Steel Town Violence Strikes Lone Star Plant Area
Non-strikers carried arms to and from the Lone Star Steel Co plant near Daingerfield Texas after a blast shook the area. The 40 day strike has left the region tense with 40 to 70 officers on duty. A 24 year old worker and a 26 year old man were beaten in separate incidents.
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Daingerfield
Tex
Lone Star Steel Co
Here
James Landers
L. D. Webster
Dallas
Lone Star Steel
Texas
Morris County Dist
Harry Williams
Lone Star Lake
East
Texas Rangers
Ed Ball
Houston
United Steelworkers Union
Teamsters face suspension order and Hoffa leadership crisis
Washington AP reports Teamsters Union chiefs weigh a response to an AFL CIO suspension order and a looming clean‑up ultimatum. Hoffa's camp debates convening a new convention as Letts prepares a trial date. Hoffa faces related perjury indictments and wiretap conspiracy probes in New York.
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Washington
Teamsters
Aflcio
James R. Hoffa
Hoffy
Dave Beck
Teamsters Ar Premeal
S. Court of ‘Appeals
Federal Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
Hoffa
Letts
Miami Beach
Fla
New York Teamsters
New York
Mennen executive denies payoffs linked to labor dispute
George Mennen testifies before the Senate Rackets Committee that the Mennen Co did not participate in or conspire with labor union busting. He describes a 1951 Morristown strike led by AFL Local 102 tied to racketeer Johnny Dio and a proposed $15,000 settlement offer that was rejected.
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Washington
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Mennen Co
Williams
Wiliams
Mennen
Morristown
N. J
AFL
United Autos Workers
Johnny Dio
Zachman
Menken
West Side
Manhattan
Human life span near its biological limit says NYU expert
Dr. Morris Rockstein of New York University told the Gerontological Society that humanity may have reached the maximum potential length of life. He cited heredity as a key constraint and noted that living conditions such as climate diet and marriage can extend life toward that inherited limit.
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Cleveland
Morris Rockstein
New York University
Gerontological Society
Rockstein
Beer mixup shocks Mansfield patrols
A father told police his child returned with three bottles of beer in a Halloween bag. Officers located the donor who admitted he ran out of candy and cookies and gave the kids beer to take home to their fathers.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Anti-Union Specialist Uncovered in Flint Case
Washington testimony details a $2,000 1954 payment to Flint Allstate agent John Carreras to lead an anti-union effort against a union organizing drive. The committee linked the action to Labor Relations Associates of Chicago run by Nathan Shefferman, a noted union busting specialist. The AFL insurance agents union failed 54 to 39 in Michigan.
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Washington
Flint, Mich
John
Jack) Carreras
Flint
Allstate Insurance Co
Michigan
Nathan Snefferman
Labor Relations Associates of Chicago
Shefferman
Robert F. Kennedy
Henry Moser
Evanston
All-State
AFL International Union of Insurance Agents
Allstate
Fred Wheeler
Glen Ellyn
Jack Johnson
Detroit
Carreras
Moser
Labor Relations Associates
McClellan
D-Ark
Crosley Division names Francis J Reith president
Francis J Jack Reith named president of the Crosley Division Avco Manufacturing. Reith, previously vice president of Arco, succeeds Chester G Gifford who resigns to pursue other business opportunities.
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Crosley
Cincinnati
Francis J
Jack) Reith
Avco Manufacturing Industry
Reith
Arco
Chester G. Gifford
UN seeks compromise in Turk Syrian feud
At the United Nations a move to ease Turkey Syria tension gains support while rival resolutions fail. Russia and Syria abroad signal a cooling crisis over Russian aid and Turkish troop moves. Hammarskjold may mediate or issue a statement as a watered down fact finding approach is urged.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
Turkey
Syria
United States
Russia
U.N
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
82-Nation Assembly
Severi Nation
Hammam Skjold
Zhukov Faces Sharp Rebuke in Soviet Crisis
Rome based Communist party organ reports Italy that Moscow’s Communist leadership plans a severe verdict against Marshal Georgi Zhukov. L Unita correspondent notes the Central Committee Presidium concluded a two day session on the ousted defense minister’s case Tuesday night.
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Rome
Italy
Communist Party
Russia
Georgi Zhukov
Moscow
L’unita
Communist Party Central Committee
Cooler weather moves into Miami Valley with clearing skies
A weak ridge passing through the Miami Valley brings clearing skies and cooler temperatures. The forecast calls for a high around 50 degrees and a low near 40 tonight. Friday cooler with possible afternoon rain and mostly cloudy skies. Middletown’s high Wednesday was 52 and the early morning low was 47. Rainfall last night totaled 11 inches.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Treasury To Honor Debt Limit In Narrow Margin
Treasury officials say they will stay within the 275 billion dollar debt limit barring unforeseen emergencies and do not anticipate a defense spending push to raise the cap. The debt stands about 900 million under the limit with a $4 billion cash reserve, and projections show it near the ceiling before spring tax payments ease funds. Eisenhower notes Congress did not authorize another temporary boost, a view echoed by Humphrey and Anderson with White House backing.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Eisenhower
Heads will roll for this one in Auburn rally flyer
The Democratic party sent postcard invites for a city rally and printed a last line urging voters to "vote row A all the way" on Tuesday November 5. Row A marks Republican candidates on the voting machines.
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Auburn
N.Y
Democratic Party
Floods Reach Central Greece Forcing Village Evacuations
Floods after three days of rain force evacuations across central Greece as authorities urge residents to move to safer areas. Officials report damage to homes and roads in multiple villages around Athens and surrounding prefectures.
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Athens
Greece
Whatnik Purged as Fakenik by American Joker
A three foot long whatnik with fins and a spinner was found by a motorist beside a mountain highway and turned to authorities. Officials said the object was built from American surplus parts and likely planted by a practical joker who read too many space stories.
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Air Force
Soviets plan bigger satellite for Sputnik anniversary
Russia reportedly aims to launch a larger earth satellite on November 7, the Bolshevik Revolution’s 40th anniversary, despite doubts about the date. The United States conducted a missile test at Cape Canaveral, and experts predicted Sputnik’s orbit could decay within weeks.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Cape Canvaeral
Fla
Carrier Rock
Sputnik
Radio Moscow
Sputniks
Cambridge
Mass
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Air Force
Donald L. Putt
Rich Negro family to move into all white neighborhood
Georgia state senator A A Foel and the American Resettlement Foundation plan to relocate a wealthy Southern Negro family to an exclusive Northern area within 60 days. The home valued at 75000 will be rented for 1 a year. Attorneys will aid residents if neighbors oppose the move.
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Augusta
Chronicle
A. A. Foel
Georgia
South
Fowler
Roy V. Harris
Allan Kemper
American Resettlement Foundation Inc
Boss Visits Hospital Worker In Office Humor Tone
The boss visits the ailing employee in the hospital and jokes that everyone at the office will pitch in and do the work once they figure out what he has been doing, capturing a light newsroom chuckle.
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George
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