Swift Invites Its 17000 Employes Back With Pay Rise
Swift & Co. invited 17000 striking workers to return to work with an 8 cent per hour raise retroactive to Sept 1 and a 14 cent per hour cost of living adjustment. Unions United Packinghouse Workers and Amalgamated Meat Cutters predicted no return. A federal mediator called a meeting for Monday as talks continue.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
United Packinghouse Workers
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Armour & Co
Swift
William G. Murray
Wilson & Co
Encephalitis Outbreak Prompts South Jersey Precautions
Encephalitis confirmed in two southern Jersey cases as authorities order closure of wooded areas along the Garden State Parkway. Motorists warned to stay in cars with windows up. police offer mosquito repellent at checkpoints and stations. Health officials had 15 suspected cases, rising to 17 with nine fatalities.
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Trenton
N.J
South Jersey
Garden State Parkway
South Jersey Pine Barrens
New Jersey Highway Authority
State Health Department
South
Jersey Shore
Deaths Funerals Frank A Freese 85 Oklahoma City
Frank Albert Freese 85 of Oklahoma City died Friday at Norris Rest Home. Funeral services 10 a.m. Monday at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial in Vinland Cemetery. Rev. Harold Hamilton presides. Family requests no flowers. Survivors include two sisters Esther and Clara Freese of 933 Miss. St. and brother Oliver Freese of Glendora Calif.
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Frank Albert Freese
Oklahoma City
Norris Rest Home
Oklahoma
Rumsey Funeral Home
Vinland Cemetery
Harold Hamilton
Esther Freese
Clara Freese
Miss. St
Oliver Freese
Glendora
Calif
Meeting Notice of Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and AM
Special communication of Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and AM on Monday September 28 at 7 00 PM. Work in the second degree. Visitors welcome. Keith Cleepfi], W M George W Mole Secy Adv.
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Lawrence Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Mon
Kieth Cleepfi
W. M
George W. Mole
Secy
Disarmament talk and U S budget clash in column
In a Saturday column Dolph C Simons Jr contrasts Khrushchev’s four year disarmament plan with Eisenhower’s revised 1960 budget. The piece weighs costs of arms, training, and civilian needs, noting 6181 military aviation deaths 1954 58 and urging a Camp David meeting for possible accord.
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Khrushchev
Eisenhower
West Point
Annapolis
Leavenworth
Olathe, Forbes
Ft. Riley
White House
U. S
Camp David
Westvaco Union Agree On New Contract
Westvaco Mineral Products Division and International Chemical Workers Union local 6-5 reached a new contract Friday night. It runs until Oct. 1, 1960 and includes a 3% wage increase, an extra holiday, improved vacation and hospitalization plans, and worker safety shoe allowances. Management members were Leonard Barr, Dale Bowlin and Maynard Stark. union members were Bruce Henry, George Stan, John Newman, Robert Endsley and Elmer Cramer.
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Westvaco Mineral Products Division
International Chemical Workers Union Local 6-5
Leonard Barr
Dale Bowlin
Maynard Stark
Bruce Henry
George Stan
John Newman
Robert Endsley
Elmer Cramer
Haskell Indians Sweep Lawrence High Runners
The Haskell cross country teams defeated two Lawrence High squads on the Indian circuit. Tribe A won 11-54 with Alex Doore leading at 10 47.5 and Paul Talawepi tops for the B team at 11 47.5 along with solid scoring from Daniel Friday and Chester St Clair.
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Haskell Indians
Lawrence High
Liang
Alex Doore
Paul Talawepi
Haskell
Daniel Friday
Chester St. Clair
Bill Cottle
Gerald Tuckwin
Sam. Fixico
Eldon Povatah
Frank Armado
Allan Pratt
Elmore Goolsby
DeWayne Harris
Luggage May Hold Secret of Death For Girl on Boat
Boston AP reports seven pieces of Lynn Kauffman’s luggage may reveal how the 23 year old heiress died aboard the freighter Utrecht. Her body was found on Spectacle Island after she vanished from port Friday night en route from Singapore to New York. Police consider travel letters and trunks among possible clues as they probe a possible suicide or accidental death.
