Pittsburgh Steel Begins Shutdown as Strike Looms
The United Steelworkers serve five day notice to strike Pittsburgh Steel Co over incentive wage scales. The shutdown affects five plants and could idle about 7,700 workers in Monessen Allenport Warren Akron and Worcester. Negotiations over pay scales have continued for months with prior joint committee findings rejected by the union.
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Old Democrat Mule Carries Campaign in Pulaski Race
Giles County magistrate candidate Squire Sterling Stovall credits “old Huldah” the Democrat mule for much of his campaign success. Stovall nears his List birthday and hopes to complete 40 years as magistrate. Campaign expenses total $2.75 for printed cards. He will earn $50 yearly if he attends all four county court sessions.
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Giles County
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Old Huldah
Tennessee
James Stevenson
Fidel Aide Flees Cuba Reaches Key West for Asylum
Rau Chivas the Cuban revolution treasurer and railroad administrator defected to the United States arriving in Key West aboard a 17 foot boat. Ex associates say growing discontent with Castro's communistic leanings prompted the defection. Diaz Lanz recalls guiding Chivas to the Sierra Maestra in 1958 to join Castro.
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Fidel Castro
United States
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Fulgenci Batista
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Miami
New York
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Sierra Maestra
Powers family gets visas to Moscow for U2 pilot trial
Francis Gary Powers's relatives received Soviet visas to travel to Moscow ahead of his spy trial. Oliver Powers said the group plans to arrive Aug. 15, two days before the Aug. 17 start of the trial, but family members will be barred from seeing him until after the proceedings.
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Amer
Russia
Eleanor Roosevelt backs Stevenson for secretary of state
Chicago AP Eleanor Roosevelt said she would like Adlai E. Stevenson as secretary of state in a Democratic administration. She called him better suited for the role than Chester Bowles, while noting Bowles could serve as ambassador at large tied to the president and secretary of state, possibly in UN matters.
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