Talks Open Between Steel Firms and Union in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh top level talks begin in the 40 day steel strike with both CIO steelworkers and industry spokesmen sharing a guarded stance. Philip Murray heads the union team with Arthur Goldberg while industry leaders include John A. Stephens and Joseph Larkin. Concerns focus on resuming iron ore production amid looming winter shutdowns and ore shortages.
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Pittsburgh
Stea
CIO
Philip Murray
Arthur Goldberg
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Joseph Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ben F. Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Great Lakes
Allied Industries
Allies Hit Pyongyang in Massive Korean War Air Raid
More than 650 Allied warplanes from five nations bombed Pyongyang and two other North Korean industrial centers. UN pilots reported destruction of the army communications HQ, three munitions factories, and multiple plants and supply centers as the Red capital burned. Targets included Hwangju and Sariwon on the Pyongyang rail line, with precautions near POW camps.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Air Force
United Nations
Pyongyang
Stan Carter
Hwangju
Sariwon
Airorce
U.N
Panmunjom
Million Dollar Warehouse Fire Destroys Rubber Stock
A massive blaze at the General Storage Co. warehouse in Clarksburg West Virginia destroyed 100 carloads of crude rubber. Damages estimated at 10 million dollars, with potential to rise. Two injuries reported including a firefighter overcome by smoke. Sparks from welders are blamed for the fire.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry Morrison Jr
West Virginia
General Storage Co
Morrison
Locke wins third British Open in final round surge
Bulletin from Anne's on Sea reports that Big Bobby Locke of South Africa surged from behind in the final round to capture his third British Open golf championship, adding to his legacy in the Open era.
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Anne's ON Sea
England
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Bonn Lawmakers Vote Peace Pacts Into Committee
West Germany moved toward a non Communist alliance by sending the German Peace Contract and European Army Treaty to committees after clearing preliminary debate in the Bundestag. Communists opposed the referrals.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Bundestag
Rains in Japan Kill 28 in Osaka Kobe Area
Torrential storms in South Central Japan bring record rainfall. Kyodo News Agency reports 28 dead in Osaka and Kobe as landslides mount. More than 108 houses destroyed and over 72,600 homes flooded thousands of acres of farmland inundated.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyodo
Osaka-Kobe
Honshu
Arbitration Ends Wage Fight at North American Aviation
North American Aviation and CIO auto workers reached a binding arbitration agreement to resolve a wage dispute that threatened to halt production at 17 aircraft plants in California and Columbus. A three man fact finding board will set the final wage, retroactive to last April, with President Truman to appoint the panel. The company will add 12 cents an hour to basic pay, keeping the cost of living bonus as part of the base rate. The union represents about 28,000 employees, and had sought over 25 cents, while the company previously offered five cents plus the 12 cent adjustment.
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Automotive News
Detroit
H. H. Robertson Company
Ambridge
Washington
North American Aviation Company
CIO Auto Workers
Air Force
California
Columbus
Ohio
Federal Mediation Service
Truman
West proposes talks with USSR on Germany votes
Washington reports Western powers sent a six power note to Moscow proposing a limited meeting to form an impartial commission to assess if free elections can be held in divided Germany. The plan, tied to a future all German government, aims to test Moscow's sincerity while tying into Bonn alignment with Western defense pacts. Adenauer welcomed signs of a new Big Four conference.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Soviet
Kremlin
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
Berlin
United Ations Commission
East Germany
U. N. Commission
Netherlands
Iceland
Brazil
Pakistan
Poland
Adenauer
Love-sick flyer Kills Nurse and Two Guards at Houston Hospital
A man fired at Memorial Hospital Nurses Home in Houston killing Miss Caroll Cooper a 24 year old nursing student from Culman Alabama and two guards J C Fair 69 and Capt Renard Haywood 34 before self inflicted gunshot wound Eyewitnesses said the shooting began around 10 pm CDT after Haywood forced entry by threatening a downstairs hostess Nurses reported Haywood had previously harassed Cooper for months using deception to contact her and stalk her at the home Local authorities described a fatal case of targeted violence driven by presumed obsession.
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Houston
Tex
Memorial Hospital Nurses Home
Caroll Cooper
Culman
Ala
J. C. Fair
Renard Haywood
Ellington Air Force Base
Haywood
Cooper
Collins Due In Japan To Inspect Far East Bases
Tokyo reports that Army Chief of Staff General J Lawton Collins is due to arrive by air tomorrow to inspect U S Far East military facilities.
