Britain Faces Grave Rail Strike Amid Eden Appeal
Britain grapples with its gravest industrial crisis since 1926 as 67 000 railway workers strike after Eden's back to work appeal fails. Albert Hallworth of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen vows a three month stand, while union leaders warn the country will break before the workers. The walkout seeks higher pay differentials for rail staff.
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London
Britain
Eden
Albert Hallworth
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Hallworth
India Adviser Sees Freedom For US Airmen Soon
Indian diplomat V K Krishna Menon said Peiping would release four American fighter pilots within a few hours, with others possibly freed soon after. He named Capt Harold Fischer Jr, Lyle Cameron, Edwin Heller, and Roland Parks, noting the move could ease Far East tensions and that cases of other U S servicemen were under review. He did not specify dates or borders, but Hong Kong frontier releases were common, and U N and U S officials welcomed the development as a step toward reducing tensions.
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New Delhi
V. K. Krishna Menon
China
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle W. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Edwin L
Far East
U.S
Menon
Peiping
Hong Kong
Red China
India
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Hammarskjold
Fischer
San Francisco
State Department
Washington
John Sherman Cooper
Second Auto Plant Idled by Strike in California
Los Angeles area reports a second auto assembly plant idle due to a truckers strike. Chrysler Corp shut down its 4800-employee plant, following Studebaker Vernon closure last week, as trucks could not haul away finished cars. AFL truckers leader Brewster forecasts rejection of an 8-cent raise plan for three years, citing no pension and exclusion of Washington and Oregon. Industry spokesmen cite regional provisions to be addressed later.
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Los Angeles
Auto
California
Chrysler Corp
Studebaker
Vernon
Frank Brewster
AFL Western Conference of
Teamsters
Brewster
Washington
Oregon
Six Weekend Accidents Injure Five in Lawrence Area
A string of six weekend crashes in Lawrence left five people hurt and 14 vehicles damaged as holiday traffic clogged streets and highways. Among the injured were Dick Reinwald, 16, and Herbert Reid, 16, both Sunflower ball team members, who were riding together when their car collided with Clarence Woodhead, 18, of Wichita. Reinwald, hospitalized briefly, was released Sunday, while Thompson, 45, of Wichita, suffered a broken leg and other injuries in a separate three car crash east of Perry.
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Lawrence
Dick Reinwald
Sunflower
13Th
N. Y. Sts
Reinwald
Herbert Reid
Clarence Woodhead
Haskell Ave
E. P. Smith
Keith Parker
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Harry D. Thompson
Wichita
Perry
Thompson
Journal-World Photos
U.S. Highway
Harry D. Thopson
Lawrence Medical Hospital
William L. Jacobs
Leavenworth
Betty
Jacobs
Charles E. Dolsbury Jr
Dolsbury
Herbert G. Reid
Clarence R. Woodhead
Glenn M. Powers
Brooks St
Ind
Acker
U. S
Paul
Joseph Schmitz
Williamstown
John Eugene Pearson
Sun
Tito and Guests Plan Final Move on Brioni Island
Belgrade Yugoslav President Tito and Soviet leaders Krushchev Bulganin stayed hidden on Brioni Island to finalize a declaration of principles guiding Moscow’s future relations with Yugoslavia. The three leaders, and their party, left public view as talks continued away from the press.
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Belgrade
Tito
Nikita S. Krushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
Adriatic
Ban
Brioni
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Slovenia
Croatia
Moscow
Stalin
Cominform
Symington Withdrawal Boosts Adair Prospects in 1956
Senator Sparkman of Alabama says Adlai E. Stevenson's 1956 presidential odds improve after Senator Symington of Missouri announced he is not pursuing the nomination. Sparkman, Stevenson’s running mate in 1952, notes Symington’s name often surfaced as a possible candidate, though Stevenson remains seen as the likely front runner. Symington stated on a radio program that he is not interested or available for the nomination and that he does not expect to be nominated.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Adlai E. Stevenson
Symington
D-Mo
Stevenson
New Orleans
CIO puts vote to UAW members for wage or stock offer
Detroit CIO United Auto Workers proposed a nationwide vote among Ford Motor Co workers on choosing a guaranteed annual wage or accepting Ford’s offer to let employees buy Ford stock. The move seeks to resolve preferred compensation and ownership terms during ongoing labor talks.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford Motor
Reds Say Four Deported Not Just Released
Peiping radio claimed a military tribunal tried four American airmen on May 24 and sentenced them to immediate deportation. The broadcast gave no details and named Capt Harold F. Fischer Jr, Lt Lyle W. Cameron, Lt Col Edwin L. Heller, and Lt Roland W. Parks as released. the United States State Department has denied the charges.
