The Nation - News from Oct. 24, 1985

Former Teamsters President Roy L. Williams has agreed to testify at the Kansas City trial of nine reputed underworld figures in hopes of gaining a lighter prison sentence, according to published newspaper reports. The defendants are accused of skimming money from a union-financed Las Vegas casino. The Kansas City Star & Times and the Chicago Tribune quoted unidentified sources as saying that Williams will testify for the government.