Cincinnati Teamsters End 37 Day Strike With New Contract
Cincinnati Teamsters end a 37 day strike that halted about 100 million dollars in private and public building. The agreement with 45 contractors raises wages for regular truck operators to 2.45 and tandem drivers to 2.55, retroactive to June 1 and through July 8 1959, with second year raises of 12 cents. Fringe benefits were not fully included. arbitration was urged by officials and Governor ONeill pressed for a quick settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Cincinnati
Local 100
George Starling
Kentucky
Charles P. Taft
Pocket Phone Put In Use
Bell Telephone Co introduces a pocket radio receiver about cigarette pack size. A central switchboard signals the wearer when wanted. A pre arranged operator dials a number transmitting a radio signal within eight miles to activate four reeds that emit a pleasant whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Casey Jones Fireman Webb Dies At 83 In Tennessee
Simeon T. Webb known as Sim Webb, longtime Jackson Tennessee fireman who rode with Casey Jones on the Cannonball Express, died at 83 in a Memphis hospital after a cancer battle. Webb survived the famous wreck but retired in 1919 after another close call. He had moved to Memphis to live with a daughter before his illness worsened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey Jones
Memphis
Simeon T
Sim) Webb
Jackson
Tenn
Vaughn
Miss
Casey
Webb
Elks Leader Praises Teens at Grand Lodge Session
Fred L. Bohn of Zanesville Ohio Grand Exalted Ruler told San Francisco delegates that today’s teens are capable and that teen problems stem from individual actions. He urged Elks to direct most of their 7 million annual youth welfare funds to developing better understanding of teenage issues and to expand these programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Fred L. Bohn
Zanesville
Ohio
The
Elks
Bohn
Grand Lodge
Hue
Curtis Wright Buys Vast Nevada Site For Missile Testing
Curtiss Wright Corp announces a 150 square mile missile and atomic test site purchase in Nevada with plans to expand beyond 300 square miles. Roy T. Hurley, board chairman, cites potential for missile testing and fuels production with Lake Marelette, Truckee River rights, and water access. Hurley refuses cost details and timelines, noting no firm atomic work plans. The site, largely barren grazing land, lies 30 miles south of Reno toward Virginia City and includes Marelette Lake watershed and associated water rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Nev
Roy T. Hurley
Curtiss Wright Corp
U.S
Hurley
Curtiss Wright
Quehanna
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Franklin
William Penn
Marellette Lake
Virginia City
Truckee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Great Laughall
England
STOWE
Prussa
Bonnefont Saint- Gaudens
France
Cincy
William O'Neill
Taft
James Mackraz
Burton Road
Central Avenue
Grand Avenue
Gideon Road
Middletown
City of
Butler County
Commission
Francis
Doris FE. Kronborg
Cork
Ireland
New York
mid-Atlantic
George Georgioux
Jame
Miami Cement Products, Inc
Seven Mile
Anorther
Kroger
Denier
Attro
Lipton Tea
Ipton Tea
Phos
Seale
ANSCO
Minute Maid
Crear
Columbia
Ace
Colgate’s
Rt . Pre
Mae
Ruler Lands Youth
Curtis Wright
Nevada
Vern Haugland
AP Aviation
Venezuela
Argentina
Brazil
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!