Roofers Walk Out as Old Contract Expires in Phoenix
About 100 AFL roofers local members walked off the job in Phoenix when the contract expired. James Hayes said wages would drop 10 to 27 cents per hour under the new terms. Phoenix locals approved 646 to 135, Tucson 300 to 137 against. The agreement, reached after weeks of negotiations, provides four percent raises in 1956 1957 and 1958 for laborers teamsters cement masons and operating engineers, with a total increase of 37 cents per hour over four years for painters and decorating contractors.
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Phoenix —P
AFL Roofers
James Hayes
Arizona Carpenters
Phoenix
Tucson
AFL
Painters Union Local
Painting and Decorating Contractors Association
UAW Extends Ford Pact To Monday Amid Talks
The CIO United Auto Workers extended Ford Motor Co contract to Monday morning to allow more bargaining time. Walter Reuther and Ken Bannon said Ford made a new offer but major issues including the guaranteed annual wage remain unsettled. About 2,000 South Chicago workers quit in apparent strike anticipation.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Ken Bannon
Ford Department
Ford
Reuther
South Chicago Assembly
Chicago
Britain Faces Widespread Unemployment Amid Rail Strike
Britain braced for mass layoffs as the nationwide rail strike entered its fourth day. Prime Minister Eden’s government used state of emergency powers to move goods with trucks and private cars, while ASLEF demanded a 1.12 dollar weekly rise. Dock workers also pressed for recognition as 20,000 plus stayed out across six ports.
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London
Britain
Eden
Servative
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASLEF
Laborite Daily Herald
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Daily Mirror
June Weather Forecast: Dryer, Hotter, No Promised Rain
A weather summary notes June looks hotter and drier with minimal rain. Tucson may fare better than Phoenix, where Louis Jurwitz cites decades of data showing only one cloudy day and about six hundredths of an inch of rain for June.
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Phoenix
Louis R. Jurwitz
Arizona
Tucson
New Contract Approved In Five Crafts
A new contract giving pay raises to about 11,000 workers in five basic crafts of Arizona's construction industry was agreed early today. An early morning settlement affecting some 1,000 members of the Phoenix painters local was also disclosed. Several labor contracts expired at midnight Tuesday with salaries of laborers operating engineers cement masons and teamsters boosted.
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Arizona
Phoenix Painters
Late Sports Schedule Dense with AL Contests and NL Matchups
Washington and Detroit won on Stone Oldis Hoeft and Wilson. Boston plays Chicago and New York visits Kansas City with two, Baltimore at Cleveland, night games. Milwaukee at Brooklyn Chicago at Philadelphia St. Louis at Pittsburgh night games. Cincinnati at Brooklyn noted.
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Stone
Oldis
Hoeft
Wilson
Boston
Chicago
New York
Kansas City
Baltimore
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Forest Fire Near McNary Fought by 600 Men
Six hundred men battled a wind driven forest fire that scorched about 3000 acres and crept within a quarter mile of McNary Arizona. Fourteen bulldozers widened fuel breaks as 30 mph winds swept the area. Fire lines held through the morning as crews fought the blaze.
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McNary
Arizona
Pagett
Senate OKs eight percent pay hike for postal workers
The Senate approved a substitute postal pay bill 78 to 0 after a brief debate, sending it to the House. It would raise salaries for about 500,000 postal workers by an average eight percent with fringe benefits, following Eisenhower's acceptance.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Real Estate Activity Holds Record Pace in May
Real estate activity in Pima County stayed at record levels for May with an index of 400 from the Arizona Land Title & Trust Co. May followed April’s all time high of 420 and March’s 400, marking three straight months of peak activity. Robert Addison of the trust company cited consistency, noting a smaller deeds count in May but mortgage totals nearly matched. Tucson Title Insurance Co. figures show May totals at 6,685,894 versus 3,841,178 last year.
