UAW chief invites Ford to talks on contract decision
Walter P. Reuther, CIO United Auto Workers president, invites Henry Ford II to attend the Ford-UAW negotiations meeting. Reuther asks Ford to join the National Ford Council to clarify whether workers will accept or reject Ford's five year half billion dollar package. Ford managers had not confirmed attendance. The Ford council met after union negotiators rejected the Ford offer which did not meet demand for a guaranteed annual wage.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ienry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Reuther
UAW
National
Ford Council
GAW
Indict Four Hoosiers In Vote Buying Case
Four persons were indicted in Evansville Indiana on charges of vote buying in the May 3 primary. Indictments stem from reports that votes were bought with dollar bills and liquor. Names of those indicted were withheld pending arrest.
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Evansville
Ind
Kid Stuff drives warn against careless holiday driving
A public service message notes adult drivers slide into a second childhood during holiday weekends. It recalls Memorial Day casualties of 362 deaths and 12,500 injuries, urging safe driving with the slogan CARELESS DRIVING IS DEADLY KID STUFF, produced with The Advertising Council.
Memorial Day Weekend Storm Threatens Kenosha Area
Gray skies and possible severe thunderstorms threatened Memorial Day weekend in Kenosha and much of the state. Temperatures were forecast to dip into the high 40s tonight and rise into the 60s tomorrow. The sewage treatment plant logged a third of an inch of rain since midnight with a night low of 52 and yesterday high of 81.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Describe Average FHA Home Buyer in Previous Year
The average FHA buyer last year had income of 5139 dollars and bought a house and lot valued at 10678 dollars. A family man, he chose a four room home with three bedrooms and a garage. About 55 percent of homes were new. He paid 15 percent down and received an FHA insured mortgage of 8862 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Wisconsin
Police Probe Fatal Crash on Nob Hill
San Francisco authorities investigated a fatal crash involving a 10 ton moving van that plowed down Nob Hill and damaged Chinatown shops. The vehicle sped 80 to 100 mph, killing the driver and several pedestrians, injuring three, with the Mayflower van linked to Indianapolis. investigators impounded the wreck as fires were checked and questions were directed at maintenance and service personnel.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Nob Hill
James L. English
Daly St
Grant Ave
Main Street
English
Indianapolis
Hensel resigns post after Army McCarthy clash
Hensel resigns as assistant secretary of defense after years of public sparring with Senator Joseph R. McCarthy during the Army McCarthy hearings, marking a abrupt leadership change in Washington.
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Washington
H. Struve Hensel
Joseph R. McCarthy
New Threat Of Tornadoes In Midwest
Severe weather moved into the central and upper Mississippi valley after a deadly Kansas Oklahoma Missouri outbreak. A new low pressure area from Minnesota to Arkansas threatened fresh twisters as Udall rebuilt following a Wednesday night tornado that killed 73 and injured over 200. Relief crews and the national guard coordinated aid while officials urged resilience and rebuilding efforts continued.
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Udall
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Minnesota
Arkansas
National Guard
Earl B. Rowe
Fred Hall
Red China Claims Fuel Discovery
Peiping radio says Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a process for synthetic petroleum increasing yield fiftyfold using the same equipment. The report notes China operates Manchurian plants built by Japan before World War II to produce gasoline from coal.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Reds
Manchuria
Polio Death in Philadelphia Amid Salk Vaccine Drive
Pennsylvania reports its first polio death despite mass inoculation of about a half million school children with the Salk vaccine. The case underscores ongoing illness risks and vaccination program coverage in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Grim Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises Across Nation
The Memorial Day weekend began with 42 traffic fatalities by 9 a.m. EST after 32 dead in accidents, five drownings, and five in miscellaneous causes since Friday 6 p.m. The National Safety Council projects up to 360 traffic deaths over the 78 hour period ending Monday midnight as 40 million vehicles hit the roads.
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National Safety Council
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Accidents 1954 Summary
The Wisconsin safety division reports 36 888 accidents last year with 722 deaths and 12 216 injuries. The deadliest drivers were ages 15 to 24 and 55 to 64, while most crashes involved 60 814 vehicles and speed-related errors on dry daylight state highways.
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Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Memorial Day Dedication Parade In Kenosha
Memorial Day observances in Kenosha mark the dedication of the veterans memorial in Green Ridge cemetery at 3 p.m. Monday and a Library park service at 11 a.m. Lt Cmdr Thomas Severtson will speak at the park event with music by the American Legion band. The parade forms at 10 a.m. and proceeds to Library park. DAR and veterans groups participate in ceremonies honoring World War II and Korean War servicemen.
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Library Park
Kenosha
America
Green Ridge Cemetery
Cmdr
Thomas Severtson
Great Lakes
American Legion Band
George Manupella
Jean Kley
Franklin Hubbard
John Davies
Lincoln
Harold Rasmussen
Vincent Milosh
43Rd St
7Th Ave
6Th Ave
59Th Pl
8Th Ave
60Th St
Schmitt
Yugoslavia Rejects Russian Bid to Rejoin Eastern Bloc
In Belgrade Yugoslavia declined a Russian bid to rejoin the Eastern Communist bloc. Tito asserted Yugoslavia would pursue active co existence independent of East and West. Khrushchev and Bulganin displayed gloomy receptions at a state lunch, while Tito remained light hearted.
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Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Marshal Tito
Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Cominform
Air Superiority Of U S Fading Says Wiley
Senator Alexander Wiley warned of diminishing U S air supremacy in a Memorial Day address at West Allis. He claimed Russia fields about 20 000 first line combat planes to the U S 12 500 military aircraft and Western powers around 4 000, urging no time to build up mass production if war comes.
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Milwaukee
United States
Russia
Alexander Wiley
Partisanship Criticizes Eisenhower by Democratic Chair
Norfolk Virginia Democratic National Chairman Paul M Butler declared today that President Eisenhower's administration is the most blindly partisan government our nation has ever had. He denounced the GOP as failing to oppose the policy of the administration.
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Norfolk
Paul M. Butler
Eisenhower
Belle Boyd grave flies Confederate flag again in Wisconsin Dells
Belle Boyd, famed Confederate spy, is honored at her Wisconsin Dells grave with Confederate and state flags flown on May 9 and Memorial Day. The body rests under Southern soil since 1953 after earth from Virginia was brought by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The site features a white fence, rose plantings, and a tour boat named in her honor.
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Belle Boyd
Belle
Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin Civil War Iron Brigade
American Legion
Women of the United Daughters
James River
Virginia
Bele Boyd
Dells
Wisconsin River
Martinsburg
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GRANT
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Hensel
Midwest
Red China
Associated Press
William P. Schmitt
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Eagles Club
44Th St
CYO
U. S
Wis
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