Maryville shuts telephone exchange amid Bell strike violence
Violence in Tennessee prompted Maryville officials to close the Southern Bell exchange after a 22 day strike disrupted nine southeastern states. Mayor Lea Callaway cited inability to provide adequate police protection as the reason for disconnecting all local service. Southern Bell Tennessee general manager S H Youngblood said Maryville was the only exchange ever closed due to a breakdown of law and order in the company’s 75 year history.
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Tennnessee
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Maryville
Tenn
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S. H. Youngblood
Southern Bell Tennessee
Nashville
Relatives Seek to ID 39 Fire Victims in Belgian Theater
Weeping relatives lined makeshift morgue in Liege to identify 39 bodies killed in a Sunday theater fire. King Baudouin visited the scene as officials announced 38 identifications by midmorning. Victims included many children. the theater lay in a steelworkers district amid a mass of charred belongings.
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Liege
Rio
Japan to Take Over Two U.S. Destroyers
Three hundred twenty members of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force depart aboard the U S Army transport Gen Breckenridge for the United States. The group will train at Norfolk Virginia before taking over two destroyer escorts leased to Japan and will return to Japan in September after a training period in Boston.
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Montreal Sailboat Troubled Off Florida Towed Toward Jacksonville
A Montreal sailboat in undetermined trouble off Florida's east coast was towed toward Jacksonville. The Nola Sergant sent a two hour distress call early Sunday night and was located off Fort Pierce by Coast Guard planes. The merchant ship Steel Scientist took the craft in tow.
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Florida
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Nola Sergant
Fort Pierce
Coast Guard
Steel Scientist
Taft Backer Named GOP Press Chief
A former Taft supporter, L. Richard Gaylay, 42, a New York publicity man who worked on Taft campaigns, was named director of public relations for the Republican National Committee. His salary was not announced.
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VPI
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Eisenhower
L. Richard Gaylay
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Republican National Committee
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