Trade Winds Still Hope Of Avoiding Steel Strike
Despite no progress in steel wage talks, unions hope for a settlement before the June 30 deadline with a small wage rise and no price hikes. Industry leaders discuss price cuts to curb wage demands, but management opposes cuts to protect customers. Wildcat actions loom as inventories and production trends shape a potential strike's impact.
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Dave McDonald
Gibson City Couple Cleared of Fraud Conspiracy
A U S District Court judge cleared Bueford and Gwendolyn Condon of any role in a conspiracy to defraud Aetna Casualty Insurance Co. of 68000 while linking Astrid Wagonseller and her husband Monnie to related actions at Gibson Federal Savings and Loan. Wagonseller was secretary treasurer and bonded by Aetna.
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Centralia Cigar Makers End Trade Amid Red Tape
In Centralia two remaining cigar makers quit, blaming heavy tobacco tax paperwork. Michael Peifer and Walter Winkler said there were too many rules and not enough customers, ending a craft once filled with small shops and brands like Mayola.
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Mike) Peifer
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Wink) Winkler
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Superior Court Denies Granieri Appeal Over Public Drunkenness
The San Diego Superior Court rejected Frank Granieri’s appeal of a municipal court conviction for being drunk in public. It noted his claim of a constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness as a novel argument.
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Eisenhower asks funds for atom smasher project
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 168 million dollars for the Atomic Energy Commission including a start on a two mile long atom smasher at Stanford University. He also said AEC operating expenses for the coming year would be cut by 84.7 million dollars.
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IKE
Washington
Eisenhower
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Parkinson Dies. Ex-Chairman of Equitable
Thomas I. Parkinson 77 former chairman of the Equitable Life Assurance Society died Wednesday at his Babylon New York home after a stroke. He retired in 1954.
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Babylon
N. Y
Thomas I. Parkinson
Equitable Life Assurance Society
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