Western Union Nears End of Telegrapher Strike with Restored Service
Western Union reports service restoration in nine more cities bringing total to 57 as supervisory staff and returning strikers resume operations. The CIO union says member numbers hold, citing typical pay and a 40 hour week. Federal mediator Mandelbaum will meet company leaders to seek a settlement ahead of next week's talks.
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Eee Union
al Que
N.M
Austin
Tex
Lotieeville
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Ark
Fort Bragg
Greensboro
N.C
Frankfort
Helena
Mont
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Western Union
Striki Commercial Telegraphers Union
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States Rights Advocates Still Fight in Alabama
Alabama states rights fighters press on after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a political party could compel a presidential elector to back its nominees. Horace Wilkinson vows further court action and other remedies, with a state primary set for May 6 and debates over potential candidates and FEPC.
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Ala
Alabama
U.S Supreme Court
Horace Wilkinson
Birmingham
States Rights Group
Wilkinson
State Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Llet Gencase
Goiter
Usseat
Russell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
FEPC
Voters Favor Preprimary Candidate Lists for Clarity
A letter to the editor urges publishing a preprimary list of all candidates so voters can study and compare options well in advance. Mrs. James T. Warren argues this public service would help inform voters beyond the names already in the limelight.
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James T. Warren
Eisenhower Seeks Exit Plan in Paris Suburb Meetings
Weekend talks in a Paris suburb discuss Eisenhower resigning as supreme commander with a late May effective date. Plan includes Gruenther as potential successor and timing for civilian life and campaign drafting efforts with Lodge and McKeldin among attendees. SHAPE officials say no resignation announcement will come from the base.
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Carter L. Davidson
Europe
Eisenhower
United States
Paris
NATO
Alfred M. Gruenther
Eisenhower Id
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Therban Marnes-La-Coquette
Maryland
Theodore McKeldin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Lodge
Truman
SHAPE
White House
Air Force reveals image of new all-jet B-60 bomber
The Air Force released a photo of the Convair B-60 heavy bomber roll out at Fort Worth Texas. The image suggests radar guided attack from high altitude with minimal visual sighting. Specifications resemble the B-36 class with jet power and possible mid air refueling for extended range.
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Washington
Air Force
Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Fort Worth
Tex
Britain Frees 10 Million Pounds of Egypt Balances
Cairo April 5 Britain announced a gesture of good will by releasing 10 million pounds of Egypt queries held in London as blocked sterling balances. Egypt accumulated large balances during World War III supplying British troops. debt was to be repaid by annual releases of 10 million pounds until a prior dispute over the Suez Canal and the Sudan led Britain to freeze the funds on January 16.
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Egypt
Britain
London
Suez Canal
Sudan
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