GM probes union charges of cheating on line speeds
Detroit AP General Motors will investigate union accusations that line speeds were cheated in auto assembly plants. Leonard Woodcock of the UAW presented demands on production standards as bargaining resumes. GM will conduct plant by plant checks and respond with a report on automation’s impact. Negotiations with GM Ford Chrysler and AMC continue with contracts expiring in August and September.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Woodcock
Louis G. Seaton
Seaton
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
Big Three
AMC
Hill opposes Kennedy plan on federal contractor rules
Sen Lis ter Hill says he will oppose new Kennedy administration rules requiring nearly all firms with federal contracts to prove non discrimination in hiring and allow audits. He cites intrusive oversight and exemptions for small contracts while urging caution before the committee meets to consider adoption.
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Washington
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Kennedy
Hill
Committee On Equal Employment
Opportunities Am Federal
Eichmann NATO? no, Eichmann defense in Jerusalem trial
Israel's prosecutor exposes Eichmann's large Gestapo office and 13 rooms to challenge his claim of merely routing transports. Hausner questions why a minor role would require a full staff and deputies if he had little to do with the extermination program. Eichmann admits joining the Nazi party and Gestapo in 1932 but blames leaders, seeks legal immunity by denying personal guilt.
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Ecchmann
Gestapo
IVBA
Berlin
Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Mor
Hausner
Nazi Party
Hitler
Third Reich
Madagascar
East Africa
Meetings at Southern Furniture Exposition Building
Two member only meetings are set in the Room of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Tuesday morning a breakfast for prospective Buying Syndicate members in the Wrenn Side Mezzanine Meeting Room. Wednesday evening a hospitality dinner dance at Emerywood Country Club from 7:30 to 11:30. W. J. Ashton of Charlotte presides over the Salesmen Association. G. C. MacKintosh of High Point leads the Furniture Club.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
Wrenn Side
Virginia-Carolinas Wholesale Furniture Salesmen's Assn
High Point Furniture Club
Emerywood Country Club
W. J. Ashton
Charlotte
Salesmen Association
G. C. MacKintosh
High Point
Furniture Club
Fire Kills 108 Miners In Czechoslovakia Mine
A fire swept through the Dulka coal mine near Dolna Sucha in the Carpathians killing 108 miners. Ceteka cited superhuman rescue efforts with no cause announced. Ostrava Karvina basin produces most of Czechoslovakia’s coal and the region has seen prior disasters.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian Mountains
Ceteka
Dulka
Ostrava Karvina
Dolna Sucha
Ostrava
Prague Radio
Rudhlovice
Cladno
Katanga Feud Flare After Belgian Adviser Expulsion
Katanga's bid for independence sparks a clash with the United Nations over the expulsion of Belgian adviser Georges Thyssens. Muongo order triggers crackdown on consulate staff, Tshombe intervenes with apologies. Thyssens seized by UN forces amid protests.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
United Nations
U.N
Interior Ministry
Moise Tshombe
Georges Thyssens
Godefroid Munongo
U.N. Swedis
Thyssens
Munongo l
Munongo
Charles Muller
Muller
Congo
Europe
Jules Herkens
Henri Crener
Tshombe
Heaviy
Belgian Congo
Crener
Leopoldville
Security Council
Jongo
Kamina
Kasavubu Calls Rebels to Return with Full Military Honors
President Kasavubu urged Gen Victor Lundula and Congo rebel forces to lay down command and rejoin a unified national army under Gen Joseph Mobutu with amnesty for soldiers who return. He framed unity as essential to reassemble officers, review plans, and form a disciplined national force across the Congo.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Victor Lundula
Stanleyville
Kasavubu
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Katanga
Mobutu
Moise Tshombe
Leopoldville
Tshombe
Lundula
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
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Razor
Eveready
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Palmolive
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