Garment Strike Settlement Near in New York
ILGWU and dress manufacturers near full agreement on base pay boosts and overtime for piece workers after six day strike that idled 105000 members across nine Eastern states. mediators appointed by Mayor Wagner and Herbert Lehman aided talks aiming to resume work Wednesday.
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New York
Wlan
International Ladies Gar
Ment Workers Union
ILGWU
Robert F. Wagner
U.S
Herbert H. Lehman
Harry Oviller
David Dubinsky
New York City
Miami Lawyer Fails To Show At Hearing
Miami lawyer Whiteside did not appear for questioning before a House committee investigating the FCC. Chairman Harris ordered a closed meeting as Whiteside had not been subpoenaed for further questioning on his ties to former FCC Commissioner Mack. Whiteside had recently testified to a grand jury and provided records of financial dealings with Mack in the probe of Channel 10 in Miami.
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Washington
Thurman A
Whiteside
Miami
House
Federal Communications Commission
Harris
D-Ark
FCC
Richard A. Mack
Richard A. Hunt
U.S
Grand Jury
Mack
House Committee
National Airlines
Public Service
The Gospel According to You in Daily Life
A sermon urges Christians to openly live their faith seven days a week. Quiet worship and unseen deeds reflect God’s guiding presence, while hypocritical glances at churchgoers distract from true witness. The message calls believers to bear witness and show loyalty in all actions.
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God
Communists To Return U S Flier After Downing Incident
The U N Command and Communist delegates meet to discuss the downing of Captain Leon Pfeiffer of Kenosha Wisconsin after his Sabre Jet was shot by Communist forces. Pfeiffer was said to be under humanitarian treatment with no confirmed injuries.
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Korea
U.S
Military Armistice Commission
U.N
Leon Pfeiffer
Kenosha
Wis
Olaf Kyster
Pfeiffer
Kyster
Demilitarized Zone
Kang Sang Ho
South Korea
United States
Two Escape Skyscraper Jail Cells
Miami officers pursued Norman Mackiewicz and Howard Piccott after they escaped the 23rd floor jail by rope. Carter and Kille were recaptured within an hour at the downtown jail, while Mackiewicz and Piccott fled with civilian clothes and vanished.
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Miami
Fla
Norman J. Mackiewicz
Bal Harbour
Howard B. Piccott
Roger Wayne Carter
Chicago
Edward L. Kille
Carter
County Criminal Investigation Bureau Laboratory
Kille
Mackiewicz
Piccott
Indonesian troops storm ashore in Sumatra rebel area
Indonesian central government forces landed at Bengkalis on Sumatra's east coast and clashed with rebel troops led by Lt. Col. Achmad Hussein. Four thousand more troops prepared to land at Dumai as Caltex suspends production at rebel oil fields and foreign firms face Jakarta's crackdown.
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Singapore
Bengkalis
Sumatra
Achmad Hussein
Siak
Caltex
Pakanbaru
Jakarta
Sukarno
Sjafruddin Prawiranegara
Indonesia
American Standard Vacuum
Royal Dutch Shell
Stanvac
Palembang
Bangkalis
Siak River
Dumai
Padang
Officials Confer New Try On Vanguard Launch
Frustrations over a faulty weather report and a missing crane operator delayed the Vanguard rocket at Cape Canaveral. Officials from the Naval Research Laboratory Martin Company and the Air Force test center discussed a fresh launch schedule possibly within a day or two, with wind and ground links as key factors.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington
Martin Co
Baltimore
Air Force Missile Test Center
Vanguard
British Aristocrat Quietly Ends Talk of Romance with Princess Margaretha
London reports say Maj. the Hon. Henry Montagu Douglas-Home urged Stockholm to halt communiqués about the romance between his son Robin Douglas-Home and Princess Margaretha. The Stockholm court postponed engagement plans amid speculation of a possible spring wedding. Robin met the princess in London last year and has since pursued a royal match despite earlier rejection over salary concerns.
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London
Margaretha
Robin Douglas-Home
Earl of Home
Sweden
Stockholm
Robin
Henry Montagu Douglas- Home
Royal Palace
Aftonbladet
Douglas
Gustaf
Douglas Home
Douglas-Home
Economic Boycott Is Probed at Kohler Strike Hearings
Senate investigators called 40 witnesses to discuss an economic boycott tied to the UAW strike against Kohler Co. Emil Macy, UAW secretary treasurer, faced further questioning as hearings focus on violence and vandalism. Walter Reuther urged Goldwater to keep the probe nonpartisan and avoid a political brawl.
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United Auto Workers
Kohler Co
Emil Macy
UAW
Wisconsin Bathroom Fixtures Company
Kohler
Wis
Walter Reuther
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Reuther
Goldwater
Threatened Cuban Strike Not Called
Havana reports normal operation in industry and commerce as rebel leader Castro threatens a general strike. Informants say Castro may delay until month end to topple Batista, with sabotage planned to ready a strike ground. Batista orders 7,700 police and 22,000 troops to quell any outbreak on the sixth anniversary of the coup.
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Havana
Cuba
Field Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Batista
Deputies Slain in Copperhill Ambush Sought
Deputy killers elude arrest after two Polk County officers were ambushed outside a beer tavern on State Highway 68 near Copperhill. Louis Wright and R A Rogers, both fathers of 10, were shot as they stepped from their patrol car. Police question tavern patrons while a large search, including posse and state troopers, continues.
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Copperhill
Tenn
Polk County
Bud Payne
Payne
Louis Wright
R. A
Bob) Rogers
Rogers
Cherokee County
North Carolina
Wright
Here
Emil Greene
Copper Basin
Polk
N.C
Eisenhower speeds up construction and funds programs
President Eisenhower ordered a fast track of government construction projects with ready money and released 200 million dollars to spur private home loans. He proposed extending unemployment benefits and urged Congress to raise highway spending limits and increase water and sewer projects. Senate Democrats and Republican leaders floated bigger aid including school construction in labor surplus areas.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House Banking Committee
Rep
Rains
D-Ala
Gerber Plans New Asheville Plant To Employ 700
Gerber Products Co announces a multi million dollar plant on a 45 acre site on the Asheville Hendersonville highway eight miles south of Asheville. The facility aims to hire 700 workers and source local raw vegetables and fruit. Construction begins with a warehouse unit after land titles are cleared, with first occupancy by late 1958.
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Asheville
Gerber Products Co
Hendersonville
Gerber
Elizabeth Taylor Says 1958 Likely Last Year For Movies
Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, a leading Oscar contender, says 1958 will probably be her final year as a movie queen. She plans to finish Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at MGM and Don Quixote with her husband Mike Todd, then retire to domestic life as a Connecticut housewife.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Mike Todd
MGM
Tte
Michael Wilding
Todd
Liz
Connecticut
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New Year Coliseum
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