Strike Settled Restoring Nation's Economy Pace
A threatened 15 000 CIO aluminum workers strike at nine ALCOA plants was settled last night by the Wage Stabilization Board. The pact secures 21.4 cents hourly raise with retroactive 15 cents to March 10 and four cents from July 1, plus a modified union shop. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical also reached a contract with 5 000 workers. Steel firms rush output by truck and rail while DPA warns civilian supply may lag three months. steel loss estimated at 20 million tons.
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CIO
Aluminum Company of America
WSB
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Kaiser
Defense
Henry H. Fowler
Fowler
Maritime Strike Ends Bring Ships Back to Sea Coastwide
West Coast docks bustle as 6000 sailors return to work after a 62 day strike. Sailors win 5 percent wage rise, overtime pay on Saturdays, and expanded welfare benefits as SUP ratifies deal with the Pacific Maritime Association. O'Rourke backs continued talks with shipowners amid progress toward further settlement.
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West Coast
Radio Officers
Philip O’rourke
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Pacific Maritime Association
O'Rourke
Sailors Union of the Pacific
AFL
Seattle
San Pedro
Harry Lundeberg
SUP
PMA
Texans Turn Cold Shoulder To Washington
More than a million Texas voters backed Gov Allan Shivers for re election and chose Price Daniel for attorney general in a decisive election sweep. Yarborough conceded after incomplete returns showing Shivers ahead 672 459 to 395 802 with Mrs Allene Traylor trailing. A late count put Daniel 736 844 to Beckworth 234 208 and Napier 12 947.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Washngton
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Tom Connally
Shivers
Daniel
Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Allene Traylor
San Antonio
Yarborough
Traylor
Lindley Beckworth
E. W. Napier
Wichita Falls
Beckworth
Napier
Southern Democrats Split Over Eisenhower Support in 1952
Across the South, governors and party leaders weigh allegiance as States' Rights faction advocates a potential Eisenhower switch. Mississippi leaders push for a Republican slate if convention balks. Georgia figure Roy Harris breaks with both major tickets, signaling regional discontent.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sam Lumpkin
Mississippi
Eisenhower
Hugh White
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Chicago
Byrnes
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
South
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
John Sparkman
Kennon
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Roy Harris
Laws Leave 600000 Servicemen Without Vote in November
UPI reports about 600000 servicemen overseas will lose voting rights due to inadequate absentee ballots in many states. Total could near 1,000,000 including those inside the U.S. but far from home. South Carolina and New Mexico lack absentee provisions. federal ballot rules expired with World War II era treaties. Secretary Lovett urged states. Congress failed to pass new federal ballot law.
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Congress
United States
South Carolina
New Mexico
Defense Department
Robert A. Lovett
Senate
Truman
House
Alabama
Delaware
Florida
Louisiana
Utah
Top Scientists To Investigate Flying Saucers
In Washington the Air Force and Civil Aeronautics Administration pursue a saucer study after radar tracked multiple objects near Hern don Virginia and Andrews Base Maryland for hours. Officials say no threat to US air defense and focus on physicists to explain the unexplained blips.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration Traffic Control Center
CAA
Herndon
Andrew Air Force Base
Maryland
Air Force
Control Center
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United Press
United States
Iran Parliament Almost United in Confidence for Mossadegh
Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh won overwhelming support in the Majlis with 68 of 69 members voting yes and one abstaining. The vote signals broad political backing for his leadership amid ongoing national issues.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Majlis
Heavy Rain Hammers Korean Front as U S Forces Report Firefight on Old Baldy
Rain battered the Korean front for a fourth day as U S Second Division infantry killed 25 Chinese in a pre dawn clash on Old Baldy hill. Five enemy dead in a separate brief exchange near Alling barbed wire, with no further ground action reported. Navy planes attacked targets in Northeast Korea from outside the bad weather area.
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Korea
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Baldy
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Princeton
Bon Homme Richard
Sea of Japan
New Chair Plant to Open in Buncombe County
Asheville reports a new industry as Gordon Furniture Co will operate a chair manufacturing plant at Woodfin. The plant, formerly Morgan Furniture, will start with about 100 workers. Officers include C Edward Gordon of Philadelphia as president and Harry Shuford of Hickory as vice president. John Baker, six months old, died after slipping from a bed and becoming caught.
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Buncombe County
Woodfin
Gordon Furniture Co
Morgan Furniture Co
C. Edward Gordon
Philadelphia
Harry Shuford
Hickory
North Carolina Intangible Tax Totals Hit Record 3.38 Million
Raleigh officials report a record intangible tax yield of 3.382 million dollars for 1951 52 with 80 percent allocated to local governments and 20 percent to the state. Checks will be mailed next week as part of the distribution.
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Raleigh
Tar Heel
State Board of Assessment Ried
North Carolina
Reynolds Heiress Netted Two Million In Settlement
New York tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds agrees to a two million dollar settlement with his second wife Marianne O'Brien clearing the path for an upcoming divorce in Miami. Terms include cash and trust allocations for their two young sons, aduplex on the Upper East Side and a home in Miami plus two cars.
