Oil unions refuse to end week-long wage strike
AFL CIO and independent oil unions refuse to end a week-old walkout, risking transfer of the wage dispute to President Truman. WSB plans a meeting as union leaders push for settlements. CIO union leader Knight says the strike continues since September 1951. A new settlement pattern emerges from Rock Island Refinery near Indianapolis with an 18 cent hourly raise and removal of pickets.
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AFL
CIO
Truman
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
D. C
Nathan P. Feinsinger
House Labor Committee
White House
Feinsinger
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
Knight
Fifth Atomic Blast Heralds Five More Tests
In Las Vegas the Atomic Energy Commission reported five of the planned springs tests completed with five more expected. Since April 1 the schedule has kept one shot weekly except Holy Week. Next week will host 500 military observers in foxholes for an invitational event as the third phase of Desert Rock IV approaches with 1500 Army troops.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Foxholes
Police Ring Park Search for Escaped Inmates
Parma and Strongsville in the Cleveland metro area join a manhunt after Neville Slusher 24 and Floyd Keith 23 escaped Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane. They overpowered guards, seized two cars, and tied a car owner to a tree in Metropolitan Park before freeing himself.
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Parma
State Hospital
Cleveland Metropolitan Park System
Strongsville
Neville Slusher
Floyd Keith
Lima State Hospital
Metropolitan Park
Ralph Warnecke
Lausche appoints Kaliski to Ohio pharmacy board
Gov. Frank J. Lausche named Chester Kaliski of Toledo to the state pharmacy board for a term ending March 31, 1957, succeeding Lee Funk of Columbus.
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Frank J. Lausche
Chester Kaliski
Toledo
State Pharmacy Board
Lee Funk
Keeping Busy Messinger Classified Want Ads Ad Pitch
Business service advertisers in The Messenger Classified Section claim their ads generate many calls. For a few cents a day, reach thousands of daily readers, morning and night. Want ads cover all services. place your ad by dialing 31242 today.
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DIAL
Taft Kefauver Ride Victory Wave In Ohio Primary
Ohio primary returns boost Taft and Kefauver as they gain delegates and nominations. Charles Taft wins the GOP gubernatorial race, while Lausche pursues a fourth term unopposed. DiSalle leads in the Democratic Senate race with a strong showing.
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Kefauver
Ohio
Ohio Democratic
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Frank J. Lausche
Primary party slate lines up November races in Ohio
Southeastern Ohio voters named nominees for U S House districts ten six and fifteen and state senate ninth and fourteenth and house seats across Athens Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs Morgan Perry and Vinton counties. Incumbents shown with X in parentheses.
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Marietta
Ohio State Senate
A. B. Jones
Oakley C. Collins
C. Stanley Mechem
Ohio
House of Representatives
Athens County
Don C. Campbell
Gallia County
D. O. Taber
Hocking County
Rolland Bright
Dean L. Collison
Jackson County
T. K Owens
Meigs County
George A. Meinhart
Morgan County
Kenneth L. Beckwith
Perry County
Vaughn H. Hicks
David J. Lewis
Vinton County
Byron Cassill
L. M. Cooley
Dulles Sees Ike Victory in GOP Race
Shannon Ireland report says John Foster Dulles predicted General Eisenhower will be elected president. Dulles, who declined to commit on his own candidacy, called himself the obvious man for the secretary of state post and noted there seems no doubt Ike will win.
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Ireland
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
United States
Dulles
Republican Party
Paris
Senator Hays Presses Ohio Unity for Kefauver Bid
Rep. Hays of Ohio urges a solid bloc of state delegates to back Sen. Kefauver for the Democratic nomination. He says delegates pledged to former Sen Bulkley should join Kefauver to promote party harmony. Kefauver captured 27 of Ohio's 54 delegates in Tuesday's primary.
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Robert A. Taft
Estes Kefauver
Ohio
Taft
Charles P. Taft
Kefauver
Lausche
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
U. S
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Washington
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Sen
Tenn
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Illinois
Florida
Richard Russell
Georgia
Tennessee
Walter George
Russell
Paul Douglas
Contino Returns to Begin Basic Training at Fort Ord
Dick Contino reports for basic training at Fort Ord after thirteen months away. He previously fled the post claiming panic claustrophobia stating I cant stand to be fenced in.
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Los Angeles
Dick Contino
Fort Ord
Calif
Potato Price Probe Widens Across States
OPS enforcement agents were put on alert in Ohio and nine other states to crack down on potato price violations. Reports allege low grade potatoes marked up to higher grades and tie in sales forcing buyers to buy extra vegetables to obtain potatoes. Officials caution the violations appear spotty and not nationwide.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Ohio
Harry Stein
OPS
Stein
Ohio Standard Oil to Attend Parleys
The Standard Oil Co of Ohio said it would attend a Washington meeting on the nationwide oil strike called by the Wage Stabilization Board. The walkout has closed two Sohio refineries in Cleveland and another in Toledo.
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Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Sohio
Toledo
Senate probe cites maladministration in grain storage program
Sen Aiken says ongoing Senate Agriculture Committee inquiry into government grain storage and farm aid reveals maladministration more than legal flaws. He argues testimony shows no fixable law problems and notes incompetence at multiple operation levels.
