Vast New York Subway Struck By Stunning Wildcat Walkout
An all out subway strike shut down three lines in New York City. About 225 motormen inspired the disruption, tying up service on the IRT line and stranding hundreds of thousands of riders. Mediator Klein and MBA officials rushed a conference with Mayor Wagner, who sought leniency from the Transit Authority to end the stoppage.
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Klein
Harris J.klein
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Benevolent Assa
MBA
Robert F. Wagner
Theodore Loos
Loos
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96Th St
242Nd St
Wagner
Score
Union Square
Yankee Stadium
Brooklyn Bridge
Queensboro Bridge
Long Island
Astoria
Canarsie
The
Wire Pi
Police
Coal Research Tax Suggested in Federal Meeting
A Washington expert proposed a nickel per ton coal tax to fund a multi million dollar coal research program. He urged focus on mechanical development and turning coal into fuel and chemicals to cut high rail costs. He contrasted with Union Carbide spending 40 to 50 million yearly on chemical research and total industry spend of 360 million. Davidson urged more coal industry research. L Newton Thomas of Charleston W Va was elected president of the Carbon Fuel Co. at the association meeting.
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PA Chemical Research
Union Carbide
Davidson
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Carbon Fuel Co
Five Major Chrysler Plants At Standstill
Detroit reports five Chrysler plants halted as 16,000 workers idle amid wildcat strikes. Unauthorized walkouts disrupted Plymouth assembly and trim department work, with 1,100 workers disputing terms. Metal finishers quitting idle 6,000 more across two plants.
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On Corp
Wildcat
Trim Department
Plymouth
Postal Rate Bill Stalls in the House
The Eisenhower administration bill to raise postal rates stalled in the House as Democratic Leader McCormack said he would not place it in the legislative program. Speaker Rayburn also opposes raising the ordinary letter rate from three to four cents, signaling little chance of floor action this session.
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Eisenhower
House
Congress
McCormack
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Texas
Bride-Widow Finalizes Burial Plans After Honeymoon Death
In Shelby North Carolina a 35 year old bride widow Mrs Oren A Pruitt of Charlotte finished burial plans for her husband who fell to his death from an airliner during a honeymoon flight Inspectors completed investigations but disclosed no findings Sheriff Haywood Allen reported the plane could not be closed and passengers kept belts fastened officials said no fault was found with the door at Asheville flight crew and Piedmont officials provided details of the tragedy noting no mechanical issues were found.
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N. C
Oren A. Pruitt
Charlotte
Piedmont Oier
Asheville
Haywood Allen
Pruitt
Civil Aeronautics Law Officers
Case Piedmont
Confidence racket learned the hard way in Charleston
Mrs. Morris was targeted by a man posing as a federal agent who claimed counterfeit money was in her possession. She handed over currency and was told police would arrest her soon. After two hours and no arrest she checked with police and learned she had been duped in a confidence game.
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Charleston
Sodquartans
State Gideons Open Three Day Convention
Charleston June 14 members of the Gideons are opening a three day convention here with L Ferguson of Guarieaten as state president. The program includes officer elections and scheduled business sessions.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Gideoans
Toyde L. Ferguson
Guarieaten Fe
War escapee Jarvis flees jail in daring capture chase
A posse of over 100 men and bloodhounds scoured the McDowell hills on the Virginia West Virginia border for John C. Jarvis of Marmet after he pistol whipped a jailer and a driver during a jailbreak from War city jail. He was jailed for questioning a state liquor store robbery. Jarvis hijacked a car, was pursued, and later picked up by War police. investigators found an unexplained bag of small change.
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McDowell-Buchanan
Virginia-West Virginia
John C. Jarvis
Marmet
Jarvis
War City
War
Elmer Crider
Jarvis Crider
Crider
William Osborne
Berwind
Osborne
Warrior Mine
State
McDowell County
Tazewell
Bucanan County
Virginia
Power Failure Highlights Kiwanis Meeting
Newport News Virginia June 14 members of the Kiwanis Club shared embarrassing moments then the room went dark as power failed. W W Waldrop general manager for Virginia Electric and Power Co. could not restore light immediately.
