Goodyear and Union Agree on Pay Raises
The United Rubber Workers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reached a settlement granting immediate across the board raises of 1? cents an hour for 24,000 Goodyear employees in 11 cities plus a half cent for night-shift differential, bringing the average wage to $2.54 per hour. The pact ends three weeks of bargaining under a wage reopener set from last February until the 1959 contract expiry. Ratification by the Inter national Executive Board and major locals is required, with a midnight July 30 strike deadline looming.
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United Rubber Workers and
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear
United Rubber Workers
Paul E. Bowers
UAW
International
Akron
Kansas Governor Docking Predicts Hospital Discharge
Governor George Docking of Kansas said after his Saturday hernia operation that he is feeling fine and expects to leave the hospital by Saturday. He reported receiving several callers that morning.
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Los Angeles
George Docking
Kansas
Haircut price movements seen in Topeka and Lawrence
Monday reports in Topeka announced a July 29 price rise to 1.50 for haircuts at all union barber shops with special cuts at 1.75. In Lawrence standard cuts run 1.25 and specials 1.50. Local barbers expect a statewide spread of the price increase soon, while a meeting to discuss it may be under way.
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Topeka
Lawrence Barbers
Topeka Union
Lawrence
Death notice for William Nelson Combs in Linn district
William Nelson Combs, 1, died Sunday in Washington. He rode his home in Linn. Services will be at 10 Wednesday at the Linn Methodist Church. Rev. Vern Sizemore officiating. Burial will be at Leon. He is survived by his wife Bertha, a daughter Neva Bicke of Auburn, a son WV Carales, 408 Winth St, seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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William Nelson Combs
Washington
Linn
Linn Methodist Church
Vern Sizemore
Leon
Bertha
Neva Bicke
Auburn
Carales
House Passes Bill Hiking Postal Pay Across the Board
The House approved a bill proposing a 4,600,000 annual postal pay hike for 518,000 workers, 379 to 38, with a Senate committee backing a 7 percent raise and cost of living adjustments. President Eisenhower warned of a possible veto, citing inflation concerns. The current average postal salary is about 4,340 a year and the measure aims to curb wage disparities amid federal pay debates.
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Washington
Hose
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Pink Cadillac Row For Baylor Fans
Baylor introduces Pink Cadillac Row a glassed in SS seat section with tile floors heaters and air conditioners just below the press box in Baylor Stadium. Elevators will carry seat holders to the area offering comfort against sun rain and cold with plush cushions and plant accents.
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Waco
Tex
Baylor
Turnpike Soap Truck Crash Blocks Kansas Route
A Southwest Freight Lines semitrailer loaded with soap overturned on the Kansas Turnpike eastbound, halting traffic for about two hours until one lane cleared at 10 a.m. The truck burned two miles north of the Admire interchange. driver Roberts escaped with minor injuries.
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Emporiafi
Kansas Turnpike
Southwest Freight Lines
Kansas City
State Patrol
Roberts
Admire
Eligibility debate delays State Healing Arts Board picks
A status question to the court in Topeka asks whether two chiropractors meet six year practice requirements for appointment to the new State Healing Arts Board. Dr. Harold Coe of McPherson argues Dr. L. L. Hollingsworth of Wichita and Dr. Jb. C. Neff of Topeka have not practiced in Kansas for six consecutive years.
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Topeka
New State Healing Arts Board
Harold Coe
McPherson
The
Kansas Chiropractors Assn
L. L. Hollingsworth
Wichita
Jb. C. Neff
Kansas
Message From Past Reveals Hornaday Note Inside Buffalo Exhibit
A 1888 note by William T Hornaday was found inside a plaster base of a stuffed bison at the Smithsonian. The message recalls the capture of the buffalo specimens and urges protection against deterioration. Hornaday, first director of the Bronx Zoo, died in 1937. Six Marines were injured battling a forest fire near a housing development and two factories, with three hospitalized for burns. The fire burned about 1000 acres and was contained by 11:45 a.m.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Henry Setzer
Cosmopolitan Magazine
William T. Hornaday
Hornaday
Smithsonian National Museum
Islas
T. Hornaday
Bronx
New York
Marine Barracks
Thomas FP. Kelaher
Pfc
John Frederickson
Youth athlete undergoes knee surgery after mystery swelling
Elain North Carolina reports young athlete Wally Holcomb, star at Rikin High School in basketball football and tennis, developed knee pain after swelling. Doctors found cysts, operated, but opened his leg to find normal muscles. he returned home with mixed relief and curiosity about future pain.
