Phone Installers Strike Across 44 States in Wage Dispute
New York reports hundreds of long distance operators idle as 23,800 Communications Workers of America installers walk out across 44 states and DC in a wage contract dispute with Western Electric. Ohio Bell also struck, 45 cities affected, as talks resume later. Supervisory staff prepare for near normal long distance service while a two year contract is reached for 10,000 distribution and warehouse workers.
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New York
District of Columbia
Western Electric Co
Ann
American Telephone & Telegraphs Co
East
Tapas
New York City
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Cleveland
Western Electric
L. J. V. Lindberg
Dismisses Demo Charge As Pathetic in Little Rock Row
Newport dispatch reports the White House condemns a Democratic advisory council statement on Little Rock school integration as pathetic. James Hagerty refuses to comment for the record beyond noting the President cares about solutions, not political speeches. National Guard troops remain posted at Central See MRE Page 3 Col 1.
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Newport
R. I
White Mouse
Democratic Party
Little Rock
Ark
White House
James Slagerty
Democratic Advisory Council
Hagerty
Syria accuses U S of trying to make Syria a state
Damascus reports Maj. Gen. Asif Bizry and Foreign Minister Salah Bitar denounced the United States for pressuring Syria to align with American policy. Bizry charged Washington seeks to turn Syria into a 49th state and cited U S warships near the coast while denying Soviet bases. Bitar said U S pressure aims to divert Syria from Arab unity under socialist principles.
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Damascus
Syria
U.S
United States
Asif Bizry
Salah Bitar
Bizry
America
Russia
Bitar
Explosion at Alber's Milling Plant Injures Workers
A roaring blast at the Alber's Milling Co plant in Oakland California ripped through the top floor and set the building ablaze. More than a dozen workers were injured and fourteen were trapped inside.
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Oakland
Calif
Big Alber’s Milling Co
Father Charged With Murder In Beating Death Of Child
A 21 year old Fort Sill sergeant Sgt Richard Dean Prather was charged with murder in the death of his four month old daughter Corinne. County Attorney Warren Crane filed the murder complaint after investigators concluded the injuries occurred at Lawton Fort Sill area. Prather remains in custody and faces arraignment at 10:30 am Tuesday before Justice Woodrow Giles. The case stems from a Saturday afternoon incident reported after the child failed to breathe and died at Fort Sill hospital about 5 pm. The couple had driven from the hotel toward a cafe when the infant began showing distress and was taken to the base hospital where she died shortly after arrival.
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Richard D. Prather
Corinne
Ethel
Prather
Fort Si
Post Hospital
Warren Crane
Richard Dean Prather
Rogers Lane
Sei. Prather
Woodrow Giles
Arvil Roberson
Lawton
Drumm
31St Criminal Investigation Detachment
Fort Sill
Lawtonian Hotel
Fort Sill Hospital
Paul ‘J
Fort Sill officer found alive after six days in refuge
CWO Willian E. Warren, 44, AWOL since September, was found semi conscious near a road in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. A 19 year old Sterling boy and two city men were killed in a separate rifle incident as Warren, a Bronze Star recipient, was hospitalized. authorities say he cannot yet be questioned due to condition. A 75 man Fort Sill search previously failed to locate him.
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Fort Silchiel
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
CWO
Willian E. Warren
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort St
Public Information Office
Warren
John Wilson
Chickasha
Wilson
Richard Titch
Anon
Hitch
Vwrn
Treasure
Post Oak Lakes
Fort Sill
PIO
Fort
Europe
Two Murder Counts Filed After Deaths
Lawton police call a Sunday double homicide after Clyde Tillery and Charles Ivey were shot in Tillery’s northwest Lawton home. A 19 year old Sterling youth, Charles E Duncan Jr., is jailed on two murder charges. a 16 year old Elgin boy, Jimmy Dale Wells, escaped injury. Duncan allegedly used a .22 rifle, fired about 15 rounds, while Tillery died of a heart wound and Ivey died en route to Memorial hospital. Mrs Tillery witnessed the shooting as Duncan entered unannounced. Local authorities file charges as investigators seek motive.
