Labor must clean house says Reuther at UAW
Walter Reuther urged UAW delegates in Atlantic City to root out corruption and racketeers within labor or risk enemies taking over. He warned that reactionaries would not use a broom but an ax and called for purging crooks while championing higher dues and changes to bargaining. He framed corruption as a shared fault with management and cited Robert Kennedy on business help to rackets probes.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
United Auto Workers Convention
UAW
AFK - Cio
Robert Kennedy
Senate
Rattlesnake Roundup in Oklahoma Falls Short
In Okeene Oklahoma a three day rattlesnake roundup drew 15 000 visitors though the chilly storm cut the catch to 987 far below the usual 2 500. The longest snake hit 72 inches. hunter H H Tomlinson earned 32 50. One new member joined the Order of the White Fang after a bite incident involving 17 year old Eldon Martin.
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H. H. Tomlinson
Watonga
Oklo
Oklahoma
Order of the White Fang
Eldon Martin
Okeene High School
Cloudy Colder In Southern Illinois With Frost Likely
Weather summary for Southern Illinois reports partly cloudy and cooler conditions with frost risk tonight. Low temperatures near 30s, highs around low 50s on Tuesday, and Tuesday night lows upper 30s. Previous day highs reached 70 with noon at 39y. Precipitation totals from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today amount to .54 inches. Crab Orchard Lake sits 12 inches above spillway and Little Grassy Lake 8 inches above spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Crash Kills 32 In Algeria Air France DC3 Crashes
Paris reports Air France DC3 crashed at Biskra Algeria, killing 32 aboard. Biskra oasis town of 36,000 located 175 miles southeast of Algiers in the Aures Mountains. Plane had stopped there on a Touggourt to Algiers flight and crashed during or after takeoff.
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Paris
Air France
Biskra
Algeria
Algiers
Aures Mountains
Sahara Desert
Toug Gourt
Kiwanis Club Shifts Meeting Day to Monday
The Carbondale Kiwanis Club changed its meeting day from Tuesday to Monday at noon. The first Monday gathering was held today at the Elks Club with members attending the noon session.
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Carbondale Kiwanis Club
Elks’ Club
Flood waters threaten homes along Big Muddy River
Hershel George, 57, and his dog sit on the steps of his home in Murphysboro as the Big Muddy River floods the area. Residents improvise a catwalk to access their door while several families are forced from their houses as water reaches ten feet in places.
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Hershel George
George
Murphysboro
Resi
Dents
Big Muddy River
Bridge Street
Aga Khan ill Rita Hayworth urged to bring child to bedside
Cannes April 8 Prince Aly Khan wired Rita Hayworth to hurry their child Princess Yasmin to the Aga Khan's bedside. Four doctors maintain a round the clock watch on the 70 year old spiritual ruler of the Ismaili Muslims as he continues a long decline.
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Cannes
France
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Yasmin
Aga Khan
Pakistan Says Iranian Bandit Leader Slain
Pakistan border police said Dadshah, leader of an Iranian bandit gang that killed three Americans, was slain in a gun battle. 18 gang members were captured, including Ahmed Shah who confessed murdering Anita Carroll of Issaquah Washington. Iranian reports spoke of a dead pregnant wife and extradition talks for gang members.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Dadshah
Amhed Shah
Anita Carroll
Issaquah
Wash
U.S
Point Four
Hamil
Iran
Tehran
Mohammed
Ahmed
Kevin Carroll
Bus Halitosis Detroit April 8
A fragrant formula by technicians and General Motors may deodorize the unpleasant exhaust fumes that reach Detroit bus cabins. The approach blends a deodorant with bus exhaust to freshen the air aboard city buses starting soon.
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Detroit
General Motors
Last Obstacle Cleared From Suez Canal
U N salvage crews finished clearing the Suez Canal by lifting the sunken Egyptian frigate Abukir. The ship was hauled to a dumping ground at Bitter Lakes, opening the canal to ships up to 20 000 tons with approval from Egypt. The opening raises shipping capacity after five months of blockage.
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Cairo
U.N
Suez Canal
Abukir
Bitter Lakes
Suez
Raymond A. Wheeler
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
Egypt
Britain
Wheeler
Suez Canal Authority
Kern Hills
Israel
Eilat
Trailer Hits School Bus Near Michigan City
A semi-trailer broke loose and collided head on with a parochial school bus on U S 421 five miles south of Michigan City Indiana. The bus driver Emil Michaels 60 was killed and 12 students injured three seriously Donald Heiden 6 was listed in critical condition with possible internal injuries Eleven other pupils were in good condition and about 23 escaped injury at St. Anthony s hospital The state police reported the crash occurred as the trailer and bus met on the highway.
