55000 Phone Workers Poised For Walkout
New York fed mediators entered deadlocked talks between the Communication Workers of America and Western Electric as a nationwide strike threatened 53000 workers. An estimated 10000 CWA members in the Bay Area could idle, with another 10000 likely to honor picket lines, though local service was said to remain intact unless a major failure occurs.
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New York
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Communication Workers of America
Western Electric Company
CWA
Bay Area
Hayward Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Lettered gun controls surprise Belfast MP Hyde
Col H Montgomery Hyde, a Belfast MP and crime expert, criticizes loose U S firearm controls as a key factor in American crime. He notes the ease of buying guns after a two week study of California prisons and calls the situation surprising.
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Col
H. Montgomery Hyde
United States
Hyde
Belfast
Ireland
California
U S Rejects Chinese Call for Newsman Reciprocity
Washington reports that the United States rejected a Chinese Communist proposal for reciprocal entry of newsmen. The State Department cited immigration laws barring Communist entrants except by special permission, making any reciprocal agreement impossible. Ambassador Alexis Johnson told China’s Wang Ping-nan in Geneva that the U S would consider Chinese journalists on individual applications.
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Washington
INS
United States
U.S
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Geneva
NY Financier Clen Denin Ryan Dies By Suicide
New York financier and civic figure Clen denin J. Ryan, 50, grandson of Thomas Fortune Ryan, shot himself at his East Side Manhattan home. A former reformer and secretary to Fiorello LaGuardia, he was found dead with a .45 pistol beside him. He had long attacked alleged city government incompetence and mismanagement, often targeting Tammany Hall.
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New York
Its
Clendenin J. Ryan
Manhattan
Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Fiorello LaGuardia
Tammany Hall
New York City
Cycles Suspected In Weber Canyon Fire Cause
Officials probed a 700 acre Weber Canyon blaze near Placerville California for possible ignition by a band of motorcyclists as investigators work to determine the fire as a suspected catalyst and assess origin.
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Placerville
Calif
Weber Canyon
Noted St. Marys Professor Dies After Long Service
SAN FRANCISCO James Hagerty longtime professor at St Marys College died yesterday at St Marys Hospital. He was 54. Hagerty served 43 years with the college as professor of English history dramatic art and world classics organizer of the school of education director of drama and dean of the School of Arts and Letters.
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San Francisco
James Lagerty
St. Mary’s College
St. Mary's Hospital
Hagerty
School of Education
School of Arts and Letters
Lost Girl Found Safe In Mountain Search
A two year-old Denver girl lost all night in rugged high altitude country near Apex Colorado was found alive early this morning. Gilpin County sheriff's officers state patrolmen and volunteers spent 16 hours combing the area before locating Betty Colburn daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy L Colburn of Denver. Initial fears centered on exposure in the near freezing temperatures.
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Apex
Colo
Denver
Gilpin County Sheriff's
Betty Colburn
Guy L. Colburn
Suspicious Lover Arrested for Faithfulness Quest
Chicago police jailed 22 year old Victor Rodriguez after neighbors alerted detectives while he watched from a tree across from his girl’s home. He had been checking each night to see if she sneaked out, but was found by officers during a rain drenched stakeout outside Gresham station.
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Chicago
INS
Victor Rodriguez
Gresham Station
Psychiatrist testifies Klass insane at time of murder
In Oakland California Dr Bernard Diamond argues Saul Sidney Klass suffered from systematized paranoid delusions both now and at the time of the May 12 killing of Dr Harold Trimble. He cites the wife Elis Klass suicide in 1954 as a trigger while countering three other psychiatrists who deemed Klass sane and faking insanity.
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Oakland
San Francisco
Saul Sidney Klass
Harold Trimbie
Bernard [Diamond
Klass
Trimble
Diamond
Elis Klass
Cities Vie For State College Site In South County
Southern Alameda County officials push to locate a new state college within a 64 square mile area between Regent’s southern edge and the San Leandro Oakland boundary. Fremont Hayward and Newark hold preliminary plans with three to four possible Fremont sites, while Hayward eyes Dodge properties, Alvarado Street park, and Continental Can Co site.
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Hayward
Alameda County
Chamber of Commerce
State Dept .of Education
UN Wen Xeandre
Dodge
Davis St
Alvarado St
137Th ‘Ave
Continental Can Co
Castro
Valley Chamber
Bayward
Newark
Ais
Moscow Fall Kills Noted Italian Fashion Expert
Russian authorities in Kiev confirmed Italian fashion expert Alvise Baldin fell to his death from a hotel window during a Russia tour showcasing fashions modeled by Italians. Baldin represented the Rome house Gio van dlli and was a noted figure in fashion circles.