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Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Pioneer Film Magnate William Fox Dies at 73
New York tycoon William Fox, 73, famed for building a 250 theater empire worth over 100 million, died at Doctors Hospital. His rise from a Brooklyn nickelodeon to Hollywood studios contrasted with a 1929 stock-market crash that toppled his empire amid debts and lawsuits.
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William Fox
Doctors Hospital
Fox
Pennsylvania
Hungary
United States
Lower East Side
Ironing Board
Nickelodeon
Brooklyn
Hollywood
Giant Raid Blasts Red Supply Hub
The U S Fifth Air Force launched its largest Korean War air strike on the Red supply complex at Suan 35 miles southeast of Pyon gyang. Day long assault used jets and prop planes destroying 97 supply buildings and 18 revetments while damaging 50 buildings and 16 vehicles.
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Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Suan
Pyongyang
Sinuiju
Manchurian
General Warns Against Cuts In Armed Aid
General Eisenhower told Congress any cut in Truman's 7.9 billion foreign aid plan would harm the defense program. He noted a billion-dollar reduction already voted by the Senate committee and warned further cuts could force drastic revisions and endanger the military buildup essential to U S security.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Eisenhower
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western Defense Forces
Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Youth Finds Burned Plane Near Warsaw Farm
A burned airplane was found on a farm near Warsaw Kentucky. The pilot is believed to be Virgil May 55 of Delray Beach Florida missing since April 24 on a Lima Ohio to Florida flight. The plane wreckage was found by 12 year old Carl Noel while gathering cattle.
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Here
Virgil May
Delray Beach
Fla
Lima
Florida
May
Art Williams
Carl Noel
That's My Boy That Boy's Vote Stirs Ohio Rep McGregor
Rep. McGregor of Ohio recounts a family voting moment at a West Lafayette polling place. He arrived to find the first ballot cast belonged to his son Army 1st Lt. Harry L. McGregor who is serving in Korea. the father noted the scene like receiving a letter from his boy.
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Washington
McGregor
Ohio
West Lafayette
Army
Harry L. McGregorr
Korea
Ground War Intensifies As Clark Lands in Korea
Fighting on land and air in Korea escalated as truce talks stalled. UN jets shot down two Red planes and damaged a third while UN tank forces broke Red lines on the central front. North Korea accused the Allies of delaying negotiations over prisoner repatriation amid a Manchurian clash of speeches and high level arrivals.
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United Nations
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Nam
Panmunjom
Adm
C. Turner Joy
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Mark W. Clark
Ridgway
James A. van Fleet
Washington
Truman
United States
Credit Curbs On Installment Buying Ended
The Federal Reserve Board suspended controls on installment buying, ending down payment and payment-time limits for autos and appliances. With ample supply, officials say curbs are no longer needed to fight inflation. Regulation W previously required 15 percent down and 18 months for most appliances and 33 percent down with 18 months for automobiles.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Truman Marks 68th Anniversary Today
President Truman turns 68 and jokes I feel 28 as Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham notes his health remains strong despite seven crises as White House occupant. The White House reports no special observance planned.
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Truman
Wallace Graham
White House
McGranery Nomination at Senate Hearing Progress
Washington The Senate Judiciary Committee opened testimony on McGranery seeking the attorney general post. Chairman McCarran said four to five witnesses were summoned for a public hearing and hoped to vote before adjournment. McGranery, a former House member and current federal district judge in Philadelphia, was nominated by President Truman to succeed J. Howard McGrath.
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The
Senate Judiciary Committee
James P. McGranery
McCarran
D-Nev
McGranery
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
Philadelphia
Pipe accident claims life of oil worker in Caldwell area
Davis W. Harbour, 31, of Bald Knob Arkansas, was killed Wednesday when a section of pipe struck him at a construction project southwest of Caldwell. The incident involves an oil field worker and occurred on the rural work site.
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Davis W. Harbour
Bald Knob
Ark
Caldwell
Stevenson Draft Revival Roils Illinois Democratic Meet
Illinois Democrats in Springfield push for drafting Gov Adlai Stevenson for president despite his plea to avoid awkward pressure. Stevenson, in Camp Cooke California, spoke by phone with Jacob M. Arvey as backers seek Illinois 60 votes at large for the July national convention.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Camp Cooke
Calif
Jacob M. Arvey
Arvey
Court Order Awaited In Cheshire Mine Picket Dispute
An injunction likely prohibiting mass picketing at the Cheshire strip mine of Ohio Collieries Co. was drafted and awaiting Judge Betz's signature. Sheriff Ehman reported increased tension as hundreds of pickets gathered, some armed, with Governor Lausche declining aid. The Central Coal Co. mine remained idle, and unionization efforts sparked fears of further violence.
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Cheshire Strip
Ohio Collieries Coal Co
Robert M. Betz
Gallipolis
Gallia Coune Ty
Frank J. Lausche
George Ehman
Centenary Church
Ohio River Collieries Co
Cheshire
Ehman
Lausche
Central Coal Co
Mason County
Philip Sporn
Sporn
Ohio Power Co
Appalachian Power Co
John E. Halliday
Common Pleas Court
State Highway Patrol
Three-State Clay Pipe Workers Strike Ends
An AFL strike involving 3600 brick and clay workers across 25 plants in Ohio Western Pennsylvania and Indiana has been settled. The industry spokesman announced that terms offered by workers were accepted. Details were not disclosed.
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AFL
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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