Ford Shocks Labor With Proposal For Cut In Pay
Detroit AP report notes Ford requests wage concessions as UAW threatens a strike of 225000 GM workers within two weeks amid Chrysler Chrysler strike. T A Johnstone says 90 GM plants may walk out by May 28 if no settlement. Unprecedented move seen as major shift in postwar wage drive affecting about half a million car workers nationwide.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Ford Motor Company
T. A. Johnstone
UAW
General Motors Department
America
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Wil Guben- Ain
Bord
Bes Ford
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Coal Operators Stand Firm Against Pay Demands in Talks
Coal negotiators led by John L Lewis prepare for contract talks with miners, signaling strong resistance to higher pay and welfare fund royalties. Current 40 hour week stands, vacation pay debated, and a possible 9 to 4 cent tonnage royalty discussed to fund pensions. Moody succession issues loom as bargaining opens.
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Washington
John L Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine ‘Workers
UMW
Banc
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jay
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Seven Die In Tennessee Traffic Accidents
The United States reports seven deaths from traffic accidents across four large Tennessee population areas over the past week. Sgt James McMillin, 21, Boulder Colorado, a youthful U S Army sergeant, defied orders to leave Russia after becoming involved with Mrs Galina Dynaeva Biconish, wife of Sgt John Biconish. McMillin remained in the Soviet Union with her, while the embassy notes the action not driven by politics but by exploitation of a naive soldier. The State Department states no force will be used to compel his return.
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Washington
United
Moscow
Tennessee
Russia
State Department
Memphis
James
Shelby County
M. McMillin
Boulder
Colo
Hamilton
Davidson
Greene
Jefferson
Shelby i
bAnnabel Bucar
Citi Hamilton
Knox
Selais
United States
Soviet Union
McMillin
Taft pushes cuts to flood control federal funds
Washington Senator Taft R Ohio urged a 4 cut in federal funds for rivers harbors and flood control projects saying the bill is too large and public works should be toned down. The Appropriations Committee reported 708556666 with over 100 million added by the Senate. Reed Ferguson Bridges seek to curb projects and delay Corps decisions. Gurney expects Senate support for the committee's figure.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Federal Fund For
Senate
House
Truman
Reed
R-Kan
Ferguson
R-Mich
Army Corps of Engineers
Gurney
R-Sd
Appropriations Committee
Governor Demands Quick Settlement of Minnesota Meat Strike
South St Paul Minn Governor Luther Youngdahl summoned packers and strikers to his office urging a rapid end to the meat packing strike that has tied up plants since March 16. He ordered National Guardsmen to another strikebound facility at Albert Lea as about 1000 Wilson and Company workers, CIO United Packing House Workers Union members, remain off the job.
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South St. Paul
Minn
Luther W. Youngdsh
Minnesota
Snd
National
Albert Les
Here
Wilson -and- Company
CIO United Packing House Workers Union
Ment
Navy moves to authorize 45 000-ton giant aircraft carrier
A House Armed Services Subcommittee approved a bill to allow the Navy to begin construction of a 45 000 ton aircraft carrier capable of Arctic operations. Secretary Forrestal testified on the plan to replace 13 incomplete warships with guided missile capable vessels and the super carrier at an estimated 220 million dollars. The measure, before the subcommittee, seeks input from the Army and Air Force on the plan amid wider defense legislation and possible draft debate later in the week.
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House
Armed Services
Navy
Arctic
Ksole
Defense Forrestal
Capitol
Congress
Armed Services Subcommittee
Forresin
Hess
Ohio
Army
Air Force
Senate
Reporter George Polk Death in Salonika Spurs Greek Inquiry
Greek cabinet minister from Athens rushed to investigate the death of CBS reporter George Polk whose body with a bullet wound and bound limbs was found in Salonika Bay. The 34 year old veteran journalist disappeared after seeking an interview with Markos Vallades and was the first American reporter to die in the Greek civil war.
