Perjury Charges Sought Over AFL-CIO Testimony
Washington AFP report covers Ethical Practices Committee probing alleged lies by Long Island and San Francisco Operating Engineers officials amid rackets hearings. McClellan urges Justice Department action, committee reviews transcripts, two witnesses recant earlier statements, and Local 138 friction and leadership disputes in Long Island.
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Washington
AFL. Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Long Island
San Francisco
Senate
Justice Department
John L. McClellan
AFL Cio
Afl-Cio
McClellan
al J. Hayes
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Miami Beach
Fla
N.Y
William €. Dekoning Jr
Dekoning
Ralph Wright
Wright
Twister hits Cochran Georgia town injures many. 150 homeless
Salvage crews worked before dawn to clear wreckage after a tornado ripped through Cochran. At least 16 people were injured and 150 to 200 were left homeless as 20 homes were destroyed and 75 damaged. Sheriff Gus Giddens reported no deaths and noted residents aided by neighbors while rescuers faced crowds of curious onlookers.
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Giddens
Violence Outside Venezuela Presidential Palace In Caracas
Tanks and troops ring the presidential palace in Caracas to shield it from mobs after the ousting of Marcos Perez Jimenez. Mob violence wrecked Liovera Paez’s home and a hotel and nightclub linked to Perez supporters. Peru? No. Argentinian ex-president Peron seeks safety in the Dominican embassy amid unrest.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Luis F. Liovera Paez
Perez
Juan D. Peron
Dominican Republic
Syria and Egypt Move Toward Union in Federated State
Syrian Premier Sabri Assali announced cabinet approval for joining Syria with Egypt into a single federation to be proclaimed next week in Ankara during the Baghdad Pact meeting. President Shukri al Quwatli and Gamal Abdel Nasser plan joint action toward a neutralist state of 30 million, likely replacing Syria’s party system with a national union.
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Cairo
Sabri Assali
Syria
Egypt
Ankara
Turkey
Middle East
Shukri el Kuwaily
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Iraq
Assali
Damascus
Politicians and courts blamed for tenement fire deaths
Chicago coroner Walter McCarron charged politicians court delays and small fines with causing the blaze that killed at least seven children. Five investigators were ordered to probe the fire and safety conditions as bodies were recovered from the four story tenement.
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Chicago
Cook County
Walter McCarron
McCarron
Roy Wilkins
Paula Wilkins
Willie Lansing
Sylvestine
Wilkins
Storm Northeaster Dumps Snow Across Several States
A powerful Northeaster swept from the Carolina coast northward bringing freezing rain snow and icy conditions from New England to Illinois. The storm spawned a deadly tornado in Cochran Georgia injuring 16 and leaving 150 to 200 homeless while causing multiple traffic fatalities across Kentucky Mississippi Illinois and other states. Weather Bureau predicted more rain snow and freezing precipitation with varying accumulations reported across Indiana Ohio Tennessee Kentucky and Virginia as schools closed and northern regions faced snowfall.
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New England
Illinois
Cochran
Gulf Coast
Kentucky
Mississippi
U.S. Weather Bureau
Indiana
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
Retired Iowa businessman pays overdue state tax
An unidentified Iowa retiree paid 69,905 dollars in back moneys and credits tax on 3,050,000 dollars in savings and investments. Officials noted three million dollars in holdings, with 18,300 dollars in current taxes this month and 51,605 dollars for four years of unreported holdings. The case highlights that many residents eligible for the tax do not pay it.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Tax Study Committee
Burlington Publisher Wins Bent Cane Award
Clarence Moody retired publisher of the Burlington Hawk Eye Gazette received the Bent Cane Award from the Des Moines Press and Radio Club at a dinner Friday night. Club president Glenn Roberts said the honor recognized Moody for outstanding service in combating secrecy in government linked to a Burlington property reassessment and for his lifetime journalism career in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Clarence Moody
Burlington
Hawk - Eye Gazette
Bent Cane
Des Moines Press and Radio Club
Moody
Iowa
Glenn Roberts
Army Plans to Expand Space Role With Satellite Fleet
The Army presented a plan to stay in space ventures, proposing a family of satellites for worldwide communications and mapping. Lt. Gen. Gavin praised Army rocket prowess while Navy and Army rockets prepared at Cape Canaveral for another orbital attempt.
