Social Security Reform Proposes Major Benefit and Coverage Increase
Legislation drafted by the House Ways and Means Committee and backed by President Eisenhower moves before the House for debate. it seeks to add about 10 million workers to coverage, raise wage bases, boost monthly benefits, and raise payroll taxes in 1970 and 1975. The bill extends to farm owners and workers, many state and municipal employees, professionals, ministers, and domestic workers, with medical doctors excluded.
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William F. Arbogast Ashington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
1100 Workers Idle As Strike Is Called
In Cleveland the AFL Boilermakers Union ordered a strike after a deadlock with area contractors. About 1100 workers in 24 northeast Ohio counties would be idle today. The union seeks a 12 percent hourly wage increase.
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Cleveland
AFL
John Kenney
Ohio
National Guard Fire Duty After Memorial Day Volley
In North Andover Massachusetts a National Guard firing squad on Memorial Day duties at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery spotted a fire in a nearby parked car. They used sand from their helmets to extinguish the blaze before resuming ceremonies.
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North Andover
Mass
National Guard
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Colorado poet laureate Margaret Clyde Robertson dies at 84
Margaret Clyde Robertson 84 poet laureate of Colorado and former title role singer with the American Opera Company and Columbia Opera Company died Saturday in Boulder.
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Boulder
Colo
Margaret Clyde Robertson
Colorado
American Opera Company
Columbia Opera Company
Driver Killed When Tractor Overturns in West Virginia Farm
Thurman Gaylor, 40, was crushed under a tractor during work on South Side Farm in POINT PLEASANT. The overturned machine tore into four pieces on a hillside. Gaylor died before an ambulance arrived. a carpenter alerted others to the scene. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Allen-Caldorph Funeral Home in St. Albans.
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Point Pleasant
Thurman Gaylor
South Side Farm
Gaylor
Bud Hanshaw
Allen-Caldorph Funeral Home
St. Albans
Churchmen hail Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation
The United Presbyterian Church of North America at Akron Ohio welcomed the U S Supreme Court decision outlawing racial school segregation. A resolution urged churches to observe the spirit of the ruling in all activities and membership. The assembly also praised President Eisenhower for faith and conduct and voted to send a union question with two other Presbyterian branches to local Presbyteries for approval.
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Ohio
United Presbyterian Church of North America
The
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Supreme Court
Churches of the United Presbyterian Church
Eisenhower
Jesus Christ
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Presbyterian Church In
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Glen McCullough
Montreat
N. C
94Th
General Assembly
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterians
CIO Oil Workers Union Seeks Merger into New Union
The CIO Oil Workers Union opens a three day meeting to vote on a proposed merger with CIO AFL and independent groups to form a new Oil and Chemical Workers International Union.
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Cleveland
CIO Oil Workers Union
CIO
AFL
Oil and Chemical Workers International Union
Duff Charges Anarchy Bid In McCarthy Hearings
Philadelphia senator Duff accuses McCarthy of inviting anarchy by pressing for allies to relay information on alleged subversion and says he will vote to censure McCarthy. He argues the hearings have become a contest with the presidency and urges Senate action to curb unruly committees.
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Philadelphia
Sen
Duff
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Ben McCarthy
Comedian Berle's Mother Dies at 77
New York Mrs Sandra Berle mother of Milton Berle died last night at age 77. She guided his early career and supported his jokes with fanfare. Berle often said Mom was his best fan and would call her from the audience to bow with him.
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New York
Sandra Berle
Milton Berle
Meee
Berle
Presbyterians Move Toward United Church Across 16 States
The 94th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States Southern voted to join with the Presbyterian Church in the USA and the United Presbyterian Church. Union faces presbytery ratification and regional thresholds, with Negro desegregation a featured pledge. Dr. James A. Jones urged backing the union while Dr. John R. Richardson warned of loss of church identity.
Showboat Majestic Sails on Summer Ohio River Tour
The Majestic showboat, the last traveling riverboat in Ohio, opens its annual run on June 10 in Wellsville. Hiram College students accompany 16 women and 8 men performing three melodramas while handling ship chores under Jeffery W. Kurz. The tour covers New Cumberland, Steubenville, Wellsburg, Wheeling, Powhatan Point, Clarington, New Martinsville, Sistersville, Saint Marys, Marietta, Parkersburg and may reach Cincinnati and Louisville.
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Ohio
Majestic
Ohio River
Wellsville
Majestic Players
Hiram College
Jeffery W. Kurz
Hiram
Wille
New Cumberland
Steubenville
Wellsburg
Wheeling
W. Va
Powhattan Point
Clarington
New Martinsville
Sistersville
Saint Mary's Marietta
Parkersburg
Cincinnati
Louisville
Monkey escape at Franklin Park Zoo sparked chaos
A female monkey from Franklin Park Zoo opened an adjacent cage door releasing two male monkeys. About 100 onlookers fled as the animals roamed the crowd. One child, John Bosco, was bitten and others were threatened. Zookeepers recaptured the pair about 20 minutes later in the birdhouse area.
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Boston
Franklin Park
John Bosco
Parachuters Rush Aid To Air Crash Victims
Parachute rescue teams sped to Cerro Cipo Mountain near Belo Horizonte to aid 19 believed killed when a National Airlines plane crashed and burned. The craft carried four crew and 15 passengers, local reports say.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Rio
National Airlines
Meridional
Cerro Cipo
Belo Horizonte
Lost Boy Incident In Druid Hill Park Stuns Police
A Baltimore report describes Arnold White, one of five siblings missing during a 90 minute span in Druid Hill Park, telling a police matron that his mother once had five children but now has four after one is gone. The tale follows a chaotic sequence as officers search for the youths.