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Richard J. Reynolds
Marianne O'Brien
The
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Evin Erdheim
Reynolds
Miami
Fla
Michael
Patrick
Manhattan
Upper East Side
Sunset Island
Marianne
Dade County
Elizabeth McCaw Dillard
Winston-Salem, N. C
North Korea Radio Warns U.S. May Wreck Korean Truce
Radio Pyongyang issued a warning that American intransigence could derail the truce talks and widen the war. Delegations stalled in a lengthy session as U N. aides noted mainly minor issues delayed by North Korean staff. The broadcast blamed Gen. Harrison and accused Washington of refusing repatriation, insisting prisoners must be rescued while stating surrender is impossible.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Pyongyang
U.N
Joseph J. Borchert
U. N
Radio
United States
William K. Harrison
U. S
Klansmen Will Hear Fate Today
Superior Court Judge Williams postponed sentencing of Imperial Wizard Thomas L. Hamilton and 62 others in Ku Klux Klan flogging cases until tomorrow. Hamilton pleaded guilty to two flogging charges and faces up to four years in prison. Witnesses testified Dorsey Robinson was flogged for drinking. Esther Floyd escaped because she was pregnant, while a Klansman cut a cross in her hair.
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N. C
Superior Court
Clawson L. Williams
Tomas L. Hamilton
Leesville
S. C
Thomas L. Hamilton
Hamilton
Esther Lee Floyd
Dorsey Robinson
Chadbourn
Floyd
Robinson
Nightriders
Seats Open on Powerful Committee in New Congress
Washington reports that at least three and up to six seats may be open on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when the new Congress convenes. Deaths retirements and defeats created vacancies including Connally’s retirement and McMahon’s death. Committeemen Sparkman Lodge and Smith face re election challenges while George may seek chair of Foreign Relations if Democrats retain the Senate.
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Future Farmers of America
J. Warren Smith
North Carolina
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Connally
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Owen Brewster
Maine
Brien McMahon
Dconn
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Mass
H. Alexander Smith III
Connolly
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Heat Wave Pushed Toward Break as Cool Air Arrives
The weather forecast predicts a break in the heat spell for the Carolinas with a cool air mass from the northwest likely to arrive tomorrow. Temperatures today were near 100, with Charlotte at 102 and other cities from Greenville to Winston-Salem ranging in the low to mid 100s.
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Associated Press
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Charlotte
Mercury
Columbia
D. C
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Hickory
Greenville
8. C
Spartanburg
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Killer Says He Wanted Family Happy After Slayings
Matthias Swearson confessed to killing his wife Joyce and four children in Waterville saying the Lord commanded him to make them happy in a better world. He shot his three year old daughter with a .22 rifle then killed his wife and three other children with a butcher knife. He also killed the family dog and claimed to be going to church when arrested after being found four miles from Bridgeport nude from the waist up with non serious wounds.
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Lyle Prothero
Matthias Swearson
Prothero
Swearson
Bridgeport
Wash
Waterville
Peggy
Joyce
Kay
Karen
Matthias Jr
Lyle Prothro
Matthias
Farouk Reaches Italy With Yacht and Luggage
Ousted Egyptian king Farouk arrived in Naples aboard the royal yacht Mahroussa with more than 200 luggage pieces and 40 cases of whiskey, champagne, and gin. He traveled with King Ahmed Fuad II and Queen Mother Narriman Sadek, while NATO and Egyptian officials observed the arrival and debated his next destination.
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Italy
Farouk
Egypt
Mahroussa
Alexandria
Ahmed Fuad II
Narriman Sadek
U.S.S
Ike Starts Dem campaign as GOP moves ahead
The Democratic ticket led by Governor Adlai Stevenson and Senator John Sparkman began renewed campaigning after last week's nominations. The Republican duo Eisenhower and Nixon pushed forward with plans for the November campaign. Stevenson drew about 25,000 in Springfield Illinois, while Sparkman was greeted by 350 Alabamans in Washington. Eisenhower coordinated with campaign staff in Denver and prepared non political remarks for veterans groups. Nixon returned to Whittier California to a 5,000 strong reception and pressed prosperity as a campaign aim. Louisiana Arkansas and Louisiana primaries set for today with McMath facing challengers and Congress races to watch. Shivers and Daniel nominated in Texas based on Saturday results.
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John J. Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
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Springfield
Illinois
Sparkman
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Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
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Butler
Robert A. Taft
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Taft
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Nixon
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Earl Warren
William F. Knowland
Texas
Allan Shivers
Atty
Price Daniel
U. S
Martin Dies
House Committee On One American Activities
John Lee Smith
Arkansas
Louisieana
Weather outlook with warm temperatures
The forecast calls for a low of 72 tonight and a high of 90 tomorrow. Today’s high was expected at 99 with a low last night around 74.
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