Mediation Plan Aims to End Nine Day Steel Strike
The National Mediation Board will convene a meeting of union and management reps soon to resolve the steelworkers strike affecting 650,000 workers. A decision on session location and attendees will be announced today or tomorrow. The move follows exploratory talks in Pittsburgh and comes as layoffs rise and economic losses mount.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Clyde Mills
Mills
Pittsburgh
Steel Magazine
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Wage Negotiations Highlight Industry Contract Offer
The industry proposed a 52 month contract claiming a pay package equal to 17 2 3 cents per hour in year one. The union valued the offer at about 14 cents. Current average pay stands at $2.46 an hour.
Deaths and Funeral Notices for Roy Wagner
Roy Wagner age 65 of Galesburg died at 3 20 am after an illness of four months born October 4 1890 in Cherryvale retired in October 1955 from the Katy railroad as a section foreman married Maude Francis April 30 1911 in Galesburg Surviving are his wife one daughter Mrs Quentin Nelson a granddaughter Margaret Frances Nelson two brothers Maynard A Wagner Parsons Charles J Wagner Galesburg four sisters Mrs Bert Walker Eric Mrs Harlan Stringer Parsons Mrs Ralph Hunt Pomona and Mrs Harvey Holiday Kuna Idaho and his father George Wagner Cherryvale Funeral services Wednesday at 2 pm in the Koch Skinner Memorial Chapel with Rev Gene Regis of the Christian church of Galesburg officiating Interment in Mt Hope cemetery at Galesburg
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Roy Wagner
Galesburg
Cherryvale
Katy
Maude Francis
Quentin
Nelson
Margaret Frances Nelson
Chanute
Maynard A. Wagner
Parsons
Charles J. Wagner
Bert Walker
Eric
Harlan Stringer
Ralph Hunt
Pomona
Harvey Holaday
Kuna
Idaho
George Wagner
Koch- Skinner
Rainbow Assembly Opens in San Antonio With 5000 Attendees
The Supreme Assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls opened in San Antonio Texas today drawing about five thousand girls from across the free world to attend the event.
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San Antonio
Tex
Supreme Assembly of the Order of Rainbow
Civil Rights Battle Delays House Adjournment Plans
Washington reports a brewing civil rights fight in the House as leaders fear a July 28 adjournment. Southern Democrats plan to use parliamentary devices to stall the bill which aims to create a civil rights commission a special Justice Department division and easier federal injunctions against infringements.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Commission On Civil Rights
Justice Department
Riot at San Jose rock dance leaves 13 hurt
A beer bottle sparked a riot at a jammed rock room in San Jose. About 2,500 youths surged on the floor as police fought to regain control, with 13 treated for injuries and nine arrested. Police Chief Blackmore called it the wildest dance riot in the city’s history.
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San Jose
Calif
Ray Blackmore
Long Distance Swimmer Plans Colorado Test
Emporia based Dr. Harry Briggs a college professor and associate professor will swim three miles in Grand Lake Colorado on July 12 in 54 degree water as prep for a 30 mile Lake Erie attempt set for August 4. Briggs aims to push endurance and showcase training progress before the Erie challenge.
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Emporia
Harry Briggs
Grand Lake
Colorado
Lake Erie
Briggs
College of Emporia
Seaton Defends Admin On Resource Givings
Secretary of the Interior Seaton rejects claims the Eisenhower administration has given away natural resources. He argues the administration expanded national parks and wildlife preserves and says any such giveaway would be inadvertent.
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Washington
Seaton
Bee Stings Fatal In Ohio Beekeeper Dies In WV Hospital
Ironton Ohio reports Arthur L Hamm aged 34 of North Kenova died in Huntington West Virginia hospital after being stung countless times while transferring bees from one hive to another. Coroner Robert S Barrett described the bee attack and its deadly outcome.
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Ironton
Ohio
Arthur L. Hamm
North
Kenova
Huntington
W.va
Robert S. Barrett
Hamm
Chanute Girls Win Thriller at Lola
The Chanute girls softball team edged Lola 7 to 6 in a tense contest last night. Char lene Brookshire earned the win with strong pitching and Dorothy Larson hit the team’s lone homer in the second inning. Chanute narrowly secured the extra run in the final 15 minutes.
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Chanute Girls
Lola
Chanute
Charlene Brookshire
Dorothy Larson
Chanute Girl's
Girard Hosts Friday Night Game With Local Team
Friday night action features Girard hosting a visiting girls team as the Girard squad records an 11-6 score in a close contest at home.
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Girard
Wichita Stop In Powderpuff Derby Route Headed North
Twenty two contestants halted at Wichita Municipal Airport during the Powderpuff Derby leg from San Mateo County California to Flint Michigan by midday. Twenty others departed for the next leg to Columbia Missouri.
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Wichita
Wichita Municipal Airport
San Mateo County
Calif
Flint
Mich
Columbia, Mo
Electrical Workers Return to Work in Kansas City
Kansas City Power & Light Co employees reported back at work as one union weighs continuing action. State seizure followed picketing by Local 1464 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers after storm damage. No new talks scheduled.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Power & Light Co
International Brotherhood of Electrical Work
Kansas
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