to Bow Street Station in a distressed state. her elderly father later retrieved her.
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Gia Scala
Waterloo Bridge
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Giovanna Scoglio
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Smash Store Window Robbery Hits Beverly Hills Jewelry
Four youths smashed the Tobias Jewelry Store display on Rodeo Road in Beverly Hills between 10:10 and 10:15 p.m. They fled with loot valued by the owner at over one million dollars, a claim disputed by detectives who put the loss at about ten thousand. The bandits used a smoke bomb, wore masks, and escaped in a blue daytop convertible with stolen plates. Three employees fled through the back door. License numbers were obtained but stolen.
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CNS
Tobias
Rodeo Rd
J. Tobias
Ray Borders
Borders
Monanne Metting
Sylvia Page
Ben Pryor
Two Giants Players Brawl Aboard Western Airlines Flight
Dusty Rhodes and Joe Margoneri were ordered off a Western Airlines plane after a midair fight en route from Portland to Los Angeles. The altercation damaged lounge furniture and frightened passengers. police met the plane in San Francisco and the crew chose not to press charges if the men found alternate travel.
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UPI
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Joe Margor Nevi
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Western Airlines
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Ore
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Margoneri
Betty Hunt
Hollywood
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Davis
Warrant Issued for Barbara Burns Over Guardianship Hearing
A bench warrant was issued in Los Angeles for Barbara Ann Burns daughter of Bob Bazooka Burns after she failed to appear for a final accounting of her guardianship estate. Her attorney stated he does not know her whereabouts.
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Bob (Bazooka) Burns
Barbara Ann Burns
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