Labor Day Pressure Mounts Over Steel Strike Showdown
The Mitchell labor report frames a potential Labor Day clash as steel workers, copper, meat packers and others confront wage, price and productivity disputes. Management cites inflation, high costs, and capital investment as barriers to wage gains, while labor argues profits could support higher wages. Public interest rises as talks threaten broader economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Eyewitness Story of Earthquake and Avalanche Survival
Dwight Jones reports from Bozeman on the Madison Canyon quake near Hebgen Dam. A California dentist, Dr Reed Quesnell of Arcadia, and friends recount surviving the disaster. He disputes a theory that water released from the dam caused the canyon sweep, saying the earthquake came first.
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Dwight Jones
Bozeman
Mont
California
Madison Canyon
Hebgen Dam
Reed Quesnell
Arcadia
Calif
Dr. Quesnell
Mountain canyon collapse and flood hit campers
Dr. Quesnell, his wife, and families from Lakewood and La Puente say unknown numbers of campers were buried after a mountain collapsed into a canyon and a subsequent water wave swept through the area. They credit nurse Toadie Green of Billings for tending and checking victims during rescues.
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A. J. Quesnell
Quesnell
Lee Vining
Calif
Science Medal Bill Passed for National Medal of Science
Washington AP reports the House passed and sent to the Senate legislation to authorize a national Medal of Science. The award would be given to outstanding scientists by the president upon the National Academy of Sciences' recommendation.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Academy of Sciences, Ue
Smelting Refining Strike Set Across United States
The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers ordered a 48 hour strike against 13 American Smelting and Refining Co plants after negotiations failed. About 6,000 workers in California New Jersey Maryland Texas Montana Nebraska Colorado Washington and Arizona are affected, with 450 at Selby California among the first to be hit. The union seeks a 1 cent hourly wage increase plus fringe benefits. management offered nothing as talks collapsed.
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Los Angeles
American Smelting and Refining Co
International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter
American Smelting
Selby
Calif
California
New Jersey
Maryland
Texas
Montana
Nebraska
Colorado
Washington
Arizona
Douglas Soutar
Soutar
Irving Dicht
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