Brazil Faces General Strike Threat as New Regime Debates Wages
In Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo the four day old Cafiero government acts to head off a planned general strike set for Sept. 2, potentially drawing 700,000 workers. Labor ministers confer with unions while pledging to protect rights and curb inflation as Brazil seeks price stabilization. Tensions in the military leadership reflect ongoing rifts after Vargas era upheavals.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Cafe Pilho
Sao Paulo
Alencestro Gulmataes
Brazi
Getullio Vargas
Eugenio Fudim
Sos
Vargas
Juarez
Tavora
Zenobra Fa Co. da Costa
Nis
da Costa
Benson outlines 1956 farm price support plan
Agriculture Secretary Benson said price supports for cotton, corn, wheat, and peanuts will be near parity next year under a sliding system replacing 0 percent parity with flexible floors. Wheat to 82 percent, cotton and corn around 20 percent, peanuts about 86. Tobacco remains at 0 pending quotas. Benson urged using surplus disposal to lift farm prices and production adjustments via new legislation.
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Greenwill
Benson
Berson
Editor Dies In Ridgefield Connecticut
Richard Manson aged 53, general manager of the New York Post, died Friday night at a Ridgefield home. A medical examiner said the death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Ridgefield
Conn
Richard Manson
The
New York Post
Friends
Spy Roundup Conducted in East Germany
East German news service ADN reported hundreds of spy suspects arrested in a Soviet Zone roundup after a directive from West Germany security chief Otto John. The operation targeted agents of a U S backed espionage network led by Reinhard Gehlen, with arrests confirmed by the Soviet Zone Interior Minister.
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Berlin
ADN
Iin
Dro Otto John
West Germany
Ernst Woily
Dof
East
Patscbs
Seizerd
United States
Reinhard Gehlen
Russsian Front
John
Gehlen
Legion Warns Soviet Sea Power Threat to U S
Admiral Carney warned the Soviet Union is building sea strength that could challenge the United States. At the American Legion convention, he noted Russian cruisers and destroyers have moved from the Barents Sea into the Arctic and Baltic theaters, urging a stronger response. He cited Russia’s large navy and urged universal military training to fill staffing needs.
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Washington
Robert B. Carney
Nava Ions
United States
Carney
National Security Commission
American Legion
Russia
Barents Sea
Arctic Ocean
Legionnaires
Thoms D. White
Wee
Air Force
Randolph Bec
Pate
Marine Corps
New Aircraft Creeps Along at 171 mph
The Custer Channel Wing Corp reports a tornado principle aircraft test at Oxnard. Inventor William Custer describes a 14 ton twin engine craft rising from runway in under 290 feet and achieving hovering like speed, with engines in half barrel wing sections and pusher props creating lift.
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Oxnard Wi
Custer Channel Wing Corp
Wiliam Ro Custer
Sali
Custer
Head of State AFL Seeks to Hear Rift at Convention
Santa Barbara reports the 52nd California State Federation of Labor convention ended with President Thomas L. Pitts urging unity despite political rifts. The AFL Labor League backed Republican Gov. Godwin Knight and Lt. Gov. Harold Powers for reelection, while Democrats sought to counter. Endorsements included Rep. Samuel Yorty for Senate, George Collins Jr. for state controller, George Johnson for treasurer. Delegates approved resolutions for state employee benefits and a coast recreation program, with Pitts and J. N. Haggerty reinstalled in their posts.
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Santa Barbara
California State
Peroration of Labor
Thomas L. Pitts
Pitts
AFL Labor League
Godwin T. Knight
Harold J. Powers
Richard BP. Graves
League
Samuel W. Yorty
United States Senate
Frank M. Jordan
George D
Collins Jr
George Jo
Johnson
San Diego
San Jose
Convent Ior
GC. J.N Haggerty
Man Dies After Santa Ana Freeway Truck Crash
Willem Luther Cheen, 58, of Los Angeles, died at Santa Ana Community Hospital after a Friday crash on the Santa Ana Freeway. Police report Greene drove west pulling a trailer loaded with a tractor when control was lost at the 7th Street underpass. He appeared to suffer a heart attack while righting the overturned tractor. Body sent to Smith & Tittle Mortuary. Traffic delayed nearly an hour as responders cleared the scene.
