U S Steel Union Chiefs at Odds in Contract Talks
U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers face a snag in 1954 contract negotiations. A nonquoted source says the dispute could be serious, with unofficial word of potential strike preparations circulating as the June 30 deadline nears. The union seeks higher wages, improved pensions, and broader hospitalization while Big Steel weighs a package proposal amid talks shaping industry pattern.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Iocall
U. S. Steel
U. S. Strlet
David J. McDonald
Nia
Cie Company
Algo
Ute
MacDonald
Big Steel
Inter
Jenat
City Swelters As Mercury Rises All Day
The city endured a blistering day with the official No 2 fire headquarters thermometer showing 92 degrees and other readings reaching into the mid 90s. Overnight low cooled only to 71 as hot air lingered, keeping the city uncomfortable.
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No. 2
Corryiles
Government Tightens Crop Controls Amid Surplus Fears
Washington reports the federal government will enforce strict crop controls next year to curb production and avert surpluses. Secretary Benson described a program tying price support to compliance across all crops, with 1955 planting data guiding allotments for wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco, peanuts, and sugar crops. Farmers face potential loss of price support loans if they fail to meet individual and total allotments, pressuring shifts to non allotment crops like soybeans and barley.
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Associated Press
Washington
Srice
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Ny Cvon
Cpl Batchelor To Face Trial For Treason Allegations
SAN ANTONIO TEX. Cpl Claude Batchelor 23 a former POW who initially sided with the Communists will face a general court martial. The charges include transmitting with the enemy aiding a subversive organization to be established in the United States after the Korean armistice making Red propaganda and writing letters to promote disloyalty.
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Amociaseart
San Antonio
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Ton
United States
Mrs Smith Wins Big in Maine GOP Primary
In Maine, Mrs Margaret Chase Smith routed McCarthy backed challenger Robert J. Jones by a wide margin. Early counts show Smith with 95,159 votes to 19,209 for Jones, who carried only four precincts including Biddeford. The race highlighted Smith as the lone standout contest in the Maine primary.
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Associated
Portland
Mainé
Maine
Red Publius
Margie Chase Smith
Me~ Carthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
GOP
Mrs. Smith
Dunes
Jones
Biddeford
Smith
Wisconsin
Senator Smith
Local pastor named for West Pleasant Street Assembly of God
Rev J B Kelly named new pastor of the Assembly of God Church on West Pleasant Street. He moves from Inverness Florida where he led a pastorate for eight years with his wife and two daughters. He will take charge July 11 after two Sundays with supply pastors. He replaces Rev Donald Brown who resigned to take a pastorate in Stanton Pennsylvania.
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Assemblies of God Church of
West Pleasant Street
Rev. Kelly
Inverness
Fla
Withlin
J.B. Kelly
Donald Brown
Stanton, Pa
May Change Plea In Accident Case
James M. Sheldon of Cleveland pleaded not guilty today to leaving the scene of an accident. A change of plea to be before a county judge was hinted, with a possible waiver of a grand jury hearing. Sheldon was arrested days ago after a motorcycle sideswiped a tractor trailer south of Waterford. he had a dislocated left ankle and torn ligaments from the crash and was treated at Erie Veterans Hoopla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Sheldon
Cleveland
Fife County
Sheldon
Corry
Waterford
Hadeen
Erie Veterans
City Council Lets Contract for Repaving
East Washington Street repaving approved by Meadville City Council with bid from ACH, Blank Jim at 4347 dollars, second bid from Paul Rehort Co at 4677 dollars. Council will notify winning bidder. work to begin after notice. Other items include West Main Street paving by State Highways Dept, hydrant location study, landfill financing, airport authority formation, and 12 minute meters installation.
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Winshinggton Street
Center Street
Wright Street
ACH
Blank Jim
Meadville
Paul Rehort Company
Asl
Don Williams
Center
Concord Street
State Highways Department
West Main Street
Corry Water Supply Co
Couneil
Kwosles
Allied Equipment Co
Airport Authority
Reid
Bein Xo
Hurley Drake
West Mal Street
Fourth and
Fifth Avenue
Roger Brown
Garry Municipal Authority
Finaseine
City Authority Pays First Sewage Plant Bill
The Corry Municipal Authority approved the float payment for the $620,000 sewage treatment plant. Keystone Construction Company, general contractor, worked on the project since it began, with an initial bill of $17,000. The Authority also authorized Cueno National Bank, trustee, to invest the money from the sale of bonded securities in approved investments.
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City Authority
Corry
Keystone Construction Company
Cueno National Bank
Harrisburg GOPAwait Move in Quiet Campaign
William Livengood Jr secretary of internal affairs weighed his options as he contemplates a fall campaign after losing the GOP nomination to a rival for the fifth term and facing the $1 000 post. His next steps remain undecided as the party prepares ahead of the election.
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Harrisburg
William 8. Livengood Jr
Paign Livengood
GOP
R Fm
Anli
Studebaker and Packard Plan Merger to Form Beudebaker Packard
Stockholders of Packard and Studebaker will vote August 9 on a merger consolidating the two remaining independent car makers. The combined firm would be Beudebaker Packard with Junws J Nance as chief executive and Hottman as chair. Detroit headquarters and separate sales forces for luxury and low priced lines would be established amid industry consolidation.
