No Warning Of Attack On Navy Fliers
Kodiak Alaska reports Russian bullets wounded three U S Navy fliers and forced their patrol bomber to land in flames on a Bering Sea island. Lt Richard H Fischer of Pittsburgh said there was no chance to avoid or return fire as bullets ripped wing and fuselage and set the aircraft afire. Four crewmen escaped with minor burns or wounds.
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Kodiak
Alaska
U. S. Navy
Bering Sea Island
Richard H. Fischer
Pittsburgh
Aviation Ordnance
Donald E. Sonnek
Minnesota Lake
Mimn
Air Force Plane Downs in Alaska Gunfire Incident
Lt Gen Joseph H Atkinson reports the Alaska defense command says cannon shell fragments caused injuries to airmen while Fischer cites machine gun bullets as the cause after a MIG engagement. The craft veered into a cloud, landed on St Lawrence Island, and crew of eleven were evacuated to Fairbanks after treatment in Gambell.
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Joseph H. Atkinson
Alaska Defense Command
Fischer
Atkinson
Wisconsin approves 20 percent surtax as session ends
The 72nd Wisconsin Legislature recessed after passing a 20 per cent surtax on individual incomes to raise 29 million dollars for state operations. Gov. Kohler hailed the session as highly constructive, with Republicans and Democrats alike backing measures on taxes, highway safety, and public welfare.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Kohler
Assembly
Senate
Weekend weather forecast with cool, fair conditions
The week end weather picture described as fair and cool. Sunday and tonight will fit that description with a low of 48 to 55 and a high of 70 to 78. At 11 am today readings were 68 at the sewage treatment plant 67 at American Motors and 68 downtown. Friday's high was 76 at the treatment plant and the low since midnight was 57.
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American Motors
Strike Hit France as Shipyards Walk Out
Some 25 000 workers in France's biggest shipyards including Penhoet and Loire units stopped work in a mass protest over the trial of three accused rebels. Police guarded the sites as unions prepared a one million public service walkout beginning July 1, with bakery workers threatening bread shortages in Cher.
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Paris
France
Penhoet
Loire
Saint Nazaire
Penhoet Yard
St. Nazaire
Cher
Atomic Souvenir May Prove Fatal
Ipswich England police warn a woman who walked off with a radioactive disc at an atoms for peace demonstration faces possible death if she does not surrender it within four hours. The disc was handed to a spectator. an expert checked the crowd with a geiger counter and all other discs were recovered.
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Ipswich
England
Washington Wheat Growers Vote on 1956 Quotas
Wheat growers in 36 states vote today on whether to accept government marketing quotas for the 1956 crop. The decision affects federal controls on production and marketing programs across the industry.
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Washington
City Airport project approved by state aeronautics board
The Wisconsin state aeronautics commission approved a $38,940 state aid for land purchase for Kenosha municipal airport. The city will cover $76,060 of the $115,000 land cost. A 242 acre site lies north of County Trunk HH and west of Highway 192. Final governor approval needed before funds are released. Federal aid prospects are favorable with a $252 million airport bill advancing in the Senate.
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Senate
Assembly
Wisconsin
Ripon
Kenosha
State Aeronautics Commission
T. K. Jordan
Madison
Jordan
House
Molotov Cancels TV Appearance Over Impromptu Questions
Russian diplomat V M Molotov will not appear on CBS Face the Nation after rejecting spontaneous questioning by CBS officials. CBS executives said Molotov refused the on the spot questions and canceled his scheduled TV and radio appearance.
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San Francisco
V. M. Molotov
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Molotov
Sig Mickelson
Guardsmen Ready For Pay and Trip Home
Guardsmen of Wisconsin's Red Arrow Division lined up for pay as their two week training session at Camp McCoy ended. About 10,000 soldiers prepare to leave for home, with most set to depart Sunday.
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Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Red Arrow
Ex Reds Add to Evidence Against Harry Bridges
In San Francisco two witnesses testified about Communist party meetings implicating Harry Bridges during the 1930s and early 1940s. The final witness, Lewis H. Michener, said he was a Communist from 1938 to 1945 and attended two Bridges events, one in San Francisco and a 1943 Philadelphia top faction meeting.
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Harry Bridges
San Francisco
Communist Party
Michener
Bridges
The
International
Shoremen’s Union
Sunset
Philadelphia
CIO
Phillip
Slim) Connolly
California Cio Council
Philip Murray
Peace efforts advance between Peron government and Catholic Church
Argentina moves to mend ties after the June revolt as Foreign Minister Remorino and papal nuncio Msgr. Mario Zanin discuss a possible concordat with the Vatican. Authorities release most arrestees while repairs proceed at Government House and Peron works from his residence.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Jeronimo Remorino
Mario Zanin
Vatican
Foreign Ministry
Congress
Argentina
Episcopal Palace
Peron
Government House
Walkouts Idle 16000 Hit GM and Chrysler Plants
Detroit area labor unrest continues as 16000 workers idle at GM and Chrysler plants. 8500 GM workers stay away at Willow Run after a CIO United Auto Workers Local 735 meeting ended in disorder. Chrysler idle affects 3900 at Kercheval plant with heat-related refusals.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Willow Run
CIO
United Auto Workers Local 735
Chrysler
Kercheval
Aged King Haakon Wins Gallant Race
In Oslo the 83 year old King Haakon led a royal dash in a sightseeing round as Queen Elizabeth prepared to depart. He beat the Duke of Edinburgh to the car, bowing as he helped the queen aboard.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon
Duke
Edinburg
Elizabeth
U.S. Plans Aid for Quake-Stricken Greece
The United States will provide Greece with 19.2 million dollars to address earthquake damage. The aid includes 7.5 million dollars in defense support funds under the Mutual Security program for construction materials for quake zones.
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Washington —P
United States
Greece
Department
UN Sifts Peace Declarations as Soviet Mig Attack Fallout
The UN General Assembly nears a closing ceremony as Soviet Mig fighters reportedly fired on a US Navy patrol plane over the Bering Sea causing injuries to seven of its 11 crew. Dulles and Molotov planned departures as Western powers weigh a final San Francisco Declaration.
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San Francisco
Five Soldiers Ready to Leave Red China Return
The Peiping radio reports arrangements are complete for the departure of three American and two Belgian soldiers who had chosen to stay in Red China after the Korean War. Identified as Lewis W. Griggs Jacksonville Texas O G Bell Olympia Washington William A Cowart Dalton Georgia and Belgians Roger Devriendt Louis Verdyk, they can now leave immediately.
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Hong Kong
Peiping Radio
Red China
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
O. G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
William A Cowart
Dalton, Ga
Roger Devriendt
Louis Verdyk
Teens Bombard Molotov Headquarters in Hillsborough
Hillsborough police strengthened security around V. M. Molotov's United Nations headquarters after six teenagers tossed six cherry bombs over a fence from a nearby estate. The flashes sent 15 Russian secret police rushing from the mansion. Police Chief Walter Wisnem aided in the youths' capture and planned a parent conference.
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Hillsborough
Calif
V. M. Molotov
United Nations
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