Union Strike Call S against NAL Services
A clerical employes union in Miami called a strike against National Airlines for 11:59 p.m. Friday, affecting about 170 workers across routes from Boston to Miami and on to Cuba and Houston. ALAA cited wage disputes and demanded a $54 monthly raise, a one year contract, and opposed six month probationary terms.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
NAL
Air Lines Agents Assn
ALAA
Executive Council
Boston
Cuba
Atlantic Seaboard
Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Victor J. Herbert
J. M. Rosenthal
Lee
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Norfolk
Georgia
Florida
New Orleans
Withdrawal Of AF Tactical Forces Hinted By General White
Gen Thomas D White Air Force chief of staff hinted at a major withdrawal of tactical forces overseas and a pruning of home air forces He told the Air Force Assn that future reliance would be on allied air arms especially in NATO as the Army develops atomic capability and close air support becomes less essential He said duplication of Allied strengths will not advance collective security.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Air Force
Thomas D. White
Air Force Assn
White
America
U.S
Europe
It Was No Cat She Found Out Burglary in Louisville Home
Mrs. Mattie Sanders, 72, reached under her bed to stroke what she thought was a cat but found a burglar's leg. Her nephew Chester Gilbert, 53, helped pursue the intruder, who escaped with $400 in cash and checks from a strong box hidden under the bed.
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Louisville
Mattie Sanders
Eartha Kitt Sued For 200000 Over Club Incident
Third Avenue bar operators file a $200000 suit alleging Eartha Kitt poured champagne on customers and damaged glassware after a $137 bar bill. The complaint names a party of 10 present about 1 a.m. June 5 and says Kantor was slapped. Kitt comments that $137 for a few champagne splits seems excessive and denies a rage.
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New York
Third Avenue
Eartha Kitt
Miss Kitt
E H. Bar and Grill
Harold Kantor
Hughes Tool Co Accused in Trust Suit
The United States government charged Hughes Tool Co Inc of New York and Houston with conspiring with the Alfred Wirth Co of Erkelenz Germany to restrain trade in oil and gas drilling equipment. The civil anti trust suit seeks to void agreements including patent pooling and price fixing and to halt the cross border restraints that limit imports and competitive pricing. The Wirth Co is named as a co conspirator but not a defendant due to lack of US authority to prosecute a foreign firm.
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Washington
Hughes Tool Co., Inc
New York
Houston
Justice Department
Federal District Court
Huchss
Alfred Wirth and Co
Erkelenz
Germany
Wirth
Hughes
Fastern
Wirth Co
U. S
Open Skies plan met with chilly Soviet reaction
London Aug 2 The West proposed sweeping Open Skies aerial and ground inspection over the United States Western Europe and Canada in exchange for full Soviet access to inspect all Soviet territory including satellites Officials said Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin was cool to the plan stressing that suspending nuclear tests should come first Dulles saw Zorin s reaction as less negative than expected Stassen to expand on the plan at the next session and Dulles left for home after talks The accordion system could shrink the zone from all of North America to a saucer shaped Arctic area including Canada Alaska Greenland and Kamchatka Peninsula
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London
United States
Europe
Canada
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Zorin
NATO
U. S
Stassen
Eisenhower
Arctic Circle
Alaska
Greenland
Norway
Arctic Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Senate finishes civil rights bill work amid veto risk
After four weeks of debate the Senate completed work on its milder civil rights bill and set a final vote for next week. President Eisenhower called the jury trial proviso “bitterly disappointing” and warned he might veto if kept. House GOP leaders doubted signficant chance of passage this session. Lyndon Johnson praised the action as strengthening the bill and ensuring voting rights. Continued on page five.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Barrios
Bu Il
House Gop
House
Senate House
Senate Democratic
Lyndon BR. Johnson
Johnson
Weather outlook for Monroe area shows clear to partly cloudy skies
The weatherman forecasts today for Monroe area clear to partly cloudy skies with possible thundershowers. Scattered showers are expected in Louisiana and Arkansas affecting outdoor events. Temperatures little changed. yesterday's high reached 95 and low 73.
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Monroe
Louisiana
Arkansas
Monroe city streets in 34 project near 11 miles improved
W D H Rodriguez says about 10.91 miles of Monroe streets are under 34 project improvement. 8.87 miles by city contract and 2.04 miles by private contracts. Project costs split with property owners. North Second and Pine Street upgrades cited as key work begun on North Second.
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Monroe
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
North Second
Explosion In Subway Train Injures 81
An electrical explosion and fire on a Broad Street subway train at Erie Avenue station in North Philadelphia during the 8:40 a.m. rush injured 81 people, none seriously. A grounded cable tripped circuit breakers, flashing and smoke followed, prompting frantic passengers to smash windows and escape to the platform.
