GM Offers Own Wage Idea in Counter Proposal to UAW
Detroit General Motors reportedly prepared to unveil a significant counter-proposal to the CIO United Auto Workers for a guaranteed annual wage. The move followed secret talks and a private post-session chat involving CIO leader Walter Reuther, GM personnel head Harry Anderson, and bargaining teams.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Harry W. Anderson
Hold Confab of Experts On Vaccine
Washington experts met at the National Institutes of Health to review Salk vaccine dosages and possible inoculation suspension during polio season. Dr. Jonas E Salk supported intramuscular injection while considering intracutaneous methods. Uncertainty over vaccine supply persisted with possible releases pushed to next week and a June 30 target for second inoculations.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Jonas E. Salk
Ann Arbor
Mich
The
Health Service
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wisconsin Assembly Votes 2 A.M Tavern Hours Bill
The Assembly approved a summer 2 a.m. closing for taverns by a 46-37 vote but a reconsideration motion was entered and will be taken up again next week. The measure runs June 1 to September 30 and targets all but Milwaukee taverns.
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Assembly
Wisconsin
Assemblyman
Dillman
R-Lac du _ Flambeau
Milwaukee
Lippert
D-Milwaukee
Catlin
R-Appleton
Private guilty of betrayal in U S Army court martial
Berlin A U S Army court martial today convicted Pvt. William T. Marchuk of betraying American intelligence secrets to the Russians. Marchuk, 38, Norristown, Pa., held prisoner by the Soviets for six years, was found guilty on three charges of betraying secrets, association with Soviet secret police and desertion. He pleaded not guilty and contended he fell into Soviet hands when he was drunk.
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Berlin
Pvt
William T. Marchuk
Marchuk
Norristown
Japan Cautions on U S Offer for Uranium Concent
Tokyo reports Japan's cabinet tentatively accepted the United States offer of 100 kilograms of nuclear reactor fuel for peaceful atomic energy research. Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu said Japan would be cautious, noting domestic leftist demands against strings, while U S officials denied any strings.
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Tokyo
Japan
America
Eisenhower
Mamoru Shigemisto
U. S
Car Hits Abutment Near Rib Lake Kills Wausau Man
Joseph K. Kuchta, 24, of Wausau, died when his car struck a bridge abutment on Highway 102 west of Rib Lake early today. A passenger, Grace Mildbrand of Athens, suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from the hospital.
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Joseph K. Kuchta
Wausau
Highway 102
Here
Grace Mildbrand
Athens
Yale Senior Wins Right to Refuse 400000 Inheritance
New York Yale senior Eugene F. Suter Jr. won a Surrogate Court ruling allowing him to refuse a 350000 trust and 36036 income in 1953. Judge Collins said a person may choose freedom of choice and not be forced to accept inheritance, likening it to Seneca and Lucretius ideas.
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Yale
William T. Collins
Eugene F. Suter, Jr
Collins
Suter
Seneca
Lucretius
Probers Aim At Grafters In Contracts
Senate investigations subcommittee plans to expose senior figures in a graft ring profiting from military contracts. Porreca testified he received a home freezer and lingerie from Rubin in 1952. Rubin said no payoffs were made and that the item was not a gift.
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McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations
The
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Joseph G. Porreca
Clifton
N. J
Rubin
Bender
Porreca
Bonita Originals, Inc
Quartermaster General
Puerto Rico
New York Feather Co
Louis Alperstein
Potent New Drug Prednisone Promises Relief for Rheumatic Disease
A Chicago report cites an American Medical Association journal saying prednisone could be four to five times more potent than existing compounds for relieving pain and other symptoms of rheumatic diseases.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Assn
Coffee prices cut by major distributors in New York
General Foods Corp and Standard Brands cut wholesale coffee prices in New York with some chain stores planning immediate retail passes.
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New York
General Foods Corp
Standard Brands
Senate approves $3.32 billion Treasury Post Office bill
The Senate approved a $3,322,488,500 appropriation to fund the treasury and post office departments for a year starting July 1. In Berlin the Soviets rejected Western proposals to lift Berlin’s blockade and the three Western ambassadors announced plans to refer the issue to their governments.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Post Office Departments
Berlin
Gen Twining warns of bigger air force to counter Soviet gains
General Nathan F. Twining warned that new Soviet air power gains could compel the United States to expand its air force to keep ahead of Russia. He spoke in Los Angeles, underscoring the strategic need for enhanced air capabilities amid Cold War tensions.
