Hoffa Faces New Trial In Detroit Payments Case
Jimmy Hoffa, long familiar with courts, is set for federal court in Nashville on charges he conspired to accept and did receive illegal payments totaling about 1 million dollars from Commercial Carriers Inc. between 1949 and 1958. The Detroit transport firm is named as co-defendant. related Florida charges involve mail fraud in a Teamster retirement village plan.
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Jimmy Hoffa
Nashville, Tenn
Teamsters Union
Federal District Court
Detroit
U. S
Hoffa
Commercial Carriers, Inc
Florida
Hoffa under federal scrutiny over Teamster funds
A grand jury in Chicago probes a Teamster pension fund with about 180 million dollars. It seeks details on loans potentially funneled to gambling casinos in Las Vegas and resort hotels. The inquiry, part of a broad campaign led by Atty. Gen. Kennedy, targets Hoffa and may extend into fall and winter.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
Middle West
Southeast
Southwest
Las Vegas
Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
Justice Department
Capitol
Washington
Rusk presses and press conferences in Berlin policy
Washington column argues Secretary of State Dean Rusk has avoided public news conferences for over three months while continuing heavy travel and TV interviews. It contrasts open press access in Kennedy era with today, noting edited tapes and the desire of reporters to question him on Berlin and other policy areas.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Cuba
Laos
Rusk
New York
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Kennedy
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Vanishing Ability To Write Sparks Debate On News Text
Two recent articles warn of deteriorating writing across education and professions. Observers cite complacency, poor grammar, punctuation and spelling, with quotes from Dr. Albert Kitzhaber and George Orwell, plus a preview of the film Which Way The Wind and a memo urging clearer writing at Winfield High School.
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Albert R. Kitzhaber
University of Nebraska
University of Oregon
Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
George Orwell
Robert Horton
Friends Service Committee
Methodist Temple
Congress in Review A Quiet Exam of Civil Liberty Efforts
Washington notes that the 87th Congress earned little praise for its achievements yet avoided major civil liberty infringements. It blocked a sweeping wiretapping bill and rejected vague anti-Communist measures, while modestly advancing personal rights amid global tensions and domestic distraction.
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Washington
Congress
Georgia
Cuba
Mississippi
Sens
John Carroll
Colorado
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Philip Hart
Michigan
Edward V. Long
Missouri
Texas
American Civil Liberties Union
Supreme Court
Hoffa
Executive Reserve Holds Third National Training Conference
The Executive Reserve, a federal pool of leaders from industry labor education and professions, gathers in Washington for its third national training conference. Speakers include Gen Maxwell D Taylor Dean Rusk Luther Hodges and Henry Fowler as Kennedy aims to boost government private sector dialogue. The event follows the president's push to create a private satellite communications venture under government direction.
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Executive Reserve
Army
Navy
Air Force
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
New
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dean Rusk
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Anti-Semitic Vandalism in Argentina Spurs Latin American Jewish Delegates
Rising anti-Semitism in Argentina sparks concern as swastikas and anti Jewish slogans appear in Buenos Aires. Delegates from Jewish communities across Latin America gather in Sao Paulo to address the issue, with Nahum Goldmann of the World Jewish Congress slated to speak. The year sees reports of anti Jewish incidents linked to neo Fascist groups amid political and economic instability, while exiled Nazis may influence the climate. State Department discussions in July and August noted U S concerns over the incidents.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Latin America
Nahum Goldmann
World Jewish Congress
American Jewish Committee
Uruguay
U. S
State Department
United States
Congress Eyes Modernization Effort Faces Long Odds
A Clark resolution proposing a seven member Joint Congressional Committee to study reform of Congress stalled as adjournment loomed. It notes missed fiscal year bills the filibuster on satellite legislation and slow progress on education and transportation. Several proposed rule changes failed earlier this year with Mansfield forecasting renewed push in January.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Joseph S. Clark
Congressional
Congress
Clark
Senate
House
Rachel
California
Cooper
Kentucky
Henry S. Reuss
Dwis
John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
Mike Mansfield
Alliance for Progress Sees Mixed Latin Results
UPI reports on the first anniversary of Kennedy's Alliance for Progress as economists in Mexico City find disappointing gains with many nations stagnant or declining. Venezuela shows reform gains yet faces violence and political doubt while Mexico progresses quietly. Colombia and Venezuela push farming and education reforms amid right and left opposition.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Kennedy
Alliance
Alliance Progress
Alliance For Progress
Mexico
Columbia
Venezuela
Betancourt
U.S
Caracas
Tamanaco
Is Suggestion Partly Responsible For Drunks
New York based report on a Rutgers study where 15 young physicians received an infused solution to raise blood alcohol levels. Results showed they appeared drunk regardless of whether they knew alcohol was involved, challenging the idea that suggestion drives drunken behavior.
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Delos Smith
New York
UPI
Peter Hartocollis
C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital
Topeka
Kans
Hartocollis
Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies
New Brunswick
N.J
West Virginia Town District Richest in Value Yet Lacks High School
The Raleigh Register notes Town District is the wealthiest magisterial area in the state without a local high school, valued at seven and a half million dollars, far surpassing Clay County as a whole which sits at eight hundred fifty thousand with a high school. It also reports rising scarlet fever cases in the city needing utmost caution to prevent an epidemic. George W. Alford, a prominent local figure from Eccles, died at his home last week from typhoid fever at about 35, leaving a wife and several relatives.
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U.P.S
Winfield
Kan
Raleigh Register
West Virginia
Clay
Clay County
George W. Alford
Eccles
Alford
They Say If We Don’t Break Through Racial Barriers by 1970
Att. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy warns that without a major breakthrough in combating racial discrimination the nation will struggle to prove to the world that it deserves leadership in liberty and freedom. His remarks frame civil rights progress as essential to moral authority.
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Roebert F. Kennedy
Beckley Newspapers subscription rates and policies
Beckley Newspapers Corporation outlines mail and home delivery rates for daily and Sunday editions, with annual and six month options, plus per week and per month carrier delivery charges. It states rates vary by service area, notes 3 percent West Virginia sales tax, and limits carrier or distributor liability for advance payments.
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MAIL
Riveree Ra
West Virginia
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
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W. Va
Hinton
John Hodel
United Press International
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Atlanta
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