AFL and CIO Merge To Form AFL-CIO Officially
The AFL votes final approval and the CIO planned to follow, creating the AFL-CIO. Walter Reuther leads the CIO side as the two unions unite under a single umbrella to convene next week at the Test Regiment Armory with leaders including Eisenhower Hariman Mitchell and Stevenson scheduled to speak.
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New York
Pew York
AFL
CIO
Sahay
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Afl-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Automobile
Steel
Test Regiment
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Averell Harriman
James P. Mitchell
Marion Folsom
Health, Education and Welfare
Adlair Stevenson
American Legion
J. Addington Wagner
Meany
Reuther
Ralph Scott Seeks Seat In Congress
State Senator Ralph Scott of Burlington announced his bid for the Democratic nomination in North Carolina’s 6th District. He is a former Alamance Orange senator and head of key committees, brother of U S Sen W Kerr Scott, and 53 on December 12.
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Burlington
N.C
Ralph Scott
North Carolina
Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
Scott
Melville Dairies
U.S
W. Kerr Scott
Alamance
Orange Counties
Orange
State Senate
Haw
Owes Life To Icy Pavement
A five year old boy in Macon Missouri escaped serious harm when icy roadway caused a car to miss him. Ralph Brammer was struck and knocked down but saved as he was shoved ahead of the front wheel and slid about 100 feet. He was not seriously hurt.
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Macon
Ralph Brammer
Indictments Blamed On Politics In Truman Era Case
A federal grand jury indicted Truman administration officials Matthew J Connelly and Theron Lamar Caudle on tax fraud charges tied to Sachs firm. Harry S Schwimmer was also named. bonds set at 5000 for Connelly and Caudle, 30000 for Schwimmer. Caudle blamed Republicans and called for congressional investigation amid election tensions.
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ST. Louis
Matthew J. Connelly
Theron Lamar Caudle
Truman Administration
Truman
Connelly
New York
Washington
Harry 5
Senna
Caudle
Harry S. Schwimmer
Kansas City
Schwimmer
Wadesboro
N. C
Justice Department
Har
Wyllys Newcomb
United States
Ellis N. Slack
Irving Sachs
Saud
Onnelly
Sachs
Harper
Ike Confers On Budget With Aides In Snow
President Eisenhower met at his Gettysburg offices with Defense Secretary Wilson and Joint Chiefs chair Admiral Radford to discuss next year’s military budget. Traffic was slick on the morning drive as Wilson and Radford praised chauffeur James D. Freeman for safe handling in wintry conditions. They arrived around 9 32 a.m. EST, two minutes late.
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Arthur L. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Charles Wilson
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Wilson
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Washington
James D. Freeman
Freeman
Ilson
S D Day Deaths Run High
The Associated Press reports Safe Driving Day fatalities ran higher than last year with at least 65 deaths and an AP tally of 69. Ohio and California led states, Philadelphia Los Angeles and Minneapolis reported deaths, while New England saw none. Rain and snow worsened hazards as Adm Miller urged continued efforts for highway safety. The Safe Driving campaign extends from November 20 to December 11.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New England
Ohio
California
Adm
H. Dbd
Miller
President's Committee For Traffic Safety
Harriman Attacks Ike as Too Pro-Big Business
Gov Averell Harriman said President Eisenhower is not suited to the presidency and favors big business and special interests. He criticized the Geneva summit stance, farm policy, and the Dixon Yates power plan, urging 90 percent parity and TVA support. Harriman spoke at Frank Boykin’s Alabama lodge and planned appearances in New Orleans and Oklahoma City.
