Elizabeth Begins Coronation Journeys Through London Streets
Queen Elizabeth II launches six weeks of coronation tours starting in London with intimate calls on ordinary citizens. She and the Duke of Edinburgh tour northeast London today and northwest London tomorrow while Buckingham Palace hosts state banquets. Crowds at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and across the Commonwealth celebrate with fireworks, bonfires, and marches as Molotov attends a coronation ball in Moscow.
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Elizabeth II
Britain
Duke of Steer
Elizabeth
Old Bow
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Destiny
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Westminster Abbey
Korea
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
St. Edward
Britain and the Commonwealth
Eisenhower Proposes Six Month Excess Profits Tax Extension
The Eisenhower administration renews its push to extend the excess profits tax for six months. Treasury Secretary Humphrey, questioned by the House Ways and Means Committee, faces renewed testimony as a compromise moves toward passing a one year extension of the reciprocal trade act.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Retired C&O Employee Dies in Huntington
A.W. Craig 79 long time Chesapeake and Ohio Railway retiree and former Huntington Public Assistance Advisory Board member died Tuesday night in Huntington. He was a brother in law of Captain Grover Hite of Viand Street. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
A. W. Craig
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Department of Public Assistance Advisory Board
Huntington
Craig
Grover Hite
Viand St
Ike and Senate Strike Accord on Trade and China Policies
Congress moves toward backing President Eisenhower on Red China and reciprocal trade. A UN rider expressing opposition to admitting Chinese Communists was substituted for a harsher measure. House leaders agree to extend the reciprocal trade program for one year. Senators Bridges and Knowland credit the President with shaping the concessions and pledges to oppose Communist admission to the UN Security Council.
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Congress
Eisenhower
China
Senate
United Nations
White House
U.S
House
Knowland
California
GOP
Red China
U. S
Security Council
Canada Wins Coronation Video Race
The CBC was first to show coronation films in North America with simultaneous airings on ABC and NBC. CBS and NBC raced to broadcast after a P51 overtook an NBC plane to Goose Bay Labrador while a Canberra jet carried CBS footage. An RCAF jet reached Montreal with CBS film as De Bona landed and NBC shifted to CBS.
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New York
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC
NBC
CBS
United States
Goose Bay
Labrador
Government Road Aid For Atomic Plant In Doubt
An agreement to fund a large portion of a 24 million dollar highway program to serve a Southern Ohio atomic plant faces possible cuts as federal highway appropriations shrink. The Bureau of Public Roads and the Ohio Highway Department had planned for about 17 million dollars from the government, but spokesmen are unsure of future funding.
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Washington
Ohio
Bureau of Public Roads
Ohio Highway Department
Walter Wanger and Joan Bennett Seen Together in Hollywood
Hollywood producer Walter Wanger and actress wife Joan Bennett appeared together at a party Tuesday to watch the coronation telecast marking the first public sighting since he shot her agent. Asked about reconciliation both gave no comment and the couple applied for a passport extension that same day.
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Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Joan Bennett
Sabre Jet Crashes at Base in Korea Killing Pilot and Two Engineers
A SABRE jet crashed into a large road grader at the end of a runway during takeoff at a Korean base. The American pilot and two Army engineers were killed. The Air Force has not released the names of the deceased.
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Korea
Air Force
Rodney Brodie’s Telecast Promises Hopeful Recovery
A long recovery path awaits Rodney Dee Brodie after life saving surgery on the Brodie brothers was completed. Tuesday night after months of grim drama first still pictures appeared in newspapers and a magazine and Thursday NBC will air a live hospital telecast at 7 30 pm EST with Rodney shown at 7 52 pm EST.
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Chicago
Rodney
Brodies
Rodney Dee Brodie
NBC
Mrs Hobby to Speak at Ohio Wesleyan Commencement
Ohio Wesleyan University will confer honorary degrees June 8 on Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby health welfare and education secretary George M Humphrey treasury secretary and Arthur S Fiemming defense mobilization director on leave as resident of the university Mrs Hobby will deliver the school's 109th commencement address.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health
George M. Humphrey
Treasury
Arthur S. Fiemming
Defense Mobilization
Obby
No Safety Seen In U S Against Atomic Attacks
An advisory panel led by M. J. Kelly of Bell Labs told the Defense Department that the United States has no safety against atomic attack. The group warned the Soviet Union could strike U S soil with little warning, urging rapid development of atomic offensive capabilities as a deterrent.
