U S Living Cost Set to Rise After Steel Price Hike
Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall warns the $5.20 per ton steel increase will lift the average family’s annual costs by about $100 and spark new inflation. Officials anticipate higher living costs and possible changes to stabilization policies ahead of President Truman’s return.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Defense
John R. Steelman
Arnat
Truman
Georgia
Nixon to keynote Ohio GOP Unity Convention
More than 1200 Republicans in Columbus gather to adopt a platform and nominees and hear speeches aimed at unifying the party ahead of the campaign. Senator Richard Nixon of California will close the day with the keynote address.
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Columbus
Ohio
Summerfield predicts GOP crack the solid South in November
Arthur Summerfield the Republican national chairman told reporters at the Ohio convention that the GOP would win the Southern states in the November presidential election. He pledged a vigorous Eisenhower Nixon campaign and a clear choice on major domestic and foreign issues. He avoided naming states while noting rising Southern enthusiasm.
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Columbus
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Fellows
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Police Seek Brutal Killer
In Yukon Oklahoma the nude severely injured body of a teenage girl was found in a dry creek bed with R A T carved on her chest. Police launched an immediate search for the killer and a bloodstained vehicle may hold clues. State crime bureau agent Claude Seymour urged finding the car to locate the suspect.
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Yukon
Okla
Here
Claude Seymour
State Crime Bureau
Oklahoma
Light Plane Traveler Receives Cold Welcome in Washington
Conrad, a Minneapolis flyer, completed his second Europe round trip in a Piper Pacer. He arrived unannounced from a Scandinavian goodwill mission for Minneapolis Aquatennial and circled Washington National Airport before customs officials arranged processing.
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Washington
Max Conrad
Minneapolis
Europe
Conrad
Washington National Airport
Customs Office
Art Weinfeld millionth draftee joins Korea War mobilization
Detroit draft news identifies Arthur Weinfeld as the millionth draftee since Korea War start. The Wayne University graduate, 23, volunteered for induction and will join Fort Wayne after family and sweetheart Rita Beitner await his return. He also becomes Michigan’s 52000th inductee since hostilities began.
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Detroit
Arthur Weinfeld
Weinfeld
Wayne University
Detroit Draft Board 97
Joseph Weinfeld
Hudson Motor Car Company
Art
Vera
Elsie
Rita Beitner
Fort Wayne
Believe Ohio Woman Slain
Laura Marie Grimshaw 26 wife of a Navy petty officer stationed in Columbus was found dead in her home. Police suspect murder and say the only marks are around the neck suggesting strangling. A man with scratches on his arms was held for questioning.
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Columbus
Laura Marie Grimshaw
Navy
George Scholar
Ex Con Leaps From Hall of Justice Window
Los Angeles police and firefighters thwarted Roscoe S. Collins a parole violator as he leaped from the seventh floor of the Hall of Justice shouting he would kill himself. His lawyer grabbed his wrist and fire crews pulled him to safety before returning him to custody on gun possession and parole charges.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin Prison
Roscoe S. Collins
Hall of Justice
Harold Ackerman
Collins
Circleville Girl Vies For Miss Ohio Title
One of ten Ohio girls will compete for Miss America, to be held in Atlantic City this fall. Judging occurs at Mentor on the Lake. Competitors include Elaine Sears Warren Nancy Besst Canton Darlene Miller Lorala Patricia Moats Circleville Carol Koontz Dennison.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Buckeye
Atlantic City
N. J
Mentor
Elaine Sears
Warren
Nancy Besst
Canton
Darlene Miller
Lorala
Patricia Moats
Circleville
Carol Koontz
Dennison
Mississippi Democrats and Republicans Bound by Factional Strife
Mississippi parties face a six way split ahead of national conventions. Democrats debate endorsing Eisenhower or Stevenson as GOP factions vie over official Ike machinery while a lily white wing resists. Jackson hosts post Chicago moves as White and Gartin push unity against Lumpkin’s Eisenhower drive.
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Jackson
Miss
MissisSippi
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower Manne
Sam Lumpkin
Tupelo
Chicago
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Hugh White
Carroll Gartin
Tom Tubb
J. P. Coleman
Republican Party of
Lily White
Anson Sheldon
Perry Howard
Washington
Howard
Sup
Army says Grow diary misrepresented by Reds
The Army claims Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow did not write the statements attributed to him in a diary turned over to Soviet propagandists. It argues editors distorted notes, showing the United States as a potential aggressor while Grow referred to Soviet views and a perceived European war risk in 1951.
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Washington
Army
Robert W. Grow
Grow
United States
Russia
Europe
America
Foolish Tax Cut Vows Misleading Adlai Says
Gov. Adlai Stevenson says promises of substantial federal tax cuts are foolish and misleading. He urges reductions only when feasible with national needs and defends foreign policy as the campaign’s key issue. He backs Taft Hartley revision but not repeal and downplays cabinet speculation.
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Adlai
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Stevenson
Dwight D
Eisenhower
Acheson
Clarify Plans For Factory At Point Pleasant
Goodyear Rubber Co parent of Pathfinder Chemical will add to a Niagara Falls plant Rather than building a factory at Point Pleasant Pathfinder had been reported as gaining government approval for a Point Pleasant plant The firm also received a tax write off for developing a polystyrene plant in the Point Pleasant area Pathfinder is a Goodyear subsidiary and has been linked to regional industrial development plans.