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Michigan City
Emil Michaels
Donald Heiden
St. Anthony's Hospital
U.S. 421
Suspect Scheduled for California Trip in Larceny Case
Robert McMullen, 29, of Huntington Park, California, held in Franklin County jail since March 12, was ordered to return to Los Angeles to face grand larceny charges. Deputies say he was arrested on a bad check and found in possession of a rented automobile taken from California without authorization. He has since made restitution in the check case. Extradition papers were signed by Illinois Governor William Stratton.
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CaliforNia
Franklin County
Los Angeles
Robert McMullen
Hungtington Park
Calif
Stanley Herbek
McMullen
Herbek
Illinois
William Stratton
Two men escape serious injury in Rt 144 car flip
Wilbert Coleman 32 of Percy and Rayburn Eaton of Cutler escaped serious injury when their car overturned on Rt 144 seven miles west of Murphysboro near Kinkaid Hill about 3 am Sunday. Deputy Arch Edwards said the vehicle hit a guard rail and rolled. The men were not admitted to a hospital.
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Wilbert Coleman
Percy
Rayburn Eaton
Cutler
Murphysboro
Jackson
Arch Edwards
Coleman
Kinkaid Hill
Edwards
Secretary Seeks Long Term Aid Fund and Loans to 750 Million
Secretary of State Dulles proposed a foreign aid fund enabling long term easy pay loans to developing countries, potentially reaching 750 million dollars a year in the future. He urged separating military aid from general aid, preserving ICAs role in non military aid, and maintaining grant aid for contingencies while expanding loan use and modernizing allies’ weapons.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Senate
State Department
Defense Department
Congress
International Cooperation Administration
America
Benjamin Fairless
Eric Johnston
Marion Woman Drops Charge On Husband
A Marion woman withdrew a charge of assault with intent to murder against her husband after telling officers he broke into their home and attacked her with his fist while holding a knife. Justice of the Peace Corbett Edwards, responding to the scene, heard the case after the Sunday filing by the woman. Officers John Kelly and Herman Burnett were dispatched to the residence.
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Marion
Justice of the Peace
Corbett Edwards
John Kelly
Herman Burnett
Snowstorm Hits East Coast
The third spring storm moving from the Rockies dumped heavy snow across Indiana Michigan Ohio and New York with 3 to 12 inch totals. Schools closed lines snapped and traffic snarled as Toledo and parts of southeastern Michigan reported about 10 inches blanketing roads and rural routes.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
New York State
Great Plains
Plains
Toledo
Monroe County
Mich
Monroe,loledo Expressway
Disasters Kill 3 In Brazil Involving Plane Crash Train Collision
Rio de Janeiro April 8 AP sixty seven people believed Brazilian were killed and 13 injured in a day of disasters. A Varig airliner crashed after takeoff from Bage en route to Porto Alegre with 35 passengers and 5 crew. A train collision near Magna Station killed 20 and injured 13. A landslide in Petropolis buried a house, killing seven. Civil Aeronautics Board investigates.
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Rio de Janeiro
Varig
Bage
Brazil
Livramento
Porto Alegre
Brazilian Civil Aeronautics Board
Magna Station
Rio
Petropolis
Wreck blocks Rock Island line in Iowa collision
A Burlington local freight collided with a Rock Island fast freight near Centerville Iowa. The main Davenport to Kansas City line was blocked by wreckage and the Burlington engineer and fireman were injured.
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Centerville
Iowa
Rock Island Railroad
Davenport
Kansas City
Burlingon Railroad
Rock Island
Burlington
Sheriff Dan Parker Killed In High Speed Chase Crash
Clinton County Sheriff Dan Parker, 57, died in a two car crash four miles west of Carlyle during a high speed chase. Deputy Dale Quick, 32, suffered two broken legs. James Rohling, 41, was in fair condition. The theft suspect Orville K Sanders, an AWOL soldier from Ohio, fled on foot and was later found in a barn. Parker had served as sheriff for three years and deputy for seven. Coroner Louis Hever will oversee the temporary succession.
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Clinton County
Dan Parker
Carlyle
Dale Quick
James Rohling
Stolleytown
Rohling
Quick
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Breese
Charles Sanders
Greenville
Orvill K. Sanders
Ohio
Earl Robert
Rt. 16
Albers
Pete Abernathy
Parker
Louis Hever
Sheri
F Landers
Madison County
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