Steel wage pact eyed to ease inflation worries
ABOR industry and the federal government hailed a steel dispute settlement. Union chief David J McDonald said major worker gains were achieved while Vice President Richard M Nixon was credited for brokering the agreement. The package covers 39 cents in wage benefits for 500000 steelworkers over 22 years, with the cost estimated at about one billion dollars, and U S Steel chairman Roger M Blough said prices would likely stay steady in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
ABOR
Industry
David J. McDonald
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Roger M. Blough
U.S. Steel Corp
Blough
New York
David J. MacDonald
Buffalo
Washington
McDonald
USW
N. Y
Nobel Prize author Albert Camus dies in crash
Nobel laureate Albert Camus, a leading French writer, died in a highway crash at age 46. The 1957 prize winner was renowned as a novelist journalist and playwright and was regarded for his clear eyed exploration of human conscience amid postwar confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sens
France
Albert Camus
Camus
Bandit Steals 880 At Andrews Grocery Store Heists
A nervous bandit robbed Mac's Super Market in Andrews Monday evening, forcing manager Edgar Madison to place 880 cash from the register into a sack. He also left 1,300 in other cash behind as he fled, triggering a regional manhunt. Two Odessa suspects were questioned but cleared after store employees could not identify them. The robber, about 31 or 32, wore blue jeans or Ivy League trousers and carried a gun in his jacket pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Andrews
South Plains
Odessa
Edgar Madison
Mac's Super Market
Madison
Madisons
Bearded Wheeling Worker Stays Shaving Until Strike Ends
Jack Swartz of Wheeling West Virginia continues his five month beard growth begun at the start of a marathon walkout. He vowed not to shave until the strike ends and notes he never expected the beard or strike to last this long. Swartz halted shaving on July 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers
Jack Swartz
Wheeling
W. Va
Long Enough Strike End Brings Joy To Steelmen
Jubilant steelworkers their wives and businessmen welcomed news that the long dispute had been settled after a 116 day strike halted by a Taft Hartley Injunction. Phillip Wilding Jones Laughlin Steel said the news was the best New Year’s present. Robert Walsh of the same mill agreed and Mrs Maskiewicz of East McKeesport noted her husband’s Braddock U S Steel boiler shop job eased by the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Pittsburgh
Phillip Wilding
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Dave McDonald
Robert Walsh
Theodore Maskiewicz
East McKeesport
U. S. Steel Corp
Braddock
Icy Front Pushes Snow and Freezing Rain Into South Plains
A cold front bringing snow and freezing rain moved into western South Plains areas with Hobbs and Clovis reporting snow and drizzle. Temperatures were expected to fall to near 26, with further wintry precipitation likely through the day. Abilene Midland Big Spring saw rain, while Clovis Hobbs recorded snow and Whiteface began snow at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Hobbs
Clovis
Lubbock
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Midland
Big Spring
Texas
Lindale
Tyler
Brownsville
Dalhart
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Vies ST
Phl
Pal
el Paso
Albuquerque
Houston
Amanila
Dallas
Osis
Roswell
Denver
W. Falls
Nixon Stock Boost From Steel SettlementEyed as Path to Presidency
The steel contract settlement credited to Vice President Nixon and Labor Secretary Mitchell could boost Nixon's bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Eisenhower reportedly delegated a leadership role to Nixon, with industry and union leaders praising the agreement, while rising steel prices risk undermining gains if costs surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
James P. Mitchell
Kansas family mass murder linked to robbery scheme
In Finney County Kansas prosecutors charge Richard Hickock and Perry Smith with four counts of first degree murder in the Clutter family killings. An unnamed former prison associate is identified as their accomplice. A May 9 term trial is anticipated, with possible death penalty consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche-Journal
Arden City
Kan
Las Vegas
Nev
Richard Eugene Hickock
Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Herb Clutter
Finney County
Duane West
Clutter
Smith
Three Workers Die In Seattle Apartment Cave In
A Seattle cave in at an apartment house excavation killed three workers, including Stanford University student Richard K. Johnson, 20, son of a Bremerton judge. The victims Dan Griffin and William Berdahl died while digging foundation footings as a bank section collapsed 35 feet wide, 20 feet high, and 2 1/2 feet thick without warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Stanford University
Europe
Richard K. Johnson
Superior Court
Olaf John‘sen
Bremerton
Dan Grifffin
William Berdahl
Tucson Real Estate Developer Found Garroted In Car Trunk
Las Angeles and Tucson real estate figure Lewis Sirotta, 49, was found dead in the trunk of his 1958 white Oldsmobile near the Tucson Mountains after his wife reported a missing person. Police say neck bruising and autopsy indicate garroting, with no garrote found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Lewis Sirotta
Los Angeles
Bernard Garmire
Sirotta
Frank Galmese
Tucson Mountains
Jim McDonald
McDonald
Louis Rirach
Bigamist: The man who de serves his two mothers in law
The item humorously defines a bigamist as a man who deserves his two mothers in law because he did not trouble to obtain a divorce. The quip plays on family relations and the legal tangles of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigamist
Daniel Pledges Reelection to Complete Unfinished Business
Texas Governor Price Daniel announces his bid for a third term to finish his program. He calls for improved public schools with a teacher pay raise, equitable taxes, water planning reform, stronger law enforcement, highway safety laws, and regulation of small loans. He hints at a special session and argues the 1959 legislature left many measures undone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Cheavens Aren
Price Daniel
Daniel
Texas
Water Board
Allergy study shows Alaska not immune to sneezes
Air Force study analyzes 28 allergy cases at Ladd Air Force Base Fairbanks and a Fairbanks pollen survey. Researchers note preexisting allergies to trees grasses ragweed dust and pets, with Alaska’s climate and housing factors increasing exposure to allergens and contributing to asthma and rhinitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ashington
Air Force
Alaska
America
Roland W. Moskowitz
Moskowitz
Armed Forces Medical Journal
Air Force Hospital
Ladd Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Mayo Foundation
Alaskan
New Year Traffic Toll Sets All-Time Record
Across a 78 hour New Year weekend 374 people died in vehicle crashes while 63 perished in fires and 76 in other accidents for a total of 513 fatalities. The tally sets a new three day record matching the 1955-56 high for overall deaths with traffic falling short of Christmas weekend by 119.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union
Eisenhower
Mitchell
David J. ‘McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
Kansas
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!