Labor Drafts Platforms for GOP and Democrats
AFL-CIO leaders begin a week of platform drafting in Washington to shape labor recommendations for both parties. Repeal of Taft Hartley right to work laws is a major aim, with unions mobilizing donations and weighing endorsements as August conventions approach.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Aflcio
Democratic Party
Apl-Cio
George Harrison
Brotherhood of Sway Clerks
Afl-Cio
Paul Butler
Republican National Committee
GOP
Democratic Labor Advisory Committee
Independent Railroad Unions
Independent
United Mine Workers
George Meany
Walter Reuther
CIO
Apl-Cdo
AFL On Cio
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Labor
Lehman Says Civil Rights Problems Reach Beyond the South
Senator Herbert H. Lehman urged Northerners to clean up their own backyards while seeking justice for Negroes nationwide. He cited Harlem as proof that civil rights issues are not confined to the South, describing the area as a ghetto marked by poverty and substandard housing and schooling, factors he blamed for crime and juvenile delinquency.
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New York
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Senate
North
Harlem
Mass Murderess Goes On Trial in Alabama Case
A 49 year old Rhonda Belle Martin faces trial in Montgomery for poisoning nine people including three daughters and two husbands as well as a mother and a fourth husband. Prosecutors seek the death penalty, while defense cites insanity after a long series of arsenic poisonings uncovered since her March arrest.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Rhonda Belle Martin
Circuit
William F. Thetford
Ronald C. Martin
Ronald
Mrs. Martin
Claude
Claude Martin
George Garrett
Garrett
Lyn Elizabeth
Caroly Garrett
Martin
Carolyn
Mobile
Mary Frances Gibbon
Emogene Garrett
Elizabeth
Iford
Muroo
Ronald Artin
Earle Dennison
Queen Elizabeth Invited to Russia by Khrushchev
The Sunday Times reports Nikita Khrushchev invited Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh to visit Russia. Their reply was described as politely noncommittal. No Buckingham Palace comment was available.
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London
The
Sunday Times
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Adlai and Kefauver Gamble in California Campaign
Adlai E Stevenson and Estes Kefauver push for big city Los Angeles support in California elections. They aim to win the 6 percent Democratic nominating votes as they close northern campaign and head to Los Angeles for final appeals before Tuesday ballots.
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San Francisco
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Big City
Los Angeles
California
Kefauver
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Soviet Church Leader Says Faith Will Last
NEW YORK June 3 Metropolitan Nikolai of Moscow told an American audience that the holy faith of the Russian Orthodox Church shall always be preserved in Russia The remarks imply anti religious campaigns in the Soviet Union will fail He spoke after celebrating a pontifical liturgy at St Nicholas Cathedral on Manhattan's East Side as the head of an eight man delegation invited by the National Council of Churches of Christ
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New York
Nikolai
Moscow
Russia
Communist Party
St. Nicholas
Manhattan
Upper East Side
United States
Alexei
All Russia
National Council of Churches of Christ
Amnesia victim from Africa wakes in New York
Thomas R. Kessell 24 of Johannesburg South Africa a brewery worker woke in New York with total amnesia. He remembered only a drink in Johannesburg tavern on April 10 and could recall nothing for two months and 8000 miles. A South African passport appeared to support his identity.
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New York
Thomas R. Kessell
Johannesburg
South Africa
Kessell
W. 20Th St
Leng Hospital
Congressional Group Forms to Back Kefauver Campaign
A five member national congressional steering committee was formed to support Senator Estes Kefauver in the Democratic presidential bid. Members listed include Representatives Coya Knutson Mina Burnside Wayne Hays Lester Johnson and others from California and Wisconsin.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Cesmearete
Coya Knutson
Mina M. G. Burnside
West Wir B
Sisk
California
Wayne L. Hays
Ome
Lester R. Johnson
Wisconsin
Namesake Kuehl Cousins Meet After Waterloo Crash
In Waterloo Ontario Henry Kuehl of Waterloo and Henry Kuehl from St Clements collided head on last week. Both men share almost the same name and had not met before the incident. The humorous coincidence followed by their near encounter.
