Probers Say Union Cash Went to Beck After His Election
Senate investigators report Teamsters Union funds continued to flow to Dave Beck after he became president in 1952. Robert F. Kennedy said Beck repaid 270000 dollars starting in 1954 and claimed he borrowed 300000 to 400000 earlier. The committee found no loans to Beck in records but noted repayments, as hearings on West Coast Teamsters officials concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Robert F. Kennedy
Beck
Kennedy
Teamsters Union
West Coast
Portland
Ore
Barnes Will MC Festival Rally Here Wednesday
F. J. (Jim) Barnes Jr the Richmond commissioner of public relations and advertising will be master of ceremonies for the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Rally program Wednesday night at the George Washington Hotel. About 300 Valley executives directors and float and beauty contest chairmen from four states will attend Rally Day events including lunch meetings dinners a parade and an 8 pm program with music and festival plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J
Jim) Barnes, Jr
Richmond
George Washington
Forrest Jones
Barnes
Mr. Barnes
Apple Capital
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Shenandoah Valley
John Shires
Ronerke
Virginia
West Virginia
Valley Equnties
George Weshingto
Repeater Station Construction Under Gigantic Plastic Cover
A large clear plastic cover shields a major telephone repeater building east of the city. The six-site project along U S Rt 11 includes stations in Beddington and Inwood, W Va and Winchester underground work. Bowerman Bros Inc of Berryville builders say the local station at Rt 50 will cost about 35000 dollars and be ready around April 1 with around the clock work but staff numbers are not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Telepohne & Telegraph Company
Millwood Pike
A. C. Hauenstein
AT & T
William Bowerman
Bowerman Bros., Inc
Berryville
Robert White
Winchester Star
American Telephone and Tele-Ograph Company
Upper Strasburg
Lynchburg
Beddington
W. Va
Inwood
Winchester
Frederick County
Bowerman
Hammarskjold and Nasser Begin Mid East Talks in Cairo
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and Egyptian President Nasser opened negotiations in Cairo on Middle East disputes including the Suez Canal Gaza Strip Gulf of Aqaba and UNEF deployment. A proposed advisory body to arbitrate canal issues drew interest with Egypt seeking tolls and maintenance funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Nasser
Daylone
Middle East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Canal
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N
UNEF
Hammarskiold
Feyplian
Mahmoud Fawei
Hammarskjold
Cadet Death Ruled Accidental at Augusta Military Academy
A 13-year-old freshman cadet John L. Gregson was killed when a small bore .22 rifle discharged in his room. Cadet Jerome L. Griffin had taken the rifle from the armory for a future vacation, and the trigger was pulled during an inspection by Marion Ginbergia. Dr. W. G. Painter ruled the death accidental. Sheriff John E. Kent concurred though investigation continues. Funeral services set in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Augusta Military Academy
John L. Gregson
John G. Gregson
Rt. 4
Richmond
W. G. Painter
Charles S. Roller Jr
Jerome L. Griffin
Griffin
Gregson
Marion Ginbergia
Caracas
Venezuela
Roller
John E. Kent
Painter
Shawnee VFD Names Honorary Chief for Apple Blossom Parade
Miss Nancy Lowell Cole daughter of Mr and Mrs Dennis Cole Route 4 has been chosen the Honorary Fire Chief of the Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co for the Firemen's parade of the Apple Blossom Festival on May 2. Miss Cole is a junior at James Wood High School where she is a majorette treasurer of the bowling club and member of Tri-Hi-Y the Future Homemakers and Future Business Leaders clubs. The four city and six county Honorary Chiefs will compete for the honor of being Honorary Fire Chief of Winchester and Frederick County at the In Town contest at the Palace theatre Friday March 29 at 8 45 p m. The two winning misses and their sponsoring units will lead the city and county groups in the Firemen's parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Lowell Cole
Dennis Cole
Route 4
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co
Winchester
Frederick County
Palace Theatre
Shirkey’s
Sunnyside
House of Good Food
Fred. CO
Round Hill
Ernie Nesselrodt
Secy
U S Air Force Symphony concert set for tomorrow
Preparations are complete for the U S Air Force Symphony Orchestra under Captain John F Vesulaitis to perform tomorrow sponsored by Stonewall Jackson Chapter 9 Disabled American Veterans. Soloists include T/Sgt Robert Kerns and M/Sgt William DuPree with selections from Berlioz Dvorak Wagner Cilea and Loewe My Fair Lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra
John F Vesulaitis
Stonewall Jackson
Disabled Veterans of America
Robert Kerns
William DuPree
Sergeant DuPree
Kerns
Michigan University
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Pay E. Bowers
Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz
Giordano
Andrea Chenier
Dvorak
Ravel
Wagner
Federico
Cilea
Loewe
Four Quints Die after Birth in Roosendaal Hospital
In Roosendaal Netherlands four of quintuplets died with the fifth boy held as a hopeful survivor. Dr J F M Auping of Charitas Hospital said the mother was in satisfactory condition and declined to identify her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosendaal
Netherlands
J. F. M. Auping
Roosendaal “Charitas’ Hospital
Aftershock rattles San Francisco and Bay Area quake
An aftershock hit at 12:14 a m injuring 30 and causing widespread, if hard to assess, damage. A midtown San Francisco fire followed, three alarms, with 50 displaced. Officials cite unknown quake cause as investigations begin. Daly City and Sacramento areas felt strong shaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bay Area
