Truckers Win Three Part Wage and Mileage Hike Pact
Chicago trucking firms and 12 midwestern states reach a three year pay and mileage rate agreement for 58,000 drivers and operators. Effective Feb 1 the hourly wage rises 10 cents to 2.07 with two extra 8 cent bumps by 1957 and mileage rates gain 4 cents annually. Minimum weekly pay and extended vacation provisions are included with Tulsa and Louisville added to coverage.
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Chicago
ATL Teamsters Union
Tulsa
Okla
Louisville
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nort Dakota
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Kansas
Seal Conducted Back to Beach
In Long Beach California Samuel F Ashbrook and his wife Edith heard a knock at their upstairs apartment door. A golden fur seal appeared and entered after a few gestures. Ashbrook retrieved his belt and walked the seal down stairs to Seal Beach. An animal shelter officer escorted the seal to the ocean. The seal swam away. The passage notes a 1940s U.S. housing growth of 6,100,000 new families, or 19 percent.
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Long Beach
Calif
Samuel F. Ashbrook
Edith
Ashbrook
Anima
Seal Beach
Threat on Senator McCarthy prompts police guard
Sen. McCarthy returned from an undisclosed mission to learn a neighbor reported a telephone warning that the senator would be blown up. A police guard was stationed at the home as the caller, described as a man with a foreign voice, warned the premises be vacated. McCarthy called it the work of a crackpot and offered no location of his recent trip.
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Washington Wi
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
George W. Ennis
Cate
Joe McCarthy
Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
World Wide News Briefs Parcels of varied Indochina outbreaks and global s
A French army sergeant returning from Indochina is blamed for a Brittany smallpox outbreak with four deaths and 40 cases. In Tunis Moslem groups attacked Jewish shops, forcing closures but causing no injuries. In Formosa a street playboy avoided theft charges while police hunt for a missing raincoat. Nationalist air force reported successful three wave bombings on Communist Toumen and Tienao islands, with planes returning. In Seoul, leaders propose an austerity code restricting attire and luxury goods plus bans on bars, jewelry, and various imports. government workers face no coffee breaks.
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Indochina
Brittany
Vannessas
Taipeh
Formosanti
China
Toumen
Tienao J Islands
Formosa
Red
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
State Council
Do You Know Christmas Customs Long Predate Christ
Do You Know explores how Christmas practices like gift exchange and evergreen decorations echo ancient Saturnalia customs from Rome before Christian era. The piece notes horses introduced to Egypt by Hyksos kings in the 17th century BC, illustrating long historical interconnections of cultural traditions.
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Egypt
Slayer Chessman Granted Fifth Stay of Execution
SAN FRANCISCO Daryl Chessman, convicted in 1948 for kidnapping and attempted rape in Los Angeles, was granted his fifth reprieve by Judge William Denman of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A hearing before the 16th Circuit is expected in about two months to review the habeas petition from his long legal battle, with multiple denials from the Supreme Court and lower courts cited.
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San Francisco
Daryl Chessman
Los Angeles
San Quentin
William Denman
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chessman
U.S. Supreme Court
16Th Circuit Court
Federal Dist
Louis E.goodman
Goodman
U.S. District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Federal ‘District Court
State Supreme Court
U.S. District Court
Lowest Hog Prices in Past Two Years
Kansas City markets show a steady price decline with top bids at 17.50 per hundredweight. Analysts expect a seasonal rebound in March or April but not to reach last year’s peak.
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Kansas City
Richmond Family Dinners Highlight Weekend Socials
Mr and Mrs Steve Hoelscher hosted a family dinner with many relatives visiting from around Kansas. Attendees included Charles Hoelscher, Clarence Hermrecks from Wichita, Tom Warner, Sally Gilstrap, Kenneth Pickett from Lawrence, Herman Hermreck, Warren Yackles, Fred Pickett, Lee and Virgil Hermreck, among others.
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Steve Hoelscher
Charles Hoelscher
Clarence Hermrecks
Wichita
Tom Warner
Sally Gilstrap
Kenneth Pickett Lawrence
Herman Hermreck
Warren Yackles
Fred
Picketts
Lee
Virgil Hermrecks
Josie Brown
Bob Browns
Will Sieveke
Eugene
Oregon
John Falls
Garnett
Charley Smith
Frank Hahner
Shawnee
The
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Sunday visitors and theater trip noted in local column
Sunday guests included Art and Mrs Clarence Gault and Daisy with Mrs Reid Freese and Leon in Lawrence. Leon attended a King David presentation at Hoch auditorium. Others visited relatives and attended church or social gatherings at homes in Garnett Paola and Overland Park.
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Art
Clarence Gault
Daisy
Reid Freese
Leon
Lawrence
Freese
Roy Hirst
Hoch Auditorium
Bud” Holleran
Garnett
Josie Brown
Henry Mersman
Frank Myers
Fords
Homewood
Frank Gerhold
Paola
George M. Dietrich
Overland Park
Killer Dies In Electric Chair In Texas
Donald Hawkins Brown aged 24 died in the electric chair in Huntsville Texas after declaring capital punishment a venture for psychopaths The condemned man expressed disappointment that the prosecuting attorney and jurors who convicted him were not in the death chamber Brown was convicted of shooting Edwin Campbell a 26 year old loan collector on New Year’s Eve 1952 and burning the body in Campbell’s gasoline soaked automobile Campbell had been attempting to collect overdue payments on the vehicle
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Huntsville
Tex
Donald Hawkins Brown
Waal
Brown
Edwin Campbell
Campbell
Missing skat partner found dead in lake
Jeff’s skating buddy James Burkhardt, 14, disappeared after they came to pull the dog from the waiter. Sheriff's deputies and firemen recovered James’s body from the lake, ending a tense search.
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Jeff
James Burkhardt
James
Nixon Readies Caribbean Goodwill Tour Early Next Month
The State Department says Vice President Nixon will tour the Caribbean starting early next month. The trip will include Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
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State Department
Nixon
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Alleged Informer Slashes Wrists in Hotel Room
A Civil Rights Congress official, David Brown aged 49, allegedly slashed his wrists in a hotel room in Ann Arbor. He reportedly told responders he had nothing to live for and attempted self harm after hearing a cry from a dog that had fallen through a ceiling. Officers cited the fire department and hotel staff in their actions. An oil company in the Persian Gulf obtains fresh water by seawater distillation, supplying 720000 gallons daily.
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Los Angeles
David Brown
Civil Rights Congress
Ann Arbor
Mich
Pleasant
Jeff
Ice
Brown
Persian Gulf
Shot To Death During Holdup At Kansas City Grocery
David M. Dillingham, 82, was shot and killed resisting a grocery store holdup in Jackson County. His wife Stella, 77, was beaten as one bandit struck her and another shot her husband while she reached for a pistol. The gunmen fled without taking any loot.
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Kansas City
David M.dillingham
Jackson County
Stella
Notice of Voters Registration Ottawa Kansas 1954
Registration notices published in Ottawa Kansas warn all voters who did not vote in the November 1954 election or who changed address or who are not properly registered to register in person at City Hall. The notice lists publication dates and urges compliance to be eligible for future elections. Also included is notice of appointment of executrix Lela May Nebelong in the estate of Constance B. Mears with nine month claims period.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Saidetty
Fyrat
Laat
State of Kanaag
Pranklin
Said
Constance B. Mears
State of Kansas
Lela
Nebelong
Constance B. j-Meurs
Anid
Franklin County
Kan‘ana
Thia
Emelia May Nebelong
Bowera
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