Mediation Board Calls End to American Airlines Strike
The National Mediation Board urged an immediate end to the three week old American Airlines strike and asked pilots to return to duty on non stop transcontinental routes as scheduled. It proposed a neutral examiner to decide remaining issues after restoring the pre strike status quo and ensuring seniority remains intact.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
American Airlines
AFL
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
AFL Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Association
Civil Aeronautics Board
Humpty Dumpty Gun Reassembled After Ditch Incident
The U S Army 280 mm atomic cannon nicknamed Humpty Dumpty was rebuilt after three days in a Bavarian ditch. The 85 ton weapon slid into a 12 foot trench Wednesday when it skidded off a crooked highway in Murnau Germany and was righted by trucks.
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Murnau
Germany
Teachers Seek 4000 Dollar Starting Pay for 8000 by Eight Years
The AFL American Federation of Teachers urged locals to seek a starting wage of 4000 dollars with raises to 8000 dollars in eight steps or fewer. The report also backs a 512 hour school day of supervised activity and pushes integrated locals by next convention. The convention adopted the proposal and rejected a fifth amendment protection for teachers, while maintaining opposition to Communist teachers but not ex-Communists who left.
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Chicago
AFL American Federation of Teachers
Federation
U. S
Air Force Tests Swiss Missiles for US and Iron Curtain
The U S Air Force bought 25 supersonic guided missiles from a Swiss factory at 20000 dollars each and tested them in the United States. The missiles could travel up to 852 miles per hour and carry atomic warheads. Tests were conducted at Alamogordo New Mexico earlier this year.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Air Force
United States
Air Force
Oerlikon Machine Tool Works
Buehrle Co
Zurich
Alamogordo
N. M
Wisconsin Chamber predicts $142 million tax savings
The Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce estimates that Wisconsin taxpayers will save 142.14 million dollars due to cuts in federal appropriations by the Eisenhower administration.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Today
Wisconsin
Colonel Tells His Motive At Army Court Martial
Lt. Col. Harry Fleming, 46, of Racine Wisconsin, pleads innocent at Ft. Sheridan Illinois to charges of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea. He says his actions saved many lives and that accusers would have died without the policies he pursued. Fleming faces possible life imprisonment if convicted.
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Gladys
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Army Post
Fleming
Sixth Infantry
Yalu River
Yesteraay
Korea
Ft. Leonard Wood
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
John W. Madden
Madden
Denise
Canada
National Guard
Okinawa
Japan
Watkins
McCarthy
Senate
Mundt
McCarthy Army
Millionaire Sailor Hoax Heir Shipboard Telegram Unmasked
Gary L. Stone III, a 22 year old aviation ordnance man aboard the carrier Antietam at Quonset Point, was told he was sole heir to an $18 million fortune after a Hollywood aunt’s death. The telegram bore the signature of an attorney and claimed probate but Providence Journal investigators traced the message to the Antietam, revealing a hoax. Stone and shipmates were questioned to find the prankster, while family members doubted the claim.
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Quonset Point
Gary L. Stone III
Pasadena
Calif
Antietam
Hollywood
Charles Martin
Providence Journal
Quonset Naval Base
Western Union
Providence
Quonset
Stone
Navy
Ques
Charles Hensley
Thrill Kill Leader Plans Insanity Plea in Brooklyn
Four Brooklyn teens known as the thrill killers face swift grand jury indictments after their leader Jack Koslow seeks insanity defense. Attorney J Murray Cutler requested transfer to a psychiatric ward as Koslow fights possible commitment following admissions of torturing youths and killing two victims.
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New York
Brooklyn
Kings County
Edwards
Silver
J. Murray Cutler
Jack Koslow
Cutler
New York State Supreme Court
Koslow
Melvin Mittman
Jerome Lieberman
Robert Trachtenberg
Rheingold Ulrichson
Willard Menter
Moors Demonstrate Against Dethronement in Tangier
Thousands of Moors protested across Spanish Morocco to oppose the dethronement of Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef by France a year ago. In the French zone authorities jailed hundreds of suspected terrorists to curb unrest.
