Buenos Aires Returns to Traffic After Government Revolt
Army guards withdrew from government headquarters and political prisoners were released. Major General Lucero met with President Peron to arrange a private circuit broadcast to the forces, later to run nationwide. Traffic resumed around the bombed Government House and the Episcopal Palace, center of last week’s rebel bombing. Rebels to be tried by the Supreme Council. many captured naval and marine personnel.
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Buenos Aires
Franklin Lucero
Juan D. Peron
Episcopal Palace
Argentina
Plaza de Mayo
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
Navy
Marine Corps
Catholic Church
Aventina
Parley On Steel Pact Continues
Pittsburgh reports the CIO United Steelworkers press for higher wages before the June 30 strike deadline. Major makers like Inland Steel, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, and Republic have provided economic papers as talks proceed. The union seeks raises for about 600,000 workers averaging $2.33 per hour.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Inland Steel Co
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Lost Mental Patient Dies After Return To Hospital
Mrs Richard Kerns a 32 year old mental patient from Western State Hospital was found unharmed after a two day search in the Blue Ridge near Waynesboro She disappeared from her husbands parked car Sunday afternoon A note suggesting self harm was found in the car An autopsy was ordered at King's Daughters Hospital and her death is under investigation Rescue workers reported scratches and shock but she appeared unharmed before being returned to Western State and dying the next day The search involved over 200 volunteers including Boy Scouts and Virginia National Guardsmen
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Staunton
Richard Kerns
Western State Hospital
Blue Ridge Mountains
Waynesboro
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Winchester
Boy Scouts
Virginia National Guardsmen
Kerns
Western State
France Faces Civil Service Strike Threat Over Wages
Paris reports an unlimited civil service strike looming from July 1 if demands for a 4000 franc monthly raise are approved by the National Assembly. Current base pay stands at 23000 francs.
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France
Paris
National Assembly
Stevens Resigns as Army Secretary After McCarthy Feud
Robert T. Stevens quits as secretary of the Army after a long dispute with Senator McCarthy. He will be succeeded by Brucker, with Eisenhower praising Stevens and Wilson noting his devoted service as the administration reshapes military forces.
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McCarthy
Senate
White House
Stevens-Brucker
Eisenhower
New England
James C. Hagerty
Brucker
Defense Wilson
Pentagon
Wilson
Bob
Wealthy Iranian Son Kills Wife of German Iranian Sun
In Aachen Germany on June 22 police report a student son of a wealthy Iranian killed his 27 year old wife Brune Keupers of a German nightclub owner and then attempted suicide. They found both with slashed stomachs and she died an hour after hospital admission.
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Aachen
Germany
Djelweh
Brune Keupers
Pedestrian Safety Improves in 1954 Says AAA
Washington reports the American Automobile Association notes 1954 as the safest year on record for pedestrians. About 7,900 people walking were killed or injured in car incidents, down from 8,600 in 1953 and far below 15,500 at the 1937 peak. AAA began collecting stats in 1927 when deaths reached 10,800.
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Washington
American Automobile Assn
AAA
Court Believes Short Too Short For Added Chance
In Petersburg Virginia on June 22 Police Court Justice H B Gilliam found A T Short guilty of passing two worthless checks and sentenced him to three days in jail on each charge. He offered to pay court costs by check but the court refused. The judge said he would suspend jail time if Short paid costs.
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Petersburg
Police
H. B. Gilliam
A. T. Short
Short
Money Lenders In India Dealt Blow
New Delhi reports India will nationalize its largest bank next week to curb village money lenders across about 300 million rural residents. The move aims to curb high interest rates and coercive collateral practices that keep peasants in debt.
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New Delhi
India
Day-Long Conference Aims to End Greyhound Strike
In Washington a day-long conference sought settlement of a two month strike by 1,200 Atlantic Greyhound lines workers across ten Southeastern states. Federal mediators brought officials from Charleston to join company President George Engle and Amalgamated Motor Coach Players Union vice president Sam Berrong. The dispute centers on initial contract terms after a bargaining rights election last year.
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Washington
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Charleston
W. Va
George 8. Engle
Sam Berrong
Motive
Amalgamated Motor Coach = playes Union
Federal Pay Hike Okayed By Group
Senate House negotiators agreed on a 7 percent pay raise for federal workers effective March 1. About 1,073,262 employees would receive the increase, mostly Civil Service and a smaller share in congressional judicial and foreign service posts. The package, matching House totals, adds roughly 328 million dollars to the payroll, on top of an 8 percent postal raise.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
House
Banking Group Accepts Ihe's Housing Program
The House Banking Committee backed Eisenhower's public housing plan at 35,000 new units yearly for two years. It overrides the Senate version calling for 135,000 units annually for four years. Rep. McDonough's move to end new public housing failed 155 to 0. The bill may face stronger House restrictions on public housing on the floor.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Rep. McDonough
Rcalif
New Yorkers Released After Italian Mistake
Four New Yorkers were held by Italian police for seven hours in Rome before being released after an apology. Peter J. Riordan of 984 3rd Ave in New York City described the incident, saying officers questioned Joseph Vitacco at 201 8 4th Street and questioned others. two men declined to provide addresses.
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Rome
Peter J. Riordan
3Rd Ave
New York City
Joseph Michael Vitacco
4Th &T
Emers
Premier Scelba Quits Amid Italian Government Crisis
Rome reports that Mario Scelba resigned as prime minister after a Christian Democrat minority forced the move. President Gronchi will consult with former premiers and party leaders to form a new government as Italy faces a political crisis.
