Unemployment Benefits Granted Clearing Way For End To Walkout
National Maritime Union members approve a new contract ending a coastwide walkout. Agreement clears the way for unemployed benefits and return to work though some terms remain to be finalized by a joint committee. Negotiations for engineers radiomen and others continue separately.
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New York
National Maritime Union Membe Coastwide Works
NMU
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Striks
Nmuport
Union
Cunard Charters Planes to Evacuate 1100 American Bound Passengers
Cunard Line officials chartered a fleet of planes to carry over 1,100 American bound travelers stranded in Britain by a wildcat seamen's strike. About 200 of 1,175 passengers from Britain were already en route. 12 more aircraft were ordered to cover the remaining. The Queen Mary cancellation affected 81,000 ton ship. passenger refunds and fare adjustments were announced. The strike, led by stewards and caterers, seeks shorter hours and better conditions. the National Union of Seamen opposes the stoppage.
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London
Cunard Line
Britain
Paris
Cunard
Quebec
Liverpool
National Union of Seamen
Big Three Talk on German Problems Opens San Francisco Summit
Western foreign ministers prepared for high level talks with Russia focusing on Germany after agreeing on procedures for the Big Four summit. Adenauer joined Dulles Macmillan and Pinay in New York as discussions centered on the Geneva conference and a possible Moscow invitation.
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Russia
Germany
San Francisco
Say Papen
Geneva
U ' Est
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
State Dulles
Secreta
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
Adenauer
Moscow
Eisenhower
Eden
Edgar Faure
Nikolai Bulganin
West Germany
West
V.M. Molotov
Knowland Pushes Peace Pattern at Big Four Conference
Senate Republican leader Knowland urged President Eisenhower to present a pattern for peace at the July Big Four meeting with Britain France and Russia to test Soviet intentions. He said the talk should cover free elections in satellite states and German reunification. Humphrey proposed inviting Acheson and other experts to help draft allied principles before the talks.
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Sen
Knowland
Russia
Germany
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World
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Eastern Carolina Warehousemen’s Assn Annual Meeting Held in Kinston
The Eastern Carolina Warehousemen's Assn. held its annual meeting in Kinston North Carolina at 10 a m. Officers and directors will be elected and several tobacco industry leaders have been invited to attend.
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Kinston
N.C
Eastern Carolina Warehousemen’s Assn. Head
Salvage Efforts Underway On Sidon Submarine Tragedy
Portland England divers work through the night to seal the Sidon submarine sunk in Portland harbor with 13 aboard. Four crew members were aboard when it exploded. seven injured, none seriously. Rhodes, a depot ship Mede Maidstone crew member, died heroically aiding others.
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Portland
England
Sidon
Navy
eiWiinences
Medicai. Cc
Rhodes
Maidstone
Attacks on Catholic Churches rallied Peron era revolt
Reports from Montevideo indicate rioters attacked Catholic churches in Argentina amid Peron’s revolt. Peron claimed no further church attacks and promised justice, citing a state of siege and suspending due process as violence spread from Buenos Aires.
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Uruguay
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Buenos Aires
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Government House
Plaza de Mayo
Eerge
Evon
Vatican
Aires
Both Atomic Ship Proposals Are Backed By House Panel
Democratic and Republican members of the House Merchant Marine Committee endorsed building both Eisenhower’s atom driven peace ship and an atomic powered merchant vessel. Leaders showed optimism about atomic ships, disputing a report that warned 15 to 20 years to reach economic practicality.
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Washington
House Merchant Marine Committee
Eisenhower
Bonner
DNC
Tollefson
Wash
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Russia seeks neutral Japan as path to weaken US allies
Washington reports Russia aims to neutralize both Japan and Germany to extend influence. Moscow allegedly offered a peace treaty with Tokyo and a U.S. troop withdrawal in 90 days after the pact. Experts note Moscow shifts to soft diplomacy to divide the United States from its European and Asian allies.
