Nation's Phone Service Period Strike Is Called
Washington WPA CIO Communications Workers launched a strike against Western Electric affecting 16,000 members across 43 states and DC. Picketing was to extend city by city as talks in New York collapsed over wages and holiday pay.
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Washington
CWA Rer
Western Electric
District of Columbia
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New England Bell Telephone Co
CWA
Western
New York
G. F. Raymons
Westerns
Electac
Lumbermen oppose wage hikes in San Francisco talks
San Francisco reports show Twenty eight central California tuber operators meeting there still oppose any wage increase for striking lumbermen. The loose federation cites down lumber prices and wage rates 40 percent above 1950 as reasons to refuse cost hikes. The group covers over 30 mills employing 5709 workers amid broader strike actions across the West involving AFL CIO unions and sawmill workers seeking a 23 12 percent raise.
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San Francisco
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
CIO International — Woodworkers of America
Washington
Oregon
California
AFL
Los Angeles
Federal Mediation Service
APL
Seattle
TWA
Northern Pacific Railway
Rayonier Timber Company
Moguiam
Wash
George H. Boldt
Dale Atkins
AEL
Sweet Home
Orea
Spokane
Portland
George K. Miller
Linn County
Columbia River
Leaders Extend Ceasefire In Guatemala Conflict Trialed
In San Salvador Guatemalan junta chief Col l Fe go Monzon and Gen Carlos Castillo Armas extended the ceasefire to 9 am tomorrow as government troops moved to quell Red sparked peasant uprisings. Negotiations for a permanent peace stalled with undisclosed snags and no clear resumption time. Castillo Armas to Chiquimula and Monzon to Guatemala City were reported as both factions sought a unified government while purging communist influence.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
INS
Guatemala
Col
Lfego Monzon
Beration
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Chiquimula
Guatemala City
Monzon
Castillo, Armas
Epucace
Suspended FHA Official Refuses to Testify on Party Allegations
A suspended Federal Housing Administration official Andrew Frost invoked the Fifth Amendment before the Senate banking committee and refused to answer questions about a alleged "girlie" party for contractors in New Mexico. He faced questions on two expense paid fishing trips, travel expense charging to the PHA, and a December 1952 coin matching incident, while details about other contractors and gambling allegations tied to FHA officials were discussed.
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Washington
INS
Federal Housing Administration
Senate
New Mexico
Andrew Frost
Senate Banking Committee
Activ
PHA
Frost
FHA
Norman J. Mason
New Mexican
PHA_ Committee
William Simon
Hollomen
Apnor
Simon
Alamagordo
N. M
Burton C. Bovard
Clyde le
Powell
Virginia Beach
Chicago
Eisenhower seeks to push atomic act through Congress
The administration presses a compromise to weaken Republican resistance to an international uranium pool and sharing atomic secrets. concessions to Democrats over private industry powers aim to clear the way for enactment, with Lewis Strauss and W Sterling Cole backing the plan. Bricker faces key opposition to joint review authority.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Art International Uranium Pool
John Bricker R
House
Senate
Bricker
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee
Lewis Strauss
W. Sterling Cole
R. N.Y
Strauss
Knowland threatens fight to block Red China in U S
Senator William F. Knowland warned in the Senate that he will resign as Republican Floor Leader if Communist China is admitted to the United Nations He said he would then lead a drive to withdraw the U S from the UN and end funding, criticizing allied policy in Indochina and warning of a major push to admit China later this year He urged an agonizing reappraisal of American foreign policy and cited potential actions across Asia and the Pacific.
