Tragic Le Mans Crash Ends Race And Claims 79 Lives
A deadly crash at Le Mans during the 24-hour sports car race left 79 dead with many injured. Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes collided with a rival, soared into the crowd, and flames swept through spectators packed along the track. Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb won in a Jaguar as survivors faced a long night of recovery.
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Pierre Levegh
Mike Hawthorn
Codriver Ivor Bueb
Britain
le Mans
Strike In Singapore Arrest Of Union Leaders Sparks General Strike
Five Chinese union leaders were arrested triggering a government backed strike in Singapore totaling about 17 000 workers absent from duties. Buses halted 2 000 in service. Police on standby amid past riots and a curfew on troops.
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Singapore
Britain
United Press
Gene D. Symonds
Singapore Bus Workers Union
Malayan Textile and Mill Workers Union
David Marshall
Malaya
Marshall
Labor Front
People’s Action Party
Harbor Board
Malayan Communist Party
Radford Pleads For Foreign Aid In Congress
Adm. Arthur W. Radford urges continued foreign aid before the House Foreign Affairs Committee as the 1.4 billion dollar military aid program for the new fiscal year is debated. Senate testimony last week questioned Russia and Red China stability, while Tito’s Yugoslavia aid draws scrutiny and proposed amendments seek justification to Congress.
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Washington
Arthur W. Radford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Radford
Senate Armed Services Committee
California
Russia
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
U.S
Tito
Senate
Morano
R-Conn
Yugoslavia
Congress
Fair and Mild Weather Forecast Tomorrow
The weatherman predicts mainly fair and warmer conditions tomorrow after a cool today with a light drizzle. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cool with a low near 52 as Sunday’s high reached 67 and the morning low was 56. Rainfall from Saturday to Monday morning measured 1.2 inches.
German Chancellor Adenauer arrives for talks in Washington
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reached Washington for meetings with President Eisenhower and officials. He urged a close partnership with free nations to advance reunification and was greeted by Undersecretary Hoover, Ambassador Kreikeler, and NATO envoy Blankenhorn.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Herbert Hoover Jr
Heinz Kreikeler
Herbert Blankenhorn
Hoover Commission Urges Audit of Federal Realty Holdings
The Hoover Commission calls for tighter control of the government 472 million acres of land and vast building space. It urges Eisenhower to empower the General Services Administration and strengthen the Bureau of the Budget to curb waste and push interagency coordination. It proposes study of rural lands and a uniform policy for assets across agencies.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Commission
New York City
Empire State Building
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
General Services Administration
Bureau of the Budget
Interior Department
Bureau of Land Management
Agriculture Department
Forest Service
John R. Lotz
New York
Office of Defense Mobilization
Truman to Speak at United Nations Anniversary Session
Former President Truman will address the tenth anniversary session of the United Nations in San Francisco. Dag Hammarskjold announced Truman’s speech for June 24, marking his choice after declining a prior State Department invitation for the June 2026 program.
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United Nations
N.Y
Truman
San Francisco
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
State Department
Army weighs smaller M48 tank production cut
Pentagon officials say a modest reduction in the M48 medium tank output is under study, likely under 20 percent, due to ample current inventories for the regular Army, National Guard, and foreign shipments. The plan targets supply from the Chrysler Newark plant, with overall tank production exceeding 10 000 units and monthly output above 100.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Newark
Del
National Guard
Truckers End Strike at Schwerman Branch in Dayton Area
Truckers from the Fairborn Schwerman Trucking Co branch resume work after a strike that began May 16. About 85 drivers, hauling for two Fairborn cement firms, approved a three year contract with Local 957 AFL. The accord includes a 15 cent hourly raise, a 10 cent bump on February 1, and additional terms.
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Dayton
Ohio
Fairborn
Schwerman Trucking Co
Fairborn Cement
Teamsters Local 957
AFL
Schwerman
Salk Sees Stricter Vaccine Standards Safeguard Polio Work
Dr. Jonas Salk urged in a telegram that the Public Health Service new and tougher manufacturing rules for the polio vaccine prevent deviations from intended procedures. He criticized parts of the service white paper while acknowledging some points and said amendments will preclude missteps in production.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
U.S. Public Health Service
Salk
Leonard A. Scheele
Pittsburgh
The
Health Service
Bricker Warns of Totalitarianism at Ohio University
Senator John W. Bricker warned that the nation edges toward a totalitarian state while praising the Constitution as the best safeguard of liberty. His remarks opened Ohio University commencement ceremonies as 523 graduates received degrees, with attendees from 63 Ohio counties, 22 states, and 8 foreign countries.
