Tough House Labor Bill Sent To Senate For Compromise
The House passed a stringent labor reform bill aimed at curbing racketeering in labor management and sent it to the Senate for compromise. President Eisenhower praised the move as a major victory. Meany and labor leaders criticized it as harming honest labor. The measure bans secondary boycotts and hot cargo, requires union financial disclosures, and tightens dispute procedures amid a national push for reform.
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Eisenhower
House
Senate
House Labor Committee
Ae Annevinto
White House
Labor
Congress
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Secretary of Labor
Ex-Convict Confesses Killings in Long Island Area
Ex convict Francis H. Bloeth confessed to slayings in Suffolk County within eight days. He claimed to have killed after being given guns and said he would have shot more if he had more bullets. Bloeth, with a troubled youth and psychiatric history, said he enjoyed killing. Authorities note he and Walsh denied earlier slayings, while Walsh faced weapon charges related to the murders.
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Islip
N. Y
Francis H. Bloecth
Bloeth
Younsters
Walsh
Smithtown
Iit
Jane
Meeting On Rights Scheduled
A Senate Judiciary Committee meeting was set to shape civil rights legislation. Senators Dirksen Hennings and Keating indicated plans to act on a two point bill approved by a subcommittee. An amendment by Ervin would end the Civil Rights Commission life on Sept 9 and extend to Jan 31, 1961.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate
Thomas C.hennings Jr
D-Mo
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Ny
Judiciary Committee
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Civil Rights Commission
Faubus Warns of Troops Over School Integration
Gov. Orval Faubus said he might call on the state police and Arkansas National Guard if needed as three Negro girls entered Hall High School for a third day of token integration in Little Rock. About 10 policemen and a few reporters were present with no additional security noted.
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Little Rocs
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
State Police
Arkansas National Guard
Faubus
Hall High School
Little Rock
National Guard
Effie Jones
Estella Thompson
Elsie Robinson
Hall
Arms Laden Aircraft Captured in Cuban Battle
Cuban Army reports capturing an arms laden plane in Havana after a battle that killed four. The craft carried ten people and arms for anti-Castro forces. Lt. Col. Antonio Soto piloted it, ferried Batista to the Dominican Republic, and the plane’s occupants were captured or killed as the pilots fled into the hills amid a Havana blackout.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
anti-Castro
Fildel Castro
Trinidad
Antonio Soto
Batista
Dominican Republic
Rubber-Tired Rustlers Using Tranquillizer Guns
Senator Murray said the FDA will send a sleuth to Montana to probe reports that rubber tired rustlers use tranquilizer guns to subdue cattle. Art Watson of the Montana Cattlemen's Association urged Congress to regulate sale and use of such devices amid fears of animal thefts.
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Washington
James E. Murray
Dmont
Food and Drug Administration
Montana
Murray
G-men
Art Watson
Great Falls
Association
Congress
Two-Gun Bandit Robs Asheville Bank Branch
A masked bandit armed with two pistols robs the Wa chovia Bank & Trust Co. Biltmore branch in Asheville, mostly taking an unknown small amount. He demanded two grocery bags and fled on foot after warning not to follow.Police describe the suspect as about 20, 200 pounds, in a light brown sport coat, seen walking away toward the street. The incident marks Buncombe County’s second bank robbery of the year.
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C. H. Jarrett
Biltmore
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Jarrett
Edge Bandit
Buncomber County
Bank of French Broad
Tweorerelle
Gateaues
Paralytic Polio Cases Jump 33 Percent to 245
The Public Health Service reported 245 paralytic polio cases last week, up 33 percent and the highest weekly total since 1956. Burney said the rise reflects broad state increases, not a single outbreak, with Canada also seeing higher incidence.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
North Carolina
Leroy E. Burney
Canada
Quebec
Newfound
O Henry’s Widow Sara Porter Dies at 91 in North Carolina
Mrs. Sara Lindsay Coleman Porter widow of writer O Henry died at her home near Weaverville North Carolina aged 91. Born February 18 1868 in Greensboro she later lived mostly in Western North Carolina where she and her husband loved the mountains. She had correspondence with O Henry beginning in 1905 and the couple lived in New York and Long Island before his death in 1910.
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Weaverville
N.C
William Sydney Porter
O. Henry
North Carolina
Peace Institute
Raleigh
Porter
Greensboro
Henry
New York
Henry Irenay
Long Island
Air Force Plans Airborne Catch of Satellite Capsule
The Air Force will attempt to snare the instrument-packed Discoverer V capsule as it descends by parachute near Hawaii. Eight C119 Flying Boxcars are ready on Oahu with a trapeze system to grab the parachute and recover the satellite during its 10 minute descent after the 16th pass.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Hawaiian Islands
Air Force
Hawaii
Vandenberg
Alaska
Kirkman Named To Transportation Study Council
Senator Warren G Magnuson of Washington announces Kirkman has been named to a transportation study council in Washington D C. The appointment signals focus on federal transit policy and infrastructure funding.
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Kirkman
Transportation Study Council
High Point Swimmer Sets National Record in Peach Blossom Meet
Bob by Gray of High Point Swim Club broke the national record in boys 11 12 100 meter butterfly with a 1 22 1 clocking at the Peach Blossom Invitational. He surpassed the previous record of 1 22 6.
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Spartanburg
8. C
Bobby Gray
High Point
Gray
Butler Refuses Compromise On Convention Ticket Dispute
Los Angeles Democratic leaders clash with National Chairman Paul M Butler over host committee tickets for the 1960 Democratic Convention. Butler stands firm on 1 500 tickets while Mayor Norris Poulson cites a 5 000 ticket discussion and seeks a compromise to avoid shifting the convention from Los Angeles.
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Butler
Los Angeles
Paul M.butler
California
Norris Poulson
Aailman Edwin Pauley
Chicago
Pauley
Mexico
Poulson
Citie
Democratic National Committee
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National Labor Relations Board
Francis H. Bloeth
Jane Bloeth
Husband
Eastman
Montana Cattlemen's Association
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William 8. Porter
Islands
South Pole
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