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U.S
United States
China
U. S. State Department
Harold F. Fischer Jr
Lyle W. Cameron
Edwin L. Heller
Roland W. Parks
Formosa Data Says Red China Air Arm y Challenge to U.S.
Washington reports from the Formosa Strait indicate Red China has reached a level of air power challenging U S air strength in the Far East. Peiping rebuilt 20 airfields between Shanghai, Hankow and Canton, with 10 capable of jet bombers, 15 of jet fighters, and 5 for landing jets though only light propeller craft can take off. Six more airfields are on the outer perimeter. New MiG jets are flying for the China Reds. Rep Mahon says the Air Force will ask for 200 million more dollars to speed heavy bomber programs, while Rep Scrivner cautions about the reports.
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Washington
Formosa Strait
Reds
Formosa
China Reds
China
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Mahon
Rep. Scrivner
Rkan
DuMont
Scrivner
Two Friends Never Met May Aid Nations Understanding
Memorial Day piece recounts Richard Hamilton of Washington Kansas and Hsihachiro Suzuki of Tokyo who bonded via pen pal exchanges during World War II. Hamilton died on a second air force mission over Japan and Suzuki later visited his grave in Yokohama. Suzuki hopes to expand youth exchanges between American and Japanese children through the International Friendship League.
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Boston
Richard Hamilton
Washington, Kan
Hsihachiro Suzuki
Tokyo
International Friendship League
Pearl Harbor
Hamilton
Japan
J. H. Hamilton
Suzuki
Richard
Yokohama
Kazuya
Holiday Death Toll On Track With Expert Forecasts
Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths rose toward the predicted 360 for the 78 hour window from Friday dusk to midnight tonight. By 9 am EST the toll stood at 264, with 90 more drownings and 39 in other accidents, totaling 393.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
20 Year Old Murder Admitted on Coast
Wilburt Felix Friend, 44, a La Jolla Golf Club caddy with a police record of sex offenses, told a San Diego Union reporter he wanted to confess to Ruth Muir’s 1936 murder. Police say confessions have been faked before and are verifying the claim against old case records.
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San Diego
Calif
Ruth ‘Muir
Riverside Ymca
Tin
Wilburt
Felix Friend
Mort Gear
Geer
Miss Muir
la Jolla
Friend
San Diego Union
Mark Waters
San Juan Capistrano
New Record Set For 2 Mile Run At British Games
Sandro Sharps, a 25 year old Hungarian, shattered the world two mile record with 8 minutes 33.4 seconds at the British Games track meet in London. He cut seven seconds from Gaston Reiff’s 1952 mark as he flew in from Budapest after air sickness. Laszlo Tabori won the mile, clocking 3:59 with Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson each at 3:59.8. Tabori helped Tharos to 114 miles in 6:31.2 before stepping off. Tharos, married with one child, is a 5 foot 11 inch, 132 pound runner who also plays basketball. He has excelled from 400 to 5000 meters and recently improved the 3000 meters standard by 3.2 seconds to 7:55.6.
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London
Sandro Sharps
Budapest
Belgium
Gaston Reiff
Paris
Laszlo Tabori
Tharos
Tabori
Chris Chataway
Brian Hewson
Britain
Funeral Rites Held For 10 Udall Storm Victims
Funeral rites were held yesterday for 10 victims of the Udall Kansas tornado that struck the south central town of 566, killing 67. John Serrot, 74, the latest fatality, died yesterday of injuries as thousands of sightseers passed the ruined village while wrecking crews razed and cleared the debris in preparation for rebuilding.
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Udall
Kan
Kansas
John Serrot
Curtain of Bamboo Parts Briefly At Hong Kong
Red China opened the bamboo curtain for six minutes to admit 44 Red Cross comfort parcels for American airmen and civilians imprisoned by Peiping. The Communists agreed to allow another 44 parcels weighing 2.2 pounds each on June 15. No word on the four U S airmen or on Krishna Menon’s announced imminent release in New Delhi.
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Hong Kong
Red
Weather improves for Memorial Day area observances
Pleasant Memorial Day weather with clear skies and rising temperatures aided area observances. Lawrence saw its coolest morning in three weeks at 47 degrees, then sunshine pushed readings into the 60s. Traffic remains heavy with multiple non fatal accidents reported and several injuries noted in a major crash on U S Highway 24 near Perry.
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Lawrence
Weather Outlook for Kansas: Warmth Returns with Storms
Sunny and warmer this afternoon with windy conditions in the west. East fair and partly cloudy tonight with a few isolated thundershowers in the extreme west. Tuesday partly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms over the west and central regions. Warmer tonight and Tuesday in the east. Lows tonight near 58, highs Tuesday 75 to 85 in the northwest and around 80s in the southeast.
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Kansas
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