Steel Wage Talks Near Decision as Strike Deadline Looms
Pittsburgh reports the steel industry nears a wage offer that could avert a 600000 worker strike. U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Republic Steel promise pay boosts while Jones & Laughlin and Youngstown Sheet & Tube resume talks with CIO United Steelworkers. Most expect a 12 to 15 cent raise.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
0. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
Wallet worth $1,100 found by bartender after loss
Guy B. Harris of Owensboro misplaced a wallet containing over $1,100 in a Louisville telephone booth. Four hours later he reported the loss to police, then learned the money had been found by George Grady, a bartender, who received a $50 reward.
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Louisville
Guy B. Harris
Owensboro
George Grady
Grady
Sugar beets yield far more calories per acre
An acre of sugar beets produces 1,700,000 calories, almost four times more energy than an acre of any other food.
Laborite storm over Malayan War training claim
In London the Eden government rejected Labour accusations that Britain's Malaya war is being extended to train troops. Colonial Secretary Lennox Boyd defended the effort, denying the slander as Labour MP Stan Anbery pressed for clarity amid a Commons storm. Boyd said he would visit Malaya soon as the conflict reportedly improves. First US commercial telephone exchange opened in New Haven in 1878.
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London
Eden
Malaya
Alan Lennox
Boyd
Stan Anbery
House of Commons
Lennox + Boyd
Awbery
Kennox Boyd
United States
New Haven
Conn
McCarthy Concedes Defeat on Big Four Senate Resolution
Senator McCarthy concedes he has no chance of Senate approval for a resolution pressing discussion of Russia's satellite states at the Big Four talks. The Foreign Relations Committee voted 140 to reject the proposal, signaling strong administration and party opposition. The move risked tying Eisenhower politically in Geneva talks with Great Britain, France, and Russia, prompting criticism from Johnson, Barkley, Knowland, and others.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Great Britain
France
Geneva
Barkley
Sen. Knowland
California
Europe
North Korea
United States
Secretary of
State Dulles
Mistaken Identity Claims Arrestover False Light Stop
Peters burg police admit a case of mistaken identity in last weeks arrest of a man for stopping at a red light that did not exist. Charles Henry Turner, 22, of Moberly Missouri, was fined 100 dollars and given 30 days for drunk driving before the error was discovered.
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Petersburg
Charles Henry Turner
Moberly
W. E. Traylor
Turner
Suspected Felon James OConnor Held for FBI Review
Publicity from the stop light incident led to the arrest of a man who gave the name James M. OConnor of Chicago. He faces a felony-suspicion charge and his case has been turned over to the FBI for further action.
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Traylor
James M. O'Connor
Chicago
FBI
Lightning Strikes Twice Damaging Property in Whitney Point
Augie Tappan was at home when a thunderstorm struck. A lightning bolt hit his house, damaging attic timbers and blacking out the TV. Two minutes later a second bolt struck his concession stand 15 miles away, blowing it apart.
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Whitney Point
N.Y
Augie Tappan
Tappan
Bombs Rock Cyprus Again
Pro-Greek Cypriots exploded bombs at two sites on British Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. A bomb in a Nicosia police station mail box killed a Greek bystander and wounded 13 others, including Greeks Turks and Armenians. A blast near a British brigadier’s home caused slight damage.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Mediterranean
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