Violent Spring Storms Lash Midwest Causing Huge Damage
Violent spring storms hit Illinois Indiana and Ohio with tornadoes and flooding. At least dozens injured and damage tallies rise into the hundreds of thousands and over a hundred million from floods along the Texas Louisiana border. Louisiana flood patrols warn of Highway 90 danger while storms injure and distract communities from Watseka to Delphi and Greenford and New Albany.
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Midwest
Texas-Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Watseka
Ill
Chicago
Martinton
Delphi
Ind
Illnois
Greenford
New Albany
Louisiana
Orange
Tex
Jerome Haas
Calcasieu River
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
West Central
Reno
Nev
Landers
Wyo
Butte
Mont
Rockies
New England
Gulf States
Eisenhower Signs Tide lands Rights Bill Into Law
President Eisenhower signed the tide lands bill, affirming state rights to submerged offshore lands within historic boundaries. California Florida Texas and Louisiana stand to gain as oil and mineral wealth in underwater territory become developable. The signing drew 46 Congress members who helped push the measure through the House and Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
California
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
House
Senate
UMW Boss Denies Plan To Dynamite Wise County Plant
Allen Condra of Norton testified in Wise County Circuit Court that he never saw or heard of James and Cassie Mullins, who claim Condra hired them to dynamite Vega Coals power plant in 1951. He faces trial on aiding and procuring destruction, while the Mullins brothers, once UMW members, face indictments and potential prison terms. The case centers on alleged links to a broader UMW organizing drive in coal regions of Virginia and nearby Pennsylvania.
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Wise
Allen Condra
Norton
Wise County
James
Cassie Mullins
Condra
United Mine Workers of America
District 28
Vega Coals, Inc
Mullins Brothers
UMW
Earier
Dorseyville
Vega
Robert Condra
Allen
Muillinses
James Mullins
George Morton
Pittsburgh
Mullinses
Commonwealth
Draft Quota For July Is Sliced Considerably
CHARLESTON May 22 The state's July draft quota of 385 compares with 567 in June 747 in July of last year 975 in April 1953 and 915 in May of this year Gen Charles R Fox said today.
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Charleston
Charles R. Fox
Galax Man Sues Carolina Medics For Narcotic Damage
C G Porter of Galax Virginia filed a 200000 damage suit in Middle District Court Greensboro charging doctors B O Choate and P L Choate of Sparta NC encouraged narcotic use causing addiction and financial ruin. Porter says he began receiving narcotics in fall 1948 and was charged high prices. doctors deny claims in court briefs.
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Greensboro
N. C
Virginia
North Carolina
C. G. Porter
Galax
Middle District Court
Armed Services Bands Protest Backed By AFL Council
Washington The AFL Executive Council accused Army Air Force Navy and Marine bands of overplaying free music depriving civilian horn players and fiddlers of pay. James Petrillo head of the AFM urged action saying bands are violating four federal laws and Army rules by performing at commercial movie premieres and private banquets.
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Washington
AFL Executive Council
James C. Petrillo
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
AFL Council
Keystone Stater Picks Wrong House In Which To Make Phone Call
A Pennsylvania man, Willie Louis Crowder, 33, of Marcus Hook, knocked on the wrong door for help near Richmond on Monday. He was arrested in Chesterfield County for driving while intoxicated after escaping a county police station restroom via a window. He then asked to use a telephone at Trooper L. O. Lowman’s home to call a taxi, was escorted back to jail, and sentenced to one month in jail with a $100 fine.
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Richmond
Pennsylvania
Willie Louis Crowder
Marcus Hook
Chesterfield County
Crowder
L. O. Lowman
County Trial Justice Court
Dulles Doubts If Talks Will Get Results
Secretary of State Dulles expressed doubt that high level talks with Soviet leaders would yield meaningful results unless the Communist bloc halted aggression in Korea and Indochina and granted independence to Austria. He spoke in New Delhi before a flight to Karachi and noted ongoing American hopes for a Bermuda summit with Churchill and others.
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New Delhi
India
Dulles
Korea
Indochina
Austria
Karachi
Pakistan
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Churchill
France
Georgi N. Malenkov
Soviet Russia
Laos
Europe
Nehru
UAW In Line For Pay Raises At GM Pact
General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers reached changes in their five year contract affecting 350,000 workers nationwide. The deal raises the annual improvement factor to five cents and shifts to a new price index. A 10 cent rise for 40,000 skilled trades workers and a partial cost of living adjustment are included, effective with the June 1 pay periods.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Gm-Uaw
James B. Carey
CIO Electrical Workers Union
GM Electrical
Harlow H. Curtice
Bureau of Labor Statistics
ADA Attack On Eisenhower Marks Convention Opening
Americans for Democratic Action leaders criticize Eisenhower for lack of leadership and McCarthyism at their annual convention. They urge counter speeches and a tax probe of Senator McCarthy, citing Roosevelt era tactics. ADA, formed to back progressive New Deal ideals, emphasizes independence while backing Truman and later Stevenson endorsements.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Administration
McCarthy
Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
ADA
Harvard University
Francis Biddie
Schlesinger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Biddle
Truman
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Adlai E. Stevenson
National Board
Illinois
Herbert H. Lehman
AFL Proposes Presidential Commission On Economic Outlook
The AFL executive council said prosperity should continue but urged President Eisenhower form a special commission to study steps to combat a potential recession. The panel would include government advisers and leaders from business labor and agriculture to map plans for ongoing expansion and full employment.
