Auto Workers Avert Strike By New Pact
The UAW and Ford agreed to a five day contract extension just before a potential walkout by 140,000 Ford workers. Walter P. Reuther said talks remain strained over wage guarantees while Ford presented a new proposal, and GM-UAW talks continue with a council meeting slated in Detroit to review actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Pact
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Britons Fail In Strike And Try To End It
London June 1 British trade union officials failed to end a nationwide railway strike now in its fourth day and slowing industry. A.A. Hallworth said the strike was on and daily executive meetings would continue while the TUC sought a negotiated settlement. Freight deliveries were about one fifth normal and factory stockpiles dwindled threatening steel and other key industries as independent bus operators moved workers in and out of London. Scotland Yard urged motorists to stagger journeys to ease traffic chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAW
General Motors
Gm-Uaw
GM Util
Gm-Uaw Council
Detroit
London
Railroaders’ Union
A. A. Hallworth
Trades Union Congress Committee
TUC General Council
Scotland Yard
Percy Seeks Reduction of 8 Year Prison Term
In Richmond Virginia on June 1 a motion to reduce the eight year sentence of Percy Herman 50 was set for hearing. Herman was convicted last October of illegally transporting about 300000 in cash and jewels belonging to his elderly bride Dyore Prather Havens. He abandoned the 68 year old woman at a Stafford County motor court and traveled to New York with the property meeting another woman. Judge Sterling Hutcheson denied Herman's request to testify and review his side of the story.
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Richmond
Federal District Court
Percy Herman
Lothamio
Herman
Dyore Prather Havens
Stafford County
New York
Sterling Hutcheson
Courts test confusing segregation issues loom nationwide
NAACP leaders study state actions as South Carolina’s Clarendon County and Virginia’s Prince Edward County face desegregation hurdles. Gov Stanley and Attorney General Almond weigh timing while Justice Department observes, and funding for Prince Edward County schools remains cut.
Norfolk and Western Hearing Postponed to July
A Virginia State Corporation Commission postpones the Norfolk and Western Railway request to discontinue trains 23 and 24 between Roanoke and West Virginia until July 6. The delay comes at the railway’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
West Virginia
No Commission
N&w
Salk Vaccine Cleared For Program Use
The U S Public Health Service cleared 200000 cubic centimeters of Salk polio vaccine for national immunization. The batch is enough for 200000 inoculations and marks the first government clearance since May 15. Clearances follow new vaccine testing standards and involve Pitastock Co and Wyeth Inc with unused portions held after prior suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Eas
Pitastock Co
Jonsville
Ind
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Health Service
Dhe
Leonard A. Scheele
Indianapolis
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
Prince Edward County Board Rejects School Budget
In Armville Virginia the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously against approving the next fiscal year's school operating budget. The action followed the U S Supreme Court school desegregation decision and may affect Negro and white enrollment and funding for county schools remaining in a rural area. The board kept the current levy at 2 90 per 100 of assessed value with about 50 cents earmarked for maintenance. The county, with 1953 54 enrollment of 1852 Negro and 1512 white students, operates R R Moton High School for Negro students and separate facilities for whites. Board plans a June 13 meeting to discuss the court ruling and funding implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Virginia
Kansas
Dela
District of Columa
District of Kansas
Delaware
Marsha
NAACP
Clarendon County
Prince Edward County
Board of Supervisors
Marshall
Armville
U. S. Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Frank N. Watkins
Prince Edward
R.R. Moton
Thomas J. Mell- Waine
Pennsy House OKs Legislation To Join WV Pike
The Pennsylvania House approved Senate backed bills to add West Virginia and the Sharon Stroudsburg links to the Turnpike system. Votes were 177-3 and 1790, with amendments returned to the Senate for technical fixes. The routes and Build decisions rest with the Turnpike Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsy House
West Virginia
Harrisburg
House
Stroudsburg-Sharon
Senate
Sharon
Stroudsburg
Turnpike Commission
Accused Officer Killer Icardi In More Trouble
Former Army Lieutenant Aldo Icardi pleaded innocent in U S District Court to an indictment for attempting to influence a prospective witness Mrs Virginia Petro 33 of West Aliquippa in a case involving 23 contractors and salesmen indicted for defrauding the Federal Housing Administration FBI arrested Icardi April 7 and a grand jury indicted him May 19 He was convicted in absentia by an Italian court for killing his superior officer in World War II a charge he denies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aldo Icardi
U. S. District Court
FBI
Icardi
Virginia Petro
West Aliquippa
Petro
Federal Housing Administration
Kcardi
Senate Approves 8 Percent Postal Pay Raise for 500000
The Senate voted 78 to 0 to grant postal workers an average 8 percent raise retroactive to March 1, costing about 164 million dollars. President Eisenhower had vetoed a higher 8.6 percent version earlier. House action and Civil Service raises were uncertain.
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 63 Held by Chinese Reds
The State Department raised the number of Americans believed captive by China from 52 to 63. The list adds 11: six Navy, five Coast Guard personnel from planes lost off China in January 195? The case notes ongoing efforts for information and potential releases, with Geneva talks between U S officials and Chinese authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Reds
Navy
Coast Guard
China
Henry Suydam
Deat
Suydam
Geneva
Switzerland
U. S
Franklin Gowen
Red China
Gowen
America
de Gowen
Peiping
German Bus Wreck Kills 18 Women and Injures 18
In Limburg Germany a Protestant group bus carrying 35 women from Rheinhausen Ruhr crashed down a hill near Westerwald killing 18 and injuring 18, many seriously. Police say brake failure or gear shift issue caused loss of control before the bus overturned.
