East Germany Cuts Soviet Controls and Signs Church Pact
East Germany announced major cutbacks in Soviet controls and a peace accord with the Protestant church, signaling moves toward unification and easing state constraints. The nine point agreement includes limits on collective farms and restoration of civil rights for refugees, amid broader speculation of potential four power talks.
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Berlin
East Germany
Kremlin
East Zone
Grotewohl
Bis Otto G. Dibelius
Germany
Dibelius
GE Offering Wage Increase Across million Workers
General Electric proposes a pay raise of just over 3 percent for about a quarter of a million employees nationwide. The offer was made to the CIO International union of Electrical Workers and the United Electrical Workers independent. James B. Carey of IVE called the plan a potential settlement basis as their conference board prepares to vote next Tuesday. UK spokesman declined immediate comment.
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New York
General Electric Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
IVE
James B. Carey
New England Tornado Toll Reaches 82 Dead
Rehabilitation efforts proceed on the second day after the tornado swept Central Massachusetts. A death toll stands at 82 with two unnamed, about 800 homeless and $75 million in damages. President Eisenhower designated the area a major disaster region to unlock federal aid as rescue crews continued their search.
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Worcester
Mass
New England
Massachusetts
Aes
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower
Red Cross Plans Grants For Cleveland Tornado Victims
Washington Red Cross official James T. Cumiskey pledged unlimited funding to aid storm victims after a tornado tore through Cleveland west side. The disaster service assistant director said he would discuss grants as three field offices open to aid Monday night’s damage.
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Cleveland
Washington Red Cross
West Side
James T. Cumiskey
Red Cross Disaster Service
The
Red Cross
Worcester area looting curfew tightens after disaster
Wreckage of hundreds of homes and businesses across 12 communities spurs a 6 p m curfew as Col William F Bigelow orders all but pass holders, police, and firefighters from the patrolled zone amid looting reports. 2000 National Guardsmen patrol to deter theft while Eisenhower may visit Saturday. U S Representative Philbin seeks 25 million dollars for Worcester relief.
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Wiliam F. Bigelow
Worcester
Col. Bigelow
Minot
N. D
Eisenhower
Worcester Area
City
S&s
Hanover
N. H
U. S
Rep. Philbin
D-Mass
Congress
Budget Cuts Approved By Committee Of House
The House Appropriations Committee recommended cutting 1.17 billion from new Truman era requests for the Atomic Energy Commission Selective Service Veterans Administration and Tennessee Valley Authority. It approved 5.28 billion for next year, 18 percent below Truman and about 6 percent under Eisenhower revised plans.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Selective Service System
Veterans Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Eisenhower
Atomic Ener Commission
AEC
Selective Service
Congress
Half Million Debt Charged To Attorney
Chicago indictments accuse Maurice S. Weinzelbaum of operating a confidence game seeking 100000 in claims with up to 300000 more expected. He was arrested in Houston with 7 in his pocket after vanishing from Chicago last January. He denies the debt and jokes about hot dog meals while claiming savings from it.
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Houston
Maurice S. Weinzelbaum
Chicago
Weinzelbaum
Larry Fultz
Doctor Draft Law Set For Passage With Exemptions
Washington reports a compromise on the doctor draft bill extending service to two years. Exemptions cover physicians with substantial military service. Doctors dentists and veterinarians with 21 months service since Sept 16 1940 have no further obligation except in allout emergencies.
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Washington
House-Senate
Child Bound by Iron Chain Father Held on Endangering Charge
Elgin Illinois police arrested Louis Mother Jr 41 a watch worker after neighbors reported a 12 year old boy Gary bound to a porch chair with a 12 foot iron chain looped around his neck and padlocked to the chair. Gary said he was chained while his parents were at work due to dissatisfaction with his Little League performance. The father was charged with endangering the health and life of a child and Gary placed in a children's home pending disposition.
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Elgin
Louis Mother Jr
Gary
Sylvia
Eisenhower Promises No Scandal At Campaign Rally
President Eisenhower told 250 North Dakota GOP leaders last night that his administration would be free of scandals over the next four years. He spoke in Minot after outlining a broader national security message and previewing remarks for the Young Republicans at Mt. Rushmore.
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Minot
N. D
Eisenhower
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Riverdale
N.D
Garrison Dam
Mt.Rushmore National Memorial
Rapid City
S. D
National Federation of Young Republicans
Dulles
Treasury
Humphrey
Labor Durkin
Health, Education and Welfare
Mt. Rushmore
Congress
Washington
Minnesota
South Dakota
New Hampshire
New York
White House
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Senate kills FEPC bill in 19 13 vote
The Ohio Senate rejected the House approved FEPC bill by a 19 to 13 vote after a bitter debate, tabling the measure to relieve the commerce and labor committee. Taft of Ohio plans to miss a White House leaders meeting, travel to New York for hip bone lesion treatments, and attends a Labor Committee session on proposed Taft Hartley act amendments.
