AFL Sees Labor Majority in House Amid Convention
The AFL convention forecast labor gains in the House while admitting limited chance for a pro labor majority in the Senate. George Meany opened the meeting with a call to boost turnout, and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell spoke in support of labor goals. Proposals included a 35 hour week and a higher minimum wage, with unemployment cited as the top problem. The gathering noted harmony and a split resolution between carpenters and Machinists as a path to broader AFL peace.
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Los Angeles
American Federation of Labor
Fay
Organized Labor
United States
Sanata
AFL
Labor
Lin Tal
George Meany
Eisenhower
James P. Mitchell
APL
Asoo
AFL Council
Carpenters and Machinists
Meany
New York
Internationals Brotherhood of Longshoremen
International Longshoremen's
Assa
ILA
Convicts Seized After Escape From Atlanta Penitentiary
A convict captured near Buchanan Georgia after escaping with partner Stegall from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary was seized in an abandoned house. A manhunt spread to nearby Haralson County as dogs tracked a second fugitive, Ellis, through fields and a sewer pipe entry at the prison yard. Stegall to be returned to the pen while Ellis remains at large. two others who escaped earlier were recaptured nearby.
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Buchanan, Ga
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Hora
L. BP. Allen
Charles P. Stegall
Haralson
Stegall
George Ellis
John JK. Murm~ford
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atlanta
Ellis
Eilis
George H. Evans
Charles R. Perry
Missing Hunter Found With Horse Near Sangre de Cristo
Tim Pene, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Pene, disappeared Sunday while returning from a hunt on 9940 foot Cuchares Pass, 14 miles south of La Veta. Ranchers Charles Bondino and Eldon Falk found him at 2 15 a.m. wrapped in his saddle blanket deep in a banyan in the rugged Sangre de Cristo mountains after an all night search.
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LA Veta
Colori
Sangra de Cristo Mountains
Tim Pene
Robert Pene
Charles Bondino
Eldon Falk
Cuchares Pass
Here
Knight Opens Active Week in Southland
Governor Goodwin J. Knight brings his campaign to Southern California with plans to host President Eisenhower at the Hollywood Bowl, break ground on two freeways, make multiple addresses, appear on television, join Pomona Fair events, and meet voters across Southland cities. He will greet AFL delegates in Los Angeles and later break ground for the Sepulveda Freeway at Sepulveda and Sunset Boulevards in West Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Gav
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hollywood Bowl
Pomona Fair
Southland
AFL
Sepulveda Freeway
Sepulveda and
Sunset Blvds
West
San Fernando Valley
Rhee Blasts Pro Japan Influence on ROK Aid
South Korea's President Syngman Rhee charges pro Japan Americans are hindering Seoul's economic recovery. He says U.S. aid funds are diverted to Japan and criticizes an inflexible dollar exchange rate and boycott of Japanese goods. An embassy official warns roadblocks could slow the aid program.
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Seoul
Syng
Man Rhee
South Korea
Korea
ROK
Japan
U.S
Wwe
Rhee
Far East
Washington
Roks
U. S
State Revenues Fall as Expenses Rise in Early Fiscal Year
State Controller Robert Kirkwood reported revenues declined by 32 percent in July and August from the prior year while expenses climbed by 5,589,637 in the first two months of the current year. Sales and use taxes fell by 3,653,889, with declines also seen in bank and corporate franchise taxes, income tax, personal income tax, gift tax, and investment and royalty income.
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Sacramentows
Robert Kirkwood
Kirkwood
Puerto Rico defendants report abuse in seditious conspiracy case
Defense attorneys charged that 18 Puerto Rican defendants were beaten and insulted while in custody during a seditious conspiracy case. Rafael Cancel Mirando, 25, was allegedly beaten during a Bronx Jail search. Judge Lumbard ordered an investigation and urged proper treatment for all defendants amid ongoing trial and prior sentences for some.
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New York
Conrad Lynn
I Feceral
Lawrence
Walsh
Rafael Cancel Mirandi
Lynn
Cancel Miranda
Bronx
U.S
J. Edward Lumbard
Cancel Miramla
House of Representatives
Gonzalo Lebron Sotomayor
Guilety
Bar Debates Cutting Juror Hours At California Bar
Delegates from 80 local bar associations at the California State Bar convention consider 835 proposals to reform justice admin. A key idea would limit jurors to two trials under 10 days or one 10 day or longer trial per year while other measures seek to curb mandatory death penalties for certain life prisoners. Superior Judge Ben VY Curter of Lassen County presides as sessions run through Friday.
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Coronado
California State Bar
Conference of California Judges
Ben VY. Curter
Lassen County
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Das Wenneth McFarland
Topeka, Kan
Donald O'Connor
Dixie
Knight
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