MARC 15. o a FRIDAY H By WASHING swiftly today of Jimmy Hof i to plant a spy The cocky, would fight "u I 1 ON, March 14 (il 2 )—The government moved with a grand jury investigation—in the case I .' Teamsters Union bigshot accused of a plot 'n the midst of the Senate's racket probers. dapper Hoffa, asserting innocence, said he til I am cleared." DA R fuses To Answer Questioning WASHINGTON, March 14 (A)) —Poker-laceCt William Langley, district attorney of Portland, Ore., took the Fifth Amendment before the Senate committee investiga ing rackets today and refused to testify about gambling and pros titution in his bailiwick. He listened to tape recordings of what purported to be conversa tions between him and a pair of gamblers bu t refused to say whether he recognized his own voice. Declines to Answer He also declined—on grounds of possible self-incrimination—to ex-1 plain a $5OO check drawn in his name by the Western Conference, of Teamsters in 1954. The tape recordings, made se cretly by a third gambler who thought he was being double crossed, quoted Langley as saying it was "all right" to run card games, handbooks, pinball ma chines and punchboards. Changes Mind They also quoted him as saying 9 want my eighty-five hundred" and, then saying a few seconds later: "You guys can have the eighty-five hundred." It was the 11th day of the Sen ate committee's investigation of DON'T MISS... "The Olympic Party Hop" B Ballroom 9-12 Prizes Donated by: Kalin's • Pennshire • Charles Shop Quizzed rand Jury But his senatorial accusers seemed satisfied they had the goods on him and could send him to prison on charges of an 518,000 bribery scheme. They said the scheme was designed to obtain advance tips on what the Senate investigators were up to. Maximum Punishment The maximum possible punish ment on conviction of bribery, is three years on each count and a fine of three times the amount of the bribe. The grand jury began looking into the case this afternoon, and Dist. Atty. Oliver Gasch said it would meet again tomorrow. The jury mot under unusually secret circumstances with doors to several connecting rooms locked. Counterspy Was Key However it was learned that lawyer John Cye Cheasty, key witness, appeared before the jury. He is the man who, the govern ment says, skillfully acted a dou ble role—ostensibly a spy for Hof fa but really working with the Gasch was asked whether any witnesses were being subpoenaed from Detroit, Hoffa's headquarters city. He said he wouldn't be sur prised if that were true. The charges were presented to the grand jury by James W. Knapp, of the Department of Jus tice's Criminal Division and by Edward P. Troxell, principal as sistant 'U.S. District Attorney. alleged links between public offi cials in Portland, high-ranking members of the Teamsters Union there and the underworld. THE JIM BURDEN QUARTET THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Sponsored by TOWN COUNCIL Party Dress 20 Killed in Plane Crash ( MANCHESTER, England, March wrecked by the flaming craft. A 14 (A") —A Viscount airliner plow-woman and her 2-year-old soni ed into a housing development had been reported missing. , while coming in for a landing to- 1 The big British European Air day, and burst into flame, killing p.‘ - ays plane was coming into Man i w 20 persons aboard. I chester's Ringway Airport on ai Hours later, the bodies of aqlight from Amsterdam. It ap-I woman and child were found in!parer.tly overshot the runway and. the rubble of one of three houses crashed hall a mile away. ON NPAsce HAIR GROOM TONIC and featuring Saturday, March 23 REFRESHMENTS FREE TO ALL STUDENTS •Contract bridge is now taus n 20 colleges and universities he United States. EUROPE 21 COUNTRIES, VI DAYS SUSIMER '37-313Z5, all expenses EUROPE FOR COLLEGIANS 233 Sequoia Pawlens California ft &pia, HAIR GROOM TONIC IN UNBREAKABLE PLASTIC! Grooms your hair while it treats your scalp. Controls loose dandruff. 1.00 Plus Pao SHULTON Now York • Toronto PAGE THR
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