Ridgway To Quit Ahead Of Schedule
General Ridgway asks retirement on June 30 in a move announced with Gen Maxwell Taylor set to succeed him as army chief of staff. Eisenhower backs the transition as Taylor, age 54, heads U N Far East command and commands the Eighth Army from Korea to the theater.
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Europe
Italy
Marshal Badoglio
Engineers Settle For 15-Cent Hike
An Eastern Iowa walkout by operating engineers ended with a new work agreement by contractors and local 234. The top wage rises 15 cents an hour to 2.90, with overall four-scale increase 8.9 cents. Initial demand was $3.00 per hour. Kenneth Dawson, business agent, announced the settlement.
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Cedar Rapids News
Iowa
Local
Kenneth Dawson
Scelba Stays in Office in Italy
Rome AP says Premier Scelba pressed party unity to keep his 15 month government. His position extended after President Gronchi, seen as left inclined, rejected his resignation.
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Rome
Scelba
Giovanini Gronchi
Johnson says no sellout risk in Big Four talks
Senate Democratic Leader Johnson rejects GOP warnings of concessions to Russia at the Big Four meeting. He defends the President and warns against “stupid and unpatriotic” critics while stressing the President bears foreign affairs and Democrats do not seek invitations.
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INS
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Wall
G.O.P
Bridges
N.H
Yalta
Russia
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Senate Foreign Relations
George
D-Ga
U.S
Girl First in Melville Clan in 400 Years
Newport Kentucky AP reports Charles Melville Jr says his granddaughter born Thursday is the first girl born in the Melville family in more than 400 years.
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Newport, Ky
Charles Melville, Jr
Melville
Burlington Offers Rewards For Capture of Industries
The Burlington Chamber of Commerce proposes unlimited rewards up to 10 000 for locating new industries in Burlington Des Moines county. Submissions begin May 18 with payments tied to job totals over a 10 year period, excluding current prospects and firms ineligible elsewhere.
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Burlington Chamber of Commerce
Ag Chamber
Damaiine Ber
Industrial Demane Bureau
Industrial Bureau
Des Moines County
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Hannibal
Texarkana
Wolfson Trio Topped Ward Board Ballot in Ward Election
Louis E. Wolfson appeared set to win three seats on Montgomery Ward’s nine member board after proxies totaling 1 793 398 shares were reported. The management slate led by Sewell Avery held 4 035 481 proxies. If Wolfson’s group loses by proxy count at least 30 percent plus three votes could decide the third seat, with in person votes still possible. The full slate would be announced Saturday as the Ward meeting drew about half its 250 seat auditorium. Wolfson attended with Rittmaster and Frank Leahy.
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Chicago
Louis E. Wolfson
Montgomery Ward
Wolfson
Sewell Avery
Rittmaster
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Scared by Snake Into Train Path In Nebraska
Joe Hanis 44 was startled by a hiss along Union Pacific tracks at Wahoo Nebraska. He jumped onto the rails and was struck by a freight train. He suffered internal injuries broken ribs and severe head cuts.
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Wahoo
Neb
Joe Hanis
Union Pacific
European Reds Approve Security Pact Draft
In Warsaw Russia and seven European satellites approved a draft treaty placing their military forces under unified command. A Soviet spokesman said the pact and related documents will be signed Saturday and released after signing. The draft aims to counter West Germany's NATO reinforcement with mutual security, economic aid, and cultural exchanges.
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Russia
West Germany
NATO
Niemoeller resigns from church governing duties
German Protestants report Pastor Martin Niemoeller has quit all tasks in the church's governing body. He cited criticism from the general synod meeting in Weimar, as he had opposed West German rearmament and faced scrutiny over administrative handling. Niemoeller, a World War I submarine commander, spent time in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Martin Niemoeller
General Synod of Protestant Churches
Weimar
East Germany
Niemoeller
Tokyo divers raise ferry disaster death toll to 152
Tokyo divers Friday recovered 13 more bodies from Wednesday's ferry disaster, bringing the known dead to 152. Forty-one people remain missing.
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Tokyo
Rioters Kill U S Scribe In Singapore
U P manager Southeast Asia Gene Symonds aged 29 from Dayton Ohio died after a beating by rioters. He was dragged from a taxicab at a government roadblock and killed with sticks. Police offered no aid as he lay unconscious until transported to hospital.
