Violence Threat Hangs Over Rail Tieup in Britain
Britain faces a seven day old rail strike with threats of violence against nonstriking workers. ASLEF and NUR officials report intimidation by striking crews, while 80 percent of locomotive crews seek higher pay. Dock workers strike idles 167 freighters, delaying 1800 Liverpool passengers aboard liners Ascania, Britannic and Empress of Australia.
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London
Britain
Southampton
Stockport
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
James Baty
ASLEF
Mauretania
New York
Liverpool
New Round of Rains Scheduled in State
Rains covered Kansas in the last 24 hours with 0.50 to 2.15 inches across the eastern two thirds. A new round of scattered showers and thunderstorms is forecast for tonight mainly in the south and east. Skies stay mostly cloudy through Sunday with temperatures from the 40s to near 60 overnight and highs in the 70s to 80s across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Noeda
BAIT
Freedom’s Hard to Find For 4 U S Jet Airmen
Four U S jet pilots freed after more than two years in Red China struggle to reunite with families in Hawaii between dentist visits and Air Force interrogations. Maj William McGinty notes they have had no uninterrupted time with kin. The four officers Lt Col Edwin Heller, Capt Harold Fischer, Lt Lyle Cameron, and Lt Roland Parks arrived from Hong Kong and were flown to Hawaii for a reunion.
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Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Hong Kong
Hawaii
Dynamite Blasts Start California Uranium Rush
HOBO HOT SPRINGS Calif Two dynamite blasts echoed in Kern River Canyon opening California s uranium rush under 50 armed deputies eyeballing the scene. About a thousand prospectors rushed in while violence was limited. Claim jumping occurred but experts expect court action that may drag on for months.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
Kern River Canyon
California
Rocky Canyon
Andy Hess Fire Insurance
An advertisement for Andy Hess Fire Insurance offers fire insurance services with a contact phone number 457 and parallels the era's classifieds style.
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Andy Hess
NAACP Lays Strategy To Boost Integration
Atlanta NAACP leaders convened a strategy meeting soon after filing a petition on behalf of nine parents and 19 Atlanta students urging immediate school reorganization per Supreme Court rulings. The action, linked to a 1951 suit and the May 31 directive, aims to advance integration as swiftly as practicable.
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NAACP
Atlanta
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored
South
Atlanta Board of Education
U. S. Su
Ira Jarrell
Board of Education
Jarrell
Devereaux McClatchey
Supreme Court
C. L. Harper
U.S. District Court
Harper
Friday Rain Report in Lawrence Inches Observed
Friday night storm dropped 0.22 inch of rain in the Lawrence area per observer C. J. Posey, first measurable June moisture. May rainfall near five inches kept the area about an inch below normal for the first five months of 1955. Strong north winds accompanied the rain with no major damage reported as temperatures rose to 88.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
Posey
Catholics Fight Back Against Perons Rule
In Buenos Aires a group of Roman Catholic priests warned Argentines that aiding laws restricting the church’s rights risks excommunication. The declaration, not an official church stand, was prepared for pulpit readings tomorrow and released publicly yesterday by a high church source.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Peron
Heirarchy
Bolivian Air Chief Dies in Tapacari Plane Crash
Maj. Jorge Jordan Mercado, chief of staff of the Bolivian air force, died when his plane crashed in Tapacari, eastern Bolivia. An air force sergeant who piloted the aircraft was also killed.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Jorge Jordan Mercado
Tapacari
Air Force
Nehru Leaves for Moscow on East European Trip
Prime Minister Nehru departed New Delhi by air for a five week tour to Moscow and other East European capitals. He is scheduled to arrive in Moscow on Tuesday. Season's end sale till 8th at Lawrence Garden Center, 6th & Mich.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Moscow
Lawrence Garden Center
6Th & Mich
AUW Presses For Combine of Best Contract Gains
DETROIT June 4 The CIO United Auto Workers push for better terms in talks with Ford and General Motors. Ford faces a 36 hour strike deadline as meetings resume at 10 am and 3 pm. GM bargaining continues with two sessions planned today and tomorrow including a first night session in two months. Ford offers to add state unemployment support, a guaranteed annual wage concept, while GM reportedly matches some pension and wage concessions but rejects a guaranteed wage.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
UAW
Ostend Hotel in Atlantic City Collapses in Flames
Fire roared through the Ostend Hotel on the boardwalk in Atlantic City trapping guests. The five story wooden structure burned to rubble and a crowd of 2,000 watched as eight people were led out in nightclothes and three firemen plus a staff member and a guest were slightly injured. Authorities pegged the cause as undetermined on the third floor and the appraised value of the hotel plus belongings was $200,000.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ostend
Betty Deitch
Esther Boyar
Petersburg thief steals 10 glass eyes
A Petersburg intruder broke into a hotel room and stole ten glass eyes, prompting questions about the perpetrator's motive or needs. Police investigated the unusual burglary and sought leads to identify the suspect.
