Unions Seek Peace With NAM Amid AFL CIO Convention
The AFL-CIO neared its founding convention's end amid a dispute over talks on a labor management nonaggression pact with NAM. Meany said NAM talked with him and accepted a bid to discuss live and let live terms, while NAM denied agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Afl-Cio
George Meany
National Assn
Meany
NAM
Organized Labor
Charles R. Sligh Jr
Sligh
Afl-Cionvention
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Wreckage of SeaMaster Seaplane Bounty Halted Hunt
Salvagers moved to recover the SeaMaster wreckage in Chesapeake Bay as four aboard the Glenn L. Martin Co jet seaplane and a Navy officer died after an explosion near Balti more. Witnesses saw heavy smoke before the blast, with one parachute opened. The SeaMaster, first experimental model, aimed for 40 000 foot cruising and a 30 000 pound payload for long range minelaying and reconnaissance.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Martin
Potomac River
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Earl Mountbatten
Mother Is Jailed Murder Charged In Cellar Burial
A 42 year old Casper mother Rose Alexander was jailed without bond after confessing to a coroner's jury that she buried Barbara Alexander 27 in the cellar of a Casper home to hide the death believed caused by blows from an unknown assailant. James Alexander testified he knew nothing of the incident until Barbara's body was unearthed.
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Casper
Wyo
Rose Alexander
Barbara Alexander
Rose
Barbara
James
Worland
East Casper
Alexander
Girdle-Less Housewife Puts Squeeze On Cabs
An Oklahoma City housewife demanded cabbies return her girdle after her husband said he left it in a taxi near a downtown shoe repair shop. She threatened to sue if not found, saying she needed it to go dancing. cabs were checked but the girdle was not located.
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Oklahoma City
Fire Sweeps Detroit House Killing Six Including Three Children
Six people died in a West Side Detroit frame house fire including Otto Harrison 33 Pauline 31 and two children Geraldine 8 and Dolores 3. Lucille Griffin 34 and her 23 month old Pleas Michael Griffin Jr also perished while Pleas Griffin 38 survived after crawling from a burning second floor apartment. He told police he awoke to smoke, tried to reach safety and was rescued after neighbors smothered his flames.
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Detroit
Otto Harrison
Pauline
Geraldine
Dolores
Lucille Griffin
Pleas Michael Griffin Jr
Pleas Griffin
Griffin
Chicken Faces More Fowl Play
Covington Kentucky Harold L. Steinfeld 57 was released from jail after paying court costs for drunkenness. He had a live chicken in his car and left without the bird, which police doubt will stay off the jail menu.
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Covington
Harold L. Steinfeld
Steinfeld
William Knauf
Nations press U N to admit 18 new members
At the United Nations the General Assembly fast tracks the 18 new member applications after a 52 to 2 vote in committee. The Security Council faces a veto risk from Nationalist China over Communist Outer Mongolia as the U.S. abstains on all Communist applicants.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
United Nations
China
General Assembly
Outer Mongolia
Cua
United States
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Britain
Russia
Peru
Brazil
Iran
Turkey
New Zealand
Belgium
France
Formosa
U. N
Red
Cuba
Ceylon
Cambodia
Japan
Laos
Libya
Nepal
Jordan
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Ireland
Austria
Finland
Patrol Bomber Down Off Honolulu in Submarine Rescue
A two engine Navy patrol bomber crashed during air submarine maneuvers Wednesday night off Oahu. Ten men were aboard. three were rescued by a submarine. Seven airmen remain missing as seven submarines and four planes scour the flare lit sea about 40 miles northwest of Honolulu. The bomber came from Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Oahu.
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Honolulu
Navy
Oahu
Barbers Point Naval Air Station
Ohioan Chosen As Rhodes Candidate
Rowan A. Greer II of Daytor and Thomas F. Sherman of Ithaca New York were chosen by the Ohio State Scholarship Committee as Ohio's Rhodes candidates for the regional competition in Chicago. They will face nominees from Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Illinois and Kentucky at the Chicago meeting.
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Cleveland
Rowan A. Greer II
Daytor
Thomas F. Sherman
Ithaca
N. Y
Ohio State
Ohio
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Adlai Attacks Hate Politics in AFL-CIO Speech
Adlai Stevenson denounces hate politics and group hatred as a dangerous brand of politics aimed at stirring class conflict. He vows to blunt anti democracy rhetoric at the AFL-CIO convention while warning it harms both domestic and foreign democracy and urges voters to reject such tactics.
