Steelworkers Return to Jobs Amid Protests Across Mills
Steelworkers streamed back to mills nationwide as maintenance crews prepared full production. In Pittsburgh some returned under protest over wage increases while J and L workers pushed for across the board raises. Open hearth heats expected within days as talks with smaller firms progress and the 55 day strike nears resolution.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Ahuippa
U. S. Steel
Alleghany Ludyim
Crucible Steel
Armistice talks reach partial wording accord at Panmunjom
Communist staff officers accepted the wording on prisoner repatriation in Paragraph 51 but rejected the Allied interpretation. Talks recessed after a 40 minute session between the No 2 truce teams. Peiping radio accused the United States of impudence for a seven day recess and demanded return of 115,000 Red prisoners.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.N
United Nations
Duncan S. Somerville
Somerville
Ain
Peiping Radio
United States
Dixon brothers sell controlling interest in Trenton Cotton Mills
A. M. Dixon and Kay Dixon announce the sale of controlling interest in Trenton Cotton Mills to J. W. Abernethy of Newton and A. Alex Shuford Jr. of Hickory. No price is disclosed. Gastonia's oldest cotton spinner organized in 1894 operates 12,816 spindles.
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Gastonia
A. M. Dixon
Kay Dixon
Trenton Cotton Mills
J. W. Abernethy
Newton
A. Alex Shuford, Jr
Hickory
Gastontonia
Hope for Cure as Family Seeks Lifesaving Diagnosis
Parents of 4 year old Kenneth Steele of Durham Maine seek a cure for a rare kidney disease. Dr Walter Kempner at Duke University Hospital examined the boy as doctors estimate he has about six months to live.
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Hope For
Durham
Kenneth Steele
Maine
Duke University Hospital
Walter Kempner
Kenneth
Raleigh Highway Bids Opened on 33 Projects
State highway engineers set bids for 33 road improvement projects totaling 272.78 miles across 33 counties. Low bids will be reviewed by the Highway Commission at its Thursday meeting. Twelve projects are funded by a 200 million dollar secondary road bond issue.
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Raleigh
The
Highway Commission
Miss America to Guest Star in The Lost Colony
Miss America Colleen Kay Hutchins of Salt Lake City will appear as a guest in Paul Green's The Lost Colony tomorrow night. She joins the cast in the colorful fish net scene for the symphonic drama’s performance here.
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Manteo
Paul Green
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Salt Lake City
Fight erupts at Allis-Chalmers jet engine plant in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana five hundred CIO and AFL union members clashed at the gates of an Allis-Chalmers jet engine plant. Six men were hurt and one was in critical condition. Police intervened preventing further violence as a back-to-work dispute escalated.
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Terre Haute
Ind
CIO
AFL
Allis- Chalmers
CIO Auto
Olice
Illinois
Alcoa Strike Slated By 15 000 Tuesday
The CIO United Steelworkers break off talks with Aluminum Co. of America and threaten a nationwide strike Tuesday affecting about 15,000 workers at plants in Alcoa Tennessee Badin North Carolinauxite Arkansas Bridgeport Connecticut Detroit Edgewater New Jersey Mobile Alabama New Kensington Pennsylvania Richmond Indiana.
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Washington
CIO
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Tenn
Badin
N.C
Uxite
Ark
Bridgeport
MIG-15s strike Korean coast damaging British Fireflies
Communist MIG-15 jets swept down from Manchuria sinking two seated Fireflies and damaging two others from the carrier Ocean near Chinnampo. One Firefly ditched near Paengnyong Island, another landed on the Ocean, and a third returned to the carrier. No crew injuries reported.
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Korea
Manchuria
Ocean
Yellow Sea
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Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Paengnyong Island
Sir James Hall
Cho
U.N
Bon Homme Richard
Princeton
Puryong
Chosen
Chosen No. 2
McMahon Near Death After Spinal Operation
Senator Brien McMahon lies near death at Georgetown University Hospital four weeks after spinal surgery. Personal physician Dr J Philip Caufield said recovery seems unlikely and death may come today. The Connecticut Democrat, a 1952 presidential hopeful, withdrew from the race due to illness.
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Washington
Brien McMahon
Congressional Atomic Energy
Georgetown Univer Hospital
J. Philip Caufield
McMahon
Connecticut
Eisenhower Keeps Up Campaign Pace With Key GOP Leaders
Eisenhower, after a Colorado fishing break, meets with Republican advisers led by Gov. Sherman Adams and campaign chair Arthur Summerfield. Nixon and Eisenhower vow a focused, issues driven race as they plan speeches at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Los Angeles and the American Legion convention in New York.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Fraser
Colo
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Arthur E. Summerfield
Flint
Mich
Henry Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Hugh Butler
Neb
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
American Legion
New York City
Nine Die Violently in North Carolina Weekend
United Press reports at least nine deaths over the weekend in North Carolina from accidents and violent events. Six were traffic and two from trains with one suicide, numbering individuals including James Paul Burton of Asheville and others across Madison, Mecklenburg, Robeson, Granville, New Bern, Mt Olive, and Pinehurst areas.
