U S Steel Pay Boost Bid Rejected by Union Leaders
Pittsburgh AP report says U S Steel offered about a 10 cent an hour raise, rejected by CIO United Steel Workers. A threatened strike set for midnight next Thursday prompts possible behind the scenes talks as 170 wage committee members prepare to meet. Union demands around $3.25 to $3.60 per hour dominate negotiations amid industry wage expectations.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steel Workers
David J. McDonald
USW
McDonald
Bill Hatton
Hammond
Ind
Clifford F. Hood
U. S. Steel
Hood
Sloan case moves to husband trial after acquittal
Attorney for Frances Sloan 28 asserts his client is innocent and will seek a swift trial for her husband Raymond Sloan on the same first degree murder charge in the death of Kenneth Strohl, whose body was found in a rural area.
Sloan Freed After Murder Charge Quashed at Morgan County Jail
Raymond Sloan was released from Morgan County Jail today and reunited with his wife after the murder charge against him was quashed.
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Raymond Sloan
Morgan County
Sloan acquitted in case tied to Rose Farm death
Mrs. Sloan was found innocent by a six by six jury after a two hour deliberation over the January 5 shooting of Kenneth Sloan near their Rose Farm home in Morgan County. The Sloans testified they were away when the gun alleged to be Sloan's was found 25 feet from Kenneth's body on their lawn.
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Sloan
New Lexington
Oranliams
Nancy Iliams
Betty Dent
Sloans
Kenneth
Roseville
Pease
Pay Raise Bill Cleared in Congress for IEE Employees
Congress approves a compromise pay raise bill for over one million government workers. The measure would grant a T percent increase effective March 1 and cost about 328 million dollars annually, awaiting presidential signature as Eisenhower nears return from New England tour.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
White House
New England
Molotov to Appear on TV and Radio Sunday
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov will appear on a Sunday radio and television show to be recorded in advance. CBS announced the program will be aired at 3 30 pm EST on TV and 9 05 pm EST on radio with a Saturday interview canceled.
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New York
V. M. Molotov
CBS
Chuckle Joke Stings About Millionaire’s Daughter
In a light quip the speaker jokes about a bad performance with the comeback that there were no runs, no hits, and no heiress, playing on baseball language and wealth.
Legislature Sets to OK Betterments Amid Budget Talks
Ohio lawmakers move to resolve Senate House differences on a 43 million plus additions and betterments bill as a conference committee works through key items. Leaders anticipate final action tonight on budgets taxes and a school subsidy formula while considering unemployment and bond measures.
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Ohio
Senate
Sessions
Senate House Committee
House Education Committee
House
Nea — Maty
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Confidence In Vaccine Endorsed by Health Service
The Public Health Service, aligning with a panel of medical experts, reaffirmed support for manufacturing and using the Salk polio vaccine. After two days of House Commerce Committee hearings, an 8-2 vote of confidence reflected substantial agreement on the vaccine and its effectiveness, with no dissent on using new virus strains.
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Public Health Service
Health Service
House Commerce Committee
Priest
D-Tenn
Springer
R-Ill
Guard Rights, Judge Urges Guard Rights
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina said he would rather lose no provision of the Bill of Rights, stressing defense of the Constitution including the Fifth Amendment. He spoke en route to Asheville, North Carolina, after stopping at Kanawha Airport in Charleston, West Virginia. Medina presided over the 1949 trial of 11 Communists charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harold R. Medina
Kanawha
North Carolina Bar Assn
Asheville
N. C
Medina
U. S. District Court
New York
Flaming Auto Moves Itself From Car Lot
A used car on a Schuylkill Haven lot burst into flames and unexpectedly moved under its own power away from other cars. Firemen extinguished the fire after being alerted by F. H. Cosenbader who heard the horn. Fire Chief Claude Saeusser said the blaze likely caused a short circuit that triggered the horn and set the car in gear.
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Schuylkill Haven
F. H. Cosenbader
Claude Saeusser
Two Bomber Crashes Kill Five Airmen Near Randolph AFB
Five airmen died in two bomber crashes near San Antonio Texas both aircraft tied to Randolph Air Force Base. A B-29 crashed a mile south of the base during a student transition takeoff. four airmen were killed. Earlier a B-50 twin jet crashed about 16 miles north of the city.
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San Antonio
Tex
Here
Randolph Air Force Base
Air Force
Peron Eyes New Cabinet
President Juan Peron prepared a new cabinet lineup after a mass resignation by 16 ministers and a broadcast reviewing last week’s revolt. Diplomatic sources in Montevideo expect the cabinet to be mostly military men as Peron seeks to show strength amid rumors of weakened power.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Montevideo
Uruguay
Ohio Fuel Gas seeks permit for new north central Ohio pipeline
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. asks the Federal Power Commission for permission to build about 19 miles of natural gas pipeline in Hardin and Allen counties between Marion and Lima plus a Lima metering station at a cost of 792400 dollars to meet expected demand.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
Marion
Lima
Hardin
Allen Counties
Assassination Attempt Targeted Liberia's President Tubman
Police held a man today on charges of firing three shots at Liberia's President William V. S. Tubman. The president escaped injury, but several bystanders were wounded. Tubman leads Liberia's government during a period of unrest.
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M Literia
Liberia
William V. S. Tubman
Tubman
AMC and UAW reach tentative vacation pact for 22000 workers
American Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers announce a tentative vacation plan for 22 000 AMC employees. Negotiations on the national contract are recessed to July 12 while local talks at Milwaukee and Tenuta Wisconsin proceed. Unemployment pay would mirror 60 to 65 percent of take home for up to 26 weeks.
