First General Garment Strike In 25 Yrs On
Major walkout hits the garment industry as 105000 dressmakers across nine eastern states strike for higher wages and contract enforcement. NYC rally draws 65000, with 406000 others in affected states and 1550 contractors. Union funds and enforcement rules shape the dispute as production schedules face disruption.
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Arthur W. Everett
New York
Madison Square Garden
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
IL@WU
St. Louis
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
$30,000 Damage Suit Latest in Mostoller Case
Richard Pritts files a $30,000 damage suit against Elsie Mostoler of Somerset Township for injuries from a August 31 auto collision near Reels Corner that killed his brother and a companion. He claims Bruce Mostoller was driving at impact. this is the third five figure trespass suit against Mrs. Mosteller in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Mostoler
Somerset Township
Richard Pritts
R.D. Somerset
Reels Corner
Pritts
Mostoler Auto
Bruce Mostoller
Ike's Move To Boost Nixon Political Rise In 1960
Eisenhower publishes a disability pact making Nixon acting president if needed. The move boosts Nixon’s stature abroad and at home, quelling reports of resistance from Adams and others and signaling Nixon as GOP heir apparent. Knowland pivots toward Nixon for 1960 while keeping options for 1964 or 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Montgomery
International News Service
Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Sherman Adams
Nixon
Harold Stassen
Ike
Dick Nixon
Adams
James C. Hagerty
Wilton B. Persons
Robert Cutler
Senate
William F. Knowland
N Xon
Knowland
February accidents rise above 1957 figures
State police at the Somerset sub-station logged 32 accidents in February with 22 injuries and about 17 745 dollars in vehicle damage. The year 1957 saw 31 crashes with 13 injuries and about 9 777 dollars in loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Blair
Somerset
Smyslov Loses First Game to Botvinnik in Moscow
World Chess Champion Vassily Smyslov lost the first game to fellow Russian and former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in the 24 game match begun in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vassily Smyslov
Felow
Mikhail Botvinnik
Nuclear Sub Skate Makes Eastward Atlantic Crossing
The American nuclear submarine Skate surfaced in Portland England with an 8 day 11 hour eastbound crossing record for a submerged voyage from New London Conn to England. Cmdr James F Calvert praised the ship as the crew enjoyed a British welcome and courtesy visits with Portland and Weymouth officials.
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Ronald Thompson
Portland
England
Atlantic
U. S. Navy
Lizard Head
Navy
New London
Conn
Cleveland
Mystic
United States
Europe
Snow and Rain Cover Broad Areas Across U S
Snow or rain fell in broad areas of the nation on Wednesday with 14 inches reported in Stockton Kansas. Snow spread into Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and northern Illinois as Omaha Nebraska had three inches and Rockford Indiana two inches. Farther south a rain belt stretched from Missouri through central Illinois into Texas and Louisiana with thunderstorms in Louisiana Arkansas and eastern Texas.
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Stockton
Kan
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Omaha
Neb
Rockford
Missouri
Illinois
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Eisenhower Names Nixon to Assume Acting Presidency Powers
President Eisenhower declared that Vice President Nixon would assume all inclusive powers if he were disabled but opposed Nixon taking an oath as acting president. He discussed East-West talks, economic policy, and noted no immediate tax cut plan while stressing willingness for a summit if well prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Russia
States Dulles
White House
Two-Vehicle Crash Damages Somerset Taxicab 700
A two car collision at West Patriot street and Edgewood avenue in Somerset causes about 700 in damage to a local taxicab. Robert Dinsmore reportedly ran a red light and struck James W Barnett driving the taxi. Barnett's cab was pinned against a tree. William Larpsie 39 of Friedens was unhurt. A separate Route 53 crash in Friedens caused 200 damage with no injuries.
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Somerset
West Patriot Street
Edgewood Avenue
Robert Dinsmore
James W. Barnett
William Larpsie
Friedens
Larpsie
Route 53
Think Radios Failed Explorer II Blunder at Cape Canaveral
Expedition officials announced Explorer II failed to reach orbit after Jupiter-C launch at Cape Canaveral. Radios may have failed or satellite may have crashed. no confirmation of orbit available for days. A single questionable radio signal from Ingorken plus a faulty tape recorder delayed the mission.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pasadena
Calif
William Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
John B. Medaris
Army Missile Chief
Pickering
Army
Ingorken
Air Force Missile Test Center
U. S
Earth
U.S
Six aboard charter plane vanished over Gulf of Alaska
A twin engine chartered airplane carrying six people disappeared over the Gulf of Alaska east of Kodiak. Four identified aboard the seven seat Aero Commander include pilot Sig Staveland and Anchorage residents Dale Roetman George Stiles and Henry P. Herlyn.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Gulf of Alaska
Sig Staveland
Dale Roetman
George Stiles
Alaska Aggregate Corp
Henry P. Herlyn
Phillips Petroleum Corp
Anchorage
Boston Minister Prays for Tormentors Amid Death Threats
The Rev. Dr. Harod J. Fickett Jr. prayed for his tormentors at Tremont Temple Baptist Church after receiving three death threats by phone. Police in plain clothes stood guard as about 700 worshippers observed a tense service.
