First Skirmish in Delegate Tiff Looms
The GOP contest in Chicago opens as Taft and Eisenhower backers clash for 72 convention votes. AP tally shows 475 Taft to 409 Eisenhower on first ballot. Televised hearings and cameraman access remain undecided. Stevenson declines draft talk.
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Ohio
Robert Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
GOP National Committee
Convention Credentials Committee
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Kansas
Missouri
Jet wage talks stall as mediators meet again
Washington reports no progress after Monday night talks between the CIO Auto Workers Union and North American Aircraft Co over an 28 cent hourly raise versus a 17 cent offer. The plant builds the nation’s I 86 Sabre jets and workers keep current wages under a temporary extension.
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Washington
CIO
Auto Workers Union
North American Aircraft Co
UAW
Reds Attack Despite Mud On Heartbreak Ridge Front
A North Korean battalion pressed through deep mud along a half mile front in Heartbreak Ridge sectores in Eastern Korea Monday night. The assault after heavy artillery and mortar bombardment failed to breach UN defenses. the eastern front has seen lighter action than the west with over 750 attackers reported.
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Seoul
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
Ravenswood Celebrates Centennial with Parade and Pageant
Ravenswood in Jackson County marks 100 years since incorporation with six days of events. A July 4 parade led by Walter J. Purdy features floats, 25 contestants for queen, and a coronation by Frank Knight. Festivities include a gala, ballet numbers, band concerts, rodeos, fireworks, boat races, and a centennial pageant written by Rev. Phillip Jenkins.
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Jackson County
George Washington
West Virginia
Ohio
Walter J. Purdy
Francis Linshome
Paul Cox
Homer Gandee
Clyde Hupp
J. H. Noll, Jr
Foster Seamon
Glen Hartley
James Beauseau
Frank Knight
Charleston Gazette
Ford School of Dance of
Huntington
Flinn Field
Joseph Waterman
Trinity Episcopal Church
Parkersburg
Bess Huey
Mary Evans
George Bennett
Picnic Hill
NYA
Ohio River
Phillip Jenkins
Jenkins
Ravenswood Baptist Church
George and
Martha Washington
Ravenswood Ferry
Tests Continue In Instructor Wingfield Death
Tests by Dr. Clayton Smith and Dr. Metl Davis will take at least two weeks to determine cause of death of Ohio University instructor Tom Grant Wingfield. Prosecutor James Shumaker reported coronary occlusion tentatively ruled, but final cause awaits toxicology results. Wingfield’s body was found June 21 in his Athens apartment after a preliminary autopsy. Funeral services were held in Rome Georgia and relatives arrived to arrange personal property.
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James F. Shumaker
Shumaker
Metl Davis
Columbus Pathologist
Ohio University
Clayton Smith
University Hospital
Wingfield
S Court St
Rome
Joseph B. Grogan
Athens
Reno Kingpin Given Five Years in Burglary Case
Mrs Jeanne d Arc Michaud a 36 year old self styled brains of the 1500000 Redfield burglary was sentenced to five years in prison by Federal Judge Roger Foley in Carson City Nevada She likely goes to the Alderson federal reformatory for women parole eligible after 20 months Judge Foley also sentenced two other defendants in the Reno mansion burglary tied to La Vere Redfield February raid.
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Nev
Jeanne d'Arc Michaud
Redfield
Roger Foley
Michaud
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Ohio Five Day Forecast With Temps Above Normal
The forecast notes temperatures will run slightly above normal across Ohio with highs near 82 to 87 and lows around 62 to 63. Expect above normal temperatures Thursday and Friday, then near or slightly below normal through the weekend. Showers total less than half an inch, scattered, concentrated in extreme south areas Wednesday and Thursday.
Death Dive at Niagara Falls Shocks Tourists
Scores of tourists watched helplessly as Mrs. Josephine Stachowiak of Cheektowaga plunged into the Niagara River and was swept to her death over the American Falls. She was identified by notes found in a purse left at the scene. contents were not disclosed.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Josephine Stachowiak
Cheektowaga
Eight Families Displaced by Middler Building Fire
A ten alarm blaze at the Middler Building in East Liverpool forced eight families from their apartments on Monday. Damage was estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. Firefighters fought the flames for hours and prevented further spread.
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East Liverpool
Midler
Senate Opens German Pact Debate Today
Sen Connally predicts easy Senate approval as the chamber begins debate on ratifying pacts that would end Western Germany occupation and bind Bonn Paris signatories into a European Defense Community army with France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and West Germany.
