AFL-CIO OKs UTW Cleanup
AFL-CIO President George Meany backs a cleanup of the United Textile Workers Union after corruption charges that led to resignations, including president Anthony Valente and secretary treasurer Lloyd Klenert. UTW approved by executive council as part of merger-era labor reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Afl-Cio
George Bleany
United Textile Workers Union
Ltww
UTW
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Teamsters
Baier
Anthony Valente
Lloyd Klenert
Secreta
Valente
Hilenert
AFL
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Bid to Adopt Ex-Wife Dismissed by Court
A Florida court dismissed a petition to adopt the former wife in a tangled case involving a real estate couple and disputes over divorce, with a monitor appointed to observe the union. The adoption bid, filed by the former husband Walter Rebman, was linked to court orders and union benefit concerns amid claims of deception and fraud. The judge indicated continued scrutiny and potential further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebring
Fla
Joe
Kinsey
Hase Mutta
Mars
Redman
Atlantic City
Iginia Rehman
Walter
Rebman
Al'l
Borden Co
New York
Cf Executive Council
Joseph Janehy
Cobs
AF Lebman
CIO
Walter H. Redman
UAW TV Series Not Illegally Influencing 1954 Election
A Detroit federal court jury found the United Auto Workers innocent of violating the Corrupt Practices Act by sponsoring nine union TV telecasts before the 1954 election. The panel of 12 deliberated two hours and cleared UAW of charges that it used educational programming to favor Democratic candidates. EMIL MAZEY praised the verdict as repudiation of charges by Republican politicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Emil Mazey
Lon
UAW- F
Man Severs Own Hand With Knife at Farm Picker
Trent on Mo. man McCulley, 49, cut off his left hand with a pocket knife after his hand was caught in a mechanical car picker on his farm near Galt. He shouted for 30 minutes, cut above the wrist, unhooked his trace storer, then drove a mile to his house. A relative then took him 20 miles to a hospital in Trenton. He remained conscious, in fair condition, and blood loss was small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Gil Inert McCulley
McCulley
Galt
MelCulley
Jin Trenton
Ile
Captain Tackles Emperor Penguin at McMurdo Airstrip
Captain W. M. Dickey of the Navy unit in Antarctica captured an emperor penguin on the McMurdo airstrip with a one handed grab after a fumbled try. The penguin was delivered to headquarters joining 31 others bound for San Diego and Portland for shipment to the 200s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcmurdo Sound
Antarctica
W. M. Dickey
Rusk
McMurdo
Dickey
San Diego
Calif
Portland
Ore
EOKA Blamed for Patriot Slain in Cyprus
In Nicosia a 45 year old Greek Cypriot, Chavalanthos Ioannides, father of five, was shot dead as he neared his home. The UPI report says EOKA rebels blamed for the murder, the first EOKA killing since a truce declared last March. The incident follows a reported EOKA attack and the appointment of Sir Hugh Foot as new governor of the British colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
UPI
EOKA
Greece
Chavalanthos Ioannides
Hugh Foot
John Harding
Also Mentioned on This Page
Meany
Ilegal
Chan
Roiie
Dr. Chan
Grampa
Mk Bop
D.C
American Ave
Long Beach
Emperor Penguin
America
Lakewood
Lakewood Center
Metcalf
Compton
N. Long Beach
Sears Newmark
Hemiock
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Pasadena
Hollywood
Arcadia
Glandate
Burbank
Studio City
Munlington
Highland Park
Anaheim
Bueng Park
Garden Grove
Santa Ana
Victorville
Sersion
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Walkers
4Th and Pine
Slack Sale
California
Walker
Walker's
Fourth
O C.D
Pine
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!