Truckers Agree On Wage and Mileage Hike
AFL Teamsters and trucking companies across 12 Midwest states reach a three year wage and mileage rate deal for 54,000 long distance drivers and 4,000 operators. The contract starts February 1 with a 10 cent hourly raise to 2.07, followed by two 5 cent steps and 4 cent per mile increases each year. Minimum weekly pay rises to 75, a four week vacation after 20 years replaces 12. Areas covered include Illinois Iowa Indiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Wisconsin Kansas and parts of Missouri and Louisville.
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Chicago
Midwestern
AFL Teamsters Union
Tiss Oris
Louisville
Hisais
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Guard at McCarthy Home After Explosion Threat
Senator Joe McCarthy returned to his Wisconsin home to find a police guard posted after a neighbor reported a telephone warning that he would be blown up. The caller, described as foreign sounding, urged evacuation of the premises. McCarthy dismissed the threat as the work of a crackpot and offered no details on his unexplained trip.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
George W. Ennis
Joe McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Hog prices at low point in two years
Kansas City markets show hog prices at their lowest point in two years. The top price yesterday reached 17.50 dollars per hundredweight, about 11 dollars below last April’s six year peak. Analysts forecast a seasonal rise to the annual high in March or April but expect it to be lower than last year’s peak.
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Kansas City
Fashionable simplicity dominates spring 1955 dress lines
New York reports Nettie Rosenstein champions the little black dress and a tailored suit as essentials for American women in the coming season. Davidow and Jablow present long, lean silhouettes with lightweight fabrics. In Washington, the State Department outlines Vice President Nixon’s Caribbean goodwill tour to Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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New York
Nettie Rosenstein
U. S
Davidow
Arthur Jablow
Jablow
Washington
State Department
Nixon
Caribbean
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
U S Bar Agency to Aid Federal Workers in Security Cases
The American Bar Association announced a special committee to offer free legal aid to government workers involved in security cases. It notes some workers face heavy legal costs despite eventual clearance. The ABA plans nationwide aid via legal aid clinics and lawyer referrals, with Washington chosen for its concentration of federal employees. Bean Festival serves 400 gallons of bean soup annually in Fairgrove, Michigan, a beancountry village in the state’s heart.
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U.S
Washington
American Bar Assn
Sion
ABA
Loyd Wright
Fairgrove
Mich
Michigan
E U B Church Fellowship Dinner Set in Big Springs
In Big Springs the E U B church schedules a fellowship supper for Wednesday evening January 12 at 7 30. Several local families are noted visiting and hosting relatives in Topeka and from St Francis and Japan with holiday travels and family gatherings mentioned.
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William Henry
Linda
W. P. Henry
Erna Mueller
Topeka
Maynard Summer
George Summer
Maynard
Japan
Ronald Rubottom
Topeea
Joe Logan Jr
Karen
Gus Hartman
Win
Ora Baldwin
Mr. Hartman
James Bonnel
Denny
St. Francis
Bonnel
Fred Hartman
Bon‘nel
Laboratory Tech
Local social notes from Clearfield area gatherings
Community updates detail visits and events across Clearfield and nearby towns. Reports include Mrs. W P Henry’s condolences from Pennsylvania, baptisms and youth group activities, dinners at the Hesper Hall, and numerous visits among the Brecheisen, Gabriel, and Ott families in Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, and Bonner Springs.
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Hesper Community Hall
Paul Gabriel
Ray Lefmann
van Hamilton
Rita
Edgerton
Ted Brecheisen
Dave Klamm
Bonner Springs
Victor Feldmeyer
Kansas City
Johnig. Wayne
Roxana
Phillip Brecheisen
Phillie
Luther Adams
Gerald
Frank Finley
Ted Moody
Jerry Im
Wilfred Selzer
Clifford Steffin
Olathe
Floyd Ott
Higginsville
Theo
Local social notes and planned wall drive event
Hauck and Ott families visited home that evening while Mrs. Ott and daughter stayed a few days. Miss Hazel Brecheisen and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stowe with baby joined Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Brecheisen for Sunday dinner. A wall drive is planned for Jan 22 starting at 9 AM, with northwest corner at Deay Brothers and Roger Stanley, covering 64 square miles, Roundup on George Rankin farm. dinner will be served.
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Kalan-Stahl-ba
Lloyd Breeheisen
Clearfield
Oscar Schwarz
Lawrence
W.acs
E. B. UG
Raymond Bre+ehelsen
Archie Meider
Fred Lawreng
Jesson
Anna Gabriel
Alfred Eisele
Brownsville
Tex
Keystone Korner Klub
Deay Brothers
Roger
Stanley
George Rankin
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James Swaney
Pennsylvania
Elling
Jennie Luck
Grove City
Captain's Creek
Green Brothers
Sa Reer Tanase Rae
Rea Beste
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