AFL-CIO Rejects GOP Labor Policy and NLRB Critique
The AFL-CIO congress of 1,400 delegates condemned Eisenhower era labor policy and criticized the NLRB for anti union decisions. They urged stronger housing tax and social programs to counter economic decline while noting monetary policy alone cannot ensure expansion. Secretary Mitchell urged support for administration plans amid wage stability debates. Attlee resigns as Labour leader after 20 years, aged 72, citing health and age as factors.
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New York
Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
Mitchell
NLRB
Attlee Quits Labor Party Shaping Leadership Race
London report says Clement Attlee resigned today as leader of the Labour Party amid a three cornered fight for the post. Deputies Herbert Morrison and Hugh Gaitskell are named as contenders, with a third candidate emerging.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Hugh Gaitskell
Southeast Kansas Corner items and incidents
A farmhand named Homer Guy Larkin, about 60, was found fatally wounded in a school doorway with a .22 revolver nearby, ruled apparent suicide. W A Thompson of Burlington was injured fishing and stepping into a leaf-filled hole, left leg in a cast. Blue Mound reported $700 to $800 in groceries and meat stolen from IGA. Independence police chased a 300-pound whiteface steer for about an hour before it vanished. the item also notes Aneurin Bevan and mentions pigments from metals in a broader political context.
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Pittsburg
Homer Guy Larkin
Larkin
Burlington
W. A. Thompson
Thompson
Independence
Ensign Hansen Assigned as Flight Instructor at Hutchinson
Ensign Wallace Hansen son of Mr and Mrs A H Hansen from rural route 1 has been assigned to Hutchinson Naval Air Station as a flight instructor in patrol aircraft. He is on leave from El Centro California where he was operations officer for a naval parachute unit. A Vilas High School graduate.
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Wallace Hansen
A. H. Hansen
Hutchinson Naval Air Station
Hansen
Hutchinson
el Centro
Calif
Vilas High School
Navy Pilot Hansen Serves 15 Years In Navy
Hansen enlisted at 17 and has 15 years of service. He spent nine years as an enlisted pilot and received his commission in October. He expects to go to Hutchinson Thursday. With about 4 000 hours total flying time he can pilot 34 aircraft types including jets and helicopters. His career includes Pacific duty in World War II and testing Navy aircraft at Patuxent River Maryland. He has 400 hours jet time.
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Hansen
Navy
Hutchinson
Patuxen River
Sooner Priest Named Bishop
Two Roman Catholic priests were named bishops by Pope Pius XII. Philip J. Furlong, 63, pastor of St. Thomas More in New York City, becomes titular bishop of Araxa and auxiliary to Cardinal Spellman for the U.S. Armed Forces. Stephen A. Leven, 50, pastor of St. Francis Xavier in Enid, Oklahoma, becomes titular bishop of Bure and auxiliary to Archbishop Lucey of San Antonio. Leven, a native of Blackwell, Oklahoma, was vice rector and ...
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Washington
Pius XII
United States
Philip J. Furlong
St. Thomas More Church
New York City
Stephen A. Leven
St. Francis Xavier Church
Enid
Oklo
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Msgr. Furlong
Araxa
Francis Cardinal Spellman
U. S
Msgr
Leven
Bure
Robert E. Lucey
San Antonio
Tex
Blackwell, Okla
Notable Cleric Held Various Posts Across Churches
The clergyman taught at the American College in Louvain from 1935 to 1938 and directed the National Center of the Con fraternity of Christian Doctrine in Washington in 1939 40. He served Oklahoma churches in Bristow Drumright Tonkawa Blackwell and since 1948 Enid. Ordained 1928 he studied at St Gregorys Shawnee Atchison St Marys Seminary Laporte and the American College Louvain.
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American College
Louvain
Belgium
National Center of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Washington, D. C
Hee
Oklahoma
Bristow
Drumright
Tonkawa
Blackwell
Enid
St. Gregory’s College
Shawnee
Atchison
St. Mary's Seminary
Laporte
Tex
George Docking Weighs Governor Bid Again
Lawrence banker George Docking, the 1954 Democratic nominee for governor, says he is considering another run. He added he will not make recommendations on who should replace Marvin A. Harder as state Democrat chairman.
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Lawrence
George Docking
Lawrence Banker
Marvin A. Harder
GM Officials Praised By Sen O Mahoney
Senator O Mahoney praised General Motors top officials in Washington and asked for additional measures to support the company. The remarks highlighted GM leadership and called for continued federal cooperation to boost production and jobs.
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Sen. O'Mahoney
Washington
General Motors
O’mahoney
Dwyo
Auto giants weigh shifts after GM dealer contract move
O Mahoney said he hopes Ford and Chrysler imitate General Motors by extending their one year retail dealer contracts to five years in a bid to stabilize the auto industry. The Chanute Tribune notes this shift emerged as a surprise strategic step discussed with reporters on December 7, 1955.
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O'Mahoney
Ford
Chrysler
Gen
Eral Motors
Chanute Tribune Pa
NEEE
Airplane rice planting grows in United States
A note highlights extensive use of aerial seeding for rice crops across the United States, outlining widespread cultivation methods and regional adoption of aircraft-based planting.
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United States
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