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Tokyo
Army
J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Far East
Bender accuses Dewey of stacking convention crowd
Cleveland’s George Bender charged Gov. Dewey with bringing in or bribing 2000 extra demonstrators at Eisenhower’s nomination rally, claiming a breach of faith as Taft supporters protested on the convention floor. Dewey denied the accusation, calling it desperate. Ohio delegates weighed first ballot strength and internal strategy amid taft hopes.
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Chicago
George Bender
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Bender
Cuyahoga County
New York
Dwight Disenhower
Taft
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dewey
Eisenhower
Ohio
Conrad Hilton
Arnall Delays Decision On Steel Price Demands
Washington The government postponed its reply to Weirton Steel's July 1 demand for a 5.50 per ton price ceiling hike. Price Administrator Ellis Arnall expects a decision within days, likely a rejection, with Weirton at risk of automatic price rise July 21 absent OPS objection amid a broad steel strike and a voluntary hold the line pact dating to January 1951.
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Arnall
William
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
Independent Steel Workers Union
CIO United Steelworkers
Office of Price Stabilization
Annie
Beingirm
Sunday Journal highlights local acts and events
Electric drilling on Central Ave causes soggy lawns as a water main leaks. Oscar Reed of Trenton, a police chief, street commissioner and sanitation head, mentors local kids in his spare time. Local sports cover the city golf tournament and state tennis prelims with Sunday reports.
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Central Ave
Oscar “Gibby” Reed
Trenton
Miami Valley
Journal
Middletown Watchmen Above Grillard Building
Middletown residents atop the Grillard Building monitor the sky and would immediately identify a hostile plane. The Sunday Journal promises a look at how these locals work with photos showing Middletown from their elevated vantage.
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Middletown
Ike Visits Tait Right After Win
General Dwight D. Eisenhower met with Senator Robert A. Taft in Chicago shortly after Eisenhower secured the Republican presidential nomination. Police guarded the private conference at Taft’s hotel suite as the two appeared amiable before cameras, with Taft pledging support and congratulating Eisenhower on his nomination.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Blackstone
Taft
Conrad Hilton Hotel
GOP Convention Schedule After Candidate Choice
The convention will nominate a vice presidential candidate after selecting a presidential candidate. A roll call will determine the vice presidential nominee followed by the election of the National Committee and an announcement of the date for the party organization meeting. A committee will be appointed to notify the presidential and vice presidential candidates and the session will adjourn.
Peace Talks Stull Futile in Korean Truce Bid
MUNSAN Korea negotiators held their eighth secret session to day without apparent progress toward a Korean truce. No details were released about any advances during the six minute meeting at Panmunjom. A further session was set for 1 am tomorrow as United Nations and Communist delegates pursue an armistice and prisoner exchange. Peiping radio said Reds will press for forced returns of Chinese and North Korean POWs in Allied stockades.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
North Korea
Bell Hearing Recessed Over Ohio Bell Rate Increase
The state public utilities commission recessed a hearing on Ohio Bell Telephone Company's 21.742 million dollar annual rate rise until August 18. Franklin and other protesting cities will present their case then unless a compromise is reached. Ohio Bell finished testimony in Columbus with multiple witnesses. a closed meeting was set for this afternoon to seek an agreement. A spokesman for eight major Ohio cities said talks would continue in Columbus next week if needed.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell
Franklin
Columbus
Associated Press
Ohio
Eisenhower Nominated as Republican Candidate on First Ballot
At Chicago convention Eisenhower wins the GOP presidential nomination on the first ballot amid a power struggle with Taft. Minnesota delivers 19 votes after briefly backing Marold Tassen, boosting Eisenhower to 614 of 604 needed, amid intense preconvention wrangling and unity celebration.
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Convention Hall
Chicago
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Sen
Richard Nixon
California
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Minnesota
Marold &. Dassen
Texas
Taft and Eisenhower battle for GOP nomination
Nudists returning from a sunbathing conference in Philomath Ore complain of heat as Taft delegates from Louisiana Texas and Georgia shift the race. Ike's surge reshapes Taft trajectory while Taft and Bricker histories echo through the Republican contest. Page 14 continues.
GOP Rules Reward States That Deliver By Arbogast
The Republican National Convention approved new rules to enlarge the National Committee by adding full membership for state chairmen under certain conditions and to shift parity by state. The changes reward states with Republican governors or presidential wins, raise district delegate thresholds, and create a Contests Committee to resolve disputes earlier, potentially shrinking Southern delegate influence in 1986.
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Chicago
National Committee
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