Congress Aims New Legal Tools At Lewis UMW
Congress moves to equip officials with new legal tools in the Lewis labor fight. A resolution would urge the president to invoke emergency Taft Hartley powers as a three week impasse persists. Senator Robertson seeks an anti trust measure to curb labor unions while Lewis presses miners to UMW terms.
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Congress
Lewis, Umw
Norman Walker Washington
Ehupea
Congresn
John L. Lewis
Fengmnan
Trib Man
Robertson
Senyta Banking
Summitice Apon
Ntl ‘Trust Inny
Tabor
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Welfere Ind
Lowa
President Truman
Robert Nivenham
National Labor Relations Board
UMW Frenk Dent Lewis
Uriton
Xtvel Company
Pittaburat Consolidation Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alabama
Virginia
Utah
Meelicas
UMW
Iain
Aia
Granger Named To Succeed L Granger As Gas Tax Collector
F A Granger of Grangerburd was named to follow Lonnie Granger as gas tax collector for Houston County by the Board of Revenue. The appointment, effective Feb 1, keeps the same $200 monthly salary and term length. The decision came after a lengthy session focusing on road improvements and county leasing matters.
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F. A. Granger
L. Granger
Grangerburd
Touston
Board of Revenue
Lonnie Granger
Cottonwood
W. Perry Calhoun
Granger
Calhoun
Flouston County
City of
Dothan
Boncd
Albert Lowe
Cumpisarioners
Board of Revere
Aivertice
Brogden Named Headland Station Chief at Wiregrass Sub-Station
Clarence A. Brogden, named superintendent of the Wiregrass Experiment Sub-Station at Headland by M. J. Furchess of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He succeeds the late J. P. Wilson, who died December 24, and returns after military service to oversee crop studies in cat tle hogs corn peanuts and cotton. Brogden, a 1930 API graduate, has worked at Headland since 1937 with a wartime break. Wilson led experimental work for over 20 years at the station.
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Clarence A. Brogden
M. J. Furchess
Alabama, Polytechnic Institute
Brogden
J P. Wilson
Wilson
Wilson Tool
APL
Army Air Force
Houston County Board of Supervisors Candidates Named
Two Board of Supervisors members seek reelection while two others remain undecided with strong hints toward another term. Perry Calhoun of District Three and Harriman Summerford of District Four lead in ballots. Robert Meadows District Five and L. E. Hogwell District One show mixed positions. Hogwell, who said he would not seek another term, reversed plan at January meeting, decision pending. Haley Hollis of Dothan Route One enters District One race. Revenue board race this year is significantly larger than in 1965.
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Houston County Board of
Perry Calhoun
Harriman Summerford
Rober Meadows
L. E
Doc) Hogwell
Boswell
Haley Hollix
Dothan
Board of Revenue
Thrower Enters Commission Race in City Election
City politics heat up as Commissioner J. 4% Jimmy Thrower announces candidacy for the post he currently holds in the February 21 election. Former Mayor Jim Brennan and Dr. H. T. Rawlingon also seek posts, while Smrower plans to qualify with the City Democratic Executive Committee. Brennan resigned last November after a mayoral succession move.
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Jimmy Thrower
Thrower
T 4O
Jim Brennan
H.T. Rawlingon
Tage
Smrower
Democratic Executive Committee
Brennan
Morus B. Marone
John Adking
Malone
Rawlingon
Adkins
Lewis Seeks Florida Senate Seat in Jackson County Race
Marianna reporter details July Bave A OP Lewis announcing candidacy for Florida Senate. Lewis, long time judge, ex House member, and eight year state senator from Jackson County, faces incumbent Claude Alford who also announced a bid for reelection.
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July Bave A
OP Lewis
Florida Senate
Marianna
Amos & Lewis
Greenwood
Marienna
Flora Senate
Jackson County
Lewis
Claude Alford
Senate
Veteran Vaughn urges changes in city administration reforms
Vaughn a 23 year veteran of city operations addressed Dothan Rotary urging a city manager form with safeguards. He advocates less frequent elections and possible impeachment or referendum to remove commissioners, praising merit systems while noting flaws and need for steady administration.
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Dba
Vaughn
Vaughn de
Italian Premier and Cabinet to Quit Posts Tomorrow
Premier Alcide De Gasperi plans to resign his pro Western cabinet amid a northern Italy strike of 1.8 million workers protesting riots in Modena where six killed and 110 injured. He may form a new government immediately, as Communist elements try to steer unrest against anti Communist policies. Heavy police and armored units deployed in Rome and industrial areas to prevent violence.
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Norman Montellier
Rome
Alcide de Gaspert
the Prairies
Italy
Modena
de Gasperi
Notty
de Gasper
Uns
Europe
Britain
Norway
Naples
Fey Yen
Pare Pu
Two White Men Sought in Trio Slayings and Assault
In Kosciusko Mississippi a wounded Black man named Thomas Harris whispered that three White men massacred three family members and attempted to assault his 14 year old stepdaughter. A large posse hunted the suspects with Malcolm Whitt in custody and two others named Leon Turner and Wendell Whitt still at large. Police tracked movements toward Yazoo City and railroad yards near Illinois Central lines as alerts spread to Tennessee Arkansas Alabama and Louisiana.
