Mitchell backs 90 cent minimum wage in hearing
Secretary of Labor Mitchell testifies before a Senate subcommittee that boosting the minimum wage to 90 cents is sound while a $1 wage would cause serious adjustments in certain industries. He opposes a $1 minimum, but acknowledges unions seek $1.25 and notes broader coverage.
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New York Motors Share Rise in Mixed Market Day
A mixed session in New York stocks saw motors higher while oils airlines rubbers and railroads slipped. The market hovered near yesterday’s level with 2.82 million shares traded as investors awaited the impact of a higher Fed discount rate.
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Soviet envoy meets over Eisenhower atomic plan
Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zarubin visits the State Department at the invitation of Assistant Secretary Livingston Merchant to receive a note on the international atomic energy agency proposal. Merchant reportedly provided Zarubin with a written reply to a Soviet note from last November.
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Raab Sends Optimistic Report From Moscow
Vienna reports Chancellor Julius Raab sent an optimistic message from Moscow promising Austria will be free and regain its native soil. He spoke to the Austrian Conservative People’s party via telephone, asserting a firm commitment while not detailing Moscow negotiations.
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Clontz Denies Communist Motives Through Lawyer
Lautner testified at length about the Communist Party's organization and aims learned during nearly twenty years as a member. He described his work as a $125 weekly Justice Department consultant and researcher since 1951 and said basic aims remain unchanged including overturning imperialistic capitalism by force.
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Plan for presidential primary rejected in state House
Rep Dwight Quinn led a motion for an unfavorable report on a bill creating a presidential preference vote with regular primaries. The measure would not bind delegates and was deemed unnecessary. The Constitutional Amendments committee also sent a proposal for annual General Assembly sessions and higher legislator pay to a subcommittee.
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King-size Cigarette Prices Boosted by Three Firms
New York reports that American Tobacco Co. Liggett & Myers and Philip Morris raised wholesale prices on king-sized brands to 9.50 per thousand. Increases ranged from 15 to 40 cents per thousand with no change for filter-up or regular sized brands.
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Taylor sentence cut to probation in federal case
James C. Taylor, 36, of Brevard, had his 30 month sentence for violating federal white slavery laws reduced to three years probation. Judge Wilson Warlick ordered him not to contact the girl, to support his family, and to avoid his wife, with no commercial prostitution involved per the FBI.
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Witness Lautner Testimony On Marxism-Leninism Raises Questions
In Chicago last January Claude Lightfoot was tried for Smith Act violations while Lautner admitted he had previously testified he was not an expert on Marxism-Leninism. Lautner argued only party leaders are real experts and that his testimony reflected his party experience as a professional witness. Lightfoot was convicted, fined 5000 dollars and sentenced to five years with an appeal pending.
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Courts debated end of school segregation plans
Sobeloff urged a middle path where U S district courts decide when districts must end segregation. Plans would submit within 90 days with possible extensions for good cause. Justices questioned scope of decrees and deadlines while states argued against fixed dates.
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Attorneys Discuss Integration and Federal Role in 1960s
Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd warned of social and economic upheaval from integration before Texans are ready to accept it. Arkansas Attorney General Thomas Gentry suggested the Supreme Court could defer some integration issues to Congress.
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