Steel strike threat looms as unions and industry clash
CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel exchange charges amid a looming nationwide strike. President McDonald urges settlement while steel mills begin gradual furnace shutdowns and wage talks stall at negotiations. Government and other plants prepare for potential stoppages.
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McDonald
Hood
Peter
Indus
Kile
U. S. Steel
Eo Hegeon
CIO
United Steelworkers
Air Force reports progress in intercontinental missiles and jet fighters
Secretary Talbott outlines six months of air power advances including plans to grow to 137 wings, arrival of the Boeing B52 eight jet, and the F100 supersonic speedster. He notes steady fighter and missile R D progress while warning about Soviet ICBM development and European vulnerability if Moscow leads in range. A letter from Sen. Jackson questions Soviet ballistic progress. Atlas is briefly acknowledged as an Air Force project.
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Harold Talbott
Talbott
Nerfighter
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Joint
Congressional Atomic Fee
Pentagon
Jackson
Europe
Moscow
Air Force
Atlas
Consolidated Vultee
Israeli Cabinet Resigns Amid Coalition Realignment
In Jerusalem the Israeli Cabinet resigned today after the Labor party left the No 2 General Zionists faction. Mapai may seek a new coalition as General Zionists hold few seats. The move followed abstentions on a no confidence motion tied to the Kastner case and government conduct.
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Jerusalem
Yesperets
Free
General Zionists
Erusalem
Rudolf Kastner
Jewish Rescue Committee
Buon
Malkiel
Kast
Soares
Newsman Burdett Reveals Spy Past Before Senate Panel
Washington CBS correspondent Winston Burdett testified to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that he spied for the Communist Party during a period in the late 1930s and early 1940s. He said he left the party in 1942 and told the FBI in 1951 about his past.
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Washington
Winston M. Burdett
Columbia Broadcasting System
Senate
Finland
Burdett
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
The
FBI
Internal Security
Red
New York
CBS
Hodges Addresses North Carolina Future Farmers Meet
Gov Hodges opened the 77th annual North Carolina Future Farmers of America convention in Raleigh with a call that FFA work will be decisive for agriculture and national economic stability. About 1500 to 2000 delegates from 460 chapters attended. The three day event featured livestock and crops contests and hoped to award $12 000 in cash prizes to top members and chapters.
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Raleigh
Gov. Hodges
North Carolina Assn
Future Farmers of Aiviera
FFA
Draft Bills Move to House Amid Draft and Reserve Debate
Legislation to extend the regular draft and the doctors draft, both likely to exceed midnight, along with the President's reserve program, awaits House action in a modified form. The measures would set a four year term and extend eligibility for doctors and dentists under 46 for an additional two years.
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Washington
House
Senate
Proposals Would Cut Tito Aid
Washington proposals to curtail aid to Yugoslavia appear in House debates with Edna Kelly seeking elimination of all Tito government assistance and Fulton proposing a jet transfer delay. The floor discusses a $3.2858 billion foreign aid bill with a final vote expected tomorrow, amid Tito’s Kremlinaligned stance and calls to ship more aid on American vessels.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
House
Eisenhower
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Marshal Tito
Rep
Fulton
R-Pa
Tito
Kremlin
Bonner
D-N.c
House Merchant Marine Committee
Ign Affairs Committee
D-Sc
Affairs Committee
Greyhound Driver Vote Count Underway On 10 State Strike
Votes from drivers in Salem Charlotte Asheville Columbia Atlanta Jacksonville are being tallied to decide if a 7 percent 10 state strike will continue. Union leaders and Greyhound officials awaited results as contract terms remain unsettled and buses were expected to roll again after the midnight stoppage.
