100 000 in Vital Industry Set for Walkout Tuesday
The steel industry faced a nationwide walkout as 700 180 CTO workers planned to strike at Tuesday midnight. Firms including Youngstown Sheet & Tube and U S Steel prepared to idle plants in Cleveland and Youngstown. Local panels debated possible agreements to avert the shutdown.
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Tiones
Sittes
Hoam
Aum
Sible” Steel Corp
Cleveland
Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
U.S. Steel
Cora
Two Planes Collide in Air and Die Near Mobile
Two U S Air Force transports, a C47 and a C24 Cilobemaster, collided in midair over Mobile Alabama killing fifteen. The flames engulfed parked boxcars as salvage crews searched the wreckage near the railroad yard and industrial area. Coast Guard and Air Force boats and a Navy helicopter scoured swamps for possible survivors. Both aircraft originated from Brookley Air Force Base.
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Mobile
Ala
Nish
U.S. Air Force
Gulf
Air Force
Hartld
Reik Toray
Alabama State Docks
Coast Guard
Navy
Tensaw
Brookley Air Force Base
Eisenhower Leads Taft in Michigan Republican Delegates
Dwight D. Eisenhower holds a slight edge over Robert A. Taft among 46 Michigan delegates at the Republican convention. Seven declared for Eisenhower, six for Taft, with 33 undecided. Ten delegates were at large, 36 chosen in district caucuses, and most districts awaited final choices.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Michigan
Amana
Eisenhower
Taft
Lily
Hoko
Michi T ‘Gan
Chicago
Publican
Filipino Labor Chief to Die for Rebellion
Manila reports a Filipino labor leader was sentenced to death by a Dollar City court for rebellion against the Philippines. The ruling marks a severe penalty in a high profile political case.
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Manila
Dolla
Philippines
Plane crash roars into Queens homes killing five
A twin-engine cargo plane plummeted into a residential Jamaica block in Queens, exploding and setting four houses ablaze. The Curtiss Commando hit at 169th Street and 89th Avenue, destroying cars and injuring seven, with crew members killed and victims rushing from windows as fire engulfed the area. Police said the crash mirrored a string of recent metro area disasters.
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Queens
New York
Jamaica
Midtown
Samuel van Nostrand
U. S. Airlines
New York International Airport
William B. Crackett
John Woerderhoff
Fort Lauderdale
Cla
Thomas Boylan
Greater
Elizabeth
N. J
East River
Manhattan
40 Red Planes Blasted in V wesek
Seoul reports Far East Air Forces claims in the last seven days 40 Communist warplanes destroyed or damaged. 15 Russian MiGs shot down, four probably destroyed, 21 damaged. UN losses include 10 Sabre jets in air combat, one destroyed by ground fire and three lost to unknown causes.
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Seoul
Far East
FEAF
Lince
United Nations
Dramatics Student Says He Drove Friend to Desert Suicide
In Phoenix April 5 a 22-year-old college dramatics student, George Lee Augspurger, told deputies he drove with Fred Wege, 22, to the desert near Tempe where Wege killed himself by car exhaust. Augspurger said he waited, then returned with the body to the college and discussed the death with another friend. Wege, a Ridgefield Park New Jersey native, left a note about finishing first.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George Lee Augspurger
Sheriff's Deputies
Fred Wege
Ridgefield Park
N. J
David P. Bewards
Augspurger
Wege
Arizona State College
Tempe
Edwards
Intt
Here
Missing in Korea Pilot Van Fleet Jr Son of Gen Van Fleet
1st Lt. James A. Van Fleet Jr, 26, son of Gen. James A. Van Fleet, was reported missing in action after a night combat flight over North Korea. He piloted a B-26 Invader on his fourth mission and failed to return after an attempted raid east of Sonchon. Air searches found no trace. wreckage or sea entry not confirmed. Gen. Van Fleet and family had been notified. the letter from him to his mother and the mother’s response were noted in the reporting.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet Jr
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
North Korea
van Fleet
Sonchon
Yalu River
Ko‘yea
London
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Frank F. Everest
Suwon
van Fleet Jr
Fifth Pt
Long Beach
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
Washington
Jim
van Freet
Langley Field
California
Air Force
Young van Fleet
Secret Talks Raise Korea Truce Hopes
At Panmunjom secret high level discussions at Allied truce HQ and behind the Iron Curtain raised hopes for an early cease fire in Korea. General Ridgway presided over a U N command meeting as General Nam Il consulted Pyongyang and Peiping. No progress reported on prisoner repatriation, neutral truce inspections, or airfield bans as talks paused for higher level decisions.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
U. S
Munsan
Nam Il
Fyongyang
Peiping
Russia
U. N
William K. Harrison
Red
Montana faces major disaster threat as floods hit Chinook
United Press reports Montana braces for a major disaster as Milk River floods threaten Chinook’s dike. Oklahoma City weather alerts severe storms in the South while tornadoes kill six in Louisiana and injure dozens, with damage across New Orleans Arnaudville and Panama City areas.
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United Press
Montana
Chinook
Paul Would
Cannon
Oceea
Oklahoma City
Okla
Alabama
Louisiana
New Orleans
Arnaudville
Florida
Panama
Five Communist Agents Executed in Formosa
In Taipei Formosa four Communist agents were executed today after conviction. Five persons were reported as having been executed in Formosa on April fifth.
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Commie
Formosa
Taipeh
Increasing high cloudiness tomorrow across the region
Weather forecast notes increasing high cloudiness tomorrow with low clouds tonight and early tomorrow morning. Cooler conditions expected with a high near 72.
Viola Brown Gives Birth To Triplets In North Carolina
In Williamstown North Carolina on April 5 Mrs Viola Brown a 23 year old Negro delivered her 13th 14th and 15th babies at Martin General Hospital The triplets a boy and two girls weigh about five pounds each Father Ph Lonnie Brown serves in Korea Attending physician Dr L Lewellyn notes prior births include quintuplets in 1950 1946 quadruplets and several smaller siblings none of which all survived The mother has had multiple prior pregnancies with both surviving and non surviving offspring
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Williamstown
N. C
Viola Brown
Martin General Hospital
Lonnie Brown
Korea
L. &. Lewellyn
Costello Guilty in Contempt Case
New York April 5 Frank Costello a reputed underworld kingpin was found guilty on all 10 counts of contempt of the United States Senate during Kefauver hearings He faces up to 10 years in prison and a 10000 fine The 61 year old showed no emotion as jurors returned the verdict after six hours of deliberation The case cited his refusal to answer about net worth indebtedness and ties to New York politicians including William O Dwyer Attorney Kenneth M Spence filed for mistrial and Judge Sylvester Ryan set a Tuesday hearing while Costello remained free on bail of 5000
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New York
Frank Costello
New York- Miami
United States Senate
Costello
al Capone
Natty
Sen
Estes Kefauver
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