Changes In Taft Hartley Law Not Likely
Washington United Press reports the 1954 Congress is unlikely to amend the Taft Hartley Act as tensions rise between labor and the Eisenhower administration. Durkin’s cabinet move fuels a bitter, ongoing dispute with CIO President Walter Reuther and exposes rifts within the AFL leaders and the White House. The AFL convention in St. Louis spotlighted labor’s stance and criticized Vice President Nixon and Ike.
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Washington
Martin P. Durkin
AFL Plumbers Union
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Durkin
Secretary of Labor
White House
AFL
Nixon
M.R. Eisenhower
Ike-Nixon
Press Women Plan Institute for Chapel Hill meet
Wilmington dispatch reports the North Carolina Press Women's Association unanimously approved sponsoring a spring institute for newspaper women. Frances Griffin named Frances Walker chair, with Mildred Huskins as institute chair, and plans to lift district coverage and district redraws while promoting editor outreach and annual contest leadership. New members joined from Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wilmington papers.
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Chapel Hill
Miss Griffin
Huskins
North Carolina Press Association Institute
Association
Jane Hall
Raleigh News and Observer
Mamie Brady
Winston-Salem Sentinel
Isabelle Howe
Charlotte News
Dotty Cameron
Annual Bridge Tourney Ends In Charlotte
The Charlotte Duplicate bridge tournament crowned C. E. Warlick of Kings Mountain as individual champion. Team champions in the afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cornelius, Mrs. M. F. Ford, and Dr. A. M. Dye of Charlotte. Evening session produced two first place teams led by Charlotte members along with other regional players. Prior open pair winners were Mrs. Quitman Marshall and R. M. Fechter of Columbia South Carolina.
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Charlotte
C. E. Warlick
Kings Mountain
J. H. Cornelius
M. F. Ford
A. M. Dye
Connie Mitchell
Park King Jr
J. L. Waldin
Ed Jaffrie
Water transport fuels coal movement in Pennsylvania mines
Water transportation accounts for 22 percent of all bituminous coal moved directly from Pennsylvania mines. The National Geographic Society notes the Euphrates Nile corridor may be the world’s coldest highway.
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Pennsylvania
Euphrates
Nile Rivers
The
National Geographic Society
Goldwater Attacks Truman and Willis Smith in Raleigh
Senator Barry Goldwater assailed the Truman administration during a Raleigh banquet, singling out late Senator Willis Smith and Raleigh editor Jonathan Daniels. He accused Democrats of falsehoods about Hoover and criticized Truman for the Korea war decision and for war timing.
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Raleigh
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Goldwater
Young Republican Club
N. C
Arizona
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Truman
Jess
U. S
South Korea
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
National Democratic
Reshevsky Battles Nine Russians in Zurich Chess Test
Samuel Reshevsky, the American chess prodigy, faces nine Russian players in a mid tournament push for a challenger spot to Ikhail Innik. The New Yorker trails only Vassily Smyslov at the halfway mark, while decrying Russian numerical advantage and praising his own fighting spirit.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Samuel Reshevsky
Ikhail Innik
Reshevsky
Pion
Moonshiners Burn Sheriff's Auto in Tennessee
Deputies found and destroyed a 250 gallon moonshine still near Bolivar Tennessee yesterday. They traced arson to slashed gasoline poured on the sheriff L H Nelms car and set it afire destroying the vehicle.
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Bolivar
Tennessee
L. H. Nelms
Political rhetoric and its impact on youth generation
A fragment comments on political propaganda and its alleged effect on younger people, questioning the influence of a speaker's platform on the rising generation. The text suggests skepticism about propaganda shaping future voters or civic views.
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Ness
Lydia Pinkham’s Compound Eases Hot Flashes Report
Doctors tested Lydia Pinkham’s Compound and Tablets on women undergoing menopause. Relief was complete or striking in 63 to 80 percent of cases, reducing suffocation effects and distress from hot flashes and nervous tension.
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Ydia Pinkham
Wood
Locie Pichon Pankham
Pinkham
Yugoslav VP Calls Women Slaves in Capitalist States
Belgrade Yugoslavia Milovan Dulas vice president denounces women in capitalist countries as slaves whose only mission is childbirth He speaks at the opening session of the fourth congress of the anti Fascist Women Front of Yugoslavia attended by delegates from France Belgium Greece and others He says Yugoslavia guarantees women equal rights and participation in all fields.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Milovan Dulas
Women's Front
France
Belgium
Greece
Electric Cooperatives Cut Power Costs In First Kerr Month
Five electric membership corporations in North Carolina report a total saving of 1713.49 on wholesale power after receiving Kerr dam power for August. The coops serve about 18000 member owners across 27 eastern counties and project annual savings above 20000. Individual totals include Albemarle 192.35 Edgecombe Martin 325.77 Halifax 312 Roanoke 661.63 Woodstock 221.74.
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Raleigh
John H. Kerr
William T. Crisp
Tar Heel
Southeastern Power Administration
Kerr Dam
Crisp
SEPA
Albemarle Electric
Hertford
Edgecombe- Martin Electric
Tarboro
Halifax Electric
Eneld
Roanoke Electric
Rich Uare
Woodstock Electric
Belhaven
Puzzle of People and Places Vintage Word Map
A collection of crossword like clues listing Daniel in the lions den Stratford on Tarsus Mrs Adam and many others across a mixed set of definitions including common words and names with hints at religious figures and places. Answers span Biblical names Latin phrases and common English terms.
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Daniel
Stratfordon
Tarsus
Mrs. Adam
Persia
Dealers List Eleven Ford Car Models Above Four Thousand
Calls to dealers selling America's finest cars reveal at least eleven models across four makes priced over $4000. A quick phone survey shows Ford offers foam cushioned front and rear seats at no extra cost.
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America
Ford
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