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Connally
D-Tex
Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Free World
Bonn
Paris
European Defense Community
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Third Class Mail Rates Hiked Today
The bulk third class mailing privilege faces a 30 million dollar yearly hike as the minimum charge rises from 1 cent to 1 1/2 cents per piece. Congress authorized the staggered postage increase last year to reduce the postal deficit.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Deficit Near Three Billion in 1952 Figures
Treasury bookkeepers project fiscal 1952 deficit around three billion dollars, about 38 percent below President Truman’s January estimate. Final tallies show spending near 70.9 billion and revenue around 62.7 billion, with the deficit narrowing accordingly.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Truman signs ten month extension of controls law
President Truman reluctantly signed a ten month extension of the price and wage controls law, delaying its expiration to April 1953. The measure weakens several provisions the president wanted strengthened and leaves inflationary pressures uncertain. The law preserves price limits and wage controls for ten months and keeps authority to allocate scarce materials for a full year.
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Rayburn
Texas
Truman
Congress
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate House
GOP Begins Close Study for Platform
The Republican party opens a detailed process to draft its 1952 platform. A resolutions committee will meet in Chicago then split into 11 subgroups to hear leaders from business labor agriculture and foreign affairs plus citizen input. Subcommittees tackle foreign policy labor civil rights taxation spending defense and more. A separate Columbus blaze caused about 25000 damage to E T Paul Co tire firm.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Columbus
E. T. Paul Co., Inc
Roseville Youth Gets 5 Year Jail Sentence
Donald I Henning 21 of Roseville was sentenced to five years in federal prison for draft evasion. Judge Mell G Underwood of U S District Court issued the sentence after Henning, a conscientious objector, failed to report to a Zanesville selective service board for induction.
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Donald I Henning
Roseville
Mell G Underwood
U. S. District Court
Henning
Zanesville Selective Service Board
Fragmented GOP Cleavages Split by Isolation and Liberalism
The article argues the GOP is a broad coalition split between liberal East and conservative West, with internal fault lines among old guards and local bosses. It notes figures like Norris, La Follette, Ickes, Lodge, Smith, and Taft, and describes tensions over isolationism, internationalism, and government role.
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Creager
Texas
Lodge
Saltonstall
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate Passes Massive Armed Forces Budget Amid Upfront Cash Debate
The Senate approved a 46.403 billion dollar military budget for the coming fiscal year, trimming Truman's request and setting a mix of cash and contract authority. The House differed on cash versus contract funding, and a parallel fight over a 46 billion discretionary cap persisted. Senate also moved to exclude a Korea military pay raise proposal and faced conference with the House on eight other appropriation bills.
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Senate
Truman
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Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Air Force
Seta Shennan
House
Appropriations Committee
Mahey
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Navy
Pentagon
Korea
Dougelas
31st Steel Firm Signs Union Pact
The CIO United Steelworkers signed a wage pact with Harrisburg Steel Corp and resumed production. The deal includes a 15 cent hourly raise, modified union shop, six paid holidays, and three weeks vacation for 15 years service. Most of the industry remains in talks with major producers.
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Harrisburg, Pa
Steel Corp
Philip Murray
18. Steel Corp
Weirton Steel Requests $550 Per Ton Price Increase
Weirton Steel Co asked the West Virginia governor to approve a 550 per ton rise in steel prices. The firm, a National Steel Corp subsidiary, recently settled with the independent steelworkers for a about 11,500 employees a 1 cent an hour package. The CIO United Steelworkers strike continues elsewhere, with union shop not an issue at Weirton. The new contract also raised wages for Weirton and Steubenville workers by 16 cents an hour.
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Weirton, W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
Selia
Weirton Steel
National Steel Corp
CIO
United
Weirton
W Va
Steubenville
Plant Blast Kills Woman at Egg Plant
Ammonia fumes released by a boiler explosion at a Salem egg processing plant during a morning rest period killed Mrs. Phyllis Howell 30 of Columbiana. Seven other workers were hospitalized with cuts, shock, and gas exposure. A male employee was also treated at Salem City Hospital.
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George Overholt
The
Salem News
Phyllis Howell
Columbiane
Northeastern Onlo Poultry Association
Columbiana
Salem City Hospital
Communists Charge UN with Incidents Push at Panmunjom
North Korean Gen Nam Ilzame accuses the UN of seeking free texts as truce talks resume at Panmunjom after a three day recess. Maj Gen William K Harrison Jr notes a prisoner exchange plan hinges on verified lists and release of all POWs held by each side.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Nam Tllame
North Korea
William K. Harrison Jr
Reds
Crippled Father Rescues Daughter at Oklahoma Picnic
Olen Petty, crippled since childhood, rose from his wheelchair at a family picnic to save his 11-year-old daughter from drowning. He could not reach his 9-year-old son Joe, who sank inches away. the uncle called the act miraculous as Petty crawled on hands and knees to aid his daughter.
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Olen Petty
Joe
Cecil Garner
Petty
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