West Concessions Hinted in UN Disarmament Talks
United Nations dispatch notes Moscow signals expecting Western concessions as the Big Four and Canada resume disarmament discussions in New York. Soviet radio also pledged serious consideration of Western proposals on banning atomic weapons while urging phased conventional force reductions to align positions.
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Canada
New York
United Nations
N. Y
Geneva
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
West
U.S.S.R
The
Oe Commission
Security Council
Disarmament Commission
General Assembly
United States
London
Harold E. Siassen
Eisenhower
Bulganin
NLRB splits on union decision in Portland case
The National Labor Relations Board split 3 to 3 over a case involving the Taft-Hartley charges against the APL Teamsters Union subdivision in Portland Oregon. Dissenters argued unions were free to flout provisions they advocate for workers and the ruling is paradoxical.
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National Labor Relations Board
Taft-Hartley
APL Teamsters
Portland
Ore
NLRB
Martin S. Bennett
Teamsters
Teamster
APL
Bennett
Guy Farmer
Ivar Peterson
Abe Murdock
Farmer
Veronica Lake Weds Music Publisher in Traverse City Church
Film star Veronica Lake and Joseph McCarthy a New York writer and music publisher were married today in a quiet ceremony at the First Congregational Church Traverse City McCarthy is with Musicana Corp New York Lake 36 was previously engaged to Andre de Toth Hollywood director
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Traverse City
Mich
Veronica Lake
Joseph McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Musicana Corp
Miss Lake
Andre de Toth
Hollyween
Accusations Fly In Egyptian War Frontline Fire
Tensions escalate along the Gaza frontier as Egypt and Israel trade blows for a fourth day. Four Egyptian and two Israeli fatalities reported with many wounded. UN observers move in as both sides accuse the other of starting hostilities.
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Gaza
Egypt
U. S
State Dulles
Jerusalem
Beeri
Kissufim
New River Coal Co Signs Contract for $2 Wage Hike
Beckley August 28 The New River Coal Co announced it had signed a contract with the United Mine Workers to grant a two dollar wage increase. District 29 headquarters in Beckley hosted the agreement which covers 10 mines in Fayette and Greenbrier counties employing about 3200 workers.
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New River Coal Co
Beckley
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers
C. R. Bourland
Fayette
Greenbrier
UMW
District 29
Temperatures Reach 105 Amid Hot Midcontinent Heat
The Associated Press reports a return of hot weather across the midcontinent with readings of 95 to 105 in Kansas and Iowa and in the 90s in northern Missouri, Illinois and southeastern Nebraska. Ohio Valley also warm. 70s common from New York City to the Gulf. Cooler by 10 to 20 degrees across southern New England and central Rockies. scattered showers in Texas Louisiana and Northern Plains.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Ohio Valley
New York City
Gulf
Lower Plains States
New England
Central Rockies
Texas-Louisiana
Plains States
Moroccan talks in France deadlock over Ben Youssef return
Moroccan nationalist delegates insisted on Ben Youssef's immediate return from Madagascar as a condition for participation in a new Moroccan government. They backed a plan linking a Council of the Throne, a new government, and a French resident general, with talks moving to Paris.
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Aix Les Bains
France
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Ben Youssef
Paris
Pierre July
Edgar Faure
Committee of Five
Istiqlal
Faure
July
Istqlal
Ben Moulay Arafa
Geneva
Ahmed Balafrej
Balafrej
Si Bekkai
Gilbert Grandval
Family Held In Official's Death
KINGMAN Arizona August 2 Chief of Police August Kettman of Palm Springs began intensive questioning of Robert Kenneth Miers 30 who has said he fought with a city official later found dead in his California home. Miers wife Elizabeth 28 and their four children were arrested at the Arizona border on California murder warrants and waived extradition to return to California with officials. The children aged 5 3 2 and 11 months were placed in a juvenile home. Miers said he struck Don ald E Graham during the confrontation.
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Miers
Los Angeles
Elizabeth
Arizona
California
Porter
Kettman
Graham
Sayng
Adenauer Prepares for Moscow Talks and Unity Offer
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer returns from a Swiss vacation to finalize strategy for his September Moscow meeting. He will address all parties, brief Cabinet, and confer with U S officials on a unity package and wartime prisoner releases as he leads the largest West German delegation ever to an international conference in Moscow. Some advisers fear a Soviet trap aimed at discrediting him at home.
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Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Rhine
Adenauer
U. S
Kremlin
Administration presses economy drive to balance budget
The administration backed by President Eisenhower launches a government wide campaign to cut spending as the new budget shows a 1.7 billion dollar deficit this year. Treasury Secretary Humphrey hopes rising tax receipts from ongoing economic growth will help achieve a balanced budget within ten months.
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W.ington
Eisenhower
Sen
Byrd
Dva
Senate Once
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
White House
Poison in Milk Tolls Nippon Babies
In Tokyo on August 29 1947 authorities link arsenic in sodium phosphate to Morinaga Milk Industry Co. powder milk. The Tokushima plant reported arsenic presence, causing at least 42 infant deaths and 4653 illnesses. Morinaga and supplier spokesmen cited lack of purity specs and a crude cleanser-grade mix.
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Tokyo
Morinaga Milk Industry Co
Tokushima
Japan
Morinaga
Kilgore Urges Oil Import Limits to Protect Coal
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia denounces oil imports as shameful and urges the government to restrict oil flow to shield the domestic bituminous coal industry. He criticizes administration opposition and cabinet members for rebuffing congressional efforts to curb imports.