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Santa Ana
Willem Luther Cheen
Los Angeles
Santa Ana Community Hospital
Santa An
Greene
7Th St
Green
Smith & Tittle Mortuary
Minesweep Squadron Marks First Anniversary at Loe Beach
Minesweep personnel from Loe Beach celebrated their unit anniversary at Reeves Field Evidey. Rear Adm. Roland Ny, Smooth commander of Mine Force Pacific Fleet, attended as Lt. Cmdr. J. M. Blakeman leads the squadron of three assigned to Mine Force headquarters here.
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Mme Oyucor 11
Loe Beach
Reeves Field Evidey
Roland Ny
Pajeltic Plect
Cotrdr
J. M. Blakeman
Girls Who Beat Mother to Death for Impeding Dream Get Prison
Two teenage girls Pauline Yvonne Parker and Juliet Marion Hulme were found guilty of murdering Parker's mother with a brick in Christchurch. They received indefinite prison terms as they are under 18. The jury deliberated 90 minutes. The defense claimed insanity. prosecutors labeled the act premeditated and cold. Diary excerpts showed malicious intent and planning for the killing to advance their goals.
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Dream
Auckland
New
Pesuline
Honora Mary Parker
Christchurch
America
Alex Haslam
Parker
Alan Brown
Pedestrian struck by car injures man in Seaside
A pedestrian, Dexter G. , owner of 323 E Ninth St, was hit while crossing American Ave at 9th St. He suffered a fractured hip and bruises and was cared for at Seaside Hospital by city ambulance personnel. Police reported he was not tired.
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Dexter G
Ninth St
Seaside Hospital
American Ave
Ov - Begley
Los Angels
Dominguez Estate Art Exhibit At Long Beach Meeting
A portion of the Dominguez Estate artwork by Mary Deseree, a Compton teacher, will be shown at a Civic Improvement Association meeting on Artesia Street Long Beach Blvd. The discussion will be led by Werner Rudhti, Long Beach city planning director, on estate development plans.
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Ald
S F Airport Opens Terminal Building
San Francisco's international airport unveiled a new 14 million dollar Terminal Building during a Friday dedication, marking the start of a three day flight festival. The facility, located miles south of the old structure, will see first regular use next Wednesday.
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San Francisco
International Airport
Lodge Says Chou Bluffing on Formosa
The UPI report says Lodge Jr. warned that Red China under Chou En Lai bluffing about taking Formosa. He urged UN members to resist discredited talk and argued admission of Red China to the UN before Korea peace would harm collective security. He cited alleged Red supply routes and MIG plane shipments and pledged to veto Red China in the Security Council.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Henry Cadet Lodge Jr
Red
United Nations
Jin Peiping
Chow En-Lai
Formosa
Higenhower
U. S
Chen En-lii
Lodge
U.N. Security Council
Korea
Typhoon Hits Philippines Sinks Ship Near Luzon Coast
A Pacific typhoon battered the northern Philippines with winds up to 150 mph, cutting communications and crippling at least one ship near Luzon. The storm hammered Batanes and Babuyan Islands, threatening Formosa and parts of southern China as it moved toward the China Sea. The Japanese freighter Tantsu Maru reported it could not navigate amid huge seas.
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Manila
Philippines
Batanes
Babytian Islands
Luzon
Formosa
China Sea
Pretas Islands
Hong Ihong
Luzon Strait
Bibuyan
Batanes Islands
No Interest in License Says San Diego Mayor
Mayor John Butler faced a state hearing officer as testimony concluded in a liquor license case involving Eugene Morgan. The attorney general seeks a favorable recommendation while Butler denied discussing the matter with Southern California board member Bonelli. Butler admitted calling for Morgan’s license but claimed no improper interest and said he broke a rule only once in Morgan’s case.
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San Diego
John Butler
Eugene Morgan
Joseph Axers
State Board of Eqitation
Gener
Butler
William G. Bonelli
Southern California
Bonelli
Cal
Board
C. T. Mc Minney
Arizona
Mc Kinney
Moregan
William M. Bennett
Parsons
Morgan
Bandit Pair Rob L B Liquor Store Heist
A pair of young men robbed a liquor store at 59 Altos Avenue Friday night without a gun. Clerk Charles H. Horner 57 of 487 St Louis Avenue said the men asked for cigars, showed a note demanding money, and fled with about 70 dollars in a paper sack after a customer interrupted.
