Phone Employees Refuse Passage During Western Electric Strike
Nationwide walkout continues as 16 000 Western Electric workers join 61 000 Bell system staff across Michigan Ohio New Jersey and northern California predawn protests spread with three North Carolina plants targeted The CIO CWA led by Joseph Beirne plans further action while AT&T says service remains largely unaffected and total idle workers may reach about 300 000.
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Wells Wuerllo
Western Electric
Michigan
Ohio
New Jersey
California
Bell Telephone System
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Burlington
Greensboro
Traverse City
Mich
Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake and Poloma
Mom Co
Morgantown
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell System
New York
Bell
House Pares Arms Fund Takes Recess After Budget Cuts
Congress adjourned for a 12 day Easter recess after slashing more than six billion dollars from Truman era military requests. The House trimmed 4.7 billion from the five billion defense bill and reduced next year's spending by about 63 percent, amid a Republican southern Democrat push to cap next year’s military outlay at 46 billion.
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Washington
House
Truman
Defense Department
Rep
Smith
Congress
Kefauver Bid Gains Power Says Humphrey
Sen. Humphrey of Minnesota said Kefauver is the pace-setter in the Democratic race and will be hard to overtake. He declined to commit his support yet, but expressed friendly regard for Estes Kefauver and a desire not to stop him.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Vrurman
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Harry Sruman
Clarence B. Randall
Finland Steel Co
Stalio
Jany Man
Phil Murray
Randall
John Ry
Steelman
Commerce Sawyer
Sawyer
Capitol Hill
Cona
Truman
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Tennesegee
Easter Bonnet Try On With Peggy Efaw
Peggy Efaw and her brother Dickie pose in Easter bonnet attire during a rehearsal scene. The images capture expressions from skepticism to pleasure as likely Sunday morning attire is tested, photographed by Don Moore for the Athens Messenger.
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Pegey Efaw
Peggy
Dickie Efaw
Francis Efaw
Cass SL
Athens
Messenger
Don Moore
Anthrax Hits 19th County in Ohio Farm Disease Spread
In Muskingum County anthrax killed one hog and the liv stock illness spread to 49 cases across six Ohio counties. State agriculture officials report the disease has killed 315 hogs and cattle on 215 farms, with Preble Dark Montgomery and Knox among earlier affected counties.
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Columbus
Muskingum County
Ohio
Preble
Dark
Montgomery
Knox
Lausche backs DiSalle for U S Senate in Ohio primary
Gov. Frank J. Lausche urged the nomination of Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo for U S Senator on the Democratic ticket for the May 6 primary. He called DiSalle honest and industrious with a record of keeping the public interest first in management and labor.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Price
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
U. S
DiSalle
37 Die in Crash Near Tokyo
Tokyo sources report a Japan Airlines crash 65 miles south of Tokyo on Wednesday killed all 37 aboard. Among the dead were three Americans including Nong from Ohio.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Japan Airlines
Nong
Ohio
Worst Flood in 71 Years Hits Pierre South Dakota
Pierre and Fort Pierre suffer severe Missouri River flood with 1600 homeless, 25 foot crest expected, flood warnings issued downstream toward Sioux City Omaha and Council Bluffs. Red Cross and National Guardsmen mobilize as Coast Guard assists evacuated residents.
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Sinoe Agate Ty Teo Wate
Tb Bielass Beer
Heumry
Missouri Valley
Closs
South Dakota City
Pierre
Thnis
Missouri
Fort Pierre
Red Cross
Army
Lioux City
Omaha
Neb
National
Weather Bureau of
Council Bluffs, Ta
Coast Guard
Islares
Taft Plotters Eye Victory In New Jersey Primary
Taft campaign lieutenants in Trenton say the senator faces a rigged New Jersey primary but could still claim a moral victory with a sizable vote. Taft goes to the polls facing Eisenhower and Stassen in the GOP contest.
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Trenton
N. J
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
Taft
Dwight Denhower
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Senator’s Bul Bars Much Sought Witness
The McCarran committee on internal security struggles to obtain an ex communist from Europe to testify under the McCarran act. Senator Ferguson notes the difficulty and quips about being caught on a worn shoehorn.
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Washington —ii
McCarran Committee On Internal Security
Europe
McCarran
Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress Prepares Battle Over Steel Mill Seizure
Congress opened a heated clash over the government's power to seize steel mills. Critics shouted dictatorship while supporters defended the action as a move to avert a nationwide strike. The Senate Banking Committee paused for a week as it works to extend wage and price controls and emergency powers.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Maybank
D-50
Senate
San. Humphrey
Truman Mum On The Plans
President Truman avoided confirming any word from General Eisenhower about leaving his European Defense Command. He declined to discuss a possible release request or notice and said the timing of giving up supreme command in Europe was up to Eisenhower.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
European
Eisenhower
Supreme Command of Allied Forces
Europe
Ohio Phone Company Renames to General Telephone Ohio
The Ohio Associated Telephone Company will become the General Telephone Company of Ohio. The General Telephone Corpora tion will change the names of its 12 subsidiaries to include the General. The move aims to present a unified system to the investing public. In Mount Vernon a traffic fatality occurred when John McGill was killed by Donald C. Power, president of a local trucking firm, marking Mount Vernon’s first such fatality since July 1949.