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Tangier
Morocco
Spanish Morocco
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef
Weather Summary for Kenosha City and Surroundings
The city enjoyed a warm Friday with threatening clouds and no rain. Weekend outlook calls for more cloud cover, with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible.
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Kenosha
Nash Motors
US presses talks to end EDC impasse in Brussels
United States envoy David Bruce flew to Brussels as foreign ministers from France and five other Western nations seek a settlement on the European Defense Community. French Premier Mendes France demands changes and a delay of supranational controls, while Spaak and other leaders push a compromise as talks extend past midnight.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
France
David K. Bruce
Paris
Bruce
Konrad Adenauer
Paul-Henri Spaak
Adenauer
Mendes-France
West Germany
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
Paul Henri Spaak
Spaak
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-E France
EDC
Senate Appointments and Hours Outpace House
This year the Senate spoke at length with 96 senators contributing more than the House's 435 members. The Senate produced 8,953 pages of the congressional record through Thursday, while the House totaled 5,551 pages. The Senate sat 1,121 hours, nearing the 1,144 hours and 53 minutes of the longest recent session from 1949.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hobbs School System Ordered Desegregation Amid Boycott
Hobbs authorities moved to end segregation in the school system despite a growing boycott by parents led by Hobbs Baptist minister Rev Bill Carter. Carter plans to step down Aug 28 after challenging the order, while Albuquerque officials deny church involvement. Carter’s group funded a mass meeting and seeks signatures to halt desegregation.
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Hobbs, N. M.—P
Hobbs
Charles Mills
Albuquerque
Baptist Church
Bill Carter
Harry Stagg
New Mexico Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Convention
Supreme Court
Carter
High Court
Mills
Clovis
Racine Attorney Elected President of Wisconsin Elks
Racine attorney Alfred E. LaFrance was elected president of the Wisconsin Elks Association in Racine on Friday, marking a notable leadership choice for the fraternal organization.
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Racine, Wis
Alfred E. LaFrance
Racine
Wisconsin Elks Association
Invasion Plans Grow For Nationalist China Against Communists
Reports from Taipei indicate Nationalist China speeds up 200 assault landing craft using U S parts. Eisenhower says 100 craft contracted. local press says enough parts exist to build 200 amid talks of imminent mainland invasion. Foreign observers cite ship shortages and rising American aid as turning factors. Dr Wellington Koo says U S assistance is expanding.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
United States
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wellington Koo
Washington
Texan ex-Marine jet pilot duplicates Wrong Way Corrigan flight
Thomas H. Danaher, 30, uranium miner from Wichita Falls Texas, flew a Beech Bonanza from Newfoundland to Paris and Shannon Ireland in a lone hop he calls a short Canadian trip. He landed at Shannon after 3100 miles, planned a return to Paris or London, and praised the journey as life extending. He seeks another attempt tomorrow.
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Shannon
Ireland
U. S. Marine
Shannon Airport
Newfoundland
Paris
Canada
Thomas H. Danaher
Wichita Falls
Tex
Danaher
Pacific
Korea
Atlantic
Argentia
Douglas
Corrigan
Los Angeles
New York
California
Cork
James
London
Pride Takes Command of Fleet in Manila Ceremony
Vice Adm. A. M. Pride assumed command of Pacific Fleet Naval Forces aboard the Yorktown in Manila Bay. He succeeds Vice Adm. W. K. Phillips, who will return to San Diego after leading the 1st Fleet.
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Manila
Adm
A. M. Pride
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa
Pacific Fleet
Philippine Area
South China Sea
Yorktown
Manila Bay
Pride
W. K. Phillips
1St Fleet
Phillips
San Diego
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Charles Boyer
Minneapolis, Minn
Committee On
David Fine
Wjar-Tvv
Robert Burton
Burton
R-Sd
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
Sen. McClellan
Arkansas
Subcommittee
Congress
Utah
Watkins Committee
Lucas County
Toledo
Ohio
Bernard Schreiber
Mary Jolene Freiss
LaFrance Heads Elks
Red China
Chiang
New
Wrong Way
Fleet
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