Strike Warning Threatens Rail Labor Stoppage Clash Over Pension Pact
G and Leighty of the Railway Labor Executives Association warns eight major railroads of possible strikes amid disputes over binding authority to finalize pension commitments. Unions accuse James Wolfe of retracting a $30 million yearly retirement pact. negotiators seek irrevocable authority to prevent service disruption and impasses in rail talks.
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G. &. Leighty
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
James E. Wolfe
Wolfe
Bold plan to move welfare recipients off rolls in Monmouth County
Monmouth County New Jersey launches BOLD program to convert 500 to 600 welfare recipients into earners with a $589,000 federal grant. Beginning June 20, clients enter four phases: education to enable job training, work experience, skill training, and job placement, with no coercion used. The aim is long term self support benefiting taxpayers and recipients.
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Monmouth County
New Jersey
County Welfare Board
Draft Dodgers in Canada Greeted with Reluctant Extradition
The piece notes hundreds of American draft dodgers living in Canada who refuse extradition. It argues for some method to deter their return at age 31, when they could repatriate without citizenship loss. The author offers Canada as the final out for these individuals.
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Canada
U.S
United States
Uncle Sam
For My Part By Ray Cromley
A Colombia salesman Jose Ortega recounts distributing anti Castro literature in towns after elections. He details confiscation by police, three days jail, and eventual release after officials review pamphlets. He asks for more literature, warning Castro’s agents could seize him.
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Washington
NEA
Jose Ortega
Colombia
Castro
Cuba
Frederick City Election Calls for Voters to Cast Ballot
Joe Eisenhauer urges Frederick citizens to vote next Tuesday June 14 for a new mayor and aldermen. He frames city governance as a household task and stresses civic duty, referencing polling sites at the State Armory Staley Field House and the South End Civic Association Building.
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Frederick
City Hall
State Armory
Staley Field House
South End Civic Association
The Poor Man's Philosopher By Hal Boyle
New York AP column summarizes curious social trends and quirks. It notes 122 million Americans saw doctors last year, women outnumbering men, rising centenarians, and advances in understanding wrinkles. It also covers sales timing, growing motor vehicle drivers, bankruptcies, sleep movement, peanut butter origin, juvenile delinquency research, sun-related blisters, and the explosive growth of the federal budget from 3.5 billion to nearly 100 billion in three decades.
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New York
Listen Magazine
U.S
Fifty Years Ago News From The News-Post Files June 1 1916
Fifty years ago the News-Post notes Russian advances in Volhynia and Galicia with 400 officers and 35,000 prisoners, 30 guns and great booty. Frederick prepares for a municipal election with polls 8 am to 6 pm amid unusual conditions including colored male voting restoration and a light plant issue potentially splitting the ticket.
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Volhynia
Galicia
Frederick
Surprising turnout marked 1946 municipal election progress
A heavy morning vote in Frederick's municipal election raised expectations of near 90 percent turnout by 6 pm. With 5,438 registered voters, officials anticipated totals around 5,000, but lag time in counting could push final results to late tonight. Also, about 60 Frederick County women registered for the Rural Women's Short Course at the University of Maryland College Park.
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Fred.erick County
University of Maryland At
College Park
Lou Davis
Miriam Leiter
Mehr H. Ramsburg
Lewistown
Frederick County
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Hal Boyle
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