Railroads plan vast expansion with half billion in spending
The Office of Defense Mobilization in Magee announced approvals to rapidly write off 110 expanded facilities totaling $549,982,058 for railroads. The two week period May 17 to May 30 saw eight New York Central freight car projects exceeding $102 million, plus $26 million by Pacific Fruit Express, $24.36 million by Chesapeake and Ohio, and nearly $21 million by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
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Office of Defense Mobilization
Magee
New York Central
Pacific Fruit Express Co
San Francisco
Calif
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Post-Stalin Soviet Life shows youth crime and a death sentence
The Kiev court seals a youth gang murder with a death penalty for 17 year old Grigory Romanovsky after a day of looting and violence. Izvestia and Investia flag rising juvenile crime, criticise preventive measures, and urge public interference to curb hooliganism.
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Kiev
Grigory Romanovsky
Ussr
Romanovsky
Air Force
Cheglov
Izvestia
Investia
Komosomolskaya Pravda
Young Communist League
Moscow
Azerbaijan
YCL
Seaway Names Presidents Lock Stir Town Dispute
In Massena New York the St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp plans to name a lock after President Eisenhower drawing anger from locals. Officials defend the choice citing history and a legacy link through Robinson Bay while critics say consult the historical society and honor ties were ignored.
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Washington, Nana
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp
Eisenhower
Seaway Agency
Massena
N. Y
Robinson Bay Lock
L. M. Hale
Seaway Corporation
New York
Robinson Bay
Thomas S. Bushnell
Historical Society
Grasse River
Holter D. Robinson
Hale
Agnecy
Bay
BSC Plans Varied Summer Workshops For Teachers
BSC will offer several nine week term workshops for Virginia and West Virginia public school teachers. Notable sessions include a three week Science Mathematics Workshop led by Dr. Clark Hubler and consultants Al ee Murray and Dewey Large. Additional courses cover Safety and Driver Education and Mental Health and Parent-Teacher Collaboration. A Summer Institute at Ithaca College led by Dr. S J. Wright runs June 7-16 with international themes and notable faculty. The 4-H Camp for Mercer and surrounding counties runs June 17-24 at the Washington Carver Camp with activities from arts and crafts to a talent show and candle lighting.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Clark Hubler
O Science Education
Wheelock College
Alee Murray
Dewey Large
Atomic Energy Commission
Wenzell W. Morris
Columbus
Ohio
Nationwide Insurance Company
S J. Wright
Bluefield State College
Institute of International Relations
Ithaca College Camp
New York
American Friends Service Committee
American Friends
Aleksandar Bosovic
Yugoslavia
United States
Floyd Ross
University of Southerner
Allegheny College
Meadville
Pennsylvania
Institute
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell
Kanawha
Boone
Amanda H. Anderson
Egyptians To Meet With English Group
Cairo reports Egypt has accepted a British invitation to send a delegation to London to explore ways to increase trade cooperation and discuss potential economic ties.
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Cairo
Egypt
London
Middle East
Grant funds church women group for race relations study
New York June 10 000 grant made to the Fund for the Republic for the United Church Women a branch of the National Council of Churches to conduct educational meetings in key cities on race relations.
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New York
Fund For
Reds Striving To Develop East Germany Industrially
Western Allied observers monitor the Soviet Zone East Germany's rapid shift toward heavy industry. Fuerstenberg builds an Eastern Ruhr style steel sector with coal from Krivoy Rog, boosting output to 2.5 million tons yearly while Western Germany nears 22 million. The regime reshapes plants for export, raises 1950 1955 production index to 192, and foreign trade reaches 1.5 billion dollars.
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Berlin
NANA
East Germany
East Germay
Ruhr
Fuerstenburg
Frankfurt-Oder
Fuerstenberg
Krivoyrog
Ukraine
Sweden
Oder
Poland
Schwarzkopf
Wildaw
Germany
Russia
China
Czechoslovakia
Indus
West Germany
Saar
Stalin
Potsdam
Soviet Zone
Communist Germany Cracks Down On Nudist Camps
Berlin June 10 The Interior Ministry decreed East Germany has shut down nudist camps in a move stated as protecting the undisturbed vacations of the working people. The government cites state interests in restricting nude recreation.
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Berlin
East Germany
Interior Ministry
Russians and Reds to attempt Muztagh Ata ascent
A Russian and a Red Chinese team will attempt the Muztagh Ata peak in northwest China. The 24,890 foot mountain will be climbed according to Peiping radio reports from Hong Kong dated June 1079.
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Hong Kong
Muztagh Ata
China
Peiping Radio
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Program For Inventors
Bluefield Cleaner’s Inc
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Seaway
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