Westinghouse Focuses on UE Strike Settlement Effort
Pittsburgh reports Westinghouse Electric Corp. concentrates on settling a 150 day strike by 10 500 members of the Independent Electrical Workers Union UE, with another session called at 10 a.m. as negotiations lag. Meanwhile 20 000 IUE members back on the job after a 156 day settlement at Sharon division, where a rebel local resisted.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Independent Electrical Workers Union
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Sharon
Westinghouse
Philadelphia
James J. Matles
Sharon Local 617
Sharon Sue
Yesteryears flash from Constitution files long ago
Post recalls a 10 year mark with Mayor Everett Glenn outlining park improvements and a ground attack drill at Fort Sill attended by armed forces reps. Maj. Gen. John Millikin earns a Silver Star for gallantry in Germany. Lawton Greater Bank lends to Leon Maddox for asphalt business near the industrial area.
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Constitution Files
Everett Glenn
Fort Sill
John Millikin
Field Artillery
Germany
Greater Lawton Corporation
Leon Maddox
Physical Standards For Government Drivers Announced
Washington announces new fitness and driving ability standards for about 200000 federal workers who operate government vehicles. Drivers must be checked for physical fitness and driving competence at least every three years, with testing starting immediately to improve safety.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Lawton High dedicates $325000 auditorium to youth future
Lawton high school's auditorium was dedicated to the Youth of tomorrow for their betterment. Jerry Brammer student body president gave the dedicatory address citing building together and loyalty to principle. Val Frakes 1955 graduate dedicated the building as eight hundred Lawtonians attended. The first production Our Hearts Were Young and Gay opened with tickets obtainable at the box offices.
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Lawton High School
Jerry Brammer
LHS
Val Frakes
Brammer
John Shoemaker
Board of Education
Hugh Bish
Lawton
Paul
Apostle
Timothy
Bish
Shoemaker
Students Tour Southwestern Bell Office
Forty seven Swinney school second grade students toured Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. office Thursday. Mrs. Dorothy Worthen is instructor. The tour climaxed a study in language and use of the telephone. Mothers accompanying the students were Mrs. Lorance White, Mrs. Frank Ray, Mrs. Wendell Phillips, Mrs. Frank Baker and Mrs. Bob McCoy Jr.
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Swinney School
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Dorothy Worthen
Lorance White
Frank Ray
Wendell Philllips
Frank Baker
Bob McCoy Jr
Presidents by the White House job and death myths
A Washington dispatch argues that presidential pay and benefits offset the stress of the office. It notes only six presidents died in office, three by gunfire, and cites an average post‑term life expectancy of 13 years. The piece contends the death myth stems from self pity and political spin.
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White House
Congress
House
Senate
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