AFL CIO suspends textile group and packs expulsions
Meany announced AFL-CIO Executive Council suspended the textile group and moved to expel UTW and Distillery Workers after investigations found leaders resigning but remaining on payrolls or retaking control to avoid elections. He cited ongoing financial irregularities and brazen robbing, despite claimed reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Hoffa
Senate
Liogd Klewert
Federation
UTW
Meany
Afl-Cio
Dutch Firms Seized in Jakarta Under Government Control
Government takes over major Dutch firms in Indonesia with a council of management under supervision. Workers including Sobsi members occupy KPM lines and three Dutch trading houses, threaten banks, and seize Jakarta's Des Indies hotel with Dutch staff detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KPM
Jakarta
Des Indies
Jabor Federation
Sobsi
Judge McCarthy Delays Bowler Sentencing Until Jan 7
Holiday Spirit noted Boston scene as Judge William T. McCarthy halves jail talk and postpones sentencing for Edward G. Bowler of Holyoke on a gambling charge until January 7, reflecting a lenient Christmas approach in the PLS district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
P.L.S. Dist Court
William TY. McCarthy
Edward G. Bowler
Holyoke
Gamma moon name proposed by Smithsonian lab
Weather and crowd drama surrounded the Florida launch attempt as the 6.4 inch, 34 pound test sphere could be officially named 1957 Gamma if it reaches orbit. Delays and holds stretched a planned 1 a.m. countdown into the afternoon as Florida residents watched from beaches while Cape Canaveral kept the rocket hidden from the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
U.S
Florida
Cape
Newsimen
Demos Call For Savings In Military Policy
Knowland reported no gloomy forecasts after a four hour White House conference chaired by Eisenhower. He said the long term outlook for the nation is good and that no decisions were made on defense spending cuts to fund higher defense outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowland
White House
Eisenhower
London Train Crash Kills 100 Persons
A deadly collision at a southeast London junction left about 100 dead and over 200 injured as a steam train rammed into an electric train. Rescue crews faced mangled cars and bodies protruding from wreckage, with authorities saying the toll would rise and the salvage operation would be long and difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. John’s Station
Parks Bridge Junction
St. Johns
Health checks urged for hunters after deer season deaths
Harrisburg reports seven hunters died of heart attacks on opening day of the 1957 deer season. Dr Charles J Wilbur Jr state health secretary urged all hunters to have medical checkups before going into the woodlands, regardless of age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Woodlands
Charles J. Wilbur Jr
Wilbur
Ten Inch Snow in Philadelphia Continues From Page One
Philadelphia faced six inches of snow with drifting and ice across roads as a winter storm tracked through Pennsylvania. Bradford reported five above, eastern regions in the low 20s, while major highways near Philadelphia and the Northeastern Extension were shut by drifted snow. Turnpike chairman Joseph J. Lawler was stranded en route to Albany to speak on snow removal. The storm disrupted travel but brought cheer to the state’s children.
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Brookville
Bradford
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
Joseph J. Lawler
Reading
Albany
N.Y
Obituaries from Indiana area list several deaths
Obituaries detail deaths of Hattie L. Southworth Huston at Sagamore home on December 14, born 1874 in Toledo. Survived by daughters Iona Klingensmith Georganna Campbell. burial at Coral Chapel. Ralph Ramsey of Clymer, WWII veteran, widower, two children and two siblings. Aaron Monroe Ferrier of Diamondville dies suddenly December 4. Roger Arthur Murdick of Creekside RD 1 dies after hunting accident. Minerva J. Beaver, 88, Staten Island resident, many grandchildren and greats. Lisle Blystone, 63, Indiana area, Coca-Cola employee with large family. Funeral details and locations given for each.
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Hattie L. Southworth Huston
Jona Klingensmith
Fifth Street
Sagamore
Black Lick
Toledo
Ohio
Chauncey
Lottie Telton Southworth
Iona Klingensmith
Georganna Campbell
Homer City
Ralph Ramsey
Clymer
Montefiore Hospital
Pittsburgh
Beech Tree
Clymer Methodist Church
U.M.W
Co. D
64Th Infantry
Bessie Ramsey
Edward
Logan
Mary Jane) James
Nellie
Earley
Reynaldsville
Acson
John
Bence
Robert S. Lehman
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Aaron Monroe Ferrier
Clymer RD
Green Township
Robert
Miriam Griffith Ferrier
Diamondville
Ross Ferrier
Diamondville Methodist Church
Robert 5
Lehman
Harmony Cemetery
Penn Run
Roger Arthur Mardick
Creekside RD
Indiana Hospital
White Township
Indiana Co
Eugene and
Ioyn Colgan Murdick
Brush Valley Township
Betty) Mrowicki
Rockford
Illinois
Wilford
Harry
Lyle
Harry Murdick
Norman x. Colgan
Blairsville RD
Robinson-Lytle
N. 7Th St
R. O. Hooper
Jack R. Hazlett
Brush Valley Lutheran Cemetery
Minerva J. Beaver
Don Beaver
Church Street
Staten Island
N.Y
W. S. Beaver
Summerville
Charles A. Beaver
Lucernemines
Dorothy Peterson
Florence Vinton
Ebensburg
Arlene Griffith
Millersville
Lisle Blystone
Ada van Horn Blystone
Indiana RD 2
Creekside
Blystone
George and
Violette McBryar Blystone
Marion Center
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Juvenile Halls Criticized By Chicago Sheriff
Sheriff Joseph D. Lohman of Cook County, Illinois called most juvenile halls cleaned up prisons and warned that handling youths pushes them toward adult crime. He spoke at the Western Institute of Prosecuting Attorneys, citing that two of three offenders committed to juvenile authorities end up in adult courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
Cook County
Joseph D. Lohman
Chicago
Lohman
Western Institute of Prosecuting Attorneys
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Robert M
Fleig
Mary Lou Wagner
Madrid
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Clearfield Furst
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Sara
Capes
Stoles
Searfs
Troutman's
Oscar Roadarmel
Springfield
Rose Tobias
Binghamton
Herman Knoblauch
Minneapolis
Minn
Robinson-Lytia's
R. W. Falls
D.D
James
George
Blairsville
Clair
Leona
Airgood
Rochester Mills
Paul
Dorothy
Ralph
Madeline) Wolfgang
Roy
Thelma
Byrle
Shelocta
Leroy
Lula) Stiteler
Home
Harold
Bertha) Woolweaver
Windham
Violet Overdorff
West Terre Haute
Ind
Cora‘ Kline
Robinson-Lytle's
A. L. Lentz
Aira
Hewaister
Pilei
Whittler
Hook
Snr
Riod Wat
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