Gessert Clings To Fifth In Teamsters Hearings
Norman Gessert, cousin of Dave Beck’s wife, invoked the Fifth Amendment 40 times in a ten minute session, refusing to say if he earned more than 100000 dollars from the Teamsters Union. Kennedy outlined salaries and profits from the Union Merchandising Co. and clerks local ties, while Beck also refused to answer questions and faced calls for internal reform. The AFL CIN has begun probes into Beck and the union, suspending Beck as an AFL-CIO officer.
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Washington
Norman Gessert
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Gessert
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
Beck
Retail Clerks Union
Teamsters
Seattle
Clerks
Union Merchandising Co
Gesser
Senators
McClellan
D-Ark
Afl-Cio
Union
Sen. Goldwater
R-Aziz
First Brethren Church Dedicates New Annex Sunday
Dr. L L Grubb of Winona Lake Ind will speak at the dedication of the First Brethren Church Berryville Avenue Sunday at 2 p.m. The annex cost about 55000 and includes a modern kitchen indirect lighting folding doors and a youth activities department. Sunday School at 10 45 will be led by A C Frye with Rev Paul E Dick presenting the event.
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L. L. Grubb
Brethren Home Missions Council
Winona Lake
Ind
First Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
Paul E. Dick
Frederick County Virginia School Trustee Electoral Board Meeting Notice
Notice of a meeting of the School Trustee Electoral Board of Frederick County Virginia to elect a School Trustee for Opequon on Friday May 24 1957 at 10 00 am in the County Clerk s office Winchester Virginia scheduling details and official notice text.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
Opequon Ieee
Flood Dangers Rise Across Oklahoma and Kansas
Wide areas of Oklahoma and Kansas face increasing flood dangers after two days of torrential rain. Thunderstorms and tornadic winds caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, with 27 fatalities from Wednesday night floods.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Plains States
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Cimarron River
Stassen Talks Partial Disarmament Pact with West
Harold E. Stassen returned from London saying Russia and the Western powers are pursuing a partial disarmament pact. The talks focus on limited arms cuts and inspection with an Arctic open skies zone likely. Dulles and Eisenhower await NSC decisions as London talks pause to May 27.
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Harold E. Stassen
London
Russia
Stassen
U.N
Dulles
Eisenhower
U.S
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Jassen
State Dulles
Arctic
Alaska
Siberia
Populous
Europe
National Security Council
United Nations
Valerian Zorin
Chicago
Soviet Union
North America
State Department
U. S
Senate Debates Third Money Bill for Commerce Dept
The Senate considers a $613,584,290 Commerce Department funding measure with a substantial cut from Eisenhower’s request. Senate Appropriations, after adjustments, show a net $40.1 million below House totals, yet bookkeeping moves mean the bill could allow about $25 million more in spending than the House approved.
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Washington
Senate
Commerce Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Senate Committee
House
Treasury Post Office
State Justice
White House
Congress
Will Directs Heirs to Roll Dice for Estate
Norman J. Mead's will directs his five siblings to roll one hand of poker dice to claim his estate. Mead, a 29 year old bachelor, died in an auto crash in Bahrain three months ago. The will asks cremation and disposal of ashes in a dust bin. He was described as a great joker by his mother.
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Basingstoke
England
Norman J. Mead
Mead
Bahrein
Conservatives Win Confidence Vote On Suez Policies
In London the House of Commons backed the Conservative government 308 to 259 on its Suez policies after a two day debate on the British French attack on Egypt. A Labor motion to censure the government was defeated.
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Suez
London
House of Commons
Egypt
Britain
Atomic Test Blast Postponed Again
The Nevada Test Organization postponed the atomic blast at the test site twice more after wind data and water readings suggested a risk of radioactive fallout to Las Vegas Boulder City and Indian Springs Air Force Base. The test was tentatively rescheduled for 5 05 a m Saturday pending favorable readings.
