Investigators Tie Union Officials to Hoffa Lodge Work
Senators heard witnesses from the Rackets Committee state two union officials drew salaries while helping build a hunting lodge for James R. Hoffa in 1956. Harold H. Buddle testified that Albee Bush and Chuck O'Brien worked on the camp near his Iron River property, with O'Brien earning 2650 dollars over July to September 1956 and Bush paid throughout 1956 except for a two week vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffa
Washington
Senate Rackets
James R. Hoffa
Midwest Teamsters Conference
Harold H. Buddle
Iron River
Mich
Buddle
Albee Bush
Chuck O'Brien
Bush
Teamsters
O’brien
Red Clerks Union
Carmine Bellifo
Hunting Lodge
O'Brien
King Saud Arrives in Damascus for Syrian Talks
King Saud of Saudi Arabia arrived in Damascus for three days of talks with Syrian leaders to ease Middle East tensions. He met President Shukri Kuwaily and other officials as Syria welcomed the visitor with a large ceremony attended by high government and military figures. The visit aims to mend Arab rifts and reduce friction with the West amid shifting regional alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Saud
Damascus
Syria
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
United States
Shukri Kuwaily
Russia
Robert Strong
U. S
West
Friendship
Market Street Methodist Church
Typhoon Faye Strikes Okinawa Killing and Displacing
Typhoon Faye battered Okinawa with winds up to 110 mph injuring and killing residents on nearby islands. About 2,200 Okinawans lost homes as damage hit U S air bases at Naha and Kadena, with major losses of tactical aircraft in Marine wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naha
Okinawa
Record Crime Year Seen in First Half 1957
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover says 1 399 679 major crimes were reported through June 30, a rate about 84 percent higher than the same period in 1956 and 24 4 percent above the five year average. Data come from police departments nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoove
Robbers Flee With 100000 In Jewels
Two men robbed a Park Avenue jewelry store opposite the Waldorf Astoria in New York today. They brandished pistols and fled with jewels valued at 100000 after forcing three employees of Mercades Inc to open two display trays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Mercades, Inc
Hoffa granted delay in testify before Teamsters convention
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee allowed James R Hoffa to delay further testimony until after next week's Teamsters Union convention in Miami Beach Florida where Hoffa is a candidate for union president. The panel accuses Hoffa of misuse of union funds and powers while citing aides convicted of payoffs extortion and related crimes. An AFL CIO committee accuses Hoffa of hoodlum ties and warns the Teamsters could be ousted if he leads. A Detroit restaurant payoff link is reported but denied by two named men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee Today
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Senate
Detroit
Asian Flu Cases Mounting Rapidly
The Public Health Service reports rising Asian flu cases across the United States with outbreaks in schools and colleges noted in several regions. Last week’s cumulative total was about 100,000, with no single directional spread pattern detected.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Newport R. I
Fi. Ord
Calif
Valley Forge
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Utah
New York State
FBI joins search for missing Edmonds child
FBI has entered the Edmonds disappearance of Lee Crary, a one year old boy with rheumatic fever. Police and volunteers searched the area around Puget Sound, questioned residents, and tracked terrain while bloodhounds failed to trail. His parents fear exposure endangers his life and the bicycle was found near his school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonds
Wash
FBI
Lee Crary
Seattle
Puget Sound
Ed Crary
Crary
Lee
Graham says race problems global, solution in heart
Billy Graham told 10,000 at Roosevelt Field that race problems exist wherever people differ in color or speech. The 38 year old evangelist urged prayer and love as the answer, saying morals cannot be legislated and change must come from the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City, NY
Billy Graham
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Little Rock
New York
Madison Square Garden
Graham
Eisenhower to Meet Southern Governors on School Integration
President Eisenhower arranged a White House meeting with five Southern governors on Tuesday October 1 to discuss school integration. He may cut Newport visit short and will return to Washington for the conference over Little Rock federal troops and broader integration issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Washington
Little Rock Ark
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Gov
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Collins
Southern Governors Conference
Little Rock
Max Rabb
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
Powell
Thirty Three High School Boys End Strike
In Twin Falls Idaho thirty high school boys ended a three day strike over absenteeism. Negotiations led to the students returning to classes and authorities counting the three days as one absence. The dispute arose after officials said no more excuses for deer and elk hunting trips would be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Idaho
Little Rock Nine Return to Central High Under Guard
Troops from the 101st Airborne guard Central High School as the Little Rock Nine and Necro students enter under bayonets. A white student jeers softly while a man identified as Lt. Sidney Wolff is detained for carrying a gun. A tearful white girl is escorted from the campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
101St Airborne Division
Isenhower
Sidney Wolff
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Northern Virginia Yearling Feeder Steer Sale Set at Farmers Exchange
The third annual Northern Virginia Yearling Feeder Steer Sale pools 1,458 Angus and Hereford steers from 68 consignors across seven Virginia counties and three West Virginia counties. Sales manager I Fred Stine notes weights run 500 to 1,000 pounds with dehorned, graded uniform lots. Officials Morris Fannon serves as auctioneer. the sale is backed by the Northern Virginia Livestock Producers Association with county agents aiding and coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia
Farmers’ Exchange
Virginia
West Virginia
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Frederick County
Clarke County
Rt. 30
Winchester
Fred Stine
Northern Virginia Livestock Producers’ Association, Inc
Virginia Extension Service
Virginia Beef Cattle Association
Clarke
Loudoun
Warren
Rappahannock
Page
Shenandoah
Hampshire
Jefferson
Morean
ABC to Carry Faubus Address Tonight
ABC will air Gov. Orval Faubus’ address on the Little Rock integration situation exclusively tonight. The nationally televised program starts at 9 p.m. EST with a radio broadcast at 9:05 p.m. EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ABC
Faubus
New York
American Broadcasting Co
Gov. Orval EE. Faubus
Little Rock
Nine Negro Pupils Start Central High Amid Guarded Day
In Little Rock nine Negro students attend classes with white classmates as U S Army paratroopers guard Central High. They report mixed reactions from peers and parents and note few incidents while Elizabeth Eckford draws outside attention as the "star of the show."
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Virgil Blossom
Central High
Little Rock High
Boo
Air Force Aps
Lieut
Wolff
Miami
Fla
Lack
Little Rock
Ark
Minnie
Jean Brown
Little Rock Central High
U. S. Army
Minniejean
Melba Pattillo
Melba
Elizabeth Eckford
L. C. Bates
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
William L. Roberts
Terrance
Roberts
Cartelyou Walls
Carlotta Walls
South Pacific
W. B. Brown
Ft. Campbell
Ernest Green
L. S. Green
VFW Offers to Serve as Auxiliary Police Unit
The Virginia department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars offered its services as an auxiliary police unit to reduce traffic deaths. Dr. W. E. Moody of Scottsville sent a telegram to Gov. Manley proposing formation of an auxiliary police force and praising the state police for their efforts. The message was sent from Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsville
Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. E. Moody
Manley
Stanley
Sea Island
Richmond
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Phyllis Lee Maccabin
Handley
Kiwanis
Kay Madigan
Stephens City School
Sharon Moore
Quarles School
Tamra Broach
Virginia Avenue School
Sandra Russell
Stonewall School
Flaine Vaught
Robinson Memorial School
Bonnie Lowery
John Kerr School
Loudoun Street
Lucky Inn
Front Royal Road
A.C. Slonaker & Son
Adnan Menderes
Turkey
Faye
Consignors
C. E. Blake
By Adren Cooper
VFW
Cameron Street
Cork Street Christian Church
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