AFL-CIO Tries Beck and Teamsters at Hearing
At a closed AFL-CIO hearing Beck and Teamsters executives faced a 22 page charge sheet alleging personal use of union funds and corrupt influence. Beck invoked the Fifth Amendment multiple times before the Senate rackets committee. Hoffa attended but was not questioned. the committee pressed why Beck and others failed to reveal personal corruption details.
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Beck
Teamsters Executive Board
Teamster
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Brewster
Thei
Brennan
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Senate
Y Beck
Union
Teamaters
Walter Reuther
Teamster Board
Reuther
Afl-Cio Council
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Jail Bar Drunken Racket Ties to Gyro Room
A police operation traced two young women aged 19 and 20 who admitted helping roll drunks at the Gyro Room bar. Undercover officers questioned patrons and learned the scheme paid out three ways among the workers, Holston, Burke, and the waitresses. The investigation linked “B” girls to champagne sales, with customers swindled as drinks were mistracked. The probe also touched on a Teamsters Western Conference leadership change amid broader corruption allegations.
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Holston and Burke
Holston
Burke
B. O. Carroll
EB. C. Boynton
Ounce Staad
Roger Terry
District Attorney's Office
Holt
Court Rules NLRB Must Hear Employes of Unions
Supreme Court ruled that the National Labor Relations Board may not refuse jurisdiction over unfair labor practice charges by unions against their own employees. The case, involving Teamsters local 11 and office workers in Portland Oregon, was remanded for reconsideration. Justices split 5 to 4 on the jurisdiction issue.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
High Court
Teamsters Union
Tom C. Clark
Congress
William J. Brenan Jr
Hayes
Thelassert
Jebor
Machinists Union
Asserhim
Tion
Tre
Brennan
Fellix Frankfurter
Harold H. Burton
John M. Harlan
Portland
Ore
Office Employes International Union
Office Employes
Teamsters
Langer
Bethesda Naval
William Langer
R-Nd
Beck
Major Los Angeles narcotics roundup nets 135 suspects
Los Angeles area narcotics officers, with local, state, and federal forces, net 135 suspects in a weekend crackdown. Four months of undercover work cost over 10000 dollars as authorities say many big traders were questioned and two men were arrested with 33 ounces of heroin valued above 12000 dollars.
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Los’ Angeles
Los Angeles
William Madden
Miss Healey Named to Daily Worker Executive Board
Dorothy Sealey of Los Angeles is appointed to the 20 member executive board of the Daily Worker the U S Communist party newspaper in New York.
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Miss Healey
New York
Dorothy Sealey
Los Angeles
The
Daily Worker
U. S
Parky Newspi
Rupp Plea in State High Court
Former university coach Rupp pleads not guilty in state high court. Defense argues lack of evidence and requests dismissal. Court schedules further hearings and asserts rights to due process. Local prosecutor says case hinges on testimony and documentation.
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Rupp
McCarthy Pays Final Visit to Senate for Funeral Services
A somber procession marked McCarthy’s final public appearance as his flag drenched coffin was carried to the Senate chamber. The ceremony drew President Eisenhower and other dignitaries, with officials debating legal remedies and the fate of war veteran Rupp in a separate case.
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McCarthy
Senate
Neral
Senna- An
Zirpoli
Cart
Marin County Court
California Supreme Court
Torney
High Court
Nixon
Eisen
Howor
I.jacks
Marti
Thelrow
Herman
Frederick Grown Harris Walker
Senate Chamber
Five to Life for Kostal on Robbery
Albert J. Kostal, 36, was sentenced to five 11 years to life for the armed robbery of a Wilshire Boulevard restaurant. A second charge tied to his Hall of Justice escape was dismissed. The judge noted Kostal has prior life sentences and cannot be served in full. The report blends court action with reflections on McCarthy era events and state security.
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Los Angeles
Albert J. Kostal
Wilshire Blvd
Yast
Charles W. Fricke
Kostal
Hall of Justice
Folsom
Alrady
Fricke
Bern
Switzrland
McCarthy
Fedduces Kostal
Sen- Est
Max Ulrich
Arthur W. Watkins
U S Armored Division Command Change in Europe
Maj. Gen. Wilhelm P. Johnson will assume command of the U S 2nd Armored Division in Heidelberg Germany on June 1. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Stanton Babcock who transfers to lead the Military Assistance Advisory Group in France.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Wilhelm P. Johnson
S. A. 2Nd Armored
U.S. Army
Europe
Johnson
Stanton Babcock
Babcock
France
AF orders routine sports to slim waistlines in Europe
U S Air Force in Europe directs all personnel including cooks and clerks to engage in three to five hours of weekly athletic activity. The measure aims to build stamina and endurance for modern warfare and applies to both overweight and underweight airmen.
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Weiserden
Germany
U. S. Air Forcs
Europe
Air Force
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NLRB
Ethical Practices Committee
Desert Inn
Palm Springs
Broken
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Sinasneu
Latin America
Brazil
Venezuela
Colombia
Bustums
Ruby Ann Payne
Yorba
Lindal
HOUSE
Sam Ray
D-Texas
Falmer
Alll
McCormack
Mass
Martin
Arends
Republic
Summer
Harris
Agricultatlen
Ture Benson
William J. Awalt
Roman Kernely
Appleton, Wis
U.S. Armored Division Command
Buffums
Sunbeam
Sunbeam Electric
Fuflyms
Lower Laval
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