Avery Wins Battle for Control of Montgomery Ward
CHICAGO AP. After a five hour stockholders meeting, Sewell Avery leads Wolfson in the fight for Montgomery Ward. Vote totals remain unsettled as inspectors will tabulate valid votes in about three weeks. Wolfson claims a victory with plans to increase board seats. Ward’s proxies and the cumulative voting system loom large.
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Chicago
Sewell Avery
Louis Wolfson
Montgomery Ward and Co
Wolfson
Ward
Avery
Montgomery Ward
Club of Directors
Edmund Krider
Avery State
Edmund A. Stephan
Ward’s
Government Sets Priority for Salk Polio Vaccine Distribution
Washington AP report: Secretary of Welfare Hobby announced a voluntary plan to allocate Salk polio vaccine first to those most in need. A national advisory committee will oversee state allocations, with state panels to set age priorities and a technical review to optimize dosage and use.
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Washington
Hobby
Nat Nee Lee Khadae
Eisenhower
National Foundation For
Tistics
Electrician and Wife Plotted Husband's Slaying for Insurance
Portland police quoted a confession from an electrician that he and Marjorie Smith plotted to kill her attorney husband Victor L. Wolf for a $20,000 life policy. Both were charged with first degree murder as Wolf allegedly wired 10 dynamite sticks into the car of Oliver K. Smith to trigger the blast.
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Portland
Ore
Marjorie Smith
Victor L. Wolf
Oliver K. Smith
William Langley
Wolf
Mrs. Smith
Langley
Smith
Columbia- Edgewater Country Club
Missing Ohio businessman found with amnesia in Houston
In Houston a well dressed man arrived at police headquarters asking who he was. FBI fingerprints identified him as Clar ence Ashley Adams 42 of Miamisburg Ohio missing since last Wednesday during a trip from a Mexico vacation. Adams stated headaches and heat worsened memory. He was subjected to a lie detector test and remains unable to recall his past. He carried a few dollars and Mexican coins. Born May 23 1912 in Youngstown Ohio Adams was fingerprinted January 5 1945 in Columbus for Army induction and was later taken to City County Hospital.
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Houston
Ohio
FBI
Clarence Ashley Adams
Miamisburg
Adams
Tulsa
Okla
Mexico
Washington
Youngstown
Columbus
City County Hospital
Eden Threats Hoax
London police say recent life threats against Sir Anthony Eden were a hoax. Warnings telephoned on the day Eden became prime minister prompted a special guard detail to be established for his protection.
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London
Sir Anthony Eden
Eden
Ideals Need Life, Armco Speaker Praises Founder’s Day
Rev. Sidney C. McCammon told Armco veterans' Founder's Day luncheon that the ideals of the late George M. Verity live only through life given by Armco management and employees. He cited Verity's dream turning into reality and urged continued cooperation and strength across Armco.
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George M. Vérity
Armco
Sidney C. McCammon
Church of the Ascension
McCammon
Manchester
William J
W. W. Sebald
Canada
Thomas Carlisle
Ang
Verity
G. D. Tranter
Middletown Works
J. E. Windsor
AEIF
Abe L. Young
Joe B. Giiden
R. L. Gray
Clifford Hutchinson
Grand Avenue
Ted Repper
Margaret Clapp
Dean Phillips
Armco General Office
Bennett Chapple
H. H. Tullis
Roscoe Rider
Howard Gilbank
General Office
E. A. Gottman
Theogram
Cochairman
Ruby Weidener
Earl D. Mendenhall
Betty Trettel
Three More Railroads Hit By Strike In Birmingham
Three additional railroads the Illinois Central Frisco and Central of Georgia saw operations sharply cut in the Birmingham area as pickets halted midnight shift crews. The walkout tied to nonoperating L&N personnel disrupted freight flow from the interchanges and followed a March 14 L&N strike. Governors from Alabama Mississippi and Georgia planned a Atlanta meeting with Southern Bell and CIO Communications Workers. Nine states affected by the telephone walkout and mediation talks with railroad and union reps faced a health insurance dispute blocking settlement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Illinois Central
Frisco
Central of Georgia
Louisville and
Nashville
P. L. Shackelford
L&n
Atlanta
Southern Bell
CIO Communication Workers of America
National Mediation Board
Burglars Stuck With 42 Seats at Fenway Park
In Tiverton Rhode Island thieves who cracked a cafe safe are trapped with 42 tickets to the Boston Red Sox versus New York Yankees game at Fenway Park on May 8. Police will guard Section 17 Row 27 where the pasted boards were stolen.
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Tiverton
R.I
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Fenway Park
White House Honors Dr Salk in Polio Ceremony
President Eisenhower awarded Jonas Salk a citation in a White House ceremony for developing the polio vaccine. Hobby and Basil O’Connor joined Salk and his family in the rose garden as reporters watched, while Chou En-lai signaled willingness to negotiate with the U S to ease Far East tensions during the Asian African conference.
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Bandung
Indonesia
Chou En-lai
Red China
United States
Far East
Taiwan
Formosa
Chou
China
America
Washington
White House
Jonas
Salk
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Basil O’ Connor
National Foundation For
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Salk
Peter
Darrell
Jonathan
Antique clock collector faces 200 time changes in bid to adjust
Rochester mailman Neil D. Henry owns about 200 clocks and plans to set them forward tonight. He says his wife and daughter-in-law will assist in the daylight saving time adjustment efforts.
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Rochester
N.Y
Neil D. Henry
Henry
Survival City atomic test targets mock town in Nevada
In Las Vegas a large Civil Defense test, Operation Cue, will detonate near Survival City a mock town. The $1.75 million experiment simulates blast and heat on 10 homes, 6 industrial structures, a radio station and power systems with 2,000 plus personnel and observers present.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Survival City
Fedea Civil Defense Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
News Nob
Ground Zero
Wacs
Civil Defense
Lot
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George M. Verity
W. Joynes McFarlan
Draut
Yankee Rd
Charlies R. Hook
Marie
Lillie Draut
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Dr. Salk
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