Cost Of Living Rises To New High In July
Washington reported that the cost of living rose fractionally in July to an all time high. The Labor Department noted a 0.3 percent increase across most consumer categories, cutting spendable earnings and reducing buying power by about 1.5 percent. Automatic wage bumps will affect more than one million workers tied to cost of living.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Hersey Riley
Department
Ilinois
Arizona
Riley
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Westinghouse Electric
Hawaii Becomes 50th State Today
President Eisenhower proclaims Hawaii the 50th state and unveils a top secret flag design. The White House ceremony is set for this afternoon in the Cabinet Room as officials discuss the new seven by seven star flag awaiting official adoption next July 4.
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Hawaii
Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
The
Union
White House
Gettysburg
Alaska
Richard M. Nixon
Sam Rayburn
Edward Johnston
William F. Quinn
Hiram Fong
Oren E. Long
Daniel K. Inouye
Lorrin Thurstin
Hawaiian Statehood Commiecian
Sheffield Village Possible 1840 Acre Split Prompts Special Election
Residents of a 1,840 acre portion of Sheffield Village face a Sept. special election to decide whether to detach from the village and join Lorain. The Chronicle-Telegram provides a story and a map outlining the area and the implications of the change.
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Sheffield
Lorain
Chronicle-Telegram
Weather Forecast For Northeastern And Northwestern Ohio
Forecast covers Northeastern and Northwestern Ohio with hot humid today and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms expected Saturday afternoon and evening. Highs around 90s, lows in the 70s, sunrise at 6 41 a m, sunset about 8 18 p m. Moonrise 9 56 p m, moonset 9 51 a m. Lake Erie winds southwest around 1 mph with variable directions and light rain.
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Ohio
Woonset
Lake Eria
Bain
Fain
AFL-CIO attacks inflation push as misdirection
UNITY HOUSE Pa United Press International AFL-CIO leaders accuse the Eisenhower administration of using inflation scares to justify policy reversals blamed for economic disasters in 1929 and for delaying growth. They critique Fed rate hikes as blundering and say labor faces slack and unemployment despite some recovery. George Meany says inflation is overstated and growth and jobs are the real issues.
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Unity House
UPI
AFL - Cio
Eisenhower
America
Executive Council of
The
Federation
Council
Afl-Cio
Pocono Mountains
Federal Reserve Board
George Meany
Meany
Ship Sinks off Palawan Coast with 93 Feared Drowned
Manila reports said an interisland ship carrying more than 100 aboard capsized and sank off Palawan Island. Only seven rescued. 93 feared drowned. Navy sent patrol vessel Bohol to assist, while fishing boat Fengnam Benz faced SOS distress off Luzon.
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Manila
UPS
Palawan
Philippines
Philippine Navy
Bohol
Atono
SOS
Fengnam Benz
Luzon
Weather extremes reported across nation
UPI reports the highest temperature in the nation reached 102 degrees at Laredo Texas while the lowest observed morning reading was 34 degrees at Battle Mountain Nevada.
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Wiew York
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Laredo
Tex
Battle Mountain
Nev
Absentee ballot costs and bypass project update
The election board reports high cost per vote for absentee ballots and notes a contract approval for a bypass construction project on Pasadena Avenue. Also mentions property sale and refunds related to improvements, plus scattered references to local facilities and a park project amid city notices.
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Election Board
Ember
Pasadena Ave
coete _ sence
Sect
Talks Resume With No Signs Of Early Steel Pact
Negotiations in the 38 day old steel strike resumed in New York with no immediate signs of settlement. Top negotiator R Conrad Cooper led the industry group while David J McDonald was absent and later left for Pittsburgh. Senator Estes Kefauver said the industry could cut prices and raise wages based on productivity data from the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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New York
UPS
R. Conrad Cooper
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Cooper Andyooo
Joseph F. Finnegan
Steel Ment
Washington
Finnegan
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Unity House
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate
Kefauver
American Iron and Steel Institute
Ohio appeals court weighs straight line ballot challenge
The 10th District Appeals Court was to hear a suit led by Whitehall treasurer Max Graf seeking to strike down Ohio's new straight line voting machine ballot as unconstitutional. The case could disrupt the November election if the law is found invalid and forces ballot changes. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown has mandated the straight ticket layout while legislation remains in question.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
10Th District
William C. Bryant
Whitehall
Max Graf
She Court of Appeals
Ted W. Brown
Brown
Silencer Needed Duelia Bracaloni Incident
In PISA Italy a woman woke her husband on a Thursday night prompting an uneasy scene. Beneath the bed police found Sabino Giennelli a 4 year old asleep. He said he entered while the couple were out and hid under the bed when they returned and eventually fell asleep.
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Pisa
Italy
UPI
Duelia Bracaloni
Guido
Tan the Amazing
Sabino Giennelli
Timken Pact Extension Proposed Timken Pact Extension Proposed
Clearview High School football drills continue after the death of 14 year old freshman Michael J Dombrowski Jr from heat stroke following the first practice. Lorain Ohio. Autopsy planned. Timken Steelworkers Union proposes a two month extension of the contract to avoid a strike. Talks to continue during interim and retroactivity on wage gains debated.
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Clearview
Michael J
Mike) Dombrowski JR
Dombrowski
Toledo Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
CHS
Paul Amodio
Ann
William Gillies
Amodio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Elyria
Canton
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Leary
John S. Johns
USW
St Ninbalae
Nn Poe
Capsule Recovery Effort Fails to Find Space Capsule
The UPI report from Vandenberg Air Force Base notes ships and aircraft scanned a 10 000 square mile Pacific area for the Discoverer VI capsule but little hope remained for recovery. Extremely low temperatures in space may have silenced the capsule’s power and radio signal.
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Vandenberg Afb
Calif
UPI
Pacific
America
Defense Department
Washington
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
BMD
Inglewood
Los Angeles
Rosary Society
Our Lady Guild
Hawaii
Altar Society
Aly
Khrushchev May Visit Marion Exhibit Farm Drama
Marion Ontario voters welcomed a State Department choice of the Farm-Drama exhibit as a potential Khrushchev visit stop during his U.S. trip. Mayor Wendell Strong said officials are awaiting Soviet confirmation while noting Marion’s prior role hosting foreign visitors.
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Marion, QC
UPI
Wendell Strong
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Strong
Washington
Khrushchev
Graf
Ohio
Marion
President War
Heat and Humidity Persist Across Much of Nation
Heat and humidity grip the eastern United States with readings in the 90s. The Weather Bureau expects scattered showers from the South to the Atlantic Seaboard and northern Great Lakes, while Chicago records the season’s peak heat index.
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United States
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
Dakotas
Chicago
Weather Bureau
South
Far North West
Great Lakes
Is That Mr Reilly Aids Riley Phrase Origin
The note traces the origin of the phrase linked to a popular 1883 song Is that Mr Reilly and notes the Riley reference. It mentions using classified ads in Elyria Chronicle Telegram to reach buyers via codes FA 33221 and CE RAIS Lerain.
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Riley
Mr. Reilly
Elyria
CE Rais
Lerain
Chronicle Telegram
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Shirley Fritz
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Oberlin Rd
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Timken Pact
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