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Boston
Pretty Lynn Kauffman
Chicago
Utrecht
Singapore
New York
Spectacle Island
Far East
Sanley Spector
Washington University
St. Louis
Spector
Joseph B. Fallon
Fallon
Governors Pick Nixon as Top GOP Nominee
Western governors polled by the Associated Press favor Vice President Richard Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination. They view the Democratic race as wide open with no single front runner, while Nixon is praised for being a familiar Westerner.
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Sun Valley
Idahoma
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Alaska
Hawaii
Oregon
Wyoming
Paul Fannin Taerezona
Nixon
Dick Nixon
Rockefeller
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon Johnon
Texas
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Adlai Stevenson
Lions extend 31st straight win in 34 6 rout at Atchison
Lawrence High crushed Atchison 34 6 on Friday night to extend their undefeated streak to 31 games. The Lions outrushed the Redmen 367 yards to 18 and solidified their No 1 ranking in Kansas prep circles amid heavy local interest.
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Lawrence High
Journal-World
Lion-Atchison
Atchison
Lawrence
Redmen
Lions
Kansas
Births Report From Memorial Hospital Names Parents and Locations
Birth notices list several families at Memorial Hospital with addresses in Kansas communities. A son born to Jerald and (unnamed) Baker at 322 Mich. St. and a daughter born to Tom J Montgomery and spouse at Route 5.
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Jerald Baker
Mich. St
Tom J. Montgomery
Route 5
Silent Movie Era Film Series at KU Stresses Art History
Kansas University presents a new SUA sponsored silent film series from Oct 14 to May 4 in the Museum of Art lecture room. Twelve films from 1902 to 1929 will be shown monthly, with tickets $5 sold at the KU Union info desk for 120 seats.
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Yesteryear
Kansas University
Museum of Modern Art
New York
Mary, Queen of Scots
Rover
D. W. Griffith
Dr. Caligari
George O'Brien
Janet Geyner
Charlie Chaplin
Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
Bob Bee Named Distinguished Military Student at KU ROTC
Lawrence senior Robert L. Bee of the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has been named a Distinguished Military Student by Col. R. J. Hanchin. Bee serves as personnel officer in the cadet corps, majors in anthropology, and plans a ROTC career toward a commission in the Regular Army. He is a 1956 Lawrence High School graduate and a Phi Kappa Psi member living at 900 Murrow Court.
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Robert L. Bee
Lawrence
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kansas University
Col
R. J. Hanchin
Army Rotc
Bee
Corps of Cadets
Regular Army
United States
Lawrence High School
Murrow Court
Phi Kappa Psi
L. S. Bee
Crestline Drive
Lawrence Women’s Club Tax Roll Ruling In Topeka
The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals ruled six lots and a building owned by the Lawrence Women’s Club should remain on Douglas County tax rolls. The club had appealed the assessment seeking removal from the rolls.
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Sam Brookover
Brookover
Lawrence Womans Club
Topeka
Kansas Board of Tax Appeals
Lawrence Women’s Club
Douglas County
Board
No Data Uncovered In Flag Incident On Hill
Kansas University campus police chief Joe Skillman reports no further clues in the desecration of flags at Strong Hall. Vandals allegedly removed the Flags Of All Nations display and tore down the American flag from in front of the building between 2:30 and 4:30 a.m. Friday.
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Joe Skillman
Strong Hall
Kansas University
of All Nations
Flag replacement at post office linked to Polish flag display
Skillman said the American flag at the post office was found crumpled in a nearby corner and partially torn, apparently when removed from the staff, during a period when the Polish flag was also displayed.
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Skillman
No Head Bumping Here at Eber Baptist Baptism
Phil Jorden, a 6 foot 10 athlete, visited Eber Baptist Church for baptism. The baptistry was 7 feet long, so Pastor Bill H. Lewis had him sit on a stool to be baptized seated, avoiding head bumps.
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Detroit
Phil Jorden
Eber Baptist Church
Bill H. Lewis
Fire damages Campus Jay Shoppe sign on Ind Street
A fire at 12 48 a m damaged the sign in front of the Campus Jay Shoppe located at 1146 Indiana Street. Investigators determined the blaze was caused by a faulty electric circuit in the sign.
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Jay
Ind. St
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