Week of May 1, 1957
May Day in Moscow as over one million observe the cream of the Soviet Union’s
military might.
John Dulles appeals from “my heart” to the Senate to save his budget from deep
cuts ordered by the House of Representatives.
Passing -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
- who built a
global reputation on anti-Communist investigations, is
dead of a liver ailment at the age of 47.
Mobster Frank Costello is grazed in the scalp by a shot
fired an unknown gunman in the lobby of his Central
Park West apartment. Police believe Costello knows
who the attacker was, but he isn’t talking.
Teamsters President Dave Beck is indicted for income
tax evasion. He’s accused of evading payment of
$56,000 in 1950.
The United States accuses the Soviet Union of plotting a movement to overthrow
King Hussein of Jordan.
The AFL-CIO ethical Practices Committee accuses the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters on eight counts of corruption and gives the union eighteen days to
reply. Among other things, the report said that Dave Beck, president of the
Teamsters had used at least $300,000 in union finds for personal purposes. It
accused him of having used his official position for personal profit.
Sir Winston Churchill
is said to be ‘very
annoyed” by a new
painting
of him that is to
go on display this week. Many others said the
same thing. Sir Albert Richardson, past
president of the Royal Academy who was near
Churchill when they saw the painting at a
preview said: “He was surprised to see it and
then very annoyed. He felt, like the rest of us,
that Mr. Spear (the artist), a fellow
academican, should have told him what he
was doing.” Of the picture, Sir Albert said: “A
very quick impression - a great masterpiece,
