New Era in Industrial History Benefits From Trust Funds
DETROIT marks a potential new era as laid off auto workers begin receiving benefits from multimillion dollar company trust funds. By June 1 GM Ford and Chrysler will contribute about 4 million dollars to start the plan with total funds projected near 250 million in three years. The SUB system, negotiated by the UAW, requires seniority and post May 2 layoffs, with benefits varying by individual, state rules, and fund levels.
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Harlow H. Curtice
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Kaiser-Willys
Welch residents wake to clock’s ten minute tolling
A Welch courthouse clock rang nine times and continued for ten minutes, until repairman Johnny Davis stopped it. The day’s miscellany notes several items: Conrad Nagel to crown Buckhannon strawberry festival queen Patricia Kelley. Philippi High School band eligible for National Band Festival in Chicago with estimated $315 for nine members and chaperones. Banks in Charleston to raise checking fees July 1. city drivers license ordinance in Bluefield to be repealed June 1. Welch Kiwanis forms student loan fund. Mrs. Dorothy Zmavec of Wheeling flew to Marshall College and back in a day for summer course. WVU may get a new bookstore. Dunbar police and fire salaries up for a 1937 levy vote. Moundsville graduates Bill Beam and Margaret Wiedebusch ill in Reynolds Memorial Hospital. WVU Emeritus Club expects 115 alumni for 1956 reunion.
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Welch
Johnny Davis
Inflation Watch Sparks Mixed Signals From Experts
SAM DAWSON reports that economic forecasters differ on near term trends. Arthur Burns warns of a cost price squeeze across farming and manufacturing while noting possible inflation but hopes higher output per worker can curb price rises. Purchasing Agents say the price spiral is slowing yet overall activity has leveled off with many sectors in lull. The Financial Analysts Societies warn markets are being tested and require careful watching. If consumers act as predicted, expert forecasts could be easier.
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New York
Arthur Burns
Burns
National Assn
Association
Cleveland
National Federation of Financial Analysis Societies
Boston
Loretta Youngs Glamour and Life in Hollywood
Hollywood Briefs profile Loretta Young detailing her rise from silent films to TV fame. Notes on her discipline fines, Catholic philanthropy with husband Tom Lewis, early elopement to Yuma, and recent health that boosted her weight. Also reports shoe maker Harry Kael seeking divorce from actress Marie McDonald amid a child pregnancy and a declined felony complaint.
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Hollywood
Loretta Young
Loretta
Lon Chaney, Sr
Colleen Moore
Miss Moore
Joan Crawford
Beverly Hills
St. Anne's Foundation
Garbos
Norma Shearers
Tom Lewis
Holy Family Adoption Agency
Tom
Patrik Peyton
C.S.C
The
Family Theater
Yuma
Ariz
Grant Withers
Gretchen Young
Salt Lake City
Utah
Heregisters
Sally Blane
Polly Ann
Mervyn Leroy
Santa Monica
Calif
Harry Kael
Marie McDonald
Superior Court
Karl
Miss McDonald
George H. Johnson
Czechs Fire on Patrol Near Heidelberg
An Army border patrol near Heidelberg was fired on from Czechoslovakia as two American reporters observed a Czech border tower. Five rifle or carbine bullets hit the area around the patrol, one entering within five feet of the lead vehicle. No injuries reported. Americans said they did not return fire.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
Czechoslovakia
Army S
Build Your Own Lawn Chair and Chaise Pattern
Easy to assemble disassemblable outdoor furniture patterns with full size templates. Includes arm options wheels for mobility and minimal winter storage. Send 35 cents each for Pattern Nos. 322 and 324 plus 35 cents for the 40 page Build-it-yourself catalog to The Raleigh Register Pleasantville NY.
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Raleigh Register
Pleasantville
N. Y
Home radioactivity varies by building material study
The Royal Swedish Academy of Science reports natural radiation in about 1,000 homes across 13 cities. Hultqvist finds brick and light concrete with alum slate show higher levels, ventilation cuts radon and thoron, and some houses are up to a hundred times more radioactive. Health effects remain unclear.
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Gustav Svensson
Stockholm
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
Begt Hultqvist
Hultqvist
Swedish Institute of Radiophysics
Rolf Sievert
Institute of Radiophysics
Thoron
Danny Thomas weighs show’s future on widower question
TV star Danny Thomas faces a script choice for Make Room for Daddy as ABC promises a fourth season. Fans split by 3 to 1 favor widower, with many viewers offering themselves as potential new wives for Danny. The show features Sherry Jackson and Rusty Hamer as the Williams children. Mrs. Rieck, proposed by a Glenview boy, briefly interviews as a potential new wife.
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Chicago
Danny Thomas
Danny Williams
Daddy
ABC
Jean Hagen
Thomas
Miss Hagen
Houston
Brooklyn
Williams
Sherry Jackson
Rusty Hamer
Terry
Rusty
Danny
Glenview
Ill
Dan Cupid
Rieck Wood
Cood
P.S
Sigrid Rieck
Children Rites Held After Mother Shoots Three Kids
Funeral services were held for Shirley 5, Pamela 3, and Jan 15 months after their mother Mrs Lorene Calbeck 34 admitted shooting them then wounded herself. Father Mark Calbeck steelworker flew in from Michigan and asked kindergarten friends to sing Jesus Loves Children at the service.
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Lake Wales
Fla
Lorene Calbeck
Shirley
Pamela
Jan
Mark Calbeck
Jesus
Calbeck
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Cigarette and Soft Drink Taxes Signal Strong Year Ahead
Net collections from West Virginia cigarette and soft drink taxes for the first ten months of the fiscal year run well ahead of 1954-55 totals through April, up 10.28 percent. April receipts reach 253,290, a 19.4 percent rise from 1955. Cigarette levy of four cents per pack yields 5,840,630 since July, an 11.28 percent increase. April cigarette tax output is 525,582, up 2.86 percent from April 1955.
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Charleston
Malad dedicates new street lights. initially fail then succeed
In Malad Idaho a dedication ceremony marked the planned switch on of mercury vapor street lights in the business district. Mayor Claude Kent pressed the switch, the lights failed, electricians corrected the wiring, and on a second try the lights came on.
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Malad
Idaho
Claude Kent
Fire Chief Responds To Backyard Trash Fire
Russellville Kentucky Assistant Fire Chief Eddie Bush was burning trash in his yard when a fire siren sounded. He left home on the double and returned once firefighters arrived. The backyard blaze grew out of control before help could reach the scene.
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Russellville
Eddie Bush
Bush
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