Petrillo Declines Comment On Recording Ban Rumors
Miami Beach dispatch reports Patrono Petrillo refused to comment on rumors of a ban end. The longtime union chief gave no confirmation about any settlement, citing illness and keeping silent as speculation swirls. The interview also notes Petrillo’s optimistic stance on future recordings and his friendly rapport with reporters.
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Earl Wilson
Miami Beach
Pees C. Petrillo
Phonograph
Chicago
Big Shot
Petrillo
N.Y
Hog prices slide at major markets on semiholiday
Hog prices fell sharply at Chicago and Sioux City due to heavy holiday shipment. Prices dropped one to one and a quarter dollars per hundred pounds in Chicago and as much as one dollar seventy five in Sioux City as packing plants were closed and unable to absorb the extra hogs. Total hogs sent to 12 major stockyards reached about eighty seven thousand, up from roughly fifty thousand.
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Chicago
Sioux City
Denver
Teachers Reject Compromise Plan Spark Citywide Strike
The AFL Teachers' Union rejected an 81th-hour compromise and announced a citywide public school strike set to start at 8 a.m. Tuesday to press wage increases and oppose a two-week year cut. Mayor Humphrey was urged to intervene to avert the walkout. Margaret Thomson of Miller Vocational High voiced the mood, saying strike is necessary to protect rights.
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Minneapolis
AFL Teachers’ Union
Hubert Humphrey
Margaret Thomson
Miller Vocational High School
Nail removed from former G I head at Fort Logan
Virgil Gomez a 28 year old former G I who survived the Bataan death march had a two inch nail removed from his brain at the V A hospital Fort Logan. Doctors reported he is fully recovered and had suffered blinding headaches and slow paralysis before discovery and removal of the nail by surgeons.
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Fort Logan
Colo
Virgil Gomez
New Mexico
Veterans Administration Hospital
Gomez
Bataan
Greek citizen thanks Goshen veterans with banquet
Pete Vlassis a Greek native who became a U S citizen organized a thank you banquet for 140 overseas veterans in Goshen Indiana. His gesture gathered local gratitude and highlighted immigrant civic ties.
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Goshen
Ind
Pete Vlassis
Greece
Jury Seeks Impartiality in Gambling Probe
In Harrisburg Illinois a prospective juror was questioned as the court weighs fairness for a gambling investigation. The juror, a sales man, reportedly said the town should be wide open and was dismissed from jury service.
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Harrisburg
Ill
Communists Push Plans In Czechoslovakia Labor Rally
In Prague the Communist led PRO threatened a one hour manifestation strike to back nationalization. Eight thousand delegates joined mass meetings and urged broader action including a general strike. Premier Gottwald pressed for resignations of 12 nonmarist ministers as mass gatherings across five places backed a Gottwald cabinet. Over 100000 attendees joined the gatherings.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
National Labor Organization
PRO
Republic
URO
Communist Party
Red
United States
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Gottwald
Cake saved from 1860 wedding cherished by keeper
Mrs. Fred Forest of Brocton Massachusetts treasures a piece of cake from her parents wedding held April 25 1860. The slice remains preserved as a family memento across 48 years.
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Brocton
Mass
Fred Forest
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