Essex Wire strike sparks Hillsdale actions and guards
Nearly 1,000 Michigan National Guardsmen were deployed in Hillsdale after Essex Wire Corp reopened amid a bitter labor dispute. IUE had walked out 96 days ago, replacing Teamsters as bargaining agent. Curfew covered Hillsdale County. injuries occurred in protests and picket clashes as wage talks collapsed. Violence spread to Wisconsin and Indiana with fights at metal plants and picket lines during related strikes.
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Methodists Back Foundation Plan In Kansas
The Kansas annual conference approved forming the Kansas Methodist Foundation to receive, hold, and distribute gifts for Methodist causes in Kansas. A 10-member board of five ministers and five laypeople from each conference will govern, with the bishop serving as a member. Trustees from Central Kansas Conference and the Kansas Conference were named, with a potential expansion of 10 additional laymembers. The board will meet June 23 in Salina to organize.
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Jay Pounds
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E. Loyal Miles
Winfield
Dean E. Ramsey
Clearwater
Elmer W. Rinke
Scott City
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Trial Set For Civil Rights Demonstrators In Canton
Canton Mississippi city court will hear June 8 cases for two white churchmen and about 50 African Americans arrested during a civil rights protest. Defendants pleaded innocent to parading without a permit after being jailed when police stopped a march to the county courthouse during a voter registration drive.
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Canton, Miss
Typhoid Turns Aberdeen From Spa To Pariah
Aberdeen faces a raging typhoid outbreak with 248 identified cases and 39 suspected. One woman has died as tourism plunges and costs mount. Government inquiry probes cause while two corned beef brands are removed. officials say no positive link yet. Dr. Ian MacQueen insists the outbreak began with a tin of corned beef.
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Father Of Quads Looking For Job In Construction
New York AP reports Salvatore Peloro and Maria welcomed quadruplets on Tuesday. The two boys and two girls weighed between 2 pounds 2 ounces and 2 pounds 13 ounces each, all in satisfactory condition. Peloro, a 35 year old plumber, has not worked since last November and unemployment benefits ended two weeks ago.
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Soldier Recalls Climb Up Normandy Cliffs
Lt Col Earl Rudder led 200 Rangers to scale 100 foot cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to destroy German guns. Despite heavy fire ropes and ladders failed. the first Ranger reached the top within minutes and the unit faced over 50 percent casualties. Europe’s 20th anniversary ceremonies will mark his wartime command.
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Rudder Awarded Valor Medals and Led Battle Bulge Forces
Rudder was wounded three times and received decorations from three countries, including the Distinguished Service Cross, the United States second highest honor for valor. He later commanded an infantry regiment that helped repulse the last major German offensive, the Battle of the Bulge.
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