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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
6
In Washington AP report Senator Kennedy urges quick passage of the Alaska statehood bill. He says statehood would demonstrate U S capacity to meet responsibilities and align territories with economic realities and political ties. Supporters push for a vote tomorrow as approval gains momentum.
Statehood strategists secured House passage of a bill with assurances that a July 3 deadline was not mandatory. Secretary Seaton stated compliance with a cited provision was not essential, noting the primary goal was official notification to Alaska’s government and the bill’s open enactment, despite fears of its timing.
Princeton University won a stock bargain worth $271,456 in a bequested holding of 49,398 Class A Yonkers Raceway shares. Attorney Williamson Pell Jr confirmed the deal as Alfred A. Tananbaum pushed a recapitalization plan. Pell sold the stock May 3 for a total payoff near $1.46 million.
A Lisbon radio broadcast dramatizing a Martian invasion triggered widespread fear with police rushed to the station and calls to priests. Telvision and other stations denied the event as a hoax. Separately, Yonkers Raceway stock rose over $34 a share, leaving Tananbaum with about $200,000 paper profit on Princeton stock.
Court appointed monitors led by Marlin F O Donoghue issued orders to reform the James R Hoffa era Teamsters with focus on New York Philadelphia and Springfield Missouri locals and to scrutinize bonds of officials nationwide The action follows Hoffa s acquittal on wire tapping charges and includes ouster bids for Ray Cohen Philadelphia local 2 and meetings for John O Rourke Newark Local 282 amid new audit reviews and forced bond postings
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