Brazil Faces General Strike Threat As New Government Bargains
President Joao Cafe Filho's government moves to avert a planned Oct. 2 general strike in Sao Paulo that could involve 700,000 workers amid soaring prices. Labor Minister Alencastro Guimaraes meets leaders while Finance Minister Eugenio Gudin pledges price stabilization and strict wage law enforcement.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Cafe Filho
Sao Paulo
Alencastro Guimaraes
Cafe
Vargas
Juarez Tavora
Zenobia da Costa
da Costa
Lodge says Chou En Lai bluffing on Formosa claim
Miami Beach Florida Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. called Chou En Lai bluffing when he vowed to liberate Formosa during Peiping festivities. Lodge said Red China cannot take Formosa or threaten the U S Seventh Fleet and urged against UN admission before Korea peace. He suggested Chou aimed to distract starving Chinese from their misery.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Formosa
Eisenhower
Chou En-Lai
Coffee price cut lowers IGA bean to 99 cents
A new coffee price reduction of 7 to 10 cents per pound was announced for Wisconsin stores. The latest cut brings total reductions to 20 cents from the $1.27 peak in the past week. Effective Monday IGA will offer lowest priced coffee at 99 cents per pound.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
IGA
George Re-elected President of Postal Clerks Union
Leo EF George of Washington DC was re-elected Friday as president of the National Federation of Postal Clerks. The 115 000 member union kept all incumbents in office at the convention in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Leo EF. George
Washington
D. C
National Federation of Postal Clerks
Eisenhower Signs Flexible Farm Bill Aims to Balance Production
President Eisenhower signed a new farm bill in a brief White House ceremony. The law cuts federal price supports for surplus crops and ends rigid supports for cotton, wheat, corn, rice, and peanuts. The flexible system shifts these crops to 822 to 90 percent parity next year, promoting freer market dynamics and economic stability. The president praised bipartisan cooperation and pledged benefits for farmers and consumers.
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Denver
Eisenhower
U. S
White House
Congress
Greenlease figure Moore dies from apparent self inflected shot
Robert T. Moore 66 a business partner of Robert C. Greenlease and associated with Greenlease Moore Inc a Cadillac Chevrolet dealer died of an apparently self inflicted shotgun blast in his Oklahoma City office He was found with a 12 gauge shotgun beside him and homicide investigators said no motive was found for the shooting
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert T. Moore
Robert C. Greenlease
Bobby
Moore
Greenlease-Moore, Inc
Cadillac
French Assembly Starts Final Debate On European Defense Community
Paris brittlely divided parliament opens a key debate on joining the European Defense Community with 500,000 German troops. Premier Mendes France seeks a delay to negotiate amendments as resignations ripple the coalition while the pact faces likely defeat.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Pierre Mendes- France
Brussels
Revolutionary Defense Plan
Thor
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Mendes-France
Commerce
Bourges- Maunoury
Émile Hugues
Eugene Claudius-Petit
Increased fighting feared off Formosa coast
Observers expect a sharp rise in clashes between Nationalist and Communist forces along the South China coast with possible Communist air strikes on Formosa before Sabrejet deliveries. The U.S. plans to transfer jets to the Nationalists and may base squadrons on Formosa as redeployment of Far East air power.
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Taipei
Formosa
South China Coast
China
United States
U. S
Far East
Quemoy Island
Chiang Kai-shek
Lynn man dies after heart massage revival at Union Hospital
George A. Boivin Jr a 53 year old father of 11 died last night after a visiting specialist revived him by massaging his heart when his heart stopped beating in the Union hospital X ray room on Thursday The death follows the revival attempt and occurred more than 24 hours after the incident.
