Wildcat Walkouts Hit Ford and GM Plants
Wildcat strikes cripple production at Ford Motor Co and General Motors Corp as CIO United Auto Workers members walk out amid wage and contract tensions. Ford reports about 12,250 off the job across plants. GM’s idle workers reach tens of thousands in Cleveland and surrounding facilities. A UAW-GM settlement talks are ongoing as morale and local issues press demands.
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Detroit
CIO United Awo Workers
Mojrrs
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Trainmen Seek 7.50 Day Wages Across Brotherhood
Chicago based Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says it will demand a seven dollar and fifty cent daily wage boost for its 600 members across all classifications under its jurisdiction. Notices to go out June 11 to 300 railroads under contract. Wages cited range from passenger brakemen earning 45 per day to footboard yard ministers at 12.07. Kennedy notes overall prosperity and fairness in sharing gains. Washington reports a FCC examiner recommending Broadcast Group Inc be allowed to operate a 1270 kilocycle radio station at St Joseph Missouri with satellite link power and other facilities.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
SEC
WP Kennedy
Brotherhood
Kennedy
Kemedy
Acimen
Washington i
A Communications Commission
Broadcast Group Inc
St. Joseph
Weather forecast for Sefferson City area and Missouri
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers mainly overnight. Low temperatures near freezing. Temperatures rise into the 40s by Thursday afternoon. Precipitation minimal in most areas with light showers possible in central Missouri towns and higher elevations.
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Sefferson City
Missouri
Henman City Eyes
Toonville
Hermann A
Tarrentier Noonville
Thuredey
Windows Adjacent To Golf Driving Range Shattered
The Frita Co. sues Superior Court to protect BP from bombardment by golf balls. The plant adjoins Manchester golf course and driving range with a fence in disrepair. Since July 1954, 13 window panes and a windshield have been shattered, affecting 180 employees and lowering morale.
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Los Angeles
Nts Superior Court
Frita Co
Manchester
Frito Attorneys
Delapp Admits He Lead Prison Riot Trial Testimony
Kansas City special report says Circuit Court jurors heard Don William DeLage admit instigating the Sept. 22 riot at the Missouri Penitentiary and present in Walter Dennell’s death row cell. he claimed Lister stabbed Dennell while Stigham attempted to cut Dennell. DeLapp said he was first out of his cell during the riot and described other proposed community projects and reactions.
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Kansas City
Don Wilam de Lage
Missouri Tele Penitentiary
Walter Lee Dennel
J. PL Hawking
Ruffijo
DelLapp
Win
Lalo
Leshinehy
Delapp
Stile
James 'T. Riley
Cole County
Om Jreil
Rollie M. Lister
Dennel
James William Stigham
Irving
Sroke
B Mall
Wayne
Lamer
Aigstoj
Sail DeLipp
Street
Proters
Evan Spent Corporation
Donnell
Gosch James Creighton
Nest Tolluid
Down
Dannell
Creightanitows
Wrea
Neigh Teel
Gosch
Bridge gets new paint job worth 124000
The Missouri River bridge near the governor’s mansion will be completed by August, about 60 percent finished on the $124,000 project. Papas of Public Structure Painting Corp. Cincinnati says weather and unforeseen delays may shift the final date but expects rapid progress with aluminum finish and staged painting.
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Ance Ee Ae Eee State Hig Department
John Knaup
Papas
The
Republic Structural Painting Corp
Missouri River
News-Tribune Phito
New River Bridge
Misssouri River
Republic
Painting Corp
Cincinnati
Fee Bridge
Darnelly
Paing
New York
Villa
Jeffersonville
Tad
New York Central
Waggener Paint & Var Hish Co
Kansas City
Alusdacnt Bndustries Sor Cinciali
Benue
Missouri
Parking Problem Is No. 1 Concern in Methison City
A Chamber of Commerce survey shows parking is the top issue for businessmen and prospects in Methison City. Gene Gosch, chamber manager, said the parking question easily topped other suggested topics and what members and prospects want the chamber to focus on this year.
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Methison City
Chamber of Camemerce
Gene Goseh
BeLapp Statements Questioned in Delany Case Hearing
Defense attorney challenged the state's use of BeLapp's statements in court. Nal Delany testified he wrote them after allegedly being beaten and threatened. Handwriting expert Hilens said Delany was not coerced and gave voluntary statements. Prosecution planned to rest later, with Pasihborg calling for 14 witness referrals.
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BeLapp
Evidonen
Godiver PL Padhert
St. Lane
Dude Hawkins
Belany
Patreloven
Nohair
Pasihborg
Texas's Strangest Prisoner Dies in Electric Chair
Huntsville Texas reports William Henry Meyer, 66, executed for the 1953 murder of his daughter during an attempted attack on his estranged wife. Known as the man with the iron nerve, Meyer faced the chair after a lengthy life marked by tragedy and controversial notoriety.
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Texas
Huntsville
Manderith House Gustres
Willam Henry Meyer
Elment
Meyer
Nessus
Elsie Yastrwood
Houston
Yearwood
Stomach Pump Sought After Child Ingests Cathartic Pills
A child in SOUTH COPFEYVILLE, Oita, ingesting 15 cathartic pills led doctors to prepare a stomach pump. A hurried tip to the hospital saved the child from further harm as the pills were mistaken for candy.
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Copfeyville
Oita
Boy Minus Name Has Army Foiled
A Kansas City report follows a tall blond youth at the draft desk who claims a forgotten name Robert Vonne and a foggy paternity history. He seeks enlistment despite passing physical and mental tests and is awaiting Army inquiries from several sources.
