Dio Doria Denies Embezzling Union Funds Amid Senate Hearing
Washington Doria a longtime ally of labor racketeer Johnny Dio faced accusations of diverting 9620 from the Meriden local of the Allied Industrial Council to his private map firm. He denied the charge and claimed the funds supported union organizing and lease payments.
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Washington
Anthony Doria
Johnny Dio
Doria
Carmine S. Bellino
Senate
Dio
Meriden, Conn
Allied Industrial Council
ATW
AFL Auto Workers Union
Bellino
Earl Heaton
AIW
Richard Loomis
Meriden
Robert F. Kennedy
Meany Defends CIO Cooperation Against Corruption Claims
President George Meany said the AFL CIO will cooperate with congressional committees uncovering corruption in labor and rejected using the Fifth Amendment. He defended CIO policy, praised the Senate Rackets Committee, and vowed to resist broad restrictive laws targeting labor as a whole.
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Chicago
George Meany
Aflcio
Meany
Senate
Senate Committee
Rebels Death Toll Reported in Algeria Hostilities
French officials claim 800 Algerian nationalist rebels killed over the past week with 98 killed in the last 24 hours. They note about 200 French Army operations across Algeria since August 5.
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Algiers
Algeria
Butte City Adopts 1957 58 Budget With Mill Levy Cut
The Butte City Council approved a final 1957-58 budget of 1 741 406.96 with 2 825 more than the preliminary amount. The two extra general fund mills were removed along with a half mill in health and sanitation. Estimated city valuation rises to 19 million with liquor tax revenue up to 62 thousand. Police and firemen receive across the board $20 monthly raises and six more recruits planned.
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Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Butte Chamber of Commerce
W. P. Donnelly
County Board Adopts 1957 58 Budget At 2 118 778
Silver Bow County approves the 1957 58 budget totaling 2 118 778 73 with expenditures of 2 118 778 73 and a tax levy of 47 654 mills on a revised valuation of 37 922 817. The plan adds a 5 mill hospital bond levy and a one half mill reclassification levy while trimming several other levies to keep overall increases to a quarter mill.
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Silver Bow County
Board of County Commissioners
Gene Daly
Frank Gersh
Willis Gerry
State Board of Equalization
Butte Boy 4 Struck by Car on Excelsior Near Quartz
Four year old Frank Bissell Jr. was injured with a fractured right hip and cuts when he ran into a car on Excelsior near Quartz Monday evening. Driver Philip Vedovatti 19 of 709 S Washington was identified by police. Passengers were John Cronin and Bob Noonan.
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Frank Bissell Jr
Frank Bissell
N. Excelsior
Excelsior
Quartz
St. James Hospital
Asst
John O'Leary
Harry Lambert
Philip George Vedovatti
S. Washington
Vedovatti
Bissell
John Cronin
N. Henry
Bob Noonan
Senate Approves 5.5 Million in State Base Jobs
The Senate backed a military construction bill totaling over 52 million for Air Force bases in Montana. Included are 2,048,000 for an air defense base at Glasgow and 3,518,000 for new facilities at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls.
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Washington
Senate
Montana
Mansfield
Murray
Air Defense Command
Glasgow
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
Great Falls
Senate passes military construction bill totaling 1.445 billion
Senate approval grants 1.445 billion for worldwide military construction with 1.203 billion in new projects. House totals differ at 1.603 billion. unresolved between chambers. Senator Stennis warns Nike defense may fail against major-war city attacks. Symington questions Nike obsolescence and cost, urging focus on offensive missiles.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services
U.S
Nike
Symington
D-Mo
Full Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Montana Dry Land Crop Yields Slide in July Weather
Montana July heat and light rainfall lowered dry land yields for durum and other spring wheat oats flaxseed and dry beans while winter wheat barley and corn held steady and rye dry peas and sugar beets rose. Output projections cover wheat barley oats corn flaxseed hay and special notes on potatoes dry beans dry peas and sugar beets across the state.
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Helena
Montana
U.S
Montana Agriculture Depts
Hawaii to California Flight Sets Eastward Record
In Alameda California a twin jet A3D Skywarrior flew from Hawaii to California in 4 hours 12 minutes to set a new eastward record for the Hawaii mainland route Navy officials said Lt Cmdr James P Pruitt piloted the aircraft Another Skywarrior completed 4 hours 14 minutes and 4 hours 18 minutes on the same flight from Barbers Point to San Francisco International Airport The prior Hawaii mainland record was 4 hours 52 minutes set by an Air Force B47 in 1952
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Alameda
Calif
Hawaii
California
Navy
Cmdr
James P. Pruitt
Moffett Field
Barbers Point Naval Air Station
San Francisco International Airport
Plane sinks in bog entombs dead in Canadian crash
A Maritime Central Airways DC4 crashed in a Quebec bog killing 79 people, most buried in the mud. Deputy minister Baldwin ordered all-out recovery as army pumping teams worked with a government investigating panel to retrieve bodies and wreckage.
