Ford and UAW strike deal to guarantee annual wage plan
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a historic guaranteed wage plan intended to halt widespread walkouts that idled about 68,000 of Ford’s 140,000 workers. The package, described as the largest in American industry, raises pensions to up to 241 dollars monthly and improves hospital medical benefits as part of a broader economic settlement.
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Glenn Engle
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
General Motors
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Fellows
Reuther
John S. Bugas
Bugas
Ford Company
Killing at Hallandale Foreman Held in Jail
A Hallandale Freeborn county investigation centers on the death of migrant farm worker Raynaldo Limon after an argument over asparagus bonuses. Foreman Cicilio Limon, 32, Tohoka Texas, admitted striking Limon. Sheriff Carl Lindahl holds Limon for possible grand jury indictment on capital charges. Coroner Dr. S G Egge cites brain hemorrhage with a blow behind the ear as a contributing factor. Further tests pending to confirm cause.
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Hollandale
Freeborn
Carl Lindahl
Cicilio Amadro
Tohoka
Texas
Amadro
Raynaldo Limon
Poteet
S G. Egge
Limon
Lindahl
Limon Brothers
Charlie Limon
State Crime Bureau
Lemon Brothers
Marine found dead on hotel patio in Sauk Rapids
Police investigated the death of Louis Bolinski a 21 year old Marine from Sauk Rapids Minnesota found dead on a downtown hotel patio in Los Angeles after apparently falling from a fourth floor room shared with three Marines from Twenty nine Palms California. A hammer near Raynoldo Limon was ruled not a murder weapon and Charlie Limon remained in jail as a material witness.
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Los Angeles
Louis Bolinski
Sauk Rapids
Minn
Twentynine Palms
Calif
Bolinsky
Bolinski
12 Die in Minnesota Weekend Car Crashes
A weekend of highway crashes left Minnesota with 12 dead and over 20 injured. A family of six from St. Cloud was hospitalized, boosting 1955 traffic deaths to 219. Fatalities included Luella Heuer, 3, and Sharon Hastings, 2, among others, in crashes near Dassel and Little Falls.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Dassel
Luella Heuer
Francis Heuer
St. Paul
Sharon Hastings
Harlan Hastings
Litchfield
Heuer
Keith
Kent
Hastings
Michael
Ronald
Tornado Dips Near Spillville in Decorah Iowa
A tornado touched down near Spillville two miles long and 50 feet wide crossing two farms in a wooded area. No injuries reported. Damage occurred at the Orlando Albertson and Ray Numedahl farms as family members described heavy suction and objects lifting from the house. Spillville lies 14 miles southwest of Decorah.
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Decorah
Iowa
Spillville
Orlando Albertson
Ray Numedahl
Albertson
Stram
Numedahl
Men Who Quit Smoking Cut Lung Cancer Risk Says AMA Report
A 1955 AMA session report from Atlantic City notes that ex smokers show about half the lung cancer death rate of continuing smokers among 190000 men aged 50 to 70. Yet officials caution the small sample limits certainty and urge more evidence.
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Ama
Alton L. Blakeslee
Science
Atlantic City
N.J
American Cancer Society
Timothy V. Hartnett
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
R. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
Hammond and Horn
Big City
Firm Leases School Buses for City Runs
A $50,000 fire at the Austin Bus Lines garage damaged eight of the firm’s 10 buses while a fire in the garage top damaged others. Normal service uses leased school buses. Fire officials suspect a ceiling light short circuit caused the blaze. Replacement value of each bus runs $7,000 to $8,000 with garage damage around $1,000 to $1,500.
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John Tobar
Austin Bus Lines
W. College
Tobar
Kenneth Rosenthal
Kenneth Olson
Melvin Olson
James Schmeidher
Secretaries Hobby Scheele to Discuss Salk Polio Vaccine
Secretary of Welfare Hobby and Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele will address the nation on the Salk polio vaccine situation. A Welfare spokesman said the 15 minute live TV discussion is set for 5 15 p m CST on CBS and DuMont networks with simultaneous radio on Mutual and NBC networks.
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Washington
Hobby
Leonard A. Scheele
Welfare Department
Columbia Broadcasting
Dumont Television Networks
Four Iowa relatives among victims in Minnesota lake tragedy
Rescue teams in Brown Valley Minnesota continue to search Lake Traverse for seven or four missing Iowans after a fishing boat with seven aboard capsized amid a weekend storm. Sheriff Mundt led operations from a barge as volunteers used a 1000 foot rope with hooks to recover bodies including Leslie Hout age 41 and a Hout child, with crews from Roberts County supplying boats and meals from the Red Cross.
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Browns Valley
Minn
Big Lake Traverse
Minnesota
Minnesota South Dakota Boundary Lake
Leslie Hout
Hawarden
Iowa
Edward Hout
Herb Mundt
South Dakota
Roberts County
Mundt
Beverly Hout
Karen
Hoyt
Doty
Sheriff Mundt
The
Red Cross
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Uaw-Cio
Sauk Rapids Marine
Carlos
Charlie) Limon
Lilly Camp
Here
Limon Twins
Robert Szymanski
Highland
Ind
Roy Sharp
Swanville
Little Falls
Sharp
Roy Conklin
Faribault
Hampton
Twin Cities
Melvin Ofstad
Conklin
Minneapolis
Richfield
Dean Risdall
Janie Joel
Mapleview
Kathy McAlister
Dennis Shamp
Prince
Tobacco Industry Committee
Hartnett
ACS
Hammond
Horn
Scheele
Austin
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