Reserve Bill Again Faces House Try
The House prepared a second push to approve an administration backed reserve bill aimed at strengthening military reserves. It would recall up to one million reservists in emergencies and allow 250 000 volunteers under 18 to serve seven years.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
House Armed Services Committee
Powell
D-Ny
National Guard
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Governor vetoes truck penalty bill in Ohio
Gov Frank J Lausche vetoes a measure to raise axle load penalties for truck operators. The bill would allow 20 000 pound axles to reduce penalties for load shifts, but Lausche cites Ohio’s road system designed for 18 000 pounds per axle and signs other bills into law.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
House
Senate
Ohio
Automotive Safety Foundation
Lausche
Judge vows to break gang hoodlumism in county
Juvenile Judge Clayton W. Rose declared he would break gang hoodlumism after sentencing five teenage youths to Boys Industrial School for the May 15 stabbing of a 17 year old Grove City boy. A sixth youth, 18, was bound over to the grand jury.
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Col Bus
Clayton W. Rose
Boys Industrial School
Grove City
Searchers Find 1 Flier's Body in Japanese Jet Crash
In Oshima Island near Tokyo the body of LT Alan Murdock McAneny of Yonkers New York was found in the wreckage of an FJ2 Fury jet identified as the plane that vanished Tuesday during a search for two other missing Marines. Day of Minneapolis is identified as a missing helicopter crewman. the search over southern Honshu continues as weather holds.
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Oshima Island
Marine Corps
Alan Murdock McAneny
Yonkers
N. Y
McAneny
Washington
Defense Department
Nag R. Day
Minneapolis
Inn
Air Force
Marine
Sky Knight
P. Montague
Jackson, Miss
David Winton Bell
Wayzata
Minn
General
Burma Prime Minister U Nu Receives Warm Agriculture Office Welcome
The Burma prime minister arrived for a scheduled meeting with Secretary Earl Butz. A prior attempt to meet with Benson had stalled, prompting U Nu to depart with a blaze of impatience. This time Earl Butz greeted him at the Agriculture Department and escorted him to Benson's office for a 30 minute conversation described as friendly by U Nu.
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Washington
U Nu
Burma
Ja A Ape of Agriculture
Iting
Benson
Earl Butz
Agriculture Department
Butz
City-Country Trade on 4th Holiday Travel Surge
CHICAGO Millions of Americans prepare for the long Fourth of July weekend as about 40 million cars are expected on the roads. The National Safety Council warns of roughly 380 deaths in holiday traffic from Friday evening to Monday night, compared with 342 in the non holiday period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Associated Press
Draft Act Extension Signed by President
President Eisenhower signed the selective service extension into law late Thursday, extending the draft authority for men aged 18 to 26 to four more years and continuing two year draft powers for doctors and veterinarians. The upper age limit was lowered from 51 to 46.
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Washington
Eisenhower
It's an outrage says husband over tow charge
The husband protests a garage man charging $15 to tow half a mile to the filling station. The wife defends the bill noting the brakes were on tight the entire way.
Short-Lived Steel Strike Ends As USS and Union Agree on Pay
Senate investigators issued subpoenas for two former Communists and newsmen as part of a Red influence probe dating to the 1930s. Charles Grutzner of the New York Times and Winston Burdett of CBS testified they joined the Communist Party in 1937 while reporters on the Brooklyn Eagle and quit before joining their current outlets. The subcommittee questioned Grutzner’s Korea dispatch about FS86 Sabrejets and Pentagon clearance.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Charles Grutzner
New York Times
Winston M. Burdett
CBS
Grutzner
Burdett
Communist Party
U. S. Air Force
Pentagon
The
Times
Air Force
Korea
Eastland
Turner Catledge
the Times
New York
Times Washington
Steel Workers Reach 15 Cent Wage Settlement At U S Steel
United States Steel Corp president Clifford Hood announced a nationwide agreement with the CIO United Steelworkers raising standard hourly wages by about 15 cents, roughly 7 percent, effective immediately. The settlement aims to restart operations, possibly on the midnight shift, and is expected to be quickly adopted by about 95 other basic steel and iron ore firms.
