Rouge Local Rebels Force Last Minute Pay Demand
Detroit reports CIO United Auto Workers sought a 5 cent hourly rise for skilled Ford workers to quiet a rebellion over the three year contract. After a four hour delay a deal was signed by Walter Reuther and Ford VP John Bugas. The dispute echoes broader plant walkouts nationwide, with 70,000 striking workers earlier in the week and 8,000 idled at Rouge.
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FORD
William Grant
Ford Local 600
UAW
Ford River Rouge
Detroit
Mich
Carl Stellate
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ment
Union
Walter Reuther
John Bugas
Reuther
Carl Stellato
Rouge
Dearborn
Stellato
Auto Workers Union
Wayne
Mercury
Kansas City
General Motors
Demonstrators Clash With Police At U S Embassy Seoul
More than 1,000 anti Japanese protesters tried to storm the American embassy in Seoul, Korea. Police clashed with about 200 demonstrators and used buses and taxis as a barricade. At least 10 people were injured, mostly police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Japan
Chicago Treasurer Booed at Democratic Dinner
Chicago's new city treasurer Morris B. Sachs faced boos when introduced at a Democratic party dinner where Adlai Stevenson spoke. He dismissed three payroll staffers and warned 28 others to use their jobs carefully in a tightened economy as a Democratic representative moves to eliminate his position.
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Chicago
Morris B. Sachs
Adlai Stevenson
Sachs
Weather forecast and past rainfall report
Partly cloudy cooler weather was forecast for Thursday with showers possible this evening in Wisconsin. Rainfall last night totaled .33 inches, with an additional .1 inch since midnight. Highs reached 60 on Tuesday and the night low was 51. At noon today readings were 60 at the sewage plant, 66 at American Motors, and 65 downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
American Motors
Senate approves bill to raise federal minimum wage
The Senate voted after brief debate to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour and sent the measure to the House. President Eisenhower had urged keeping it at 90 cents. In a separate action, the House Commerce Committee approved a bill to exempt natural gas producers from direct federal price control. The panel, in a secret session, favored 16 to 15 and plans a timing report before floor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House Commerce Committee
J. Percy Priest
D-Tenn
House Rules Committee
Yugoslavia
United States
Belgrade
Sherman Adams
Congress
Adams
Wisconsin Senate Fails to Bridge Sales Tax Rift
Democrats and Republicans clashed in the Wisconsin Senate over a general sales tax. A two day deferral vote 22 to 10 slowed action, with Dempsey and Leverich joining eight Democrats to back immediate action. The debate centered on a resolution opposing the tax as inequitable and a reform proposal language clash followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Senate
Dempsey
Hartland
Leverich
Sparta
Senate
Democrats
Wisconsin
Porter
Bloomington
Nelson
Panzer
Rockfield
Austria Ratifies Peace Treaty and Urges Allies
Vienna reports Austria has ratified the peace treaty and calls on the United States Britain France and Russia to ratify promptly without delay in a diplomatic appeal following the accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Vienna
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Detroit Labor Talks as Poker Game in GM Conference Room
Footnotes on labor negotiations describe GM and UAW-CIO as players at a 35‑foot long table inside the GM building. The piece notes daily sessions, caucus rooms, attire, and rivalries, with sly references to Ford’s impact and doodles predicting outcomes.
