Miners and Steel in Limbo as Talks Resume
A weeklong miners walkout led by John L. Lewis ends as contract negotiations resume. Steel and Ford negotiations also proceed with pension and wage concerns. Ford proposes using cost of living for wage changes, unions reject. Two national surveys split on unemployment trends, urging policy and productivity actions.
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Public Affairs Institute
Timken Bearing Chief Sees Out in Strike
Canton Ohio June 20 UPI The Timken Roller Bearing Co. president warned a prolonged strike could force a 25 percent personnel cut. In a radio address William E Umstattd said many customers would redesign products to move bearing business elsewhere if orders are delayed.
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Canton
Ohto
UPI Niken Roller Bearing Co
William E. Umstattd
Vandals Ransack Attorney's Home in Los Angeles
Police searched for vandals after an attack on an attorney's home in Los Angeles on June 20. The attorney said nothing was taken and that intruders appeared to be hunting something small.
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Los Angeles
Illinois Governor Rates Government Costs Excessive
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo June 20 UPI A freshman Democratic governor Adie E Stevenson of Illinois says government costs are too high and states should sort their budgets before requesting more federal aid He argues economy is needed from the township to Washington and federal funds should not be sought while local and state governments fail to manage spending. He notes the governors conference weighs a proposal to cut federal aid 70 percent and rely on state tax rises if Washington withdraws from those fields.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
UPIA
Adie E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Stevenson
U. S
Washington
Fiist
Governors’ Conference
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Earl Warten
California
Birth control advice urged by royal commission
London reports a royal commission urged the government to provide free birth control guidance under the national health service. The panel backed planned families, higher child allowances, and income tax relief for parents across brackets, warning Britain would not face a “world without children” unless family size drops further. The Royal Commission on Population has pressed for government action for more than five years.
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London
National Health Service
Britain
Royal Commission On
Two Barker Gang Members Identified in Lincoln Shootout
In Lincoln Nebraska two Barker gang members identified by fingerprints as Albert C Gladson 48 and Abton Crapo 47 were killed two hours after robbing a Lincoln salesman of diamonds. The Barker gang famed for bank robberies and killings dissolved in the 1930s after Ma and Freddie Barker were killed.
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Neb
Nebraska
Albert C. Gladson
Crapo
Lincoln
Alcatraz
Harold Smith
Nebraska Saftey Patrol
Barker
Ma Barker
Freddie Barker
FBI
Florida
Arthur
Lloyd
Leavenworth
Denver
Herman
Missouri
Tulsa
Okla
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul Brewer
Infantryman Takes Over as Army's Top Man
Gordon Gray, 40, an infantry private seven years ago, was sworn in as Secretary of the Army. Defense Secretary Johnson administered the oath in Johnson's office with Cabinet, Supreme Court, Congress, and officials present. Gray, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, had been Undersecretary since May 25 and acting secretary since Royall's resignation.
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Washington
Gordon Gray
Army
Winston-Salem
Defense
Johnson
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Carolina
Omar Bradley
Gray
Bradley
Kenneth G. Royall
Royall
Byrnes Attacks Truman Economic Program in Lexington
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes spoke at Washington and Lee University in Lexington on June 20 criticizing Truman’s social economic proposals. He warned that several programs would lead to a welfare state and statism, risking Americans becoming economic slaves under state control.
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Truman
James F. Byrnes
Congress
Byrnes
Washington and Lee University
Po Earsi
Electronic Plane Tests New Navy Workshop Aircraft
BURBANK June 20 The Navy announced a two hour flight test of a flying laboratory aircraft for testing new electronic gear. The Constellation fitted amidships carries a row of antennae along the fuselage and is designated PO-1W.
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Burbank
Navy
Flying
Wealthy Indian Maharajah Jagatjit Singh Bahadur Dies
Prince Jagatjit Singh Bahadur, maharajah of Kapurthala and one of the world’s richest men, died in Bombay at 76 from pneumonia. His body was flown to his northwest India state for Sikh rites cremation. He had held the throne since age five and was recently deputy governor of the Patiala and East Punjab state union in independent India.
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Bombay
India
Jagatjit Singh Bahadur
Maharajah
Kapurthala
Patiala
East Punjab
United States
Umea
Lonely Hearts Fan Jailed as Wife's Slayer
LAKEPORT Calif June 20 AP A Lonely Hearts Club fan is jailed for allegedly murdering his wife and her 2 year old daughter and burning their cabin to hide the crime Stephen Bragahan 34 a mechanic had a dossier of 31 women with whom he corresponded The last on the list was Virginia James Wiltgen Brusnahan 26 The district attorney said he bought large amounts of fuel oil the week before the fire and there was unburned oil on the wife’s bodyNeighbors said Brugnahan was reluctant to fight the fire Brugnahan said he was showering when the fire was caused by a cleaning board explosion The cabin in Lucerne Clear Lake was Mrs Brusnahan’s inheritance The DA said the man was paying $50 monthly support for a child declared his by a court
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Lakeport
Calif
Lonely Hearts Club
Stephen Bragahan
Levett K. Fraser
Virginia James Wiltgen Brusnahan
Chicago
Eugene C. James
Fraser
Brusnahan
Jean Brusnahan
Mary Gray
Berwyn
Ill
New York
Paul Robeson
Harter
Robeson
Soviet Union
Cornell University
Rae Greenberg
Forest Hills
Queens
Cornell
National Association For the Advancement of Galored People
American Youth For Democracy
Herlem
Australian Red Declared Guilty
U Lawrence Louis Sharkey general secretary of the Australian Communist party was convicted today of sedition for uttering words in Sydney alleging that Australian workers would welcome Soviet forces if they entered Australia. The remark occurred during a wave of similar statements by Communist leaders abroad.
