Minimum Wage Boost Hinted At One Dollar An Hour
Washington reports House Labor Committee leaders predict approval of a federal minimum wage increase from 25 cents to at least one dollar an hour. President Eisenhower seeks a 30 cent rise. senators debate phased or immediate boosts and broader coverage.
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Eisenhower
Barden
DNC
Isenhower
Congress
Senate
Sen
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Unionists Protest Bridges Prosecution Reach 60,000 Signatures
San Francisco officials of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union announced about 60,000 union members signed petitions opposing the prosecution of ILWU President Harry Bridges. A nine man ILWU delegation will present petitions to President Eisenhower on Monday as about 17,000 longshoremen along the Pacific Coast plan a 24 hour work stoppage in protest of government efforts to strip Bridges of his citizen status.
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International Longhoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
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Harry Bridges
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Pacific Coast
Bridges
Robbers Hit Twice in L A in 24 Hours
A Los Angeles pair of robberies occurred within a day. In a Bellflower theater parking lot a getaway car was stolen Monday night and later found by police. A warehouse holdup followed, a quiet man about five feet eight inches tall wearing a brown suit threatened staff with a .88 caliber revolver and demanded cash.
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Freed Fliers Reach Hawaii Press Conference Tonight
The four released fliers will speak at a Hawaii press conference at 4 p m local time with no strings attached. They will be brought to Tripler General Hospital for medical checks and are expected to remain about five days before returning to the mainland. Meanwhile U N Secretary General Hammarskjold renewed efforts to free 11 American aviators still held in Red Chinese prisons and Washington officials said the government remains determined to secure all releases.
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Lattimore Case Sees New Appeal Over Indictment
The U S Court of Appeals weighs government move to reinstate a two count indictment against Owen Lattimore in the long running perjury case. Judge Youngdahl threw out the charges as formless and obscure while Lattimore, a former State Department consultant, has denied disloyalty accusations amid McCarthy era scrutiny.
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Owen Lattimore
U.S. Court of Appeal
Luther W. Youngdad
Lattimore
State Department
Senate Internal Security
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McCarthy
Rwis
Pat Me. Carran
D-Nev
Mono Jurist Assigned to Collinses Retrial
Superior Judge Walter R. Evans of Mono County was assigned to hear the retrial of former Assembly speaker Sam L. Collins and his son Sam E. Collins on charges of conspiracy to commit grand theft and grand theft in connection with a Buena area case.
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Walter R. Evans
Mono County
Assembly
Sam L. Collins
Sam E
Buenadi
Coeds Face Disciplinary Action Over Unauthorized Cabin Visit
Thirty University of Colorado coeds faced discipline after spending a night in a mountain cabin with Sigma Nu fraternity men. A university official said the trip would have been allowed if properly authorized, but it was not.
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University of Colorado
Sigma Nu
Japanese Socialists to Tour U.S. and Russia
The Japanese Socialist Party said it plans to send food relief missions to the United States and the Soviet Union late this month. The party, with 88 Diet seats and the third largest in Japan, stated the governments had informally consented to receive the missions and aims to educate a neutral course.
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United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Michigan Hikes Gas Tax To Fund Expansion Plan
In Lansing Michigan an 11 cent per gallon gas tax increase took effect to support a 33 million dollar annual highway expansion program backed by state finance officials.
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Lansing
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