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Eisenhower
General Motors
America
Harriman
Frank Boy
Geneva
Duree
Dixon- Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
GOP Maps Vigorous Campaign For 1956 Bid
Republican leaders rally behind President Eisenhower with hope he will run again. Chicago meeting signals active campaign role and a nationwide precinct crusade to secure victory in 1956. Conference sets national convention plans for the San Francisco Cow Palace starting August 20.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican National Committee
Leonard W. Hall
Hall
Morton H. Hollingsworth
Llinois
Harry Darby
Kansas
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Mitchell
America
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Circleville man fined for drunken driving after arrest on tracks
Delawder, 48, of Ironton, arrested by Circleville police while driving on railroad tracks. Municipal Judge Serling Lamb fined him 100 dollars and costs and sentenced him to three days in jail for drunken driving.
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Circleville
Ohio
Delawder
Ironton
Serling Lamb
Woman Hangs Self in Cardiff Calif Incident
Grace Van Ness aged 65 allegedly hanged herself and left a scene suggesting she believed she caused her husband's death. Her body was found by a window sash cord from a tree limb with a chair beneath. Deputy coroner E O McFadden said she killed herself after removing an oxygen mask that had been forgotten to turn on. her husband Jay survived and was hospitalized.
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Cardiff
Calif
Grace van Ness
E. O. McFadden
Jay
Paz Returns To Take Over La Prensa
Alberto Gainza Paz returns with his wife to Buenos Aires after nearly five years in exile. He speaks to thousands at the airport about reclaiming La Prensa, seized under Peronist rule in 1951 and restored to the Paz family by a decree from Provisional President Pedro Aramburu.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alberto Gainza Paz
la Prensa
New York
Endorsed By Conference New Drive For Federal School Aid
Washington voters report a White House Conference on Education endorsing expanded federal aid for school construction. Secretary Folsom said Eisenhower would ask Congress for a broadened program, with funds allocated by demonstrated need and distributed to all states. NEA leaders hailed the plan.
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Washington
White House
Folsom
Eisenhower
Congress
National Education Assn
John Buford
Mount Vernon
Ill
NEA
Virginia debates plan on tuition grants amid school segregation
The Gray Commission proposals renew calls for a constitutional convention to permit private nonsectarian tuition grants while allowing localities to opt for integration or maintain segregation. Opponents sought a quick early referendum but defections reduced the 21 vote hurdle. passage would influence the legislature after January.
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Senate
Gray § Commission
Salsenie John Webb
Fairfax
Gray Commission
Virginia
ACMI vows to keep fighting nationwide textile minimum wage
The American Cotton Manufacturers Institute says litigation over the government’s right to set a nationwide $1 per hour minimum wage for federally contracted textiles is not finished. The U S Court of Appeals upheld the wage, splitting 2 to 1, prompting ACMI to consider review by the full court or the Supreme Court. CIO Textile Workers Union of America backs the decision.
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Charlotte
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
ACMI
Itiow
U. S. Court of Appeals
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Covington Mills
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Appeals
U.S. Dist
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
South
Navy Diver Rescued After Nine Hours Underwater
Solomon's Maryland reports Navy diver Joe Tallarico rescued after nearly nine hours in the Patuxent River 120 feet down. He emerged with four hours of decompression, aided by 15 divers at the naval ordnance facility. Tallarico, 31, described the cold and prayers, then reunite with his wife Carmela.
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Carmela Tallarico
Joseph
Patuxent River
Tallarico
Airlines
Chesapeake Bay
Solomons, Md
Joe Tallarico
Navy
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Washington
Carmela
Joe
Iswains
William G Fisher
Will . Pau
Two Deaths Mar State Safe Driving Day Record
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol reported two fatalities during Safe Driving Day and 28 injuries in 16 crashes over a 24 hour period ending last midnight. Charles Allison, 19, of Mebane died in a head on crash in Orange County. Henry Kelly, 71, of Kelly was struck by a car near White Lake about 6 30 p m. One pedestrian death last Safe Driving Day in Charlotte last year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Charles H. Allison
Mebane
Rt. 3
White
Orange County
Henry Cleve Kelly
Kelly
Rt. 1
White Lake
Oas
Charlotte
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Ike Ann
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Mcintosh
Ala
Paz
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