Industrialist McCone Nominated to AEC Vacancy
President Eisenhower nominates John A. McCone Los Angeles industrialist and former under secretary of the Air Force to fill the Atomic Energy Commission vacancy succeeding Lewis L. Strauss. Senate confirmation pending. unclear if McCone will be chairman. McCone, 56, heads Joshua Hendy Corp. and chairs Pacific Far East Lines. Republican and Burning Tree Club member.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
John A. McCone
Los Angeles
Atomic Energy Commission
McCone
Air Force
Lewis L. Spate
White House
Strauss
Truman
Defense
James Forrestal
Joshua Hendy Corp
Pacific Far East Lines
Burning Tree Club
Jae McCone
Air Policy Commission
Senate
Anne Wheaton
MecCone
New York
Patrick J. Hillings
R.calif
Pius XI
San Marino
Calif
Harold S- Vance
AEC
Homesickness Nabs Fugitive
North Carolina escapee Jack D. Matthews, 40, recaptured in San Francisco after phoning his mother in Charlotte. He fled Raleigh state penitentiary last summer, served 7 of 18 years for robbery. A bar visit led to the call, police traced it to his hotel and arrested him.
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San Francisco
UPI
North Carolina
Jack D. Matthews
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
N.C
Matthews
Los Angeles
Charlotte
N. C
Tom Smith
Ted Lusher
Gaulle presses end to Algeria junta in clash with Paris
Charles de Gaulle demanded the end of Algeria’s revolutionary public safety committee and declared he would run Algeria from Paris with Raoul Salan as delegate general. The move signaled a showdown with the right wing civilian and military junta that ousted Paris authority and sparked a power struggle shaping Algeria’s future.
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Algeria
UPI
Charles
de Gaulle
Public Safety Committee
de. Gaulle
Paris
Raoul Salan
Jhere
de .Gaulle
France
de ‘Gaulle
Etary
San Lorenzo
San
Lorenzo Creek
Foothill ‘Blvd
Alameda County
Jamies Vivrette
U.S. Corps of, Army
Suramons
Vivrette
Viorette
Brown Sees Tough Drive Facing Nixon
Democratic candidate Brown argues Nixon faces a hard state campaign to distance himself from ultra conservative anti labor GOP elements. He cites Knowland’s candidacy and Bossism themes, predicting strong economic concerns like recession and bread and butter issues will drive voters. Brown claims his own statewide win shows broad recognition from his attorney general tenure.
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Wasringson
Brown
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Rekel
California
Guv. Goodwin J. Knight
Mom and four children killed in Pembroke fire
A smother and her four children died when fire swept through their two story cement block home in Pembroke Ontario. Victims include Mrs Cuthbert Shaput and daughters Ruth Helen and Barbara and son Ricky. The father Cuthbert Shaput left for work five minutes before the blaze started.
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Pembroke
Ont
Cuthbert Shaput
Ruth
Helen
Barbara
Ricky
Conclusive State Vote Returns Report
Incomplete returns show Governor race with Brown and Knowland, and U.S. Senate tally beginning. Republican Knowland leads in some districts while Democrat Brown gains in others, with overall totals incomplete and awaiting full counts.
Faster Vote Count Urged
Sacramento Secretary of State Frank Jordan urged a faster vote counting method for future elections so results could be known within hours. He contrasted San Francisco’s rapid results using voting machines with Los Angeles where about half the ballots remained uncounted 26 hours after polls closed.
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Sacramento
UPC
Frank Jordan
Jordan
San Francisco
Los Angeles County
California
Los Angeles
Seven-year federal sentence for Croville Bank holdup
UPI reports Timothy J. Mahoney, 43, who collapsed from malnutrition during an attempted robbery of the Croville Bank of America, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison.
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Sacramento
UPI
Timothy J. Mahoney
Croville Bank of America
Union Begins Vote on Key System Contract
Union members meet to approve a two year pact for Key System bus drivers and mechanics. The deal sets 10 and 8 cent hourly raises, enhanced vacation and health benefits, costing $963000 total. A fare increase request to the Public Utilities Commission may follow. The strike began at midnight Sunday, affecting 80,000 commuters since 1950.
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Tfee
Willi
Sun Aye Stambaugh
Glen Ll. ‘Stanley
Key System
Key
Lic Utilities Commission
Ans
Soviet Ship Hit by Pacific Fallout Claims Stir Propaganda Battle
Moscow radio reported radioactive fallout from a Pacific expedition ship on May 22, with measurements well above normal as contamination forced observation stops. U.S. scientist Ralph Lapp said the reported dose equaled the typical maximum safe daily exposure for workers, while linking the incident to prior Bikini Atoll tests and the Lucky Dragon case.
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Moscow Radio
Sciyaz
SIE
Pacific Ocean
Marshall Islands
Beerife
Eatete
United States
Britain
Washington
UPD
Ralph EB
Lapp
Western Pacific
U.S
Bikini
Syc
D Bull
Dulles Sees Doubt on Summit Parley
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee there is no guarantee a 1958 summit conference will emerge from current Moscow talks. He added there is no reason for a vacuum if Russia refuses to make agreements at a lower level.
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Washington
UPI
John’ Foster Dulles
Moscow
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Prayer for today and divine mercy and wisdom
A devotional prayer asks for the awareness of divine presence and love this day. It requests assurance of mercy and peace in inner spirit, and confidence in wisdom and heavenly power amid daily uncertainties. Amen.
Newark Driver Hits Obstacle as Worker Slips On Track
Aurelio G. Gomez, 31, of Oakland, was chipping pavement near Southern Pacific tracks on Thornton Ave Newark when Erna Zorns, 58, driving slowly, wove through barricades. Gomez was bumped from behind and knocked off balance, leaving him shaken and the scene tense.
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Newark
Jack Hamm
Aurelio ,G. Gomez
Oakland
Southern Pacific
Thornton Ave
Erna
Zorns
Dairy
Offi
Robert Nolan
Gomez
Jack
Dam Project on Jackson Street Likely
A proposed 50-foot high dam on Jackson Street would span Ward Creek to regulate flow into Jackson Street storm sewers. Officials say the structure would not serve as a reservoir except in heavy rains, ensuring a constant water release during floods at no cost to the city.
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Ward Creek
Jackson St
Son’ St
Elty
Bevan
Jackson ‘St
Navy Jet Crash Feared Near Oregon City
UPI reports a Navy F-14B from McChord Air Force Base in Washington vanished after its radar contact was lost around 8 15 am near Cottage Grove Oregon. The craft was last seen in wooded terrain south of Cottage Grove and is feared crashed.
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Oregon
Eugene, Ote
UPI
McDaord Air Force
Washington
Ananf
Cottege Grove
Ore
CAA
Eugene
Isala
Utah to Hang or Fire for Murderer Birkham Choice
The Utah Pardons Board unanimously denied a commutation appeal for condemned murderer Birkham. He was told he could choose between firing squad or hanging, becoming the first execution in Utah since 1912. Birkham reportedly said he chose hanging for morbid publicity.
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Kile
Salt Lake
Birkham
Utahs
Newmen
Segregation Still Ahead in the South Schools
A Southern School News report notes segregation remains a defining issue in the South's school districts. The coverage highlights ongoing racial separation in facilities and policies, signaling entrenched disparities shaping education.
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Lof Te- South
The
Southern School News
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