AFL-CIO Shifts Scrutiny From Teamsters to Bakers Union
The AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee redirected its probe from the Teamsters to the Bakers Union in a bid to root out corruption across the federation. It charged James C Cross and George Stuart with misusing union funds, while Teamsters leader Dave Beck won a new show of confidence from his union.
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Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Bakers Union
Washington
Afl-Cio Ethical Practices Committee
Labor Federation
Bakery and Confectionary Workers Union
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Beck
Curtis R. Sims
Bakers
James C. Cross
Sims
George Stuart
Herman Winter
Bakers Organization
Cross
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Bogota Student Protests Lead to Arrests and Curfew
In Bogota a wave of anti government demonstrations prompts police action with tear gas and dye water. Authorities report many students seized and jailed amid declared conflict between employer interests and workers. President Rojas Pinilla pledges army support as schools close and curfew tightens.
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Bogota
Columbia
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Cali
Colombia
Rojas
Sydney prank shatters Bennington’s coral sea welcome
Ten Sydney University students in pirate dress boarded the U S carrier Bennington at dawn causing 2500 officers and sailors to rush to battle stations. The alarm was sounded and a bridge salute taken in stride as the ship prepared for Pearl Harbor and San Diego after arriving in Sydney for Coral Sea Week.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney University
U. S
Bennington
Pearl Harbor
San Diego
Eisenhower to Confer With GOP Leaders at White House
President Eisenhower will meet with Republican congressional leaders at the White House tomorrow and hold a news conference after. He will later greet South Viet Nam President Diem at National Airport during his five day visit. Lost cow and calf sought near Opequon with reward offered. Winchester Bar Association orders all law offices in Winchester and Frederick County closed to the public every Saturday starting May 25 1957.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
GOP
Appleton
Wis
Sen
McCarthy
Winchester Bar Association
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
Quick Development of Nuclear Power Urged in Europe
A Euratom committee urges rapid large scale nuclear power development in Western Europe to secure energy, citing Suez crisis as proof of oil supply vulnerability. Louis Armand, Franz Etzel, and Francesco Giordani lead the report to member governments pooling atomic programs across France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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Paris
European Atomic Committee
Euratom
West Europe
Western
Europe
Louis Armand
France
Franz Etzel
West Germany
Francesco Giordani
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
America
United States
Middletown Considers Winchester Water Hook Up
Middletown evaluates joining Winchester main river water for 4128 dollars with a 90 day install. The plan uses a 4 inch meter and a bypass pipe for fire, while retaining the current artesian supply as reserve. decision likely at June meeting.
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Middletown
Samuel H Reaves
Water Department
Winchester
Reaves
David K. Muntzing
Muntzing
Thelma Bowman
Robert Green
J. M. Huffman
T. Ainsworth Sperry
G. Wilson Borden
Walter B. Little
Wm. B. Shull
Walter G. McCauley
T. W. Sperry
Autopsy Awaited in West Virginia Slaying
In Clarksburg a 12 year old girl was found dead in an alley behind her home Sunday night. An autopsy report was awaited today to determine the cause of death and any foul play.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
British Sailors Budget One Dollar a Day in U S Navy Review
About 2 000 British sailors aboard the Ark Royal and two destroyers head to the U S Norfolk naval review June 8 17 with a dollar a day spending limit. Admiralty says essentials are on board while admitting personal recreation may be limited.
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London
Norfolk
Britain
Ark Royal
Diamond and Duchess
U. S
Admiralty
Administration Backs Harris O Hara Natural Gas Bill
The Eisenhower administration endorses the Harris O Hara natural gas bill with two proposed changes to align with the president’s program. Kendall of ODM urged stronger FPC review of price increases and removal of a clause barring cost consideration in setting market prices. FPC chairman Kuykendall supported the bill’s goals for practical regulation.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
Charles H. Kendall
Office of Defense Mobilization
House Commerce Committee
Harris
D-Ark
Kendall
ODM
Budget Bureau
White House
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Rep
O'Hara
R-Minn
FPC
O'Hara - Harris
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Intermay
Supreme Court
Chicago group coming here Civil War tour to Shenandoah Valley
Chicago Civil War Round Table members plan a seven day battlefield trip May 14 to 19 visiting Stonewall Jackson and Sheridan sites in the Shenandoah Valley and Washington DC. About 80 will reach Lexington May 15. tours include Port Republic Cross Keys New Market and lectures by Col. William Cooper.
