Westinghouse Locals Back Nationwide CIO Walkout Vote
Eight Westinghouse Electric plants join the nationwide strike vote as CIO IUE Local 601 backs the East Pittsburgh dispute. Local results show strong support with several plants voting to strike though two thirds nationwide are required to authorize. Plant actions include time study disputes and mass layoffs at East Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Conference Board
Cio-Iue
East Pittsburgh
Bloomfield
N. J
Edison
N. 1
Trenton
Columbus
Lima
Cleveland
Newark
Fairmont
W. Va
Mansfield
CLO
Jersey City
Cold Night Marks 42 Degree Low in Hocking County
Hocking County recorded a 42 degree low after a cold night. Temperatures rose to 63 by 9 am and 74 by 11 30 am with yesterday's high at 80 degrees by 3 30 p.m. Fair, cooling tonight, but a warmer Friday expected.
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Hocking County
Floods Hit Japan Kill Three in Eastern Hokkaido
Kyodo News says floods raging in eastern Hokkaido have killed at least three people and swamped more than 1,000 houses as the disaster unfolds.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
Kyodo
Fire Fighters Injured In Pacific Woods Fire
Ten fire fighters were burned and one missing in California and Oregon as multiple timber fires spread across the Pacific Coast. Foreman David Robb and nine Mexican volunteers were among those injured near Santa Barbara while crews fought to keep fires from surrounding towns.
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San Francisco
California
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Round Butte
David Robb
Santa Barbara
Calif
Yreka
Klamath Forest
Klamath
Three Men Die In Rail Mishap Near Chillicothe
A westbound Baltimore and Ohio express hit a pickup at a crossing near Chillicothe last night killing three men in the vehicle and derailing most of the train. Five others were injured, including postal clerks Wayman McCullough Stanton Sims and Russ Abel, all listed in good condition, while Frederick Davis 59 of Newark was critically hurt with a broken back.
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Chillicothe
Baltimore & Ohio Express
Here
State Highway Patrol
David Raynor
Wellston
Lowell Speakman
Pete Baker
Ray
Frederick Davis
Newark
Chillicothe Hospital
Lowell Martin
McArthur
Wayman McCullough
Greenfield
Stanton Sims
Parkersburg
W. Va
Russ Abel
Ardley Miller
Charles Shook
Davis
McCullough
Cincinnati
Toledo
P. P. Glen
Farmer Killed in Tractor Accident Near Higginsport
Charles L Lair, 60, died yesterday when his tractor tipped and pinned him beneath the machine two miles north of Higginsport in Brown County.
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Higginsport
Charles L Lair
Brown County
Polio cases show peak reached in 1955, public health says
Public Health Service reports 2033 polio cases in the week ending Sept 3 with Nebraska and Montana missing data. Year to date totals run 16182 cases, 5615 paralytic, against 19205 and 7018 paralytic in 1954. Massachusetts leads new cases while vaccine postcodes caution against judging vaccine efficacy from early post vaccination reports.
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Montana
Mountain States
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
New England
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Communicable Disease Center
the Health Service
Grand Opening Of Canteen Slated Friday
The Skippers a Columbus band will play from 9 p.m. to midnight at the grand opening of the Logan Teen Age Canteen in the Elks building Friday Sept 9. The canteen opens at 8 p.m. with 25 cent admission and no charge for parents.
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The
Skippers
Columbus
Logan
Elks Building
the Elks, Ladies Emblem Club
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs of
Anti Segregation Backers Fired From Jobs In Alabama
In Selma Alabama signers of a petition for racially mixed classrooms report job losses as “economic reprisals” by white employers. About 16 of 29 signers allegedly fired after petition filing with the Dallas County School Board. NAACP and White Citizens Council leaders comment on pressure and follow Mississippi patterns. Some signers offered to remove their names to keep jobs.
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Alabama
Selma
Ala
Dallas County School Board
Mississippi
Michigan Asks 15 Day Stall On License Tag War
Ohio Governor Lausche says he concurs with Michigans 15 day extension request amid talks with Michigan Governor Williams to avoid abrupt end to motor vehicle reciprocity. Court action in Columbus seeks to block termination of the pact as Ohio warns of axle tax enforcement and broader state disruptions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Michigan
Ilinois
Lansing
Mich
John WH. McCarthy
Michigan Highway Reciprocity Board
Ohio Reciprocity Board
G. Mennen Williams
Lausche
Robert L. Moulton
Ohio Board
Oho
Indiana
West Virginia
East Dock Strike Spreads to Baltimore and Beyond
A longshoremen’s walkout costing New York port about 1 million dollars daily spread to Baltimore where 7,100 dockers stayed off work. ILA leaders demand talks with Governors Hariman and Meyner to resolve a dispute over the bi state Waterfront Commission amid a court order seeking to restrain strikes.
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New York
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
Canada
Texas
Bradley
New Jersey
Averell Harriman
Robert Meyner
New York New Jersey Waterfront Commission
New York Waterfront
Bi State Commission
State Supreme Court
Waterfront Commission
Albany
Trenton
County School Enrollment Undetermined
Enrollment for six Fast Hocking district schools stood at 1 052 today with Enterprise yet to report Its last fall total was 125 and overall district opening day enrollment was 1 232 last year West Hocking and Starr Washington districts posted declines compared with 1954 West Logan Gore Green Marion Murray City and Carbon Hill figures for East Hocking are listed for this year with last fall 1954 comparisons included
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East Hocking
West Logan
Gore
Green Elementary
Marion
Murray City
Carbon Hill
Green
Miss Hawaii Leads Miss America 1956 Prelims
In Atlantic City Barbara Maria Vieira a 22 year old Hawaii beauty and Honolulu hula dancer held an early lead as Miss America 1956 pageant began with a swimsuit preliminary. Miss Alabama Patricia Byrd Huddleston won the talent division with Verdi aria.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tropics
Hawaii
Barbara Maria Vieira
Honolulu
Alabama
Patricia Byrd Huddleston
Clanton
Bridge opening brings Ohio WV officials together
In Wheeling West Virginia Ohio and West Virginia top government leaders gathered to celebrate the opening of a new bridge costing 6.8 million dollars after four years of construction.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Military Uses Brainwashing To Toughen U S GIs
U S military training allegedly uses harsh brainwashing to harden servicemen for potential POW captivity. Reports cite blindfolding, long forced marches, sleep and water deprivation, and psychological pressure across branches to prepare for captivity, escape and evasion drills.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Newsweek Magazine
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Nev
Newsweek
Paw Sparkett
Navy
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Army
VL. Bragg
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