Auto Industry Talks Center On Liability
Detroit reports say Ford accepted in principle the idea of shared jobless pay under a guaranteed annual wage plan. Talks focus on how much Ford would supplement state unemployment for laid off workers to stabilize a looming strike. GM reportedly discussed higher pensions and a stock-purchase plan, while UAW’s push remains for broader wage protection and implementable funding.
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Tenze
Ford
CIO
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Walter Reuther
UAW
Reuther
General Motors
Detroit Times
Times
the Times
Can’t Get My Report Card Back
A boy tells his teacher he cannot retrieve his report card. He jokes that he earned an A in some topic and that the paper is still mailed to relatives.
Hoegh Open to Soviet Farm Delegation Visit
Des Moines Governor Leo Hoegh said he would join a Iowa farmers delegation to Russia if invited. The American group, chosen by farm groups and land grant colleges including Iowa State, will study Russian agricultural methods as part of a reciprocal exchange with Russian farmers touring American farms, notably in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Iowa
Russia
Iowa State College
Life in Dead Baby Detected at Houston Mortuary
A premature four month old girl declared dead at a Houston funeral home showed a heartbeat when moved to a hospital. Osteopath Dr. Robert Kelley and attendant J. Robert Corry reported the infant, weighing 2 pounds 2 ounces, revived after relocation and artificial respiration failed. The event followed an initial pronouncement of death for the infant born to Mrs. M. C. Dupree.
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Houston
M. C. Dupree
Robert P. Kelley
Pat Foley
Eld
Corry
Kelley
Four Teen-Agers Traffic Fatalities in Branford Crash
Four teenagers died after an early morning collision on U S Route 1 in Branford. Yale freshmen John P Flanagan Jr., Walter H Amor, Marcia C Balter, and Nancy Kneen perished from injuries in the crash with a truck driven by Eugene Oldham 42 of Plymouth Mass. Oldham remained hospitalized with spine and rib fractures.
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Conn
Yale
John P. Flanagan Jr
Bridgeport
Walter H. Amor
Baltimore
Marcia C. Balter
Wellesley
Mass
Nancy Kneen
Hamden
Kneen
Harold F. Kneen
Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co
Eugene Oldham
Plymouth
Pennsylvania RR Plans New Station and World’s Largest Building
The Pennsylvania Railroad and Webb & Knapp Inc. reached terms for building a new station and a massive commercial complex on the current Pennsylvania Station site in New York City. The project would expand on an earlier agreement granting Webb & Knapp title to two blocks of adjacent trackage for a large building estimated at about 100 million dollars, to be built over the tracks. The station handles around 70 million passengers yearly. Details of the new agreement were not released.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Webb & Knapp Inc
Pennsylvania Station
New York City
Pennsylvania
Webb & Knapp
State Dept Gratified by Russia's Acknowledgment on Yugoslavia
The State Department said it is gratified by Russia's apparent acceptance of Yugoslavia's determination to stay free from Soret domination.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Yugoslavia
Employment At High Level Here in Council Bluffs
Estimated employment in Council Bluffs on June 1 rose by 100 from May 1 and 200 from a year earlier, with most gains among women. City employment set at 14 200 and May registered job seekers numbered 309, including 218 men and 91 women.
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Comet Bluffs
John A. Nason
Iowa Employment Service
Nason
Seek Free Vaccine For Every American Child
Senate Democrats move to provide free Salk polio vaccine for every American child. The bill, led by Chairman Hill of Alabama, aims to extend beyond Eisenhower’s plan to cover all children whose families cannot afford the shots. A committee meeting to consider the proposal is slated for Monday. one Democratic member is absent in Europe.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Hill
D-Ala
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Murray
Montana
Europe
Denies Delay Request in Triplett Murder Trial
District Judge R G Rodman refused a defense request for a one week postponement of the Ernest G Triplett murder trial set to start June 6 in Le Mars. Triplett pleads innocent to the killing of 12 year old Jimmy Bremmer in an arson case last fall.
Painsteking Burglar Strikes Hillsborough Garden Garden
A sentimental burglar in Hillsborough, California removed two potted plants from a home, replanted them in a protected yard, and traded the pots, sparing harm to any living things. Local police investigate the garden caper amid quiet neighborhood concerns.
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Truant Tractor Turns Turtle in Creek Dump
A farm tractor owned by J. C. Cleveland of Route 3 toppled into a deep creek after rolling down a slope unattended while the operator, Glen Hogueisson, closed a gate. The machine plowed through two fences and fell some 50 feet into mid stream. late Friday morning Cleveland sought a plan to retrieve the vehicle.
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Route 3
Glen Hogueisson
Cleaveland
Weather Outlook Promises More Rain and Warm Spells
The weatherman forecasts occasional thunderstorms in southwest Iowa Friday night and Saturday afternoon or evening. An early Friday thunderstorm dropped about .45 inches with hail near Fairmount Park. Friday highs near 87, lows 66, and a hill area gauge recorded .2 inches. The five day outlook calls for 1 to 2 inches of rain, temperatures 4 to 8 degrees above normal, with a cooling trend Sunday and warmer days Tuesday onward.
