Transit Strike Ends in Philadelphia After Settlement
Negotiators reached a predawn settlement ending a two hour strike against Philadelphia’s transit system. Mayor Dilworth announced the deal as the union’s two year contract includes a 12 cent hourly raise immediately, 12 cents more next year, and fringe benefits for sick pay disability pay hospitalization and pension.
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Philadelphia
Richardson Dilworth
Frank Sheehan
Transit Workers Union
TWA
Philadelphia Transportation Co
PTC
Georgia teachers may receive $200 raise if revenues rise
Gov. Vandiver pledged an average $200 annual pay hike for Georgia teachers effective July 1 if state revenue grows enough. If tax collections fall, raises stay at current levels. The plan also earmarks $0.5 million to hire 1,400 teachers and expand staffing, with $1 million more for retirement benefits over two years.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
Bunk Gay
Pew
Vandiver
Budget Includes State Projects
Eisenhower proposes flood control navigation and reclamation appropriations for the coming fiscal year. Georgia funds include Hartwell and Savannah developments with multiple locks and harbors, plus reservoirs and harbors. Alabama allocations cover Columbia and Holt locks, Paint Rock River, Walter F George dam, Gulf Intercoastal Waterway, Mobile harbor, and related surveys and maintenance.
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Washington
Eisen-hower
Army
Georgia
Hartwell Reservir
Savannah
Augusta
Carters Dam
Marys
Holt Lock
Jefferson Lock
Paint Rock River
Walter F. George
Millers Ferry
Bon Secour River
Perido Bay
Black Warrior
Dauphin Island Bay
Mobile
Mobile Harbor
Budget Proposal Recommends Parks Funding for Georgia
President Eisenhower's budget proposes $231,500 for Georgia state parks. Fort Pulaski National Monument would receive $203,900 including $149,400 for a visitors center. Kennesaw Mountain National Historical Park gets $2,600 with $22,900 for Kelb house rehabilitation and a sewer system.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgia
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Kennesaw Mountain National Historical Park
Kelb House
Gershwin Years TV salute features stars and nostalgia
CBS's The Gershwin Years presented a 90 minute salute with stars like Merman Sinatra London and others performing familiar Gershwin tunes. The show blended nostalgia with light commentary and included a brief Rhapsody in Blue moment amid a mix of songs and performances.
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New York
Iif
Leland Hayward
Gershwin
CBS
Lay
Panama
Ed Brother
Ntion
Merman
J. B. Th
Sinatra
Julie London
Solons Eye Scholarship For Fired Goy Student
Two Georgia legislators unveil a bill to grant 1600 annual scholarships for University of Georgia students discharged over anti integration protests. They compare the plan to aid Negroes who attend out of state colleges, while asserting strong segregation support in their districts.
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Solons Eye
Goy
Georgia
University of Georgia
Sam
Singer
Lumpkin
H. Ben Rodgers
Folkston
Bumbay
Rodgers
Chariton County
Roy Harris
Augusta
O. C. Aderhold
The
Univer
Mharris
U. S. District Court
Bootle
Charlayne A. Hu
Hamilton E. Holmes
Logram
the Augustan
R. B
State Board of Regents
Gertrude Stein
Aderhold
Prograas
Harris
Rda No. 3
Aderhol
North Georgia
Kennedy and Graham Lunch in Palm Beach Encounter
President elect John F Kennedy meets Baptist evangelist Billy Graham for a luncheon in Palm Beach as he continues consultations on appointees and his inaugural address. He plans to fly to Washington and New York after the meal and announced John M Leddy as assistant secretary of the Treasury for international affairs.
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Palm Beach, Fla
John F. Kennedy
Billy Graham
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Washington
New York
John M. Leddy
the Treasury
Leddy
State Department
Douglas Dillon
Secretary of the Treasury
Sick Infant Dies As Crossing Is Blocked
An ambulance carrying 10 month old Pamela Jean Clark from Trenton Gad to a Chattanooga hospital waited as two freight trains blocked a downtown crossing. The child died in the front seat before reaching the hospital with driver Sherman Moore attempting mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Pamela Jean Clark
Trenton
Gad
Sherman Moore
Moore
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