Texas City Tin Workers Back On Job
Strikers returned to the gov ernment owned Texas City tin smelter but left again at the request of company officials. H F van der Laan said wage talks blocked resumed operation due to uncertainties in shift staffing. The firm offered a 1 1/2 cent hourly hike retroactive to May 30, rejected by the CIO union representing 870 workers which seeks retroactivity to March 1.
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Texas City
H. F. van der Laan
Tin Processing Corporation
Tolu
CIO Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Molotov Sees U.S. On Transcontinental Tour
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov completed his second cross country tour of the United States, returning to New York after visits that included Chicago and San Francisco for the UN anniversary meeting. Crowds and police surrounded his convoy, with demonstrators booing in Chicago while security teams kept watch during museum visits and city street appearances.
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New York
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
United States
Molotov
New York Central
Commodore Vanderbilt
Red
United Nations
San Francisco
Chicago
Molday
Windy City
Lake Michigan
South Side
Political Parties On Trial Says Shivers
Allan Shivers told a New York luncheon that Democratic and Republican parties will be on trial before the American public in 1956 as partisanship dies in the nation. He framed postwar abundance and independence as evidence, saying people prosper by their own labor and divisions fade.
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New York
Allan Shivers
Shivers
New York City
America
Texas
Cautol
Eisenhower
Shivers Ware
Bridge hands reveal rule clashes and strategic missteps
In a detailed bridge hand critique, the article analyzes a deal where East and West clash over bids and plays. It contrasts South’s risky play and South’s claim of luck with a safer diamond safety entry, highlighting the crucial aim to keep West from leading hearts and the need for accurate deduction of opponents' holdings. The piece also quotes Texas Governor Shivers on political promises, party stewardship, and centralized government, noting a nationwide shift toward accountability ahead of 1956 elections.
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Baal
East
North
West
South
Sinc
Bast
Accused knife-slayer ordered to mental observation
Oklahoma City. Etta Laet, 44, formally charged with stabbing Elizabeth Hederson to death in a January motel incident, will undergo mental observation at Eastern State Hospital for up to 90 days per District Judge Clarence Mills. Laet, a former law officer from Compton, Ohio, has been jailed since capture earlier this year.
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Oklahoma City
Etta Austin
California
Clarence Mills
Lael
Eastern State Hospital
Vinila
Stile
Harold Witcher
Rocky
Oklahoma County
Elizabeth Hederson
Compton
Ohio
Leel
Huntington
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Bow Soldier
Texas Ave
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