Hoffa denies he is controlled by gangsters on Ballot issue
Washington reports Teamsters chief James R. Hoffa told Senate Rackets Committee he is not frightened of criminals and will purge the union by constitutional means. Kennedy pressed Hoffa on subordinates with criminal records. Hoffa refused to use trusteeships, saying officers elected by members cannot be removed without a union trial. Meanwhile Long Beach council splits two ballot items for Jobs for Long Beach, approving two propositions and rejecting a package for a $6.715 million bond.
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L. B. Jobs
Washington
UPI
Teamsters Eet
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Teamsters Union
No. Tough
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Teamster Aids
McClellan
Teamsters
John F. Kennedy
Dmass
Long Beach
Walhfred Jacobson
Jacobson
Los Angeles
O'Melveny and Myers
Roland Robbins
Claiborne Dr
James W. Beebe
Bees Attack Kill Fresno Motorist
Bees attacked and killed Nicholas Castanon a 6 year old farm laborer after his car wrecked near Fresno on Monday. Deputy Coroner Fred Pipkin said Castanon jumped from his car and ran but collapsed and died from bee stings twenty feet away.
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Fresno
Nicholas Castanon
Here
Fred Pipkin
Castanon
Nuclear test blast lights Hawaii sky from Johnston Island
Honolulu residents watched a guided missile with a nuclear warhead detonate above Johnston Island. Officials report the explosion at 12 30 a m Hawaii time, with observers seeing a mushroom cloud 700 miles away, as warnings of further tests in the Hardtack series were issued by the U S Pacific Command and Atomic Energy Commission described the detonation as part of the project.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
U. S. Pacific Command
Hawaii
Johnston
Pacific Command
Hawaiian
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific
Geries
Japanese airliner missing with 30 persons feared crashed
An All-Nip-Fon Airways DC3 with 27 passengers and 3 crew aboard is missing after reporting engine trouble at 8 37 pm. Officials say the flight was returning to Tokyo from a route between Tokyo and Nagoya and may have crashed in coastal waters.
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Tokyo
Truck Strike Effect Begins to Be Felt
Paralyzing impact of trucking lockout spreads across 11 Western states as 2.3 million daily operations at 1,600 firms may halt. In Long Beach only Santa Fe and Southern Pacific terminal trucks suspend service, while officials warn shortages and unemployment may rise as orders to employers take effect.
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Teamsters
California
San Joaquin Valley
Long Beach
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Teamsters Union
San Francisco
Ted Merrill
Lower Beach
Teamsters Local Bes
Merrill
Long Beach Faces Subside Crisis and Navy Suit Hope
Editorial argues subsidence from oil withdrawal is destroying Long Beach’s economy and shoreline. It questions current repressuring plans, cites failed congressionals funding for the shipyard, and endorses a federal lawsuit to prove oil causes subsidence and halt or limit Wilmington Oil Field production.
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Long Beach
Wilmington
Congress
Navy
Department of Justice
California
Golden Age of Knowledge Promises a High Tech Tomorrow
A forward looking piece imagines distant tech advances in memory drugs long life and cures for cancer and heart disease. It envisions electronic brains managing homes and highways and space hotels orbiting Earth with travel to Alpha Centauri possible someday. A jet set in a Strap on helicopter tours Antarctica and a shipbound orbiting TV connects daily life to the cosmos.
Eisenhower to address U N emergency assembly Wednesday
President Eisenhower will travel to New York to address the U N emergency Assembly Wednesday on the U S Middle East program. Dulles will lead the U S delegation and outline plans for political and economic stabilization, with the president returning to Washington after the session.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
Waldorf Astoria
New York
Washington
White House
Mid+ east
Eagerty
State Dulles
U. S
Cook
One Battalion to Leave Lebanon Amid Withdrawal
The United States begins pulling out one Marine battalion from Lebanon as heavy equipment is moved away. Rebels led by Saeb Salam welcome the step but demand full withdrawal. Adm Holloway confirms the pullout marks the start of U.S. forces’ exit, with plans showing only this unit for now.
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Beirut
United States
Lebanon
Saeb Salam
Oeen
U.S
Camille Chamoun
Iraq
Adm
James L. Holloway
Washington
Vule
Weather outlook and temperatures for the period
Late night and early morning lows are near the night level with mostly sunny conditions on Wednesday. Little temperature change expected. Noon reading 83 degrees.
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