Coal Industry Faces Shifts As Lewis Steps Down
AP reports the American coal industry grapples with reduced output and loss of markets as John L. Lewis nears retirement after a long tenure. Demand shifts to oil and gas, railroads, homes, and utilities while union membership and pay saw major changes from 1923 to 1958. Exports remain, but domestic pressure and mechanization cut miners’ jobs.
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Sam Dawson
AP Business News
NEW York (Ap
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Europe
Lewis
National Coal Policy Conference, Inc
Prescott, Ariz
Sam
Johnson
Wednes Industries
Rose
Henry
Helen Young
Grace Long
Arizona
Kaibito
FBI
Twins face long road after abdominal injuries in market incident
Amid chaotic European trade tensions and fuel oil shortages, the Stubblefield twins suffer abdominal injuries while a line of imports competes in the domestic market. U S officials consider surgical options in Portland as heavy traffic and dense populations press on the region.
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U. S
Portland
Jeanett
Middle East
Twin to Family: Idaho Siamese Twin Reunites With Parents
Paramedic report describes Den Nett Linn Stubblefield, one of Idaho's Siamese twins, meeting her family on a farm near Parma after travel from Portland Oregon. Her sister Jeanett Kim stays at the University of Oregon Medical School Hospital following a delicate operation in October to separate the twins.
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Parma, Idaho
Denett Linn Stubblefield
Idaho
James Stubblefield
Dennett
Here
Portland
Ore
Jeanett Kim
University of Oregon Medical School Hospital
Jeanett
Clean Record For Wedding Moves Timed Fight
In Los Angeles AP report, convicted sex offender Chessman faces execution after his latest appeal fails. Raymond Stepherson, 24, with a Macon past, sought leniency in a court in Macon, earned a cleared local record letter, while Chessman’s fate awaits Superior Judge Walker. Delaware and San Marino mentions appear as unrelated context blocks.
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Los Angeles
Caryl Macon
Charles Chesaman
Raymond Stepherson
Stepherson
Macon
Pensacola
Fla
Recorder's Court
William W. Hemingway
Supreme Court
Chessman
Herbert V. Walker
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Holland Tunnel
New York
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Jim Mackey
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Niles
Ohio
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Ford
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Phila
San Marino
State of
Delaware
Wilmington
Beauty School
N. Sth
Pen-Mar
Krementz
Trifari
Phila. St
Indiana, Pa
Widdowson
Widdowson’s Jewelers
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