Steelworkers Near Rejection of New Peace Offer
CIO United Steelworkers leaders view the industrys latest peace proposal as unsatisfactory. Industry executives say they proposed endings to the 43 day walkout and await the unions reply. Murray debates wage policy committee for a formal decision. Government price increase eyed to offset wage boosts, with a proposed 16 cent hourly rise rejected by the union. Industry favors a modified union shop if the wage and timing terms align.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Murray
Steel Capital
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
U. S. Steel Corp
Curiosity Kills Young Swimmer in Arkansas Pool
In Forest City Arkansas a 13 year old boy Don Kelley drowned after inserting his knee into a hole in a pool wall seven feet below the surface. Lifeguards failed to free him in time according to Sheriff Deputy George Irvin.
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Forest City
Ark
George Irvin
Don Kelley
Government imposes price controls on canned and frozen produce
Washington announces controls on nearly all canned and frozen fruits and vegetables. Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall predicted higher prices for several items as a result of the measure.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Fire Rips Toulouse Area Causing Massive Damage
A grass fire in Toulouse swelled into a large blaze damaging 500 million francs about $1.4 million. The fire reached a shoe factory destroying 50 houses several other factories and a garage in southwestern France.
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Toulouse
France
Dem Plank On Primaries Suggested
Fifty three Democratic congressmen urged adding a party plank calling for nationwide presidential primaries. Senators Kefauver and Smathers and representatives Bennett and Barkley backed the proposal as a means to give voters more influence in candidate selection.
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Washington
House
Congress
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Douglas
Bennett
Confess
Smathers
Costello Lawyers Plan New Appeal
Frank Costello's attorneys head for Washington to seek Supreme Court review of the contempt conviction. They will request Justice Jackson to keep Costello on $5,000 bail while the appeal proceeds.
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New York
Frank Costello
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Myles J. Lane
Costello
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Bees win first round in battle for church
Hundreds of honeybees interrupted services at Ascension Episcopal Church Westminster forcing a move to the parish house. An exterminator is scheduled to remove the bees today after two insecticide bomb attacks.
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Westminster
Ascension Episcopal Church
Byrd of Virginia Faces Tough Rights Primary
Virginia voters head to the Democratic primary to decide whether Sen. Harry F. Byrd earns another six year term or faces ex Army colonel and former SHAEF officer Francis Pickens Miller. The race centers on Byrd's record and Miller’s criticism of Byrd's policies and Virginia leadership.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Congress
Eisenhower
Byrd
Francis Pickens Miller
Senate
Miller
Eisenhower seeks new campaign manager as Lodge steps aside
General Eisenhower searches for a replacement after Lodge informs him he will devote more time to the Senate race in Massachusetts where John Kennedy seeks Lodge’s seat. Eisenhower also announces new staff appointments and plans a Denver vacation with Mrs. Eisenhower as their son John D. Eisenhower returns from Highland Falls before Korea deployment.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Denver
Eisenhower
Maj
John D. Eisenhower
Highland Falls
N.Y
John
Korea
Lodge
GOP
Senate
Bay State
John Kennedy
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James C. Hagerty
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
Michigan
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Thomas E. Stephens
Dewey
Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
Blackstone
Ft. Sheridan
Lake Michigan
Army
Pace
Medal of Honor Awarded to Soldier for Decoy Heroism
Pfc Tony K. Burris of Blanchard Oklahoma received the Medal of Honor for using himself as a decoy to draw enemy fire and locate gun positions. He was killed later after being wounded twice and twice refusing medical aid.
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Washington P
Oklahoma
Tony K. Burris
Sidney S. Burris
Blanchard
Okla
Jap Communists Start New Riots
In Tokyo three Americans were injured Sunday as Japan’s Communists announce demonstrations for their 30th anniversary. Police warned of further trouble. Pfc. Herbert Cohen was stabbed in the back while two Nisei soldiers Keiji Kenya and Donald Hasuike were attacked at a railroad station, with one struck on the forehead and the other receiving facial cuts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pfc
Herbert Cohen
Keiji Kenya
Donald Hasuike
Snake bite slows good Samaritan near Dallas
A. A. Kaiser was bitten on the right hand by a snake while helping at the scene of Mrs. R. J. Monk’s car accident west of Dallas. He and Mrs. Monk were reported not in serious condition after ambulance transport to a hospital.
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Dallas
Tex
A. A. Kaiser
Congress critics claim civil defense budget stingier
Federal civil defense officials say Congress keeps smaller funds for the national civil defense program than for any other major program. They cite figures showing 600 million requested and 43 million approved for the current year, 535 million requested and 74.9 million approved for 1951-52, and 403 million requested with 31 million approved for 1950-51.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon Says Stevenson Hardest Foe
Senator Richard M. Nixon said Adlai Stevenson is the Democrats’ strongest potential presidential nominee. He declined to name any opponent who could beat Eisenhower and outlined his plan to study Eisenhower’s positions and focus on rallying voters while Eisenhower handles major speeches. He intends to travel for campaign outreach after a brief seashore vacation with his family.