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Washington
AFL Executive Council
Eisenhower
AFL
CIO
Walter Reuther
House leaders curb probe into obscene literature reforms
Washington May 22 House leaders signaled no more investigations into obscene books and magazines. A bill by Rep. Kearns to renew the probe sits in the Rules Committee as Chairman Leo Allen expects it to stay. Sigma Delta Chi warned against threats to press freedom while defending printing of obscene material.
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Washington
Rep
Kearns
R-Pa
Leo Allen
R-Ill
Rep. Gathings
D-Ark
Congress
Sigma Delta Chi
WY. M. Newton Jr
The
Tampa Tribune
Fraternity
Committee For Advancement of Freedom of Information
Allen
U. S
Taft to Leave Walter Reed After Checkup
Washington May 22 Taft Senator from Ohio will be released from Walter Reed Hospital tomorrow after a routine checkup He has hip pain but doctors could not locate the cause Administrative aide Jack Martin said Taft will travel to Cincinnati to receive an award Tuesday from the National Conference of Christians and Jews On Tuesday morning he will receive an honorary degree from Union College in Barbourville Kentucky
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Rohio
Walter Reed Hospital
Jack Martin
Cincinnati
National Conference of Christaans and Jews
Ohio
Union College
Barbourville
French Commander Navarre Survives Vietminh Fire In Indochina
Gen Henri Navarre, newly named French commander in chief in Indochina, was fired upon by Vietminh gunners during an observation flight over the Black River salient near Nasan. His two engined Dakota was hit repeatedly but Navarre escaped unharmed as the plane returned to Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Henri Eugene Navarre
Black River
Navarre
Nasan
Vietminh
Asia
Raul Salan
Little Michigan Girl Found With Her Precious Dolly
Beverly Kay, aged 24, wandered from a cottage yard on Wednesday and was found 49 hours later by a Coast Guard helicopter. She rode to St Joseph's Hospital after rescue, her eyes open and doll clutched tight. Her parents, divorced, live in Milwaukee and Greenville. Over 300 volunteers searched the Upper Peninsula as rain and storms hampered ground efforts.
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Menominee, Mich
Beverly
Beverly Kay
Coast Guard
Paul Morasky
Traverse City
Menominee County
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ens. John Olson
Olson
Ocalla Bradley
Milwaukee
Paul A. Bradley
Greenville, C
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Edward Reindl A
CIO Opposes Taft-Hartley Amendments Cited Pledges
Washington May 22 The CIO attacked suggested changes to the Taft Hartley law saying they contradict President Eisenhower's pledges. Chairman H Alexander Smith of the Senate Labor Committee proposed allowing state jurisdiction in certain labor disputes, a move criticized by CIO general counsel Arthur J Goldberg. Three Democratic panel members Douglas Murray Hill opposed the Smith amendments.
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Washington
CIO
Eisenhower
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Senate Labor Committee
Arthur J. Goldberg
Douglas
Illinois
Murray
Montana
Hill
Alabama
Smith
Talks Will Start Again on Monday
Panmunjom resumption of Korea truce talks looms as Allied officers prepare to handle 48900 Red prisoners who refuse repatriation. Peiping radio magnums fear of torture in propaganda as Winnington quotes frame the prisoners’ stance. Unofficial reports say the revised plan may allow post armistice talks to discuss Chinese fate.
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Tokyo
Panmunjom
Peiping
Red Radio
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Korea
Winnington
House Rebellions Boost Six Labor Agency Funds
The House rebelling against the Appropriations Committee voted to increase new appropriations for six agencies in Labor and Welfare, offering a total rise of 6.53 million against a near two billion bill. It approved boosts for Howard University Freedmen’s Hospital land grant colleges vocational education Women’s Bureau and Apprenticeship Training. The increases exceed Eisenhower budget estimates and await roll calls next week.
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Washington
House
Appropriations
Labor and Welfare Departments
Eisenhower
Howard University
Freedmen’s Hospital
Labor Department
Women's Bureau
Bureau of
Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
No Progress Made in Wages Talks at Westinghouse
Pittsburgh May 22 James B Carey president of the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers said no progress was made today at a second wage negotiation with Westinghouse Electric Corp negotiations opened last month no date was set for another meeting the union reportedly seeks a 24 cent hourly raise wage scales not disclosed Westinghouse meets next Wednesday with United Electrical Workers the second largest bargaining unit
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Pittsburgh
James B. Carey
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
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