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New York
Ohio Associated Telephone Company
General Telephone Company of
Ohio
General Telephone Corporation
Mount Vernon
Three-sword “General
John McGill
Donald C. Power
Mount Vernof
Truce Talks May Return to Sub-Teams In Korea
MUNSAN Korea fifth straight day of talks yields no progress and adjournment. Maj Gen William Harrison notes Allies could move talks from subdelegation to staff officers if desired. Reds seek airfield repairs during armistice and Soviet neutrality.
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Munsan
Korea
Hsieh Fang
William K. Harrison
Harrison
Hsiebislip
Warrison
Soviet Russia
Allied Forces Bask in Sun as Planes Hit North Korea
Allied troops enjoyed spring sunshine while UN aircraft pounded North Korean rail lines, supply dumps, and troop concentrations. The U S Eighth Army reported the front quiet after a brief lull, with B26 air planes patrolling and B29s conducting night raids on rail bridges and marshalling yards.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
U.S. Eighth Army
Air Force Planes Collide Kill Twelve In Training Crash
When two training aircraft collided over Cape Cod, twelve airmen were killed as flaming wreckage burned after the crash. The C 47 from Stewart Air Force Base carried ten men, an F 94 fighter carried two. bodies were recovered hours later.
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Camp Edwards
Mas
Collise Air Force
Cape Col
Air Force
Stewart Air Force
Newburgh
Iwo
Bolivian revolt shakes La Paz as army clashes unfold
Fighting rages in La Paz as rebels led by Victor Paz Estenssoro clash with Brig. Gen. Antonia Seleme's faction after the junta seized power 11 months earlier. At least 18 killed, 40 injured. government forces retake areas including Villa Victoria and Miraflores garrison.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Bolivis
Junta
Lo Rs
Victor iPaxz Estenssoro
Ith National Revolutionary Party
Qainro
Jamiong
Antonia Seleme
Injterior
Juna
el Alto
la jPaz
Senate Vote on McCarthy Inquiry Near
The Senate may vote today on continuing an inquiry into Benton's demand that Senator McCarthy be expelled. The move seeks to remove a Benton resolution from a subcommittee that would oust McCarthy. Benton accused McCarthy of perjury fraud and deceit amid communist empowerment charges. McCarthy filed a $2 million libel suit against Benton over the charges.
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Wasilington
LTI
Senate
Sen
Benton
D-Cann
McCarthy
D-Wis
Congress
Subcommittee
Jenkins Joins A Plant Drive for Ohio Valley Site
Two more Ohio congressmen backed a drive to locate a multi million dollar atomic plant in the Portsmouth area. Robert Secrest and Thomas Jenkins touted the Ohio Valley as ideal and said local resources could support the project. AEC considering sites in Ohio Kentucky and Paint Creek Pleasant WV.
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Washington
Ohio
Portsmouth
Robert Secrest
Thomas Jenkins
S Valley
Secrest
Senecaville
Jenkins
Jranton
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Kentucky
Paint Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio Offers To Cut Section Of Turnpike
In Columbus the Turnpike Commission proposed trimming 12.9 miles of the highway as Maumee man withdraws his lawsuit challenging the turnpike's constitutionality.
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Ohio
Columbus Turnpike
Maumee
Government To Buy Surplus Pork and Eggs
Secretary Brannan announced government purchases to bolster prices by buying a substantial amount of pork and up to 500000 eggs for use next year. The Commerce Department will offer to buy, diverting supplies temporarily from markets burdened by surpluses.
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Washington
Poretary
Brannan
Jure Department
Panel To Probe Ohio Industrial Commission
The Ohio Program Commission announces the appointment of a 36 member committee to study the Ohio Industrial Commission. State Senator Roscoe H. Walcutt, chair, disclosed the move on Wednesday.
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Industrial Commission
Colembus
Ohio Industrial Commission
Roscoe HH Walcutt
Ohio Program Commission
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Pares Arms
Kefauver
Lausche
Ralph Henderson
Sioux
N.J
Ohio Phone Company
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Aarrisuy
Alyn Heid
Miraflores Garnisin
Lu P
Gis
Larmy
sUil
Stanette
Villa Victoria
Houta
Musk Villa Victoria
Martit
Caboved
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Lake Hope
SORC
Monongahela Power Company
U.S
Peggy Eyes Bonnets
Wes
Thawan
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