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Washington
INS
William F. Knowland
Senate
China
Ber
Unitea Saticas
Californian
U. S
World Organization
Indochina
Viet Nam
Knowland
Johny
Foster Dulles
U. N
General Assembly
United Nations
United States
Enowland
France
Red River
Vietnam
Asia
Central America
Guatemala
Free World
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Malaya
India
Pakistan
Formosa
Japan
Indonesia
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
THEP
Alaska
Hawaii
New York
Ike Tax Reform Nears Passage In Senate
Ike's big tax reform bill moves toward passage in the Senate after House approval. Republicans and Democrats tout political gains for next November while debates loom over dividend relief and income tax cuts. The administration lauds votes as a push against tax relief for higher earners, with key Republican and Democratic proposals facing likely defeat as the bill nears final passage before nightfall. For now, the bill carries relief aims for business expansion and job creation, amid broader partisan clash. Youth center in Decoto elects officers for evening meeting, Chester Caldeirs announces.
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Washington
Senate
ONTE
Eisenhower
House
Eugene T. Millikin i Cole
William Langer
N.D
Wayne K. Morse
Ind. Ore
Joseph R. McCarthy
Walter F. George
Airman In Stolen Car Gets Caught With Speeding
Hayward Police stopped a green station wagon speeding on Jackson Street the driver Edward- Frank Dolengewier 27 of Parks Air Force base failed to show ID and claimed haste to reach 30 am reveille at Parks Air Force base.
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Jon
Edward- Frank Dolengewier
Parks Air Force Base
Hayward
Frank
Romero
Jackson Street
Dolengewicz
Wes
Reveille
Key System Strangled East Bay Transit Speeches Call For Action
Alameda County transit debate grows as Key System faces PUC pre hearing. Swan Wright urge unified city councils to back transit takeover and oppose private operation in favor of East Bay residents. Officials warn of fare hikes and rail replacement with motor coaches, with Hayward seeking extended service.
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Oakland
Key
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit
East Bay
Public Utility Commission
Sherwood Swan
Charles J. Wright
East
Bay
Ity
PUC
Vb. Worthington
Sen Mateo
Delengewica
Romero
Key System to abandon Hast Bay and trans Bay train lines
The Key System plans to abandon all its Hast Bay and trans Bay trains within one to two years and replace service with buses. J R Worthington chief traffic engineer disclosed the change at a pre hearing conference with the State Public Utilities Commission yesterday.
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San Francisco
J.R. Worthington
Trafffic
State Public Utilities Commission
Senator Butler Suffers Stroke In Critical Condition
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska, 76, was rushed to the Naval Medical Center Bethesda after a stroke at his home, reportedly in his sleep. He remained unconscious hours after admission. Curtis called his condition critical. Butler, serving his third Senate term, had a long career on the Interior Committee.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
Neb
Naval Medics Center
Bethesda
Butler
Senate
Nebraska
Dwight D. Griswold
Eva Bowsing
Interior Committee
Hayward Boy Enrolls at Kansas University
Norman Car Rose of Hayward enrolls among 208 students for the 1954 summer session at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
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Hayward
Kansas University
Lawrence
Kan
Norman
Rose
Fairview Avenue
University of Kansas
GOP Proposes Rules Change To Force Committee Meetings
The Senate Republican policy committee proposed a rules change to prevent a chairman from refusing to call a committee or subcommittee meeting. If a chair declines, the next senior majority member could convene within 10 days after a request to the Senate secretary by a majority of the panel. The plan also limits questioning to committee members and authorized staff, barring assistants from hearings.
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Washington
Republican Policy Committee
Sen+ate
William ©. Jenner
R-Ind
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Karl E. Mundt
S.D
Charles E. Potter
GOP
McCarthy
Mundt
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Pentagon
McCarthy Wks
Ferguson
Policy Committee
Senate
Secretary of the
Hhe
Robbery Suspect Pleads Innocent in Hayward Bank Heist
Richard E. Davis, 27, charged with robbing the Hayward branch of American Trust, pleaded innocent Tuesday morning. Judge T. Li Foley set a preliminary hearing date. Davis, who lives on Jane Street, was captured hours after the getaway car was found in his driveway. Police said he confessed after bank teller identified him. a 12 year old found the loot at home. Attorney Leo Sullivan represents Davis.
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Richard E. Davis
Hayward
American Trust Company
Davis
Leo Sullivan
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