Ford UAW hail milestone contract ends strike threat
DETROIT AP Ford Motor Co and CIO United Auto Workers announced a historic bi contract, a guaranteed wage plan totaling more than 20 cents an hour, covering up to 26 weeks of layoff. The agreement includes holiday pay, cost of living adjustments, and a 2.5 cent raise for some skilled workers, with a pension option and stock sale considerations for employees. Reuther warned of possible GM talks during the process.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Burke
Ford
Walterhor
Reuther
Ford Company
Stollar
Realier
John 5. Bugas
Natch
Mort
Bouther Sid
UAW
Ick
Farsinck
Bugas
Riot Quelled in Michigan Reformatory
In SONIA Michigan four inmates seized two guards at the Michigan reformatory and demanded to see Warden Garrett Heyns. Two other guards were wounded and sent to the reformatory hospital. The riot in the 1000 inmate facility was confined to a single building and control restored after hostages were released. The inmates wanted to see the warden over a complaint about guards. The reformatory is a medium security prison.
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Sonia
Mich
State Reformatory
Reformatory Hospital
Garrett Heyns
Heyns
Reformatory
Final Try Slated for Water Bill
Sacramento assembly votes to revive a water resources department bill and send it to the Senate in a sudden death stand. Frances C Lindsay calls it the last chance. Senate opposition grows as amended bill faces conference.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Department of Water Resources
Water Department
Senate
Lindsay
Woman Eats Over 300 Matches Sent to Hospital
Mitsuru Nagao a 31 year old barber in Nichinan Japan was hospitalized after doctors removed more than 300 chewed matches from her stomach and intestines. She confessed a lifelong craving for matches that intensified three days earlier.
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Mizazakl Cary
Japan
Mitsuru Nagao
Nichinan Hospital
Ford Plant at L. B. Tied Up Temporarily
A brief strike at the Long Beach Ford assembly plant halted production for a morning shift while pickets gathered at dawn and ended by midmorning. Union officials coordinated after 10 a.m. and salaried workers were allowed entry to resume operations. About 1,475 hourly and maintenance staff observed the picket line, with 2238 salaried workers signing in at the gate. No incidents were reported as police maintained order.
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Ford Motor Cos
Long Beach
Uaw-Cig
Chuck Sundquist
Clouaw
Wea
Ford
Wilmington
Slant
Howrly
Stork
Vern Rasmussen
Les Learned
UAW International
Region 6
Air Crash Kills Four near Santa Ana California
Four U.S. Marines died when a Skyraider attack bomber crashed in a barley field on the Moulton Ranch east of Santa Ana California. The crew included a major and two other officers. The aircraft, returning from Albuquerque to El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, burned a field and started a fire that consumed over an acre. Identification of the other victims was withheld pending next of kin. Police and sheriff deputies fought the fire with emergency equipment and searched rugged San Joaquin Hills terrain.
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Santa Ana
U. S
Lyle
Sheriff's
California Highway
San Toaquin
Weather Update Low Clouds Overnight With Partial Clearing
Low clouds linger tonight into morning with partial clearing in the afternoon. Little temperature change expected as the day unfolds.
Student Body Head Admits Two Holdups
James T. Joiner, 19, president of Wilson High School, confessed to participating in two armed robberies the Welch's Restaurant on May 22 and the Home Savings & Loan in Lakewood on April 26. Detectives reported Joiner, once a top student, admitted aiding Workman in the holdups. formal armed robbery charges were to be filed against both.
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James T. Joiner
Wilson High School
Welch's
Home Savings & Loan
Lakewood
Doinet
Enally
Long Beach
Lorin Q. Martin
Joiner
Pelt
Jimmy
Workman
Ted Sten
Jim Tsettiedl
Whison High
Belmont Shore
Homelings & Loan
Anaheim
Compton
Weartin
Jetner
Welch
Arnold C. Vann
Laurel V. Man
Vann
Cata- Jing Island
Eisenhower visits West Point cadet days reunion
President Eisenhower returns to West Point for the 11th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. He attends ceremonies at Thayer Monument, visits the Wear Point museum, and joins alumni events with Gen. James A. Van Fleet and Maj. Gen. Henry C. Hodges Jr. The president will deliver the commencement address Tuesday for the class of 469, broadcast nationally.
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Eisenhower
Henry C. Hodges Jr
U. S. Military Academy
West. Point
Gen. Hodges
West Foint. N
Salon
U. S. Miliary Academy
Thayer Monument
Wear Point
Washington
West Point
Syl- ‘Vanus Thayer
Cade
James A. ‘van Fleet
Academy
Theyer
Hodges
Washington Hall
Sades Corps
Lisenhower
Old Stone Tin
New York
Leone
Naliatil
Army
Man Peddles Baby on Street Corner in Detroit
Detroit police reported a man named Rob inson offered his 9‑month old daughter Dariene for free on a street corner Sunday night. He was held for investigation as passersby urged a buyer for over an hour. the baby was returned to her mother.
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Detroit
Robinson
Dariene
Man Attacks Strangers After Suspected Wife Sighting
Ray Grubbs chased a yellow 1950 Ford to Pierpoint Landing and punched the driver after mistaking Philip Alden Luebben and his uncle Rodney Luebben for his supposed wife’s meeting party. The crash injured three, including the teen driver. Grubbs was booked for assault and battery.
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Errest Ray Grubbs
Bell
Pierpoint Landing
Grubbs
Philip Alden Luebben
Los Angeles
Rodney
Luebben
Lincoln
Neb
Philip
Luebhens
Seaside
Longshoremen Strike in West Coast Ports In Protest
Long Beach and Pacific Coast ports halt work as longshoremen protest government move against Harry Bridges. 21 vessels idle, only Northwestern Victory remains active carrying Army cargo. ILWU delegates plan to urge President Eisenhower to drop charges and protest the June 20 civil trial in San Francisco.
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Long Beach
Pacific Coast
Harry Bridges
Pacific Maritime Assit
Northwestern Victory
Bridges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Communist Party
San Francisco
ILWC
William Lawrence
Eisenhower
Brite
Immigration Service Office
ILWU
Steel Union Vows to Win Pay Increase Before Strike
The CIO United Steelworkers committee of about 160 members pledged a substantial wage increase from the steel industry with a strike deadline of June 30. They plan wage talks with U.S. Steel Corp and five other firms, keep to no contract no work, and may strike if a settlement isn’t reached by midnight June 30. Current average wages are about $2.33 per hour.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
Classified-B-6 to 11 and Other Media Page Cues
A reader guidance list shows where to find features in the paper including Beach Combing on Page B-L, Bridge on Page 4-11, Comics on A-8, Editorial on A-10, Obituaries on B-2, and Sports on Pages 4-15. It also references TV radio, shipping, theaters, and regional sections by page.
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L. Boyle
T.tles
Wilson
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Michigan Reformatory
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Walter Reuther
Ford Mator Ca
Associated Press
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Srate Man
Steel Union
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