West Truck Union Vote Due Today
In Los Angeles, Teamsters Local 924 and Local 357 members begin voting on a new trucking industry contract after a 12 day tieup. Local 208 drivers vote tomorrow night. The offer proposes 8 cents an hour yearly raises for three years, totaling 24 cents, with the union seeking 10 cents more this year and 8 cents more in each of the next two years. The present wage is 2.14 an hour. President Frank Brewster predicts defeat, noting no pension plan and no coverage for Washington and Oregon. Employers cite regional provisions for those states to be addressed later.
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Teamsters
Frank Brewster
AFL Western Conference of
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Oregon
Taylor meets Hirohito in Tokyo farewell call
General Maxwell D Taylor, newly appointed Army chief of staff, and Mrs. Taylor were received by Emperor Hirohito and the empress in Tokyo. The visit accompanied by a farewell call precedes Taylor's departure for Washington on June 41.
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Hirohito
Tokyo
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. Far East
Taylor
Washington
State Must Move Camps For Project
The Forests and Waters Department estimates a $100000 cost to relocate 208 hunting camps in central Pennsylvania for sale and lease to Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Corp. Officials aim to move camps before fall hunting season and earmark nearly $200000 from selling over 8000 acres to acquire new forest land, mostly in Cameron County.
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Harrisburg
Forests and Waters Department
Pennsylvania
Maurice K. Goddard
Curtiss-Wright Aeronautical Corp
Cameron County
Army resumes three day artillery firing near Mt Fuji
The U S Army resumes practice firing on the old Japanese army range near Mt Fuji for three days with permission from the Japanese government. Villagers previously protested but no objections remain as the army cuts firing days to a compromise.
Half of U S drowning victims are rural residents
A study indicates about half of drowning deaths in the United States occur among rural residents, highlighting higher risk in sparsely populated areas and the need for targeted water safety measures and outreach to rural communities.
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U.S
Chile Forms New Cabinet
In Santiago President Carlos Thanez reshuffles his 12 member cabinet for a 10th time since taking office. Oswaldo Koch, the president's son in law, becomes interior minister while Rear Admiral Kaare Olsen is named foreign minister. The move follows six Agrarian Labor party resignations after Thanez refused to remove Interior Undersecretary Ferrer amid student protests over asylum delays for 13 Peruvian students expelled from Argentina.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Thanez
Oswaldo Koch
Thanet
Koch
Adm
Kaare Olsen
Agrarian Labor Party
Ibanez
Carolos Ferrer
Knowland urges peace with resolve in Cumberland speech
Senator William F Knowland of California told Cumberland Junior College graduates that Americans must seek peace but keep their powder dry. He warned against appeasement voices at home and abroad and defended a policy of faith and courage. He commented on a Peiping radio claim that four American airmen would be deported, saying if true, the pilots would be welcomed home while noting China still holds 11 airmen and 35 civilians. The article notes winter school vacation begins today.
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Williamsburg
William F. Knowland
Calif
Senate
Cumberland Junior College
Reds
Warsaw pact ratified by eight nations forms unified command
Bucharest radio announced ratification of the Warsaw pact last night joining Red Bloc members including the Soviet Union Poland Czechoslovakia and East Germany to establish a unified Communist military command in Vienna.
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Austria
Romania
Bucharest
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East
Gaza Trouble Flares Again In Gaza War Report
In Jerusalem reports say two Israelis and an Egyptian soldier were killed and six Israelis wounded in heavy fighting near a cemetery as a three-nation clash escalates. High school and university students were on strike. Ferrer’s hospital workers had also walked off, seeking pay raises. The government approved temporary wage increases to restore quiet, while both sides accused the other of aggression and vowed to return to work after a short strike.
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Gaza
Ferrer
Washington
Drought Policy Session Opens With Western Governors
Federal agriculture officials meet with governors and agronomists from 11 Midwest and Western states to address drought and farm conditions. Secretary Benson arrives for a banquet with governors as representatives from Colorado Wyoming New Mexico Nebraska Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Texas Montana and the Dakotas participate.
Spring Weather Across Regions With Mixed Temperatures
The Associated Press reports pleasant springlike weather for most of the eastern half of the nation with cooler and wetter conditions in the West. Pacific air cools areas west of the Rockies while central and northern plains stay 10 to 20 degrees above normal. Southeast cools slightly to morning readings in the high 60s as northern Rockies see heaviest rain and parts of the Northeast and Florida’s Vero Beach receive rainfall.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains
Vero Beach
Fla
Is real conflict report notes casualties and shelling claims
A spokesman said one Israeli dead and four wounded were civilians. An Egyptian spokesman in Gaza admitted shells were pumped into civilian settlements to silence Israeli batteries. In 1953 the U S had 25,968 poultry cages.
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