Union Chief Makes Civil Rights Plea
The CIO and NAACP leaders urged Democratic platform drafters to include strong civil rights pledges and enforceable measures. They pressed for federal anti lynching laws ban of poll taxes and desegregation along with a rules change to allow civil rights debate by a simple majority in the Senate.
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James B. Carey
CIO
Philadelphia
States Rights Party
Dixie
Federal Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy L. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Stanley Gewirtz
Americans For Democratic Action
Reuther
U. S. Senate
Senate
Dope Selling Charge Faces Ohio Doctor
Dr. William A. Quinn 80 Scioto County coroner will face a preliminary hearing in Portsmouth on narcotics charges. He is accused of dispensing narcotics without records after Portsmouth police and a Cincinnati narcotics agent traced 2500 morphine tablets bought in June. Quinn admits faulty record keeping but denies selling to addicts.
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Portsmouth
William A. Quinn
Scioto County
U. S
Laurence Kimble
Quinn
Wayne Harris
Ronald Parker
U. S S
Cincinnati
Cool Front Foils Heat Across Large Regions
The region faced another day of hot humid conditions from the Rockies to the East with showers offering brief relief in the southwest. Cooler air spread into New England and upper New York while the Midwest, south and east stayed muggy with 90s. Squalls persisted in the northwest Gulf and coastal showers continued.
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Seaboard
New England
New York State
Dakotas
Midwest
Gulf of Mexico
Alcoa Seeks Price Increase Amid OPS Review
Washington reports that Alcoa of America asked for at least a 10 percent price rise to cover higher materials and possibly labor costs. The request, aimed at industry wide effects, was sent to an industry advisory committee as OPS studies the impact. Other major producers include Reynolds and Kaiser.
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Aluminum Co. of America
Office of Price Stabilization
Alcoa
OPS
Reynolds
Kaiser
New Speed Record Set by Skyrocket at 1238 MPH
Pilot Bill Bridgeman describes the D558-2 Skyrocket reaching 1238 miles per hour in level flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The Navy confirms the record and notes an altitude of 79 494 feet before a controlled descent to a landing on the desert.
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Free World
Navy
Bill Bridgeman
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Desert
Dan A Kimball
Edwards Air Force Base
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Douglas
Bridegman
Iran Leader Resigns After Powers Blocked
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh resigns amid Parliament gridlock over granting him decree powers for six months to tackle Iran's economic crisis. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi asks Majlis to select a new government head as Mossadegh is reported ill in bed.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
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Majlis
Hussein Ala
Copters Resume Trek Toward Transatlantic Flight
Two Air Force helicopters resumed their journey from Westover AFB for Goose Bay Labrador on the second leg toward a Transatlantic attempt described as the first by flying windmills. Takeoff was 6 10 a m EST in good weather with a light tail wind. destination Wiesbaden Germany is to be escorted by a C 54 cargo plane.
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Goose Bay
Brador
Air Force
Labrador
Albion T. Sawyer
Wiesbaden
Germany
Westover Air Force Base
Municipal Court Act Hardships Are Cited
Attorney General C. William O'Neill cites hardships from the uniform municipal court act. He says small municipalities lose revenue and bear extra financial burden when placed under a municipal court in the largest city of their county. No specific towns named.
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Columbus
C. William O'Neill
U.S. Considers Reshaped Foreign Aid After Cuts
Washington officials forecast a redraw of foreign aid with a possible new appeal to Congress. Congress trimmed Truman’s aid request by 25 percent to 6.032 billion dollars, shifting part of European military aid to defense support for Britain and seeking increased Point Four aid to India amid a 60 percent South Asia cut.
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Britain
South Asia
India
Nehru
Mine Safety Measure Signed by President
President Truman signed a bill authorizing government closure of unsafe coal mines. He called it a significant step toward ending the appalling toll of death and injury to miners, but warned that Congress must pass stronger measures later.
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Truman
Congress
Steel Union Chief Awaits New Parleys
Pittsburgh leader Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers waits for White House or industry steps to end the 46 day steel strike. He notes no talks have progressed since Monday and cites the union shop issue as the key hurdle. The 1.5 million workers idle, with national losses around 40 million dollars daily.
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Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
White House
John R. Steelman
Murray
Iron Age Magazine
Iron Age
Steelworkers
Cannon Leads Senate Rival In Montana Primary Race
In Helena the Democratic U S House race had Lt. Gov Paul Cannon leading Justice Lee Metcalf as late returns counted from remote precincts. Cannon 14 918 Metcalf 13 608 with 374 of 390 precincts reporting. Rankin won GOP committeeman nomination by about 2 000 votes over Winfield Page. Aronson captured GOP governor nomination 52 924 to 20 246. Bonner unopposed for Democratic renomination.
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Mont
Paul Cannon
Lee Metcalf
U.S
Montana
Cannon
Metcalf
Wellington D. Rankin
Winfield
Reds move prize captive in Panmunjom exchange
North Korea reports moving U.S. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean from Pyongyang to an unseen POW camp amid a prisoner transfer. The UN and Communist sides traded letters as truce talks adjourned over prisoner exchange. Dean, Medal of Honor recipient, was captured in August 1950 and is one of many POWs under accounting disputes.
