Senators Boost Foreign Aid Bill In Senate Committee
In a closed session the Senate Foreign Relations Committee raised the aid bill to 4.515 billion dollars, 515 million above the House total, and added 100 million for the President's discretionary fund for Asian economic development. The vote was 9 to 5 with leaders touting progress while concerns about final passage linger.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Congress
Senate’ Group
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Foreign Relations Committee
Bomb destroys L A barber shop in East Los Angeles
A small barber shop building was destroyed Thursday night by a homemade gasoline bomb. Sheriffs deputies said three men threw a five gallon container of inflammable fluid through the front window and then set it on fire.
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East
Los Angeles
Sheriffs
Eisenhower Shows Progress After Abdominal Surgery
President Eisenhower’s doctors report normal intestinal activity has returned a week after major abdominal surgery. The bulletin notes no intravenous feeding since Thursday, liquid nourishment by mouth, walking and a 30 minute sit up, with White House aides reporting the president has not discussed political plans yet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
James C. Harty
Sherman Adams
Hagerty
Deadly music plays as piano fire traps family in Tulsa
Howard Peterson Jr and his family barely escaped a blaze that engulfed their home after their dog awakened them. Peterson knocked unconscious his 12 month old son while trying to rescue him and the boy Howard III suffered head and hand burns as he fought to save the grand piano and his classical sheet music. Jan Peterson, 15, also burned. a 4 year old fled via a window. Peterson, flaming, tried to save the music despite his own clothing burning.
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Tulsa
Okla
Howard Peterson Jr
Peterson
Howard III
Jan
Escaped Tigers Terrorize Circus Near Basilica
Tigers broke from their cage at a Rome circus grounds near St. John Lateran causing panic among women and children. Animals fled, horses whinnied, a donkey was slashed, and within about 90 minutes police and circus workers, led by trainer Darix Togni, cornered the beasts and recaptured them.
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Rome
Basilica of
St. John Lateran
Darix Togni
Just Shows It Pays to Advertise in Miami Herald
The Navy jet pilots in Miami sought dates, with 4,100+ calls to Key West from Vero Beach, tying up 30 station trunk lines as officers received requests. Fifteen pilots asked columnist Jack Bell for help finding 15 attractive local women to take out during their training visit.
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Vero Beach
Key West
Miami
Marine Corps, Air Station
Navy
John C
Happy
Campbell
Miami Herald
Jack Bell
Father in Car Wrecker Finds Daughter Dead
Vista UPI reports 52 year old wrecker driver Lee Walton was called to a car wreck scene today where his daughter was found dead in the vehicle. The incident occurred at the wreck site and authorities are investigating the death.
Quill Predicts Bigger Subway Strike Amid Rival Tension
New York AP reports subway motormen faced renewed disruption as rival Motormen s Benevolent Assn. threatens a larger walkout next Wednesday. TWU president Michael J. Quill accuses MBA of a criminal conspiracy against riders while MBA leaders deny direct responsibility and urge not to escalate. Subways partially resume operations with tensions rising among transit unions.
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New York
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Motormen's Benevolent Assn
MBA
Subway
Transit Authority
Theodore Loos
Robert F. Wagner
Sunderland ferry strike ends as worker fired over 111 hour week
Abraham McLean, a La-Ferry operator in Sunderland, England, was dismissed after a one-man strike protesting overwork and pay. He claimed a 111-hour week and asked for meals and double his $9.80 weekly wages. The owner fired him for complaining.
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Sunderland
England
Abraham McLean
McLean
Day Run Day For Business Joke Hits Lubbock Family
In Lubbock Texas a string of misdirected services disrupted the Jester household on Thursday starting around 1 30 PM. A station attendant locksmith plumbers movers and a florist visited the Jesters under mistaken beliefs about their needs causing chaos before the wife realized it was all a joke. The family even received flowers and mistaken charges while attempting to go about a normal day. The husband reportedly denied knowledge of the flowers.
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Rhoads
Luella Hernan J
Neighter
Wasj
auto/bors
Beverly Hills
Joseph G. Gonzales
Vista
Eye Doctor Attacks Windshields as Safety Hazard
Chicago AP report quotes Dr Dupont Guerry of the Medical College of Virginia criticizing wraparound windshields as a safety risk. He cites distorted vision, increased glare, and ghost images, calling the design a misuse of beauty over safety. The discussion formed part of medical experts’ focus at the AMA meeting on reducing highway deaths and injuries.
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Chicago
Dupont Guerry
The
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
American Medical Assn
Miss Crain Accused of Infidelity
Los Angeles based report states Jeanne Crain and her estranged husband Paul Brinkman 37 filed divorce cross-claims. Brinkman accuses Crain 30 of adultery with a man identified as Homer Rhoads 45 president of a local aircraft equipment firm. Rhoads calls the charges fiction and a smear.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jeanne Crain
Paul Brinkman
Brinkman
Homer Rhoads
Rhoads
Bess
Mather
Steel Workers Reject Big Three Offer in Pay Dispute
United Steel Workers reject the five cent per hour raise as too little and the five year contract as too long. Union president David J. McDonald says the offer is inadequate and too late while warning a strike could occur when current contracts expire. Meeting at Hotel Roosevelt, union officials delay settlement hopes for June 30 deadline.
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NEW York
United Steel Workers Today
David J. McDonald
McDonald
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Thae
Beach Combing and Bridge Topics Prominent in Page Guide
The page listing outlines sections and page numbers for Beach Combing on B-1, Hal Boyle on A-15, Bridge on A-15, Classifieds B-10 to B-19, Comics A-16, Crossword B-9, Death Notices B-2, Editorial A-14, Financial B-6, Shipping Table B-2, Sports A-17 to A-19, Theaters B-8, Temperatures B-2, TV Radio A-12, Vital Statistics B-10, Wilson A-15, Women B-4 and B-5.
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Hal Boyle
Wilson
Night and Morning Low Clouds With Sunshine Saturday
Night and morning clouds give way to mostly sunny skies by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures stay mostly steady with little overall change expected through the period.
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