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Lynn
Mass
George A. Boivin, Jr
Union Hospital
Police Seek Aid to Stem Wave of Pachuco Gangs
Chicago and Los Angeles county authorities pursue help to curb the Pachuco gang noted for rape narcotics and beatings. A prison inquiry found 17 prisoners with Pachuco tattoo marks with 16 denying membership.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Pachuco” Society
Chicago Sun-Times
Gene Biscauluiz
Philip Scanlan
Cook County
Pachuco
Army plans division rotation to overseas units
The army considers rotating divisions overseas as units rather than individual replacements to boost morale and combat effectiveness. A final decision is due in two to three weeks with a three year tour likely, sending one division abroad then returning it for another to take its place. General Bolte outlined the plan before the American Legion panel.
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Washington
United States
Charles L. Bolte
Army
National Security Commission of the
American Legion
Bolte
Altitude Record Set by Bell X-1A Rocket Plane
The Air Force confirms a new altitude record was achieved by the Bell X-1A experimental rocket powered aircraft.
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Washington
Air Force
Surrender of Lila Nails tied to Montos Zerk robbery
Lila Mae Nails, 22, a close associate of Chicago gangster Nick Montos, surrendered to a U S marshal in Chicago ending a year long manhunt. Nails is charged with harboring Montes linked to the Oscar Zerk burglary at his Florida mansion where 150000 in art was stolen. Montes, captured near Westchester, faces multiple counts including bank robberies and interstate transport of stolen property.
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Lila Mae Nails
Chicago
Nick Montos
U. S
Montos
Oscar Zerk
FBI
Westchester
Miss Nails
Doodles
Zerk
Mrs Nails
South
Church St
Montgomery
Ala
Simonsen
Montes
John Rutchik
Kenosha
First Bank
Clewiston
Fla
Crash at Ellsworth: 24 Killed in B 36 Landing
A 10 engined B 36 heavy bomber crashed during landing at Ellsworth Air Base in Rapid City South Dakota. The Air Force reports 24 men killed and three others injured in critical condition.
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Rapid City
S. C
Ellsworth Air Base
Air Force
Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Azores
Alfred Swallow
McCarthy hearings open as secret questioning starts
A Senate censure inquiry against Sen. McCarthy begins with secret witness questioning by staff ahead of public hearings. Democrats on the investigation team prepare a contrasting report to the Republican majority while final reports are due next week.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Arthur V. Watkins
Watkins
Utah
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Charles FE. Potter
R-Mich
Government Printing Office
Sen
Ralph &. Flanders
R-Vt
McCarthy
Eisenhower signs temporary debt ceiling raise
President Eisenhower today signed legislation authorizing a temporary five billion dollar increase to the 275 billion dollar national debt ceiling. He warned the hike may prove inadequate and cautioned about future fiscal needs.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Pleasant Weekend Forecast For Wisconsin Residents
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies through today and Sunday with highs near 85 on Sunday. Friday reached 77 with a 63 degree low, and noon readings report 77 at the treatment plant, 76 at Nash Motors, and 78 downtown. Pollen count for the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today was 178.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Rescue On Crestone Needle After 16 Hour Ascent
A three man rescue team retrieved severely injured Rip Collins from a 1300 foot crevice on Crestone Needle in Colorado after 52 hours with no food. Companions Bob Kulstad and Tony Mueller aided by safety rope saved him from a fall and led rescuers to the scene. The operation, the first on Crestone Peak, concluded when Collins was carried two miles to base and then to a military vehicle.
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Westcliffe
Colo
Crestone Needle
Rip Collins
Lawrence
Kans
Colorado
Sangre de Cristo
Collins
Bob Kulstad
Tony Mueller
Denver
Kulstad
Mueller
Crestone Peak
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Harry L. Osias
New York
Osias
Senate Committee
Greenlease
Ted Baughman
Quemoy
Des Moines
Iowa
Ft. Campbell
Clarksville
Tenn
Secret
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
Sheppard Air Base
Wichita
Chanute
Rex Orton
Orton
C. S. Bentley Pike
Richard F. Gorman
Lila Mae
Crash
Swallow
Harold
United Press
Ike
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