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Issoudun
Canada
John Baldwin
Jean Paul Pouliot
Lotbiniere County
Maritime Central Airways
London
Toronto
Quebec City
Alfred Martel
Jean-Guy
Ferdinand Olivier
Rayburn says rights bill backers can easily have one
House Speaker Rayburn said civil rights supporters can obtain a voting rights bill this session if they really try. Senate leaders and Humphrey urged bipartisanship to avoid party bickering and achieve an accord on jury trial limits and other differences before passage.
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Rayburn
Wilmot Hercher
Washington
House
D-Tex
Congress
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
House Rules Committee
Senate House
GOP
Humphrey
D-Minn
Rules Committee
Movie Maker Turned U S Counterspy for 12 Years
Boris Morros 62 a New York born film producer and former Russian emigre says he served the United States as a counterspy against the Soviet Union for 12 years. He claims agents in Moscow questioned his loyalty while he worked undercover reporting to the FBI about Russians. Morros recounts 68 trips to Europe including Moscow and East Berlin and notes his role is tied to espionage cases involving the Sobles Albams Zlatovski. He left Hollywood to serve, saying he would not repeat the effort.
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New York
Boris Morris
U.S
Soviet Union
Hollywood
FBI
Moscow
America
Morris
U. S
Morros
Jack Soble
Jacob Albam
George Zlatovski
France
Albam
Soble
Europe
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Paris
Manhattan
Carnegie Hall
Wife Accuses Boss of Stealing Husband Then Attacks
In Los Angeles Virginia Scales hit her husband’s boss with a 2x4 after claiming he kept her husband at work long hours. Boss Frank B. O'Brien, who runs an electronics shop, said he paid Scales’ husband well and holds no hard feelings. Scales pleaded time at home but was jailed on assault suspicion.
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Los Angeles
Virginia M. Scales
Frank B. O'Brien
John Scales
O'Brien
Scales
O’brien
Transport Workers Strike Paralyzes Lodz Amid clashes
About 10 000 municipal transport workers walked out in Lodz Poland sparking clashes with police using tear gas. Five hospitalized as strikers surrounded five car barns crippling the city center. Lodz population 700 000 lies 75 miles from Warsaw. Communists label the strike illegal and call workers back.
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Lodz
Poland
Warsaw
Montana Weather Echoes Fair Skies With Spotty Thunder
Montana outlook shows east region mostly fair then clouds and isolated thundershowers in the afternoons and evenings. Highs reach 80 to 90 Tuesday, 85 to 95 Wednesday, with cooler night lows 55 to 65. West stays mostly fair with mountain showers late afternoons and nights, highs 80 to 90, lows 40 to 50.
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Montana
Planes and Army face deep budget cuts in Defense reassessment
The Defense Department announced economy moves cutting 20,000 Air Force civilian jobs and shrinking the overall aircraft industry workforce from 910,000 to about 800,000. Allocations set the Army at 8.95 billion, Navy at 10.4 billion, and Air Force at 17.9 billion, with housing costs driving a 24 million boost to interservice funds.
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Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
Army
Navy
Defense Dept
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
Ike Meets Party Leaders on Foreign Aid Hike
President Eisenhower met secretly at the White House with Senate and House leaders from both parties to press for a higher foreign aid authorization. Attendees included Lyndon B. Johnson and Knowland alongside majority and minority leaders from both chambers. Hagerty confirmed the 6 to 7 pm meeting and noted the aim to maximize foreign aid funds.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Knowland
House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Boy Is Montana's 116th Road Death
James Howey age 13 of Musselshell died when the car he rode in ran off a county road near Musselshell and overturned. Ross Britt 13 of Roundup was hospitalized with unknown injuries. Authorities said Howey died about an hour after the crash likely from a broken neck. The toll for 1957 reached 116, down from 154 a year earlier.
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James Howey
Musselshell
Ross Britt
Roundup
Britt
Howey
Bud Payne
Housekeeper Runs Fun Situations Wanted Ad in Ohio
A 75-year-old Spencer woman, three-time widow, placed a Situations Wanted Ad after boredom struck. The 90-year-old man who offered pay learned she finds housekeeping too enjoyable to quit, suggesting ads connect fun seekers with willing clients.
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Spencer
Ohio
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