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Kansas City
Tseoking
Ises
Robert Vonne
Kied
Nevada
Production Halted At Kansas City Plant
Wall production at the General Motors Assembly plant in Kansas City was halted by a wildcat strike described by officials as illegal. More than 2,000 hourly workers left after midnight while nearly 3,000 day shift staff stayed away. nationwide UAW action affected Ford plants in the area as talks continued in Detroit. Normal operations persisted at nearby McFisher and Chevrolet Leeds plants.
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Kansas City
Kan
General Motors
Oth
United Automobile Workers
Detroit
Mc Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Leeds
UAW
Ford
Gas Company Must Refund $36 Million
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. may be required to refund over 36 million dollars to 50 wholesale customers across Kansas Missouri Indiana Ohio Illinois and Michigan if the Federal Power Commission upholds examiner Ed Marsh. Marsh ruled the Kansas City based company charged excessive rates February 20 to April 1 and noted the division is subject to review within 30 days by the FPC. Washington University awarded degrees to 1 350 graduates with 11 350 students in the total university commencement.
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Washington
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Edwards B. Marsh
Kansas
Missour
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Marsh
Panhandle
Kansas City
Louis
University Today
Fale
Cea
Eisenhower backs Adenauer in stand against Moscow
President Eisenhower voiced strong confidence that West German Chancellor Adenauer would stand with the Western world when dealing with the Soviet Union. He noted Moscow invitation as natural given recent Western European developments and praised Adenauer as a great leader. He also spoke against adding anti segregation amendments to a manpower reserve bill and outlined limits for a proposed Big Four summit duration.
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Washington
Tiesenhower
West Germany
Adenauer
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower
Gakcine
Moscow
Germany
Kremlin Terday
Russia
Europe
Perth
Adenaurt
Lesmen
Jim
BIG Four
Hisenhower
Britain
France
Timbuktu
Cal
Exempt Gas Bill Splits House Vote In Washington
House committee vote 14 to 15 to exempt natural gas producers from federal regulation. Harris of Arkansas leads motion to remove Federal Power Commission controls over producer prices and shift influence to interstate pipelines. Opposition warns passage boosts consumer costs despite red tape relief. Police report also notes a civil service pay raise dispute and a vehicle accident injuring a child.
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Washington
House Committee
Sase
House
Harris en-Ark
Federal Power Commission
Centrols
Due
Harris
FPC
Mudie
Wasengton
Civil Service Committee
Luca Motaise
Midwest
Civil Service
Raph A. Erhavet
Vista Rr
West Main Street
Mickey Farmer
Birs. Elliot
Dougina Dywit
St. yMats
Erhardt
Efforts to End Britain’s Rail Strike Move Forward
London reports intensified push to end Britain’s rail strike as Sir Brian Robertson of the state railways agrees to meet leaders of the 67,000 striking locomotive engineers and firemen. The government mediator Sir Wilfred Neden and ASEF general secretary Jim Baty are set to confer after 11 days of walkout.
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London i
Britain
Brian Robertson
British Transport Commission
Ministry of Labor
Brian
Wilfred Neden
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Bethlehem Steel Opens Bargaining With CIO Over Wages
Bethlehem Steel Corp the nation second largest steelmaker began bargaining with CIO United Steelworkers seeking a substantial wage increase for about 80 000 members. United States Steel Corp and Republic Steel Corp also opened talks on similar wage demands with observers estimating a gain of roughly 25 cents an hour.
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Pittsburgh
Bethehem Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bethlchem
Ithe
Ronty
United States Steel Corp
Stmnion
David J. McDonald
Bethlehem
Republic
Joseph M. Larkin
Republic Steel Corp
Tion
Thesis
McDonald
Ig Six
Nsw
Tur
Senate Approves Minimum Wage Hike By Voice Vote
The Senate approved by voice vote a Democratic plan to raise the national minimum wage from 75 cents to 95 cents in 1987 and to 1.00 dollar in 1988, defying Eisenhower’s advised increase. The move follows debates in the Labor Committee and clashes over automatic hikes affecting workers in the South and textile, lumber, leather, and clothing industries.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Alexander Smith
South
Hearing for Dixon Woman Continued
In Vienna a delayed murder hearing for Ruth Tate of near Dixon was extended to 10 a.m. June 13 after she retained counsel Arthur Cuhn. Tate, alleged shooter in Rudolph Null’s death two miles north of Dixon on May 2, reportedly confessed and was arraigned May 17. a preliminary hearing date was postponed due to confusion with counsel.
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Vienna
Ruth Tate
Near Dixon
Harold S. Hutchison
Maries County
Rudolph Null
Indaw
Dixon
Nuil
Mes
Tate
Maries Mauis Teuetain
A.m. Torias
Wheat allotments notices mailed in Cole County
Notices prepared for Cole County farmers announce wheat acreage allotments for 1956. Noncompliance penalties apply if quotas exceed limits. farmers have until June 25 to vote on a marketing quota and price support plan. ASC office reports most county farms have completed rechecks and allocations.
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In- Fieinasise Oney Ae Ur Eoigt Hinenal
Cole Golly
Gail Blackwell
ASC
Cole County Agricultural
Conservation County
Up’ Columbia UW
Frederick
L. Steffun
Wheat Hill
Missouri
Cole County
Council Recessed Session Sets New City Ordinances
City council will convene in recessed session to review routine ordinances on streets and sewers. Officials said the meeting was rescheduled from Monday night due to conflicting commitments, aiming to advance standard municipal approvals.
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ACON
City Senate
Soda
Ossars
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