Textile Workers Union Rejects Broad Contract Changes
AFL CIO Textile Workers Union of America members voted against sweeping changes and approved targeted policies. The union will offer a one year extension for New England basic cotton rayon mills and allow local wage talks for Pennsylvania New Jersey workers. Woolen and worsted division may seek limited contract revisions where local conditions favor. Wage averages hover near 1950 levels with current rates of 1.40 to 1.62 per hour. Pollock said employers would likely accept the new policies.
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New York
Afl-Cio Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
William Pollock
New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Pollock
Lumberton Teens Launch 12 Foot Rocket With Mouse Aboard
Five Lumberton high school boys formed the Lumberton Rocket Society and built XR-4 a sulphur zinc powered eight foot rocket with a mouse named Oscar in the nose. The craft reached about 3000 feet then plunged into mud near a field failing to deploy its parachute. Oscar remained inside.
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Lumberton
N.C
Oscar
Lumberton Rocket Society
Navy
Stewart Priddy
Jimmy Poole
Tracy Ballou
Byron
James Starling
Frank Biggs
Pastor Abernathy Urges Negro Vote Drive in South
In New York on February 8, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy urged support for the Crusade for Citizenship to enroll African American voters in the South. As vice president of the Southern Leaders Conference, he spoke at a two day Human Rights conference by the American Jewish Congress. He linked freedom at home to citizenship in every form of American life and noted his role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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New York
Ralph Abernathy
First Baptist Church of
Abernathy
America
Martin Luther King
Montgomery
No Bond Posted as Flowers Remains in Jail
J Percy Flowers a 53 year old merchant and farmer remained jailed in Wake County after a federal judge set a 25 000 bond for release during his Johnston County trial on liquor law and assault charges. If freed he must surrender Feb 28 for contempt sentence tied to insulting an undercover agent Tolbert.
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Raleigh
J. Percy Flowers
Wake County
Don Gilliam
Albert Corbett
Smithfield
Flowers
Gilliam
Johnston County
William J. Tolbert
ATU
Tolbert
Clayton
Johnston Court
Instalment Buying Lag is Reported
New York reports show consumers delaying purchases and banks pressuring for payment on loans and cars. Inflation and a rising debt total underscore 1950s strain while economists predict limited growth and fewer new homes in 1958.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
U. S
Marcus Nadler
New York University
Nadler
Fresh Cold Wave Battering Florida
Florida endures a severe winter with 40 degree lows and freeze warnings as tourism and farming suffer heavy losses. Citrus, vegetables, and flowers suffer damage while cattle losses may reach 275000 head. Migrant workers rely on aid as crops rot from cold and rain.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
O Wevs
J. O. Pearce Jr
Florida Cattlemen's Assn
Helicopter Crash Kills Army Man Near Hartsville
A rescue party recovered Capt. John H. Asbury 35 of Ft. Bragg from a swampy crash site ten miles northwest of Hartsville South Carolina. He died from injuries while two crew members Alva Kepner 27 and Kenneth Strachen 25 were hospitalized with broken bones and exposure. A board will investigate the crash cause.
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Hartsville
S.C
John H. Asbury
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Columbia
Asbury
Fth
Tansport Helicopter Co
Here
Ft. Gordon
C.W.O. Alva William Kepner
Burbank
Calif
Sp. 2
C. Kenneth R. Strachen
Garvin
Minn
Kepner
Byerly Hospital
Strachen
H21
U.S. Highway 15
Card-Carrying Democrats May Be Required in Greenville
Greenville County Democratic leaders vote to require card carrying membership for party participation. The county committee forwards the proposal to the March 3 convention along with a recommendation. Hong Kong? No. The group also discussed a call to use troops in New York schools but took no action.
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Greenville
S.C
Eisenhower
New York
J. Mae Wells
Little Rock
Ark
E. P. Riley
Riley
Sheriff McDonald retires after 30 years in Moore County
Carthage NC February 8 Sheriff C J McDonald ends his 30 year term and will not seek re election. He ties with D H Hodgin for the longest service among North Carolina sheriffs. Wesley Caviness is the only declared candidate so far, age 41, Carthage town board member and mayor pro tem.
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Carthage
N.C
J. McDonald
Moore County
McDonald
North Carolina
Blaze destroys Arkansas Baptist College gymnasium
A dramatic fire wiped out the frame gymnasium of the Arkansas Baptist College for Negroes in Little Rock. Six fire companies battled the blaze which also scorched a nearby house and damaged three more. No injuries were reported and Rev. C A Rogers Jr valued losses at about 80000 dollars. An anonymous caller claiming segregationist motive spoke to a newsman during the blaze.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Baptist College For
C. A. Rogers Jr
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