Crisis Weekend Pressures End Rail Strike In Britain
Britain faces a crisis weekend as the 67000-strong rail engineers and firemen strike. Sir Brian Robertson and Sir Wilfred Neden prepare talks with Jim Baty to push a peace plan from the Trades Union Congress. The government refuses to negotiate under duress.
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London
Britain
Brian Robertson
British Transport Commission
Ministry of Labor
Brian
Wilfred Neden
Jim Baty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Trades Union Congress Executive
TUC
Walter Monckton
Charles Geddes
Federal Pay Raises Taken Up
A House committee weighs pay raises for federal workers as postal staff gain an average eight percent increase retroactive to March first. Eisenhower vetoed a larger boost before, and lawmakers debate the civil service raise alongside a major pay reclassification.
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Washington
House
White House
Eisenhower
House Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Congress
Senate
Executed Man Meyer Dies in Texas Electric Chair
William Henry Meyer 65 was executed for the murder of his daughter in Huntsville Texas. He died at 12 06 am as unafraid and unclaimed by relatives. Meyers last words were a muttered prayer as guards called him The Man With the Iron Nerve and a doctor and chaplain sought a stay of execution.
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Huntsville
Tex
Death House
William Henry Meyer
Texas
Meyer
Elsie Yearwood
Houston
Yearwood
Red Delegation Rents Mansion For UN Conference
The Russian delegation at the June 20 United Nations conference in San Francisco has rented a secluded suburban mansion with privacy trees. For about $4000, owner Neal McNeil a wholesale auto dealer, will provide use of the mansion for two weeks while he is on vacation.
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San Francisco
Neal McNeil
Eisenhower backs Adenauer amid Moscow invite
President Eisenhower voiced utmost confidence in West Germany’s Konrad Adenauer to stand with the Western world in any dealings with the Soviet Union. He noted Moscow’s invitation to visit Moscow as a logical gesture and said Adenauer’s decision rests with West Germany. He called Adenauer one of the world’s great statesmen and discussed manpower reserve legislation and opposition to antisegregation amendments.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Eisenhower
West Germany
Adenauer
Masia
Moscow
Western
Germany
Kremlin
Soviet
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
House
Senate
Condition Of Crops Is Good Across North Carolina
The latest federal state weather and crop report for the week ending June 4 describes tobacco corn and soybeans as good overall with soil moisture generally favorable. Some dry pockets and rapid wheat maturation are noted while planting nears completion for most crops except soybeans and barley.
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Raleigh
Piedmont
Burley
Hatmaker Lev Lied? Lawmakers Sift Bribes in Caps Case
Washington reports Harry Lev the hat maker testifying again to a Senate subcommittee about government contracts for uniform caps. He signed a $5 089 38 restitution check and denies bribery while detailing relations with Mrs Mella Hart and previous blackmail allegations.
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Washington
Chicago
Harry Lev
Senate
Subcommittee
Lev
Mella Hart
Armed Services
Leon M. Levy
New York
Hart
McClellan
D-Ark
Investigations Subcommittee
Ley
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Wool
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Levy
Indian diplomat Menon called anti American by Richards
Rep. Richards of South Carolina, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, labels Indian diplomat V. K. Krishna Menon violently anti American. He warns Menon could harm U S interests as a potential mediator with Red China amid his planned discussions with Dulles and possibly Eisenhower. Richards cites past UN work showing disdain for the United States and total alignment with Communist views.
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Washington
Rep. Richards
D-Sc
V. K. Krishna Menon
China
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Menon
Dulles
Eisenhower
Red China
Formosa Straits
United Nation
U.N
Paris Seen as Cultural Capital Beyond Sin City
The article portrays Paris as more than a pleasure hub, highlighting its status as a world cultural capital with about 70 000 students at the University of Paris, renowned art scene, fashion influence, and tourism. It notes religion counts in France and hints at broader social contrasts, ending with a teaser to continue on page twelve A.
