Buried Quarry Worker Feared Dead After Sideline Collapse
Rescuers labored through Sunday to reach 34 year old Joseph Meatter of Wind Gap missing after a slate quarry slide at the Levens Jackson site in Pen Argyl. Four others were seriously injured, including Onofrio Maio who lost a leg and Angelo SantAntonio with a pelvis fracture.
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Six Killed in Car Train Wreck Near Northwood Iowa
Six persons died in a train auto crash at a gravel crossing three miles north of Northwood Iowa. Five were members of a farm family from the west side of town and a sixth was a child riding with them. The Rock Island north bound passenger train dragged the car 150 feet near Highway 65 as the family, believed en route to church, were killed. The deceased included Mr and Mrs Marvin Holstad and three of their children. the sixth victim was the daughter of Maurice Liedal. Names and ages of some victims were not available.
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Court Settles Estate of Texas Statesman James W. Robinson
On May 23, 1903 a court decision resolved the estate of James W. Robinson an early Texas leader who served as lieutenant governor in 1835 and later held limited authority after Henry W. Smith’s ouster. Robinson fled to California after capture by General Woll and died in 1857 his heirs’ shares disputed by children from two marriages and potential Ohio connections.
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Ford Inspector Killed In Canada By Shotgun
Windsor Ontario May 22 A Ford Motor Company inspector William D Allen 37 was slain by a shotgun blast through a kitchen window as he sat at the table reading a newspaper Investigators report the shot was fired from seven feet away The attack echoes an earlier attempt on Walter P Meather CIO United Auto Workers president who was wounded in his kitchen during April 20 similar firing.
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Texas Teamsters Vote on 33 Firms Pay Offer
AFL Teamster Union officials in Dallas said a vote by 3,000 Texas members on a wage offer to 33 common carrier truck lines will tabulate by Wednesday. If rejected, a new meeting with company representatives is planned likely later in the week.
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Mother Shoots Son Then Self in Belfast Maine Tragedy
In Belfast Maine on a May night, Iola De Graff 34 shot her 10 month old son Jack Lawrence then killed herself with a .38 revolver as police arrived. Medical Examiner ruled murder and death by own action. husband had died two months earlier from cerebral hemorrhage.
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Labor Leaders Reported Ready For Compromise
Senator Aiken said key labor leaders asked him to help shape a bipartisan compromise labor bill. He notes Democrats appear hamstrung by the White House stance on repealing the Taft Hartley Law, while AFL and CIO leaders suggest some changes may be acceptable.
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Thousands of Ex-GIs Miss Bonuses Across States
A survey shows more than 56,000 veterans in seven states have had their bonus claims denied mainly due to residence or service duration rules. New York leads with 27,000 rejections. Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, and others follow. About 15 states pay or will pay 1.9 billion dollars to six million ex-GIs or survivors, but by estimates well over 100,000 may receive nothing.
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Ex Slavs Official Held In Jail by Tito Regime
Prague dispatch reports Dr Savo Zlatic former minister of light industry in Czechoslovakia and three other political figures arrested in Belgrade by the Tito regime. Zlatic had been named Yugoslav ambassador to Moscow but was not sent for defying party policy. He was ousted and placed under arrest.
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Reparations Based Asiatics Suspicious of US Plans
AP analysis notes Asian leaders fear reparations easing for Japan could feed a new threat to regional stability. Critics in the Philippines and China already speak out as the United States pushes Truman’s plan for Asia. End of reparations could quicken Japan’s role in Asia’s redevelopment while damping its economic dominance. Asian publics demand concrete signs the U S will not rearm Japan or allow it to become a military bulwark.
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Bomb load on B36 could rise sixfold to thirty tons
Government scientists at Langley reported that B36 bomb capacity on 10 000 mile missions might jump from five to 30 tons. Officials of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics said the six fold increase remains on paper but likely will happen as tours reveal progress toward fully satisfactory supersonic fighters.
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US Czech Trade Talks Under Way in Prague
In Prague talks on Czechoslovak US trade relations begin as Evjen Loebl deputy foreign trade minister plans a Monday meeting with US ambassador Joseph E Jacobs. An American delegation from the Agriculture Department and cotton interests tours Europe seeking a market for surplus cotton. Rumors persist of Czechoslovakia seeking to return to the European Recovery Program it left two years ago on Moscow instructions.
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Senate Panel To Hear Rent Decontrol In Texas
The Senate state affairs committee will hold a public hearing on statewide rent decontrol Tuesday at 2 p.m. if session permits, otherwise 7:30 p.m. The House passed the bill 93 to 41 on May 16 amid protests over prior hearings.
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Dockworkers Strike Spreads in England
A dockworkers strike spreading from Avonmouth to Bristol halted unloading of 17 food ships for rationed Britain. Bristol workers held a mass meeting and quit in support of Avonmouth dockers after 150 stevedores were suspended for not serving a strike bound Canadian ship.
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Ann Todd and David Lean Secretly Wed in London
Screen star Ann Todd aged 29 and film producer David Lean aged 40 were married in a private ceremony in London on a Saturday. They announced the marriage at a cocktail party later.
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