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Waterloo
Ont
Henry Kuehl
St. Clements
Kuehl
Tito Playing Dangerous Game in Moscow Talks
Washington officials view Tito’s visit to Moscow as a risky diplomacy balancing East and West. He is believed to want to maintain profitable ties with the United States and Western powers while seeking cordial relations with the Soviet Union. Western diplomats note his statements in Moscow may be exaggerated and do not confirm a full shift to the Soviet camp.
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Washington
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Free Countries
Inist
International Communist Organization
Belgrade
Govern Reesening
Ob Bil
Search For Girl At Narrows Off
Narrows Virginia June 3 a two week missing person hunt for Sylvia Turner was called off though residents report she was seen May 17. Paul Bigley of Hamilton County New Jersey allegedly brought the girl here May 16 and is held in New Jersey on a desertion charge. Sheriff John Hopkins notes the location of the girl unknown. mother Mrs Turner Bland appeals for help as a search near Stockpen Mountain found only clothes.
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Narrows
Opec
Sylvia Turner
John Hopkins
Paul Bigley
Hamilton County
N. J
Hopkins
Bigley
New Jersey
Giles County
Turner Bland
Washington to host aging conference next Tuesday through Thursday
A review and planning session on state and federal responsibility for problems of older people will be held in Washington. The Federal Council on Aging and the Council of State Governments will cosponsor the conference.
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Washington
Federal Council On Aging
Council of State Governments
Bombay Riots During Nehru Public Address
Police fired on rioters as crowds clashed with police near Chowpatty Sands during Prime Minister Nehru's public address. Demonstrators protested Bombay’s status in the proposed Marathi speaking state, with authorities using tear gas and gunfire to restore order. Over 1,000 demonstrators were arrested as violence continued into the night.
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Bombay
India
Nehru
Maharashtra
Chowpatty Sands
All-India Congress
Hughes Road
Congress Party
Gas Fumes Kill Uranium Miners in Utah Shaft
MONROE Utah June 3 gas fumes today killed three uranium miners in a 100 foot deep shaft near Monroe Utah The dead were identified as Bill Smith John Gutdtt and Mike Mendita all of Tooele Utah Their father George Smith said he and another mine worker had loosened ore to check for uranium Then he found Gutdtt dead at 20 feet down and later discovered his son and another victim near death He smelled gas and knew they had been overcome.
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Monroe
Utah
Bill Smith
John Gutdtt
Mike Mendieta
Tooele
George
Bill
Ren
Smith
Gutdtt
Wena
ROK Army Chief Warns Reds Preparing Attack
Seoul June 3 Gen Chung Il Kwon says intelligence indicates Communist forces are preparing a new attack on South Korea with an atomic trained army and a 770 plane air force. He notes Reds have more than doubled their power since the Korean War and cites UN inspection teams near the demilitarized zone.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chung Il Kwon
Chung
U. N
Demilitarized Zone
Public Airing of Defense Matters Draws Comment
Grinnell Iowa June 3 General James Quarles urged restraint in public debate over Air Force policy saying it harms national welfare. He cited a letter from General Nathan F Twining and emphasized strengthening the defense team while resolving interservice mission disputes.
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Grinnell
Iowa
Air Force
Quarles
Grinnell College
Nathan F Twining
Twining
Two Dickenson Boys Die in River Tragedy Near Fremont
Two Dickenson County boys Virgil Ray Vanover six and James Earl Vanover two drowned Saturday night returning from church with family. They were recovered by the Cintwoesa Crew after hours of dragging from the McClure River. The homemade flat-bottom boat overturned midstream while nine people rode across the river to reach a car parked across the church. A sister survived by swimming to safety. Joint funeral services planned for Hill Ridge Community Baptist Church with burial in the family cemetery. Surviving parents Lily Mae Vanover, paternal grandparents Eddie Vanover of Trammer and George Dotson of Fremont, maternal grandparents also named.
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Dickenson County
McClure
Fremont
Virgil Ray
James Earl
Gordon Vanover
Clinchco
Cintwoesa
Treacdy
B. H. Amburgy
Amburgy
Hill Ridge Community Baptist Church
Jack Kizer
Gobel Rose
Hill Ridge
Clintwood
Lily Mae Vanover
Grardparents
Eddie Vanover
Trammer
Twin Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma in Freak Weekend
Twin tornadoes ripped through Mustang Oklahoma damaging over 50 homes in a 210 person hamlet. No injuries or deaths reported as damage exceeds 50 000 dollars. Rain fell from New England to the Ohio Valley with flash flood warnings in parts of the northeast. Temperatures dropped to near 40 in the Deep South after the wet front.
