Latin America Envoy Walks Out In Protest Over Arms Shipments
Washington Guatemala's chief diplomat walked out of a dinner as Senator Wiley protested a reported 400 ton arms shipment from Poland via a Swedish freighter. Wiley urged hemispheric consultation under the Rio Treaty to address what he called a potential Communist beachhead in the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guatemala
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
Communist
Poland
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Stettin
Americas
Alfredo Chocano
Rose
W. Cameron Burton
District of Columbia
Dr. Chocano
Stockholm
Central America
Guatamala
Steel Union Talks Down To Facts In Pittsburgh
The 1954 basic steel contract talks at U S Steel move toward specifics as CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp. negotiate. USW seeks wage hikes and benefits for about 600000 members while a six month slump leaves 190000 idle and 257000 working under 40 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
USW
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Pipeline Expansion Aims to Boost Ohio Gas Capacity
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co seeks a 66.75 million expansion approved by the power commission to deliver up to 1.425 billion cubic feet of gas daily on peak days, about 50 percent above current capacity. Ohio utilities East Ohio Gas Co. and Ohio Fuel Gas Co. would share 210 million cubic feet of the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
The
Power Commission
Ohio
Ohio Utility
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
Geneva Shaken by Violent Earthquake in Eight Years
A powerful earthquake struck Geneva and surrounding areas in Switzerland causing alarm but no injuries or damage were reported. Authorities urged calm as residents felt strong tremors across the region.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Mayor Proclaims Poppy Days in Logan Friday and Saturday
Mayor Joseph Phillips proclaimed Friday and Saturday, May 21 22, as Poppy Days in Logan. American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars will sell flowers on downtown streets, assembled by disabled veterans. Proceeds aid disabled and needy veterans and widows and orphans of deceased veterans.
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Joseph Phillips
Logan
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pennsylvania Primary Sees Very Light Voter Turnout
Organiza tion backed Republicans and Democrats scored easy wins in Pennsylvania with only about 29 percent of five million eligible voters casting ballots. Lloyd H. Wood led the GOP slate for governor with George M. Leader as Democratic nominee. 30 congressional seats and 210 state representative seats were also decided.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Lloyd H. Wood
Senate
United States pledges military aid to Pakistan forces
Washington formally commits to military equipment and training assistance for Pakistan’s armed forces. The pledge marks continued security support amid ongoing cooperation between the two nations.
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Washington
United States
Pakistan
Four Slesboro Pupils Test Positive For Diphtheria
Four students at Slesboro school produced positive throat culture results for diphtheria in a county health department report. Larry Griffith Jr and Glenneth Griffith, preschool siblings, plus Sharon Weaver, Harry McMurray, and Brooks McMurray tested positive. Health officials urge treatment and school exclusion while investigations proceed.
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Slesboro
Larry Griffith
Edward Griffith Sr
Edward Jr
Health Department
H. M. Boocks
Glenneth
Southeastern Ohio District
Ohio Department of Health
Ilesboro
Sharon Weaver
Logan Rt
Griffith
Harry McMurray
Logan Rt. 3
Brooks McMurray
Harry
Brocks
County Health Department
SEO
Edward Griffith Jr
Boocks
L. F. Ey
80 More Wounded Being Evacuated
Reports from Hanoi Indochina say at least 80 additional wounded were expected tonight as France mobilizes helicopters and light planes to speed mercy evacuations from Dien Bien Phu. Rebel artillery targets the Red River Delta while Vietminh discuss relief for the siege nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Red River
Geneva
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Paris
Geneva Talks See No Progress In Indochina Negotiations
Indochina peace talks resumed in Geneva with no signs of progress as talks remain deadlocked over Communist troop withdrawals from Laos and Cambodia. France and the Vietminh discussed wounded evacuation at Dien Bien Phu while Western nations weigh a Southeast Asia pact amid strategic diplomacy at Eden's villa. Western diplomats report progress toward a united front against communism as heaviest disputes over Viet Nam withdrawal delay broader agreement.
