15 Cent Hourly Pay Cut Proposed for Rail Men
Chicago dispatch reports employers propose a 15 cent per hour wage cut for nonoperating railroad workers to align with production wages in other industries. The plan, backed by Carriers Conference Committees, also seeks changes to health and welfare programs while maintaining employee-financed insurance. George Leighty of the Railway Labor Executives Association calls the move unrealistic, arguing it ignores entitled raises and profits.
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Chicago
Ted Short
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Short
San Francisco
George E. Leighty
Five Mass Cities Voting Today In Primaries
Five Massachusetts cities hold primary elections today Boston Chelsea Malden Everett and Lowell All are nonpartisan races with several candidates seeking runoff spots for Boston mayor. Chelsea and Malden choose mayoral candidates while Everett voters select city council and school committee members. In Lowell a field of 53 competes for 18 city council nominations with no mayoral slots.
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Massachusetts
Chelsea
Malden
Everett
Lowell
John E. Powers
Massachusetts Senate
John F. Collins
Suffolk County Register of Probate
Gabriel F. Piemonte
James W. Hennigan Jr
John P. McMorrow
New Three Layer Tablet Dristan Decongestant Unveiled
Hay fever patients in Chicago hear of a new three layer tablet called Dristan Decongestant Tablets. The formula, taken without a prescription, claims to open blocked nasal passages, stop sneezing, and clear itchy eyes. It travels through the bloodstream to relieve congestion quickly and bolster resistance to infection.
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Chicago
Ill
Ashmore Leaves Gazette to Lead Center at Santa Barbara
Ashmore resigns as executive editor of the Arkansas Gazette after 12 years to become consultant for the Center for the Study for Democratic Institutions at Santa Barbara. A Pulitzer winner for 1958 on segregation, he departs amid school integration tensions and cites new national role in mass communications research.
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Little Rock, Ark
UPI
Harry S. Ashmore
The
Arkansas Gazette
New
Center For the Study For Democratic Institutions
Santata Barbara
Calif
Ashmore
J. N. Heiskell
Gazette
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Gazizette
Preservaton
Santa Barbara
Wand
Oklahoma May Smoke Out 1960 Democratic Hopefuls
Oklahoma Governor Edmondson plans a speech restricting the Jefferson Jackson dinner to presidential hopefuls on November 14 in Oklahoma City. High-profile attendees including Kennedy and Simington are mentioned, with other candidates weighing appearances and potential declarations.
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Washington
J. Howard Edmondson
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
New York Herald Tribune
Southwest
Kissing and Running Burglars Impress Woman Victim
In Boston two men broke into 84 year old Miss Bridgit Moran’s South End apartment and tied her as they searched for cash hidden in a bread box. After briefly rummaging, they freed her and kissed her on each cheek claiming God bless you before fleeing. She said the kisses were pleasant and that they were the finest burglars she ever met.
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Boston
UPI
Miss Moran
Senate group raises Stewart promotion controversy in Air Force Reserve
A Senate Preparedness Subcommittee report faults promotion practices for generals in Army Navy and Air Force reserves. It cites Timmy Stewart s promotion to brigadier general last July after a two year delay and says a more qualified reservist was removed to clear a slot. The panel calls for overhaul of the promotion system citing inconsistent criteria and misrepresentation of mobilization status.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Timmy Stewart
Air Force ‘Reserve
Stewart
Army
Navy
Air Force Reserve
Air Force
Hermit Fends Off Posse Six Hours Before Killing Self
In remote central Maine a 75-year-old hermit, Hiram Johnson, killed lumber operator Lester Spear, then held a sheriff s posse at bay for six hours before dying by his own actions inside a blazing wilderness cabin. Deputy Holt and others fired at the doorway as Johnson hid behind wood piles and warned they would shoot anyone approaching Spear s body. A medical examiner and about 20 deputies arrived after a radio call to Greenville, mapping a tense standoff in the dark dungeon like cabin fifty miles north of Greenville.
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Chesancook Lake
Maine
Hiram Johnson
George
Johnson
Lester Spear
Spear
Roger Holt
Holt
Ernest Harrington
Norman H. Nickerson
Greenville
Nick.ferson
Gas Tax Rise Signed Among 96 Bills By Eisenhower
Washington reports President Eisenhower signed a one cent per gallon federal gasoline tax increase, effective Oct 1, to finance the interstate highway system. The measure was among 96 bills approved. 56 await signatures. The levy now four cents per gallon for 21 months is expected to raise about one billion dollars.
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