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Oklahoma
New England
Deep South
North Carolina
Ohio Valley
Mt. Washington
N.H
Windsor Locks
Conn
New York City
Philadelphia
Richmond
Weather Bureau
Connecticut
Rhodechusetts
Vermont
Newershire
New York
Mustang
Alabama
Mississippi
Georia
Grossee Tenn
Roanoke
Stage Set for American Folk Song Festival in Kentucky
Ashland Kentucky prepares for the 26th American Folk Song Festival June 10 with Jean Thomas the Traipsin Woman staging behind the Wee House in the Woods. Mountain singers from the Alleghenies Blue Grass and Great Smokies arrive with dulcimers reves and zithers. Governor Chandler proclaims American Folk Song Festival Day for the coming Sunday. Guests include Mary Margaret McBride and Merle Travis who will sing Teen Tons. Reverend Alvis Varney of Drum WV will perform a hymn When Jesus Christ Was Here Below. The youngest act is three year old Little Core with a cornstalk fiddle set to join the event.
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Ashland
Jean Thomas
Woods
Mountain Singers
Alleghenies
Blue Grass
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Kim Nome
Mary Margaret McBride
New York
Merle Travis
Hollywood
Big Sandy
Travis
Alvis Varney
Drum
W. Va
Jesus Christ
French Infantry Pound Fleeing Rebels Near Setif
French forces backed by jets and helicopters struck rebel remnants south of Setif in the eastern offensive. Across Algiers and as far west as Oran region small attacks were reported. The battle, in its fourth day, yielded over 40 rebels killed that day, with total rebel casualties surpassing 300 killed and 260 captured.
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Algiers
Algeria
Setif
Alge
Oran
Beni-Curtilane
Gates of Iron
Lafayette
Ten Drown in 12 Foot Boat Accident at Lake Orr
UMATIULA Fla June 3 Pleven Negroes none of whom could swim crowded into a 12 foot boat for a joy ride on Lake Orr yesterday the boat swamped and 10 of them drowned Six of the dead were children Robbie Lee Shaw 20 the survivor said the boat shipped water when Willie Foster 41 the operator turned it sharply Two of her children drowned she was rescued by Edward Wilder 15 who swam 150 feet from shore
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Umatiula
Fla
Pleven
Lake Orr
Robbie Lee Shaw
Willie Foster
A Ry
Edward Wilder
Pentagon OKs reduced overseas arms aid in budget plan
Rep. Vorys says the Defense Department would accept a 129 million dollar cut in overseas arms aid but opposes a one billion dollar reduction as politically and militarily unacceptable. The House Foreign Affairs Committee seeks smaller cuts while maintaining NATO funding, with a July 1 start for the fiscal year. The foreign aid bill faces House action midweek and separate votes later on the aid package.
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Washington
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Pentagon
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Defense Department
U. S
Europe
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Upstate
New York
John B. Hollister
Rep. Ostertag
House Committee
Congress
Boys State Opens At Jackson's Mill Training Camp
At Jackson's Mill West Virginia 346 high school boys begin a week long American Legion sponsored Boys State training. They organize parties hold first sessions and set tomorrow afternoon for primary elections to choose nominees ahead of the general election Tuesday night.
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Jackson's
Nor
Boys
Record Low Readings In Southern States
Record cold from the north pushed weekend temperatures to new lows across several southern states. Snow flurries were reported in the Great Smoky Mountains. Atlanta logged 46.3 degrees on Sunday, the coldest June 3 since 1878, with 52 degrees the coldest June 2 on record. Other low readings appeared in Crossville, Asheville, and multiple Tennessee cities including Chattanooga and Nashville.
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Associated Press
Great Smoky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Crossville
Asheville
N.C
Nine “Tenn
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville, Tenn
Formosan Salaries Hit Hard By High Taxation
In Formosa the Nationalist legislature enacted a revised tax bill taxing incomes over 30 000 a year at 50 percent The new levy starts at 1 percent for salaries under 300 a year and increases gradually as income rises The measure aims to fund government needs amid postwar recovery and inflation.
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Taipei
Formosa
Legislative Yuan
Parliament
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