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Clyde Tillery
Tillery
Charles Ivey
Smith
Charles E. Duncan Jr
Sterling
Dan Cook
Ray Atteberry
Lawton
Clyde ‘Tillery
Tilman
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Marvin
E. Cameron
County
Constitution
Elgin
Duncan
Jimmy Dale Wells
Ronda Faye
Ivey
Memorial Hospital
Henecy A. Bartels
Duncen
Area Weather Forecast Through Tuesday
Weather forecast through Tuesday shows a high of 88 degrees and a low around 53 tonight. Daytime highs near 77 at 11 am. no significant precipitation noted.
Ten Killed When Plane Hits Swamp
A fog delayed Northeast airliner with 24 aboard including vacationists plunged into a swamp near New Bedford Municipal Airport. Ten persons died including pilot Capt. Vincent L. Pitts and co pilot Roger Sweetland. Injured were 10 others and a passenger list includes Allan Melhado of Nantucket M. K. Schles and David L. Chapman of New York City and Russell Bell of New York. The flight was Boston to New York and the wreck occurred at the bog near the airport.
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New Bedford
Masa
New York
Hear Municipal
Charlie A. Chase
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Vincet L. Pitts
Wellesley
Roger Sweetland
Arlington
Allan Melhado
Nantucket
Park Ave
M. K. Schles
Madison Ave
New York City
David L. Chapman
Russelll. Bell
Sea Plant
Adenauer Wins West German Victory Pledges NATO Backing
Konrad Adenauer secured a decisive West German election victory and pledged to marshal all political and moral weight for the Western alliance. The Christian Democratic Union won an absolute parliamentary majority, boosting NATO cohesion and signaling a strong anti Soviet stance amid East German gloom.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenayer
West Germany
Western Alliance
East Germany
Christian Democratic Union
Adenauer
West German
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
NATO
Ségeurold Erich
Olvenhauer
36 Week Course Begins At Post Fort Sill
A 36 week Field Artillery Officers course started today at Fort Sill with about 250 officers enrolled. The program runs until June 10, 1958 graduation, and targets officers below major rank from the Regular Army or reserves.
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Fort Sill
Field Artillery
Field Artillery Officer Candidate School
Field Artillery Officers Basic Course
Fort Sill Soldier Faces Four Court Martial Charges
Pvt. Henry E. Cross, 26, of Fort Sill, arrested in Chickasha, faces general court martial on four counts. He allegedly assaulted guard Pfc. Patrick O’Meara, stole a carbine, carried a concealed weapon, and was AWOL. Held at Fort Sill guardhouse, he reportedly threatened officers and said he would join the Little Rock integration dispute in Arkansas.
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Henry E. Cross
Fort Sill
Ue Rock
Ark
Cross
Chickasha
Public Information Office
Patrick O'Meara
290Th Field Artillery
O’meara
Jack
Little Rock
Loki Gov
Orval Faubus
Texas School Closes As Flu Outbreak Hits Jasper
Jasper Texas shut its schools today as 400 of 2000 students were absent amid reports of a possible Asian Flu. Superintendent J F Parnell and Newton Bi County Health Unit Dr J M McGrath awaited state health department test results.
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Jasper
Tex
Texas
J. F. Parnell
J. 3. McGrath
Jasper. Newton
State Health Department
City Not Affected By Installer Strike
Lawton remains unaffected by Western Electric Company installer strike. George Page, manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone here, said there has been no incident locally. He noted Western Electric contract work supports dial installations in other Oklahoma towns like Altus and Chickasha.
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Lawton
Western Electric Co
George Page
Southwestern Ball
Page
Oklahoma
Western [Electric Co
Dots
Southwestern Bell
Western Electric
Men
Arkansas School Tension Subsides at Central High
National Guardsmen returned to Central High School in Little Rock as classes resumed amid rumors Governor Faubus may pull troops fully this week. About 30 guardsmen were on duty, with several later visiting a nearby drugstore for coffee. A light crowd gathered across the street, joking with reporters as the standoff with the federal government persists.
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Little Rock
Ark
National
Central High School
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Uiey
Last Bee School
Puss 2
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Bulletin
Sterling Boy
Charles. E. Duncan JR
David Smitil
West
Arkansas
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