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Ion
Atlantic Greyae Ee Ae
Bali Ter
Pitts- Jacksonville
Salem
Charlotte
Rassign
Asheville
N.C. Columbia
S.C
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Atlereyhound
Ta Io S. Engle
Division 1495
Daniel V. Maroney
Charleston
Greyhound
Burma Leader to Arrive Today for Discussions
Burma Prime Minister U Nu arrives in Washington to meet with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. He aims to help ease Far East tensions and potential U S China differences, though no mediator role is expected. He will stay in Washington until Sunday.
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Washington
U Nu
Burma
Eisenhower
Dulles
China
United States
New York
Uou
Far East
Nehru
India
Peiping
Red China
President criticizes Congress during news conference
President Eisenhower accused the Democratic controlled Congress of failing to pass key proposals in highways housing health and other fields. He warned that a Democratic win in elections could lead to renewed partisan cold war while urging cooperation on his program. Johnson and Ives responded questioning GOP claims about Democratic motives.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
T. Ian
Eisenhowe
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Senate
Billy Graham heckled at Mannheim stadium rally
In Mannheim Germany crowds overflowed stadium for Billy Graham’s talk. General Anthony McAuliffe sat in a special box as thousands of Germans and Americans listened while writers heckled the evangelist. About 1,500 moved forward when invited amid 40,000 attendees including soldiers and families.
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George Burnham
Mannheim
Germany
Billy Graham
Christ
Billy
Western Union
God
Jesus 3
Mannheim Stadium
Anthony C. McAuliffe
U. S
Europe
McAuliffe
Bastogne
Eisenhower defends plane incident as local, blasts Congress
President Eisenhower said the Soviet downing of a U S Navy plane was a local occurrence not policy and criticized the Democratic Congress for inaction on his proposals. He noted Soviet regret and offered to pay half the damage, which the U S has not accepted. He expressed cautious optimism for the Geneva Big Four talks while warning Soviets remain committed to world revolution. He rejected Senate probes into confidential Dixon-Yates files and dismissed broader investigations as overreach.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S. Navy
Congress
Dulles
United States
Isenhower
Geneva
Ratic
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Reo- Presiden
Camp Net
Regan Onesei Og
Iind
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Adams
Sveene Adams
Dixon-Yates
Rowland Hughes
Dixon
Humphrey calls for action on fliers and talks with China
Senator Humphrey urged President Eisenhower to press the Soviet Union to help secure release of 11 U.S. airmen and other detainees in China. He argued a willingness to talk with Red China could be the best path to freeing Americans, while Dulles and Mansfield favored linking talks to releases.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
China
All America
United States
U.S
Dulles
Red China
Mansfield
D-Mont
Peiping
Senate
Knowland
North Carolina adopts dealer licensing for auto trade
Raleigh inspectors from the Motor Vehicles Department will begin licensure of motor vehicle manufacturers distributors dealers and salesmen under a 1955 law. Licensing to meet July 1 effective date will inspect business locations verify compliance and issue licenses with annual fees estimated at 40 000. The program backed by the National Automobile Dealers Association faces opposition and aims to regulate hiring and business practices.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Department
Tar Heel
Department i
North Carolina
Edward Scheidt
Baems
Iameonoms
Nag Mdina Automobile Dielens Assn
Ers
Eee
Eans
Scheidt
Specifications For Cars Come Under Fire
An auto rental official accuses bid specifications by the Indian Bureau of leasing cars of being rigged to favor a contractor. Paul C Loeber of American Rent A Car testifies to a House subcommittee that the rules blocked his firm from bidding for 39 vehicles used in Albuquerque New Mexico and Cherokee North Carolina. Comptroller General rules say the specs were too restrictive and no awards should be issued. The bidding was halted after a prior ruling involving another contract.
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Indian Bureau
Paul C. Loeber
American Rent-A-Car
Washington
House
Enne
Albuquerque
N.M
Cherokee
N.C
R Get
Eral
Peterson
Old Leather
Baltimore
Loeber
Counellen
Heather
Eee
Pean
Howell Ot Tals
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Joe Tozzi
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