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Athens
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Ohio University
Brakeman Rescues 2 Year Old On Freight Tracks
In Reading Pennsylvania a 40 car freight train endangered two year old Billy Mattson who walked along the tracks. Brakeman Aloysious A Russell leapt from the locomotive cab and cuffed the boy clear of the engine. Both were unhurt aside from minor injuries as ten cars passed.
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Reading
Billy Mattson
Billy
Reading Railroad
Aloysious A. Russell
Russell
Seven children in five years for Renfrow family
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Renfrow of St. Louis welcomed their latest twins, a boy and girl, yesterday at St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. Renfrow is 31 and her husband is 30.
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ST. Louis P
Earl Renfrow
St. Mary’s Hospital
Firm Signs Pact Similar To Ford's Strike Off
The CIO United Auto Workers sealed a three year agreement with General Motors matching the Ford pact in wage and benefits, establishing the employer paid supplemental benefit system as a beachhead for broader use. The deal followed 37 hours of bargaining with brief recesses and predawn settlement.
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Ford
General Motors Plants Idle as UAW Strike Expands
More than a score of GM plants shut down as CIO United Auto Workers strike over local contract issues. About 56,000 workers idle in Cincinnati Columbus Flint and Detroit. Cincinnati union spokesman says workers will stay out until local contract is signed.
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General Motors Corp
CIO United Auto Workers
Cincinnati
Columbus
Flint
Detroit
GM, UAW Strike Settlement Extends Labor Peace
General Motors and the United Auto Workers reach a three year contract granting pay, pensions, vacations and holidays improvements similar to Ford. The agreement includes a union shop for GM nonunion workers and covers 35 000 CIO Electrical Workers with equal benefits. GM estimates a 600 million dollar cost, with a guaranteed wage plan and a 150 million dollar trust funded at 5 cents per hour. Curtice cautions about state role in unemployment benefits while Reuther hails the deal as far reaching.
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Ford
UAW
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Electrical
Auto Workers
Reuther
Corporation
Harlow H. Curtice
Curtice
UAW Says New GM Contract Costs Exceed 20 Cents Hourly
The CIO United Auto Workers report that the General Motors deal adds more than 20 cents an hour in benefits. It lists wage increases of five cents, pension boosts, improved holiday and shift pay, hospitalization and other factors, with a modernization of inequities contributing to the higher cost.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors Corp
UAW
More Firms To Feel Bite By Steelers
The CIO United Steelworkers will demand a substantial wage increase from 90 basic steel and ore firms this week. Six large producers including U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Jones Laughlin Inland and Youngstown Sheet & Tube paused talks to study the proposals. USW President David J. McDonald leads negotiations in Pittsburgh with district reps handling smaller companies. The union seeks more than nickels and dimes for about 600000 members averaging 2.33 per hour.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Inland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
USW
Ohio Road Toll Rises to Thirteen Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports four accidents, each causing two deaths, pushed Ohio’s weekend road toll to 13 from 6 p m Friday to midnight Sunday. Fatalities occurred in Columbus, near Granville, Toledo area, and Steubenville, with a separate Muskingum River boating accident claiming two more lives.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Columbus
Granville
Toledo
Steubenville
Muskingum River
Britain Rail Strike Persists After Renewed Talks
London officials and the union held new negotiations as Britain's railway strike extended into its sixteenth day, with no immediate settlement in sight.
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London
Britain
Rioting in Argentina draws police raid on church hub
Federal forces raided the episcopal palace in Buenos Aires and arrested 430 people who had taken refuge after clashes between Peron supporters and Catholic demonstrators near the Metropolitan Cathedral. The operation followed stone throwing and street fighting that left several injured as church-state tensions surge.
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Juan D. Peron
Metropolitan Cathedral
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal Palace
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
San Isidro
Carlos A. Gentile
Gentile
Democracia
Juan Peron
Peron
Pope
Christ the King
Buenos Aires
Congress
Peronista Party
Senate
Peronistas
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