Wildcat Strike Idle 13 500 Auto Workers in Detroit Area
Chrysler plants across Detroit area idle as 1 100 trim workers walk out for a sixth time in seven days. Windsor Ontario plants also hit by unauthorized strikes, idling 3 300 Chrysler workers. UAW says production cut stems from large 1956 model inventories and disciplinary firings of two union stewards. Michigan jobless total tops 207 000 as of May 15 with more layoffs expected through summer.
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Ike's Illness Delays Panama Conference
President Eisenhower's illness postpones the Pan American conference in Panama. Panamanian Ambassador J. J. Vallarino said the meeting of American presidents would be postponed from the June 25-26 dates in line with the will of a majority of the 21 republics.
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Fathers and Sons Follow Paths to Business Leadership
HAL BOYLE notes that fathers take pride when sons follow into their careers, often rising to top roles after learning the business from the ground up. Examples include John D. Rockefeller Jr., Henry Ford II, Donald W. Douglas, Frederic W. Ecker, Thomas J. Watson Jr., A. Howard Fuller, and Robert W. Sarnoff, with the common thread of hard work and avoiding shortcuts to earn their father's trust.
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Robert W. Sarnoff
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RCA
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Six Nations to Dominate The 20th Century Douglas Says
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas named six countries United States, Russia, China, India, Japan and Germany as dominant through the late 20th century. He urged ingenuity to keep a majority from the Communist orbit and said containment policy was obsolete. Douglas spoke at Haverford College alumni forum on America and Russia in Asia, noting shifts in global power and capital leadership but praising liberty and due process as U.S. strengths.
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Gasoline Spill Locks 13,000 Gallons in Mississippi River
A barge carrying 4 million gallons of gasoline sprang a leak three miles upstream from Hastings, spilling about 13,000 gallons into the Mississippi River. The barge struck a rock around a bend, causing the loss on Friday.
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Songwriter Sammy Fain Ordered to Pay Spouse Alimony
Sammy Fain must pay Jane Fischer one thousand dollars monthly as temporary alimony in the estranged couple's proceedings. The order specifies ongoing support while dissolution details are settled.
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Court Order Averts Subway Strike Threat in New York
The City Transit Authority sought court action to stop another subway walkout by the Motormen's Benevolent Assn. MBA president Theodore Loos said the union will obey but indicated worker unrest. A judge ordered the MBA to show cause why it should not be enjoined from striking again with a return set for Monday in Manhattan.
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U S Agents Mistake Rivals in 1949 Washington Restaurant Brawl
Senate Internal Security subcommittee says U S agents confusedly arrested Barsov the Soviet defector while surveilling the meeting with Peter Pirogov at the Three Musketeers Restaurant near the White House. The two Russians mistook each other for Soviet spies, leading to a scuffle and Barsov’s deportation arrest.
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Barsov
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Cabinet Conferences Signal the Recovery
Washington reports say Cabinet bedside conferences with President Eisenhower next week will show rising business activity as his intestinal operation recovery continues. Nixon and Dulles are expected to meet Ike, with further sessions planned to update on departmental developments.
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Bolivia braces for revolt amid pre election tensions
In La Paz security tightens as government cites a revolt plot ahead of Sunday's vote. Opposition calls for a two month delay while authorities deploy armed patrols of peasants and miners. Thirteen opposition members seek asylum in foreign embassies, including Eduardo Messuti Roca of PURS. Interior Minister Fortuna says rebellion aims to disrupt national elections.
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Former actress Kay Aldridge divorces oilman Arthur Camer on
In Santa Monica California a high profile divorce ends a one year marriage. Former actress Kay Aldridge aged 38 and Arthur C Camer on aged 56, a wealthy oilman, are filing for divorce ending their union.
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Arthur C. Cameron
Priests Freed by Reds Report They Are Well
Two American Roman Catholic priests freed after three years in Red China prisons spoke by phone from Shanghai. They said they are well and to rest a few days before deciding next steps. They, with 11 other Americans held, were sentenced last November on espionage and counterrevolutionary charges. Bishop Walsh in Shanghai remains free from semihouse arrest.
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Communist China
New Ulm Pioneer Dies at 101 in Minnesota
New Ulm, Minn. Mrs William Winkelmann the citys oldest resident died Friday at age 101. She came to this country from Germany with her parents as a child and later met Sen Kefauver D Tenn during a campaign stop before the March presidential primary.
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