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Clifford F. Hood
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Corporation
Hood
Steel Industry
Big Steel
U.S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
U.S. Steel
Basic Steel
Pop remembers thrill of Fourth of July fireworks
New York report notes a shift from memory of traditional fireworks to widespread commercial displays. The piece cites 28 states allowing retail sales, 14 with restrictions, and six with no state laws, while many communities still regulate. It attributes the change to high death and injury tolls over the past century.
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Nevada
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Missouri
Desertion hits French Foreign Legion squad in Suez Zone
Port Said Egypt reports sixty seven veterans of the Kina canal area ship to the Suez Zone Thursday as the largest Legion desertion yet in the region. Egyptian coast guard rounded up the group amid varied motives including opposition to fighting in North Africa and harsh Legion discipline.
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Port Said
Egypt
Kina Ar Canal Zone
Suez Zone
North Africa
Twin sets born in Saginaw four pairs now
In Saginaw Michigan Jewel Frazier 21 and his 20 year old wife welcomed their third set of twins this week bringing their total to eight children across three twin births. The family already has six other children and neighbors describe their home as lively and busy. The newborn twins were reported healthy and well as the couple celebrates their remarkable reproductive run.
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Saginaw, Mich
Jewel Frazier
Opponents claim major victory in Dixon Yates fight
Washington reports elated opponents of the Dixon Yates private power contract say they scored a major, possibly decisive victory after President Eisenhower ordered a new look into whether to continue or cancel the deal. The Budget Bureau will confer with the Atomic Energy Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority to determine if the Memphis area can rely on Memphis’ own power plans.
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Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley
Mem
Phis
Budget Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rowland R. Hughes
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Dixon — Oe
Emphis
Memphis
George Dempster
Knoxville
Presidentromeia
Ark
Chamber of Commerce
Woman Kills Spouse Then Buries Him in Kentucky
LOUISA Kentucky Mrs Gar net Stucker 42 admitted Thursday she shot her crippled husband Estell 59 who used crutches hurled a pipe and hacked off his legs to bury him in a dirt basement grave She signed a statement detailing the death as coroner inquest planned today The couple married in 1940 and had no children He was a former construction worker
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Louisa
Garnet Stucker
Edward Fyffe
Stuckers
Twenty Two Pilots in Earl T. Rick 5 Hee Race
Ontario California hosts the second annual Earl T. Rick 5 Hee Race a 1945 mile jet dash to Detroit Six jet models race in the Air National Guard event with pilots from Fort Wayne Des Moines Columbus and Madison among the names Maj Allan R Packer Capt Dean G Baie Col James A Poston Capt Donald L Christensen and others listed for the field.
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Ontario
Calif
Earl T. Ricks
Detroit
Air National Guard
Allan R. Packer
Des Moines
Iowa
T. Vernon
Fort Wayne
Phil C. Brockman
Vowing Innocence as Cop Slayer Dies at Sunrise
Don Jesse Neal, a 23-year-old San Francisco man convicted of fatally shooting Salt Lake City police officer Owen Farley in 1951 after a motel robbery arrest, died at 5 a.m. MST at Point of the Mountain Utah when five riflemen from a firing squad executed him. Neal maintained innocence to the end as priests visited before dawn and witnesses, mostly law officers and prison staff, watched the execution.
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Point OF
Utah
Don Jesse Neal
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Owen T. Farley
Farley
Neal
Wilma Tully
Ogden
Marcell Graham
Magr
Joseph P. Moreton
Robert Pollock
Wolun
Ohio Steelmen Idle Amid Midnight Walkout
More than 100000 steelworkers across Ohio faced idle plants as Pittsburgh talks failed to produce a contract. FURNACES cooled in anticipation and workers at midnight simply went home, with gates thinning to near emptiness. Notable idled groups include 11200 Republic Steel in Cleveland and 29000+ across Canton Youngstown Elyria Maaslon Warren Niles, 6000 U S Steel American Steel and Wire, 3500 Jones and Laughlin, 11000 from Valley Mould and Iron Works.
