Panel Hears Wiretapped Talk In Hoffa links Probe
The Senate Rackets Investigating Committee aired a secretly recorded Oct. 28, 1954 call between racketeer Tony Corallo and Alfred Reger discussing contacting James Hoffa about a Teamsters Local 522 split. Corallo invoked the Fifth Amendment as an NYPD agent identified his voice. The hearing probed Hoffa’s ties to racketeers and potential interference by Harold Gibbons or Einar Mohn to influence Teamsters elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tony
Ducks
Corallo
Alfred Reger
James R. Hoffa
New York
Police Department
Natale Laurendi
Reger
Jimmy
Jimmy Hoffa
New Jersey Teamsters Council
Teamsters
Hoffa
Midwest
Dave Beck
Harold Gibbons
St. Louis
Einar Mohn
Croatio
J.M. McDonough
Boston
Kennedy
Tony Ducks
McClellan
D-Ark
Johnny Dio
Homemaking Teacher Sought at Hermleigh School
Hermleigh schools need a home economics teacher for the coming year. The term starts September 2. Superintendent O. B. Paty says applicants must hold a Smith-Hughes certificate and are being accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermleigh
Spt
O. B. Paty
Smith-Hughes
Paty
Reprisal Is No Surprise from Damascus on U S Action
Damascus notes US action declaring Syria's Ambassador Farid Zeineddine and second secretary Yasin Zakaia persona non grata. Zeineddine says the move aligns with US policy toward Arabs and expects similar measures against other Arab nations. Syria expelled three American diplomats amid allegations of a conspiracy to overthrow President Shukri Kuwaily's regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
United States
Farid Zeineddine
U. S.S
Washington
Zeineddine
Yasin Zakaia
U. S
Shukri Kuwaily
Personal Income Rises In Nation
The Commerce Department reports July personal income at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 345 billion dollars, up 750 million from June. The July rate equals about 2,014 dollars per American, with gains led by wages and salaries and increases in trade services and state local government payrolls while manufacturing payrolls lagged. Agricultural income fell by 100 million to 15.4 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Weather snapshot for Texas regions today and Friday
High Wednesday 103 and low 67 with 75 at 7 30 a m. Partly cloudy east and west Texas with scattered thundershowers through Friday. South Central Texas clear to partly cloudy with little temperature change. North Central Texas clear to partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers and little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Texas
Veterans aid drive for fire victims in Snyder area
Veterans groups in Snyder sponsor a drive for the Earl Davis family after their home on Clairemont Road burned. Donations of furniture, kitchen items, dishes, and clothing are requested, with pickup offered. Cash gifts go to the Veterans Relief Fund and will be given to the Davises. A charity shower is planned at the Veterans Clubhouse Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Organizations of
Snyder
Earl Davis
Clairemont Road
Milton Mapes
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mapes
Vernon Rannefeld
Dillard Pope
Davis
Earl Chapman
Avenue F
Texas Co
Veterans Relief Fund
Post Office
Veterans Clubhouse
Confer Again in Boston Labor Dispute
Both sides in the Boston newspaper strike met again to try to iron out differences that have left the city with no daily papers since Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Poll Funding Questioned by House Committee
The House Government Operations Committee says the State Department illegally used the secretary of state's emergency fund to pay for public opinion polls totaling about $553,000 over 14 years. The panel urges audits and says contracts with the National Opinion Research Center aided the polls since 1944, concealing official government ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Government Operations Committee
State Department
Budget Bureau
Comptroller
Secretary of State
Congress
Department of State
National Opinion Research Center
University of Chicago
General Accounting Office
Con
Department
Foreign Aid Fund Cut Stirs White House Plea for More
The Appropriations Committee cut 809.65 million from foreign aid funds as President Eisenhower renewed a plea for more money. A White House statement said the president hopes the cut will be restored, while lawmakers defended the action as sufficient to continue the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Rep
Wigglesworth
R-Mass
Passman
D-La
Congress
U. S
Students Register New Snyder School Registrations Continue
Registration for new Snyder School students continues through tomorrow at the high school and junior high. By morning 17 had registered at the high school and 20 at the junior high. Tomorrow all high and junior high students will register 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and those not pre registered last year. City wide elementary registration occurs next Monday and Tuesday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Prospects Dim On House Action For Civil Rights Bill
Washington reports faded prospects for quick House action on the stalled civil rights bill as Rep. Howard W. Smith moves to block immediate steps. Smith, veteran Rules Committee chairman, can delay until after Labor Day, while Speaker Rayburn urges quick action on the Senate version with a jury trial amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Congress
Dixie
Rayburn
House
Senate
Conservative Voter Group Organizes CIVICs in Dallas
Ed Schwille announced plans to organize 25,000 Texas conservatives into a statewide group named Conservative Independent Voters Information Centers or CIVICs. Schwille, a Dallas businessman and Democratic precinct chairman, lists himself as secretary treasurer of the state-wide organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Ed Schwille
Schwille
Unique Staff Utilization Program in Snyder Schools
The Snyder school system runs a Staff Utilization Project this summer to improve teaching and study time resources. Dr. G R Carlsen of the University of Texas notes it is the only Texas example and one of nine in U S public schools. A similar program was in Waco last year. results remain to be seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
G. R. Carlsen
College of Education
University of Texas
Texas
United States
Waco
Drug Price Probe On Polio Vaccine and More
A House Government Operations subcommittee reported possible price fixing in the 50 million dollar Salk polio vaccine program and in other drugs and hospital supplies sold to the government. DOJ has opened a grand jury probe into vaccine sales. Six manufacturers produce the Salk vaccine under government license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Justice Department
Rep
Fountain
D-Nc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Meglino
Armando Simontacci
Anthony Barebar
Martin Schlanger
Dio
Joseph Curcio
Due
Watson
Penela
Rainbow Market
J. R. Beadle Rainbow Market
Twenty-fifth Street
T. L. Steele
Louie Minton
John Starnes
Dave W. Houston
Starnes
Martin
Massachusetts
Snyder Junior High School
Robert Smith
Dillard Teal
David Henkell
Avenue E
Clarence David Henkell
C. L. King
Lemons Camp
Joe King
Lee Pitman
Lee Watson
Spot Muse
U. S. Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
American Medical Assn
Associated Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!