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Philadelphia
Erie Avenue
Broad Street
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Reading
Missing Model Sought After Vanishing Date
Hollywood police seek Judy Ann Van Horn Dull 19 after she failed to return from a modeling date. She left with a man calling himself Johnny Glynn, a roommate says the man posed as a professional photographer, and detectives list the case as missing possibly kidnapping.
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Hollywood
Judy Ann van Horn Dull
Dave Ostraff
Johnny Glynn
Betty Carver
Hoffa linked to sweetheart contracts in New York
Senate Rackets Committee heard testimony tying Teamsters leader James Hoffa and racketeer Johnny Dio to sweetheart contracts exploiting low paid workers in New York. Bertha Nunez described wage raises from $36 to $38 with high initiation fees and weekly dues, plus frequent firings to lift fees. John McNiff named unions aiding cynical employers and said conspiracies could rob workers of honest unionism.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Johnny Din
New York
Dio
Bertha Nunez
Honduras
John McNiff
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists
McNiff
Hoffa
Gene Ridings Joins Jaycees From Houston Texas
Gene Ridings, newly arrived in the Twin Cities from Houston, has joined the Jaycees. A salesman, he graduated from Texas University in 1951 and served four years in the USMC. He is father of three born on December 20. His golf skill is noted as his chief sport. Also noted, Rev and Mrs J T Hastings will visit Monroe on Tuesday August 6 to meet friends, their previous visit being years ago.
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Jaycees
Gene Ridings
Houston
Texas
Twin Cities
Texas University
USMC
Gene
J. T. Hastings
Monroe
Elderly Couple Killed In Wreck Near Kratz Springs
A head on collision on U S 199 about a mile west of Kratz Springs killed an elderly couple. Weston Stelly 24 of Amandsvlle was charged with negligent homicide state police said.
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Krotz Springs
U.S. 199
Kratz Springs
Weston Stelly
Amandsville
Government unveils 500 million soil bank program
The Agriculture Department announced a 500 million dollar soil bank plan for 1945 with a new rule to curb surplus crops. Farmers agreeing to retire land receive payments for reducing planted acres of cotton wheat corn rice and tobacco and must limit total harvested acreage. Civil penalties equal to half payments apply for noncompliance.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Soil Bank
Department
Congress
D. Morse
Haunted House Forces Family To Leave Tulsa Home
In Tulsa Oklahoma Mr and Mrs V Wilkinson and their 12 year old daughter left their home claiming it is haunted by an electrical phenomenon. They described tables and chairs moving and appliances failing including a damaged electric organ and a twice broken refrigerator motor. The Wilkinsons say they have lived there 23 years without incident and are unsettled by possible magnetic fields or other unseen causes. They are moving out today.
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Tulsa
Okla
V. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Congressmen told reducing pills not way to lose weight
In Washington a House Government Operations subcommittee heard Dr. S William Kalb of Newark say diet is the only reliable method to trim pounds. He warned reducing pills massage and exercise do not stop calories and called diet the real answer while noting the profit and danger of pill schemes.
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Washington
House
S. William Kalb
Kalb
Newark
N. J
Fate
Cuban clashes in Oriente Provinces raise deaths and tensions
Government troops clash with Fidel Castro loyalists in two outbreaks near the Sierra Maestra, leaving 13 rebels and two soldiers dead. Army reports say additional soldiers wounded and rebels captured. the battles occur at Bueycito and Peladero. Sen. Rosell seeks withdrawal of U.S. Ambassador Smith for alleged meddling as unrest grows.
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Havana
Cuba
Oriente
Fidel Castro
Bueycito
Peladero
Sierra Maestra
Ernesto Rosell
Congress
U.S
Earl F E. T. Smith
Smith
Santiago
al Rueycito
Peladeron
Sierra Maestras
Mayor Morrison in Surprise Over Grevemberg Remarks
New Orleans August 29 Mayor deLesseps Morrison expressed surprise at former state police Supt Francis Grevemberg opinions on Morrison and police chief Provosty Dayries. Morrison noted Grevemberg has criticized him for years and opposed him in the 1963 governor race while Dayries remains under parish grand jury scrutiny. Morrison defended New Orleans enforcement and contrasted his record with Grevemberg's.
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New Orleans
deLesseps Morrison
Francis Grevemberg
Morrison
Provosty Dayries
Parish
Grevemberg
Dayries
Baton Rouge
Morrison - Dayries
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