Bethlehem Shipyard Strike Halts Nuclear Vessel Work
A Bethlehem Steel shipyard strike halts work on a billion dollars of ship construction including three nuclear powered vessels. About 17 000 workers across nine plants are affected with skeleton crews on weekends delaying full impact until Monday.
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Quincy, Mass
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
Hoboken
N.J
West Milton
N.Y
Quincy
Local 5
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilders
Boston
Mass
Sparrows Point
Key Highway
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Long Beach
Bainbridge
Luce
Springfield
National Guard Asked Over Albert Lea Riot Threat
A Wilson and Co. prediction of rioting by United Packinghouse Workers prompted Freeborn County officials to request Guard protection. Gov. Freeman's office denied plans to mobilize troops though Labor Conciliator Johnson reported no imminent demonstrations. Local managers warned of possible violence at Albert Lea and Cedar Rapids plants, while UPWA President calls the warning a lie.
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Albert Lea, Minn
Wilson & Co
United Packinghouse
National Guard
Freeborn County
Everette Stevern
Charles Heilman
Gov
Freeman
Thomas Hughes
Charles Johnson
Albert Lea
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Cairns
Wilson
Gov. Freeman
Mason City
Iowa
Charles Helstein
UPWA
Barkley Omans
Bonsal Flies Home to Give Cuba Report
U S Ambassador Philip W Bonsal returns to Washington to report on Fidel Castros anti American campaign in Cuba The move follows rising tensions and questions of a possible diplomatic break over Havana s stance on the Guan tanamo Naval Base Observers say Castros drive seeks to sever ties with Washington and may echo Communist strategy while Castros government blames the United States for tensions and economic threats
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Havana
U.S
Philip W. Bonsal
Fidel Castro
Washington
United States
Guantanamo Naval Base
Bonsal
State Department
Castro
Eisenhower
la Calle
Cuba
Spur Hunt for Miners in S Africa
In COALBROOK South Africa 400 Africans and 6 white coal miners were entombed 600 feet underground. Rescue teams battle through debris as fresh air reportedly reaches the enclosed section. Methane risk and rising water hinder progress with a week or more likely to pass before access.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
No Basis in Fact Claims by Local 9 Leader Frank Schultz
Local 9 president Frank Schultz says he studied a telegram from Wilson & Co. and found the allegations entirely unfounded. He argues the telegram is company propaganda and an attempt to libel and discredit the union.
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Frank Schultz
Local 9
Wilson & Co
Schultz
Girls Rescued From Icy East Side Lake Dares Skating Rules
Seven year old Debra Arens fell through thin ice near a culvert at Brownsdale Avenue while skating beyond marked areas. She surfaced with buoyant ski pants and was helped ashore by Kay Lematta, eight, and an older boy. Both girls, daughters of local families, warn classmates to stay within park boundaries.
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East Side Lake
Debra Arens
Brownsdale Avenue
Debra
Kay Susan Lematta
Neveln School
Park and Recreation Dept
Eugene Arens
Sheldon
Kay
Adrian Lemattas
kKay
Susan Lematta
Pontiac emblem inspiration dies at 78
Indianapolis AP reports Chief Joseph Big Bear a Cree Indian whose likeness inspired the Pontiac emblem died Thursday night at age 78.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Big Bear
Eddie Rickenbacker credited with 22nd air victory
Secretary of the Air Force approved the correction of military records confirming Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker shot down his 22nd German plane on May 7 1918 in France. The claim was filed last year and grants him the 22nd victory decades after the war.
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Washington
Edward V
Eddie) Rickenbacker
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
Air Force Board
Rickenbacker
France
Scripps Purchases Cleveland News
The Cleveland News an afternoon paper owned by Forest City Publishing since 1932 has been bought by Scripps Howards Newspapers publishers of the Cleveland Press announced today.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland News
Forest City Publishing Co
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Cleveland Press
Backers in Algeria Call for General Strike After Dismissal
President Charles de Gaulle met paratroop Gen. Jacques Massu, fired as Algiers commander, while Massu’s backers urged a general strike. French troops and police patrolled Algiers as merchants shuttered shops amid militia-led strike orders.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Jacques Massu
Algiers
Massu
de Gaulle
Algeria
Miner Freed After 16hour Underground Ordeal
A miner, Joseph Mishmash, 50, was rescued uninjured from 1,500 feet underground at Pioneer Mine Ely Minnesota after a mud flow sealed his shaft. Rescue crews drilled through a 16-foot wall of ore and he thanked friend Howie Sayovitz as he emerged with a smile and coffee.
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Ely, Minn
Pioneer Mine
Howie
Joseph Mishmash
John “Howie
Sayovitz
Mishmash
Supt
Leslie Dick
Underground
Bathyscaph Trieste reaches record seven mile depth
The U S Navy bathyscaph Trieste, with Jacques Piccard and Lt Don Walsh aboard, dived to 37 800 feet in the Marianas Trench, surpassing prior estimates and marking a historic leap in deep sea exploration. The surface was reached just after 1 a m EST as pressure reached 16883 psi.
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Washington
U. S. Navy
Bathyscaph
Marianas Trench
Pacific
Navy
Jacques Piccard
Don Walsh
San Diego
Walsh
Piccard
Trio of State Blazes Leave Widow and three Families Homeless
An elderly widow and three families were left homeless after fires destroyed or heavily damaged homes in frigid Minnesota. Mrs Mary Bailey, 79, was guided to safety from a Garden City house as fire gutted the two story structure. In Judson, Mrs Ole Rue and her son Reno escaped with only furniture after their home collapsed. In Minneapolis, a blaze caused by a nine year old searching for a toy pistol left two families with eight children homeless.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Mary Baily
Garden City
Mankato
Judson
Ole Rue
Reno
Minnesota River
Judson Lake
Minneapolis
Ruth St Denis Deft At 82 Disputes Birth Year
Dancer Ruth St Denis, celebrated as 80 in an New York party, asserts she is 82 with a passport dating to 1900. She remains active, directing a Hollywood dance school and teaching at Adelphia College, after cofounding Denishawn with Ted Shawn.
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Miss St. Denis
Martha Graham
Ted Shawn
Belasco
Hollywood
Adelphia College
Long Island
Denishawn Dancers
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Combat Beret
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Paul Delouvrier
Delouvrier
Trieste
Piccard and Walsh
Himalayas
Trio OF State Blazes
Earl Hanson
Bill Gardner
Switch
Ruth
St. Denis
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