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Los Angeles
Nathan F. Twining
United States
Russia
AMC to Expand Kenosha Rambler Plant to 800 Daily
American Motors plans a 60 percent capacity increase at Kenosha to raise Rambler output from 500 to 800 units daily this summer. A new final assembly line, sub-assembly, inspection facilities and body plants will be built, expanding total Kenosha output to 1,700 units daily and overall capacity to 1,900 with El Segundo plant.
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AMC
Kenosha
American Motors Corporation
George Romney
Detroit
Romney
Rambler
American Motors
el Segundo
Calif
Nash
Hudson
Argentina Deputies vote to end state Catholicism
The Argentine lower house approved by 121 to 12 a government bill to amend the constitution ending Roman Catholicism as the state religion. The measure moves to the senate and then the president for signature, amid protests and Catholic demonstrations.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Peronistas
House
Wiley Predicts Eisenhower Draft for 1956 GOP Ticket
Sen Wiley of Wisconsin predicts President Eisenhower will be drafted as the 1956 Republican presidential candidate and be reelected. He says no other Republican has the stature to win the ticket and notes GOP pressure may force a run. He dismisses McCarthy third party talk and says he and McCarthy go their separate ways.
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Detroit
Sen
Wiley
Rwis
Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Russia Extends Refugee Exchange Deadline by One Month
The British foreign office announced that Russia has agreed to extend the deadline for exchange of refugees between North and South Vietnam by one month. A spokesman for Britain said London is delighted by the decision.
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Russia
Viet Nam
Foreign Office
Britain
Boy Dies After Scuffle In Milwaukee Ninth Grader
A 16 year old, Terrance Star, died of a heart attack after a scuffle with 14 year old Thomas Koprowski while heading to Boys Tech Annex with both in the ninth grade. An autopsy cited poor health. Star collapsed after being headlocked and pushed against a wall. The medical examiner noted only a minor forehead abrasion. A companion corroborated the scuffle account.
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Terrance Star
Thomas Koprowski
Star
Koprowski
Terrance
Boys Tech Annex
Thomas
Girl Rescued From Love-Sick Suitor Near Flat Rock
Detroit state police rescued 21 year old June Dallen from a motel near Flat Rock where she had been abducted at gunpoint by Murray Sinuk after spurning advances. She was roughed up but not sexually assaulted. Sinuk surrendered when troopers forced entry.
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Detroit
Here
June Dallen
Murray Sinuk
Flat Rock
Destructive Floods Strike Four Southwest States
Destructive spring floods sweep through Colorado Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico with four dead and many evacuated. A lightning strike killed four Kingsville Texas schoolboys. a Colorado woman drowned. Roads bridges and communications disrupted as rivers rose. Conchas Dam water storage rose by 60 000 acre feet. Highways closed and mass evacuations underway.
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Kingsville
Tex
Colorado
Conchas
New Mexico
Lufkin
Robbery at First National Bank in Jacksonville Alabama
Two armed bandits robbed the First National Bank of $90,000 in Jacksonville Alabama. They forced the bank vice president to open the bank while the officer's wife and two children were held hostage at their home. FBI said the heist was planned after prompting Jesse N Wood to accompany them to the bank.
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Jacksonville
Ala
First National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jesse N. Wood
Typhoid Cases Surge in Hagen Area
In Hagen and southern Tyre region, typhoid cases have climbed to over 300, signaling a widening outbreak. Health officials urge containment measures and medical vigilance amid rising infections and limited resources.
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Hagen
Germany
Southern
Tuhr
Cost of Living Down Slightly Last Month
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index in mid April at 1.1 percent below March, centering on auto price cuts and a slight rent decline. Rents mark the first drop since 1942, with used and new car prices down about four percent amid high inventories. Food costs rose about 4 to 1 percent, driven by fruits and vegetables, while clothing, coal, and house furnishings edged lower. The overall index stands at 114.2 percent of 1947-49 averages.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Aryness Joy Wickens
Sturgeon Bay Man Nominated U.S. Attorney Eastern Wisconsin
Edward G. Minor of Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin was nominated by President Eisenhower to serve as U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin. Minor, a Republican, would hold a four year term succeeding Timothy T. Cronin whose term has expired.
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Washington
Edward G. Minor
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Eisenhower
U. S
Wisconsin
Minor
Timothy T. Cronin
Weather outlook shows fair conditions with cooler highs
The state reports mostly fair weather today with noon readings from 56 at the sewage treatment plant 60 at American Motors and 57 downtown. Yesterday reached 73 with a 52 low and 47 this morning. Tonight in the low 50s with a high of 70 to 75 tomorrow. Sunday outlook remains partly cloudy and cool.
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