Washington Agreement shaped rail labor rights in 1936
The Washington Agreement set five year protection, pay preservation, unemployment and fringe benefits for workers displaced by railroad mergers. It covered moving expenses, severance options, and recall rights, ensuring job security amid a turbulent era of union drives and railroad consolidations.
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Washington
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Enduring ego and local anecdotes from Las Vegas scene
A collage notes social chatter in Las Vegas with names and roles around town. Mentions include Mary Bremmer at the Mint, Liz Dopson at Bonanza Club, Al Desmarais and wife Chris in local posts, Sarah Hays in the county assessor’s office, Marilyn Johnson in Justice Court, and Ellie Schenne at New Frontier. Also referenced are eateries, shops, traffic concerns, and a novelty car cooler concept.
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Austin Dobson
Ars Victrix
Mary Bremmer
Mint
Liz Dopson
Bonanza Club
Milwaukee
al Desmarais
Bali Hai
Chris
Las Vegas
Hartford
Tommy
Algiers
Sarah Hays
Marilyn Johnson
Justice Court
Elizabeth Stutz
Doug Ritchie
Ellie Schenne
New Frontier
Bud Vincent
Cathy Marshall
Doris Mack
Roger Friedman
Sahara Cage
Wiener-Jones
Las Vegas Boulevard South
Bridger
Dunes Gift Shop
Benn Disclaims Peerage to Seek Commons Seat
In London Benn, the Viscount Stansgate, used the Peerage Act to drop his title so he can return to the House of Commons. He, with wife Caroline and his mother, filed an instrument of disclaimer at the Crown Office as the seal briefly came away during registration.
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J.P.J
Butcher Field
Francis Herbert Butcher
Cino Yvell
Svggs Swiss Arts Bakery
Frendh Befree
Philadelphia Ave
Wing Manone
Reno
Rick Kendall
Joshua Tree
Calif
Thunderbird West
Marion
Vegas Village
N.L
London
UPS
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn
Viscount Stansgate of
Essex
United Kingdom
House of Commons
Crown Office
Palace of Westminster
House of Lords
Benn
Caroline
Sir George Coldstream
Crown
Fairbanks Sues Montreal Tabloid Over Christine Story
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. filed a $250000 libel suit in Superior Court against Montreal weekly Midnight over a July 29 article titled My Weekend With Christine Keeler. The piece credited Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as author and used a photo of Fairbanks with Miss Keeler, alleging a notorious reputation.
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Montreal
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Britain
Midnight
Christine
Keeler
Fairbanks
Donald Cole
Fairband
Miss Keeler
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Kennedy
Congress
Tiberius
C.H. Smith
Fabric Triumph
Ns Coys
Fremont
TFBL
New Orleans
United States
U.S
EBL
UPT
First Western
First Western Savings and Loan Association
Clark County
Las Vegas Blvd
S. Boulder Highway
Henderson
Sahara Ave
Douglas Fairbanks
Ing
Hollywood
Billy’ Eckstine
Cleopatra
Bob Simms
Lucky Starr
Klamingo Driftwood Lounge
Louis Armstrong
Jane Russell
Connie Haines
Beryl Davis
Liberace
Barbra Streisand