Eisenhower seeks Taft Hartley changes in Senate push
President requests changes to Taft Hartley law as Senate debate begins and Republicans aim to pigeonhole the measure. Democrats control a backdoor strategy to send the bill back to Labor Committee while Goldwater eyes a states rights amendment backed by White House aides. The issue dominates a two week expected debate as party lines shape the rewrite of Wagner era labor rules.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Repubican
Labor Committee
Wisted
Democrats
Democrats, In Their Minority Report On the Measure. Charged Atl
H. Alexander Smith
Committee On
GOP
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Smith
White House
Taft-Hartley
Truman
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Jater
House Labor Committee
Steel Demand Rises as April Bottom Is Reached
In Hoboken N J United States Steel chairman Benjamin F Fairless reported April as the low month with operating rate near 10 percent of capacity. He said demand is turning up and backlogs exceed 5 million tons as steel flows into durable goods like autos and appliances. Baltimore railroad recalls 259 workers from furloughs in Maryland Pennsylvania and Indiana.
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Asspcmien Eiex
BAO
Baltimore
Ar ‘Ohls
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Good Deed Lands Man In Hospital
Harry Dunlap of Findley Lake, a veteran with 23 years service, suffered a severe leg injury when a corn cutter toppled from a truck after a loading incident at a farm auction near Curring Wattsburg. He was taken to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Birk.
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Harry Dunlap
Findley Lake
Veterans Administravtion Hospital
Birk
Navy
Nellie Kuchel
Curring
Bunan
Dunlap
Spitzer
New Garbage Service Begins Under Lawrence C Nichols
Lawrence C. Nichols started a new garbage collection service after winning a six year contract with She Wy. The contractor bought a 10 cubic yard low-leak hopper truck the first of its kind locally and prepared a land fill method demonstration for city officials. The disposal area is a large tract near the western limits purchased by the city.
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Lawrence C. Nichols
She Wy
Washington Street
Heavy Rains Hit Cony Residents With Power Outages
Over the weekend heavy rains drenched Cony area as temperatures spiked to 89 and a 0.39 inch downpour soaked streets. A power line outage in Wattsboro knocked out electrical service about 6:30 p.m. with repairs completed by 9:20 p.m. Showers and scattered thunderstorms were expected to continue with cooler weather tonight. Two men, Nathan J. Wil Thess Jr and John N. Pom eroy Jr, began duties as comptrollers for the Committee, announced by Philip Sharpes the finance committee chair.
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Old Mary
Cony
Wattsboro
Bert I. Cherry
Penelec
Repaimen
Nathan
Wil Thess Jr
Boston
Philadelphia
Mnd Camptroller
Philip [T. Sharpes
Finance
Shairmast
Corry Man Held In Theft Of Car From Local Man
Vincent Clark 26 of 127 Gould Street was arrested after a stolen car wreck south of Corry. He pleaded guilty to taking an automobile without consent and was held for the grand jury on $2,000 bond. Clark had prior theft and arson charges and served time in Western Penitentiary.
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Gould Street
West= tra
Clark
George Gordon
Phe Initia
Wb R. D
Wold
Clark White
Non
Fleets
Erie Car Rental
Raymond Mig
James Lewy
Silesman
Wiggers
Chirk
West Main Stireet
Iso
Police Staton
Western Penitentiary
Turkish Dem Pirouette Boosts Dems in Turkey Vote
Early returns from Turkey's general election show the Democrat party leading in 55 of 38 provinces with about two thirds of the popular vote. The Democrat estimate is 508 deputies with Republicans under 28 and Small Nation near 5, following a prior 1950 386 to 69 result.
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Associated Press
Istanbul
Turkey
Adrnan Menderes
Democrat Party
National Assembly
Democrats
Republican Party
Inte Kamal Ataturk
Republicans
Small Nation Party
Republicans and
Allies
Corry Father Held for Court in Beating Son
Robert Snodgrass of West Man Street Extension was ordered held for the grand jury on an assault and battery charge arising from a hose whipping of his eight year old son. The case, tied to an estranged marriage, featured testimony from school staff and a doctor who described injuries.
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Rober Snoderis
West Man Street
Robert Dr
Gerald McNeils
Erie
Frances Snodgrass
West Bond Street
Cobbett
Snodgrass
Con Cord
Mc Nellis
Concord ‘School
Ann Bauress
Concord School
Marguerite Nichols
Juanita Shields
Doris Tillie
Shields
McNellis
McNellls
Roger Brown
Bnodymus
Brown
Alverman
Snodgrass Whey
Rim
West Mainsueee
Fae
Man Found Slain In Paxtang Apartment
Harrisburg police described the victim as a robbery murder case. The body was found in his bloodstained Paxtang apartment, sparking an investigation into the circumstances and suspects in the city.
