Poland's Communists purge officials over Poznan uprising
East and West press report Poland's ruling party condemning lax officials after the Poznan workers revolt. Investigations target officials in Poznan for failure to stop the planned provocation, with calls for ringleader arrests as thousands of troops seal Poznan and surrounding areas. Death toll estimates climb toward near 1000, while authorities release jailed protesters and focus on scapegoats.
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Berlin
Poland
Communist Party
Oznan
ADN
East Germany
Poznan
Trybuna Ludu
Polish Workers (Communist) Party
Red
Warsaw
Vienna
Radio Warsaw
Boy sorry over slaying of cousin in Springfield shrine
A 13 year old Springfield boy confessed to stabbing his 14 year old cousin Carol Drennon Friday. He told police of a crude brick shrine built in a vacant lot and of praying after the crime. Carol was found stabbed 30 times. a four inch steak knife was recovered. No charges filed.
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Springfield
Carol Drennon
John Pat Drennon
Sam Robards
Carol
Weather Dips With Showers Then Returns To Heat
Scattered rains may cool Middletown today and tonight as a warm front approaches. By late tonight or Wednesday a return of hot humid weather is expected with a high near 90. Yesterday's unofficial high reached 96 and rainfall totaled .58 inches.
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Middletown
Dayton Cop Fires at Buddies in Home Incident
Patrolman Robert E. Parker of Dayton fired four shots at fellow officers from his service revolver at his mother's home after a report Parker threatened suicide and harmed himself. Parker, 35, joined police in June 1953 and was in Montgomery County jail. no charges filed.
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Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery County
R. L. Berger
Robert E. Parker
Berger
Parker
Paint Scratches Evidence Shows Planes Collided
Grand Canyon crash inquiry cites paint scratches on a TWA Super Constellation as evidence of in flight collision with a United DC7. Officials confirm they found no propeller marks, while recovery teams retrieved bodies and transported remains to Flagstaff amid treacherous winds and rough terrain.
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TWA
Army
Grand Canyon
Ariz
United Air Lines
Air Force
Byrd Ryland
March Afb
Calif
Constellation
Ryland
Jack Parshall
Civil Aeronautics Examiner
Coconinéd
She McCauley
Pann Air Lines
Frank Bush
Flagstaff
Shot Out Of A Tree Wilson Died As He Lived
Alfred Wilson a 37 year old ex convict who eluded a major Ohio manhunt for 12 days was tracked to a Leavittsburg home. Patrolman Duffy shot Wilson as he climbed a tree with a Luger and a shotgun. Wilson died five hours later in a hospital. He had killed three women and abducted a 16 year old girl during a murderous spree sparked by anger over his wife.
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Warren
Ohio
Alfred — Wilson
Wilson
James W. Lawson
Lawson
Juanita
Andrew Brown
Brown
Geraldine
Hazel Botts
Nancy Worthington
Leavittsburg
Here
Wson
Russell H. Duffy Jr
Cuyahoga Falls
Duffy
Floyd M. Smith
Findlay
Corp
Joseph Szabo
Parma
Tragedy Shocks Arizona Air Collision Over Grand Canyon
A TWA Super constellation with 70 aboard and a United DC7 with 58 aboard reportedly collided midair over Arizona plunging near Grand Canyon. A recovery team and investigators were stranded on a jagged butte and later flown out. Senator Smathers called for a CAA inquiry as aviation regulation changes were foreseen.
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Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Central Press
TWA
Civil Aeronautics Adminliters
United Air Lines DC7
Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
Washington
CAA
Light Vote Seen in Oklahoma as Primary Nears
Oklahoma voters expected to cast ballots in a quiet primary with the U.S. Senate race featuring incumbent Democrat Mike Monroney seeking a second term. The six strongest races include a heated corporate commission contest with 13 Democrats and 2 Republicans for a six year term. Up to 300000 voters were anticipated. Monroney faced three Democratic opponents Ora Fox Guthrie rival H Onges and Oklahoma City attorney George Wulff. The leading Republican candidate Douglas McKeever Enid resigned as GOP state chairman and faced Dan Madrano Paul Beck and Ernest Albright. Seven constitutional amendments appeared on the ballot including a $50 million veterans farm loan program.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U.S. Senate
Mike Monroney
Monroney
Ora
Runaway Freight Kills Four at Kamishihoro Station
In Kushiro Japan two runaway freight cars derailed into a passenger train at Kamishihoro station in northern Japan. Four people died and thirty were injured, ten seriously, in the crash today.