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Cok Ao
Alamitos Ave
Charles H. Horner
St. Loui S Ave
Horner
Train Wreck Victim Dies in South Bend and Family Tragedy
Raymond V. Pence of Los Angeles professor of mathematics and English died after the Ft Madison Iowa wreck. In Notre Dame, a four day old baby Mark Evans born in Phoenix died at Children’s Hospital after surgery to repair a blue baby heart defect failed. Surgeons reported the chest cavity not closed and a heart massage used in an attempt to save him.
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Raymond V. Pence
South Bend
Ind
Ft Madison
Iowa
Cleve Sheron
Sharon
Children’s Hospital
Mark Evans
Phoenix
Calvin Evans
iMark
A Ispokesman
Towa
Air Force Mercy
Death takes famed early day comedian Rice
Charles Rice, 31, surviving member of the Rice and Cady team, dies in an Inglewood rest home. The duo rose in 1903 Los Angeles musical stock, later vaudeville across the West. Cady died in 1940. Rice leaves a daughter, Mrs. Viola F. Williams of San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Hag
Charles
Rice
California
Rice and
Cady
West
Inglewood
Viola F. Williams
San Francisco
Communists Winning Influence in South Vietnam
A delayed dispatch from Saigon reports the Viet Minh expanding control in Central and Southern Vietnam, with 80 percent of villages in Central and 50 to 80 percent in the south under influence. Loyal officers fear a three month path to full conquest as refugees endure hardship and propaganda shifts undermine French authority.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Viet Minh
Bien Hoa
Cvilians
Hungary Plight Held Lesson in Freedom and Faith
Hearings in Washington and New York described Hungary under Communist rule as a warning to the world. Witnesses testified to religious persecution, with Catholics, Protestants, and Jews targeted by the regime.
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Cleveland
Alvin M. Bentley
H-Mich
Hungary
Washington
New York
Bentley
U. S
Budapest
Michael Feighan
Cleveland Democrat
Stephen| Kerner
Austria
Jalocen
Amvets Conclave Debates World Affairs and Trade
At the Amvets convention in Miami Peach Florida the international affairs division presented a report urging prompt retaliation by armed forces to Communist provocations in Southeast Asia. It calls for broad reduction of US tariffs, reform of trade restrictions, and peaceful unification of Germany to prevent Communist resurgence. Resolutions push for higher federal employee pay and preservation of the retirement system.
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Miami
International Effaire
Internatinsel Affairs
International Affairs Verport
Southeast Asia
SA. S
Germany
Army Tells New Plan of Rotation
Washington reports the Army outlined a division rotation plan to move units overseas as whole divisions for about three years, instead of replacing individuals. A final decision is expected in weeks, with Bolte noting morale and efficiency gains as the aim.
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Washington
Croops
Usted Sistes
Gharles IL. Bolte
Army
American Legion
Balfe
Anita O Day Drummer Denies Drug Guilty Plea
Themar wear flmmer accompanist for singer Anita O Day pleaded innocent in Kansas City to federal narcotics charges. Foole and Miss O Day were arrested in a hotel by narcotics agents charged with illegal purchase and possession of codeine. Miss O Day later was peicaseti.
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von Themar Wear
Flmmer
Anita O'Day
Kansas City
Foole
Miss O'Day
Peicaseti
Huge FHA profits alleged in New York housing inquiry
Senate Banking Committee wrapped a four day New York hearing on windfall profits in postwar FHA insured housing projects. Senator Prescott Bush cited evidence of profits far beyond intended by law and noted the next sessions in Los Angeles and a return to New York for further hearings.
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New York
FHA
Senate Banking Committee
Prescott Bush
Ceri
Jay
Congress
Hig Iousing
Federal Housing Administration
Queens
Harry L. Osia
Hoilder Tsraat Orlian
Brook
Bush
Pita
Internal Revenue Bureau
Los Angeles
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Leonard Friberg
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Rockford
Ill
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Auta
Dominguez Estate
S. F. Airport
Chou Blutts
Fronia Sexton
Ironton
Ohio
Bandit
L. B. Liquor Store
Paris
By Jean Barre
South Viet Nam
Geneva
Indochina
Binh Dong
Cholon
South
Evangelical and Reformed
Dayton
Onin
Francis S. Wagner
Library of Congress
Amvets
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