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Harrisburg
Vic
Paxtang
Two Brothers Hurt in Corry Auto Accident
Two brothers were injured and admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital after a collision on East Street. Devill Wilkinson 43 sustained forehead and chin abrasions with knee injuries. Ale Wilkinson sustained left side injuries and facial trauma. The driver Bomill Wilkinson remained at home.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Devill Wilkinson
Ale Wilkinson
Mbmafons
Bomi
Los
Dilworth says GOP more divided than ever in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia district attorney and 1950 gubernatorial candidate says Republicans in Pennsylvania are more split than four years ago as Lloyd Woods and Guy Fine vie for the GOP nomination. He criticizes Eisenhower on the budget and Indochina War while noting unemployment rising and the VAT tax flag carried by the party.
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Monongahela
Oay Saya Richardson Dilworth
Philadelphia
Diworth
Lloyd 1
Woods
Five Children Die in Williamsport Fire Tragedy
Fire swept a two story East End home killing five children aged 24 months to 10 years. Bernard J O Brien and Anna May escaped with injuries while the father and others aided by neighbors fought the blaze. Fire officials say the cause was undetermined and the home sustained extensive damage.
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Associated Press
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Bernard J. O'Brien
Dekh
Yok Immediately Dolerite
Bend
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Elienne Joan
Bernard Jameson
David Michael
Denna Paul
Patek
Howes
Bom
East End
Williamasport Hospital
Anna May
Howe
Harold J. Kinley Sud
Rom
McCarthy Army probe pushed for speed in testimony
Senators pressed for faster questioning of Secretary of the Army Breck Bray en as McCarthy refused to name witnesses. McCarthy said he may need days more and could call Pace and Symington along with aides Cohn and Garr to pursue alleged Communist influence in the Army.
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Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Bray
Roy M. Cohn
Francis Garr
Carthy
Frank Pace
Stevens
Army
Symington
D-Ma
Air Potee
Pace
Bymington
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A&P Workers Win Pay Increase and Benefits Pact
About 3 000 employees in 115 stores across Western Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia gain four cent per hour raise plus health and welfare benefits under a 16 month wage agreement expiring September 2004. The contract raises full time hourly rates to 1.78 and adds welfare coverage including Blue Cross hospitalization for workers and dependents.
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Coory
Aulantia and Pacific Tha Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Wlka
Becwuse
Steel Workers Plan Pact Demands In Wage Talks
CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee of 170 members meets in Pittsburgh to finalize contract demands before talks with steel companies. Observers expect focus on health and pension programs, not a guaranteed annual wage, as production lags and many workers remain furloughed or on part-time schedules.
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Associated Frep
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Baste Ateel Indus
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
McDonald
UBW
Mont
Observera
New York
Valriee
H McDonald
Union Plana
M Wilgt
Strike Threat Deferred for Western Electric Workers
A threatened walkout by 17 000 Western Electric heavy equipment workers across 44 states and the District of Columbia has been postponed while negotiations continue. The CIO union said there will be no midnight strike as talks extend beyond the deadline.
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BT Amovimcea
New York
Western Electric
District of Columbia
CIO
Bell Telephone System
Peace conference plan linked to Indochina end
Geneva reports a virtual agreement on a peace conference to halt Indochina fighting. The Soviet Union agrees to invite Vietminh representatives via Moscow rather than through Communist China, with the Western Big Three and Viet Nam’s Nguyen Quoc Dinh agreeing the move does not imply recognition of the Vietminh regime.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Indochina
Soviet Union
Commu
China
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Dulles
Washington
Milan
Marin Scel
Italy
Yugoslavia
Richard G. Casey
Russia
My Mololay
Vite
Dink
Smith
Eden
Bidault
Vieuminh
Dinh
Andrew
Om Payy
Thres
Dulles Set for Congress Talks After Geneva
Washington eyes clashes over Southeast Asia policy as Dulles returns from Geneva to face congressional and administration debates. Knowland urges rapid coalition action despite allied gaps while V iet Nam affairs and Indochina talks push toward accord among the Vietminh and Western powers.
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Associated Press
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State Dulles
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Thdoching
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Dudles
Senate
Knowland
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