El Paso Phelps-Dodge Workers Vote 5 to 1 for Strike
CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union members at Phelps-Dodge in El Paso vote five to one for a strike with 85 to 90 percent of about three thousand members participating. Officials say negotiation will continue and no strike will be ordered pending talks for a higher wage and additional benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
CIO
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Joe Chavez
S. Schnaittacher
Phelps-Dodge Workers Council
Schnaittacher
Phelpsgo
Lone Rifleman Hires on Struck Houston Plant
A gunman fired two volleys near the strikebound Consolidated Chemical Industries plant in Houston as guards pursued him. no one was hit. The plant, affected by Oil Workers Union No. 227 strikes, continued operating at about 70 percent capacity after workers were hired to steady output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Manchester Boulevard
Consolidated Chemical Industries
Oil Workers International Union No. 227
CIO
Eastern States Petroleum Corporation
Norman B. Hansen
Consolidated Production Workers
El Paso Youth Dies After Bridge Dive
El Paso on September 5 reported a 19 year old, Don Haston, died after diving from a downtown bridge into the shallow Rio Grande on a dare. He was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Don Haston
Rio Grande
Flowers Foil Felon's Flight From Fleet Footed Followers
A San Antonio burglar fled from a drive in and tangled with flowers at Mrs. S. M. Meeks home, the former Texas woman constable. She fired a warning shot, he fled, tripped on bamboo and potted petunias, and was later captured, bruised and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felon
San Antonio
S. M. Meeks
Texas
Modern Prison Records Urged By Texas Board
Huntsville Democrat reports the Texas prison board urged revamping records and bookkeeping in a mechanized system to improve efficiency and inmate job placement. The plan, costing about 1100 dollars monthly under lease, accompanies a 4 million dollar prison expansion. Byron Frierson named assistant general manager in charge of farming. eight construction foremen authorized for the building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Texas Prison System
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
State Auditing Department
Byron W. Frierson
Frierson
Insurance Association Names Austinite Officer
The Texas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents elected Clark Wood of Lubbock as president at its two day annual meeting. George B. West of San Angelo was named secretary treasurer, Russell B. Grace of Fort Worth vice president, and Jimmy Holt of Houston second vice president. New directors are M. Abbe Siunk of San Antonio and Henry Moore of Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Clark Wood
Lubbock
Satuday
George B. West
San Angelo
Russell B. Grace
Fort Worth
Jimmy Holt
M. Abbe Siunk
San Antonio
Henry Moore
Austin
Shivers Praises Soil and Water Efforts in Texas
Governor Allan Shivers hailed a soil and water conservation push in Princeton Texas during Soil Surgery Day. About 100 earth moving machines and hundreds of workers demonstrated modern methods to restore worn Blacklands farms and combat erosion. He cited Texas efforts including 20 million acres terraced by 1949 and a 5 million dollar legislative appropriation. The program aims to protect resources for future generations and sustain the economy dependent on land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Texas
Allan Shivers
Collin County Soil Conservation District
Shivers
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