Eden appeals as miners threaten boycott over railway strike
Prime Minister Eden warned the nationwide railway strike weakens Britain and risks a collapse of prosperity. He appealed to 67,000 striking enginemen to end the week-old walkout and resume negotiations. He spoke from Chequers in a 10 minute fireside broadcast as South Wales miners warned of further action.
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London
Eden
Wright
Britain
Chequers
South Wales
Mysterious Piper Cub Vanishes From Mercer County Farm
A Piper Cub that crash landed on a Windmill Gap farm near McComas was reported missing overnight. State Trooper J F Wynn said the damaged winged plane had likely been disassembled and hauled away between midnight and 5 a.m. A teen observed the pilot leave around noon Saturday and not return as whiskey was found at the site. Police canvassed owners and buyers linked to the aircraft while Civil Aeronautics Authority investigators prepare.
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McComas
J. F. Wynn
Windmill Gap
Mercer County
Herbert Walker
Wynn
C. Mather
Ples
Wynp
Eugene R. Sweeney
Roanoke
Woom
Repelies
L. P. Wrenn
Mount Airy
N.C
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Charleston
Prisoner of war seeks return from Iron Curtain
Otho G. Bell, an American POW who stayed behind the Iron Curtain after refusing deporation at Panmunjom, wants to come home to his wife Jewell Bell and their four year old daughter. His letter says he will obtain a passport and travel via Hong Kong or another post in Communist China where US representatives exist.
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Olympia
Wash
Otho G. Bell
Jewell Bell
Panmunjom
Red China
Bell
State and Defense Departments
Frances G. Knight
Passport Office
United States
China
Brownell Reflects on Mindszenty Case at Notre Dame
Atty. Gen. Brownell told Notre Dame graduates that violent death silences those tied to Cardinal Mindszenty’s arrest and imprisonment. He claimed officials in Hungary were liquidated and that Mindszenty suffered torture in a Cold War era dungeon for urging justice, liberty, and religious freedom. Brownell received an honorary Doctor of Laws at the ceremony.
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South Bend
Ind
Brownell
Cardinal Mindszenty
Notre Dame
Holston Conference Reassigns Bishop Short and District Leaders
The Holston Conference adopts a plan to reassign Bishop Roy H Short to the Nashville area for 1956 to 1960. It lists cabinet changes including new superintendents for Wytheville Abingdon Clinton Big Stone Gap and other districts and announces the Southeastern Conference meeting at Lake Junaluska July 1956.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Holston
The
Methodist Church Today
Roy H. Short
Nashville
Southeastern Conference
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Methodist
Southeastern United States
Short
Telford
Johnson City, Tenn
Mount Wesley
Johnson City
Bishop Short
Solons Warn U S On Big Four Meet
Three Congress members caution Americans not to expect big gains from the slated Big Four conference at Geneva. They say Russia agreed due to fear of U S strength and urge hard terms, free elections in orbit states, and a cautious path to peace while guarding against over optimism. The comments clash with Vice President Nixon's "last chance" warning and State Department skepticism.
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Washington
Congress
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Geneva
Feighan
D-Ohio
Eisenhower
Baltic Sea
Pacific Ocean
Sen. Bush
R-Conn
Stonehill College
North Winston
Mass
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Bush
New London
Conn
Nathan Hale
Nixon
Chicago
Rotary Club
Dulles
State Department
Sen. George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover Commission Urges Narrowed Yet Continued Foreign Aid
The Hoover Commission told Congress foreign aid should continue but be narrowed and reorganized. Seven members demanded immediate substantial reductions, criticizing Eisenhower's 3% billion proposal. The report backs shifting duties to the ICA and limiting NATO and Asian arc projects, with several dissents noted.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
U. S
Commission
Eisenhower
NATO
Japan
Herbert Hoover
Foreign Operations Administration
International Cooperation Administration
ICA
State Department
FDA
Woman dies of bulbar polio linked to Cutter vaccine
In Boise Idaho June 5 a 33 year old mother Mrs Annabelle Nelson died of bulbar polio after close contact with vaccinated children in the current Idaho outbreak. The death raises the Idaho polio toll to six fatalities from 78 cases.
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Boise
Idaho
Cutter Laboratories
Utah
US Public Health Service
Annabelle Nelson
Cutterne
L. J. Peterson
Mer Hospital
Diplomat Krishna Menon to Visit United States for Peace Efforts
Indian diplomat Krishna Menon arrives in the United States with a flag of truce to seek calm and new ideas for easing East tensions. He is Nehru’s foreign affairs adviser but holds no official post, aiming to promote peace without triggering diplomatic storms.