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Korea
U.S
William F. Dean
Pyongyang
North Korea
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Dean
U.S. 24Th Infantry Division
Berkeley
Calif
Reds
Court To Hear Case on Ohio Racing Laws
Ohio taxpayer Charles P. Masterson seeks to test if the state racing act violates the constitution by questioning pari mutuel betting as a lottery. The Second District Court of Appeals may hear oral arguments on the Ohio State Racing Commission demurrer. Standard Freeholders Association granted two days to file a brief as friend of the court.
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Ohio
Columbis
Cleveland
Second District Court of Appeals
Ohio State Racing Commission
C. Willam O'Neill
O Neill
Standard Freed Owners Association
Charles P. Masterson
Doe Waddell Dies Known as Bishop of the Big Top
William Shackleford Andres known as Doe Waddell and famed as the Bishop of the Big Top died Tuesday night at Alumcrest Hospital in Columbus Ohio at age 89. A long time circus minister, he retired years ago after a career with major shows. He was born in Portemouth Ohio.
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Doe” Waddell
Alumcrest Hospital
William Shackleford Andres
Portemouth
Truman Signs Korean War Veterans Benefit Bill
President Truman signed a bill aiding Korean War veterans to reenter civilian life. Eligible veterans receive education funds, mustering out pay, unemployment benefits up to 26 weeks, and home or business loan support. About 870,000 veterans were eligible as of May 31 with ongoing growth.
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Truman
Veterans Administration
Congress
Sooksa
V. A
Safe
Ohioan Sees Sky Saucer Over Dayton
Roy T. Ellie of Dayton and amateur astronomer Filia report sightings of a flying saucer over Dayton at 12 35 am EST Sunday. Ellie described a cone shaped object with an elliptical dark center and a halo as bright as a full moon.
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Dayton
Ohio
Roy T. Ellie
Rubber Steel Products Co
Eisenhower’s Postwar Years Face Uncertain Restlessness
The biography outlines Dwight Eisenhower’s rapid transition from war leader to civilian life after V E day. He pursued a private life on a Gettysburg area farm while remaining a symbol of American military and diplomatic values.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Europe
Mamie
Truman Retains Fair Deal Message Amid Party Split
President Truman demands party leaders back his Fair Deal and liberal policies as rival candidates push for a progressive stance. Kefauver leads AP delegate tally while Harriman trails. deepening rift over civil rights and rival delegations in Texas.
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Truman
Richard R Russell
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South
Fates Kefauver
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Barkey
Democratic Party
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Texas
Allan Shivers
Rep
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Fever Keeps Truman Out For Ist Time
President Truman spent a night at Walter Reed Hospital after a mild virus. aides say he plans to return to the White House by Saturday. At 68, this is his first hospitalization since taking office. he is undergoing tests while reviewing many pending bills in Congress.
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Truman
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White House
Joseph Short
Congress
Thomas J. Gavin
Kansas City
Slaver Says Thesis Led To Murder
Boston police Captain Francis Wilson said Bayard Peakee a 28 year old Back Bay man told him he went to New York to kill someone after an educational society refused to accept his theory on life in a paper titled Applied Electronica to Medicine With the Aim to Prolong Life He confessed orally to shooting Eileen Fahey a New York based bookkeeper for the American Physical Society at Columbia University campus Monday morning She was reading a letter from her Marine boyfriend in Korea Peakee formerly attended Northwestern University and is a Boston meat packing plant employer
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Francis Wilson
Back Bay
An ‘Educational Society
Hie Thesia
Pretty Eileen Fahey
New York
Columbia University
Mine Fahey
American Physical Society
Korea
Wilson
Bayard Peakee
Applied Electronica
Northwestern Univeristy
Deny Newark Union Request At Kaiser Plant
The National Labor Relations Board denied AFL Electrical Workers bid to form a separate bargaining unit at Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp Newark plant. Newark employees are part of a multi plant unit with Kaiser sites in Mead Pa Trentwood Tacoma and Haethorne Ma. The board found uniform interests and conditions across the multi plant unit make a Newark only unit inappropriate.
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Washington
National Lator Relations Board
AFL Electrical Workers
Newark
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Kaiser
AFL
Mead
Plane Crashes Into Homes Near LAX Killing Several
A plane crashed into three houses in Lennox near Los Angeles International Airport. Initial reports listed three dead, while an aero squadron later said four may have been killed. One home was demolished and another badly damaged.
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Los Angeles
Lennox
California Highway Patrol
Los Angeles International Airport
Sheriff's Aero Squadron
Sheriff's Office
Jackson County Fair Opens in Wellston
Jackson Ohio opened its 38th annual fair at Wellston on Wednesday night signaling the start of the fair season. The event brings together local exhibitors, judges, and visitors for a week of livestock displays rides and competitions.
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Jackson
Ohio
Wellston
Pathfinder Firm Secures Second Tax Credit Award
New York Pathfinder Chemical Corp. received a 45 percent tax credit on 2,397,650 for polystyrene development in the Point and Va. district, per the Wall Street Journal. The Journal last week noted a 60 percent credit on 11,496,320 for styrene development. Company is not commenting.
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Pathfinder Chemical Corp
Point
Wall Street Journal
the Journal
Pathfinder Corp
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