Farm Groups Labor Lobbies Spend Heavily in First Quarter
Lobbyists for labor groups farmers and utilities report the heaviest spending on legislative interests in the first quarter of the current Congress. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn led with 67073 dollars. CIO and AFL followed with 37174 and 32157 respectively.
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Washington
Congress
House
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
National Assn. of Electric Companies
General Gas Committee
Fort Worth
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate group backs $1 minimum wage with broad support
A Senate Labor subcommittee approved raising the nationwide minimum wage to $1 an hour, 25 cents above current and 10 cents above Eisenhower’s proposal. The plan sets January 1, 1956 as the effective date, benefiting about 2.1 million workers in textiles, lumber, tobacco, candy, clothing, and related industries. Only Sen. H. Alexander Smith opposed, reserving the right to change his mind. The measure may pass the full committee and Senate, while the House analyzes Eisenhower’s 90 cent plan.
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Washington
Senate Labor
Eisenhower
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Smith
South
Aes
Sens. Goldwater
Rariz
Neely
D-Wva
McNamara
Slanesville Postmistress Margaret Kidwell Dies
Miss Margaret Nola Kidwell postmistress of Slanesville for about ten years died at home after years in a wheelchair. She ran a general store housing the post office and attended Sunday school and the Christian Church. She is survived by her mother Lorena Kidwell sister Carmen Kidwell and brother Paul Kidwell of Winchester Virginia. Funeral services and burial will be at her church cemetery.
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Slanesville
W. Va
Margaret Nola Kidwell
Hampshire
Kidwell
Christian Church
Slaneville
Lorena Kidwell
Carmen Kidwell
Paul Kidwell
Winchester
Immigration officials deny hardships in student returns
US Immigration officials said they are not aware of hardships in the program returning Chinese students to Red China. A spokesman noted Times reports of alleged threats to pro American views and said investigators would review the claims. Details of returns are being handled by regional officials ending with a note that the matter is under inquiry.
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Washington
Red
China
New York Times
United States
Times
Immigration Service
Joseph M. Swing
Irvin Shrode
Robert Seitz
New York City
Solon Pushes Registering Communists Unions Under Act
Rep Walter urged Atty Gen Brownell to compel two unions the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America to register as Communist front or dominated bodies. He aims to bar foreign workers from those unions prompting a CIO or AFL alternative. About 7 000 workers would be affected at mines and smelters on both borders.
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Washington
Walter
D-Pa
Gen
Brownell
International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
United
UN- Walter
House Un-American Activities Committee
AFL
Freed Fliers Return, Tour With Families In Hawaii
Four U S jet pilots freed from Red China prisons toured Honolulu with families on June 3. Capt Harold E Fischer Jr and three others visited hotels and dined with relatives after returning from captivity. Air Force officials planned short daily questioning before their mainland departure.
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Honolulu
U. S
Red China
Hickam Air Force Base
Harold E. Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Air Force
Hong Kong
Manchuria
Eisenhower flies to Gettysburg set aviation record
President Eisenhower traveled from Washington to Gettysburg in a light twin engine plane, marking the first time a sitting president flew in such a craft. The 32 minute trip beat the two hour car ride and he planned to return to the capital that night.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Assa
Maryland
Pennsylvania
William G. Draper
Einateeen
Air Force
James C. Hagerty
Merer
Maj
Joan Mitchell
James J. Rowley
White House
Secret Service
Nation's Largest Railway Depot to Be Demolished for New Super Building
New York June 3 The Pennsylvania Station the nation s biggest and busiest station will be torn down to make way for the world s largest commercial building. The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a new station plan on the current site with Webb & Knapp Inc handling development. James M Symes and William Zeckendorf will sign papers Tuesday after a year long study of plans. The station handles about 70 million passengers yearly and 109 million in 1945 wartime peak. Opened 1910 the granite Classical Roman flagship cost 28 8 million for the station area and 125 million with tunnels to New Jersey and Long Island. It sits on 744 acres on a 9 acre site between 31st 33rd Streets and Seventh Eighth Avenues.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
James M. Symes
The
William Zeckendorf
New York City
Webb & Knapp Inc
Webb & Knapp
New Jersey
Long Island
31St
33Rd Streets
Seventh and
Eighth Avenues
Manhattan
Labour Leader Resigns Up calls for younger party reform
London June 3 Hugh Dalton resigns from Labour high command urging younger leadership except Clement Attlee who he says can reconcile factions. He notes nine Shadow Cabinet members over 65 and argues a under-50 group is needed as Parliament opens June 9. Conservatives hold a 59 seat majority.
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London
Hugh Dalton
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Dalton
Attee
Eden
Labor High Command
Attlee
Labor
House of Commons
Mirror
Scot's Steel Hit By Strike Threat
London June 3 British railway strike threatens Scottish steel output and tightens the industrial squeeze. Prime Minister Eden to address the nation with a second peace time crisis broadcast. Trains operate at about one fifth normal. factories issue lay off notices or shorten weeks. overtime cut to weather the sixth day of the strike. Ministry of Labor has no turnout figures. Jim Baty of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen cites no settlement opening.
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London
Eden
Ministry of Labor
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Food Crop In 1954 Falls Lowest Since WW II
The 20 nation committee of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization reports world food production fell in 1954, the first decline since World War II. Western Europe Latin America and the Far East saw small gains while Africa and the Pacific held even. U S acreage limits, a bad Canadian crop and reduced yields in Turkey contributed to the overall drop.
