Auto Union Denies Sellout Charge in Grand Rapids Wage Agreement
UAW denies allegations of selling out to American Motors by signing a secret wage freez e contract for Kelvinator division appliance workers in Grand Rapids. Leaders claim the deal covered about 1,200 appliances and passed with only 11 dissenters, while AMC says firings and plant status remain unsettled.
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Detroit
UPI
United Auto Workers Union Today
American Motors Corp
Kelvinator Division
Grand Rapids
Edward L. Cushman
AMC
Instruc
Norman Matthews
UAW
Matthews
TUAW
Ews
Oklahoma Children Campaign to End Café Segregation
A group of 6 to 17 year old Negro children from OKLAHOMA CITY began sit down protests at Katz Drug Store and Kress later moving to John A. Brown Co. They sought equal service at soda fountains and plan to extend the action to other stores as NAACP leaders say the five day march continues after plans formed for new sit ins.
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Oklahoma City
UPT
Oklahoma
NAACP
Katz Drug Store
Kress
John A. Brown Co
Kenny Yardwick
John A. Brown
Clara Luper
Oklahomaan Loeeee ‘City Youth Council
Congress
Tureaud
Tureand
Auto Strike Threat Clouds Bright Economic Horizon
New York report notes the United Auto Workers strike threat looms over a recovering economy. Despite inflation and rising living costs, retail sales hold steady while steel and auto demand shape a cautious outlook for fall production and wage-price pressures.
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Robert G. Shortal
New York
Auto
Eisenhower
Industrial Conference Board
Stee
Integration Leader Tureaud Faces Hebert In Louisiana Primary
In New Orleans voters decide whether attorney Alexander Tureaud, a longtime civil rights figure who helped lead Louisiana school integration, can topple incumbent Rep. F Edward Hebert in the Democratic primary. Hebert, a tenth-term House Armed Services aide, fights to hold a state seat amid shifting election days and ongoing integration debates.
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New Orleans
UPI
Aday
Congress
Alexander Tureaud
Louisiana
Edward Hebert
Wake Bee
House Armed Services
Tureaud
Jobless rolls dip as claims fall to nine month low
The Labor Department reports 58,800 fewer people on unemployment benefits in the week ending Aug 9 bringing recipients to 2,282,300 a nine month low. Initial claims dropped 36,100 to 228,800 for the week ending Aug 16 the lowest since Nov 1957. Forty states show declines in benefit recipients.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Timken Pension Offer Hints From Union In Strike Talks
United Steelworkers official said the union would accept a lump sum pension payment if five remaining contract issues are settled. The Timken strike, involving about 9,000 workers at Canton Zanesville and Columbus plants, began July 23 over pension plan disputes.
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Canton
UPI
Timken Roller Bearing Co
John & Jones
United Steelworkers of America
Timken
Zanesville
Columbus
Custody Battle Ends With Child Taken Home
In Cambridge Massachusetts a Swiss school teacher Dr Elie Eichenberger won custody of his four year old daughter Vivian after the Probate Court ordered the Peters aunt and uncle to turn her over. The Peters were jailed for contempt when they refused and later fled with the girl before voluntarily surrendering.
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Cambridge
Mass
UPI
Elie Hichenberger
Vivian
Zurich
Charles J. Peters
Acton
Eichenberger
jPeters
Peters
Middlesex
Joseph W. Monahan
Monahan
Sheldon Newman
GOP Coffee Cup To Replace Airlift In Ohio
Ohio Republicans announce a replacement plan titled operation coffee cup replacing the earlier airlift concept. The move signals a strategy shift during the campaign period in Columbus.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
GOP abandons airlift plan for Ohio candidates
Ohio GOP leadership scrapped an “operation airlift” to fly candidates to campaigns due to danger and cost. Instead 2,000 to 3,000 home coffee meetings will be held statewide under Gwen Kline, Dayton, with Katherine Kennedy Brown endorsing the plan. principal luncheon speakers at the October convention include Gov. C William O'Neill and Trove Migges, with Sen. John W Bricker on the program.
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GOP
Ray Bliss
Republican, State Central and Executive Committee
Gwen Kline
Dayton
Katherine Kennedy Brown
Ohio Federation of Republican Wwomen's Organization
Elyria Sav
Elyna Tel
Elyria Tel
First Sav. & Loan
Fisher Bros
General Industries
Gregory Industries
Lorain Co. Sav. & Tr
Lorain Tel
P&l Nor. Ohio Tel
Sav
Loa Qod
Pfaudler Veel
Eer Poe
William O'Neill
John W. Bricker
Rod Obie
Farmers Aid Plea Rejected In Court Case
In Columbus Governor ONeill said the federal government denied crop damage relief for Hardin County farmers. A judge ordered temporary custody for a child amid a related family dispute, as President Benson was urged to monitor the situation. The Peters family left the courthouse with the child in their arms.
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Columbus
UPN
Willian O'Neill
Hardin County
Monahan
Adams
O'Neill
Laren
Peters
Fasen
Petershower
T Hat
Era Benson
Cdalion
Eichenberger
Switzerland
Poem Read At Funeral For Timothy Getty
In Glendale California a 12 year oldTimothy Getty son of billionaire J T Paul Getty was entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park after a brain tumor and failed plastic surgery. A Christian Science reader Eda Edson read the poem Timmy wrote two weeks before his death. Timmy was buried near schoolmate Richard Skelton son of Red Skelton who died at age nine last May 10.