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Newport News
Kiwanis Club
W. W. Waldrop
Waldrop
Virginia Electric and Power Co
University Fire Cause Unknown
Morgantown June 14 official word from State Fire Marshal's Office assistants to Fire Chief Cobb and Morgan Arthur said there was no negligence by anyone in the WVU fire that caused about 1.47 million dollars in damage. They reported the library portion burned about 10 hours before discovery and noted the structure acted like a furnace. The night watchman, wiring, and absence of arson evidence were cited as factors.
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West Virginia University
C. R. Cobb
Morgan Arthur
Prospect Street
University Library
Cobb
Arthur
Second Phase Underway At Kaiser Ravenswood Plant
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp begins the second phase of its Ravenswood West Virginia development. Construction starts on an aluminum reduction plant to supply metal for a $100 million fabricating complex. First unit and rolling mill aim for mid 1957. initial cold rolling to operate this summer with a total workforce exceeding 3,700.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
Kaiser Aluminum ‘and Chemical Corp
Kaiser
Two Weeks With Guard Doesn’t Make Veteran
Washington June 14 US District Judge F Dickinson Letts dismissed Seymour Carmel’s suit claiming national guard service in 1952 qualified him for Veterans Preference Act rights. The judge ruled guard members gain protections only when their unit is activated into the regular military establishment, so Carmel’s two weeks of training did not create veteran status.
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National Guard
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F. Dickinson Letts
Seymour Carmel
Carmel
Letts
Ohio Pen Inmates Cancer Study Begins
Fourteen inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary were injected with live cancer cells in a phase one study led by Dr. Alice Moore and Dr. Chester M. Southam of Sloan Kettering. One hundred thirty four inmates volunteered, with state university researchers to oversee daily injections. Warden Ralph W. Alvis said no special treatment was given to the participants.
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Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
Alice Moore
Chester M. Southam
Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York
Alvis
Eisenhower Receives Adenauer Visit During Recovery
President Eisenhower's medical bulletins show stable progress as he drinks tea and broth. Chancellor Adenauer's 10 minute visit prompts Eisenhower's expressed hope for German liberation from Soviet rule while press secretary Hagerty avoids discussing a possible second term.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
James Gerty
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hagerty
Williamson Washington Pullman Schedule Revised by N and W
The Norfolk and Western Railroad changes pullman service from Williamson to Washington effective June 25. The Williamson New York car is discontinued, Roanoke Washington car extended to Williamson Washington, with no train changes. Depart Williamson 4 20 p m, Bluefield 8 45 p m, arrive Washington 6 40 a m. return through Williamson and Bluefield with similar timings.
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Pullman
Norfolk and Western Railroad
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N&w
Williamson- Washington
Williamson-New York
Bluefield
New York
Williamson Bluefield
Welch
Roanoke
Harry Wyatt
Wyatt
Washington Service
Britain and U S Reach Nuclear Submarine Information Pact
Britain will receive atomic data from the United States to aid its planned nuclear powered submarine program. The agreement signed yesterday broadens a 1955 exchange pact and runs to July 1965.
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Britain
Mate Department
Atomic Energy Commission
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U.S
State's Reservists Leave This Weekend
Charleston dispatch notes the West Virginia National Guard begins a summer encampment with over 3,000 troops in 44 units across 26 cities. Ft. Knox hosts training for the first time since 1952 due to the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment formation, with Charleston Huntington Fairmont and Parkersburg supplying most units.
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West Vege
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Huntington
Fairmont
Parkersburg
150Th Armored Cavalry
West Virginia
Albans
Beckley
Bluefield
Union Officials Mull Over Steel Industry 5 Year Pact
Union officials consider a Big Steel offer for a five year no strike contract including wage increases and a layoff pay plan. The 170 member wage committee of United Steelworkers will hear the case at Hotel Roosevelt with a policy committee meeting and a management team from U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic Steel. The unofficial report cites an immediate wage boost and staged increases totaling under 20 cents an hour in year one with about five cents to layoff pay and most remaining to a general pay rise.
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Hotel Roosevelt
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
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