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Elain
N.C
Wally
Holcomb
Rikin High School
Lars
Ywee
Ola
First Gallows Victim Under New British Law
Durham England reports the first execution under Britain's new homicide law. John Wilson Vickers of Carlisle was hanged at Durham jail for the murder of 72 year old Miss Une Tinckett during a robbery. Parliaments and religious groups had urged clemency but failed.
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Durham
England
Llaborer
Britain
John Wilson Vickers
Carlisle
Darling
Une Tinckett
Vickers
Memorial Hospital Patient and Address List Snapshot
A dense OCR listing names and addresses associated with Memorial Hospital, including residents of Tonanoxie Sunflower Linwood and nearby areas. The fragment reads many individuals with street addresses such as 1719 Tenn. St 1645 W. 20th Terr Route 2 139 Perry 415 Forest Ave and other local locations.
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John Dreier
Clamence Cropp
Tenn
Delores Oakson
Mabel Rodgers
Sunflower
Marie Sanders
R. 1
Elizabeth Denham
Georgianna Taylor
Linwood
Charlene Edgerton
Perry
Caroline A. Gentry
Forest Ave
Marion Mel Kay
Darriell Lynn Neely
DeSote
Navy Plane Found With 11 Men on Board Dead
Milan Italy Italian Alpine guides recovered the burned wreckage of a Navy plane on San Martino Mountain after a three day disappearance. The aircraft carried 11 men and was spotted on the slopes near the 9 000 foot peak. Guides say it crashed at the 7 000 foot level.
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Milan
Italy
San Martino
Trento
Smith to Assume Duties With K U Post Office
Murray Smith, a longtime Lawrence post office clerk, will start duties Saturday as superintendent of the Kansas University post office station in Strang Hall. He fills the vacancy created by Bert Chewning's promotion to assistant postmaster downtown. Chewning led KU station for a year before moving up. Smith has served as a civil service examiner for 18 months, is married with one son, and lives at 2121 Ohio Street. A Garnett native and former KU student, he brings long municipal service to the role.
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Murray Smith
Lawrence
Kansas University
Strang Hall
Bert Chewning
Chewning
K.U
Don Carlos
Smith
Ohio St
Garnett
K,u
Largest heroin cache seized on French freighter
Federal agents seized a heroin cache aboard a French freighter described as the largest in years. Merrill D. White the U S customs collector for Florida valued the powdered narcotic at about 700000 dollars and the haul weighed 912 pounds.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla.h
United States
Merrill D. White
U. S
Florida
Jury Deliberations Start in Clinton Segregation Case
A U S district jury in Knoxville began deliberations in the Clinton segregation case involving 11 defendants. The start was delayed as defense objections challenged Judge Robert L. Taylor’s description of a witness as acting with “well intention” toward integration. The trial traces to 1950 and encompasses 10 Tennessee defendants and organizer John Kasper.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U. S. District Court
U.S
Clinton
Little Highland
Turner
Taylor
William Shaw
Lowvisions
John C. Crawford Jr
Turmer
Tennessee
John Kasper
Court of Last Resort weighed in on Sheppard case
Dr Sheppard said the Court of Last Resort misinterpreted its Investigation of the Wedlers confession and argued the group sponsored by Argosy magazine seeks innocence for wrongly convicted people. He denied any personal stake and urged justice.
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Gardner
Court of Last Resort
Sheppard
Argosy Magazine
Wedlers
O'Neill
Iixise
Hults Speakers at School Officials Meeting
State Senator Donald Hults of Lawrence was the featured speaker at a meeting of school officials held Monday at the county superintendent's office in the Courthouse.
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Donald 8. Hults
Lawrence
Final Advanced Recital At Music And Art Camp
The second and final Advanced Student Recital of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp will be presented at 7 30 p m today in Strong Auditorium at Kansas University. The program features campers selected by the faculty for outstanding ability and includes performances by multiple named students on flute clarinet trombone and other instruments.
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Kansas University
Trin
Resthaven A Therk
Wichita
Volla Laney Tanchard
Garden City
Calla Denis Pebwerth
Dodge Ons
Belluberet Sev del Val
Trooklyn
Noy
Mano
Delwata
Arte! Militany Mestehell
Meadows
Volge
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