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Glendale
Calif
Timothy Getty
Timmy
Paul Getty
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Richard Skeltion
Red Skoltan
Grenade Blast Destroys Italian Village Overnight
A fire sparked by a box of hand grenades destroyed the village of Sineport Inferiore near Reggio di Calabria. The explosion left about 1,000 residents homeless while the resident hosting the grenades was seriously injured. By dawn every house was ablaze and firemen fought to control the inferno.
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Reggio DI Calabria
Italy
Sineport Inferiore
Lausche Criticizes Johnson Over Debate Time Limit
Senator Lausche accused Senator Johnson of delaying tactics to ram through a railroad retirement bill. He protested the one hour debate limit and alleged the plan forced a quick, unfair schedule. Johnson defended the limit as a fair, orderly process giving all senators time to debate.
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Washington
UPI
Frank J. Lausche
Senate Civen
Lyndon B
Johnson
Texas
Lausche
Ohio Democrat
Blaakrooms
Betson
Wayre Morse
D-Ore
New York Senate Battle Wide Open
Buffalo UPI reports the renomination of Gov Averell Harriman to head the 1958 Democratic state ticket is seen as certain while the U S Senate nomination remains open with five top candidates contending in New York.
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Buffalo
UPI
Averell Harriman
U.S
New York County
Frank Hogan
James A. Farley
Thomas K. Finletter
Thomas Murray
Edward Dickinson
James Delaney
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Hogan
Carmine DeSapio
Frank A. Sedita
Harman
Atomic Sub Skate Welcomed in Bergen Norway
The U S submarine Skate arrived at Bergen amid a gala Norwegian welcome led by Ambassador Frances Willis and Defense Minister Nils Handah. Norwegian officials planned entertainment as the ship continues to Oslo and possibly Copenhagen, amid regional tensions and allied cautions.
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Bergen
Norway
API
U. S
Frances Willis
Defense
Nils Handah
America
Oslo
Denmark
Whittaker
Denver
Assn
Los Angeles
Bergen Harbor
Labor Official Urges Planks in Ohio Platform
Elmer F. Cope secretary treasurer of the Chin AFL-CIO asks Ohio Democrats to adopt platform planks opposing the antiunion shop constitutional amendment and supporting supplemental unemployment benefits and higher unemployment pay. He also urges a state minimum wage law social security coverage for public employes fair employment practices and prompt workers compensation payments. Farm Bureau representatives press for a comprehensive law study a state fair board and a livestock disease lab at Reynoldsburg.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Platform Committee
Reynoldsburg
Smoker Sues Reynolds for 250000 Over Cancer Claim
Albert B. Hudson of New Orleans filed a $250,000 suit against R J Reynolds Tobacco Co alleging that twenty two years of smoking a tin of tobacco and two packs daily caused his laryngeal and vocal cord cancer. He claims smoking caused, precipitated and aggravated cancer formation.
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New Orleans
UPD
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Albert B. Hudson
Man in Mississippi Splits Rifle After Accidental Shot
In Columbus Mississippi man Davis accidentally shoots himself in the chest while removing a rifle from a rack. He survives and then takes the rifle outside chopping it to splinters with an axe before heading to the hospital.
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Columbus
Miss
Davis
Hope Convinced As Chicagoans Praise Him
Chicago crowd raises 25 000 for Larabida Sanitarium at a 50 a plate testimonial for comedian Hope. Mayor Daley named him honorary mayor for a day with a pledge to resign after 24 hours. Hope proposed turning Michigan Boulevard into a golf course during his brief tenure.
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Chicago
UPI
30T Hope
Jack 3Enny
Hope
Leslie Towne
Ave
Larabida Sanitarium
Room of
Richard J. Daley
Michigan Boulevard
Ohio crop outlook improves says agriculture director
Ohio agriculture director James Hay says favorable weather in recent weeks has boosted prospects for a bumper corn and soybean crop. He notes damage areas exist but the state is not near disaster and ongoing surveys show central southern and southwestern counties hit hardest by rain.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
James Hay
Hay
Westinghouse Employees Get Pay Increase
Westinghouse Electric Corp. boosted wages for 105000 workers by 2.5 million dollars under an escalator clause as the U S labor department living cost index reached a new high. Hourly workers gained one cent an hour while salaried staff saw a 45 percent rise, bringing total adjustments under the 1955 pact to 38 cents per hour and applying quarterly if the index climbs.
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Westinghouse
Littsburgh
UPI
Westinghouse Electric Corp
U. S. Department of Labor
Monitors Urge Hoffa Back 16 Point Code For Union
Court appointed monitors urge James R. Hoffa to back a 16 point code to ensure honest local union elections. They seek ouster actions against two Tennessee Local 515 officers over alleged misuse of $20 000 of union funds to fix a case and require a care to be held by Sept 10 with possible suspension pending outcome.
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Washington
UPI
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Tennessee
Hoffa
Glenn W. Smith
H. I. Boling
Chattanooga Local 515
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Elizabeth Eckford
Pierre R. Smith & CO
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New York Senate
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