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Paris
Seine
United States
America
University of Paris
Christian Dior
Europe
Eiffel Tower
France
Steel wage talks progress with major U.S. producers
CIO United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald leads wage negotiations with Bethlehem Steel Corp and Republic Steel Corp as part of a broad push after opening with U S Steel. Observers expect about 24 to 25 cents an hour hike, with final settlement near 4 to 4-1/2 cents more per hour.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
USW
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Republic
McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
Aix
U. S. Stee
Clifford H. Hood
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Corp
Inland Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Reynolds Libel Victory Upheld in CircuIt Court
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $175000 libel verdict for author Quentin Reynolds against columnist Westbrook Pegler and two Hearst entities. Judge Harold R Medina wrote the unanimous opinion. The 1949 Pegler column prompted a June 29 punitive damages award of $100000 to Pegler, $50000 to the Hearst Corp., and $25000 to Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc. A token $1 compensatory award was also granted.
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New York
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Quentin Reynolds
Westbrook Pegler
Hearst
Harold R. Medina
Reynolds
Pegler
Hearst Corp
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Adenauer urged to accept Moscow invitation
West German parties press Chancellor Adenauer to visit Moscow for talks on normalizing relations with the Soviet Union. Bundestag caucus, cautious CDU response, and pressure from allies and foes shape the debate as he weighs talks with Western partners first.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Kremlin
Free Democrats and Refugees
Adenauer
Bundestag
Free Democrats
Christian Democrat
Christian Democrats
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Christian Democratic Party
Socialist Party
Erich Ollenhauer
ICC Hears Railway Proposal in Goldsboro Hearing
At an ICC hearing in Goldsboro North Carolina the Southern Railway seeks to acquire the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway and operate the 36 mile Marine Corps railroad serving Camp Lejeune under Navy lease. The Atlantic Coast Line opposes the move while the Senate Armed Services Committee has approved.
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Goldsboro
N.C
John Motley Morehead
Morehead City
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Southern Railway
Atlantic & East Carolina Railway
Navy
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
Senate Armed Services Committee
A&ec
Morehead
Ohio
Mississippi
Atlantic and North Carolina
Beaufort Harbor
Wildcat Walkouts Shut Ford and GM Plants in Late Talks
Walkouts hit Ford Motor Co and General Motors Corp as UAW contract fears and local issues drive idle crews. About 52,000 workers were out at peak, with 13,250 Ford, 38,894 GM idle across 12 plants. At Rouge, 8,000 of 25,000 day workers refused or could not report amid wage dispute and demands for higher pay.
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Norman Walker
Detroit Wildcat
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
Ford
UAW M
General Motors
UAW
Rouge
Dearborn
Ford-Uaw
Detroit Times
UAW Ford
Smith Hears Sentence Today In Greensboro Case
Francis Duval Smith, a 58-year-old former lottery boss, faces a federal sentencing today after pleading guilty to conspiracy to violate federal lottery laws. Government witnesses, including George Blanton, face suspended sentences and fines, and agents describe a multi-city racket grossing over 1.5 million annually in the Carolinas and Florida during 1944-53. The probe names Carl Vann of Charlotte as the current boss.
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Greensboro
Francis Duval
George) Smith
Smith
Middle District
Wilson Wartick
George E. Blanton
Blanton
North Carolina
Afonso Gill
Lymus Griffin
Milton Bowden
Theodore Mayes
William A. Mobley
Previusly
Ernest McCorkle
Edward B. Smith
Carolinas
Florida
Carl Vann
Charlotte
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Jack P. Durrett
Whittier
Calif
University of Southern California
E. H. Durrett
Los Angeles
Durrett
Man
Red
West
MacDill Afb
Tampa
Fla
Englewood
Hatmaker
Citadel of Sin
George Burnham
ICC Hears Railway
U. S. Milita Academy
West Point
Wildcat
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