Rail unions suspend arbitration offer after strike shooting
In a 14 state area the Louisville and Nashville strike leaders withdraw their bid to arbitrate the 54 day dispute after a striker was fatally shot near Mount Pleasant Tennessee. George Leighty said settlement prospects now look dim and urged no revenge as another striker was wounded in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
George Leighty
Leighty
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Charles Wright
Wright
L&n
Kentucky
John Kenneth Nichols Jr
Tennessee
Nashville, Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Ex-Marchioness Reveals Secret 1926 Marriage
London reports expose that the ex Marchioness of Bath and the Marquess were secretly married in 1926 before their public 1927 wedding. A judge ruled the 1953 divorce dissolved only the public ceremony, not the hidden union, so they remain legally married. Both spouses have since remarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bath
Merriman
Nationalists Lay Defensive Mines Around China's Offshore Islands
Chiang Kai-shek announced defensive minefields have been laid in territorial waters around all China's offshore islands amid reports of Communist attacks on Amoy and Quemoy. Nationalists say mines may deter invasion and choke shipping to Foochow while potentially boosting insurance costs. red mainland minefields were not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Amoy
Little Quemoy
Quemoy
Foochow
Matsui
Fukien Province
Foocow
Quemoys
Red China
Red Mainland
Peanuts Battle Shapes Farm Bill Vote Support Shift
The House narrowly kept peanuts on the basic crops list after a Green amendment to remove them failed 215 to 193 by roll call. Northern Democrats shifted positions amid concerns over peanut prices and candy sales, amid a 7% rise in peanut acreage due to drought.
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Washington
Rep. Green
D-Pa
Green
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Guard fired after Nash County prison escape
A Nash County road gang escape led to the firing of guard Jessie Watkins Jr for negligence. Escapees were Johnnie A. Myers and William Vaughn. Vaughn, 35, from Halifax County Virginia, served life for first degree murder. Myers, 23, of Hertford, faced 13 to 16 years for breaking and entering and auto theft.
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Raleigh
Nash County
Nash Road
Johnnie A. Myers
William Vughn
Jessie Watkins Jr
Vaughn
Halifax County
Vance County
Myers
Hertford
Distribution Of Salk Polio Vaccine Halted
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele told the House Banking Committee that federal release of additional Salk polio vaccine has been halted pending a full scientific review. Production continues but new approvals are paused. the effort to distribute vaccines remains voluntary and focused on high risk children.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
Scheele
House Banking Committee
U. S. Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Banking Committee
Atomic Vessel Criticized
Rep. W Sterling Cole of New York called the atomic powered merchant ship a phantom and waste of money while saying he will offer a substitute plan Monday. The committee was told the ship would cost 30 to 35 million dollars with a two year build.
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Washington
W. Sterling Cole
Eisenhower
Cole
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Associated Press
New York
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Clarence Morse
Waterman Steamship sale completed in Mobile
The Waterman Steamship Corp sale to Malcolm McLean’s firms closes after two weeks of Washington negotiations. Checks totaling about 41.6 million were mailed to 99.02 percent of holders for 865,980 shares. McLean plans to move loaded truck trailers by sea between Atlantic and Gulf ports and to keep Waterman headquarters in Mobile.
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Mobile
Ala
Waterman Steamship Corp
Malcolm McLean
Winston-Salem
N.C
Washington
C. Lee Co
McLean Securities Corp
New York
McLean
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Merchants National Battle of Mobile
Waterman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elizabeth Model
Watermange
James K. McLean
Winston- Salem
Clara L. McLean
Aubrey Parish
George P. Kempton
Winston. Salem
T. K. Jackson Jr
John W. McConnell
Norman Nicolson
Mob
Gulf Shipbuilding Corp
Ryan Stevedoring Co
Grand Hotel
Point Clear
Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp
War Shipping Administration
U.S. Court of Appeals
Survival City Test Shows Homes Withstand Nuclear Blast
A Doomsday Drive test town reveals masonry homes withstands much of a nuclear blast while a frame rambler and the Darling brick house fail. A $500 concrete shelter shields occupants. survival depends on structure type within roughly a mile and a quarter.
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Doomsday Drive
Darling
Darlings
Harold L. Goodwin
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Survival City
Goodwin
CIO Requests Arbitration of Phone Dispute
The Communications Workers of America urged President Eisenhower to seek full public arbitration between CWA and Southern Bell Telephone Co. Beirne said 45,000 members in nine states have been on strike since March 14 over wage differentials and arbitration of grievances. The union offered to accept standard arbitration procedures if the company would remove the no strike clause.
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Washington
Ci0 Communications Workers of America
CWA
Eisenhower
Southern Bell Telephone Co
4. A. Beirne
Beirne
North Carolina Governor Calls Tax Estimate Reduction Risky
Gov Hodges said reducing new tax revenue needs to 20 million for the next two fiscal years was a deliberate risk. He defended the move as realistic, citing improved conditions and better tax collection while noting a 6 million savings from efficiency and a 4 million cut from current spending. He warned the state remains about six million short without funding approval for more revenue staff. He also discussed harbor and river projects and a potential five million federal grant for Hazel-related damages.
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Raleigh J
Hodges
State Department of Revenue
North Carolina
Congress
Rep. F. Ertel Carlyle
North Carolina Senate OKs 640 Million Budget With TV Station
The North Carolina Senate passed a 640 million dollar spending bill for the next biennium and defeated Walton's amendment to remove funds for the State Educational Television Station. Debate lasted about an hour and ten minutes with Sen. J. C. Eagles Wilson explaining the measure and Sen. Lunsford Crew defending the project as progressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Senate
University of North Carolina
J. C. Eagles Wilson
Appropriations Committee
Walton
State Television Commission
North Carolina
Elecwey
Lunsford Crew
Halifax
Nina
Eagles
A. P. Godwin
Gates
Arthur Kirkman
Guilford
State College
Department of Conservation and Development
Eisenhower meets key advisers on NSC matter before Paris trip
President Eisenhower conferred 30 minutes with top officials including Dulles Wilson Hoover Jr. and Radford on a routine National Security Council issue. Dulles heads to Paris for NATO talks as West Germany joins the alliance. he will also discuss Far Eastern matters with Pinay and Macmillan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
National Security Council
Dulles
Wilson
Herbert Hoover Jr
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Paris
Europe
Asst
Murray Snyder
Council
Snyder
North Atlantic Treaty Council
West Germany
Antoine Pinay
Harold Macmillan
Graf Tas
Ike Will Run Says Senator Mundt
Washington Senator Mundt argued Eisenhower enjoys his job and will run again. He countered Democratic Chairman Butler who said the president is burdened and may retire, noting it is natural a capable man wants to continue shaping a successful administration.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Eisenhower
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
North Carolina Tax Collections See Large Month Increase
State revenue reports show a large rise in collections as income tax, sales and other taxes increase. Total general fund receipts reached 31.39 million in the last month, with ten months of fiscal year at 163.09 million, up 2.2 percent from a year ago.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Fund
State Revenue
Eugene Shaw
Snow
Hodges
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Ind
Knoxville
Charles E. Wright
Tennes
Marchioness
Atomic Vessel
Steamship Firm
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