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Boston
Tremont Temple Baptist Church
Harod J. Fickett Jr
Tremont St
Iwo Jima
Dr. Fickett
Norman Lavers
Fickett
First Baptist Church
Pomona
Calif
Rosenberg orders drive to clean out numbers racket
Safety Director Louis Rosenberg announced a city-wide police drive to wipe out the numbers racket at a four-hour meeting with top officers. He said the police are ordered to eradicate the gambling protection network that has flourished in Pittsburgh for some time. Last week 17 men were arrested on charges of bribing or attempting to bribe police.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Democratic Policy Group OKs Lawrence for Governor
Harrisburg outlines that the Democratic policy committee endorsed Pittsburgh Mayor David L. Lawrence for governor and Gov. Leader for U. S. senator. The group also backed Philadelphia Judge John Morgan Davis for lieutenant governor and Genevieve Blatt for a second term as internal affairs secretary. Lt. Gov. Roy E. Furman refused to withdraw despite behind the scenes efforts, pledging to fight to the voters.
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Harrisburg
Democratic Policy Committee
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
U. S
Common Pleas
John Morgan Davis
Philadelphia
Genevieve Blatt
Roy E. Furman
Waynesburg
Furman
McGonigle II Chosen By GOP Group
Arthur T. McGonigle of Reading was named the Republican organization candidate for governor in the May 20 primary by a steering committee. The panel also backed U. S. Rep. Hugh Scott for the U S Senate nomination and scheduled further screening for lieutenant governor and internal affairs secretary.
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Bob Holton
Harrisburg
Arthur T. McGonigle
Reading
Scott
Senate
U. S
Hugh Scott
Philadelphia
U. S. Senate
George S. Bloom
Pennsylvania
Bloom
Bill
William S. Livengood Jr
Somerset
McGonigle
Harold E. Stassen
James E. van Zandt
Altoona
Edward Martin
838 Complaints Of Vandalism In Kohler Strike
Senate rackets committee heard 838 vandalism complaints tied to the Kohler strike in Wisconsin. Police in Sheboygan logged 636 during 1954–57, and the sheriff’s office 202 through 1956. 259 were against nonstrikers and 30 against strikers. Kohler supplied about 840 cases against workers. A company detective unit investigated a union leader’s alleged affair. the union leader Robert Burkart faced a disorderly conduct fine in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Davis
Washington
Senate Rackets Investigation Committee
Wisconsin
Jerome Alderman
Alderman
Sheboygan
Wis
Sheriff's Office
Kohler Company
Lyman Conger
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Conger
Robert Burkart
Burkart
Milwaukee
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Brief Skirmish at Hagerstown Dressmaker Plant
Police and pickets at the L Aiglon dressmaking firm skirmished briefly as a delivery truck approached the driveway. A New York organizer, S Saderags Constand, 26, was arrested on assaulting an officer and disorderly conduct. Police Chief Blair Overton said an agreement allowed limited entry through picket lines and deliveries. Police Sgt Louis Blenard was roughed up and his cap knocked off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
L’aiglon
S. Saderags Constand
New York City
Blair Overton
Shirley Adkins
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Overton
Louis Blenard
Bulletin Board Verse Remoans Expl Bulleting
Fragmentary San Diego bulletin mentions a follower placed on a bullet at a naval elect oratory mini-trac hours after launch. It describes radio signal behavior and a safe air claim with unclear destination and atmospheric context.
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San Diego
Calif
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Jules Hochman
JLGWU
Mostoller
Montgomery Ward Bldg
Somerset Registered Nurses
Acme
Ladies Altar Society
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
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Associated Press
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Weather Bureau
Bryan
Williams Jennings Bryan
North Hollywood
Harrison Brown
la Canada
Caltech
Ruth Bryan Owen
Congress
Florida
Denmark
International
John Barbour
Cape
Vanguard
Little Valley
N. Y
Cattaraugus County Board of Supervisors
Kinzua, Pa
Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Chris Finkbeiner
Little Rock Packing Company
Democratic Policy Group
Oks Lawrence
Lyman C. Conger
Joseph L. Rauh
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Company
Aoms
Ernest L. Rose
Kohler
Joyce
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