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United Nations
N.Y
W—V. K. Krishna Menon
United States
U.N
Krishna Menon
Eisenhower
Peiping
Red China
Chou En-lai
Nehru
Diem Launches Major Assault on Hoa Hao Rebel Leader
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem ordered more than 30 army battalions to strike Gen. Tran Van Soai and his Hoa Hao followers. By nightfall rebels were trapped in a 30 square mile triangle of rice paddies near Can Tho, with government casualties reported as 3 killed and 10 Hoa Hao dead or captured. Soai fled with his wife Le Thi Gam, who leads a 500-strong female troops unit.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Tran van
Diem
Seal
Bassac
Can Tho
Sampans
Vin Long
Lin Sadec
Long Xuyen
Lai Vung
Soai
le Thi Gam
Campaign of arrests and executions across China reported
Hong Kong reports a sweeping Communist campaign against counter revolutions from Kwantung to Inner Mongolia. Chinese papers describe arrests, trials, and executions, with 41 die in Shansi and warnings of bands and spies. The government vows to arrest fugitives and crush rebels.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Kwantung Province
Inner Mongolia
China
Shansi
Strike Begins At Ford Plants As UAW Near Deal
Detroit June 5 strike begins at Ford Motor Co plants in Cleveland Buffalo and Chicago amid talks on a new contract with the CIO United Auto Workers Union. Officials report near agreement while GM talks continue with a midnight threat. Reuther seeks broader wage benefits and extended jobless pay, Ford offers 60 to 65 percent with 26 week limit, union wants 80 percent.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
UAW
Outre
Walter Reuther
Carl Stellato
Dearborn
Rouge
Tomht
Peather
John 8. Buges
Pugas
Lou Seaton
John Livingston
Reuther
Virginia Cop Shot Breaks Up Abingdon Laundry Robbery
Abingdon, June 5 A police patrolman was critically wounded when confronted by three men as they tried to break open a local laundry safe. Neil Freeze of Grafton and Ralph Fast of Chicago were jailed on attempted murder and armed burglary charges. Moe Freeze, also of Grafton, held as a suspect. A third man fled after a roadblock and a 20 mile chase near Lebanon.
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Abingdon
Lebanon
Washington County
Neil Freeze
Grafton
W. Va
Ralph Stuart Fast
Chicago
Freeze
Moe Freeze
Wiliam T. Slemp
Drivers and Union to Resume Talks After Strike
Charleston June 5 reports say Atlantic Greyhound drivers and the APL Motor Coach Employees Union will resume negotiations tomorrow after a two month strike. Federal mediator Joseph E Wright and G Harry Young had meetings last week as talks stalled since April 13.
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Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound
District of Columbia
District 1493
APL Motor Coach Employes Union
Truck Drivers Local Rejects 26 Cent Wage Increase
Pittsburgh June 5 APL General Teamsters Local 249 rejected a three year contract offer from West Penn Motor Carriers giving a 26 cent hourly raise plus fringe benefits. The union authorized officers to strike if needed and plans a meeting with association officials. Local 249 represents about 3,000 freight drivers in Allegheny County. The Western Pennsylvania contract covering 1,800 drivers outside Allegheny County provides a total 28.2 cent increase over three years, with current pay about 2.17 dollars per hour for Allegheny County drivers.
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Pittsburgh
APL
General Teamsters Local 249
West
I. Eeaeven Motor Carriers
Thomas L. Fagan
Local 249
Allegheny County
Association
AFL
Teamsters Joint Council No. 40
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower Returns to West Point for 1915 Class Reunion
President Eisenhower arrives at West Point from Washington to attend a reunion of his 1915 class and to deliver the commencement address. A 21 gun salute greets him as about 35 000 spectators crowd the parade ground for the day’s ceremonies. The Eisenhower Award for leadership is presented to Capt. Delbert H. Jacobs. Maj. John Eisenhower is at Fort Leavenworth preparing for his next posting.
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West Point
N. Y
Eisenhower
U. S. Military Academy
Y. Ie
Columbine
Stewart Air Force Base
Washington
Quane
Academy
Delbert H. Jacobs
Seattle
Wash
Thayer
Hudson River
Normandy
Maj
John Eisenhower
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Ft. Belvoir
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