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New York
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
AFL - Cio
Secretary of Agriculture
Eisenhower
Dinners
America
Germany
Manatione
Trimmer Warns Cops May Ban Fancy Mustaches
Philadelphia Chief Inspector Albert J. Trimmer says he may issue an order forbidding officers to sport fancy mustaches or flowing hair. He notes that some rookies have adopted bop haircuts and flaunting facial hair.
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Philadelphia
Albert J. Trimmer
Sharp Temperature Drop Forecast Across Regions
Two cold air masses from the North and the Pacific push temperatures down across the nation. From the Rockies to the eastern Great Lakes an icy snap brings freezing conditions in the mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley. Highs near 50 today then fall tonight with possible snow flurries. unofficial high yesterday was 42 and the morning low 21.
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North
Pacific
Rockies
Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Mass inoculation urged as paratyphoid hits Lancaster
An outbreak of 54 paratyphoid cases in Lancaster Pennsylvania prompted a mass inoculation drive for 35 000 residents. Health officials likened the event to a catastrophe and noted unreported cases possibly reaching 25. The dairy supplying the milk under scrutiny closed for investigation.
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Lancaster
State Department
W. D. Schrack Jr
Lancaster City and County Medical Society
State Department of Health
Stroudsburg
James Appel
Baby Burned In Trash Can: Mother Held
Dayton police say Mary Alice Kelton 31 gave birth to a 74 pound boy at home and two days later disposed of the infant in a trash basket used for burning trash. Coroner rules homicide carbon monoxide poisoning. Kelton held for investigation while under hospital guard. The baby appears alive at time of disposal. Kelton has a nine year old daughter living with relatives.
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Dayton
Ohio
Mary Alice Kelton
Kelton
Robert Zipf
Miss Kelton
Russians to Return 600 German POWs Next Tuesday
The Foreign Office said the Soviet Union promised to resume repatriation of German prisoners of war, notifying Berlin that 600 men would be sent home next Tuesday to the West German zone.
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Ronn
Germany
Foreign Office
Christmas Clemency for Soldiers in Europe
U S Army headquarters announced a Christmas clemency program affecting 60 to 100 prisoner soldiers in Europe. Only those due for release by Jan 15 are affected. Prisoners with dishonorable or other punitive discharges are not eligible.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S. Army
Europe
Tent Living For GIs In Korea Draws U S Criticism
U S Army Secretary Wilber M Brucker called tent housing for troops in the Korean armistice zone deplorable during a flying inspection of the 24th Infantry Division. He pressed for faster progress on semipermanent housing as winter approaches and snow and bad weather threaten. Major General Mason said 45 percent of needed Quonset huts are done, with 10 percent partial, 35 percent not started, and 10 percent awaiting parts.
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Wester Front
Korea
U. S. Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Korean Armistice Zone
Brucker
24Th Infantry Division
I. D. White
8Th Army
S. B. Mason
Mason
Vacuum Jug Loot Split Pact Reached in Dallas Case
A plumber’s helper, Jackson Davis of Corsicana, will receive five thousand dollars plus fifteen thousand he spent after finding sixty thousand dollars hidden in a Dallas basement. Davis sued William D. Felder Jr and two deputies, was arrested, and the money was seized by Dallas police. The court will release funds after Mrs. Elsie Haynes’ claim is resolved.
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Corsicana
Tex
Dallas
Jackson Davis
Matt Johnson
Davis
William D. Feder Jr
Felder
Bill Decker
T. Whitfield Davidson
Dans
Elsie Haynes
Killed On Turnpike Near Ravenna Ohio
Kenneth Alfred Stull of Rt. 2 Johnstown Pennsylvania died when his car collided with another on the Ohio Turnpike about nine miles north west of Ravenna Ohio.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Kenneth Alfred Stull
Rt. 2
Johnstown
Here
Neighbors Rally For Polio Stricken Ojai Family
Betty and Herb Smith, both teachers in Ojai California, are in iron lungs at Ventura County General Hospital after polio struck them within 24 hours. Their children Debra five and Jody two live at home supported by fundraisers, school donations, and March of Dimes aid. Local teachers and residents organized a raffle and football game proceeds totaling about 2,500 dollars to cover mortgage and living costs as the family awaits recovery.
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Ventura
Alif.p
Betty
Herb Smith
California
Ojai
Smiths
William H
Spokane
Wash
Nordhoff High School
Debra Susan
Jody Lyn
Herb
Jody
Smith
Ernestine Hix
Ojai Valley
Debra
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