Senate Racket Probers Bare Busy Schedule
The Senate Rackets Committee plans near year long hearings with multiple new inquiries. Chairman John L. McClellan outlined upcoming probes including union fund misuse, Philadelphia publications, butchers and meat cutters unions, Chicago area restaurant workers, East Midwest gangsters in unions, and a future carpenters union session.
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Washington
Senate
McClellan
Kobler
Teamsters
Philadelphia
Ighor
Afl-Cio
Butchers and Meatcutters Union
New York City
Chicago
Carpenters Union
Von Braun Pins Lag On Perfection Focus
Dr. Werner von Braun, a top U S rocket expert, told the Western Space Use Conference that the space program lags because it aims for perfection at the start. He added the United States builds space vehicles slowly as officials want them part of a weapons system.Donald Douglas summed it up with, more guts and less gabble, he noted.
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Los Angeles
Werner von Braun
U.S
United States
Donald Douglas
Attempted Overthrow of Batista Looms in Cuba
In Havana and across Cuba an all out effort to topple President Fulgencio Batista is anticipated within three weeks. Fidel Castro’s rebels in the Sierra Maestra set April 5 for D Day. a general strike in Havana aims to force Batista’s resignation, risking civil war. The army remains loyal though some Havana revolutionaries hope officers will act. The professional classes, the church, and the Federation of University Students back Castro, while Eusebio Mujal resists politics driven strikes. A civil institutions council urged Batista to resign to resolve the crisis.
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Fulgencio Batista
Havanda
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Sierra Maestra
Batista
Columbia Army
Isabor
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Steeds
Eusebio Mujal
Cuban Confederation of Labor
Mujal
Castro
Federation of University Students
FEU
Catholic University Students
Civil Institutions Council
Steelworkers Stage Walkout at Indiana Harbor Works
East Chicago Indiana UP reports 10000 steelworkers at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Indiana Harbor Works went on strike in support of a suspended shop steward. The dispute began in the electrical department after a steward from Local 1011 argued with a foreman, leading to the steward's suspension and walkout. About 40 of 4000 daytime workers followed, with 3000 on the graveyard shift stopping at picket lines as shifts changed Thursday afternoon.
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Chicago
Ind
Indiana
Youngstown Sheet and ‘Lube Co
United Steelworkers
Lester Thornton
Sibdistrict Two
Nixon Expresses Confidence in U S Economic Upturn
Vice President Richard M. Nixon returned to Washington after a Chicago press conference in which he forecast a recovery in business and said no tax cut is needed now to end the recession. He urged Americans to plan purchases assuming a stable mood, while noting an across the board tax cut remains in reserve if the slump deepens.
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Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Chicago Press Club
Eisenhower
Nixon
French Demand Tunisian Nonbelligerence Crisis Resolve
Paris reports the French government pressed a declaration of Tunisian non belligerence in Algeria as essential to settle the Franco Tunisian dispute. The cabinet met to review compromises from Anglo American good offices. Bourguiba reportedly accepted parts as Paris called the declaration the primary need with other issues deemed secondary.
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Algeria
Good Offices
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
France
House Units Boost Price Tag on Independent Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee rewrote President Truman's budget for independent agencies, adding 627.6 million to the cost and denying 1.2 billion but approving 827 million more than requested. It advanced a 6.55 billion bill to fund over a dozen agencies for the year starting July 1, a move likely to trigger intense partisan debate. The panel also recommended 589 million extra for the federal employees retirement fund to curb the deficit.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Hisen‘hawer
Congress
House
Veterans Administration
Pine Bluff School Board Rejects Fall Integration Plan
Pine Bluff Ark first grade will not integrate next fall citing events within the state. The board said the delay seeks peace and harmony between races and will re-examine the issue by April 1 1959. It reaffirmed its stance against compliance with the 1954 Supreme Court integration ruling.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Pine Blaft
Veterans Rock
Saidi
Federal Communications the Board
Ref Power Commission
Cvence
U.S Trade Commission
Supreme Court
Agen
Cies
Supports' Cut Block Passed in House and Senate Vote
The Senate approved the measure 48 to 32 with the House backing 210 to 172. The bill would freeze farm price supports at current levels through the year and keep acreage allotments through next year, sent to President Eisenhower for possible veto. The move aims to halt pending administration cuts amid an election year, with veto risk highlighted by critics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Agriculture
Ezra T.benson
Six Hollywood Films Delayed by Musician Strike
Hollywood reports say six musical films are delayed due to a musician strike led by the American Federation of Musicians. Stars King Danny Kaye Debbie Reynolds Lou Butterman and others note four films at 20th Century Fox and one each at Patamonn and MBM are affected. Musicians demand a 10 percent pay raise for instrumentalists and 12 percent for orchestrators, with studios offering offsets and pushing scoring abroad.
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Hollywood
Moon Pictures
Danny Kaye
Debbie, Reynolds
Lou Butterman
American Fedderation of Musicians
20Th Century-Fox
Pata Monn
MBM
Butterman
Trucker Overturns Truck. Eggs Spill on Signway
Byrd A. Gelgu of Dover, Florida, overturned his truck while carrying 636 cases of eggs. The incident occurred on a sunny Thursday in Taylorville, with the driver expressing a negative view despite favorable weather.
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Sunshine State
Byrd A. Gelgu
Dover
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