Patience Pays Off as Airmen Freed by Red China
Secretary Dulles hailed Red China's release of 11 U S airmen as a victory for patience and for Eisenhower policy. Eisenhower and Hagerty praised relief for the men and families, with U N secretary general Hammarskjold cited for prior efforts. Details of reunions await further arrangements.
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Washington
of Dulles
China
U.S
Eisenhower
Dulles
United States
James C. Hagerty
Pieping
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Hagerty
Air Force
Far East
Toronto Girl Completes English Channel Swim
Marilyn Bell, 17, becomes the youngest to swim the English Channel finishing in 14 hours 36 minutes near Dover England. She emerged amid cheering crowds and was greeted by Florence Chadwick, the women's record holder, after battling a difficult current.
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Dover
England
Marilyn ‘Bell
Toronto
British Isles
Marilyn
Florence Chad- Wick
Board Plan for Rail Settlement
Washington A presidential emergency board recommended a 40 hour week for railroad yard service engine employes. The report aims to settle a dispute between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engine-men and major railroads, proposing earning guarantees for road crews, carrier demanded rule changes, and a four cent rise for yard workers. The plan is nonbinding and would cost about seven million dollars yearly. board members included Curtis J. Shake, Martin P. Catherwood, and G Allen Cash Jr.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
Indiana Supreme Court
Curtis J. Shake
Dean Martin P. Catherwood
New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
G. Allen Cash Jr
Philadelphia Labor Disputes Arbitrator
Surplus Wheat Shipment to Libya Announced
The International Cooperation Administration announced 6,800 tons of surplus U S wheat will be shipped this month to Libyan authorities. This is the third allotment to Libya in two years, totaling 39,000 tons. Half departs Philadelphia aboard the U S Examer this week, arriving in Tripoli in about two weeks. The other cargo sails from Philadelphia aboard the S S Ocean Victory around August 15.
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Washington
International Cooperation Administration
U.S
Libya
U. S
Philadelphia
U. S. Examiner
Tripoli
S. S. Ocean Victory
Russians to pull troops from Austria by October first
Moscow broadcasts report that Soviet Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov ordered 44 000 Russian occupation troops to depart Austria by October 1 a month before the deadline. The deadline extension was rescinded by the new order four days after the effective date.
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Moscow
Georgi Zhukov
Austria
Fuel Is Moved Into Jet Plant
Pickets stood aside as a trainload of fuel entered the Westinghouse jet engine plant in Kansas City. Four attempts to bring in the 40 cars failed due to human blockades on the tracks. A court order barred pickets from blocking entry. Sheriff Owsley warned the fuel posed a dangerous explosion and fire hazard, leading the union to call off the action.
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Kansas City
Westinghouse
Hly
Missouri Pacific
Kenneth Worley
United Auto Workers (Cio
Expensive Jump Costs Airman Fifteen Dollars
An Air Force parachutist at Selfridge Air Force Base performed a demonstration jump at Silver Beach in Benton Harbor Michigan. He lost his wallet containing 315 dollars when it popped from his pocket on impact with the water. A sheriff advised the union heat was causing fuel to overflow from tank cars on a siding.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Air Force
L. Phillip Beilfus
Selfridge Air Force Base
Silver Beach
Joy
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