Nations Agree In Principle On Arms Reduction Method
The Soviet Union and four Western nations endorse a Stassen plan to reduce non nuclear arms by listing weapons for international inspection. Each country would submit specific planes tanks and missiles to be surrendered under UN supervision with later destruction or conversion, subject to further negotiations.
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Soviet Union
United Nations
Britain
France
Stassen
United States
Russia
U.N
Special Cabinet Group Studies Oil Import Curb
The special cabinet group weighs curbing oil imports at the urging of oil state governors. The White House notes a long‑standing plan to create the committee and does not mention a telegram from governors at Williamsburg Virginia. The panel’s mission is outlined in early discussions.
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White House
Eisenhower
Williamsburg
Com
President Alarmed With Upward Trend In Cost Of Living
President Eisenhower called the rising prices alarming but rejected new peacetime wage price controls. He urged business and labor to show restraint and warned of inflation if prices rise unchecked. He tied wage increases to necessary expansion and emphasized sound government policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita 8
House
Senate
Steel Magnate E J Weir Dies After Long Illness
Ernest T. Weir founder of National Steel Corp died at 81 in Philadelphia after a long illness. He rose from $3 weekly clerk to head of a major steel group, fought government pressure and unionization, and built Weirton Steel into a leading producer. He named Thomas Millsop as successor and suggested Treasury Secretary George Humphrey as future chair.
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Philadelphia
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corp
Weir
National Steel
Henee
Palm Beach
Thomas E. Millsop
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Eisenhower
Jackson Sheet & Tin Plate Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
Phillips
Crawford's Crossing
West Virginia
Weirton
Weirton Steel
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Hanna Iron Ore Co
Governors Urge Lower Interest Rates on Bonds
Governors at the 49th annual conference call on President Eisenhower and Congress to lower interest rates on state, school and local bonds. Republican William Stratton was elected chair with plans to hold next year’s meeting in Florida. The group endorsed probes on federal functions and criticized tight money, urging action to ease the bond borrowing burden on taxpayers.
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Jack Bell
Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Congress
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Florida
George Leader
Pennsylvania
Governors’ Conference
United States
America
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Joseph B. Johnson
Vermont
Luther H Meters
North Carolina
Hodges
Washington
Stratton
Two Missiles Fired From Cape Canaveral Test Center
The Air Force launched two missiles from the Cape Canaveral test center on June 26, marking the first instance of two shots fired in close succession. The first ascent occurred around 6:15 a.m. producing a bright white cloud trail seen by Mrs. Nina Joslin of the Orlando Sentinel News Bureau.
Neuberger proposes tax swap to fund state programs
Senator Neuberger calls for returning five percent of federal income tax receipts to states to fund social programs. He says the test questions whether President Eisenhower wants states to develop own programs or have federal responsibilities abandoned. He notes highway funding should remain federal while old age assistance and health programs could shift to states.
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Washington
Sen
Neuberger
D-Ore
Eisenhower
U.N. Rejects North Korea Call for Broad Conference
In Panmunjon June 26 the U N Command spurned North Korea’s push for an international conference to withdraw foreign troops from Korea. Maj Gen Homer Litzenberg said the proposal lacked sincerity, as new U N forces arrive south of the armistice line to bolster defense.
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Korea
U.N
North Korea
Chiung Kook Rook
Red China
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Chung
Homer L. Litzenberg
US. Marines
Litzenberg
Brewster Convicted on 31 Contempt Charges
Frank W. Brewster, a Teamsters Union official, found guilty on 31 counts of contempt of Congress after a six day trial. Brewster waived appearance and awaits sentencing, with potential jail time and a $1000 fine. An appeal was planned. Other Teamsters leaders faces related charges in Seattle and New York.
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Washington
Frank W. Brewster
Areomeet Se Teamstera Union
U. S
Brewster
Siewerene
West Coast
Simica
John K Pickens
N and W Engine Derails in East Yard Here
Three crewmen escaped serious injury when a Rad ford Division N and W engine derailed in the East Bluefield yard. Engineers H A Meadows,W C Spansier and Brakeman R Blevans were named. Only Ogler Rich Creek Virginia was treated for a leg burn. The 45 car train derailed after a signal error with the engine and tender on their side. cars upright but off track. Repair crews reached the scene and expected track clearance early today.
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N&w
Bluefield
H. A. Meadows
W. C. Spansier
R. Blevans
Ogler
Rich Creek
Bluefield Sanitarium
East Yard
Testimony Highlights Hoffa and Senate Rackets Secrets
In Washington on June 2 Hoffa and attorney Hyman Fischbach faced bribery-conspiracy charges. Cheasty testified he as Hoffa’s paid informant secretly fed them Senate Rackets Committee data on Dio and Dio rdi John Dye Cheasty spoke of contracts and background notes copied for Hoffa and said Hoffa laughed on a phone call upon learning Dio was a friend of his.
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Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate
New York
Johnny (Dio) Diordi
John Dye Cheasty
Chicago
Cheasty
FBI
Hyman I. Fischbach
Miami
Senate Committee
Rackets Committee
Dio
Labor
Victor Esel Cheasty
RCA Communications, Inc
Ita
Sacrifice Career To Save Nation
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. faces court martial over security laxness after admitting to using secret data to undermine Air Force missile priorities. Von Braun testified Nickerson acted from patriotic motives to protect the nation as Russia advances, with sentencing by a board of generals and colonels pending.
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Huntsville
Ala
John C. Nickerson Jr
Wernher von Braun
Nickerson
Defense Department
von Braunickerson
von Braun
Ray Jenkins
Senate
Air Force
Supreme Court Rulings Bring More Troubles
A Senate inquiry into alleged Communist influence was postponed after Supreme Court rulings. Witnesses Howard V. Trautman and Salvatore Testa refused to testify, arguing privacy and legal limits. The hearing delay followed a Union challenge to the subcommittee’s authority and potential contempt threats.
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Senate
Supreme Court
Senate Internal Security
Howard V. Trautman
Salvatore
Subcommittee
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Trautman
Testa
Watkins
Sweezy
John T. Watkins
Illinois
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Pakistan Minister To Visit Here July 10
Pakistan Prime Minister Suhr will visit the United States July 10 to 19. The White House said Eisenhower extended the invitation. He will spend the first three days in Washington and meet with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. He will then tour the country with government officials.
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United States
Supreme Court
Beav
Sesseten
Congress
Washington
Suhr
Pakistan
White House
Dulles and
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