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United Press
North Carolina
James Paul Burton
Asheville
Beaverdam Road
Joe Arthur Payne
Barnard
Walnuta
Madison County
Illiam Luther Holland
Charlotte
U. S. 29
Clinton Williamson
Carthage
Robeson County
Fairmont
Edgar Lawrence Howard
Granville County
Oxford
August George Truske
New Bern
Norfolk and Southern
Eddie Searcy
Mt. Olive
Atlantic Coast Line
Mount Olive
Warren Rigsbee
West End
Beulah Bill Church Road
Pinehurst
Ray B. Haney
FFA Convenes Raleigh for 24th Annual Convention
Gov. Scott heads speakers for the open session of the 24th annual Future Farmers of America convention in Raleigh. Delegates from 440 Tar Heel chapters in 98 counties register for the three day event as cash awards totaling 12000 dollars are given for outstanding farming and leadership efforts.
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FFA
Raleigh
Gov
Scott
Future Farmers of America
Tar Heel
Mississippi Democrats Plan to Bolt Party for Eisenhower Support
Mississippi sources report some Democrats plan to bolt the party and back Eisenhower as independents. A slate of electors unaffiliated with both major parties would appear on the general election ballot, backed by figures prominent in the 1948 States Rights movement. Gov. Hugh White signaled possible developments while stressing watchful waiting in the South.
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Miss
Mississippi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Press
Eisenhower
Hugh White
White
South
Mississipi
Democrats Study Convention Streamlining In Chicago
Democratic leaders at the 31st convention debated streamlining methods to shorten hours of state delegation polling. Calls arose for a nationwide primary or preferential primaries, tighter polling rules, and polling in a separate room to avoid interrupting convention business. Proposals also included eliminating fractional voting and moving toward a more efficient nominating process.
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Chicago
Frank E. McKinney
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Margaret M. O'Riordian
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
David Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Monroe Sweetland
Oregon
Body believed to be Terrell McCurry found in Lake James
Police await identification after a body recovered yesterday in Lake James is tentatively identified as Terrell McCurry, 21, of Micaville. McCurry went missing on May 4 during a fishing trip with France Thomas, 52, and Thomas’ son Albert, 28, both of Micaville, and was presumed drowned.
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Lake James
Terrell McCurry
Micaville
McCurry
France Thomas
Thomas
Albert
Guards Watch Iranian Shah as Egypt crisis looms
TEHRAN Iran AP Guards at the Shah’s palace faced possible protests amid King Farouk’s abdication news. Tanks stood by for emergencies as Tudeh calls for a republic and constitutional limits on Mohammed Reza. Nationalists clashed with demonstrators over plaques of Roosevelt and Stalin while Mossadegh met the U.S. envoy and World Bank invited Hussein Makki to discuss Anglo Iranian oil talks.
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Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Egypt
Farouk
Elizabeth II
Britain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Street
U.S
World Bank
Majority In Parliament Backs Egyptian Regime
Cairo reports say Gen. Mohammed Naguib secured broad backing from the Wafd party and other factions after King Farouk abdicated. The Wafd leader Nahas Pasha pledged support on landing, while Naguib ordered forces to fire on demonstrators and hinted that further steps to stabilize the state would follow.
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Egypt
Naguib
Wafd
U. S
Mohammed Naguib Bey
Farouk
al Misri
Abbas Halim
Pres
Madrassa
Mustapha
Nahas Pasha
Nahas
Parachute Failure Kills Young Mother at Budd Lake
Dorothy Berard 24, of Harrison, dies after parachute fails to open during Budd Lake Airport parachuting initiation in New Jersey. Spectators react in panic as her husband Joseph Berard, an ex paratrooper with 74 jumps, collapses. A nearby plane crash injures none. another jumper, Sarah Hazelett, is knocked unconscious. Club member calls the tragedy the end for the Sky Divers Club.
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Budd Lake
N. J
Dorothy Berard
Harrison
Joseph
Sky Divers Club
Budd Lake Airport
Berard
Sarah Hazelett
Union
Stevenson Plans Campaign Swing With Truman Barkley
President Truman and Vice President Barkley will stump for Adlai E. Stevenson as the Democratic ticket gears up for the fall race against Eisenhower. Stevenson departs Chicago for Springfield after a Bloomington stop, while Sparkman outlines a strong campaigning force from House and Senate and governors.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Truman
Alben Barkley
Stevenson
Bloomington
Ill
Illinois
Frank E. McKinney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Truman
Barkley
Sparkman
House
Senate
Alabama
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
California
New South
Rescuers Save Thirty Two In Plane Crash
A Tropic Airlines plane ditched in the Mediterranean after an engine failure. Air Force and British airline help led to a four hour rescue of 32 aboard a Malta to Ben Gala flight with life rafts and crews pulling 28 passengers plus four crew to safety.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Tropic Airlines
Mediterranean Sea
Wheelus Field
Tripoli
Air Force
Malta
Bengali
Libya
Temperatures Forecast With Warm Up Tomorrow
Tonight's low 72 degrees and tomorrow's high 95 degrees. Today's high reached 100 while last night's low was 74 degrees.
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