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Japan
Germany
U.S
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Flussia
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Mit
Europe
Asia
Witness Testimony Adds Details in Kluckhohn Manslaughter Case
In Raleigh the state presented civil engineer E. J. Remillard with new testimony against Richard Kluckhohn in the May 13 shooting that felled Bernice Seawell. Remillard measured from Kluckhohn’s hotel room to the parking lot, placing the bullet line and height, challenging Kluckhohn’s claim of distance. The judge reopened testimony after both sides had rested and had previously rejected a second-degree murder charge.
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Richard Kluckhohn
Kluckhorn
Bernice Well
Eee
Ndow
Kluckhon
Lester V. Chalmers
Clawson L. Williams
Wake Superior Court
Williams
Chalmers
E. J. Remillard
Remillard
Miss Seawell
Kluckhohn
Teenagers held after Brooklyn rooftop gun killing
In Brooklyn a rooftop shooting left 15 year old Warren Lipscomb dead and 16 year old Jesse Lipscomb dead earlier in a feud between rival gangs. Three youths Joseph Knowles Alvin Edmonds and Ivy Foggy all 15 and Warren’s companion Charles Faison 16 were charged with homicide. Police say motives trace to an earlier killing between Jesse Lipscomb and Raymond Holley 16 tied to the Chaplains and FE Quinte gangs.
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Brooklyn
Warren
Charles Faison
Caeed
Joseph ‘Knowles
Alvin Edmonds
Ivy Foggy
Jesse Lipscomb
Raymond Holley
Holley
FE Quinte
Lipscomb
Dixon Yates Power Project Wins House Approval
The House voted to approve a $1,372,122,800 public works package including the Dixon Yates transmission link between the er ares and the valley lines. Passed by voice vote, the measure heads to the Senate amid expected opposition and a previous marathon debate over private power plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Cmt
Senate
Ers
TVA
Pope XI Reaffirms Goodwill Toward Argentine Church
The Pope met with Buenos Aires archbishop Manuel Tato and auxiliary Ramon Novoa in the Vatican for 67 minutes. He reaffirmed his goodwill for the Argentine episcopate clergy and faithful, expressing deep concern over recent events and closing with a blessing and devotion.
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Pius XI
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Manuel Tato
Ramon Pablo Novoa
Vatican
Ion
Rome
L’osservatore Romano
Waterfront Warehouses Burn in Tidewater Fire
Three Tidewater Terminals warehouses at East Bay Street near Vendue Range were destroyed by a gusty fire. Two policemen and an unidentified man were feared trapped in one gutted building as flames and smoke spread to nearby trees and structures. Estimates of losses exceeded one million dollars. the fire reportedly began at a dock while a ship unloaded sugar. Authorities evacuated Vendue Range and nearby offices including Port Authority and Waterman Steamship.
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Tidewater
Toda
Tidewater Terminal
Philadelphia
North Sding
East Bay
Charleston
Pwn Renna
Vendue Range
South Carolina State Ports Authority
Waterman Steamship Shag Palmetto Shipping Co
Nation Survives Attack in Operation Alert 1955 Final Day
Officials report civil defense test shows farm and industry potential intact with 144 million simulated casualties. Four percent of the population saved by evacuations. 24 million homeless refugees. 8.2 million dead and 6.55 million injured in the continental U S. Eisenhower and 15,000 evacuated officials issue dummy decrees and mobilization orders as the mock crisis continues.
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FCDA
Eisenhower
Washington
Pentagon
Railway Hearing Concludes on Southern Line Acquisition
The final witnesses rebutted for the Southern case as ICC review nears completion. Marine experts and Camp Lejeune voices argued routes and costs while Bozarth and Davis backed efficiency and travel times. examiner Blond set a 90 day timeline for ICC ruling.
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Southern
Joseph
Marne Gaye
Camp Lejeune
Marks
Atlantic Coast Line
Bozarth
Davis
H. J. Blond
ICC
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