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Chicago
Stonewall’ Jackson
Phil” Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Washington, D.C
Lexington
Jackson
Virginia Military Institute
Robert E. Lee
Washington and Lee University
William Cooper
U.S. Ll
Sheridan
Port Republic
Cross Keys
New Market
Stonewall Jackson
Staunton
Luray Caverns
Luray
Divorcee Charged in Death of Newborn Twins
Martha A. McMillen, a Pentagon stenographer and divorcee, is charged with murder in the death of her newborn twin sons. The bodies were found Friday in a washing machine at her mother’s home, autopsy says both babies were born alive and died after puncture injuries. A May 28 hearing is set. she is released on $5,000 bond and says she cannot remember what happened.
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Alexandria
Martha A. McMillen
Mcmillen
Pentagon
Solons Call Up Housing Credit Bill In House
Washington sources report the House prepared to consider a sweeping housing measure backed by the Eisenhower administration to expand mortgage credit for veterans. The Democratic plan would use life insurance funds to back GI mortgages and create a veterans housing program within FHA with down payment preferences. Opponents warn of veto risk if veterans provisions stay.
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Washington
House
Rep. Talle
Iowa
Talle
House Banking Committee
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Affairs Group
Eisenhower Administration
Administration
Rains
D-Ala
National Service Life Insurance Trust
FHA
Veterans Administration
Soviet Parliament Opens to Enact sweeping Economic Plan
The Supreme Soviet convened in Moscow to approve a decentralized overhaul of the economy moving planning to regional councils while Moscow retains policy, price, and wage control. Khrushchev aims to modernize distribution, cut ministries, and reshape Soviet economic governance over months or years.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Kremlin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Stalin
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
General Motors Rejects Shorter Work Week Study Bid
GM vice president Louis G. Seaton told UAW President Walter Reuther the union proposal to study a shorter work week signals negotiations a year early on a goal the union has made clear. Reuther had aimed to set 1958 talks as the forum for the plan with higher take home pay. American Motors Corp. earlier rejected the industry wide approach but would discuss the idea separately.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Louis G. Seaton
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Atlantic City
N. J
American Motors Corp
Clarke County Planning Commission Proposes County subdivision ordinance
Clarke County Planning Commission members led by Chairman John R. Friant presented a proposed subdivision control ordinance to the Clarke County Board of Supervisors at the May meeting. The plan would cover all Clarke County outside Berryville and the 1.5 mile zone around Berryville already under Town Council control.
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Berryville
John R. Friant
Clarke County Planning Commission
Clarke Board of Supervisors
Clarke County
Boyce
Commission
Friant
J. C. Burch
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
Gwynne H. Jones
Hobson H. McGehee
Board
Macmillan Flies to Bonn for Talks With Adenauer
British Prime Minister Macmillan arrives in Bonn for a three day review of British German relations with Chancellor Adenauer. The visit marks the first by a British premier to a German government in 18 years, amid talks on troop reductions and missile armed forces.
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Bonn
Macmillan
Konrad Adenauer
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Munich
Germany
Adenauer
Britain proposes U N registration of nuclear tests plan
Britain calls for advance registration with the United Nations of nuclear test explosions and limited international observation. A technical expert committee would study ways to limit tests and aim for cessation tied to a broader disarmament treaty.
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London
Britain
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
United States
Sovie Union
United Nations
Labor Party
Christmas Island
Cmdr
Alan Noble
Mob Threatens Russian Leader in Jakarta Visit
Soviet President Kiementi V. Voroshilov arrived in Jakarta for a 12 day state visit amid a 100000 crowd and a 21 gun salute. A near riot outside the presidential palace followed with demonstrators shouting for him to leave and posters torn down as police restored order. He warned that imperialist forces heighten world tension during a tour from China.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Kiementi V. Voroshilov
Voroshilov
Sukarno
Soviet Union
China
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G.O.P
Boyd
H. W. Butler, Jr
J. Thomas Boyd
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Common Council
Butler
Winchester Police
C. W. Hollis
M. A. Doran
Doran
Hollis
Winchester Star
Middletown Studies
Hagerstown
Charles Town
Har
Solons Call
Up Housing
Genera Motors
Clarke Board
Margaret L. Hodgson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Legionnaires
The
Esquires
Louis H. Grimm
Wisecarver’s
U.N
Tokyo
Japan Council
Japanese Seamen’s Union
Nobusuke Kishi
Friendship Fire Co
Co. Hall
Thurs
Marion Anderson
Daniel T. Grimes
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