Textile Workers Union pushes for higher pay and reform
The Textile Workers Union of America approved aims for a $1.25 hourly minimum with a 35 hour week, repeal of Taft Hartley, and passage of the Forand bill to aid the aged. They backed a strike defense fund, supported 1,100 strikers at Henderson Mills, and attacked Ways and Means delays. They criticized the Taft Hartley act and urged NLRB reforms. They urged regional development agencies, hydro resources, and endorsed political candidates Douglas Humphrey Neuberger.
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Textile Workers Union of America
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Henderson
N.C
House Committee On Ways and Means
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Maine
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D-Ore
Broadway Strike Shuts Theaters Dark Across New York
In Shubert Alley's loudspeaker it announced the strike and blackout as theaters like Take Me Along and Fiorello reported dark audiencess. Equity President Ralph Bellamy urged bargaining and performers prepared to work under contract terms while actors could seek a $10 a day Equity allowance during the shutdown.
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Times Square
44Th Street
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Fiorello
Ralph Bellamy
Tallulah Bankhead
Anne Bancroft
League
Tom Bosley
Jackie Gleason
Ethel Merman
Mary Martin
Equity Treasury
Baptist scholars urge honesty and doubt in faith
The American Baptist convention in Rochester called for a new asceticism and greater humility among clergy as science and inner psychology challenge faith. Leaders urged ministers to shed an idealized ministerial stereotype and embrace practical vitality, while debates continued on ecumenical unity and the National Council of Churches.
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Khrushchev seen as bold Cuba move with Soviet bases
Washington officials view Khrushchev planned Cuba visit as a bold push for Castro style democracy in Latin America. They warn of a cool Cuban reception amid rising anti communism and Catholic alarm as Moscow signals possible broader Latin American tour. Senator Smathers claims 250 Soviet scientists and jets based in Cuba with Red China ties likely soon.
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Paris
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China
Castro
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Surviving Greek Seaman Arrives After Wide Furor of Quakes
A 27 year old Greek merchant seaman who survived a shipwreck and multiple quakes reached Santiago on his way home after the freighter wrecked on a reef near Puerto Montt. The city was shaken by quakes and battered by tidal waves during his stay.
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Chile
Puerto Montt
Khrushchev Seen Under Military Control In Moscow
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev appears to act as a figurehead while military leaders pull the strings in Moscow. His recent diatribes read as commands from superiors, with verbal belligerence and sweeping promises framed as peace efforts.
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Rockefeller Seen Fine Top Man Someday
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller predicts he will make a darn fine president someday. Republican leaders in North Dakota back Nixon for the presidential nomination and Davis backs Rockefeller for his senatorial bid. Kennedy and Johnson campaign for delegates, with Williams backing Kennedy’s Los Angeles convention effort.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
North Dakota
Rockefeller
John E. Davis
U.S. Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Davis
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B Jonnson
Texas
Kennedy
Denver
Salt Lake City
Santa Fe
N. M
Los Angeles
Leftist Protest Over Ike Visit in Tokyo Parade
More than 15 000 students workers Socialists and Communists rallied before the US Embassy denouncing President Eisenhower and the U S Japan security pact. The march disrupted transit across Tokyo and other cities with calls to dissolve Parliament and seek new elections.
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Japan
Presins Eisenhower
White Stone
Nobusuke Kishi
U. S
Japan Military Alliance
Eisenhower
U. S.japan
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Labor Federation
Kishi
Sokyo
Osaka
America
U. S. Japan
New York Clerk Accused in $56,000 Bilking Scheme
Edna Garity Sullivan, 50, of East Orange New Jersey, long employed at H Cassel & Co. in Manhattan, allegedly billed a Hartman account for 56 thousand dollars over 12 years. Authorities say she used the funds for a two year spree including furs cruises furniture and cars. The district attorney announced charges of grand larceny after an investigation began following a false television purchase bill.
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New York
Edna Garity Sullivan
East Orange
N.J
Mrs. Hartman
Mrs. Sullivan
Cheryl Crane Flees From Girls School Again
Cheryl Crane Lana Turner's 16 year old daughter runs away from E Retiro School for Girls in San Fernando Sunday night marking a second disappearance in five weeks. Police report she fled with two accomplice girls and was later returned to the institution.
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Los Angeles
Cheryl Crane
Lana Turner
E! Retiro School
San Fernando
Martha Johnson
Sun Valley
Sheila Copeland
Bell
Cheryl
Johnny Stompanato
Steven Crane
A Joke About a Perfect Baseball All-Rrounder
A humorous line notes a fictional player who can field every position and avoid errors or strikeouts yet stays in the stands eating a hot dog, playfully claiming no way to coax him onto the field. The quip echoes classic sports humor from the era.
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