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Rome
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Eisenhower
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Amintore Fanfani
Ferruccio Parri
Gronchi
Palmiro Togliatti
Pietro Nenni
Christian Democrat Party Directorate
Democratic
Youth Convicted In Bus Shooting In Moundsville
In Marshall County, James E. Lemon, 22, was found guilty after a 15 minute trial of wounding a person while attempting to shoot another. The victim was 14 year old Cameron High student Martha Mason on a school bus in Pleasant Ridge last March. The state said Lemon acted as a vengeful lover targeting his estranged girlfriend. defense argued he was mentally incapable of planning the crime. Judge Lloyd Arnold sentenced Lemon to two to 10 years in prison.
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Moundsville
James E. Lemon
Lemon
John A. Barr
Marshall County
Lloyd Arnold
Martha Mason
Cameron High School
Pleasant Ridge
Punkin Call
Missle
Miss Mason
Russians to Return Naval Craft to US
Fourteen small naval craft will be returned by Russia to the United States and are expected to arrive in Kiel on July 1. Under a Washington signed agreement on May 26, the Soviets will return six lend-lease subchasers and PT boats during July and August.
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Germany
United States
Russia
Pease
Kiel
U. S
Washington
Molotov presses Soviet peace plan before United Nations
In San Francisco Molotov urged the United Nations to move from words to deeds toward peaceful coexistence and international trust. He backed seating Red China in the UN, Formosa's return to mainland China, curbs on atomic weapons, disarmament steps, and a world economic conference to ease tensions.
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Soviet
Russia
San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
United States
U. N
Pour
Uion
Moscow
Red China
Formosa
Soviet Union
London
Eisenhower Seeks Peace and Strength in New England Tour
President Eisenhower opened a six day northern New England swing at Rutland Fairgrounds drawing about 25 000. He declared America will offer the olive branch for peace yet stay strong and warned against sacrificing principle for expediency as preparations for the Geneva summit loom. Senator Aiken teased a possible second term while praising the president as a part time farmer at Gettysburg.
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Rutland
Eisenhower
America
New England
Rutland Fairgrounds
Geneva
Satentane
Gettysburg
Aiken
Barstow Memorial School
Chittenden
Nehru and Bulganin urge Formosa surrender to Reds
In a Kremlin joint declaration today Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India and Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin urged peaceful surrender of Formosa to the Chinese Communists and backed seating of Communist China in the United Nations. They also called for a total ban on production and use of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Nicolai Bulganin
Formosa
Kremlin
China
United Nations
First Atlantic transoceanic telephone cable begun
Clarenville Newfoundland begins laying the first transoceanic cable to Oban Scotland. The 2250 mile section will link New York and London, adding 36 circuits. a second link to Newfoundland is planned, part of a 40 million dollar joint project by AT&T, the British Post Office, and Cabon Overseas. Expected service by late 1956.
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Mid
Oban
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London
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
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Cajon Overseas Telecommunications Corp
Welch Man Killed in Collision at Allen Junction
A car on a curve collided with a lumber truck at Allen Junction near Welch. Dick Grose, 36, of Welch, died. the lumber truck driver Virgil Hawley of Amigo, Raleigh County, was uninjured. The crash occurred as the car came at a terrific speed on the wrong side of the highway.
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Wyomington
Bullman Jury Sent Home Without Verdict
PARKERSBURG June 22 A jury deliberating the fate of Wayne Bullman former manager of the Vienna Finance Co was sent home at 9 45 p m tonight. Judge Donald F Black said the jury had not agreed on a verdict and he did not say whether deliberations would resume at 9 a m tomorrow or whether it would be declared a hung jury.
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Parkersburg
Wayne Bullman
Vienna Finance Co
Donald F. Black
Sabin urges halt of polio vaccine production
Dr. Albert B. Sabin, longtime critic of the Salk vaccine, urged stopping manufacture to develop a vaccine using less virulent polio strains. He testified at a House Commerce subcommittee symposium amid opposition from Drs Rivers and Smadel and support for continuing the current inoculation program. Sabin noted concerns over the Mahoney virus and the Cutter incident, while Salk defended the program and voiced confidence in mass inoculation.
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Albert B. Sabin
Sabin
University of Cincinnati
House
Priest
D-Tenn
Toolx
Thomas M. Rivers
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
Joseph E. Smadel
Army
Walter Revd General Hospital
Filvers
Leonard A. Scheele
Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
Cincinnati
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Salk
Rep
Wolverton
R-Nj
Cutter
GM Adds More Force To Expansion Program
Detroit June 22 GM announced a new half billion dollar expansion to boost passenger car output. The latest project lifts GM total expansion since January 1954 to two billion dollars and raises total U S and Canadian capital investment since World War I to four billion. Ford, GM’s main rival, has invested or set aside 2 325 billion for expansion to widen its production capacity against Chevrolet.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
General Motors
United States
Canada
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Chevrolet
McCarthy Jenner Lose Showdown Over Big Four Policy
Senate delivers a 774 to defeat Sen McCarthy’s resolution to press Moscow on precondition for a Big Four meeting in Geneva. Jenner and Langer vote for. Malone abstains. 42 Democrats and 35 Republicans oppose the measure. four Democrats and three Republicans did not vote.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
MccCarthy
Jenner
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
Wisconsin
Russia
Geneva
Moscow
Langer
Malone
New
Flying Duke Helicopter Vanishes Over Scottish Mist
The Duke of Edinburgh’s helicopter disappeared for about 20 minutes in heavy mist near Bathgate Scotland. It landed safely on a muddy football field after being forced down, causing Queen Elizabeth to anxiously watch from the royal train on the outskirts of Glasgow.
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Scotland
Britain
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth I
Bathgate
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