Auto Workers Avert Strike By New Pact
In Detroit on June 1 the CIO United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co. agreed to a five day extension of their contract just 12 hours before 140,000 Ford workers were set to strike. The extension shifts the deadline to Monday morning with no time specified. UAW President Walter Reuther noted gaps remain on guaranteed annual wage and other issues. Ford reportedly offered a new plan possibly aligning with demands for company payments to laid off workers beyond unemployment. Meanwhile GM-UAW talks delay strike rights until midnight before the next window.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
General Motors
Gm-Uaw
Britons Fail In Strike And Try Again In Britain
London reports a fourth day of rail strikes as union leaders refuse new talks after a conference with a Trades Union Congress committee. A. A. Hallworth announced the strike remains active while Jim Baty and Charles Geddes promised further moves. Freight is down to a fifth of normal, risking steel and other factory output. Independent bus operators move workers in and out of London as traffic chaos grows.
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London
Railroaders’ Union
A. A. Hallworth
Trades Union Congress Committee
Unban
Jim Baty
TUC
Charles Geddes
TUC General Council
Scotland Yard
Percy Seeks Reduction of Eight Year Prison Term
In Richmond Virginia on June 1 1950 a motion to reduce the eight year sentence of Percy Herman 50 sought reduction for illegally transporting about 300000 in cash and jewels across state lines for his elderly bride Dyore Prather Havens. Herman left the bride at a Stafford County motor court after their wedding and drove to New York rendezvousing with another woman. Judge Sterling Hutcheson denied his request to testify at trial conducted last July.
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Richmond
Federal District Court
Percy Herman
Herman
Dyore Prather Havens
Stafford County
New York
Sterling Hutcheson
Sides Gird For New Court Tests On Segregation
The NAACP plans state by state action to end segregated South schools with focus on Clarendon County South Carolina and Prince Edward County Virginia. Prince Edward County votes to cut funding for schools prompting executive leadership remarks. Governors and attorneys general weigh next steps as courts take lead.
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Washington
South Carolina
Virginia
South
Thurgood Marshall
National Assn. For
Advancement of
Colored People
Atlanta
Marshall
District of
Kansas
Delaware
U.S
NAACP
Clarendon County
Prince Edward County
Board of Supervisors
S. C
Summerton Eceay
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia Commission On Public Education
Stanley
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Salk Vaccine Cleared For Program Use
The U S Public Health Service approved 200 000 cubic centimeters of Salk polio vaccine for the nationwide immunization drive. The batch, first since May 15, covers 200 000 inoculations and will enable vaccinations in communities where programs were interrupted. Cleared vaccines came from Pitman Hoare Co and Wyeth Inc with unused portions held from prior lots awaiting review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Pitman-Hoare Co
Zionsville
Ind
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Health Service
Leonard A. Scheele
Prince Edward County Prepares Budget After Ruling
Virginia county boards vote against approving a school operating budget following a U S Supreme Court segregation ruling. Council members recessed then approved 150000 for maintenance of school properties for one year while maintaining the levy. The action affects 1852 Negro and 1512 white students and reflects the county’s school structure and pending board discussions.
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Farmville
Prince Edward County
Board of Supervisors
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Commonwealth
Frank N. Watkins
Prince Edward
R.R. Moton
Thomas J. Mcll- Waine
Boards of Supervisors
Norfolk and Western Hearing on Train Discontinuance Delayed
A State Public Commission hearing on Norfolk and Western Railway's request to discontinue trains 23 and 24 between Roanoke and West Virginia was postponed by the commission until July 6. The postponement was requested by N and W.
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Richmond
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
West Virginia
State Pope Commission
N&w
Pennsy House Backs West Virginia Pike Link Legislation
The Pennsylvania House approved Senate-backed bills to join the turnpike system with a Sharon Stroudsburg link and a West Virginia extension. Votes were 177-3 and 179-0, respectively, with reforms returned to the Senate for minor amendments. Route specifics and final decision lie with the Turnpike Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsy House
West Virginia
Harrisburg
House
Stroudsburg-Sharon
Senate
Accused Officer Killer Icardi Faces New Charge
Aldo Icardi 34 pleaded innocent in U S District Court to an indictment for attempting to influence a prospective court witness. FBI arrested him April 7 and a grand jury indicted him May 19 for affecting the testimony of Mrs Virginia Petro 33 of West Aliquippa in a case involving 23 contractors and salesmen accused of defrauding the Federal Housing Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aldo Icardi
U. S
FBI
Icardi
Virginia Petro
West Aliquippa
Petro
Federal Housing Administration
Kcardi
Senate OKs postal workers pay raise in 78 to 0 vote
The Senate approved an average 8 percent pay hike for about 500,000 postal employees, retroactive to March 1, with costs estimated around 164 million dollars. President Eisenhower had objects to higher figures and inequities, and the House action was pending. Debate over extending raises to 1,000,000 Civil Service workers continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. Knowland
Post Office Department
Knowland
Rep. Martin
R-Mass
House
White House
Congress
Sen. Butler
R-Md
Americans Believe Captives Held by China Number Climbs
The State Department raised the believed number of Americans held by Communist China from 52 to 63. Eleven of the new additions are Navy and Coast Guard personnel lost in separate Jan 18, 1953 plane crashes. A Geneva meeting between U S Consul General Gowen and Peiping’s consul general aimed to secure information on all cases and press for release of the fliers and other detainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Navy
Coast Guard
China
Henry Suydam
Suydam
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
Franklin Gowen
Red China
Gowen
Peiping
German Bus Wreck Kills 18 Women in Westerwald
Eighteen German women touring near Limburg were killed and 18 others injured when their bus overturned on a hill after either brake failure or driver error while shifting gears. The bus carried 35 passengers from Rheinhausen and plunged down the hill at high speed before overturning.
