UAW Signs Contract With GM Yet Strike Continues
DETROIT General Motors and the United Auto Workers reached a three year master contract on Thursday night but GM’s 250000 workers remained on strike today. UAW President Walter P. Reuther called the pact good for all but noted locals could stay out to back demands. The national deal creates a fund to narrow wage inequities by paying half a cent per hour per worker.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Els
GM Ends UAW Talks With Wins After Pay Concessions
General Motors joins Ford and Chrysler in new three year contract with hourly raises between 24 and 30 cents and cost of living pay boosts. Negotiations continue for about 19 000 salaried workers and skilled tradesmen not covered in the earlier agreement as Chrysler and UAW meet again to reach a broader deal.
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Ford
Chrysler
UAW
Widow of Senator Taft Dies at 68 in Ohio
Martha Bowers Taft, wife of late U S Senator Robert A Taft, died at her Indian Hill home after a stroke and heart failure. She was 68 and will be buried beside her husband at Indian Hill Church Cemetery.
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Cincinnati
Martha Bowers Taft
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Indian Hill Church
Taft
Indian Hill
Brennan Advises Oldsters Dont Sit There Be Active
Walter Brennan 64 year old actor urges seniors to stay active and constructive. He tells oldsters to stop feeling sorry for themselves seek useful activities keep mentally and physically engaged and share generously of themselves.
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Chicago
Walter Brennan
Today’s Health
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American Medical Assn
Shelby Residents Discuss City Annexation Plan Meeting
Shelby residents gathered at City Hall as 50 to 60 people from Ward avenue north to Highway 14 south to discuss annexation. Mayor Mio Knutson said no fixed plan exists yet, while Council President Hubert Schleiter described a tentative annexing mood and urged residents to initiate petitions. City officials answered questions from attendees about the process and potential future actions.
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Hubert Schleiter
Schleiter
Common Council
Shelby
De Gaulle Promises Algerians Jobs Housing and Votes
Premier De Gaulle urged Algerian rebels to end the insurrection and outlined a five year plan to improve Moslem living and working conditions. He pledged more jobs housing land distribution and education while maintaining ties to France and announcing elections within two months with at least two thirds Moslem representatives. He spoke to 50 000 in a public square and urged building over killing.
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de Gaulle
France
Orleansville
Centenarian Dies in Caledonia Minn
Mrs. Leonard Hill of Caledonia died at a local hospital at age 100 after a long illness. Born Katherine Prieve in Galena Illinois, she arrived in Caledonia as a child with her family and later married Leonard Hill. She leaves a daughter and two sons with numerous descendants. Funeral services are planned with Rosary recited Friday.
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Leonard Hill
Caledonia
Katherine Prieve
Galena
Ill
Nicholas Prieve
T. J
Theresa) Boerkohl
John
St. Paul
Anton
Eisenhower
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
St. Mary’s Altar Society
Pentagon Orders Declassification Of Secret Files
The Pentagon orders reclassification of almost all military documents stamped top secret secret or confidential before 1948. Some date to World War I or earlier. millions of outdated papers affected. Secretary Neil McElroy signed the order. formal announcement expected today.
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Stengel Holds Court Before Game Two of World Series
Casey Stengel talked to reporters in the Milwaukee dugout before game two noting his hitting would return, while praising Ryne Duren who shined in relief. Duren limited hitters as Milwaukee exploded for a 15 hit attack and a 13 to 5 Braves win after falling 4 3 in game one.
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Chuck Franklin
Idlewild
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Unifax
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Stengel
Lew Burdette
Casey
Warren Spahn
Ryne Duren
Cazenovia
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Duren
Whitey Ford
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Yankees
Joe Adcock
del Crandall
Billy Bruton
Eddie Mathews
Hank Aaron
Bob Turley
Duke Maas
Johnny Kucks
Murry Dickson
Zack Monroe
Burdette
Spahn and Rival Burdened By Silent First Inning
In Milwaukee the first World Series inning stretched 42 minutes and yielded no record. Spahn and Burdette pondered their total wins as the baseball world waited in hush for a defining line.
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Greatest school problem is teaching whites to live with other races
State superintendent George E. Watson warned that fostering harmony among white students and their yellow brown and black peers is education’s gravest challenge surpassing debates over missiles. At the Western Wisconsin Education Assn convention in Vocational School, he urged schools to shape youths for a shared global future and to pursue universal, open education. Dr. Shirley Cooper of New York City echoed calls for spiritual, non materialistic values in schooling. See SCHOOLS, Page 2.
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Watson
Western Wisconsin Education Assn
America
Shirley Cooper
New York City
the American Assn
Anna Mashek Former Central Teacher Dies at 78
Anna M Mashek 78 longtime Central High English head and educator died in a local hospital Friday after a long illness. Born Meadowbrook Bohemian Valley Jan 13 1880 she taught in Wisconsin before joining La Crosse High and Central. She earned a BA in 1904 and MA in 1910 with further study at Colorado and Chicago. Funeral plans will be announced.
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Bohemian Valley
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University of Wisconsin
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Central
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