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American Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
AMC
Milwaukee
Tenuta
Wis
American Motors
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Sawmill worker admits kidnapping and killing 14 year old
Rome Georgia police say Willie Grady Cochran of Paulding County admitted abducting 14 year old Patricia Ann Cook, choking her to death, and dumping her body in the Etowah River. Cochran, arrested Wednesday, faces kidnapping and murder warrants. FBI records show a prior robbery and assault conviction in 1945.
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Rome
Smith Horton
Patricia Ann Cook
Etowah River
Horton
Willie Grady Cochran
Paulding County
Cochran
FBI
Hiroshima Priest III Atom Bombed in 1945
In Nishinomiya Japan Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge a German priest featured in Hiroshima remains in critical condition with reduced white cell counts suggesting radiation illness He was on the third floor of a Hiroshima church when the bomb exploded and suffered injuries years earlier.
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Nishinomiya
Japan
Wilhelm Kleinsorge
John Hershey
Hiroshima
Nsorge
Eisenhower Teaser Teases 1952 Second Term Plans in New Hampshire
President Eisenhower's New Hampshire tour sparks talk of a possible second term. In Concord and Lincoln he dodged certainty, joking about White House time while touting Sherman Adams. A crowd of about 15 000 heard the offhand remarks as the six day New England sweep continues with Vermont and Maine stops and fishing plans.
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Eisenhower
New
New Hampshire
State House Plaza
Ew Hampshire
Sherman Adams
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Ti Ny
Adams
Newampshire
Vermont
Maine
Democrats consider 1 percent Social Security tax hike
House Ways and Means members, amid closed sessions, weigh a 1 percent Social Security tax increase to fund expanded benefits for older women and disabled workers. The plan also nudges the retirement age for women from 62 and allows benefits while working at any age.
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Washngton
House
Ways and Means
Five Day Forecast Highlights Mild Warm Up Across Regions
The forecast shows normal temperatures with highs around 82 to 84 and lows near 63. A warm spell arrives Saturday and Sunday with thunderstorm chances bringing 0.5 to 1 inch of rain, then cooler Monday and a slight warmup again by Wednesday.
Jet Flight Across Pole Sets Speed Record
Three fliers averaged 500 mph on a polar crossing landing at Ladd Air Force Base at 4 27 pm Alaska time after a 6 hour 23 minute journey from Bardufoss Norway. They departed Bardufoss at 9 04 pm local time as sunset faded, the long slim gray plane flying at 50 000 feet with a fine polar view. Squadron members Bower and R A Seymour led the team.
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Alaska
Ladd Air Force Base
Bardufoss
Norway
Bower
R. A. Seymour
Solons Probe Schlesinger Documents Amid Graft Claims
Senate Investigations subcommittee pressed for records from Sol Schlesinger after he refused to surrender papers. The unnamed cap maker testified about a 1950 bribe claim involving Air Force caps, while Schlesinger invoked the Fifth Amendment and Pentagon contacts sought to revoke government contracts.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sol Schlesinger
McClellan
D-Ark
Pentagon
Schiesinger
Schlesinger
Freeport
N. Y
Lesinger
Robert "Lenantes
Subcommittee
Slicing Seen Of Deficit
Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey predicted a sharp deficit cut for the upcoming bookkeeping year beginning next week. He said the government could operate on a one year extension of the debt limit at the current level and expressed optimism about the financial outlook and international prospects.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Testif Wnys
Hum
Driver Puts Patrolman on a Beat in Pittsburgh
Traffic patrolman Maurice Quinlan ordered a motorist to move but the driver, Police Supt. James Siusser, accused him of using cuss words. Quinlan claimed no law was broken and pressed his point amid the traffic jam.
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Pittsburgh
Maurice Quinlan
Quinlan
Mystery Man Plunges 11 Floors to His Death
A unidentified man died after plunging from the 11th floor of a downtown office building. Hundreds watched as the body fell into a nearby parking lot after the man hesitated on a ledge for about 20 minutes while six women in a nearby beauty shop witnessed the event.
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Mystery Man
sGeehelea
City Accepts No Dixon-Yates Power In Memphis
Memphis votes to build its own electric plant instead of accepting Dixon-Yates power. The move strengthens Tennessee Valley Authority supporters against the private-power deal. A new congressional attack on the Dixon-Yates contract appears likely. President Eisenhower previously supported Memphis building its own plant. The contract aimed to supply Memphis area electricity via TVA public power with federal loans.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dixon- Yates
Tennesee Valley Authority
Ueup
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
TVA
Atom
Peron Allegedly Secretly Weds 19-Year-Old Laura de Soler
O Globo reports a refugee priest claims Juan Peron secretly married Laura de Soler, 19, quoting Man Fernandez who fled Buenos Aires after the June 16 uprising in Argentina and found asylum in Asuncion Paraguay.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
O Globo
Laura de Soler
Jom Fernandez
Buen Aires
Asuncion
Paraguay
Argentina
Kaiser Gypsum Plant Fire Causes 25 Million Damage
Redwood City California Kaiser Gypsum Co reports a massive Thursday night fire at its large plant caused 25 million dollars in damage within 45 minutes. Fire crews fought the blaze as officials assessed the factory area and potential economic impact.
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Redwood City
Calif
Kaiser Gypsum Co
Dulles Warns Soviets to End Forcible Actions in Cold War
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, addressing the UN and in private talks with Molotov, urged Moscow to end force and subversion and outlined five key problems for the Geneva summit. He blamed Communist expansion, NATO and regional groups for tensions and highlighted Indochina, China, and disarmament.
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United States
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Primary results trim contestant in surprising elimination
The primary concluded with the female candidate eliminated, leaving the race without her in the final lineup.
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