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Moscow
INS
Kiev
Alvise Baldin
Baldin
Rome
Ot Giovandlli
Russia
Japanese Envoy Arrives In Cairo For Talks
In Cairo Japanese envoy Tako Ito arrives to promote Japan Egypt trade ties. He will visit Sudan Iran Lebanon Turkey and Syria as part of Japan bid for a United Nations Security Council seat.
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Tako Ito
Exo
Japan
Egypt
Sudan
Iran
Lebanon
Turkey
Syria
Oree
United Nations Security
Coun
Newport Naval Base Meet With Ike Faubus
The White House announced Eisenhower will meet Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus at Newport Naval Base on Saturday morning. Rep. Brooks Hays relayed Faubus’s travel plans and a telegram to the President was said to be on the way, amid confusion over White House comments on school integration news. The White House criticized a Newport broadcast as junk and unfounded.
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Newport
R.I
White House
Eisenhower
Orval B. Faubus
Arkansas
Newport Naval Base
Faubus
James C. Hegerty
Brooks Hays
D. Ark
Sherman Adams
Washington
Hagerty
Little Rock
Navy Base
Girl Attacked by Dog Needs Surgery in Fremont
A 23 month old girl, Sandra Rusin, was severely bitten on the face and head yesterday when a collie attacked her in front of her home. Her mother and a neighbor restrained the dog, which was later impounded. The owner faces possible citations under city dog licensing and leash laws. The dog was found in the yard of Robert Dubanski, who said he had chained it earlier.
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Robert Coop
Dubanski
Soviet Engineer Graduates Rise in Russia
Soviet Minister for Higher Education Vyacheslav Yelyutin announced 80,000 engineers would graduate from Russian universities by the face 4 of 1957, up 11,000 from 1956. He forecast 97,000 more engineering specialists to finish in 1958, noting growth comes at the expense of humanities.
Two Airmen Die in Jet Bomber Crash at Andrews AFB
Two airmen were killed early today when a Best jet bomber crashed during an attempted landing at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland. The aircraft inbound from Del Rio Texas went down in a wooded area shortly after 2 am during a second approach.
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Andrews Afb
Andrews Air Forces Base
Air Force
del Rio
Tex
Syrian military spokesman cites Israeli raid on Altawafik village
A Syrian military spokesman said Israeli troops occupied the village of Altawafik in the demilitarized frontier zone yesterday. He alleges the Israelis expelled Arab residents and conducted map-making operations before withdrawing.
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Damascus
Syria
Altawafik
Dhe’ Demilitarized Frontier Zone
Nhebidanis
Anid
Syrians Delay Moscow Visit From Damascus
Damascus reports that the Syrian foreign affairs committee postponed their Moscow trip. Committee chairman Ihsan Jibri said the visit will now take place on April 15 next year amid speculation of growing caution about closer ties with Moscow.
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Ins
Moscow
Syrian Foreign Affairs Committee
Ihsan Jibri
Ther
San Francisco Woman Held in August Killing
A 34 year old seamstress Irene Henry was held by San Francisco police on suspicion of murdering 76 year old Santa Rosa man William Phinney. Police said she confessed to bludgeoning Phinney to death in Santa Rosa before moving to San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Santa Rosa
Calif
Irene Henry
William Phinney
Squall sinks boat in India killing about 30
A sudden squall capsized a river boat near Calcutta in the Hooghly River leaving about 30 passengers dead and another 30 swimming to shore. The incident occurred about 20 miles from the shore.
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India
Calcutta
Hooghly River
Threat to Nixon's Life Reported by FBI and Secret Service
Washington DC Vice President Richard Nixon faced multiple threats to his life, prompting an FBI investigation and doubled Secret Service protection. The calls were made to the Nixon home in Washington with one received by Mrs Nixon, tied to the civil rights battle in the Senate.
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Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
FBI
Secret Service
Nixon
Senate
Russian Missile Weakness Revealed by Expert
Moscow reported top missile official Maj. Gen. G I Pokrovsky warned that Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missile is not unbeatable. He noted a fixed flight path and said an anti missile missile could intercept it in seconds using electronic computers.
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Moscow
Nsj
Russia
G. I. Pokrovsky
Patrio
Pokrovaxy
Pair Executed By Chinese Reds
Tokyo reports Communist China executed two alleged Nationalist Chinese spies for participate in an alleged plot to blow up Canton causing panic.
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Tokyo
China
Canton
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