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Columbus
D. C
Ohio Senate
FEPC
Senate
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
White House
New York
Senate Labor Committee
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
House Group Cuts More Money Off Foreign Aid Bill
The House Foreign Affairs Committee tentatively cut 300 million from the first half of Eisenhower’s foreign aid bill and withhold more than a billion in military aid to Europe unless the European Defense Community is ratified. Leaders warned the bill could face further votes and Senate action, with a broader package awaiting approval.
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House Group
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Europe
Chiperfield
R-Ill
Near East
Far East
Latin America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
R-Tll
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Committee
Truman
White House
Appropriations
America
Mother and Baby County Asphalt Tragedy in Hollywood
Hollywood residents watched a dump truck overturn spilling ten tons of hot asphalt on a convertible. Mrs Leonora Kunz 31 died burned. her son Andrew age unknown in critical condition with extensive burns. Police say brake failure caused the crash. driver Frank Wilmoth escaped with minor injuries.
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Hollywood
Leonora Kunz
Andrew
Frank Wilmoth
Ohio Supreme Court declines review of Akron gamblers conviction
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review the conviction of seven Akron ice players on gambling charges. Akron police arrested the men February 19, 1952, at the Sky Haven Club after spotting dice through a door hole. Police found dice in a locked cabinet after taking the key from Robert Walker.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Akron
Sky Haven
Robert Walker
Walker
Discharged 250 Union Painters Over Unauthorized A-Plant Strike
In Paducah Kentucky F H McGraw and Co prime contractor at the A plant announces the discharge of 250 union painters after about 10 000 workers refused to cross a picket line. Officials say the line was unauthorized and the international AFL Painters Decorators and Paperhangers ordered a return to work. The firm challenges a 50 cent travel pay clause as unfair.
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Paducah
F. H. McGraw and Co
AFL
America
International
Denies Falsification of Government Records
CHICAGO D r Walter G Scheidt 50 of Van Wert CO pleaded innocent to a charge he falsified government records to obtain a narcotics substitute for himself.
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Chicago
Walter G. Scheidt
van Wert, CO
Steel Wages To Go Before Top Advisors
Negotiators for the CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel Corp meet for a pivotal bargaining session as union leaders gather in Pittsburgh. The USW executive board and wage policy committee convene to ratify or reject a proposed settlement in the 8 to 12 cent range.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
USW
David J. McDonald
Counterattacks By South Koreans Fought Off By Chinese Forces
Chinese troops in central Korea cracked through a main-line Allied position and faced counterattacks by two South Korean units. The 15th Regiment of the US 3rd Division repelled six Communist assaults near Chorwon while Chinese forces drove South Koreans from hill positions in the Outpost Texas area. The Army reported 600 Chinese killed or wounded and estimated 3,000 Chinese troops involved in the breach, with Reds firing about 54 000 shells during the night.
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Seoul
Central Korea
15Th
Chorwon
Texas
U. S
East Central Front
Truce talks move as South Korea protests keeps pressure
Allied and Red staff officers race to finish an armistice draft at Panmunjom while South Korea escalates protests and threatens to reject the terms. Pyun and Rhee denounce the plan as Seoul demands unification or death, with demonstrations across Seoul and Pusan.
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Munsan
South Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison Jr
U. S
Battlefront
John C. Daniel
Egbert Glenn
Tokyo
Seoul
Yung Tai
Pyun
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Teacher Faces Sentence For Killing Baby in Akron
Beverly Cornett a 24 year old divorced elementary school teacher in Akron is to be sentenced June 22 after a Common Pleas Court jury found her guilty of first degree manslaughter in the killing of her newborn baby born in a theater rest room. She claimed she delivered the infant and denied stabbing with shears.
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Akron
Beverly Cornett
Common Pleas
Cornett
Methodist Church Membership Gains
The Ohio Conference statistician reports 2 822 new members in the past year bringing total Ohio church membership to 304 518. New members exceed last year by 9 251 while gifts for local church support and benevolences total 9 440 931, up 30 944.
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Lakeside
Ohio
Ammo Shortage Reports Upheld Cuts Restored
Washington reports that Congress and the administration restored most of the ammunition budget after senate probes into shortages. The Army budget totals 13.671 billion, with 2.472 billion requested for new production to rebuild stocks depleted by early Korea War years.
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Washington
Congress
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
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Konrad Adenauer
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Marcus J. Miller
Louisville
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
United Nations
Truman Administration
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Bulletins
Robert A. Taft
William F. Knowland
Calif
Senate Republicans
Knowland
By Forrest Edwards
Trace
Prisoner of War Commission
Pu‘san
Ees
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Max Peitpierre
Bern
Harry
Methodist Church
Army
South Koreia
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