Dock Union Orders Return After Court Ruling
The International Longshoremen's Association told 69,000 dockworkers to return to Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports by 7 p.m. New York time after a federal court halted the strike for 10 days in the national interest. Union leaders planned meetings to organize the resumption of work and picket lines faded as the ruling took effect.
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New York
IAP
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
New York Time
New York Docks
Gleason
Burglary attempt ends with beating shooting at Colonial Club
A 19-year-old local man Alfonso Renteria Pena was beaten and shot after attempting to burglarize the Colonial Club at 419 E. Second St. Proprietor Raymond Jones was injured but held Pena at the club until police arrived. Pena is in serious condition at St. Mary's Hospital with a punctured lung. Jones is in fair condition with facial and head wounds. Pena had been paroled from the New Mexico State Penitentiary on Sept. 24. Nearby Hurricane Hilda threatens the Louisiana coast with evacuations and rising winds as officials monitor the storm.
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Colonial Club
E. Second St
Alfonso Renteria Pena
E. Tilden
Pena
St. Mary's Hospital
Raymond Jones
S. Pine
St Mary’s
Jones
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Notre Dame fall kills two as tower jumper causes death
A woman leapt from a Notre Dame Cathedral tower striking an American tourist below. both died. Other items note lawmakers and federal officials debating issues while Morgan City evacuates for a gulf hurricane with 14,000 residents, Red Cross bringing 10,000 cats to Opelousas for refugees.
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Paris
Notre Dame
Morgan City
Gulf
St. Mary Parish
Opelousas
Red Cross
Franklin
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Goddard Commemorative Stamp Events At Roswell
Five rockets with first day covers will be fired Monday at Roswell Post Office as part of a two day Goddard observance. Astronauts Alan Shepard and Eugene Cernan will attend Sundays ceremonies. The Roswell stamp marks the 8 cent air mail issue honoring Dr. Robert H. Goddard.
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Oring
Robert H. Goddard
Roswell
Rocket Research Institute of
Glendale
Calif
Goddard
Alan B. Shepard
Eugene C. Cernan
Shepard
U. S
Cernan
Stanley J. Hodziewich
Philatelic
U. S. Post Office Department
Postmaster General
Hodziewich
Bureau of Engraving
Leonard Pulinski
Washington
Pulinski
New York
GM Strike Action Hits Communities Across Nation
The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors enters its second week with slow progress in settling about 17 000 local plant demands. If unresolved another week, economic effects will spread coast to coast as production slows and layoffs rise, with GM facing wage losses and parts supply shifts across plants.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Associated Press
UAW
Ford
Chrysler
New York
Indiana
Connecticut
Ohio
Michigan
Saturday Events at Eastern New Mexico State Fair
Saturday schedule lists Junior Livestock Sale in the morning followed by Halter Classes and Horse Show judging at 10 30 a m. Noon features Performance Classes in the Horse Show and Rodeo Arena. 2 00 p m hosts the Southeastern New Mexico Rain Growers Association Sale. Parade of Champions at 7 00 p m precedes the State Fair Championship Rodeo at 7 30 p m. Carnival runs noon to midnight with check out at 11 00 p m and 11 00 a m to midnight carnival hours.
Chancery grants Friday meat abstention dispensation
The Santa Fe archdiocese chancery issues a special dispensation for Roswell area Catholics who usually abstain from meat on Fridays due to the Eastern New Mexico State Fair, announced by St. Peter's Catholic Church officials.
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Santa Fe
Roswell
New Mexico
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
U S Drops Spy Charges on Russians
In Brooklyn federal court the government moved to dismiss the conspiracy indictment against Alexander Sokolov and his wife in the interest of national security. The judge discharged the jury after the motion was granted, with only the New York Washington meetings cited as connections to the espionage plot.
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New York
U.S
Joseph P. Hoey
Alexandre Sokolov
Brooklyn
Hoey
Dist
John F. Dooling Jr
Washington
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ILA
Thomas W. Gleason
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Port of
Jimmy W. Wilson
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McComb
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Louisiana Gulf Coast
Hilda
Gulf of Mexico
Frank G. Spiess
Weather Bureau
Marsh Island
John Sherman Cooper
Senate
Bobby Baker
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Evening Star
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Vatican Ecumenical Council
White House
Plaquemines Parish
Belle Chase
Kearney
Teresa Radcliff
Elida
Fern Parrish
Parrish Herfords
Artesia
Angus
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