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Detroit
Union
Ford
State Department
Hollywood
UAW
Adenauer studies Soviet invitation to visit Moscow
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer studied the Soviet bid to resume relations and visit Moscow. He planned no firm action before returning from a U.S. trip that includes meetings with Eisenhower and Dulles and a June 19 lunch with Prime Minister Eden. Political reactions split on negotiating with the Russians.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Moscow
Socialist Party
Erich Ollenhauer
Adenauer
Franz Bluecher
Free Democratic Party
United States
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eden
Washington
State Department
U. S
West Germany
Soviet Russia
Western
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
Guatemala Bars Trade with Communist Countries
President Carlos Castillo Armas decrees a ban on all trade between Guatemala City and Communist nations. The measure targets exchanges with ideologically aligned states, seeking to curb influence and align with allies during the Cold War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Dam Collapse in Brazil Crowds Fearing 100 Dead
Dispatch reports from Porto Alegre that 100 people may have died after a huge dam collapsed. In Wisconsin Cadett, investigators say a grandmother questioned 5-year-old Michael Warner about his parents and infant brother, but the child replied he did not know what happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Pinal
Meridional
Governor veto blocks interstate school district plan
Governor Kohler vetoed a bill that would allow forming an interstate school district in southern Lafayette County and an Illinois district near Warren, terminating the proposed regional education collaboration.
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Madison
Kohler
Lafayette County
Illinois
Warren
Civil Service Pay Raise Deadlock Faces New Meeting
The House Civil Service Committee failed to agree on the size of a pay raise for about one million government civil servants. A further meeting was set for Thursday as sharp disagreement over a percentage figure persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Civil Service Committee
Hat Maker Refuses Bribe Claims as Senate Probes Restitution
Washington Chicago hat maker Harry Lev says he never bribed procurement officers and testifies under oath. Lev signs a $5,089.38 restitution check after being pressed about a 1951 government contract to manufacture 169,646 garrison caps at 21 cents each, amid questions about Mrs. Mella Hart and alleged blackmail by Leon M. Levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Harry Lev
Senate
Subcommittee
Lev
Mella Hart
Armed Services
Leon M. Levy
New York
Hart
Wisconsin Assembly OKs Building Fund Bill With Depreciation Transfer
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a depreciation building fund bill by 84 to 3 in concurrence. It restores a two percent fund from public building values, redirecting about 10.48 million dollars from the general fund over two years for state buildings. The measure, with broad support, now goes to the governor for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Kohler
Senate
Catlin
Appleton
Belter
Wautoma
Wackett
Jefferson
Joint Finance Committee
Assembly
Finance Committee
Legislative Council
Petrillo Re-elected Leader for 16th Term at AMF Convention
Delegates to the 58th annual American Federation of Musicians convention elected James C. Petrillo to his 16th term as president. He was nominated by acclamation with no opposition.
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Cleveland
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
Two More Steel Firms Get Demands
The CIO United Steelworkers union pressed wage demands on Bethlehem Steel Corp and Republic Steel Corp as part of nationwide talks. President David J. McDonald leads negotiations. observers expect about 25 cents per hour above the current average of 2.33, with a final settlement near 12 cents more. A June 30 strike deadline looms if no accord is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
USW
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Republic
McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Clifford H. Hood
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Corp
Inland Steel Corp
Eisenhower Calls Manpower Reserve Bill Vital to Security
President Eisenhower stressed the essential nature of the manpower reserve bill for the armed forces during a news conference. He opposed attaching antisegregation amendments and urged Senate action to break House stalemate while noting the bill’s link to national defense. He cited needs across all areas in wartime and called for well trained National Guard personnel.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
United States
Lack of Exercise Tied to Aches and Health Risks
Atlantic City reports a medical panel from NYU cites hypokinetic disease as a contributor to heart attacks diabetes backaches and stress related ailments. Studies show bus drivers’ heart risk higher, many children fail muscle tests, inactive adults show earlier aging and weaker stress response. They urge lifelong increased activity and exercise in medical practice.
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American Medical Assn
Hans Kraus
Bonnie Pruden Hirschland
Kurt Hirschhorn
Institute For Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New York University
London
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Rouge Workers Return
Uaw-Cio
Adenauer Studies
Russ Invitation
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Christian Democratic Party
John P. Doyle, Jr
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Doyle
Arlington
Ley
McClellan
D-Ark
Lourigan
Music Federation
Lone Grauate
Betty Ann Pervear
Brooklin
Maine
Betty
Edna Pervear
Einsenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
Atlantic City
N. J
U.S
Kraus
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