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Iowa
Fairmount Park
Weather Bureau
Barbara Graham dies in California gas chamber
Barbara Graham, 32, dies in San Quentin gas chamber after a series of last minute legal delays amid a triple execution for the same murder. Co-defendants Jack Santo, 54, and Emmet Perkins, 47, also executed amid years of related killings and appeals.
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Barbara Graham
California
Southern California
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Emmet Perkins
Graham
Burbank
Mabel Monahan
Goodwin Knight
Federal Court
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Supreme Court
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Supreme
Fatalities and Damages Reported in Council Glutts Events
Fragmentary data lists fatalities numbered 3 and 4 with damages totaling 85 988 and 109 890. References include years 1934 1965 and entities labeled Town and Council. No full narrative or clear context available in readable text.
Conrad Edges Scrutton to Reach Amateur Final
Joe Conrad of San Antonio Texas defeated Phil Scrutton of England 5 and 4 in the Briitsh Amateur Golf Championship to reach the 36 hole final Saturday. His opponent will be Alan Slater of England who beat Arthur Perowne 3 and 2.
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England
Joe Conrad
San Antonio
Tex
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Conrad
Alan Slater
Arthur Perowne
President Eisenhower Makes Flight to Gettysburg
President Eisenhower flew in a small two engine plane to his Gettysburg country home, marking his first air trip to Gettysburg. Lt. Col. Draper and Maj. Mitchell piloted the craft as a Secret Service aide accompanied the President. The grass runway at Gettysburg Airport lies near the Eisenhower farm north of town.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Eisenhower Farm
William G. Draper
Air Force
Speer
Columbine
Draper
Maj
John Mitchell
Seciet Service
Surprise Drive To Collect State Gas Tax From Truckers
Iowa's border gas tax drive near the Missouri line yields assessments up to 5.20 per truck as drivers pay to cover the 5 cent Iowa levy rising to 6 cents reaching into the state. The campaign, led by Treasurer Abrahamson, plans to extend to the Nebraska border and continues through Saturday noon.
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Missouri
Nebraska
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Cota Brida
Sun Panassung Abrahamson
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Iowa Gas Tax Division
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Lamont
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Hemburg
Lee
van Buren
Maryville
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Mott
al Smith
Sioux City
Parolee Nabbed After Newton Shooting
Des Moines officers capture Thomas Dodd, 30, a Cha- os prison parolee, in Des Moines near East 24th and Hull after a shooting spree in Newton wounded Elmer Comstock, 48, Gloris Fox, 28, and off duty officer Charles Hutchins, 27. Dodd surrendered without resistance following a tip from Adams School area residents.
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Thomas Dodd
Chaois
Newton
Elmer Comstock
Gloris Fox
Charles Hutchins
Dodd
Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
East 24Th and
Hull Streets
Adams School
Airmen may be released by Red China
The State Department said it has no official word about a report that 11 U S airmen may be freed in 24 hours. Press Officer Henry Suydam noted he hopes the reports are true but stressed no official confirmation exists.
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Washington
State Department
Red
Hoegh Lost 1800 On Colorado Springs Night Club Deal
Gov Hoegh disclosed at a news conference that he invested 1800 in a Colorado Springs night club tied to a federal income tax lien. He said foreclosure, two $20,000 mortgages, and a $7,000 real estate tax tainted the lien, and the property has not operated since 1851.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Hoegh
Nick Lucas
Four outstanding farmers of 1955 receive salvation claim
MINNEAPOLIS four outstanding young farmers of 1955 agreed Friday that increased technical know how is the salvation of the struggling young farmer. The four earned their titles Thursday night in the Nationwide contest sponsored jointly by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce and the American Petroleum Institute. Winners include Clint Harbers Homer Beedle Alvir Hansen and Jack Thomson with Harbers stressing using county and Extension Service guidance to adopt new farming techniques.
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America
U. S
Harbers
Homer B. Beedle
Cle Elum
Wash
Alvir. H Hansen
Stanton, Mich
Jack G. Thomson
Button- Willow
Tex
Slow phase set for Washington Main Bryant traffic lights
Traffic lights at the Washington Ave and Main and Bryant Sts junction will enter a very slow phase next week. Captain Eldon Winger said timing will be set to 1.5 minutes between changes with a new large timing device ordered to implement the change amid pedestrian hazard complaints. The longest current phase is 71 seconds. City Traffic Commission and City Council ordered the long time phase change.
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Bryant Sts
Eldon E. Winger
Winger
City Traffic Commission
Robbery at Cleveland Trust Branch halts Friday trading
A P Four panel robbed a Cleveland Trust Co branch Friday shortly after the Federal Reserve opened. Police reported the bandits escaped with a fifty thousand dollar haul. No injuries were listed and investigators pursued leads.
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Gerts Depeice
Tito Unaffected By Reconciliation With Soviets
London says Yugoslavia will keep Western ties intact after talks in Belgrade. Foreign Office notes Tito assured Western relations would remain unaffected by reconciliation with the Soviet Union as Belgrade seeks to normalize Moscow ties.
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Foreign Office
Tito
Yugoslavia
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Soviet Union
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