Senate poised for drama with science boosts and leadership shake up
National Science Foundation grants bolster science teaching in North Carolina, while Washington politics anticipate a lively Senate session. Expected changes include civil rights bills on the floor, potential leadership shifts, and fresh activity from young lawmakers like Kennedy Gore Humphrey and Javits Morton.
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National Science Foundation
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Oklahoma
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kefauver
V.P
Kennedy
Senate
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Richard L. Neuberger
D-Ore
Jacob Javits
New York
Thruston Morton
Kentucky
U. S
India
John Sherman Cooper
William Knowland
California
Water emergency highlights need for long-range planning
The city restored water pressure after a Sunday breakdown. Pumps now run at capacity, maintaining service and fire protection. The event underscores the need for better long-term planning, pumping, and storage to prevent future shortages in Piedmont and along Deep River.
Labor unions face dues hikes and leadership raises
Editorial notes rising costs in unions testing allegiance. Steelworkers vote in Los Angeles to raise monthly dues to five dollars and boost top leaders' salaries by ten thousand dollars. Rank-and-file opponents push for a dues referendum amid threats of a February reform vote. Other unions also adjust dues and assessments as tensions rise.
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United Steelworkers of America
Steelworkers Convention
Los Angeles
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Union Dues and Strike Funds Across AFL CIO 1955
A 1955 survey details union finances with per capita taxes set by the merged federation at 4 cents versus 10 cents under CIO. Dues rise in unions, with a 5 dollar cutback by auto workers after Ford and GM settlements, and a 7.50 monthly dues in March to fund a 25 million strike reserve. The National Industrial Conference Board report covers 19 unions, 17.5 million members, 98 percent US and 75 percent Canada coverage, totaling over 500 million in combined dues and assessments. average annual dues 26.14 dollars, with ranges up to 25 dollars monthly for high earners. Initiation fees commonly charged, up to 250 dollars for small craft unions.
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I. T. U.—International Typographical Union
International
Union Defense Fund
Oil Chemical Atomic Workers
Machinists Convention
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors
Auto Workers
Afl-Cio
AFL
CIO
Canada
National Industrial Conference Board
U. S
Friendly Society of Engravers and Sketchmakers
Fifth Amendment Hearings Turn Silly Over Abraham Bick Case
Report on a House Un American Activities Committee hearing where Abraham Bick refuses to identify himself or confirm authorship of a Prague dated article. The dialogue centers on Fifth Amendment rights and practical identity, with photos and passports cited to suggest his identity.
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Congressional
Abraham Bick
House
Eee
Rabbi Abraham Bick
Prague
Bick
Mr. Kearney
Mr. Bick
Mr. Arens
Rick
Those Olympic Games and the Fifth Amendment Debate
The notes reflect criticism of Rick’s pretense of no anti-Semitism behind the Iron Curtain while Khrushchev accused Stalin of anti-Semitism. Rabbis visiting Soviet Russia found Rick’s whitewash doubted. The piece questions lawyers using the Fifth Amendment to dodge identity questions and mocks the Jefferson School as unclear.
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Rick
Khrushchev
Stalin
Bick
Soviet Russia
Geneva
Reading Louis Selzer and Bruce Catton prose
A columnist recalls reading Bruce Catton’s This Hallowed Ground and Louis Selzer’s The Years Were Good while praising Selzer as a model newspaperman. He cites Selzer’s philosophy of editorial independence and community duty and reflects on shared values about democracy and responsibility.
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Bruce Catton
Louis B. Selzer
Louis Selzer
Cleveland Press
Miami Herald
Untangled OCR fragment on carriers and distributors duties
Fragmentary text states carriers dealers and distributors are not responsible for advances to subscribers and mentions Moranen and Ward Grif in an unclear context. It reads as a notice or disclaimer with incomplete names and roles. The piece lacks complete facts to identify a clear action or outcome.
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Moranen
Ward-Grif
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