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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1955
Page
12
Walter Smokey Alston manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers helped Santa Claus at a Christmas party sponsored by Earl Huber in Darrtown Ohio. The village hosted over 170 children from nearby towns in Ohio and Indiana.
Non-citizens including most residents must report their address to the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service by January. They must complete a registration card at post offices or immigration offices. Parents may register children under 14. Also noted are mass signings of autographed baseballs and a push by independent unions to organize millions outside AFL-CIO.
An article notes film actress Phan Foewaty Diahne appears in a feature tied to a national labor coalition event. The segment, labeled as preliminary to a merger, references the National Independent Union Council with 1.8 million members and the Confederated Unions of America with 490,000 members. The piece situates the event in Washington and mentions Sunday timing.
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