20 Broommakers All Blind Picket Pittsburgh Plant
Twenty blind broommakers picketed the Pittsburgh branch of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind. They held a sit-down strike in the cafeteria after rejecting a 38 cent cut in the usual $1.13 per dozen wage. The association intends to abolish broommaking due to the strike and economic conditions, with most workers likely to transfer to other departments.
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Pittsburgh (N
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
Indian firemen train in British methods in Manchester
Two Indian firemen from Bombay are learning British firefighting techniques in Manchester, exchanging knowledge on equipment, handling, and incident response to improve efficiency in their home city.
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Bombay
Manchester
Painesville’s Barbara Randa Seeks Miss Universe Crown
Barbara Randa of Painesville represents Ohio in the Miss Universe pageant at Long Beach California. She is 19, brown eyed, brunette, with measurements 36 24 36 and competes for the title with other contestants.
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Painesville
Barbara Randa
Ohio
Long Beach
Calif
Labor Prophets Of Low Mood Provoked By Critics
Brown critical of labor leaders for predicting gloom and not signaling a business upturn. He spoke with President Eisenhower at the White House proposing a labor platform for 1956. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to hold a three year convention in 1956. the President gave no commitment. Sea coverage and tortoise like lizards cited in Gobi Desert fossil findings reported by Moscow experts.
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Washington
Guy L. Brown
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brown
White House
Eisenhower
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Moscow
Soldier Allowed Civilian Dress on Parade in Paris
Private Thomas Buckley of the U S Army stationed in Paris is permitted to wear civilian clothes during parades because the materials used in uniforms trigger a persistent rash on him.
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Thomas Buckley
U. S. Army
Paris
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