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Associated Press
New York
Pack Motor Curve
Brudebiker Corp
Junws J. Nance
Packard
Beudebaker-Packard Orp
Studbaker
Wesota
Ch OG. Hottman
Beudebaker Bond
Studebaker
Studebaker - Packard
Stow
Dintinot
Studebaker-Packard
Kaiser- Frazer
Willys-Overland
Nash-Helvinator
Hudson
American Motors Corp
General Motors
Mord
Chrysler
May Still Sign For Surplus Food
A second registration for government surplus food will be held tomorrow at the Municipal Building from 7 to 9 pm and Saturday from 10 to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm. Erie County residents in the Corry area are eligible to register for the food, which will be distributed after a later date. Registrants must supply a security extension if they have one. Eligibility depends on limited income from partial unemployment or family size. After this week, new registrations will be accepted only on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm in the Municipal Building. Mrs Walter Rhodes, chairman of the Local 629 UAW CIO committees handling registration, urges all eligible residents to sign up.
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Erie County
Corry Area
Pew Registralional Wilba
Muntelpat
Mra
Walter Rhodes
Uaw-Cio
Iowa Floods Turn Des Moines Valley Towns Ugly
Des Moines and towns along the Des Moines River face the worst flood in years. More than 1,000 families are homeless and deaths are reported from drownings. The Floyd River crest and a rising Boone and Fort Dodge flood threaten levees as National Guard units assist at multiple sites.
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Iowa
Prensa
Sioux City
Voulay
Humoleas
Towa
den Moines
Fort Dunge
Boone
Des Moles
Des Moines
National Guard
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Jet Bombers End 6,700 Mile Trip
Three American jet bombers built to carry the H-bomb landed at Yokota Air Base after an 8,700 mile nonstop flight from California. The all-jet winged squadron, refueled in the air twice over Hawaii and Midway, traveled from March Field, California, to Tokyo.
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Ody Anuclase
Tokyo
Yokota
California
Minneapolis
Moscow
March Field
Oalif
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Putn Midway
Pacific
Federal Reserve Board loosens money restraints to ease credit
The Federal Reserve Board relaxed its money and credit controls to keep business credit cheap, proposing to raise credit flow by about 8 billion over a 13 week period for 6700 member banks. The move aligns with Treasury plans to borrow 10 billion in the near term to cover cash needs and government demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Treasury
Auel
Mundt urges focus on salient issues in McCarthy hearings
Senator Mundt told the Senate Investigations subcommittee to base its verdict on salient issues after weeks of televised hearings in the McCarthy Army dispute. He indicated there will be diverging findings and said special counsel Ray Jenking will assemble material for the panel to review before reaching conclusions.
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Mundt
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McGarthy
McCarthy
ReWin
Army
Stevens
Mundtius
Subcommittee
Ray H. Jen King
Hon
vWe
Jenking
Supreme Court
Government's Stance on Hiss Pension Draws Fire
Washington reports the Eisenhower Administration opposes denying government retirement pay to Alger Hiss or any convict who earns federal employee status. Critics like Rep. Clardy warn the move shocks and enrages Congress as the Budget Bureau and Civil Service Commission articulate the policy to a subcommittee debating bills about Hiss and felons in federal service.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Alger
Congress
Rep
Clardy
R-Mich
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Hiss
Dewey Leaves Door Open to Fourth Term Run
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey hinted he may change his mind and seek a fourth term. He said he would defer his plans due to strong sentiment from the Republican state chairman and others, who favor further consideration of their views.
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Dewey
Albany
N.Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Rebels to abandon guerrilla tactics for pitched battle
In four day battle for Guatemala, government and rebel forces claim success around Zacapa area. Reports say Arbenz troops mass near Zacapa while rebels head toward the rail center after skirmish near the town of Ecuiptles. An informed Tegucigalpa source expects rebels to switch to pitched battle within 24 hours.
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Associated Press
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
Zacapa
Jacobo Arbens Guzman
Gualan
Uberation
Col
Carlow Castillo Armas
Retela
Guatemala City
Arbenz
Caribbean
Puerto Barrolo
Juran
Castillo Ar~mas
Judge Hears Stock Case Involving S L Ownership
A civil suit filed by Cyrus Peterson seeks a court order to determine ownership of stock valued at about 1030 dollars in Corry Savings and Loan. Mrs Florence Detrich claims the stock as the former nurse caregiver, while testimony noted beneficiaries and related families. Final arguments will be heard in two weeks with a date to be set. The case centers on who should receive stock and dividends.
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Detrich
Jennie Brown
Jennie Brown, Mother of the Late Mrs. Peterson
Floyd Brown
Dettrich
Peterson
R. D. A. Glymer
Mrz. Pearson
East Main Street
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Niagara River
Stamos
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cpl. Batchelor
Senate
J. B. Kelly
Congregation of
Assemblies OF God
City Council
Washington Street
Highways Department
Studebaker and
Packard Motor
Hoffman
Pittshurch
Pittshorch
Walter Johnson
McKeesport
Loverdale Hollow
Monongahéla River
Omrby Elizabeth
Edward E. Ruffner
Mineral Beach
Pinleyville
Waahingwn County
Ruffner
CBS
Don Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Middletown
Zant 48Th Street
Manhattan
Poli
Long Taland University
Casino Bhoe Co
Paxtang
Harrisburg East
WEJP
Setion
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