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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1955
Page
1
The United Steelworkers wage policy board, about 170 members, met in Pittsburgh to plan for 600,800 members after rejecting top offers from United States Steel and Inland Steel. McDonald condemned a 10 cent and a 1.04 cent raise offer, expressing optimism for an equitable settlement.
Washington reports that a senate approved bill would grant each of 10 states over 1 million dollars annually in federal matching funds for airport construction. Texas would receive 3.09 million dollars yearly for four years, with California New York Illinois Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Ohio Pennsylvania also receiving substantial sums. The House must approve and President Eisenhower must sign.
In Albany in June 2017 the American Newspaper Guild calls for a Justice Department inquiry into the Brooklyn Eagle suspension during a guild strike. The union leader urges delegates to determine if laws against monopolies and related offenses were violated.
Rep. Poage of Texas promotes a bill to cut the cotton acreage reserve from 10 percent to 2 percent, arguing it would improve fair distribution among farmers. He notes opposition from the Old Cotton Belt Association led by Lawson Rivers of Elgin, Texas, and cites Texas’ recent overrepresentation in this year’s reserve despite objections.
President Eisenhower combines politicking with fishing on a Maine trip as he pursues landlocked salmon at Parmachenee Lake before heading to Washington to discuss Russia’s reparations offer and naval damages. He tours with Maine Republicans and other GOP leaders while delivering two more nonpolitical speeches.
Two North Korean pilots who defected to South Korea report 580 Communist combat aircraft in the North and more arriving from Manchuria and Russia. They describe a feverish pace of buildup with Russian advisers training the air corps and three divisions of Russian-built jets near Pyongyang.
Berlin report states Joachim Wiebach Lerman, 27, was sentenced to death by East Germany's supreme court for spying for the United States. The jury handed down the verdict this morning in the Communist state.
Washington June 27 The Hoover commission backs changing conflict of interest laws to allow presidential appointees to keep stock while serving. It also proposes raising assistant secretaries salaries from 15 60 to 25 000 and aligning other secretary positions, to attract top executives to federal service.
Senator Daniel (D Texas) said the peaceful use of atomic energy can promote world peace. He will attend an international conference in Geneva Switzerland August 10 20 where leaders from both sides discuss peaceful nuclear energy uses.
A locally made 1848 penny stamp sold for 4200 dollars in London. It was reportedly issued by the Millbury Massachusetts postmaster before the general 1847 era, part of a small run believed to number 12 copies. The sale marks a rare find in early American philately.
CASPER WY June 27 Pilot Howard Mankins and A V Patterson of Odessa Texas were injured when their light plane crashed south of Casper in a downdraft. Five other men Earl Cox Hart Maddux of Franking Colo were also hurt according to the Wyoming highway patrol.
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