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Washington
Army
Defense
Pentagon
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
James M. Gavin
Wilber M. Brucker
House Armed Services Committee
Gavin
Air Force
Neil H. McElroy
Vanguard
Brucker
U S and Soviet split on summit talks despite cultural pact
Washington reports signed cultural exchange agreement possible, but no agreement on a heads of state summit. Ambassador Thompson pressed Gromyko on preparatory talks while For of state talks remains split. Eisenhower favors ambassadorial level progress before any top level meeting. Thompson’s visit advances space age peace ideas.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Georgi Zaroubin
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Supreme Soviet
Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr
Moscow
Andrei A. Gromyko
Thompson
State Department
Eisenhower
Gromyko
Nikolia A. Bulganin
150 Students Compete in Everett Music Event
One hundred fifty students from area schools joined a music contest sponsored by the Everetts Music Co. They performed before judges in solo centers at the Youth Center and the YMCA building as instrumental sales run until 3 p m with final results to be announced afterward.
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Washington
The
Everetts Music Co
YMCA
Snow Falls Across Washington Area This Morning
A steady morning snowfall coated the Washington area with over an inch of new snow. Roads became slick and driving was hazardous in town though highways were not heavily impacted at noon as residents continued cleanup from earlier heavy snow weeks.
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Washington Area
Curtail Government Payments in Soil Bank for Cotton
The Agriculture Department plans to limit cotton soil bank subsidies next week amid oversubscription. Officials say funds will be allocated on a first come basis or by per farm caps within the 180 million dollar limit, and not all signups will receive full subsidies.
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Washington
Howard J. Doggett
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank Division
House Agriculture
Department
Doggett
Dwight W. Meyer
Soil Bank
Mississippi State Agricultural Committee
Mothers Head Home From Red China After Visiting Prisoners
In Tokyo a Communist radio reported three American mothers will leave Peiping for Hong Kong Sunday after visiting sons imprisoned as spies. Mary Downey, Jessie Fecteau, and Ruth Redmond met John Downey, Richard Fecteau, and Hugh Redmond, who remain jailed as diplomats visit ends.
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Tokyo
Communist
China
Peiping
Mary Downey
New Britain
Chou Enlai
Downey
Redmond
Fecteau
Sweden Eyes Tame H Bomb Ready for Tests Soon
Upsala University physicist Prof. Per Ohlin told Dagens Nyheter that Sweden hopes to possess a tame hydrogen bomb with about twice Britain's power and to begin tests within two weeks after expanded experiments.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Britain
Upsala University
Per Ohlin
Dagens Nyheter
Des Moines Woman Killed When Husband Cleans Shotgun
Des Moines Mrs Ona Tomlinson, 36, was accidentally shot in her home Friday night as her husband Darrell E. Tomlinson, 37, cleaned a 20 gauge shotgun for a hunting trip. Coroner ruled accidental. They have a 16 year old son Darrell Jr.
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Des Moines
Ona Tomlinson
Corwin Johnson
Darrell E. Tomlinson
Hospital Accused Of Holding Baby Over Bill Dispute
In Atlanta a couple sues Crawford Long Hospital alleging the hospital kept their 3 week old son from them until they pay a $334 bill from the mother’s stay. Judge Durwood Pye ordered the infant brought to court to show cause for the claim.
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Atlanta
Fulton County Superior Court
Durwood T. Pye
George Chamblee
Carl Michael
Polio Fund Drive Continues In Washington County
Progress in the 1958 March of Dimes drive is reported by Chairman Bob Ross of Washington. A house to house canvass is planned for January 30 led by the Washington Jaycees. Washington Junior High boys raised 90 dollars in three hours selling peanuts. Rural mail returns are slow with only 75 of 2,000 letters back. The block of dimes contest between Kiwanis and Rotary was postponed due to snow and will likely be held next Saturday afternoon.
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Washington County
Bob Ross
Washington
Washington Jaycees
Jesse Linch
Ross
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Keota Man Dies at Veterans Hospital
Keota James D. Helscher, 32, died Jan 25 1958 at the Veterans Hospital Iowa City after hospitalization since Jan 20. He ran Bill and Mike's Tavern in Keota. Survived by parents Edward and Lulu Helscher, three brothers LeVernon Gerald Finion, one sister Mrs Herald Sheets, nine nieces and five nephews. Funeral plans pending word from California brother. Born March 27 1925 near Keota. Member of VFW American Legion and St Marys Church.
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Keota
Mark D. Helscher
R . Keota
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Mr. Helscher
California
Powell Funeral Home
Edward
Lulu Conrad Helscher
Helscher
V.F.W
American Legion
St. Mary's Church
Germany
Bill and
Mike
LeVernon
Gerald
San —_ Calif
Finion
Hinsdale
Herald Sheets
Iowa Weather Summary Tonight Through Monday
Light snow east with partly cloudy skies and colder western areas tonight. Lows 15 to 25. Sunday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change, highs in the 20s to 30s. Monday continues partly cloudy with little temperature change.
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Iowa
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