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Nevada Test Organization
Las Vegas
Boulder City
Indian Springs Air Force Base
Clarke County Star Award Goes to Reid Everly
Reid Everly 17 son of Mr and Mrs Julian A Everly of Boyce wins the 1957 Winchester Evening Star Leadership Award for Clarke County High School He will study agricultural engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and is active in 4 H and Future Farmers of America He is an Eagle Scout and has held multiple student leadership roles
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Julian Reid Everly
Julian A. Everly
Boyce
Winchester Evening Star
Clarke County
Clarke County High School
Young Everly
Star
Charlotte E. DeHart
Virginia Avenue
Winchester
Linda
Tom
Roseville
Farm Credit Association
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Cunningham Chapel Parish
Order of the Arrow
Shenandoah Area Council
BSA
Future Farmers of America
Fire destroys Charles Town milling plant in West Virginia
A $250000 blaze leveled the Peoples Supply Co grain and flour milling plant in Charles Town after an explosion on the second floor. Firemen from Charles Town Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg battled for over two hours, one firefighter was hospitalized, while 15 employees escaped unharmed.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Peoples Supply Co
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Joseph Warrenfeltz
Vogel- Ritz Co
Peoples Supply
George Vickers
Two Die In Langley B57B Bomber Crash At Camp A.P. Hill
A Langley Air Force Base B57B twin jet bomber crashed on Camp A.P. Hill in Caroline County Virginia. The navigator and pilot were killed when the plane plunged to earth about three miles east of Bowling Green on a bombing range south of US 301 in a clear area.
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Camp
A. P. Hill
Langley Air Force Base
Caroline County
Army
Bowling Green
Almond and Parsons clash over Gilmer talk
Atty Gen J Lindsay Almond Jr says he does not recall discussing Howard C Gilmer Jr with W Roy Parsons about the attorney general candidate under fire from life underwriters. Parsons recalls Almond calling the situation deplorable and wanting a Richmond meeting with insurers.
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Atty
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
W. Roy Parsons
Norfolk
Howard C. Gilmer Jr
Almond
Parsons
Virginia Assn
Life Underwriters
Gilmer
U. S
Western Virginia
Princess Anne County
Richmond
Covington
Mr. Parsons
Boy Trapped 24-Foot Well Near Manorville Reported Alive Hours Earlier
Benjamin Hooper, seven, fell into a 24 foot dry well while playing at 7:30 last night. Rescue workers tunnel toward him as sand slides hinder progress. He talked with his father for hours and showed signs of life before silence. Fire crews, hundreds of volunteers, and oxygen pumps labored through the night with no water in the shaft. If alive, Benny may still be awaiting rescue as dawn broke.
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Manorville
N. Y
J. H. Warner
Eastport
Warner
Benjamin Hooper
J. H. Kris
Long Island
Brookhaven Town
Center Moriches
Riverhead
Betty
New York Telephone Co
Benny
Eisenhower urges Congress to speed action on his program
President Eisenhower pressed a Democratic controlled Congress to pass his legislative agenda quickly or risk national decline. He urged election of a Republican Congress next year and cited federal aid to schools, civil rights, and postal rate adjustments as pending items. He spoke by telephone to a Cincinnati GOP regional meet.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Cincinnati
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Robert A. Taft
Taft
America
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Misouri
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Midwest
Meade Alcorn
Winchester Change of Hands 76 Times in Civil War Era
The Winchester News from August 25, 1865 reports Winchester changed hands 76 times during the Civil War. Beginning November 9, 1861 General T. J. Jackson arrived, and through September 1864 Federal and Confederate forces alternated occupancy, with 48 Federal and 27 Confederate occupations. a single day had both in battle, making 76 total.
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Winchester
George R. Henry
Confederacy
T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson
Phil Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Judge Rice Hospitalized After Illness Today
Police Magistrate John Warren Rice fell ill at City Hall and was taken to Memorial Hospital where authorities said he is resting comfortably. A brief notice followed about a sale of Little League baseball shoes by A and N Store at 12 North Loudoun, sizes 3 to 7, price 4.95.
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John Warren Rice
City Hall
Memorial Hospital
Loudoun
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