Eisenhower backs public accounting for union finances
President Eisenhower proposed a new law requiring all labor unions to disclose complete public accounting of their finances including dues and pension funds totaling 26 billion dollars. The plan aims to curb labor racketeering and would extend scrutiny beyond current Taft Hartley requirements as Labor Secretary Mitchell praised the Senate committee’s work.
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Augusta
INS
Eisenhower
James Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Ohio Leads In Killing Across 1956
FBI figures show Ohio tallied 275 murder and willful manslaughter cases in 1956, up 44 percent from 1955, outpacing the national 5.8 percent rise. Cleveland registered the largest jump from 63 to 91 cases, while Youngstown fell from 8 to 2.
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Washington
INS
Ohio
FBI
Federal
Oho
Cleveland
Youngs
Bus Crash Injures Thirteen In Cleveland
Thirteen people sustained minor injuries when a bus struck a pole and veered into a bridge. Lakeside Hospital officials reported no serious injuries among the passengers.
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Cleveland
INS
Lakeside Hospital
Weather Outlook for Ohio Regions With Warm Humidity
Partly cloudy and warm for the Northeast and Northwest Ohio with scattered thunderstorms today tonight and Friday. Highs 80 85 below 59 63. Precipitation 0.38 inch in 24 hours ending 8 p m Wednesday. Moonrise Thursday 3 10 a m, Moonset 3 18 p m.
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Ohio
New Baseball Rule Adopted to Stop Interfering Runners
Will Harridge announces a joint AL and NL rule banning base runners who deliberately interfere with a batted ball to break up a double play. The ruling, effective immediately, follows three alleged incidents by Cincinnati Redlegs baserunners.
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Chicago
INL
Will Harridge
National League
Cincinnati Redleg
Ridge Tool Plans Big Addition to Clark Street Plant
Ridge Tool Co plans a 250000 addition to its 400 Clark Street Elyria plant. The permit calls for a steel and masonry building 336 by 232 feet, with a 79000 square foot floor area mainly for warehouse storage. Ridge Tool, maker of Ridgid pipe tools and threading machines, is renovating with Moore and Glass of Cleveland as general contractor.
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Clark St
Ridge Tool Co
Elyria City
Ridgid
Sumner
Prospect Sts
Widerway
Moore and Glass
Cleveland
Colson Plans 80000 Square Foot Plant in Arkansas
Colson Corp announces an 80,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Jonesboro Arkansas as part of a regional expansion. The site will be a single story concrete and steel facility for part of the company line with occupancy slated for fall. Canadian subsidiary gains and Trenoto plant expansion also noted. Johnsboro plant employment figures not disclosed.
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Colson Corp
Jonesboro
Ark
Colson
Elyria
Somerville
Mass
Trenoto
Canada
Senate Rackets Committee to Seek Labors Reg Reg Data
The Senate Rackets Committee plans hearings next month on bills to regulate union finances including dues and welfare funds. Chairman McClellan sent recent testimony to the Justice Department and urged perjury or subornation prosecutions. Witnesses accused Deputy Sheriff Mintelly of pressuring them to attack James B. Elkins.
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Washington
Minnelly
Justice Department
Portland
Ore
Senate
Bur
McClellan
Congress
Barry Goldwater
R‘ariz
United Auto Workers
Kohler Co
Wisconsin
Eer James B
Big Jim) Elkins
Vice
Teamsters Union
Storm activity fails to produce tornadoes across Ohio
Scattered showers and some severe thunderstorms occurred over most of Ohio on Wednesday but no tornadoes developed. Minielly called their testimony a hoax and denied threatening or paying them money. Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy told newsmen the committee has additional informal information.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Ohio
Holdup Movie Star Plans Royalty Suit
Wanda Dicenzi 18 plans to sue over royalties from a filmed account of a Joan company robbery in which she starred. Her lawyers seek to recover clothes costs and fix compensation, claiming the film caused irreparable damage to her career. Weather notes follow with tornado threats easing after a hot April day in Ohio.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Wanda Dicenzi
Joan Company
Dicenzi
Benjamin
St. Clair Savings
Film| Loan Co
Thel
Five Dead As Floods Hit Texas
Violent storms cut floods through central Texas killing at least five people and causing heavy damage in towns around Georgetown and Circleville. Nolan Creek surged through Killeen leaving millions in damage as homes were washed away and several bodies recovered.
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Texas
Sam Wood
Killeen
Nolan Creek
Johnson City
Clara Joe Huckaby
Austin
John Snowden
Elgin
Georgetown
San Gabriel
Jonah
Weir
Hare
Circleville
Henry Matysek
Belton
Gulf of Mexico
Where To Turn Education Group Meets Attitudes In Teacher Philosophy
An education group meeting discusses necessary attitudes in good teacher philosophy as about 400 attend. The item notes a strike approval by Workmen if contract talks fail, with ongoing negotiations referenced. A blood appeal is issued for a 10 year old Elyria boy awaiting heart surgery.
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Din- Nop Seceiveessist
Ind
Elyria
Jordan King Imposes Martial Law Amid Crisis
The Jordan crisis prompts President Eisenhower to confer with Secretary of State Dulles as the U S Sixth Fleet sails toward the eastern Mediterranean. The fleet including the Forrestal steams from Cannes under Vice Admiral Brown, with about 50 ships and 150 sailors recalled from Paris for rapid deployment.
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Augusta
INS
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Jordan
U.S
Mediterranean
White House
Defense Department
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Middle East
Charles R. Brown
Salem
French Riviera
Forrestal
Paris
Cannes
King Hussein appoints pro Western cabinet in Jordan
King Hussein declared martial law in Jordan and shifted police powers to the Arab Legion after dissolving all parties including the National Socialists. Ibrahim Hashem named premier as curfew and troop patrols tightened in Amman amid regional tensions and U S fleet movements.
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Amman
Jordan
INS
Hussein
Arab Legion
National Socialists
U. S
Forrestal
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Shukry Al-Kuwaily
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kuwaily
Nasser
Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Hashem
Hussein Fakhri Khalidi
Arab
U S Moves Sixth Fleet to Deter Syria and Egypt
The United States signals a show of force in the Middle East by moving the Sixth Fleet and the carrier Forrestal toward the eastern Mediterranean to evacuate citizens and deter Syria and Egypt from attacking Jordan. Officials acknowledge the move supports King Hussein against Communist elements, though direct American military intervention is not expected unless the crisis worsens.
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INS
U.S
Middle East
Syria
Egypt
Jordan
Sixth Fleet
U. S
Forrestal
Mediterranean
Hussein
King Hussein
Eisenhower
Fish Pry
Amherst St. Joseph School
U. S S
Shukry Al-Kuwaily
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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