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Ohio
Pittsburgh
Republic Steel Corp .S
Republica
Canton
Youngstown
Elyria
Masailon
Warren and
Niles
U.S. Steel Corp
American Steel & Wire Division
Jones & Laughlin
WU. &. Steel
National Tube Works
Valley Mould & Iron Corp
Point Pleasant Office Entered by Four Burglar Suspects
Police investigate after four men allegedly drilled a hole in a side door to unlock a safe at the O. C. Tennant beer distributor office. The safe was moved to a back room and cleared out. the amount stolen was not disclosed.
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Point Pleasant
O. C. Tennant
Tennant
Empire State Building Bowl to Giant Tower
Roswell New Mexico reports the construction of a TV tower 1610 feet high, planned to be the tallest structure in the world, awaiting federal approval. Owner John A. Barnett of KSWS TV coordinates the project.
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Empire State Building
Giant
Roswell
N. M
Federal al
John A. Barnett
Ksws-Tv
Bomber Lands Safely With Three Engines Out
A crippled B47 bomber from the Air Force landed safely at Columbus Bourne Air Force Base after three engines failed far from Kalamazoo Michigan. Maj Louis A Garvin the plane commander could not determine the cause of the engine loss on the three million dollar aircraft.
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Columbus
Air Force
Polbourne Air Force Base
Kalamazoo
Mich
Louis A. Garvin
Foreign Born Know Value Of Freedom
A Richmond dentist leading a group of naturalized citizens from Virginia and beyond plans a July Fourth gathering on a historic isle. He notes many came from lands where liberty was only a word and says Americans should more fully appreciate freedom.
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Virginia
Dr. Bruni
Channel Bill Hearing Ends on Great Lakes Canal Plan
A House subcommittee concluded two days of hearings on a bill to link channels in the upper Great Lakes at a cost of 140 million dollars. D-Minn backers push for quick House action this session. The plan aims to create 27 foot channels west of Lake Erie to connect with the St. Lawrence Seaway now under construction. The Seaway is set to provide a minimum channel depth and ties into the broader waterway project.
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Washington
House
Upper
Great Sa
Congress
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence Seaway
Children stained by navy dye marker incident reported
A four year old boy suffered a green stain after contact with a navy dye marker. The episode left him angry and the event was documented in the local report.
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Navy
News Guild Rejects Anti Communist Bill Statement Policy
The News Guild CIO rejected an anticommunist bill and adopted a policy stating locals need not resist the firing of any recent Communist Party member.
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News Guild
Ame
CIO
Communist Party
Blind Korean Vet and Wife Welcome Son in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota a visually impaired Korean War veteran and his blind wife became parents to a son born at St Luke's Hospital. The Thorntons, who had a chance meeting while Joyce was home from school and John was on leave, had long lived with their challenges as a couple. A community drive funded home furnishings and helped John Thornton secure work, marking a milestone in their life amid ongoing hardship.
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Duluth
Minn
John L. Thornton
St. Lukes Hospital
Thorntons
Thornton
Joyce
John
Tide Strands Sea Lion on Philadelphia Pier
A sea lion stranded on a Philadelphia pier during Delaware tides died of heat prostration after climbing onto the deck. Frederick A. Ulmer of the zoo said the 150 pound animal likely went ashore as water receded and did not normally inhabit the Atlantic Ocean. The species may have escaped from an exhibition in New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Ohia Naval Base
Frederick A. Ulmer
Zoo
Atlantic Ocean
N. J
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Rise Across Regions
The forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal with highs from 34 to 86 and warm humid conditions. Expect limited variation Saturday through the holiday weekend with unsettled thundershowers in some areas as a frontal system lingers.
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