Teamster Official Burned Suspected Torture Victim in Michigan
Frank Kierdorf, 56, a Flint Teamsters Local 332 business agent and Hoffa ally, was found burned over 85 percent of his body in Pontiac and in delirious condition. Police suspect torture. he had previously testified to the Senate Rackets Committee, invoking the Fifth Amendment many times.
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Pontiac, Mich
Teamsters
Senate Labor Rackets Committee
Pontiac
Frank Kierdorf
Flint
Flint Teamsters Local 332
Herman Kierdorf
Senators
Detroit
Sen
Karl Mundt
Kierdorf
Michigan
George Kamenow
Detroit Area
Nathan W. Shefferman
Kamenow
Washington
Teamsters Joint Council No. 43
Hoffa
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Frank Kerdorf
John Doe
John
Senate
Nancy Dawson
Joseph Lehr
Lehr
U S Forces Grow In Lebanon Amid Summit Debate
U S forces in Lebanon rose to over 18 000 as 2 200 troops and dozens of vehicles arrived in Beirut. Rebels and state leaders argued over who should represent Lebanon at a looming Middle East summit while a tentative truce held with sporadic clashes around Beirut and Tripoli.
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Beirut
Lebanon
United States
Middle East
Fuad Shehab
U.S
Adm
James L. Holloway
Kamal Jumblatt
Tripoli
Camille Chamoun
Shehab
Beirut-Tripoli
Chamoun
Saeb Salam
Integration Case Heard in Court of Appeals
In St Louis AP reports the Eighth Circuit heard arguments on a challenge to a 2 1/2 year delay in integrating Central High School Little Rock Arkansas. A 120 person crowd, evenly split between black and white spectators, filled the small courtroom for the special session.
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ST. Louis
South
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
Fires Damage Two Homes and a Truck at Night
Fire Chief D A Porter reported three blazes damaging property Sunday night. The Knipe residence at 1102 Twenty eighth Street suffered heavy interior and furnishing damage from oily rags in a water heater closet. At Del Norte Courts on the Lubbock highway an apartment burned damaging clothes and interiors occupied by Margaret Belt and her children. A National Distributing Co truck tractor in the 200 block of East Highway had engine and cab damage.
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H. H. Knipe
Twenty-eighth Street
D. A. Porter
Porter
del Norte Courts
Lubbock Highway
Warren Badger
Margaret Belt
National Distributing Co
Snyder
East Highway
Drug Firms Ready To Fight Charges
FTC accuses six major drug firms of fixing prices for tetracycline antibiotics including aureomycin tetramycin and achromycin The firms Pfizer American Cyanamid Bristol-Myers Olin Mathieson Bristol Laboratories and Upjohn deny the charges and pledge to fight The FTC seeks to halt price fixing and schedules a hearing after 30 days for formal answers
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Chas Pfizer & Co
American Cyanamid Co
Bristol-Myers Co
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
New York City
Bristol Laboratories Inc
Syracuse
N. Y
Upjohns Co
Kalamazoo
Mieh
Bristol-Myers
Bristol Laboratories
Frederic N. Schwartz
E. Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn
W. G. Malcolm
John E. McKeen
Pfizer
Taxes Might Need Boost
Senator Prescott Bush warned that the tax burden may have to rise to cover higher defense costs. He cited a potential increase from 40 billion to 70 billion dollars, urging consideration of new revenue rather than cutting essential programs or relying on inflationary tricks.
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Washington
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Bush
Senate
Defense McElroy
Snyder to Hold Public Hearing on 1958 59 Budget
Snyder city council, facing a $47 645 cut in the 1958 59 budget, will hold a public hearing at 7 30 p m in city hall. The total budget 793 321 includes boosts for police 11 700 and fire 2 400 with capital outlay 31 240. Voting lines on water sewer lines for the new junior high come up as bids are considered and two planning commission terms expire.
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Dunlap
el Paso Avenue
West Snyder
Planning and Zoning Commission
Russell Yorgesen
Fred Bullard
Tornado Lightly Damages Temple and Johnson City Areas
Gusty winds caused funnels that touched down briefly in Temple and Johnson City with no injuries. Damage estimates reach 20 000 to 25 000 dollars in Johnson City, including a toppled pecan tree and the George Cross feed mill.
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Temple
Johnson City
Weather Bureau
Department of Public Safety
John Grisham
George Cross
Academy
Johnny Hegler
Presidio
Weather Outlook For Snyder And Regions
Saturday high 106 low 71 and Sunday 105 71 with 7 30 am reading 74 in Snyder. Partly cloudy warm through Tuesday with widely scattered storms mainly in extreme south and north regions. Panhandle cooler late Thursday.
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Snyder
North Central
Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Khrushchev May Object To Nationalists At Summit
In Moscow, signs point to a possible Soviet objection to Nationalist China’s participation in a United Nations Security Council Middle East summit. Khrushchev’s reply to Western Big Three letters may carry the stance, with U.N. delegates in doubt about Red China’s attendance.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
China
Security Council
Middle East
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Kremlin
Mao
U. S
Chiang Kaishek
Johnson Tabs Bills to Shape Final Senate Session
Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas names Social Security increases and other controversial measures for Senate action before adjournment. He argued Congress may not quit within two weeks and urged daily sessions to push the program forward. Johnson listed measures for Senate consideration before adjournment.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas Today
Senate
Congress
Johnson
House
Yarborough Urges Texas Democrats to Back Party Nominees
Senator Ralph Yarborough urged loyalty to the national Democratic nominees and warned Texas leaders to remember 1952 when conservatives aided Eisenhower. He said true Democrats must pledge support for party nominees and seek fair voice at the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Democratic Party
Texas
Yarborough
Democratic Party
Daniel Has Plurality Of Delegates For Convention
Gov. Price Daniel leads with about 2 130 delegates to the Texas state Democratic Convention while uncommitted delegates could balance power. Sen. Ralph Yarborough predicts a harmonious San Antonio meeting, with liberal and conservative factions shifting in Harris and Bexar counties.
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Clayton Hickerson
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Democratic Party
Democrats of Texas
DOT
Daniel
Associated Press
Sen
Yarborough
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Jim Lindsey
Harris
Bexar
Harris County
Randolph
Jefferson County
Dallas
Tarrant
SDEC
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Edwin A. Shanke
Fred S Hoffman
Lederle Laboratories
Olin Mathieson
E. R. Squibb & Sons
Bruce Francis
Buck Francis
Fortieth Street
Robert Smith
Lee Watson
Roy Dunlap
The
Waco
Junction
Mineral Wells
Austin
Lufkin
Galveston
Austin- San Antonio-San Angelo
Westview Village
Rome
By Roy Essoyan
Chiang
Russia
Red China
Cratic
Creekmore Fath
National Democratic
Gov. Daniel
Democratic Executive Committee
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