Trane Strike Enters Third Day Amid New AC Proposal
About 1,760 Trane Co. production workers remain on picket lines on day three with no settlement in sight. Union leaders say talks since May, with AFL and Federal Mediation, failed to produce terms. wage and contract length remain key issues while pickets guard all company sites.
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Trane
Trane Co
D. C. Ferris
Federal Labor Union
Production Workers
Leonard Adsit
Tool and Die Makers Local 1115
International Assn. of Machinists
D. C
AFL
Virgil Burtz
Federal Conciliation] and Mediation Service
Burtz
Minard
Allis-Chalmers union talks seek three year contract
Local 248 UAW CIO in West Allis discusses a new wage and benefit offer while La Crosse plant members vote on a strike. The proposal includes raises up to 9 cents for skilled groups, extra holidays, paid vacation, and higher pensions, with management noting alignment with Detroit contracts.
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Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Uaw-Cio
West Allis
la Crosse
E. F. Ohrman
Detroit
Allis-Chalmers
Elephants Highlight Circus Arrives in La Crosse Show Opens
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus arrived at the North Western Railroad in La Crosse with elephants leading the parade. Workers unloaded by midmorning and prepared two air ventilated tents for 2:15 pm and 8:15 pm performances at Erickson's Recreation Field.
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Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
la Crosse
North Western Railroad
Erickson’s
Jon South Losey
Kefauver Says Dixon Illegally Negotiated Power Contract
Sen Kefauver charged that Edgar H Dixon acted illegally in negotiating and signing the Dixon Yates power contract. Dixon denied illegality as hearings of the Senate Antimonopoly Subcommittee on the Dixon Yates contract unfold.
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Washington
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tonn
Edgar H. Dixon
Dixon
Senate
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Middle South Utilities, Inc
Eugene Yates
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
Dixon- Yates
Daniel James
Middle South
Mississippi Valley
Congress Closes First Session Amid Harmony
Congress wraps its first session with major acts in late hours. The House approves an omnibus housing bill funding 45 000 public housing units and extending FHA loans. Also approved are polio vaccine funding, SBA loan-limit increases, Defense Production Act extension, transit settlement, and a congressional appropriations bill.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Eisenhower
U.S
Surgeon General
Small Business Administration
Senate House
District of Columbia
Struck Capital Transit Co
Congressional
Await Arrival Of 11 Airmen In Hong Kong
U S airmen held by Communist China were not released as a train from Canton reached Hong Kong. The 11 airmen were to pass into British territory after border procedures and soon fly to Clark Field Manila for medical processing before onward travel to the United States.
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Hong Kong
Canton
U.S
China
U.S. Air Force
Kai Tak
Philippines
West
McChord Air Force Base
Seattle
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Air Force
Clark Field
Manila
North Korea
United States
Fanling
Inter-State Fairs Gates Open for Annual Show
La Crosse marks its 65th Inter-State Fair opening at 8 a.m. with William T. Collins midway shows and judging begins across departments as heat and circus traffic affect crowd expectations. Children’s day on the midway runs noon to 6 p.m. with two grandstand shows.
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William T. Collins
Midway
la Crosse
Ringling Circus
Carnival Company
Minnot
N.D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Ihe
Torrid Weather Persists As Heatwave Keeps Grip
Clouds offered brief relief as a southerly breeze pushed heat into the region. Meteorologist A D Sanial notes humidity remains high and little relief is expected for days with forecasts calling for warm, humid conditions and possible thundershowers. Local water pumping efforts struggle to offset heavy lawn watering due to late-evening restrictions.
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A. D. Sanial
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy warm and humid tonight and Thursday with possible local thundershowers. Low tonight around 75 high Thursday about 95.
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Superior
Duluth
Minn
la Crosse
Kohler strike talks fail as union fights for all rehiring
In Sheboygan a 16 month Kohler strike negotiation collapsed with Local 833 of the UAW CIO demanding full rehiring of 2 060 workers. Kohler offered to rehire up to 450. A mass members meeting was called by Emil Mazey to reject the offer and vote by show of hands.
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Sheboygan
Chicago
Uaw-Cio
Emil Mazey
Jerry Dale
Allan Grasskamp
Kohler
Remarried Wife Of Ficer Must Decide Between 2 Husbands
In Cisco Grove California a 20 year old woman faces choosing between the man she married after her first husband vanished in Korea and the airman believed alive and held as a prisoner. She plans to meet him as he returns to the United States with her 22 year old son Danny. She says the final choice is hers and she remains happily married to Al ford Fine.
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Ficer
Cisco Grove
Calif
Alford Fine
Daniel Schmidt
Court Alene
Idaho
High Sierra
Schmidt
Danny
Air Force
Fine
Congress adjourns seven month session amid mutual compliments
Washington report says Congress ended its seven month session early with a carnival atmosphere and mutual compliments. President Eisenhower expressed satisfaction with Democratic controlled Congress which backed him on foreign policy and domestic aims. Major bills, including housing, polio vaccine, defense, and small business loans, were sent to his desk on the final day.
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Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Washington
Colorado River
Rayburn
D-Tex
The Oil Dream From a Rock Bed
A traveler recalls a wary old man in a hotel lobby who describes a rocky land with poor timber but a pure water spring. The tale shifts to how the spring funded oil drilling at 2,000 feet, illustrating the theme that postponed plans become lost opportunities.
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Chatchee
U.S.A
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