Hoffa Push Shapes Labor Reform Debate on Capitol Hill
Senate hearings resume on Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters amid push by Chairman John L. McClellan for stronger labor reform. Hoffa signals opposition to any labor law this year, while Teamsters draft a rights bill. court orders tighten oversight as Meany denounces a general strike threat.
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Senate
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Hoffa
McClellan
House Education and Labor
Vyu Lwluletl Waile
United Mineworkers
John L. Lewis
House
Poler Ag
Labor Committee
United States Court of Appeals
Board of Monitors
Capitol Hill
Brownsville
Texas
Congress
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Psychology in Politics and Voter Clarity
Dr George W Crane and Dr Jennings Olson discuss how vague ballot language confuses voters. They cite Ogden Utah and Chicago as examples where a simple Yes or No on fluoridation was lost in convoluted wording. They advocate applying psychology to improve proposition clarity for voters.
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Jennings Olson
Ogden
Utah
Weber College
Crane
Olson
Chicago
Simplify Ballot Language to Help Voters
A reader argues for plain wording on ballots to avoid voter confusion over yes or no, criticizing legal jargon and urging the use of two syllable phrasing. The piece suggests political parties and professionals, including Dr. George Gallup, adopt simple language and even anonymous rating to improve public comprehension and teaching quality.
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G.O.P
Democratic Party
George Gallup
Coal industry woes show union drive to collapse markets
David C. Gardener argues coal mining is a sick industry driven to bankruptcy by union demands. He notes 25 percent of U S coal is non union and cites a year early agreement forbidding non union operators from handling coal. He warns of collusion between operators and unions, industry shifts to oil and gas, and cost risks from wage increases, quoting Leland Hazard on wage costs and enterprise risk.
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John Lewis
America
Leland Hazard
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Pfc Alfred C Lee of Raleigh serves with Headquarters Battalion Third Marine Division on Okinawa. David L Smith from Stamford graduates Machinist Mate School at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. James L Blake of MacArthur serves with Fighter Squadron 21 at Oceana Naval Air Station, married to Shirley P Herald. Pvt Henry L Fisher of Pettus graduates four week infantry course at Camp Lejeune. Pvt Gene A Byrd of Harper arrives in San Diego aboard USS Payfield after Far East duty.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Naval Training Center
David L. Smith
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
James L. Blake
Aviation Ordnanceman
Ralph K. Blake
MacArthur
Shirley P. Herald
Mullens
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Pvt
Henry L. Fisher
Josie Christian, Pettus
San Diego
Calif
Payfield
Far East
Gene A. Byrd
Harper
Raleigh & Register Subscription Rates And Policies
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists home delivery options and mail rates for Raleigh and Register with daily and Sunday charges. It notes two percent West Virginia sales tax, carrier independence, and responsibility limits for advance payments.
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J. McQuade
Associated Press
AP News
Brooks & Finley. Inc
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Francisco
West Virginia
Beckley’ Newspapers Corporation
Postcarditis Worse Than The Bottle
Hal Boyle humor column from Paris warns travelers of a sickness called post carditis a mania to mail endless postcards during European trips. Readers are told how couples abandon sightseeing for postcard shopping and writing, then feel guilty and seek more mails after the trip. The cure is not to write that first postcard to avoid the temptation.
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Paris
Europe
Joe
Fiffel Tower
Louvre
Facts Sprout From Daily Sweat and Inquiries on Instruments
A concise note surveys daily perspiration at about one and a half pints per person. It explains that the double bass is the largest violin family member and the deepest pitched instrument. It adds a genealogical tidbit that Paul Revere's father hailed from Perigueux in France.
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Paul Revere
Perigueux, France
Pirates and buccaneers in 17th century trade wars
Belle Weisbart of Englewood New Jersey wins ten dollars for her question in the Junior Editors quiz. The piece explains how buccaneers sprang from non Spanish traders who allied with natives to raid Spanish treasure galleons, their decline as Spain reached agreements, and cautions that pirate life was not romantic but often quarrelsome and deadly.
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Spain
West Indies
Belle Weisbart
Englewood
N. J
Beckley
Bug Dust and Coffee Mania In TV Ads and Town Life
Roy Lee Harmon critiques TV headache cure commercials and coffee culture in a satirical column. He mocks race-style ads, the overcaffeinated public, and recalls Arbuckle coffee days, ending with Riley Wilson’s Huntington encounter and a sharp quip about meat.
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Riley Wilson
Luxe
Huntington
Riley
Wilson
Hell's Bells
Notorious wiggle talk and Hollywood chatter
A witty interview with Alfred Hitchcock touches on sex appeal, wiggles, and star impressions. Debates on Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Eva Marie Saint, Debbie Reynolds, and other icons highlight Hitchcock's contrarian ideas about allure. The piece also catalogs a burst of society notices and celebrity goings on around New York and Idlewild.
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New York
Alfred Hitchcock
Lawrence Harvey
Tle
Hitchcock
Marilyn Monroe
Ingrid Bergman
Cary Grant
Eva Marie Saint
North By Northwest
Debbie Reynolds
Judge restricts carry of pistols in three counties
Judge Wilkinson of the Mingo Wayne Logan circuit refuses to grant licenses to carry a pistol. Only officers named in the law in Mingo Wayne and Logan counties will have a legal right to bear arms. Ghent A L Griffith Dee Sweeney and Allen Hedrick attended Children’s Day exercises at Jumping Branch.
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Wilkinson
Mingo- Wayne-Logan
Ghent
A. L. Griffith
Dee Sweeney
Allen Hedrick
Jumping Branch
School math head joins mine shipping dept in 1909
50 Years Ago From the 1909 Files of Harvey F Pauley head of the mathematics department of Stoco High School has accepted a position with the shipping department of Killarney Smokeless Coal Company's Kilpoca mine Squire W H Ford Town district magistrate from 1928 to 1932 has filed notice of his candidacy for the Republican nomination for member of the Raleigh county court
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Harvey F. Pauley
Stoco High School
Killarney
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