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Kosciusko
Miss
Thomas Harris
Mississippi
Henry Rogers
Maf
Malcolm Whitt
Leon Turner
Wendell Whitt
Malcolm
Rodgers
Attala County
Peaking Thurman
Bui
Steve
State Highway Patrol
Turner
Wendel
Whitt
Tohula
Yazoo City
Koseinske
Illinois Central Railroad
Memphis
Patra
Tennessee
Arkansas
Alabella
Louisiana
Rodgers and Hhords
1000 More Miners Strike In Alabama
About 1,000 additional coal miners walked out in Alabama today, raising idle mines to around 6,400. No reason was given for the strike by a operators’ spokesman. Several large mines, including those of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co and Republic Steel Corp, joined the stoppage while some smaller commercial mines operated normally. The strike affects over 600 of Alabama's 18,000 union miners amid dwindling commercial coal stocks.
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Birmingham
APS
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Tron
Wile Road Co
T, 3
Steel
Republic Steel Corp
Stoss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co
Congress Economy Clamor Grows Over Budget Dispute
Washington reports indicate a rising clamor in Congress over President Truman's 42.0 billion dollar budget as lawmakers fret deficits and seek major cuts. Senators and representatives debate potential tax rises, postal rate changes, and deferral of health and other programs while defense remains the largest line item.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Truman
House
Aiken R-V
Congress
Senate
Ameria
Russia
Gome
Taylor Conviction Upheld By Court In 1948 Alabama incident
Alabama Court of Appeals upholds Senator Glen Taylor's 1948 disorderly conduct conviction tied to a Birmingham segregation protest. Judge Bricken writes for the court. Taylor, then a Wallace ticket candidate, faced a $50 fine and 180 days in jail after attempting to enter a whites-only doorway at a Southern Negro Youth Congress event. Police court and circuit judges earlier ruled the case did not hinge on racial questions. In Colmar, France, a separate report notes at least two drowned when a bus with 48 workers plunged into the Rhone Rhine Canal near Mulhouse.
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Montgomery
Toa
Alabama Court of Appeals
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Birmingham
Bnren
Charles Bricken
Taylor
Henry Wallace
Weekser
Nam
Southern Negro Youth Congress
Oliver Bat
Gircuit
George Lewie Bailes
Adrive
LIF
Colmar
France
Rhone-Rhine Canal
Munchausnen
Mulhouse
Two US Destroyers Stand By Freighter Flying Arrow
Two American destroyers stood by the battered freighter Flying Arrow after an attack in international waters near the Chinese coast. Capt. David Jones asked for a U.S. escort to the nearest port for repairs as the ship was rendered seaworthy. The escort aims to Shanghai with possible port of origin still unconfirmed.
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Flying Arrow
Shanghai
Ching
Stonday
David Toves
Chicago
Hong Kong
Wayne Richardson
Associated Press Bureau
United States
Jones
Quitire
Freighley
Stickwell
Bausell
Get C. L. Stuart
Chico
Calif
David Jones
Chienga
U. S
Isbrandien Line
Shangy
Stuart
State Department
Bangkok
Thailand
Rumall
Berkey
U. 5
Talmadge And Arnall Cleared To Run For Governor
Atlanta. Gov. Herman Talmadge and former Gov. Ellis Arnall are officially declared eligible to run for Georgia governor. Attorney General Eugene Cook ruled Talmadge’s unexpired term counts and Arnall four years since his governorship. The opinion clarifies constitutional eligibility amid the 1945-46 succession controversy and notes the ruling is not binding until courts uphold it.
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Sy William M. Bates
Atlanta
Heerman Talmadge
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Thas
Eugene Cook
Cook
Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Arnall
M. EB. Thompson
Arnal
Thompson
Senate Inquiry Seen In Denfeld Firing
WashingtonAP demands for an inquiry into Admiral Lews Denfeld’s ouster as Chief of Naval Operations delayed the Senate Armed Services committee’s action on Admiral Forrest Sherman’s nomination. The panel postponed until Jan 19 after Senator Knowland urged an inquiry into possible ties to unification protests.
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Washington
Adm
Lews Denfeld
Senate
Forrest P. Sherman
House Armed Services Committee
Navy
Knowland
Denfela
Here They Come Silly Season In Alabama Politics
The piece mocks Alabama political campaigns as the silly season returns. It notes candidates suffer dizzy spells and odd rumors, with skepticism about the tone of political chatter and public perception during the cycle.
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Alabama
No H Atom Seen In Fund Request
A report says officials dispute a hydrogen bomb program and cite no official evidence of such work. Truman’s budget requests 814.7 million dollars to the AEC for the 1961 fiscal year, with experts noting the high cost of potential hydrogen research.
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Peane Carey
Presa
Washington (Ap
Mie Tation
Nudrewen
Truman
Washington
Tame Eold
Atomic Energy Commisator
U. S
Uratuta
ABC
Excise Tax Repeal Vote Expected Soon
The Senate may vote this week or next on repealing wartime excise taxes as part of the oleomargarine tax dispute. Senator Butler proposes cutting excise levies by about 2.6 to 3.0 billion dollars annually, with dairy state lawmakers backing the amendment. Support argues repealing oleo taxes without broader reform would be unfair. opponents warn changes affect federal revenue.
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Washington
Senate
Butler
R-Neb
Aurniegy
Botler
Mme
Chiong
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Tenn
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Vaugin
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Solons
By Watne Richardson
Denfeld
Sexson
UFE
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