UAW Opens Talks With GM On Guaranteed Wage Plan
The UAW and General Motors begin formal bargaining in Detroit over a guaranteed annual wage for about 350,000 GM workers. The plan would pay 49 hours for any week of work and guarantee living standards during layoffs, plus a 5 cent hourly productivity factor and raises in health and pension benefits. Current auto industry wages average about $2.10 per hour.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Ford
No Honor At All
P A former prison inmate in Trenton New Jersey filed a claim for 84 dollars seeking compensation for clothing he says was stolen from his cell while he was in court.
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Trenton
N. J.P
Blizzard Strikes Northwest Leaving Heavy Losses and Rescue
Northwest states endure 40 inch snowfall with $1.2 million in cattle and sheep losses. Four men rescued from a rural church east of Sheridan, 14 others accounted for, including an infant. Five missing adults located after a large rock sign found near Bayhose, several uranium prospectors traced by planes, and a lone oil worker found safe in Thermopolis. Weather to ease but roads still blocked. many abandoned cars remain.
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Wyoming
Montana
William L. Chapman
Wyoming Agriculture Commissioner
Sheridan
Bayhoe
Mont
Basil Pierce
Sam Horton
Mills
Wyo
Howard Perue
Thermopolis
Perue
Gunfire from cave shoots highway crew near Salem
Emile Mayer, a 50-year-old man living in a hillside cave near East Liverpool, fired a shotgun at five highway workers from several hundred feet away. Three were hit by pellets, one requiring medical care for a cheek flesh wound. Mayer was jailed in Salem pending charges after officers reached the cave and arrested him. Relatives reported he moved to the cave to escape.
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Salem
Ohio
Emile Mayer
East Liverpool
Ed Greathouse
Lisbon
Mayer
Liverpool
Experts Offer 4 Ideas To Ease Traffic Actes
Columbus speakers at a highway engineering conference proposed four traffic aids to ease urban congestion. Ideas include combining public transit with suburban terminal parking, strict adherence to parking regulations, financing off street lots, and possibly eliminating curb parking in congested areas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Engineering
James V. Musick
Robert Howe
University of Cincinnati
G. A. Berry
Ohio State Automobile Assn
D. K. Finley
Columbus Chamber
of Commerce
Musick
Berry
Department of Civil Engineering
Ohio State University
Ohio Department of Highways
Bold Queens bank heist nets 305243 in cash
Police and the FBI chase four robbers who planned and executed history’s biggest cash bank holdup in a Chase Manhattan Bank in Woodside Queens. They kidnapped a clerk, locked 11 inside a vault, and escaped with mainly 5 10 and 20 dollar bills totaling 305243. No one was hurt.
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New York
FBI
Woodside Queens
Chase Manhattan Bank
Queens
Asst. Dist. Atty
Thomas P. Cullen
Long Island
East River
mid-Manhattan
Woodside
Times ‘Square
Flushing
Chase Manhattan
Chase National Bank
Bank of the Manhattan Co
Hop-Scotch Hunch Leads To Burglar
Kent Ohio police credit a hop-scotch hunch by Sgt Roy D Thompson with identifying a suspect in seven Kent burglaries. While playing on his day off, Thompson noted a passing car and chalked the license number. The plate traced to Jesse Gulledge Jr 21 of Akron, already on bond for seven Akron indictments. Gulledge admitted the Kent burglaries and was arraigned in Ravenna on burglary charges, jailed under bonds.
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Kent
Ohio
Roy D. Thompson
Thompson
Jesse Gulledge Jr
Akron
Gulledge
Archbishop Denies Princess Margaret Marriage Rumors
In Capetown Dr Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury says there is no truth in reports that Princess Margaret will marry Group Captain Peter Townsend. He calls the romance rumors a most offensive newspaper stunt and notes there is no plan for a marriage.
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Capetown
South Africa
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Weather Forecast: Cool Morning Sets Stage for Warm Day
The city woke to 42 degrees at seven this morning with a cool breeze. The Vandalia weatherman forecasts highs in the 50s today and a drop into the mid-30s tonight. Skies remain fair, with temperatures climbing toward the 60s near yesterday’s 66 at 2 p.m.