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Point Pleasant
Goodyear Rubber Co
Pathfinder Chemical Corporation
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Pathfinder
Goodyear
Acts To Stem Drought Cost
Massachusetts and Connecticut moved to relieve a costly drought affecting New England. An agriculture spokesman pegged rainfall value at a million dollars per inch as the dry spell has cost farmers millions. Connecticut tobacco and potato growers authorize Cambridge rainmakers to begin artificial rainfall when conditions allow. A town meeting in Ellington, Connecticut will appeal for support tonight.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New England
Connecticut Valley Cigar Tobacco Associates
Cambridge
Ellington, Conn., Town Hall
AEC Reports Vast Expansion in Uranium Sources and Weapons
The Atomic Energy Commission’s 12th semi annual report cites new uranium sources in South Africa, Australia, Canada, and the United States. It notes progress in atomic propulsion for aircraft, submarine power plants, medical uses for radiation, and reactors, while signaling significant but guarded advances in weapons development.
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America
South Africa
Australia
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Canada
AEC
Congress
ARC
Four Vanish In Wilderness Near Sault Ste Marie
Four teenagers two girls and two boys disappeared while hiking on the Black Creek trail 45 miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan with an overnight search by state troopers and volunteers failing to locate them in the rugged Upper Peninsula borders of the Marquette and Mackinac forests.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Marquette National Forest
Mackinac State Forest
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Black Creek Trail
Sault Ste Marie
Stevenson biography outlines his 1948 Illinois governorship win
The 1948 Illinois race saw Adlai Stevenson outpoll President Truman by 539000 votes as he defeated Dwight Green. He pursued merit reforms in the state police, expanded highway funding, and sought constitutional modernization while navigating urban rural funding tensions. He built cross party support and doubled school appropriations, expanding mental health and payroll programs.
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Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Stevenson
Senate
Murder Charge Set Against Olaf Murray in Rigney Shooting
Gallia County authorities will file first degree murder charges against Olaf Murray age 4 of Gav an Township for the shooting of Constable Joe Rigney age 64. Murray turned himself in for questioning after a sheriff’s session. Coroner Donald Ware and deputies completed the inquest and a hearing is expected tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
Olaf Murray
Gavan
Joe Rigney
Lawrence County
Greorge Etrean
Murray
Murrey
Donald Ware Hime
Edman
Gordon Pisher
James Baliwin
Ehman
Gallia County
Sand
Wage Stabilization Board Formed With 14 Appointees
President Truman appoints 14 members to a new Wage Stabilization Board replacing the old panel that expired amid steel dispute controversy. Only two members named so far are Archibald Con and Harold L. Enarson with four more to be named later.
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Washington
Nathan Pfeinsinger
Congress
Truman
Archibald Con
Harvard Law
Harold L. Enarson
Whittier College
Stanford University
Defense Mobilizer
John RO Steelman
Official Tours Mason A Plant Site
An Atomic Energy Commission official and the State Board of Control president inspected the West Virginia Ordnance Works near Point Pleasant yesterday. Deputy Manager Walter Williams of ABC and Joe Burdett toured roads bridges and city protection measures used since the TNT plant era. Point Pleasant is among areas considered for an AEC plant.
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Point Pleasant
Atomic Fineragy Commission
State Board of Control
Walter Williams
ABC
Joe Burdett
West Virginia
Atomic Energy Commission
MacArthur Accepts Remington Rand Chairmanship
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur today accepted the chairmanship of Remington Rand Inc, a maker of business machines and electronics. James H. Rand announced the offer had been extended nearly three years ago, with salary not disclosed publicly.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Remington Rand Inc
James H. Rand
MacArthur
Jury Acquits Actor's Son of Check Charges
Santa Ana California Edward G Robinson Jr 19 son of the actor was acquitted Wednesday of bad check charges by a jury. He was accused of writing a worthless check for 119 48 for fires but testified he stopped payment because he thought he was overcharged. He later made restitution.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Edward G. Robinson Jr
Steps Taken To End Mexican Cattle Ban
Washington officials move toward declaring Mexico free of foot and mouth disease and lifting a five year ban on Mexican cattle and meat imports. A joint Mexican U S commission will set the details in a session here.
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Washington
Mexico
U. S
Enormous raid targets Oriental Light Metals plant
U S S B 29s bombed a large Oriental Light Metals plant near Sinŭiju, the northern border, in the war’s biggest overnight raid. Sixty three unescorted bombers hit the 12% acre site with 4% ton bombs, plus an adjacent troop area, while flak and fighter opposition challenged them. Five other planes hit separate targets before returning to bases in Japan and Korea.
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Korea
Manchurian
Amerian Diots
Japan
Oriental Light Metals Co
Sinulju
Alinchurian
Juline W. Meintel
Wheeling
W Va
Richard
Wiley DD Ganey
IL & Fifth Air Force Bomber Command
Air Force
Picket Lines At Vanadium Plant Disrupt Traffic
In Graham West Virginia a line of pickets blocked access as Vanadium Corporation of America workers did not cross the line traffic became congested but orderly. Police directed traffic and several unions seek recognition at the plant which will employ about 2800 producing steel industry materials.
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Point Pleasant
Vanadium Corporation of America
Graham
West Virginia
Helicopter Pilots Start Long Atlantic Hop To Scotland
Two American UH-1 helicopter crews set out from Keflavik Iceland en route to Prestwick Scotland for a final Atlantic hop. The four air rescue personnel began the 4000 mile mission from Westover AFB Massachusetts aiming to reach Germany's Weisbaden area.
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Iceland
Scotland
Atlantic
Ays Air Rescue Servce
Prestwick
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Weisbaden
Germany
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