Negotiators Confer Over Phone Strike Today
Western Electric and CIO Communications Workers of America negotiators met separately in preparation for a joint session amid a coast to coast walkout threatening 44 states and the District of Columbia. About 300 000 operators in the CWA are involved with widespread Texas walkouts and delayed nationwide picketing planned, potentially crippling long distance calls and services.
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New York
Western Electric Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
District of Columbia
Western Electric
Bell System
Texas
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Mexic
Fort Worth
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Lubbock
CWA
Appropriations Bills Signed by President
President Eisenhower signed three appropriation bills providing over 2 billion dollars for federal departments and agencies for the new fiscal year. The measures fund the Legislative and Judicial branches, Labor and Welfare, State, Justice, Commerce, and the U S Information Agency with specified totals, and total funding runs about 100 million dollars less than the President’s January recommendation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Legislative Branch
Judicial Branch
Labor Department
Welfare Department
State Department
Justice Department
Commerce Department
U. S. Information Agency
Boy Dies in Ice Box In Hopewell Home
Nine year old Archibald Waldron Jr. suffocated in an unused ice box in the basement of his aunt Mrs Esther Coleman home in Hopewell borough while his parents attended a funeral. The incident occurred last night and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Hopewell
N. J
Archibald Waldron Jr
Esther Coleman
Hopewell Borough
Cabinet wives host pink ribbon sandwiches at Fort Meconair club
Washington society notes detail a joint tea for Vice President Nixon’s wife Pat Nixon and congressional wives at Fort Meconair Officers’ Club. Cabinet wives, including Mrs Dulles and Mrs Humphrey, organized and served, with pink ribbon tied sandwiches drawing surprise from guests.
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Ezra Benson
Agriculture
John Foster Dulles
Nixon
Dulles
Humphrey
Secretary of the Treasury
Summerfield
McKay
Secretary of the Interior
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Earl C. Clements
Walter George
Georgia
Capehart
Ind
Millikin
Cole
Dirksen
Potter
Mich
Case
Wigglesworth
Mass
LeCompte
Short
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Praeger criticizes present federal wheat program
Herman Praeger president of the Kansas Farm Bureau says the current program hurts Kansas farmers. He notes price guarantees above $2.20 a bushel have drawn producers nationwide into wheat farming and reduced market demand for Kansas wheat. He forecasts drastic changes for Kansas wheat operations next year.
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Manhattan
Herman Praeger
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas
Praeger
Hanoi Evacuations Set for Americans
Ambassador Heath said standby plans for evacuating Americans from Hanoi Hai Phong were ready. He noted 32 Americans there could be moved if needed and that the decision rests with U S consul Turner Cameron. Heath spoke with President Eisenhower before returning to Saigon after Geneva talks.
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Washington
Donald R. Heath
Indochina
Eisenhower
Hanoi-Hai- Phong
State Department
Turner C. Cameron
U.S
Hanoi
Heath
Huff Sentenced for Mail Theft in Wichita Case
Gilbert Eugene Huff, 26, of Wichita, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to mail theft. He allegedly stole a $7.42 check from a mailbox in Waco, Texas.
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Wichita
Gilbert Eugene Huff
Huff
Waco
Tex
Diedrich Family West Coast Trip Recounts Local Visits
Eudora family Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Diedrich and daughters June and Karolyn return from a three week motor trip to the West Coast. They visited relatives in Tucumcari Arizona Bakersfield and Napa and attended Larry Dismang’s high school graduation. Overnight Boy Scout camp near Eudora noted.
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Curtis Diedrich
June
Karolyn
West Coast
Diedrich
C. W. Warner
Tucumcari
Ariz
Calif
Larry Dismane
Russell Dismang
Eudora
Dismang
Eudora News
Napa
Diedrich's
Mary Diedrich
Byers
Cole
Boy Scouts of Fudom
Wakarusa
L. A. Lawson
Enoch Wright
E. L. Durbin
Lawrence
West Side
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Karolyn Diedrich
Buddy
Johnnie Reusch
Mary Long
Emma Jean Miner
Marilyn Votan
Jess Hadl
Carol
Lianwrenee
Barbara Jo Hargrave
Joe Hargrave
Barbara
John Wargrave
Independence
Oscar Axom
Hamilton
Glen Wilson
Ann Long
Oscar Brecheisen
Olathe
Hattie Frye
Frye
Emma Jewett
Clathe
Jean Lefmann
J. P. Lefmann
Jake
Lefmann
Colby
Harald Lefmann
Jake Lefmann
Phylis Atcheson
Colby Methodist Church
Alta’ Jennings
Elaine Griffin
Glen Couch
DeSoto
Couch
Jennings
America
Lamber Battsla
Vermont
Teri of
West St. St
Insurance Agency
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
General Appliance CO
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