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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1955
Page
4
Union and company negotiators continued bargaining sessions and announced a moratorium on any statements about what occurred in the closed door meeting. The move pauses public remarks as talks proceed.
In 1954 the American Red Cross Foreign Location Inquiry Service located about one person daily who had become lost to family and friends due to World War I dislocations, highlighting continuing human costs decades after the conflict.
The CIO United Auto Workers extend the Ford contract to Monday morning to allow more negotiation time. Walter Reuther and Ken Bannon said Ford offered a new proposal but major gaps remain on key issues including the guaranteed annual wage. If no agreement by Monday, a strike will begin. about 2,000 workers at Ford's South Chicago plant quit in apparent anticipation.
The city commission opened bids for four internal improvement contracts. Low bidders include M. N. Penny Construction Co. for eleven concrete paving projects totaling 169,995.10, N. R. Hamm Construction Co. for three asphalt paving projects at 23,996.50, Young Construction Co. for storm sewers at 33,832.91, and Hankomer Excavating Co. for sanitary sewers at 9,881.05. Also approved Sunset Drive paying resolution and the sale of Oak Hill Cemetery sexton’s house for 361, plus curb cut approval for an inset diagonal parking strip serving an 18 unit apartment.
Cincinnati report on Army engineers creating a nuclear soil meter to assess soil strength and moisture for highways dams and airfields. Radium at a tube end emits gamma rays while a Geiger counter reads returning rays to determine density and moisture, guiding foundation weight and cost estimates. First commercial units may be ready next fall.
In Paris Kentucky the first all woman jury for Bourbon County was summoned for a drunk driving case. Deputy sheriffs sought six jurors as one woman joked about the beauty parlor and another about babysitting. The six women failed to reach a verdict.
In West Berlin a 66-year-old former international beauty queen, Gertrude Dopieralski, sells paper flowers at a market. Once crowned Europe’s fairest in 1909, she recalls fame amid aging, loneliness, and stalled stage dreams. Her wartime life and marriage ended, leaving her to craft flowers for a living.
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