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Limburg
Germany
Westerwald
Here
Rheinhausen
Ruhr
Israel seeks mutual defense treaty in Knesset reply
Premier Moshe Sharett told the Knesset that Israel desires a mutual defense and security treaty with a great power, responding to opposition references to Washington reports about aligning with the West for Middle East defense. He noted Israel’s past criticism of US arms sales to Arab states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Moshe Sharett
Israel
Knesset
Washington
United States
Pilots Say Brainwashing Resisted After China Detention
Four veteran Korean War jet pilots report resisting brain washing during two years in Red China prisons. They plead guilty to intruding into China and provocative attack while hinting at a possible signed confession. Names include Harold E. Fischer and Edwin L. Heller.
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Honolulu
Red China
China
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Heller
Sok
Yalu River
Korea
Manchuria
Requests Signing Of Treaty To Restore Freedom To Austria
The treaty restoring freedom to Austria was laid before the Senate with a presidential request for prompt ratification to fulfill a war pledge. President Eisenhower said liberation has been a major objective since the Moscow declaration and stressed Western unity. The accord ends Austria’s 17 year occupation and reestablishes it as a sovereign democratic state within its 1938 borders.
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Washington
Austria
Senate
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
Vienna
Officer Denies Sailor Cap Bribe in Senate Inquiry
Air Force Captain Raymond Wool testified he did not take a $50,000 bribe from a Chicago contractor for a Sailor-car contract. He admitted falsifying income tax returns from 1951 to 1953 and said he defrauded the government, while denying loans from Patsy Luciano or payments to his wife.
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Washington
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Chicago
Senate
Woof
New York
Biltmore
Levy
Marvin Rubin
Wool
Wilkins Air Force Depot
Shelby
Ohio
McClellan
D . Ark
Morristown
N.J
Patsy Luciano
Luciano
Ic.o.d
Dallas Three-Story Building Collapse Traps Fifteen
A three story brick building under razing collapsed in downtown Dallas trapping about fifteen people. A man remained under debris hours after the collapse while six victims were rescued alive. Fire teams reported gas lines broken and danger of fire. The wreck housed the Cline Music Store and Harry's Fine Foods near Elm Street.
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Dallas
Fox Theater
Cline Music Store
Harry's Fine Foods
Elm St
Churches Report Resurgent Protestantism Drives Evangelism
In Richmond on June 1 a National Council of Churches official told Southern Presbyterians that Protestant churches are experiencing a remarkable revival. The Rev Dr Berlyn V Parris said offerings rise and Sunday School enrollments grow while lay leaders show new zeal for evangelism as Dr Farris notes evangelism is now the main church focus.
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Richmond
National Council of Churches of Christ
Southern Presbyterians
Berlyn V. Parris
Council
Parris
95Th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Farris
Two Sisters Die After Train Collision Near Bluefield
Two sisters Mrs. Virginia Brooks Vickers 23 and Mrs. Mae Brooks West 32 were killed as the Norfolk and Western Powhatan Arrow struck them on a Gulf Oil bulk plant to Bluefield track. The crash occurred around 3 45 to 3 50 pm as the eastbound train hit them while they walked a shortcut. The engine halted a train length away after the impact. Survived by husbands and multiple children, the victims lived on the Virginia Side. arrangements pending at Wagner Hawkins Funeral Home.
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Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Virginia Brooks Vickers
Mae Brooks West
Gulf Oil Co
Bluefield
West
Vickers
N&w
Hobo Cave
H. J. Bowles
Wagner - Hawkins Funeral Home
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 Break Out At Mingo Jail Suspects Identified
Williamson June 1 Twelve more prisoners escaped the 60 year old Mingo County Jail in the fourth break of the year. The group fled the corridor as the walls crumble and a spoon and a pair of sisters aided the effort. Sheriff Elmer Farrell called it a walkout and said 28 other inmates resisted the escape and alerted authorities. The ringleader was Cantrell resident 38 described as an escape artist on Norfolk and Western property. Remaining names include Billy Mullens 19 Branchland Jennings Wolford 28 Williamson Claude Wolford 41 Belfry and other Mingo residents Fred White James France Don Spears Mike Ross Carl Whitt Houston Howell Harold Bevins Nolan Alvin Fry.
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Williamson
Mingo County
Elmer Farrell
Farrell
Cantrell
Wharncliffe
Norfolk and Western Railway
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 Blevins
Nolan
Alvin Lee Fry
Lobata
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Reuther
Jim Baty
TUC
Charles Geddes
Percy
Grafton
North Conway
N. H
White Mountains
Deering
Carolina
Thurgood Marshall
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Save
Atlanta
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia Commission On Public
Stanley
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
U.S. Justice Department
Virginia County
Lenena Davis
Des Plaines River
Sanitary District
Sawyer
Iain
Koamar
Hongong
Edwin L. Heller
Wynnewood
Sailor Cap
Virginia Vickers
Mingo
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