Convair strike over Atlas pay clashes with IAM
San Diego AP reports negotiations stalled in a Convair Atlas strike over union security and pay. IAM seeks 14 cents an hour plus fringes. Convair offers 11 cents plus a 3 cent cost of living increase. About 2,785 workers of 27,235 IAM members are on strike affecting rocket plants and bases including Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.
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Calif
Convair
Atlas
IAM
SAM
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Warren Afb
Wyo
Vandenberg Afb
Offutt Afb
Neb
Edwards Afb
Ringling Circus Pulls Show Off for July
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey will pull the circus off the road for July and house performers in Sarasota to escape the heat. Executive assistant William W. Perry says July heat hurts business and rest will improve later performances.
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Ringling Circus
Sarasota, Fla
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Sarasota
William W. Perry
Un-American Activities Panel Spends Public Funds
House Un-American Activities Committee members ran up steep hotel lodging bills and other expenses during out of town hearings. Records show Morgan Moulder averaged 103 dollars a day in hotel costs, plus $179 in restaurant charges and a $90.38 nightclub bill noted as Persian Room. Chair Francis Walter defended the use of rooms as offices for witness interrogation and executive sessions.
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Washington
House Committee On UN
Morgan Moulder
D-Mo
Sheraton-Jefferson Hotel
St. Louis
the Plaza
New York
Los Angeles
Moulder
Francis Walter
D-Pa
Walter
Plaza Hotel
Gordon Scherer
Ohio
President Eisenhower's Japan visit amid protest over treaty
James Marlow reports that thousands in Japan threaten to protest Eisenhower's planned June 19 arrival tied to the new US Japan defense treaty. The trip, billed as a goodwill tour, draws congressional opposition and questions about impact. The treaty's June 19 ratification date underscores the protest dynamics rooted in postwar occupation and democratic reforms.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Eisenhower
Japan
Congress
House panel OKs surveys for 17 flood projects
The House Flood Control Subcommittee approved resolutions authorizing Army engineers to survey 17 proposed flood control projects at a total cost of 791000 dollars. The Public Works Committee will next consider the projects before surveys proceed.
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Washington
House Flood Control Subcommittee
Army Engineers
House Public Works Committee
Greek Ship Cleared but Docks Are Full
The Greek vessel Rogo cleared of a Khapra beetle infestation remains at anchor in Duluth-Superior Harbor because all grain elevator docks are occupied. The ship, which arrived several days ago, awaits space to load grain at the Archer-Daniels-Midland elevator in Superior.
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Duluth, Minn
Rogo
Duluth-Superior
Archer-Daniels- Midland Co
Superior
License Fee Talk For Minnesota Attorneys Stirs LAC Support
Minnesota lawmakers consider a yearly license fee for attorneys to fund the State Board of Law Examiners. A $5 or $7.50 option gains initial approval from the Legislative Advisory Committee with Chief Justice Dell and Justice Nelson backing the plan alongside several legislators.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
William Shovel
House Appropriations Committee
State Board of Law Examiners
LAC
Roger Dell
Martin A. Nelson
State Supreme Court
Neal D. Peterson
Law Board
Peterson
General Revenue Fund
Shovell
Dell
Nelson
Donald Wright
Minneapolis
Val Imm
Mankato
D D. Wozniak
The
Aviation writer Harry Harper dies at 81 in London
AP reports Harry Harper aged 81 died Monday. Harper became the first aviation writer for any newspaper after being appointed by Lord Northcliffe to the London Daily Mail staff 54 years ago.
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London
Harry Harper
Lord Northcliffe
London Daily Mail
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