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France
Dien Bien Phu
Anthony Eden
United States
Georges Bidault
Geneva
Red River
Britain
Southeast Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Philippines
Laos
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Bidault
Indochina
Final Arguments On Court Anti Segregation Plan
The Supreme Court plans to hear arguments on October 12 on final decrees to end segregation in public schools. Justices will decide whether to order immediate or gradual integration after the ruling that segregation violates the Constitution. Officials in the District of Columbia plan to integrate by fall, while Southern states weigh responses and possible resistance. President Eisenhower wants progress updates. Governor Herman Talmadge and Attorney General Eugene Cook criticized the move as a threat to Southern autonomy, with Georgia hinting at defiance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
South Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
Kansas
Georgia
Eugene Cook
Herman Talmadge
Cook
South
Rhee Declares Three Day Emergency Police Alert in Korea
President Syngman Rhee imposes a three day police alert as eight million voters prepare to elect a new National Assembly. Campaign ends with 1,213 candidates for the 203 seat legislature facing more charges and denials of police interference. Rhee backs Liberal Party. main opposition is the Democratic Nationalist party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Black Panther Sightings Reported Around Sugar Grove Area
Two men and three children saw a large cat described as a black panther near Sugar Grove. Deputies inspected tracks four inches long and three inches wide with four toes and a heel. Witnesses fired at the animal, which was seen multiple times, but no definite confirmation of a panther was made.
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Black Panther
Sugar Grove
Hocking Hills
Fairfield County
Tom Clark
Clarence Hiller
Charlies Reedy
Horn’s Mill
J. Richard Reedy
Jim Reedy
Ricky Whittington
Jeffrey Whittington
Nicky Lee Whittington
Marathon
Maysville Rd
Logan
Green Township
Buck Run
Rockbridge
United States
Eisenhower addresses arms shipments to Guatemala and school segregation
President Eisenhower commented on arms reportedly shipped from Poland to Guatemala calling it disturbing and noted it underscored a Caracas Inter-American Conference anti-communist stance. He also discussed segregation in schools, constitutional duty, and potential political impact. He spoke on Southeast Asia unity without Britain, the peaceful atomic pool, and housing program restoration.
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State Department
Poland
Eisenhower
Caracas
Russia
United States
Ohio Idle List Shows Declines
The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reported declines in both newly unemployed and claimants unemployed one week or more for the week ending May 15 in Columbus. New unemployment totals were 13,367, down from 14,852 on May 8, with previous weeks 12,789 May 1 and 12,619 April 24. One week or more unemployed totals were 109,103 for May 15, down from 109,541 on May 8, with 112,227 May 1 and 114,162 April 24.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Hamilton School Chief Demoted
Roosevelt Junior High principal R W DeVore will be demoted to teacher at semester end after an education board investigation found alleged cruel punishment of pupils. School board president James Black announced the action yesterday.
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Hamilton
R. W. DeVore
Roosevelt
James Black
Hamilton Board of Education
Turnpike Chiefs Continuing Tour
Ohio turnpike commissioners start the second day of a three day inspection of a 326 million project. They will tour Elyria where a fierce legal battle surrounds the route, inspecting the contested section from ground and air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio Turnpike
Elyria
Ohio
Plastics Plant Workers Strike After Disciplining Union Member
Fifty three production workers at a Cincinnati Monsanto Chemical plastics plant walked out in protest after the disciplining of a union member. The AFL International Chemical Workers union led a recent bargaining win over the CIO and has sought a contract since. Union spokesmen say the walkout is not over the contract.
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Cincinnati
Monsanto Chemical Plastics
AFL International Chemical Workers Union
AFL
CIO
No Curb Is Seen For Salt Waste
Officials of the Columbia-Southern Chemical Corp. plant at Barberton told the water pollution control board there is no practical way to treat chloride waste dumped in the Tuscarawas River. The company’s attorney, Joseph T. Owens, said the firm is working on the problem by reducing waste.
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Columbus
Columbia-Southern Chemical Corp
Barberton
Water Pollution Control Board
Tuscarawas River
Joseph T. Owens
Eisenhower defends secrecy order on McCarthy hearings
President says Army acted on its own initiative and will not rescind the secrecy order that suspended the McCarthy Army hearings. He notes the key figures have had chance to present facts and warns against revealing internal talks. Stevens asserts Army alone drove its actions in the dispute with McCarthy.
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Hints Army
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Pentagon
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Stevens
Army
McCarthy
John G. Adams
Senate
Roy M. Cohn
Francis P. Carr
Mundt
R-Sd
Brownell
Sherman Adams
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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Artilery
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Raube
Isabelle
Paul Ely
Raoul Salan
Pierre Pelissier
U.S
Harold B. Willey
Red
West Hemisphere
Red Poland
Sions
Senate Banking Committee
Turnpike Chiefs
John Adams
Pvt. G. David Schine
Republican Policy Committee
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