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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1958
Page
3
A National Labor Relations Board survey shows unions winning less than 60 percent of election votes, down from about 95 percent in 1937, with ongoing declines in both organizing success and worker backing. Complaints against unions rise as organizing slows.
A New York report announces a tablet that relieves sinus congestion and headaches by improving drainage. It claims rapid, painless relief using a bloodstreamed medication that shrinks swollen sinus doors and promotes drainage. Available over the counter for 98 cents a bottle of 24 with refund guarantee.
Airman 3-C Donald Keeton, 19, led a stunt across two states in a rented plane after leaving Keesler AFB. He pinned a death by own action note, hid the plane near Longview, rode to Dallas, saw his 17-year-old sweetheart Doris Lynn Dowling, and was placed in Carswell AFB hospital. Police accompanied him. he faces absent without leave charges and an Air Force inquiry.
Secretary of State Dulles said it will be several months before the United States decides on a summit conference. He warned against a rushed meeting of big power chiefs, while the Soviets pressed Eisenhower with a new note. He urged direct talks on specific issues and opposed new easy‑term loan agencies, stressing existing programs plus replenishment of funds.
Berlin reports say U.S. officials framed a new plan to press East German authorities for the release of eight Army officers and a sergeant who were captured after their helicopter crossed the iron curtain on June 7. Colonel McQuail opens negotiations with credentials from Army HQ, not the State Department, and aims to show intergovernmental talks without recognizing East Germany.
The Peiping New China News Agency reported from Jakarta that communists were elected mayors in two major Java cities. Satrio Sastrodirjo won Surabaya by unanimous municipal council vote and another Communist was elected mayor of Semarang.
The Sunday Express reports Queen Elizabeth has granted cost of living raises to about 200 members of her personal staff. The increases would add roughly $33,600 to annual salaries and pensions totaling $418,000 for staff including personal secretary Michael Adeane, housemaids, and cooks.
In Waokomis Oklahoma White farmers in four southwestern states fret about a grasshopper plague while Harry Stevenson, manager of a cooperative grain elevator, reports the local wheat crop 50 to 80 percent harvested and notes the elevator is so full they had to shut the upstairs window to keep wheat from running out.
A new Blue Lustre carpet and upholstery cleaner promises fast easy cleaning for wall-to-wall carpets and upholstery. The gentle foam is brushed into the carpet to lift spots traffic paths and colors with a half gallon cleans three 9 by 12 rugs.
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