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Eisenhower
SHAEF
Byrd
Miller
Virginia
Commonwealth
Truman
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Richard M. Nixon
California
Chicago
Nixon
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
New Luxury Ship Racing To Beat East West Record
The United States, a 53 000 ton liner, raced toward a new speed crown on its maiden Atlantic crossing. It cracked the Queen Marys west to east record and aimed to beat the 1938 east to west record on the return voyage, while setting a long day’s run record of 902 nautical miles in 25 hours. Commodore Harry Manning planned a harbor anchoring and a Broadway ticker tape parade for his crew.
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S. S. United States
U. S
Europe
New York
United States
Ambrose Light
Harry Manning
Manning
UN Planes Carry War Deep In Korea
UN warplanes struck deep into North Korea hitting supply areas and a Red jet fighter south of the Manchurian border. A 16 jet escort clashed twice with a four plane MIG15 group. Lt. Robert F. Ronca of Norristown Pa damaged one fighter as Allied bombers and fighter aircraft hit 27 shelters 10 bunkers and 17 gun positions along the front.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
Eighth Army
Ice Tangle on Westheimer Leaves Houston Blocked
An ice truck chain broke on Westheimer Avenue causing a 15 minute traffic disruption as over 6,000 pounds of ice slid into the street. Residents faced slick conditions until the weather cleared the scene.
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Houston
Tex
Westheimer Avenue
Glenn Schmidt dies night club operator at 34
Glenn Schmidt, 34, Newport Ky., well known night club operator, died in Jewish Hospital where he had been a patient since June 19. He lived in Fort Thomas Ky and ran Glenn Schmidt's Playatorium with his father Peter Schmidt.
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Cincinnati
Glenn Schmidt
Newport
Jewish Hospital
Fort Thomas
Schmidt
Peter Schmidt
Communists Ask Recess In Parleys At Panmunjom
Secret Korean armistice talks recessed today amid Reds demanding a two day pause before the 11th secret session. No reason given for the recess as U N Command and Communist delegates prepare to resume negotiations on prisoner exchanges.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
Panmunjom
U. N
South Korea
International Committee For the Red Cross
U. N. Command
U.N
Sky Watch Expands Civilian Radar Watch Nationwide
Washington reports a nationwide round the clock sky watch with 150000 volunteers at 6000 stations in 27 states to guard the U S from sneak air attacks. The Air Force says 35000 more civilians are needed to compensate radar weaknesses while the Army has moved anti aircraft batteries to ready positions around strategic targets.
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Washington
America
United States
Air Force
Army
Girl Killed in Classroom at Columbia University
A 20 year old New York City woman, Eileen Fahey, was shot four times in a ninth floor physics lab office at Columbia University as she sat at her desk. Police suspect a jealous civilian suitor connected to her boyfriend stationed in Korea.
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New York
Columbia University
Physics Lab
Eileen Fahey
New York City
Miss Fahey
Korea
Forrestal keel laid big carrier to project power
Newport News shipyard begins construction of the 60,000 ton USS Forrestal designed to launch atom bomb carrying planes and jet fighters. Deputy Secretary Foster calls it a global deterrent and expects completion by late 1954 with a flight deck over 1,040 feet long and advanced protective features.
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Elton C. Fay
Newport News
Navy Today
Defense
William C. Foster
Forrestal
Congress
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States
Europe
Foster
Yugoslavia Receives Boost in U S Aid To Fight Soviets
At a dinner in Belgrade Premier Tito hosted the U S mission led by Frank C. Nash. Four U S generals praised Yugoslav forces and announced stepped up military aid including jet planes tanks and heavy artillery with funds to expand munitions.
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Bled
Yugoslavia
U. S
Marshal Tito
Tito
Frank C. Nash
Defense
Robert Lovett
Midwest Relief From Heat Eases Some Areas
The Midwest saw relief from the weekend heat as cool air moved in from the Northern Rockies across the Northern Plains to the Northern Great Lakes. Still, the heat lingered in other regions with New York City and New Jersey remaining hot and at risk, and a Nebraska cloudburst dropping 4 1 2 inches in Wilber.
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Midwest
Texas
Gulf States
Great Lakes Region
Middle Atlantic States
New York City
New Jersey
Wilber
Neb
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Bismarck
N. D
Rapid City
S. D
Major Fire Hits Alaska Hotel with Dozens Feared Dead
Early morning blaze at a Fairbanks hotel left four or more believed dead and several missing. Confusion hindered verification as guests fled from the third floor with estimates up to fifty burned bodies or missing persons.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Hippo Snookie Loses Third Baby in Accident
In Columbus a one ton hippo named Snookie accidentally stepped on and killed her 75 pound offspring during mid morning. The young male hippo was born Sunday and Snookie’s first baby was born dead while the second survived only 3 hours.
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Columbus
Snookie
Democrats Streaming Into Chicago To Start Where Republicans Left Off
Democrats descend on Chicago to nominate a presidential candidate as they debate Adlai Stevenson’s fate and draft risk. Kefauver Russell Kerr McMahon Barkley Harriman are among declared contenders. Russell supporters claim strong Southern chances while Sparkman notes Eisenhower’s South popularity and hints at a forthcoming civil rights plank.
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Chicago
Belman Morin
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Ilinois
Springfield
Camp Ripley
Minn
Minnesota
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Brian McMahon
Connecticut
Alben Barkley
W. Averell Harriman
New York
Mutual Security Administration
Kefauver
Gael Sullivan
Sullivan
Sen
Russell
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
J. Russell
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
South
Frank
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