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Kushiro
Japan
Kamishihoro Station
Steel strike slows rail traffic across nation
The nationwide walkout by 650 000 steelworkers triggers furloughs for about 23 000 railroad workers at Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio lines and prompts large scale layoffs. Finnegan of the Federal Mediation Service to meet USW and steel leaders in exploratory talks as ship cargoes and ore movements decline amid reduced steel demand.
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Ine Taurowags
We Steel Industry
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
USW
Steel
Finnegan
Pennsylvania Railroad
B. & the New York Cental
New York Central Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Pennsylvania
Superior
Wis
Itrea Northern
Northern Pacific
Great Lakes
American Steel
Iron Age Forecasts Prolonged Steel Strike
Iron Age projects no early settlement in the nationwide steel strike with 650,000 United Steelworkers out. The timetable shows two weeks of disruption, escalating to eight weeks of chaos across major industries, plus a later wage increase and steel price rise after a contract settlement.
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New York
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
United Steelworkers
Millionaire Author Michael Arlen Dies At 60
New York reports author Michael Arlen died June 23 at age 60 leaving an estate of five thousand dollars. The will filed in Surrogate's Court bequeaths the entire amount to his widow. Arlen gained wealth from his 1924 novel The Green Hat and was a prominent figure in the 1920s literary scene.
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New York
Michael Arlen
Arlen
Green Hat
Steel strike looming as 650000 union members threaten action
United Steelworkers and the steel industry face a potential walkout that could halt 90 percent of U.S. steel output. Railroads anticipate heavy furloughs near 25000, inland carriers idle, and trucking cuts as talks stall. Federal mediation seeks separate talks Thursday while negotiators argue over contract length and immediate pay gains. Industry pushes a 17 to 23 cent hourly raise, unions call the offer too little, too long, and inflation fears loom from NAM and AFL CIO leaders pledge united labor action.
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United Steelworkers of America
Joseph L. Block
Inland Steel Co
National Assn. of Manufactures
George Meany
AFL - Cio
United Labor Front
Unspecified USW Demands Seen as High in Talks
The report notes a 17 2 3 cent per hour first year raise plus an immediate 7.3 cent boost, raising hourly earnings from 46 cents. The United Steelworkers did not publish a price tag for its 22 industry demands at negotiations opened last May, and sources say final demands exceeded what companies would concede.
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USW
Red Crow Finds Way Home After 20 Mile Flight
Anaheim couple’s pet crow named Red traveled an estimated 20 miles by air to return home from Corona Del Mar. The bird appeared tired but willingly drank from a spoon on the porch railing and then flew to its owners after they called from the beach.
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Anaheim
Calif
Jerry Zahrte
Corona del Mar
Truman Says Ike Health Not An Issue In Campaign
Former President Harry S. Truman says the question of a part time presidency could become a campaign issue but he hopes the President's health will not be. He notes Ike cannot be a part time president and remain successful while Eisenhower recuperates from an intestinal operation at Gettysburg after last summer's heart attack.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Denver
Gettysburg
Truman
Koe
Nixon to Make Trip to Formosa
Vice President Nixon will travel to Formosa to meet with Chiang Kai-shek and officials of the Nationalist government. The White House outlined Nixon’s itinerary after visits to Manila for the Philippines independence celebration and Saigon, Vietnam. He is expected to discuss Taiwan’s progress since the last visit in 1953.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nixon
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationaist
China
White House
Country Place
Sherman Reams
Washington
M. Snyder
Leonard Heaton
Georg E. Allen
James C. Hagerty
Formosa
Manila
Philippines
Tomorro
Saigon
New Republic
Fairborn Boy Killed in Head-On Crash in Rain
An eleven-year-old boy, Joseph Warren of Fairborn, was killed Monday when a car driven by his 16-year-old brother John collided head-on with another vehicle on Ohio 235 near Fairborn during heavy rain.
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Xenia
Ohio
Joseph Warren
Farborn
John
Ohio 235
Faiborn
Eisenhower urged to decide soon on 2nd term
Sen Morse calls it Eisenhower's clear obligation to announce quickly if he will seek a second term. Sparkman says a reelect would harm the president and country, while Hagerty notes no change in his February pledge. Knowland says the president may run after his health.
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Washington
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Eisenhower
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Morse
Sparkman
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