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Salonika
Greece
Athens
George Polk
Salonika Bay
Themistokles Sophoulia
Constantin Rentis
Polk
Columbia Broadcasting System
Markos Vallades
Niki
Victory
Sophoulis
Navy
Markos
Poli
CBS
Rhea Polk
Palestine
Middle East
M Nieman
Harvard
United States
Dr Cobb to Remain as Kingsport Baptist Pastor
Dr L B Cobb who resigned last month to leave Kingsport First Baptist Church accepted the call to remain as pastor with a salary increase. The meeting followed tense discussion after his Sunday morning resignation statement. Cobb, president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention, plans to attend the Southern Baptist Convention in Memphis after the Kingsport service.
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L. B. Cobb
Kingsport First Baptist Church
Dr. Cobb
T. Parker
Cobb
Kingsport
Tennessee Baptist Convention
Senator Stewart Campaign Tour Through Blountville and Greeneville
Senator Tom Stewart planned a morning stop in Blountville and Sullivan County after arriving in Johnson City from Washington. In the afternoon he would visit Greeneville, then Knoxville, before attending the East Tennessee Farmers and Homemakers Institute at the University of Tennessee on Tuesday, wrapping up the district handshaking tour.
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Tom Stewart
Blountville
Sullivan County
Johnson City
Washington
W. D. Hudson
Stewart
Greeneville
Upstate
Knoxville
East Tennessee Farmers and Homemakers Institute
University
Fot Tennessee
Msgr Flanagan Body Flown Home From Europe
The burial envoy for Msgr Edward J. Flanagan founder of Boys Town, is flown to the United States from Berlin where funeral rites were held in Steglitz. Cardinal Count Von Preysing led services assisted by Army chaplains, with Lt Col Raman J Nuwer escorting. Flanagan died after a heart attack while touring German youth facilities.
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Buryner
Edward J. Flanagan
Nebraska
Steglits
Konrad Cardinal Count von Preysing
Berlin
Raman J. Nuwer
Buf- InJo
U. S
Austria
Father Flanagan
Stassen Dewey Clash In Oregon Radio Debate Tonight
Dewey and Stassen square off in a 6 p.m. Oregon debate on the Communist Party ban wielding three networks Mutual NBC and ABC. The hourlong exchange shapes the Oregon race for its 12 Republican votes as both candidates press a furious campaign pace and try to recover ground ahead of election day.
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Portland
Oreg
Guy
Thomas I. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
United States
Stussen
Dewey
Mutual
NBC
ABC
Stassen
Street Scenes Rooster and the Downtown Help Effort
A chaotic downtown vignette shows a mangled scene with a boy and a junk man collecting old papers and discarded items from homes while bystanders and employers offer assistance. A woman in a store debates a clerk over soup brands to fund Boy Scout gear, as kids toy an express wagon nearby.
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Rooster
Merry Ohare
Lwo
Boy Scout Unifornia
Equipmont
Ferguson raps rising drunken driving problem
Sullivan County judge Shel burn Ferguson opens the May term of Circuit Court lashing at crime, especially drunken driving. He warns the docket would overflow if all violators were arrested, notes 10,000 annual crimes in a 75,000 population county and a $5 million annual crime cost. He calls for equal punishment and urges grand jurors to act, citing failures of homes, schools, and churches.
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Blountville
Spl
Shelburne Ferguson
Sullivan County
Grand Jury
Ferguson
Kingsport
Bristol
U. S
Fergu
UN Ends Efforts To Agree On A Bomb
The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission voted 9 to 2 to end its two year effort to reach world atomic control. Russia and the Soviet Ukraine voted against the suspension proposed by the United States Britain and France. Western powers said it was useless to continue talks amid deadlock between Russia and the commission majority.