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Vandalia
Flame 6 Miles High Atomic Ack-Ack In New U S Arsenal
LAS VEGAS NEV Atomic ack ack joined Americas nuclear arsenal as a test blast rose six miles above the Nevada desert. The device dropped from a B36 bomber detonated at 40 000 feet or higher creating a three second fire ball and a small doughnut cloud. Officials say atomic air defense weapons will boost ability to repel enemy air attacks though yields were small compared with a standard A bomb.
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Las Vegas
Nev
America
Nevada Desert
Defense Department
Lancaster Blaze Injures Two Firemen
Lancaster Ohio reports two firefighters injured while battling a $21 000 blaze at the two story Eagles lodge hall. Fire Chief Walter Myers says damage from the attic stairway paint cans likely caused by spontaneous combustion. The two hour fire, near city center, damaged first and second floors, confined to roof and attic.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Walter Myers
Myers
Navy Will Build Base in Antarctic Under Byrd Oversight
The Navy and civilian scientists plan a three year Antarctic expedition with Rear Adm. Byrd supervising. A task force of five ships will depart this year to construct a base camp and snow runway, unloading supplies for January 1956 arrival. Sixteen officers and Seabees will stay to complete the work while civilian scientists join later.
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Washington
Antarctic
Navy
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
South Pole
George Dufek
Eisenhower signs Paris Agreements on German rearmament
President Eisenhower signed the Paris Agreements in a White House ceremony to rearm West Germany. The two treaties, ratified by the Senate, plus an executive agreement authorizing US Britain and France to keep armed forces on German soil, now await Denmark and The Netherlands ratification. Luxembourg and Belgium approved yesterday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
West Germany
White House
Senate
United States
Great Britain
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Belgium
Kerr Asks Ban On Atom Bomb Near Formosa
Senator Kerr urges President Eisenhower to bar atomic weapons in any defense of Quemoy and Matsu. He warns such use could trigger massive retaliation on American families and homes while opponents push for tactical flexibility amid ongoing debates on nuclear strategy.
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Kerr
Formosa
Washington
Sen
D-Okla
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu
Congress
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Kerrig
Truman
Korea
Sen. Holland
D-Fla
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Showdown Near Says Chiang Aide
Sun Li-jen, Chiang Kai shek's chief of staff, warned a showdown in the Formosa Strait is near. He cautioned the buildup of Communist defenses along the south China coast could trigger a clash once air and sea control shifts, though not guaranteeing an imminent invasion of Matsu or Quemoy.
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Taipei
Formosa
Sun Li-jen
Formosa Strait
Chiang Kaishek
Matsu
Quemoy Islands
South China
Sun
Chavez Sees Senate Action to Boost Defense Funds
Washington AP Sen Chavez says Senate will seek to add money to Eisenhower defense budget to avoid Army and Marine cuts. Gen Ridgway urges maintaining Army strength at 1,300,000 for FY starting July 1, about 273,000 more than the President’s plan. Subcommittee hearings resume April 19.
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Washington
Sen. Chavez
D-Nm
Senate
Eisenhower
Ridgway
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bus Strike Knocks Out Ohio Runs
Columbus reports Atlantic Greyhound Corp bus service disrupted by a 725 driver strike affecting 1,800 workers across 10 states. Ohio routes including Columbus to Ironton Waverly Piketon Portsmouth Gallipolis Ashland and Charleston are impacted. The AFL affiliated union seeks standard contract terms such as overtime pay, arbitration, and higher wages.
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Columbus
Ohio
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
Atlantic
Colume
Ironton
Waverly
Piketon
Portsmouth
Gallipolis
Asheland
Charleston
W. Vay
Atlanic
Cincinnati
Atlantic Greyhound
National Greyhound System
Pennsylvani
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Digetrict
Columbia
AFL Motor Coach Employes Union
Atlante
Daniel V. Maroney
Sai
Greyhound
Physicists Report ABC Nixed Visit To Moscow
Two prominent physicists Prof Richard R Feynman and Dr Freeman J Dyson said government officials advised them to decline invitations to a Moscow conference ending today. They initially planned to attend though no classified topics were on the agenda and concerns over risk were cited by the Atomic Energy Commission. Dyson noted his British citizenship and immigration papers. Feynman cited prior classified WWII atomic work and recent discussions with the Army.
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New York
Moscow
Richard R. Feynman
California Institute of Technology
Freeman J. Dyson
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N.J
Feynman
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Dyson
Immigration Service
United States
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Bank of Montreal
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B.C
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Armee
Ed Cohn
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Bill Weith
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