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Kilgore
Congresset Deneeh
Congress
Capitol Bill
Former Nationalist General Shot To Death In Hong Kong
A former Nationalist Chinese general, Yu Ching-man, was ambushed and killed in Hong Kong. Police recovered bank notes and loot from the home of the slain officer and two suspects fled. one hooded gunman was killed in a gun battle with officers.
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Hong Kong
Yu Ching-man
Yuo
Queen Grants Mercy Remitting Fine for Radio License
London reports Queen Elizabeth I used her prerogative of mercy to cancel a 2 pound fine for Mrs. Gies Webster 48 who operated a radio without the 1 pound annual license fee. Webster, mother of five, lives in a wartime hut on state aid. Police referred the case to the Home Office and the pardon followed. She said she would have had to sell the radio, their only luxury.
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London
Gieins Webster
Home Office
Lone Survivor Recalls Four Crowded Storm Drowning
Lone survivor Lester Harrington 30, of Bath, tells Coast Guard how boat owner H Rod ney Brooke was knocked overboard by a boom during a squall, leaving four men to perish. Two coworkers Harold Smith and William Freeman vanished as the sloop foundered near Monhegan Island.
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Rockland
Maine
Lester Harrington
H. Rodney Brooke
Bath
Monhegan Island
Coast Guard
Snohomish
Brooke
Harrington
Harold Smith
William Freeman
Coast
Wyoming Grocer Dies in Glen Rogers Scuffle
A 68 year old Glen Rogers merchant died after a scuffle with Bill Baker over a credit request at his Pineville store. Paul Goode said Darban fell backward during the confrontation and died as Baker was driven from the store and later returned. The case awaits a Wyoming County hearing.
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Pineville
W. Va
Glen Rogers
Paul Goode
Louie Darban
Bill Baker
Baker
Darban
Goode
Goodere
Ravencliff Youth Kills Father Over Loud Radio
In Pineville West Virginia Aug 28 a 15 year old Ravencliff youth James Albert Hart shot and killed his father James Roscoe Hart 46 after being reproached for playing a radio too loudly The youth was jailed pending a hearing before Circuit Judge Robert M Worrell No formal charge filed yet Sheriff Paul Goode said the father had whipped the boy with a miner belt before the shooting
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Pineville
W. Va
Ravencliff
Wyoming
Paul Goode
James Albert Hart
Robert M. Worrell
Goode
James Roscoe Hart
Hart
Faulkner Tours Italy After Manila Arrival
William Faulkner, Nobel Prize winner for literature, arrived in Rome by plane from Manila for a several week stay in Italy. He is an American author noted for his novels and has traveled abroad for the visit.
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Rome
William Faulkner
Manila
Italy
Fire Under Control At Refinery Blast
A multimillion dollar fire at Standard Oil Co refinery in Whiting Indiana remained under control after raging for over a day. The blaze damaged the 1660 acre plant area while about 70 people were treated for injuries and officials predicted the refinery would reopen in about two weeks.
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Whiting
Ind
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Red Cross
A. F. Endres
National Guard
Navy Physician Saves Lad Life At Navy Country Club
Navy physician Captain Lloyd Shane performed a tracheotomy to free a choking 13 year old, Ralph Hunt of Alexandria, after he swallowed an ear plug while swimming at the Army Navy Country Club. Ralph survived and was reported in good condition with a temporary throat tube. The incident occurred Saturday night and the surgeon noted it was his first such operation.
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Lloyd Shone
Shane
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Army-Navy Country Club
Hunt
Ralph
Alexandria
Alexandria Hospital
State Women Dead Of Bulbar Type Polio
ROMNEY W Va Aug 28 Mrs Hima Ruth Deskins 22 of Three Churches WV died last night in a Baltimore hospital after contracting bulbar polio at home. She was taken to Cumberland Memorial Hospital then Baltimore City Hospitals. She was the first polio death in the tri state area this year. She leaves husband William E Deskins.
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Romney
W. Va
Hima Ruth Deskins
Baltimore
Cumberland
Memorial Hospital
Baltimore City
Deskins
Tri-State
William E. Deskins
Red Cross Survey Details Flood Losses Across Six States
The American Red Cross reports 35 661 families affected by recent floods in six states with 896 homes destroyed 5 201 heavily damaged and 14 621 damaged lightly. Thirteen 480 families request rehabilitation assistance amid widespread property losses. Major affected states include Connecticut Pennsylvania Massachusetts Rhode Island New York and New Jersey.
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New York
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Edith Hurricane Swings North Toward Bermuda Passage foreseen
Hurricane Edith moves northward away from the U.S. coast and could pass east of Bermuda by Monday. At 5 p.m. it was 240 miles south of Bermuda and 1,020 miles east of Daytona Beach with winds near 100 mph. The US Air Force evacuated six planes to Warner Robins, and Bermuda braces for gales extending 200 miles northeast.
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Miami
Pla
Edith
Bermuda
United States
Daytona Beach
Fla
Discovery
Diane
US Air Force
Warner Robins Air Force Base
Macon
Actress Melinda Markey In Overdose After Quarrel
New York reports Melinda Markey 21 daughter of Joan Bennett remained in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital after an overdose of sleeping pills following a quarrel with her husband Donald Hayden 29. Gene Markey father and Melinda involved friend Beverley Sailie’s apartment led to discovery.
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Melinda Markey
Joan Bennett
Bellevue Hospital
Donald Hayden
Gene Markey
Manhattan
Hayden
Beverley Sailie
Poundings Opealer
Miss Markey
Miss Sailie
Melinda
Youn
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