Steelworkers Press Demands For 1956 Wage Policies
United Steel Workers Wage Policy Committee drafts 22 demands for 1956 contracts covering 9172 basic firms and iron ore miners. Proposals seek substantive wage increases, expanded insurance benefits, a union shop, longer vacations, and improved premium pay amid record first‑quarter profits.
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United Steel Workrra
Femtay Randed Union Negosistars
USW
David J. McDonald
Bau
McDonald
Ares
Hoth
Iwet
SLR
Ameri Tinental
Olige
Tt Drust
Hydrogen Bomb Blast Planned Today Maybe
Fragmented text mentions a possible hydrogen bomb blast today amid weather concerns. It references secretive admissions and experimental, diverse thermonuclear testing in Parc or Paris-like setting.
Transfer proposals amid racial segregation debate in care facilities
A fragmented report describes transfers of Black residents to segregated facilities amid opposition to a merger and directives to relocate the aged and infirm to institutions including the Negro Children's Home and the Negro Industrial School.
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Negro Childrens’ Home
Negra Industrial School
Wease
Segret Agents to Act Ole Miss Writes Segregation Plan
Mississippi's State Sovereignty Commission voted to hire secret agents to serve as eyes and ears to police integration efforts. The 12 member panelalso approved spending state funds to buy information on activities in the segregation camp and hired a fulltime publicity director to explain the state's stance. Governor Coleman said the move aims to give the commission full effect amid friction and warned against federal encroachment on states' rights.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
State Sovereignty Commission
States’ Rights
Libtilly
J. P. Coleman
Commission
Coleman
FSA
SSC Wold
Longshoreman Awarded $200000 for Injury in New York
A disabled longshoreman in New York won $200000 in damages after a jury found he suffered injuries when a crane toppled a barge in a Brooklyn yard. The trial concluded with the breaching party ordered to pay the judgment.
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New York
Brogalon
Piel Butlerod
Bra plant at Eleanor to close
The Eleanor bra plant will close after laying off 160 workers and moving production to other facilities as equipment is removed and work winds down. The plant’s 230 employees were let go ten days ago as cuts began and operations shifted to other sites in New York and beyond.
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Eleanor
New York
Psychiatrists Snarl State Denmar Plans
The Gazette reports a setback in West Virginia's plan to merge state institutions as psychiatrists refuse to staff Denmar in Pocahontas County. Treasurer L Steele Trotter says the hold could delay the summer special session and the merger, though a potential saving of about $8000 is noted.
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Thomas F. Stafford
the Gazette
Pocahontas County
L. Steele Trotter
State Board of Control
West Virginia
Foy
Denmar
Patahontas County
Ital
Tibetan Rebellion Reported Amid Tibet China Tensions
A Tibetan monk Ning Pe from Gyangtse says eastern Tibet is in open rebellion against China since a 2000 man task force entered Dzachuka. Monasteries bombed, clashes blamed on Chinese warplanes. uprising linked to tax grievances and long-standing Tibetan discontent. Kalimpong notes Tibetan unrest spreading toward India.
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India
Tibet
Ning Pe
Gyangtse
Ising Mahendra
Nepal
Almatea
Todia
Dzachuka
India-Burma
Peiping
Kalimpong
Gyanetse
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False terror as derailed tank car spurs citywide scare
A chemical tank car derailment near U S Route 60 triggered a widespread fear across Charleston and South Charleston as reports claimed a highly explosive cargo. Officials reassured residents that the contents were alyrene with a high flash point and not explosive, while the incident caused a major traffic halt and mass anxiety before being clarified.
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Gagette
Charleston
U.S. Rt. 600
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
South Charleston
Carbide and
Carbon Chemical
C. A. Cubbin
U S Advises West to Retain Armed Might
U S Secretary Dulles and Defense Secretary Wilson said Soviet manpower cuts do not justify large reductions in free world armed strength. Dulles urged Soviet acceptance of Eisenhower open sky inspections and reduced weapons. Wilson noted Russia must address threats and global hot spots to ease tensions.
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Washington
INS
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Russi
Dulles
Eisenhower
Russia
Page & Col
Mother of 3 Held in Slaying of State Army Officer
Victoria Johnson, mother of three, was ordered held without bail by US Commissioner Jenest Volkert in the slaying of her husband Lt Eugene Johnson. Authorities say she handed a pistol to a bystander after the shooting and waited for military police.
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Victoria Johnason Wievearold
Jenest Volkert
Arius
Eugene
Juliason
Nuns Escape As RC Plane Crashes Convent Near Ottawa
A Royal Canadian Air Force jet reportedly crashed into Ville St Louis Convent in Orleans near Ottawa. Seventeen nuns survived, while two priests and the pilot died or were missing. One nun and one priest died later. survivors were taken to hospital or cared for by neighbors and ambulances.
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VPI
Royal Canadian Air Force
Orleans
Heaves
Ville St.Louis
Grey Nuns of the Cross
Eastview
Ont
Ottawa General Hospital
Caro
Piiot
Marie Flora
Vern Ashart
Dudley Ridge youth charged in assault on 4 year old
An 18 year old, Fred Carper of Dudley Rad South Hills, admitted enticing a four year old girl into the woods and beating her with her belt. He confessed to similar attacks on three other children over two years. He is jailed without bond awaiting a Police Judge ruling. The girl sustained a swollen eye and split lip.
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Fred Carper
Dudley Rad
South Hills
James McWhorter
J. A. Taylor
Navy Chief Upsets Twining With Strategic Power Claim
Secretary Wilson disputed Gen Twining about the Navy's strategic role saying it has a primary mission in some areas of the world and would not be insignificant. He avoided naming carriers or specific capabilities while noting both services contribute on different orders and that naval power remains essential.
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Wilson
Air Force
Navy
Nathan F. Twining
al Stat
Twining
Senate
Dew
Welson
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Burke
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