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Sydney
Australia
U. Lawrence Louis Sharkey
Australian Communist Party
B'nai B'rith Fund Campaign Launched in Pittsburgh
The B'nai B'rith lodge started a nationwide drive to raise 2 million dollars for the Henry Monsky Foundation and a headquarters building in Washington. Other planned projects include a youth camp and cultural activities. Monaky led B'nai B'rith from 1933 until his death in 1947.
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Pittsburgh
U. A
B'nai B'rith Lodge
Henry Monsky
Jewish ‘Organization
Washington
Monaky
Binai B'rith
Texans Help Restore East Flood Stranded Town
In Eter'sburg West Virginia a Texas construction crew from H. C. Price and Company aided flood relief after a Friday flash flood cut roads and power. They searched for victims, relayed emergency messages, patched routes, and bridged a 15 foot gap with 26 inch pipe and planks.
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Etersburg
W. Va
Texas
West Virginia
H. C. Price and Company
Ekins
Era
Kiss to Grandmother In Car Theft Shock
In Kansas City a 16 year old girl named Sadie Cro ner reports two young men forced her to drive to a country road after a late night stop at a traffic light. They rifled her purse and stole her car after a brief kiss and a remark that she reminded them of their mother. She walked two miles to summon police.
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Kansas City
Sadie Crosner
Croaner
Helicopter Captures Runaway Speedboat in Jamaica Bay
A speedboat circuited Jamaica Bay after the owner fell overboard endangering many vessels. Police used a helicopter with Detective Behrens and Sergeant Crosson to disable the craft and bring it under control. The owner was later rescued by a passing boat.
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New York
Sky Cops
Jamaica Bay
Harold W. Behrens
Aoe Suniyay Eas Aan
Gerald Crosson
Behrens
Women Start Drive to Oust Police Head in Fairmont
In Fairmont Illinois on June 20 women allied with the Women’s Auxiliary launched a campaign to force the ouster of Police Chief Arthur Wyle. The movement described as petticoat parade members aims to pressure authorities for removal.
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Local 82
C. I. O. Progressive Metal Workers Council
Local 32
Anthony Thomas
Ae Peo
Public Si Ie
Chiat Wyle
Fairmont City
Fairmont
Arthur Wyle
Women’s Auxiliary
Mississippi River Isle Homesteaded near Memphis
Two Memphis men, C. W. Cheek and B. A. Sennett Jr, have homesteaded 1146 acres on an island in the Mississippi River near downtown Memphis. They hold color of title indicating state ownership and can seek warranty deeds after seven years. About 300 acres may be cultivable.
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Memphis
Mississippi River
C. W. Cheek
B. A. Sennett Jr
Three Desperadoes Revealed as Children in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR Mich June 20 Three gun wielding desperadoes sought by state police turned out to be three children with cap pistols. Troopers broadcast an alarm for the trio reported to have fired at an Ann Arbor police car and fled but local police explained the report was exaggerated in a relay to state police headquarters. They were looking for youngsters firing cap pistols from a car window.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
College Head 79 Honeymoons College Head 79 Honeymoons
MIDDLEBURY Vermont June 20 a 73 year old former president of Pennsylvania State College wed a TS year old former dean of Middlebury College Dr John Thomas and Misa Eleanor Ross were married here Saturday Thomas a Middlebury graduate and former president of Rutgers and Norwich universities is retired and honeymooning with Ross
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Middlebury
Pennsylvania State College
Middlebury College
John *. Thomas
Misa Eleanor’ S. Ross
Thomas
Rutgers
Norwich Universities
Greeks Turning Tide in Warfare
Washington dispatch reports the American advised Greek army finally turning the tide against Communist guerrillas in their civil war. The shift is blamed on a rift between Yugoslav Marshal Tito and other eastern European Communists, lowering guerrilla morale and easing Yugoslav pressure despite Tito’s ongoing official support.
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Washington
State ‘Department
Athens
Tito
Europe
Greece
Robeson Celebrates Son’s Wedding and Love for Russia
Paul Robeson spoke to a 3500 strong Harlem rally after witnessing his son Paul Robeson Jr wed Marilyn Greenberg at Cornell. He praised Russia, attacked U.S. democracy, and warned against challenges to his Americanism while condemning press hostility and civil liberties threats amid a subversive label on sponsors and organizations.
Small Neptune Moon Confirmed
A McDonald Observatory astronomer confirmed the discovery of a faint new moon orbiting Neptune. The satellite, about 250000 times fainter than the faintest star, was initially announced May 1 by Gerard P. Jiper of the University of Chicago.
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