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Washington
Defense Department
United States
M. J. Kelly
Bell Telephone Laboratories
North American
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Soviet Union
U. S
Defense
Wilson
National Security Council
Continental
Diesel hits freight. two trainmen killed near Manassas
A Washington bound Southern Railway diesel passenger engine crashed into a standing Chesapeake & Ohio freight train near Manassas Virginia. Engineer George A. Shelhorn and fireman H W Sublett of Alexandria were crushed in the cab. Ten passengers were shaken up as the freight crew escaped.
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Manassas
Virginia
Southern Railway
George A. Shelhorn
H. W. Sublett
Alexandria
Chesapeake & Ohio
Biggest Steel Producer Sets Talks On Pay Hike
U S Steel, the nation’s largest producer, resumes talks with the United Steelworkers today after a two week break. The union seeks an unspecified wage increase for about 600 000 workers while U S Steel studies the proposal under a reopening clause in last year’s contract. A settlement by June 30 governs the wage decision and could affect the broader economy.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
Blind law students wed after chance college meeting
Burton Kolman a blind 21 year old from Chicago and Anita Gubali a 24 year old Israeli coed wed after a courtship of two months. Both are law students at DePaul University in Chicago. Kolman was blinded in a 4 year ago baseball accident and proposed three weeks after meeting Miss Gubali with his Seeing Eye dog Chief in a campus corridor.
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Chicago
Israel
Burton Kolman
Anita Gubali
Near Tel Aviv
DePaul University
Kolman
Gubali
Chief
Ike and Cabinet to Discuss Policy on Informal TV Report
President Eisenhower to present an informal 8 30 p m television report with Cabinet members Brownell Benson Humphrey Hobby. The White House says the aim is to explain four months of administration and why taxes remain, while no major announcements are anticipated.
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Eisenhower
White House
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Agriculture
Benson
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphre and
Secreta
Health, Education
Elfare Hobby
High Court Clears Way On Turnpike Paving Choice
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that the Ohio Turnpike Commission may select paving material by cement without mandatory asphalt bids. The decision upheld the commission’s discretion in material choice for the 241 mile toll road and rejected mandamus efforts by Ohio asphalt contractors.
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State Supreme Court
Ohio
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Supreme Court
Commission
Richard H. Shafer
Ohio Road Improvement Co
Ohio Asphalt
Shafer
T. J. Kauer
J. E. Greiner Co
Baltimore
Turnpike
Blic
High Court
Kauer
Greiner Co
Senators Call On Air Chief To Testify On Budget Cutbacks
Washington Senatorial testimony before a Senate appropriations subcommittee focused on Eisenhower era Air Force budget cuts. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Secretary Talbott faced questions about reducing future Air Force funds by over five billion dollars and shrinking the wing plan from 143 to 120 wings. The Air Force voiced disappointment, with Vandenberg expected to bear much of the burden.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Vandenberg
Talbott
Senate Appropriations
Gun Blast Wounds West Virginia Man
Steubenville reports a man named Fred Spaats, 49, was shot in the jaw by a shotgun blast and walked 75 yards to his home in Follanshee West Virginia. His wife Helen heard the shot and saw him stagger inside. He was listed in fair condition at Ohio Valley Hospital. Deputies have yet to determine details of the shooting.
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Steubenville
Fred Spaats
Follanshee
W. Va
Helen
Ohio Valley Hospital
Sheriff's
Ohio Doctor to Operate on Eden for Gall Bladder Trouble
Martins Ferry native Dr. Richard Bartley Channing Cattell, 53, will perform gall bladder surgery on Anthony Eden. The operation tests Eden’s health as he faces England's foreign secretary duties and the political future.