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Limburg
Germany
Westerwald Eee
Here
Oa Rce
Rheinhausen
Ruar
Israel seeks mutual defense treaty with a great power
In Jerusalem premier Moshe Sharett told the Knesset that Israel wants a mutual defense and security treaty with a great power. He did not name the power replying to opposition questions tied to Washington reports on Israel aligning with the West for Middle East defense and arms support.
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Jerusalem
Moshe Sharett
Israel
Knesset
Washington
Middle East
United States
Pilots Describe Brainwashing Resistance After China Detention
Four Korean War veterans held near Hong Kong said brainwashing attempts occurred during over two years in Red China prisons but they resisted and pleaded guilty to intruding into China. Lt. Col. Heller, the group’s senior officer, said they faced a trial and indictment for harassing China. Captain Fischer said he would wait for his lawyer before answering further questions.
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Honolulu
Red China
China
Hong Kong
Edwin L. Heller
Wynnewood
Sid
Iine
Heller
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Signing Of Treaty To Restore Freedom To Austria
The Senate received a presidential request to ratify the Austria treaty promptly. It ends 17 years of occupation and reestablishes Austria as a sovereign, independent, democratic state within its 1938 borders, reflecting Western unity and a Moscow declaration milestone.
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Washington
Austria
Senate
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
Vienna
Air Force Captain Denies $50,000 Sailor Cap Bribe
In sworn testimony Captain Raymond Wool denied taking a $50,000 payoff from a Chicago contractor over a sailor cap contract. He admitted filing false income tax returns 1951 1953 and said profits from a Morristown dress shop were misrepresented. He acknowledged attempting to recover loaned funds while denying the large bribe and asserting his wife repaid a $5,000 loan without his knowledge.
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Washington
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Chicago
Senate
Wotl
New York
Biltmore
Levy
Marvin Rubin
Wool
Armed Forces
Shelby
Ohio
MacClellan
D « Ark
Morristown
N.J
McClellan
Patsy Luciano
Luciano
C.O.D
Dallas Three Story Building Collapses Trapping Fifteen
A three story brick building under razing collapsed in downtown Dallas trapping about fifteen people in a story and a half wreck. One man was badly crushed and feared dead two hours later. six were rescued alive. Firefighters battled dust gas ruptures and risk of explosions as they aided victims amid torn gas lines and oxygen pumps. The Cline Music Store and Harrys Fine Foods occupied the structure on Elm Street near the Fox Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Fox Theater
Cline Music Store
Harry's Fine Foods
Elm St
Protestant church revival spurs renewed evangelical effort
In Richmond, June 1, officials from the National Council of Churches report a remarkable resurge in Protestant church life. The Rev Dr Berlyn V Farris cites higher giving and more children in Sunday School as signs. Evangelism is the major church concern with various methods used to reach congregants.
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Richmond
Protestant Church
National Council of Churches of Christ
Southern Presbyterians
Berlyn V. Farris
Council
Farris
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Parris
Two Sisters Die After Train Collision Near Bluefield
Virginia Side residents Mrs. Virginia Brooks Vickers 23 and Mrs. Mae Brooks West 32 were struck by the Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow on a track near Gulf Oil bulk plant and Bluefield station as they walked a shortcut to town. The engine operator H J Bowles said the sisters walked on the track about 350 feet ahead and did not hear the whistle. Mrs West died instantly. Mrs Vickers died later at a Bluefield hospital from multiple fractures. Survivors include Vickers’s husband Douglas Vickers and two children Ronald Ray and Darrell Lee. West’s husband William Curtis West and four children Jessie Bobby Ray Dorothy Ann Brenda. The bodies lay at Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home with arrangements announced.
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Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Virginia Brooks Vickers
Mae Brooks West
Gulf Oil Co
Bluefield
N&w
Hobo Cave
H. J. Bowles
Wagner - Hawkins Funeral Home
Vickers
Virginia Lee Brooks Vickers
Douglas Vickers
Davenport and
Vickers Neon Co
Pearisburg
A. G. Brooks
Fairview St
Ronald Ray
Darrell Lee
May Brooks West
William Curtis West
Platnicks
Wests
North College Avenue
Jessie
Bobby Ray
Dorothy Ann
Brenda
Wagner-Hawkins
Fourth jail breakout in Mingo County jail noted
In Williamson on June 1 twelve more prisoners escaped the decaying sixty year old Mingo County Jail in a fourth breakout in a year. Sheriff Elmer Farrell described it as a walkout with inmates loosened in the corridor while a dozen had not been locked in their cells. The escape was led by Melvin Cantrell and included several Williamson and Belfry residents.
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Williamson
Mingo County
Elmer Farrell
Farrell
Melvin Cantrell
Wharncliffe
Norfolk and Western Railway
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N& W
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Percy
Grafton
North Conway
N. H
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Deering
Supreme Court
Dela
District of Columia
U.S. Justice Department
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Parke, Davis & Co
Virginia County
West Virginia Turnpike
Lenena Davis
Des Plaines River
Sanitary District
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Sailor Cap
Virginia Vickers
Mingo
Billy Mullens
Branchland
Logan County
Jennings Wolford
Claude Wolford
Belfry
Fred Parley White
Delbarton
James France
Don Spears
Mike Ross
Carl Whitt
Houston Howell
Matewan
Harold Ble Vins
Nolan
Alvin Lee Bry
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