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...operaters' position, as stated by Seabury Stanton, head of the Cotton Manufacturers Association for the New Bedford-Fall River area, is that "New England mills cannot survive in the face of unequal competition from Southern mills." Stanton's group refuses to compromise with the union despite the efforts of a special mediation board appointed by Governor Herter. The union has announced that its members are willing to go back at the present wage rates, but cotton manufacturers have issued an ultimatum, threatening to move out of the state if their demands are not satisfied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Textile's Last Stand | 5/23/1955 | See Source »

Five State bills which would compel private colleges to dismiss Communists from their teaching staffs may be referred to the Commission on Communism and never reach a floor vote, according to Sen. George J. Evans (R) of New Bedford, chairman of the Joint Committee on Education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anti-Red Teacher Bills May Never Reach Floor | 2/10/1955 | See Source »

...bills stand an excellent chance of becoming law before the end of the present legislative session, according to Sen. George J. Evans (R) of New Bedford and chairman of the Education Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Considers Bills to Oust All Red Teachers | 2/9/1955 | See Source »

...Norman bastard and the best crossbowman in all England. Margaret, a practical woman of 14, runs Falkes's castle, appreciates his long absences from home, and is only mildly annoyed when he scolds her for lowering the drawbridge too slowly. Lady Margaret survives the harrowing siege of Bedford and the fall of the House of Brealte, repudiates her husband, eventually suffers the ignominious fate of ostracism. In Leopards and Lilies, talented Author Duggan (The Little Emperors) is caught with his drawbridge down: the story is not as fleet as Angevin England's fast-moving Leopard banners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mixed Fiction, Nov. 8, 1954 | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...Supermen. In New Bedford, Mass., after police recaptured Jailbreakers Charles Cardoza and Albert Vincent, the prisoners explained that they had not heard police surround their hideaway because they were too absorbed in reading comic books...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 1, 1954 | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

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