Vote Called On Issue of Strike Halt
A strike by the Motormen's Benevolent Association prompted a membership meeting in New York to decide on ending the walkout. Officials cited progress toward normal service using nonstrikers and supervisory staff while the Transit Authority refused to negotiate. The mayor and authority offered hearings and a referee to review charges, insisting the strike violates state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Frank Zelano
Motormen’s Benevolent Association
Robert F. Wagner
Transit Authority
AFL-CIO Expels Two Unions Over Corruption Charges
The AFL-CIO ousted the Bakery Workers and Laundry Workers unions amid corruption charges. President Meany authorized a bakery field charter while Cross refused to step down. The Distillery Workers also faced oversight with resignations and a secret-ballot election. Meany and officials were reelected to leadership as reforms continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Afl-Cio
George Meany
James G. Cross
Senate Rackets Committee
Federation
Meany
Cross
United Textile Workers
The
Textile Workers Union of America
AFL
Distillery Workers Union
Aflcio
Distillers
Joseph O'Neill
George J. Oneto
William Schnitzler
Peter Schoemann
Plumbers
Paul Phillips
Paper Workers
John English
Teamsters
Herman Winter
Baikers
French Rescued By U S Copters
Three U S navy helicopters rescued the 52 crew of the French cargo ship Pei Ho after it ran aground in a storm off Casablanca Morocco.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Pei Ho
Arm Broken but Wedding Goes On in Vienna
Maria Hauser, 21, broke her arm in a crash on an icy road while en route to her wedding in Vienna. An ambulance took her toward the church but she ordered the driver to skip the hospital and continue to the ceremony.
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Vienna
Maria Hauser
Cedar Rapids Man 89 Struck by Car on Third Ave SE
An 89 year old Cedar Rapids man Edwin M. Garnant of 411 Sixth Street SE was struck while crossing Third Avenue SE near The Gazette building. He remains in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after injuries including a concussion, forehead wound, two broken legs, a broken right shoulder and left clavicle separation. The driver Marjorie E. Foster 17 of Elmhurst Drive NE was westbound. police expect charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue SE
Gazette
Edwin M. Garnant
Sixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Garnant
Third Avenue
Marjorie E. Foster
Elmhurst Drive
Gernant
Cedar Rapids Marion United Fund drives past goal
The Cedar Rapids Marion United Fund campaign surpassed its $495 016 goal with noon Thursday receipts totaling $495 837. Final end total on Nov 8 was $486 846, 98 percent of goal, aided by post campaign contributions of $8 991 from renewed givers and unreturned envelopes.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids-Marion United Fund
Tattoo Strategy Doesn't Pan Out
London AP reports Henry Ferrie, 38, a janitor, got facial tattoos after vowing to tattoo his face if Tilly Farrell left him. He chose a butterfly on the nose a tree on the forehead a snake on the cheek and a dragon on the other cheek to deter rivals.
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London
Henry Ferrie
Ferrie
Tilly Farrell
Tilly
We Are Being Challenged To Live Our Religion Bach
Dr Marcus Bach from the University of Iowa spoke at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce on his summer the Soviet Union trip. He argued Russia is not merely a political threat but an atheistic experiment challenging faith.
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Bach
Russia
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Bach
Johannesburg
Dutch Chamber of Commerce
Sumatra
Becks Larceny Trial Set for Jury Deliberation
Seattle AP report says the grand larceny trial of Teamsters President Dave Beck is to be decided by a seven man, five woman jury. The case centers on whether Beck misappropriated 1900 from a union car sale in January 1956.
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Seattle
Teamsters
Dave Beck
George Revelle
Beck
Charles Burdell
Burdell
Laurence Regal
Revelle
Regal
Poison Flour Fatal Mistake Kills Family
In Chicago police report a sitter Finis Kittinger and boy Roger Van Horne died after cockroach powder, mistaken for flour, was used to prepare a chicken dinner. Roger's sisters Deborah and Susan are in critical condition, mother Darlene was at work, grandmother Florence Gronke ill but未 fed.
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Chicago
Finis Kittinger
Roger van Horne
North Side
Roger
Deborah
Susan
Kittinger
Darlene
Duane
Daring ditching of Cedar Rapids pilot in Atlantic search
First Lt. Donald C. Burleson 27 of Cedar Rapids ditched his F-84F 430 miles northeast of the Azores while en route from Dover to Bordeaux. Ten rescue planes and surface vessels searched as Burleson was seen in a life raft by another pilot before running out of fuel. three other aircraft landed safely in Bordeaux. Burleson, assigned to the 1737th ferry squadron, is reported missing with ongoing recovery efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald C. Burleson
Howard C. Burleson
Woodfield Lane
Burleson
Dover
Del
Air Force Base
Europe
NATO
Air Force
Azores
Bordeaux
France
Dover Afb
Dover Afp
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Franklin High School
Coe College
Lt. Burleson
Ronnie Bryan
Bryan
Mr. Burleson
Mr.Burleson
Freeze Hits Crops Hard In Florida
The worst freeze in 23 years struck Florida damaging citrus and vegetable crops and ornamentals. Temperatures fell to the 20s in Lakeland and Miami with winds up to 40 mph. Truck crops around Plant City suffered heavy losses and strawberries were hurt. one alligator perished in a water tub frozen solid.
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Florida
Tampa
Warren Johnson
Lakeland
Plant City
D. H. Storms
Crestview
Miami
Key West
Madelon McLeod
Tampa Motor Club
Indonesian Crisis Expands Army Confined to Barracks
James Wilde reports Jakarta tensions escalate as the Indonesian army is ordered back to barracks and leave-soldiers recalled amid reports of Sukarno ouster. Masjumi accuses communists, while Dutch and Allied estates face potential paralysis from exodus and government seizure.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Holland
Amsterdam
Sukarno
Southerly Winds Ease Cold Snap In Iowa
Winter's first cold wave moderated as southerly winds lifted daytime highs to the 30s and 40s across Iowa. Overnight lows fell to as cold as six below zero in Lansing, with statewide temperatures fluctuating from 23 at 2 pm to single digits. Forecasters warn of a return to colder readings by weekend across the northwest and state.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lansing
Oelwein
Dubuque
Davenport
Mason City
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Christmas Shopping Hours In Cedar Rapids Boutiques Open Late
Cedar Rapids post office and retail stores will stay open tonight for Christmas shoppers and mailers. Stores advised by the Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants bureau will stay open continuously until 9 PM. The post office will operate until 2 PM, then reopen at 9 PM for late mailing.
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Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
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Subway
Louis Waldman
Zelano
City Transit Authority
Transit
MBA
William J. Eaton
U.s.copters
Third Ave. SE
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Louis D. Burkhalter, Jr
Burkhalter
Acadeans Red Cross
United Cerebral Palsy
Linn County Mental Health Association
Gordon DeLay
Jegeane United Fund
Bruce Fishwild
God
Jesus
Ach
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Tion
Church
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Lenin
Don Burleson
Cedar Rapids News
Donald Burleson
James Wilde
Reds
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