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Petersburg
Miracle Ann Dupree Born Prematurely Then Dead at Embalming
In Houston a premature baby girl named Miracle Ann Dupree, pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m., was found alive on an embalming slab hours later. Dr. M Desmond led the premature nursery at City-County Hospital reporting the infant died while in an incubator. The mother, Mrs. Mark Dupree, called the revival a miracle before the baby’s death was finalized.
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Houston
Miracle Ann’’ Dupree
M. Desmond
City-County Hospital
Mark Dupree
Corry
North Houston
Sadler to Deliver Baccalaureate at Kansas University
Dr M E Sadler president of Texas Christian University will deliver the Kansas University baccalaureate sermon at 730 p m Sunday in Memorial Stadium if rain drives services to Allen Fieldhouse The address titled Constructive Religion will draw about 1000 graduates and 5000 guests including townspeople Gov Fred Hall Chancellor Murphy and Lester McCoy will speak at the commencement Monday but no main address is planned The weekend schedule includes processions band performances prayers and a concert by Ronald Barnes the carillonneur with many reunions and dinners accompanying events
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M. E. Sadler
Texas Christian University
Kansas University
Memorial Stadium
Allen Fieldhouse
Sadler
Fred Hall
Franklin D. Murphy
Lester McCoy
Kansas Board of Regents
Mt. Oread
Russell L. Wiley
Dale E. Turner
Plymouth Congregational Church
Albert F. Bramble
First Methodist Church
Rudolph C. Tatsch
First Christian Church
Gretchaninoff
Donald M. Swarthout
K. U
Andrew L. ‘Berry
Episcopal
St. George
Kenneth Alford
Ronald Barnes
Memorial Carrillon
Memorial
Union Building
Mortar Board
Trail Room
Memorial Union
Endowment ‘Association Trustees
Hordes of Animals Now In Strip Across Korea
Nearly two years after the armistice a 150 mile zone across the Korean peninsula opens to animal swarms. Tigers and wolves roam the demilitarized area as civilians are barred. Allied soldiers report tiger attacks and capture of cubs amid ongoing patrols in the truce zone.
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Seoul
Korean Peninsula
Demilitarized Zone
Seoul Daily News
Sertoma Club Old Settlers Picnic at 4-H Fairgrounds
Larry Lawrence promotes a Sunday outing inviting families to the Sertoma Club Old Settlers Picnic at the 4-H Fairgrounds for a lighthearted, nostalgic afternoon in old-fashioned style with clothing and entertainment.
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Sertoma Club
Old Settlers
Lawrence Guardsmen to Receive State Trophy for Excellence
Lawrence National Guard company H 137th Infantry will be awarded the Gen Wilder S Metcalf Kansas National Guard trophy for excellence, chosen by a five officer board. The presentation occurs at 8 p m Tuesday at the Lawrence Community Building, with Col Mahlon Weed and Capt Karl Reber in attendance and an opportunity for public inspection afterward.
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Gen. Wilder S.metcalf
Kansas National Guard
Lawrence National Guard
Lawrence
137Th Infantry
Kansas Adjutant -General
National Rifle Association
Mahlon Weed
137 Infantry
Karl Reber
Wilder S. Metcalf
Frank Dunkley
Co. H
Metcalf
National Guard
Insurance adjustors gather in Blackwell for tornado damage
More than 20 insurance adjustors have converged on Blackwell to settle damages from the May 25 tornado that cost 20 lives and an estimated 7.32 million dollars in claims. Up to yesterday, 1,100 damage claims were turned into the Con trolling General Adjustment Bureau, Inc., representing more than 200 underwriters involved here.
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Blackwell
Okla
General Adjustment Bureau, Inc
Deluxe Cafe Won’t Close This Monday Adv
A brief advertisement states Deluxe Cafe will remain open this coming Monday despite plans or expectations of closure. The notice provides no extra dates or reasons.
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Deluxe Cafe
Drowning and wreck claim two lives in area Friday
A fishing accident near Bowersock Dam left 12 year old Wray Darrell Jones dead after being pulled underwater and not surfacing. In a separate crash 15 year old Lois Irene Zordel died at dusk north of Lawrence when two Jefferson County cars collided.
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Wray Jones
Mabel Powell
Amos Jones
F. C. Sanders
Lawrence
Lois Zordel
Gorham
Dwayne
Donald Hanes
Ottawa
Journal-World
Wray Darrell Jones
Bowersock Dam
Kaw River
Henrietta Ragland
Maple St
Wray
Woodlawn School
Lois Irene Zordel
Jefferson County
North Bank
Amos Randell Jones
Charles Steele
Perry St
Boate
Amos
Topeka
George Scott
George
Ernest Higgins
Walnut St
Byron Walters
John Kasberger
Funk-Cooper-Warren
Thomas Ragland
Valerie Ann Ragland
Mebel Lorna Ragland
Chetopa
McLouth
Ransom Memorial Hospital
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U.S
Soviet
Korea
Larry Lawrence
Lawrence Guardsmen
Boy
Raw River
Dam
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