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Rome
Committee On
U.N. Food and Cculture Organization
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Africa
Pacific
United States
Canada
Turkey
Accused Officer Denies Profit Skew in Dress Shop Cash
Senate investigators hear Capt. Raymond Wool claim his Madison dress shop profits funded most cash hidden in an iron box his former employees say the business lost money. Witnesses allege $50,000 bribe rumors and contractor favoritism as Wool defends his tax returns and Air Force career.
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Washington
Raymond Wool
Senate
Madison
N. J
Wool
Air Force
Fran
Harry Lee
Three Russell Men Guilty in 1952 Election Conspiracy
A Federal District Court jury in Abingdon Virginia convicted three Russell County men Conley Trigg Fields Luther Compton of conspiring to violate Virginia election laws in the 1952 general election. A fourth defendant was acquitted.
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Abingdon
Russell County
Virginia
Conley Trigg Fields
Lebanon
Luther Compton
Honaker Lumber
Kirby Smith
Compton
William F. Deel
Near Honaker
Honaker
A. D. Barksdale
Fields
Smith
U. S
John Strickler
Roanoke
Jere Barksdale
Stuart B. Campbell
Wytheville
PBI
FBI
A. G. Lively
PRI
Pance
Bruce Cabot Faces Contempt Over Alimony Case
In Santa Monica California on June 3 actor Bruce Cabot faced a court finding of contempt for nonpayment of $4.90 in child support to Franchesca de Scaffa Venezuela born wife testified that Cabot had fathered an illegitimate son in Italy. Judge Stanley Mosk ordered five days in jail upon his return to California. De Scaffa described Cabot saying he loved another woman and would not pay the court ordered support. The suit traces back to an unsettled divorce begun in 1952 with a later amended decree after she learned of the baby. De Scaffa said Cabot spoke by phone May 9 from across the Atlantic and claimed wealth from past film and TV salaries.
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Santa Montor
Calif
Bruce Cabot
Italy
Stanley Mosk
Cabot
Franchesca de Scaffa
California
Miss de Scaffa
Transatlantic
Lila Sterling
Brucie
Hollywood
Errol Mye
Europe
S. Hahn
Warm weekend forecast from U S Weather Bureau
Huntington notes a warm weekend with cooler Tuesday and warmer again Wednesday. Temperatures run three to six degrees above normal. Showers or thunderstorms expected Monday bringing one tenth to three tenths inches. Northern West Virginia normal is 68, southern 69.
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Huntington
U. S. Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Massachusetts Pen Break Attempt Fizzles After 84-Hour Riot
At Massachusetts State Prison three inmates, Robert J. Savage, Robert Howard, and Harold Joseph Ward, seized three guards during an 84 hour January rebellion, armed with home made knives, but were halted while attempting to force a skylight and placed in a top security block. They did not participate in the January uprising where four convicts held five guards and six prisoners. Department of Correction says the trio stayed in their cells after noon meal.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
Robert J. Savage
Robert Howard
Harold Joseph Ward
Department of Correction
UAW Seeks Higher Ford Benefits in Wage Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers press Ford for broader concessions as talks on a guaranteed wage move forward. Ford reportedly offered 60 to 65 percent of take-home pay for up to 26 weeks to cover gaps with unemployment insurance, with union hopes for state law changes to widen benefits.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
General Motors
Union
Partnership
Rcdly
Three Killers Executed in San Quentin Gas Chamber
Barbara Graham Jack Santo and Emmet Perkins died in San Quentin’s gas chamber after last minute delays in a robbery murder case. Graham protested the stays, asked why they tortured her, and appeared in a tan suit with rhinestone earrings before death.
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San Quentin
Calif
Barbara Graham
Jack Santo
Emmet Perkins
Burbank
Graham
Santo
Perkins
Mabel Monahan
Monahan
Goodwin J. Knight
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Supreme Court
State Department rejects Nixon Chicago speech on summit
The State Department refused to back Nixon’s claim that the Eisenhower summit could be the world’s last chance to avert nuclear war. Diplomats noted Nixon spoke with personal excitement at a Rotary event, contrasting with Eisenhower and Dulles’s more cautious public stance.
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Washington
State Department
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
France
Nixon
Chicago
Dulles
Rotary
State Department Has No Word On U.S. Airmen
Washington reports the State Department has no official word on a possible release of U S airmen within 24 hours. Press officer Henry Suydam noted he hopes the reports are true but confirmed no official statements or confirmations exist.
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Washington
State Department
Red
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American Legion
Indianapolis
American Medical Assn
American Petroleum Institute
American Tramp Shipowners Assn., Inc
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National Farmers Union
Denver
Friends Committee On
Independent Bankers Assn
Sauk Center
Minn
National Housing Conference
National Reclamation In
Agriculture and Labor
Southern States Industrial Council
Nashville
United States Cuban Sugar Council
United States Savings and Loan League
Wood, King & Dawson
Ent Commercial Banks
Senate Group
Edwin Heller
Wynewood
Roland Parks
Omaha
Neb
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Harold Fischer Jr
Solon
Hotel Pays
Fischer
Wynne
Wood
Judith
Lyle Cameron
Roland W. Parks
Heller
Atlee
Daily Mirror
Herbert Morrison
Scot
Symington
D-Mo
Armed Forces
Shelby
Ohio
Lev
Doris Auringer
Marvin Rubin
Marty Lev
Brooklyn
Leon M. Levy
Rubin
Miss Auringer
Nancy Goade
Allentown
Mink
Frances
Richard Shulman
Newark
Russell
George Hanna
Steel
Barksdale
Campbell
Strickler
Massachusetts
Ford Co
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Ord
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