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Pima County
Arizona Land Title & Trust Co
Robert Addison
Four U S fliers freed from China reach Hawaii
Four U S airmen freed after more than two years in Communist China head for Hickam Field Hawaii to reunite with relatives. In Washington House Republican leaders say the government remains determined to secure the release of the remaining Americans imprisoned by the Reds. The released pilots Capt Harold Fischer Jr Lyle Cameron Edwin Heller and Roland W Parks were shot down in the Korean War and are en route to join awaiting kin.
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Honolulu
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Roland Parks
Omaha
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Harold Fischer, Jr
Swea City
Iowa
U. S
Hawaii
Red
China
Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Tucson
Hong Kong
Harold Fischer Jr
Lyle Cameron
Roland W. Parks
Trucker Wage Offer Rejected Across Western U S
Union voters across 11 states repelled the latest wage package. AFL officials said local ballots showed strong rejection as a west wide tieup continued, affecting 28 000 union members and 100 000 workers while plants in Los Angeles delayed production and car shipments. Local 357 in Los Angeles rejected the offer by more than two to one.
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Los Angeles
AFL
Teammster
Frank Brewster
Teamsters
Southern California
H. L. Woxberg
Teamsters Local 224
Teamster
Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Breathing Spell Backed by South in Desegregation Debate
Southern officials welcomed the Supreme Court order allowing time to desegregate schools. Governors like Georgia’s Marvin Griffin warned against forced integration, while Louisiana’s Leander Perez and others pledged to resist. NAACP plans Atlanta strategy as holdout states prepare litigation for years.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Deep South
Griffin
Leander Perez
W. M. Rainach
Hugh White
Atty
J. P. Coleman
Clarendon County
Teamsters vote to reject offer in western joint council
Seven to one secret ballot rejection reported by Howard Grant of Tucson who said locals in Arizona New Mexico and El Paso voted against the offer. Grant, after meetings in Los Angeles Phoenix and El Paso, notes steamship lines at Los Angeles harbor with undelivered merchandise. Railroads absorb more freight as trucks fall short. Union signals a long struggle ahead.
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Howard Grant
Tucson Teamsters
Arizona
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Grant
Tucson
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Los Angeles Harbor
Teamsters
Union
Rubenstein Wins Low Bid on 500 Fort Huachuca Housing
SAN FRANCISCO The Rubenstein Construction Co of Phoenix appears to have the lowest bid for a 500 unit Wherry housing project at Fort Huachuca Arizona. The company bid 4 229 000, the low bid of three bids on the army project to house personnel at the electronic proving ground.
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San Francisco
Rubenstein Construction Co
Phoenix
Ft. Huachuca
Arizona
Rubenstein Concern
Electronic Proving Ground
Tucson Tonight and Tomorrow at Local Theater Schedule
This edition lists events in Tucson including the Tucson Little Theater opening a new play Tomorrow at 8 30 p m and Time Out For Ginger at 8 30 p m at El Conquistador hotel Kadimah Players hold tryouts for The Fifth Season at the Jewish Community Center tonight at 8 P m and wrestling at the Tucson Sports Center at 8 30 P M Also a Carregie library book mobile stop at Mission Manor at 9 A M plus a VFW hail and a Tucson Bridge Club event at 7 43 P M
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Carregie Library
Mission Manor
Tucson Bridge Club
Kadimah
Jewish Community Center
Tucson Little Theater
Ginger
el Conquistador Hotel
Tucson Sports Center
Douglas Fire Department Ready to Stop Blaze Any Time
Fire crews respond to a blaze with rapid action as the Douglas department prepares to contain the fire at once. No injuries reported, and investigators assess the cause and extent of the damage. The scene draws community attention to emergency readiness and response.
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Arizona
Albritton
Eisenhower
Douglas Fire Department
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United Press
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U.S
Reds
Pacific
Bers
Studebaker
Chrysler Assembly
South
L. B. McCord
North Carolina
Attorney General's Office
Phoenix Firm Law On Fort Housing
VFW
Ariz
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