West Plans New Bonn Constitution Proposal For Germany
Paris talks stall as four power ministers press a plan to extend Bonn Constitution into the Soviet zone. A German state control authority would act under a four power vetoed commission. Russia’s response remains uncertain as officials expect a weekend presentation.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers
Bonn
Western
Germany
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Foreign Ministry
Philip Jessup
John Foster Dulles
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Foreign Office
Maurice Couve de Murville
Soviets Warn Allies of Air Lane Firing
Berlin notes Soviet air safety chief ordered detours and air to ground firing from May 28 in the Buckeberg corridor. Allies protest as West Berlin rail strike cripples supply lines. airlift delivers about 8000 tons daily to sustain the city amid severe blockading pressures. Data mentions 200000 ton stockpile goal and wage disputes with Reichsbahn strike leaders.
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West Berlin
Co. P. Zorchenko
Berlin
Buckeberg
Willy Kreikemeyer
Reichsbahn
Ernest Reuter
Germany
Reuther Shooting Probe Drives Across Country
Detroit police pursue cross country detective work to solve the shooting of Victor Reuther. The gun used was flown to Chicopee Falls Massachusetts as investigators trace the case amid other national stories.
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Detroit
Victor Reuther
Walter Reuther
Chicopee Falls
Mass
British court frees Eisler as US pursues extradition
Communist Gerhart Eisler wins release in London on perjury charges amid U S efforts to re arrest him before he resumes flight to Germany. In Washington Attorney General Tom Clark pushes new moves to keep Eisler from escaping behind the Iron Curtain while Capitol Hill splits on the magistrate decision.
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Gerhart Eisler
United States
Germany
Washington
Tom Clark
Eisler
Can
Capitol Hill
London
Tative Rankin
Britain
Laurence Dunn
Congressional Committee
America
US State Department
State Department
New York
Ellis Island
Leipzig University
Soviet Zone
Rita Hayworth Weds Aly Khan in Riviera Ceremony
Rita Hayworth, once a Brooklyn dancer, marries Aly Khan in a widely watched Riviera ceremony. Vatican sources say the union may trigger excommunication as Rita’s prior marriages are civil only, while guests celebrate with champagne and a lavish reception at Chateau de Y Horizon near Cannes.
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Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Vaullaris City Hall
Cannes
French Riviera
Prince Aly
Brooklyn
Aly Khan
Riviera
Vatican
Rita
Orson Welles
Aly
Holy See
Vallauris
Chateau de Y Horizon
The
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
City Council to decide on police courts building plan
City officials forecast a 235000 two story plus basement police courts building at Fifth and Red River with bids opened for a separate city hall site sale. Council meets at 10 30 a m Saturday to choose between the proposed two story design and Morgan suggested one story plus rear wing option.
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Police-Courts
Guston Morgan
Fifth and
Red River
Taylor Glass
Morgan
Fifth Street
City Hall
Sixth
Red River Streets
Secret CIA Bill Clears Senate At Washington
A hush hush measure to expand CIA powers passes the Senate unanimously. The bill would admit up to 100 aliens yearly as informers aiding national defense and allow related family immigration with potential deportation for misbehavior. It authorizes confidential funding without public accounting.
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Washington
America
Senate
House
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
CLA
CIA
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
National Security Council
Rotan Refinery Blaze Put Out After 13 Hours
A roaring refinery fire in Rotan was extinguished at 5 am Friday after burning nearly 13 hours. Foamite equipment arrived from three West Texas cities to assist. Damage was estimated between 50 000 and 100 000 dollars. The small refinery is owned by Patton Oil.
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Rotan
West Texas
Patton Oi
Eight Days in Poker For Killing Yourself? Signs Warn Pylons
In Regensburg Germany on May 27 threats appeared on high tension power pylons warning that touching them would be killed immediately. A small print note stated that violations would be punished by eight days imprisonment.