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Lake
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Gree
Russia
Soviet
Ukraine
United States
Britain
France
Commission
Egypts Army Near Tel Aviv in Arab Claims
Arab reports from Cairo claim Egyptian forces advanced deep into southern Palestine toward Tel Aviv and that Arab forces seized two Jewish towns and the Sea of Galilee waterpower station. Saudi Arabia outbid Egypt for four Trans-World Airlines planes, and U S ambassador Pinkney Tuck urged review of actions as Arab advances spread across Transjordan and Syria.
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Egypt
Palestine
Tel’ Aviv
Sea of Galilee
Middle- Palestine
Tel Aviv
Anit
United States
Saudi Arabia
Saudi J Arabia
TWA
Arabia
S. Pinkney Tuck
W Mahmoud Fahmy Nowrashy Pasha
Syria
Lebanon
Trans- Jordan
Trig
Aramea
Trans-Jordan
el Majdal
Majdal
Seamakh
Sea of Galiles
Warlier
Amman
Iraq
Jordan River
Samakh
Rutenburg
Transjordan
Yarmuk River
Jordan, Hing
Taft calls UN armed force to protect Israel rally
Senator Robert A. Taft urged the United Nations to use armed force to prevent aggression against Israel and to recognize and admit the new state to the UN. He also called for lifting the arms embargo to the Middle East, warning action may be needed if veto blocks UN aid. The Madison Square Garden gathering supported Israel with chants, prayers, and pro-Israel sentiment.
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New York
Robert.a. Taft
Ohio
United Nations
Israel
Madison Square Garden
United States
Middle East
UN Security Council
Taft
49Th Street
Emergency Counel
Emanuel Netwnann
Zionist Organization of America
Mary
J Taft
Truman
New Republic
Two Sullivan County youths jailed after attack on girl
Five youths were arrested in Sullivan County on rape charges after an attack on a 16 year old Sunset Hill girl. Bond was set at 10000 each. Bacon posted bond and Birdwell remained in custody. The incident occurred near the D C and railroad mine as authorities described a five hour ordeal before the victim was released near her home. The case was investigated by Constables Upchurch and Zimmennan and Deputy Sheriff Scott. The girl required hospital treatment.
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Sullivan County
Sunset Hill
bin Bacon
Chris He Birdwell
The
Fordtgwn Anea
General Sessions
Sidney G. Gilbreath
Bacon
Birdwell
Kingsport
Jone
Holston Valley Community Hospital
U S Policy Toward Arabs In Palestine In Review
United States weighing a pivotal policy declaration on the Arab invasion of Palestine as United Nations circles expect U S stance to influence Security Council action. Warren R Austin maintains close contact with UN members while Abdallah of Trans-Jordan asserts invasion to protect Arabs. Israel seeks UN membership amid provisional government steps.
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Palestine
Isa Yar
United Nations
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Abdel Rahman Amam Pasha
Arab League
Holy Land
Pigypt
Bris
Lebanon
Iraq
Trans- Jordan
Yemen
Abdallah
Tjorael
Moshe Shertok
United States
Russia
Wassily A. Tarasenko
Ukraine
Escaped Convicts At Large Near Kingsport Area
A broad search is on for two escaped convicts from Gate City Virginia George Hill 38 and Jesse Williams 19. They fled the prison camp early Sunday after severing chains while in prison garb. Authorities warn the pair are dangerous and may head toward the Kingsport area. Police monitor railroads highways and routes into the region as the manhunt intensifies.
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Virginia
Gate City
George Hill
Jesse Willans
Kingsport
Showdown Near On A Strike Question
Washington officials say efforts to eliminate the danger of a strike in atomic energy plants have failed. The U S Atomic Energy Commission reports no agreement between operating companies and the union on a program for continuous operation. A strike at Oak Ridge National Laboratory between Carbide and Carbon Chemicals and the AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council also nears the strike stage with no settlement in sight.
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Washington
U.S Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemics In Corp
AFL Atomic Tradhea and Labor Council
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