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Baltimore
Arnold White
Druid Hill Park
Memorial Day Services Honor Bennington Dead At Sea
A naval board resumes hearings into the Bennington explosion that killed 100 aboard the carrier in Narragansett Bay. Memorial Day services on the ship honor the dead as Captain Raborn and Father O Callahan address shipmates, relatives, and victims’ friends amidst somber ceremony.
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Quonset Point
R. L
Naval Board of Inquiry
Bennington
Benington
Narragansett Bay
Goa
Raborn
Joseph O'Callahan
Holy Cross College
U.S. S. Franklin
Man Stops death by own action on Scranton roof
In Scranton yesterday a police officer talked down Mayme Orr, 50, who climbed onto the Prezioso Building roof. Sgt. Earl Kugler called out, and the woman stepped back into waiting officers. No motive was given for the perilous act.
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Scranton
Prezioso
Mayme Orr
Daan
Earl Kugler
Mayme
Molotov Returns to Far East Conference After Moscow Visit
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov resumed talks at the nine party Indochina conference in Geneva after a two day trip to Moscow. Western observers weigh whether the Soviets aim to prolong armistice talks or seek a quick halt. A French Vietminh meeting was set to map preliminary terms for future negotiations on cease fire zones.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Indochina
Panmunjom
Cohn Denies Pushing Schine Transfer to New York
Roy M. Cohn testified he never asked for Pvt G David Schine to be assigned to New York and said Adams was mistaken. He repeated the Army McCarthy hearings defense that no improper pressure occurred and noted Schine’s duties while on pass from Ft Dix.
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Washington
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
David Schine
New York Area
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Army
John Adams
Cohn
Adams
New York
Schine
McCarthy
Special
Ray H. Jenkins
McCarthy Subcommittee
Subcommittee
Jenkins
Ft. Dix
N. J
Sehine
New York City
Dee
Mondt
R-Sd
Wisconsin
Justice Department
Mundt
Mying
Ft. Monmouth
Meeyu Cohn
Monmouth
Red Forces Press Delta Front as Viet Minh Move Toward Hanoi
French defense plans accelerate in the Chochen Valley as Viet Minh divisions from Dien Bien Phu push toward the Red River Delta. Saigon sources report one division already near Hanoi, with four more moving along a bombing corridor aided by US aircraft.
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Chanoi
H Yen
United States
North Africa
Red Tintel Quits Stand Red Tintel Quits Stand
Cpl Claude Batchelor 22 of Kermit Texas signed a non Communist affidavit at Fort Sam Houston post prison clearing the way for about 4000 dollars back pay. His civilian counsel Joel Westbrook said funds will aid his defense and help bring Kyoto Batchelor to Tokyo where she lives with her family. Batchelor is held as the Army investigates possible court martial for collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war.
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San Antonio
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Post Prison
Batchelor
Joel Westbrook
Student parking fines fund seven UC scholarships
The University of Cincinnati announced that student parking fines collected this school year will fund seven scholarships worth 150 each for the next academic year.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Eisenhower Denounces Demagogues in Crusade for Truth
President Eisenhower urged unity and knowledge to fight communism at a Columbia University dinner marking its 200th anniversary. He warned against demagogues and censors who seek power and urged a crusade of truth at home and abroad. White House aides said he did not name any individuals.
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New York
Eisenhower
America
Columbia University
Temple of Freedom
White House
James C. Hagerty
McCarthy
it-Wis
Hagerty
Municipal Election Held in New Haven Now Underway
Voters in New Haven select a mayor recorder and city council today. Citizens Ticket lists Basil Harrah as mayor with Carl Wiles recorder and council candidates Bethel Vance George McKnight O J Howard Sr and Charles Weaver. Leagues Ticket fields Charles Gunaiete as mayor Floyd Capehart recorder and councilmen H C Koney Clayton Ath Thomas Hoffman Edwin Clark and Henry Reitmire.
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Point Pleasant
NewHaven
Recorder
Citizen's
Basil Harrah
Carl Wiles
Bethel Vance
George McKnight
O. J. Howard, Sr
Charles Weaver
Paver Charles Gunaiete
Floyd Capehart
H. C. Koney
Clayton Ath
Thomas Hoffman
Edwin Clark
Henry Reitmire
Holiday Death Toll Surpasses 500 During Memorial Day
The extended Memorial Day period saw the U S violent death toll exceed 500 with traffic crashes highest. Auto accidents alone claimed at least 345 lives from Friday 6 p m to Monday midnight, while Ohio recorded 16 other accidental deaths including two Pikey atomic plant workers and a Cleveland Heights couple who died in a fire at home.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Pikey Atomic Plant
Cleveland Heights
Three Masked Gunners Rob Theater of $1600
Three masked gunmen abducted projectionist Samuel Scott from the Ski-Hi Drive-In Theatre yesterday and robbed him of 1600 dollars. Scott was closing the theater and had the money in two bags. The assailants tied his hands and feet and left him some distance from the theater.
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Youngstown
Samuel Scott
Scott
Thar
Junior Eligible to Collect on Life Policy
SPRING HOUSE Pa Fritz J Hartman age nine known as Junior becomes eligible to collect 1189 as the beneficiary of his own life insurance policy purchased in 1901 after stopping premium payments.
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Spring House
Fritz J. Hartman
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