Truck Boss Files Plea to Perjury Rap
Hoffa pleads not guilty to five counts of perjury and faces related wiretapping charges in Detroit. Also named, Benjamin Collins, secretary treasurer of Teamsters Local 299, pleads innocent to a 12 count perjury indictment. Judge Letts issues a temporary restraining order delaying broader actions.
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Truck Boss
New York
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Hoffa
Sol Gelb
William B. Herlands
Detroit
Teamsters
Gelb
Benjamin Franklin
Collins
Teamster Local 299
U. S. District Court
Washington
F. Dickinson -Letts
White House Won't Tell Meet Result
President Eisenhower met with 13 members of his Science Advisory Committee for a 45 minute talk on earth satellites and missiles. Officials refused to disclose details, citing a privileged meeting. Other scientists report puzzling moon orbit variations tied to an unknown force, confirming Naval Research Laboratory notes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Isador Rabi
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Rabi
Columbia University
U.S
U. S
J. Allen Hynek
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge
Mass
Naval Research Laboratory
Thee Hynek
Bandits kill East Los Angeles grocer in holdup
Two men shot and killed East Los Angeles grocer Joseph Castellanos during a holdup at his store on 4355 McDonnell Ave. after he confronted them with a gun. The assailants fled unharmed, investigators said today.
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Los Angeles
Iffs
Joseph Castellanos
McDonnell Ave
Castellanos
Eisenhower urges end to prejudice at rally on birthday
President Eisenhower used a Republican gathering to call for Americans to rid themselves of prejudice in a signal reference to the Little Rock dispute. The note lists newspaper page references across sections from sports to classifieds and notices.
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Eisenhower
Little Rock
Ark
Talos Flops in Initial Public Test at White Sands N M
The Navy Talos anti aircraft missile failed during its first public firing when a booster unit detached at 1000 feet causing cancellation of the second test. A drone air craft served as the radar guided target and the ramjet powered missile continued into the range. The event, witnessed by military and public officials, marked a transition to land based testing with plans for at least 18 more months of trials.
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Lands Proving Ground
N. M
Navy
Army
United States Reproaches Yugoslavia on East German Recognition
The United States voiced regret over Yugoslavia recognizing the Communist East German regime. A State Department statement said the move would not aid a settlement of the German problem, noting repeated communication of America’s view to Yugoslavia.
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U.S
Germany
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
State Department
Weather outlook Mostly clear Through Wednesday
Mostly clear through Wednesday with night and morning low clouds or fog. Slightly warmer conditions return as a mild weather pattern persists. Local atmosphere remains tranquil with minimal wind and no precipitation expected.
Pacific storms stall Far Side space rocket launch
Air Force and civilian scientists delay the Far Side high altitude rocket from Ennowetok due to Pacific storms and wind. The 1900 pound payload includes instruments to record cosmic rays and magnetic field as the four stage rocket rises to 100000 feet in a balloon.
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Baltimore Air Force
Project Far Side
Air Force
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Eniwetok
Earth
Khrushchev Warns of Possible War Over Syria
Copenhagen dispatch reports Nikita Khrushchev warning Europe's socialists that imperialist schemes over Syria could spark another war. The Danish Socialist Party published a Soviet Central Committee letter noting U.S. naval activity near Syria and Turkish influence, urging peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Europe
Middle East
Copenhagen
Nikita Khrushchev
Syria
Danish Socialist Party
Khrushchev
Soviet Central Committee
Lieber
Britain
Netherlands
United States
Turkey
Denmark
Ing
Kidnapers Rob Man of 4500 In Gardena
Kenneth Bunny a 40 year old oil field equipment owner was kidnapped from his garage by two men. They drove him to Torrance and robbed him of 3025 cash including 100 and 500 bills and a diamond studded watch valued with total losses over 4500 dollars. He described one assailant as about 25 years old with blond crew cut.
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Silver Hill
Webb
Garden 4
CNS
Kenneth Bunny
Lvd
4Th St
Rainbow Club
Gardena
190Th St
Western Ave
Torrance
Bundy
Gardena Police Land
178Th St. S
Western
Two Thousand San Francisco Pupils Out Sick With Flu
More than 2,000 public high school students, about 15 percent of the 15,000 enrollment, were absent Monday in San Francisco due to flu. City health director Dy Ellis Sox called the outbreak probably Asian flu and warned it could become epidemic within days. Meanwhile in Los Angeles police killed ex convict Theodore Roosevelt Beckham, 25, who shot and killed a Juvenile Bureau officer during a pursuit after he had slain Robert R. Christensen, 38, a veteran officer, while resisting arrest as a Peeping Tom. Beckham was killed by two officers as he tried to flee. He had a prior record of sex offenses and robbery.
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San Francisco
Ellis Sox
Los Angeles
Juvenile Bureau
Theodore Roosevelt Beckham
Beckham
Robert R. Christensen
Christensen
Queen Sets Off Blast Launching Road Job
Queen Elizabeth II presses a button near Ottawa to start the Queensway section of the Trans-Canada Highway project. Accompanied by Prince Philip, she tours City Hall and Hull, with crowds lining the route in sunny autumn weather. The couple plans a tree-planting at Government House before leaving for the United States.
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Queen
Ottawa
Elizabeth II
Canada
Prince Philinae
Hall
Ottawa River
United States
Philip
Government House
S&acre
Hull
Elizabeth
Hardway
Thomas Moncion
Quebec
Queen Elizabeth
Hull City Hall
Prince Philip
Reyent
Bank Robber? All That Work for One Shilling
A masked gunman entered a suburban bank through a skylight before staff arrived, tied workers, and escaped with one shilling after forcing the safe open. Bank manager D. D. W. Baker freed himself and called for help as the robber fled.
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London
UPI
D. D. W. Baker
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