AFL-CIO raps federal meddling at labor convention
In Atlantic City the AFL-CIO, after expelling three unions including the Teamsters, pushed a hard line against government interference. Delegates backed few Eisenhower proposals, condemned Senate committees for anti-labor bias, and welcomed a new bakery workers union charter. Labor Secretary Mitchell previewed next month’s labor law package. measures include policing of unions and welfare funds, Taft-Hartley amendments, and secret ballot elections.
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N.J
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union
Eisenhower
Senate
Backets
George Meany
Meany
American Bakery and Confectionery Workers
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Carl Curtis
Nebresi
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
James P. Mitchell
Congress
Commissioner of Labor
Odessa Groups Prepare for Sun Carnival in El Paso
Four Odessa College groups join the Sun Carnival events in El Paso for the Sun Bowl parade and halftime show on January 1. Las Senoritas de las Rosas, the college Honor Guard, Los Caballeros, and the Rebel Wrangler Band will travel December 3 and return after New Year’s Day at Kidd Field Texas Western College.
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Odessa
el Paso
Yeear
Las Senoritas de Las Rosas
College Honor Guard
Los Caballeros
Rebel Wrangler
Kidd Field
Texas Western College
Regional forecast for Texas and Oklahoma regionwide
Regional forecast from United Press notes east and south central Texas will be clear to partly cloudy and warmer today, while north central Texas stays generally fair and warmer. West Texas remains fair and mild through Saturday. Oklahoma forecast is fair with a cooler northwest and warmer east today. cool tonight and mild Saturday. Lows range 20 to 30 degrees, and notes a distance remark: Mount Whitney and Death Valley are 53 miles apart.
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United Press
Texas
West Texas
Oklahoma
Mount Whitney
California
United States
Death Valley
Texas Warmth Against Freezes Across the South
The Associated Press reports that Northwest Texas faced more freezing temperatures while most of the state enjoyed warm weather. Dalhart Wink Lubbock Childress and El Paso saw subfreezing readings, Galveston reached 60, with no rain expected. Citrus and crops faced possible freeze damage, two deaths were attributed to the cold, and relief from the historic freeze was anticipated.
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Lufkin
Dalhart
Wink
Lubbock
Childress
EL Paso
Galveston
Rio Grande Valley
W. H. Friend
Weslaco
Ben Williams
Bonham
Charlie Lewis
Houston
Minnesota
Great Lakes
North Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Fifth Amendment questions loom at Apalachin meeting
Albany reports that mob figures refused to testify about the Apalachin gathering. Big John Ormento invoked the Fifth 18 times as other delegates including Joe Profaci Joseph Falcone and Joseph Barbara Jr were summoned. State police had little on dinner talk, while Barbara and Montana sought exemptions due to illness.
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Albany
N. Y
Big John Ormento
Tiny Apalachin
Ormento
Lido Beach
Long Island
Big John
Joe Profaci
Brooklyn
Joseph Falcone
Utica
Joseph Barbara Jr
Young Barbara
Binghamton
Ormente
William Horan
Barbara
John C. Montana
Buffalo
Beck And Hoffa Subpenaed For Federal Trial
Washington UPI reporting that Teamster leaders Dave Beck and James R. Hoffa were subpoenaed as witnesses in a federal case alleging Hoffa rigged the 1937 Miami Beach Teamster Convention to secure his presidency. Beck faces income tax evasion trial in Seattle while Hoffa faces wiretap charges in New York. A Connecticut group of rank and file members seek a court order prohibiting Hoffa from taking office.
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James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamster
Teamsters
Beck
Connecticut
Thomas Dodd
Dodd
Seattle
Wash
New York City
Miami Beach
Fla
Federal District Court
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