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Regensburg
Germany
Quints To Celebrate 15th Birthday Today
Callander Ontario May 27 The Dionne quintuplets will be 15 on Saturday They will celebrate with their eight siblings and their father Oliva Dionne on Father's Day The girls have been opening birthday mail from around the world Some have speculated about future careers including possible convent entry They attend school near home under Sister Aimes de Agnes supervision
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Callander
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Aimes de Agnes
Three New Polio Cases Raise Brackenridge Totals
Three new polio cases reported at Brackenridge Hospital raise yearly total to eight with four cases that week. Patients Carl W. Pankhurst 5 Richard Hunt 3 and Gary Gregg are in fair condition. Penny Hallmark 2, admitted earlier, rests well.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Carl W. Pankhurst
Richard Hunt
Gary Gregg
Young Pankhurst
E. C Pankhurst
Woodview
Richard
Connie Jear Hunt
East 10Th Street
Young Gregg
J. V Gregg
del Valle
Penny Hallmark
C. B. Hallmark
Nelray Street
Shanghai Quiet Returns After Communist Takeover Fighting
Shanghai returns near normal as Maoist forces consolidate control. Red troops patrol city streets while banks and shops reopen. Pictures of Mao and Chu Teh appear on buildings. Chou En Lai absent. Casualties uncertain though civilian deaths likely under 200 and Nationalist forces largely fled or surrendered. Communists claim control of the Shanghai area including Whangpoo and Woosung fort.
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Shanghai
Asia
Whangpoo
Soochow
Mao Tze-Tung
Chu Teh
Chou En-Lai
China
Peiping
Nanking
Canton
Formosa
Bund
Peking Road
Communist
Woosung
Police Call Death by Own Action Note a Hoax near Colorado
Police and fire crews abandoned a three hour search for a body in the Colorado River after finding clothes and a crude note stating Goodby to this old world. They concluded the apparent drowning threat was a prank, following an earlier alleged confession of murder near the City Coliseum.
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Colorado
Congress Avenue
City Coliseum
Bridges Surrenders in Federal Perjury Case
Harry Bridges appeared in San Francisco and surrendered on a federal perjury and fraud indictment. He faces witnesses from West Coast labor groups, with Mervyn Rathborne testifying against him as Bridges and two ILWU officials are accused of lying about Communist Party membership at naturalization hearings.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
F. Joseph Donohue
Tom Clark
Bridges
Mervyn Rathborne
California Cio Council
Rathborne
California
Henry Schmidt
Hawaii
J. R. Robertson
ILWU
Jack Carson to Become U S Citizen This June
Hollywood reports film funnyman Jack Carson will take his final citizenship papers in federal court on June 6 He was born in Carman Manitoba Canada and will become a United States citizen in a formal ceremony at the court
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Hollywood
Funnyman
Jack Carson
Carman
Manitoba
Canada
Ripley Creator Robert L Ripley Dies at 55
New York May 27 Robert L Ripley 55 creator of Believe It or Not died suddenly at Harkness Pavilion after suffering a heart attack. He was admitted at 3 p m Thursday and died at 5 p m Friday hospital officials said.
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New York
Robert L. Ripley
Harkness Pavilion
Ripley
NLRB rules captive mine union shop illegal
The National Labor Relations Board ruled unanimously that John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers cannot enforce a union shop in captive steel mine contracts without an NLRB election. The decision targets 18 steel-company mines and requires Lewis to halt the clause and avoid strikes to win similar terms in new talks. The ruling complicates coal negotiations set to expire June 30.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Lewis’ United Mine Woorkers Union
NLRB
Labor Department
Ford Strike Near Settlement After 23 Days
The Ford strike, stretching 23 days, showed signs of near settlement as federal mediator Arthur C. Vint reported progress. Two issues remained, including arbitrator selection and the reinstatement of fired workers, with dispute over presidential arbitration involvement.
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Detroit
Ford
Settlement
Arthur C. Vint
Federal Mediation Service
CIO
United Auto Workers
Viat
Truman
Lamesa Farmer Dies While Seining Bait
Ern est Hogg a 48 year old farmer from Lamesa died of a heart attack while seining for minnows in a dirt tank near SAN SABA Texas The death occurred Friday around noon as he and a party of four searched for fishing bait The body was found by a companion and taken to a hospital Justice O C Summers ruled death due to heart attack and the body was to be buried in Lamesa by Howell Doran Funeral Home
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San Saba
Ernest Hogg
Lamesa
Here
Hogg
Nesbitt Farm
Glenn Williamson
O. C. Summers
Howell-Doran
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