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Martins Ferry
England
Ohio
Richard Bartley Channing Cattell
Anthony Eden
Mendes France seeks postwar premiership in France
Pierre Mendes France appeared before the National Assembly today asking for confirmation as France's 19th postwar premier. He pledged to present a plan to end the Indochina war at the upcoming Big Three Bermuda conference if approved.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
France
Bermuda
UN Regains Key Outposts In Close-Quarter Combat
In Eastern Korea early today North Korean forces pressed a bayonet assault but Allied troops repelled advances around Luke the Gook Castle. By dawn the last Red had fallen from the hill after a night of bitter fighting as American and South Korean units counterattacked main lines and outposts.
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Seoul
Korea
Luke the Gook
Nortwest Korea
Luke's Castle
Lake
Sinanju
Atomic Spies Refuse Plea to Confess Before Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, doomed to the electric chair in 15 days, refused offers to confess atomic espionage for Russia. Their attorney Emanuel Bloch planned to visit Sing Sing to seek more details of their latest stance. An emissary of the U.S. attorney general had urged cooperation in exchange for mercy.
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N. Y
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Emanuel Bloch
Bloch
New York
U.S
Herbert Brownell
Russia
Rosenbergs
Federal Director of Prisons
James V. Bennett
Ohio Legislature Dawdles on Key Measures Stall
In Columbus the Ohio Legislature pushed votes on routine bills while committees lag on major items. The two year budget, highway financing package, school funding, and about six other measures await action, keeping key issues off calendars. The House moved to discard a billboard ban bill along the Northern Ohio Turnpike.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Hospital Funds Snarled Over 25 Million Shortfall
Dr. John W. Cronin of the Public Health Service testified that Ohio hospital sponsors face possible construction suspensions or delays due to a House approved bill cutting 25 million dollars from the next fiscal year's Hill Burton hospital aid. He noted Ohio plans depended on more than 50 million dollars, versus 75 million this year.
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Washington
John W. Cronin
U. S. Public Health Service
Ohio
Senate
Cronin
House
Youth Kills Sister In Target Practice
A nine year old girl Mary Jean Utz was killed at night during target practice with a 22 caliber rifle. The fatal shot came from her 12 year old brother and pierced her heart. Shelby County coroner Dr. John Marshi ruled the death accidental.
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Sidney
Mary Jean Utz
Mary Jean
John Marshi
Shelby County
Atomic Plant Hiring Policies Clarified After Complaints
The Atomic Energy Commission told Sen. Bricker that job seekers for the Southern Ohio atomic plant may file applications by mail or in person at Portsmouth Ohio or Oak Ridge Tennessee and be interviewed at either site. Recruitment focuses on clerical roles in Portsmouth with other positions filled by Oak Ridge qualified applicants. contractors offer most hiring.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Portsmouth
Oak Ridge
AEC
Smith
Portmouth
Truce Talks Set to Resume After Nine Day Break
The Korean war truce negotiations resume Thursday at Panmunjom after a nine day recess. The UN Command plans a full session at 11 am with secrecy requested for the Allied proposal on prisoner exchanges. South Korea signals cooperation while demanding Chinese withdrawal.
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South Saco
South Korea
Panmunjom
Syngman Rhee
U.S
Eisenhower
U. S
North Korea
U. N
Korea
Washington
Rhee
British spread net for slayer terror grips London
Police and military authorities nationwide hunt a knife wielding sex slayer who killed 16 year old Barbara Longhurst and possibly a second girl. Detectives questioned over 1000 U S airmen at Bushy Park camp after her body was recovered from the Thames. Christine Reed, an 18 year old missing after a date, is believed killed. her shoes and bicycle were found near the riverbank.
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London
U. S
Bushey Park
Barbara Longhurst
Thames River
Christine Reed
Christine
Taft Hartley Law Change Ruled Out This Year
A Republican senator on the labor committee said there is no chance of Taft Hartley Act revision this year. He spoke off the record, noting labor and management are reconciled to living with the law for at least another year. This signals any changes may wait until next year or later.
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Washington
Senate Far Committee
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