Lear Siegler Plant Struck In Maple Heights
AP reports a strike by 550 Lear Siegler Inc power equipment workers in suburban Maple Heights. Represented by Local 54 IAM, they walked out after the company shifted to an hourly wage base from a piecework plan, with a new offer of 260 cents per hour deemed insufficient. An IAM official notes the wage change and ongoing contract dispute.
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Lear Siegler, Inc
Maple Heights
Local 54
International Association of Machinists
Nick
Chave
IAM
Colorado legislator Caywood to get keys out of car
Sanctioned inside for Canon City, Colo. AP reports Star Caywood, a Colorado legislator, locked his keys in his car during a prison visit with other legislators. Warden Harry Tinsley called for a prisoner with experience in handling jocks and Caywood had his keys inside 10 minutes.
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Canon City
Colo
Caywood
Colorado
Harry Tinsley
Carwood
The Mississippi Flood of 1950s Midwest Courage and Loss
An evocative portrait of the Mississippi River flood sweeping Minnesota through Missouri, detailing efforts by ordinary residents to hold back waters. It highlights acts of heroism, community sharing, and fatigue as towns like Clinton Iowa and Dubuque endure dikes, sandbags, and peril, ending with cautious optimism amid destruction.
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Mississippi
Upper
Midwest
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Fulton
Clinton
Charley Scherrer
Dubuque
West Germans Struggle as Border Division Harms Economy
Prosperous West Germany faces a depressed border region as 38 districts near Czechoslovakia and East Germany lose population while overall growth lags. Officials say the frontier area, about one fifth of the land, suffers from isolation, high border security, and state aid totaling 50 million dollars yearly to reduce freight costs, attract investment, and spur industry. Local leaders demand deeper action to prevent economic lag and preserve reunification prospects.
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Fulda
Germany
West Germany
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Edward Stieler
Walter Ulbricht
Bad Hersfeld
Ediwin Zerbe
Ex-Pilot Had Urge To Fly
Ex-pilot James A. Ashdown, 4, now an advertising salesman, allegedly stole a World War II B25 bomber and performed a tree-top flight along Waikiki Beach alarming hotel guests. FAA official says such flying is frowned upon. Ashdown landed at Honolulu airport and was charged with plane theft. bomber belonged to his former employer. He was injured in a collision with a radio tower, sustaining a cheek wound.
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Honolulu
James A. Ashdown
Waikiki Beach
Federal Aviation Agency
Gilbert McCoy
FAA
Ashdown
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Lear Siegler
Cleveland
Alaska
Rhode Island
By Ron Speer
Scherrer
Rock Island
Chicago
Muscatine
Coast Guardsman
Middletown
B.T.A
Wrea
So. Breiel Blvd
Middletown Shopping Plaza
Ritely
Iron Curtain
Aiwa
Central Ave
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