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Gene Symonds
United Press
Southeast Asia
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Dayton
Ohio
Symonds Jlay
Lahore
Hock Lee
Third Avenue El Makes Final Run
The final Third Avenue elevated train ran from Chinatown to the Bronx as thousands waved farewell. The 77 year old structure will be torn down this summer after the Transit Authority abandoned the line due to losses and competition from faster subways.
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New York
Third Avenue Elevated
Chinatown
Bronx
East
Hoegh Reappoints Two to State Board of Education
Gov. Hoegh announced recess appointments of Dwight Rider of Fort Dodge and W B Hamilton of Hampton to the State Board of Education. Both incumbents will complete six-year terms next June 30 and must be confirmed by the Senate. Rider, an attorney and GOP leader, and Hamilton, a Democrat businessman, voiced strong commitment to higher education and the board’s needs.
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Hoegh
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
W. B. Hamilton
Hampton
State Board of Education
Senate
Rider
Hamilton
Whett
Legislative Interim Committee
Hoegh Signs Land Tax and Korea Bonus Bills
Gov. Leo Hoegh signed bills to raise agricultural land tax credit by a large sum and to boost school aid for the next biennium, with total state aid to schools increasing to 33.29 million dollars annually. He also signed a health permit requirement for municipalities and plants before discharging wastes into waters.
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Hoegh
Korea
DES Moines
Leo Hoegh
Hoeghthas
Vial Stoppers Blamed For Salk Vaccine Losses
New York report says an unforeseen reaction between merthiolate and vial stoppers made thousands of Salk polio vaccine shots ineffective. The flaw allegedly caused mass destruction of ruined vaccine and delayed deliveries. Eli Lilly spokesman stated none of their Salk vaccine was damaged.
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Michelfelder
New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Jonas E. Salk
Salk
Indianapolis
Eli Lilly and Company
Iowa vaccine delay noted by health commissioner
DES MOINES AP Dr Ed Mund G Zimmerer Iowa health commissioner said Thursday the first Parke Davis polio vaccine shipments are unlikely to reach Iowa. He expects them to southern states first as polio season starts earlier. He warned there is no assurance Iowa will get Parke Davis vaccine but any received will be properly checked.
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Des Moines
Edmund G. Zimmerer
Iowa
Parke-Davis
Zimmerer
Parke- Davis
Scheele Defends Polio Vaccine Delays as Safe
Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele testified before Congress that the temporary halt in Salk polio vaccine distribution did not undermine the program or its goals. He forecast vaccine for high risk children before the polio season, announced Parke-Davis vaccine release, and noted 67 cases and five deaths among inoculated children, with most tied to Cutter and Lilly products.
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INS
Leonard A. i Scheele
Congress
House Banking Committee
Parke-Davis
Scheele
Detroit
Cutler Laboratories
Eli Lilly Company
Wyeth Laboratories
Plane distress call crosses country by radio transmitter
A Va. man crash landed near Big Bear Lake in Virginia May 5. An LA ham radio operator heard his distress call as two miles north of Big Bear Lake, triggering an emergency Air Force search that proved fruitless. Harsh recovers in Virginia. Atmosphere caused the long transmission.
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Riverside
Calif
Big Bear Lake
March Air Force Base
Lawrence Harsh
Annandale
Mountain
Virginia
Los Angeles
Robert W. Wellett
California
Wellett
Harsh
Chicago Extends Daylight Saving Time One Month
Chicago city council voted to extend daylight saving time one month in the fall. Clocks will now revert to standard time on the last Sunday in October instead of September, shifting the time change later in autumn.
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Chicago
Polio Found in Idaho Children Linked to Salk Vaccination Group
The Idaho Department of Health reported polio in three children who had contact with kids given Salk vaccine. Director L J Petelerson said such an association causes concern and mass inoculations in Idaho will be postponed. At program start 32 000 children were inoculated.
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The
World-Telegram and
Sun
William Michelfelder
National Foundation For
Boise
Idaho Department of Health
Department
L. J. Pete Lerson
Idaho
Eisenhower Heads to Gettysburg Farm for Weekend
President Eisenhower left Friday by automobile for a weekend at his Gettysburg farm to observe his mother-in-law's 77th birthday. Mrs Eisenhower and her mother had gone to Gettysburg Wednesday. He planned to return here late Sunday.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
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