Bruno Bassi
Bassi
John Weber
Santa Clara University
Daly City
Sacramento
Hollister
San Jose
San Andreas
Salton Sea
California
Pacific
Oregon Coast
Birthday Mother Delivers Daughter On Her 20th Birthday
Mrs. George Edward Kaison of The Plains celebrated her 20th birthday yesterday at Memorial Hospital by giving birth to a daughter, her second child. Her first child, a boy, was born on her birthday two years ago. Mrs. Kaison is the former Miss Emily Glascock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward Kaison
the Plains
Memorial Hospital
San Franciscans Reel From Sharp Earthquake Aftermath
San Francisco area residents report jarring ground movement and structural damage as the quake rattled the coast. Dennis Fahey and Herbert Luders describe cars skidding and cliffs sliding while homes and a Golden Gate area scaffold swayed violently. May Miller and the Reagan couple recount their houses lifting and shuddering during the temblor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Luders
Daly City
Edgemar
Luders
Thornton Bluffs
Pacific Ocean
Arthur
Marguerite Reagan
San Francisco
Regan
Golden Gate Bridge
Soviet Writer Defends American Culture in Letter
Ilya Ehrenburg, a leading Soviet writer, defends American culture in a letter to the Literary Gazette. He rejects claims that the United States lacks original artistic and scientific contributions and warns against smearing other nations as it harms Soviet aims. He criticizes Kazem-Bek’s critical portrait of America and notes Kazem-Bek’s white Russian background and tenure in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet Union
Ehrenburg
United States
Literary Gazette
The
Alexander Kazem-Bek
Kazem- Bek
Russia
Connecticut Colleges
Teamster Policy Makers Attacks Rackets Probe as Unjust
ST LOUIS policy makers representing 450000 Teamsters denounce the Senate rackets investigation as unjust and deceitful. The 49 member Policy Committee condemns McClellan committee methods and warns unions face smear tactics unless fair procedures are ensured. Hoffa and Brewster attended behind closed doors as Beck and others face probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Teamsters Union
Senate
Teamsters’ National Warehouse Division
Millin
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Frank W. Brewster
Frank W. Brewster. the Policy Committee
McClellan Committee
Conference windup moves toward healing US UK bonds
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan pushed to conclude the Bermuda talks with signs the worst wounds in American British relations have healed. They may meet again tomorrow as Eisenhower plans to leave for Washington and Macmillan stays to meet Canadian PM Louis St Laurent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan M. Hightower
Tucker
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Esenhower
Washington
U. S
Canberra
Louis St. Laurent
Free World
United States
Britain
Egypt
Four Sailors Die In Highway Crash
Four sailors stationed aboard the USS Antietam died in a highway crash on U. S. 17 in Essex County. Driver Robert Suchodolski, 19, Bay City Michigan, was jailed on involuntary manslaughter and speeding charges. Victims named: James R Woods Joe F Stephens William W McEwen Robert F Scott. One injured, Richard Brousseau, 21, Detroit, in satisfactory condition with internal injuries. Virginia traffic toll for the year reaches 156.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Essex County
Antietam
James R. Woods
Joe F
Stephens
William W. MeEwom
Robert F. Scott
Robert E Suchodolski
Bay City
Mich
L. R Frazier
Suchodolski
Tappahannock
U. S. 17
Richard Brousseau
Detroit
Richmond
Virginia
General Fund Revenues Top $19 Million
State general fund receipts last month exceeded 19 million dollars, lifting eight month totals to 105,047,950. The eight month figure shows a 16,479,629 rise over the same period in fiscal 1956. Individual income tax receipts increased from February 1956 to February 1957, with last month at 7,173,462 versus 3,940,091 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Fund
Sidney C Day Jr
Hefty Theft in Chelsea Man Builds NH House From Beams
Clayton Hadlock Jr of Lyme New Hampshire pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to stealing two 24 foot steel bridge beams and using them to construct a house in New Hampshire. He was fined 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Clayton Hadlock Jr
Lyme
N. H
New Hampshire
Blizzard Strikes Raton and isolates Clayton New Mexico
Northeastern New Mexico faced a severe blizzard with 83 mph winds. Raton Pass closed and U.S. 64-87 blocked by five to seven foot drifts, reducing visibility to zero. A 45 foot trailer overturned near Hoxey's Corners. no injuries reported. Clayton cut off by highway closures and phone outages. Weather officials warned drifts may deepen, later easing travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raton
N.M
New Mexico
Raton Pass
U.S
Clayton
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Hoxey’s Corners
Here
Jim Colegrove
Raw Range
U. S. Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Weather Bureau
Springer
Tucumcari
Amarillo
Tex
Virginia Forecast Warm Night Cool North Rain Likely West
Fair tonight with lows from 26 to 32 in the north and in the 30s to the south. Sunday brings increasing clouds and likely rain in the west and central regions by afternoon and in the extreme east by night.
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Norman Walker
Barnes Will MC
Rt. 50
Gested
Cadet
Stockton - Gould Meeting
Congregational Christian Church
Shawnee Vfd Honorary Chief
AF Symphony Orchestra
Golden Gate
Ocean
University of California
Berkeley
Santa Clara
Roy
Ago
Kaison
Emily Glascock
San Franciscans
Dennis Fahey
Seacoast
Labor
Post-Dispatch
Brewster
Conference of Teamsters
Congress
Hoffa
Senate Committee
Policy Committee
Lake Norced
Lke
Macmillian
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