Top Brass Rushes To Shelters In Atomic Drill
Washington officials including President Eisenhower rush to emergency shelters as 15 000 leaders test the government’s ability to operate under attack. Operation Alert 1955 envisions 3 hours 20 minutes notice, with Ike, Wilson, and Joint Chiefs coordinating from secret relocation sites. Congress stays in session.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Pentagon
Defense Wilson
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Menon Talks Stir U S Interest in Red China Talks
Washington AP report says Eisenhower administration showed favorable interest in India's V K Krishna Menon efforts to open negotiation with Red China over Formosa. No formal endorsement yet. Menon briefed Eisenhower Dulles and Nixon with emphasis on restraint and progress prospects. The fate of 11 American airmen in Chinese prisons remains a key issue discussed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
India
United States
Red China
Formosa
Dulles
S V. K. Krishna Menon
Red
China
White House
James C. Hagerty
Nixon
Menon
Orient
Mother Charged With Drowning Neighbor's Child In Bath
Brockton Massachusetts police say Gertrude Riordan, 44, mother of two teens, admitted drowning 3 year old Michael Baldwin in her bathtub after tying a cloth around his neck and placing him in ten inches of water while they played. Riordan wrote a note to a sister-in-law before the death was discovered by the boy's mother.
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Brockton
Mass
Michael Baldwin
John F. O'Connell Jr
Gertrude F. Riordan
Crack Train Derailment Kills One in Colorado
A Union Pacific Los Angeles Challenger derailed on flooded tracks 6 miles east of Fort Morgan Colorado, killing one trainman and injuring at least five seriously. Rescue crews used boats to evacuate many passengers from wrecked coaches as the westbound train left 12 of 16 cars. The crash occurred on a bridge over Wild Cat Creek near the South Platte River, about 85 miles northeast of Denver.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Union Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Denver
Wild Cat Creek
South Platte River
Hiccuper At Wits End Mother Says
LOS ANGELES Seventeen straight years of hiccuping every second have worn Jack O Leary down to 78 pounds and his hope to the breaking point. His spasms began after an appendix rupture June 13 1948 and at 29 he fears he cannot hold out. His mother says he talks of dying and he has diabetes and has had three heart attacks. Despite efforts of more than 200 doctors and help from many well wishers he can retain only a small amount of food. The family has spent most earnings on medical care as the mother laments losing everything they have and hoped for.
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Los Angeles
Jack O'Leary
O'Leary
Margaret O'Leary
Weather update shows warm, sunny spell ahead
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with warmer conditions today and tonight. A chance of scattered thundershowers is expected tomorrow afternoon and evening. Highs reach about 78 today and near 80 tomorrow with lows around 52 to 56 tonight and 54 this morning.
Beekeeper Crenshaw Fatally Stung by Bees
In Louisville Walter C. Crenshaw a 47 year old beekeeper died within ten minutes after being stung three or four dozen times while transferring a swarm with his brother in law Max Crenshaw 26. Walter collapsed after saying he felt no more stings as bees clung to him and the pair fought them off with their hands.
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Louisville
Walter C. Crenshaw
Max Crenshaw
Max
Walter
Crenshaw
Jet Kills Jap Woman Near Fukuoka
A U S air force Sabre jet attempting a crash landing near Fukuoka struck and killed a Japanese farm woman. The pilot was not injured.
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Fukuoka
Japan
UAW Presses Independent Makers for Guaranteed Wage
The CIO United Auto Workers union demands a 100 percent wage guarantee for 52 weeks from American Motors Corp as preliminary talks open. The union notes Ford and GM accepted 60 to 65 percent take-home pay for up to 26 weeks, and warns smaller firms face similar bargaining.
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American Motors Corp
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
American Motors
Ford
Woodcock
George Romney
Guaranteed Wage May Not Spread
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell says unemployment benefit agreements between CIO United Auto Workers and Ford and General Motors need not set a pattern for other industries. He spoke on arrival from Geneva and forecast 1955 as a record year for employment wages income and GNP. The UAW sought a guaranteed annual wage but settled for company payments to supplement unemployment compensation for up to 26 weeks.
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New York
James P. Mitchell
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Mitchell
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Switzerland
U S Steel to answer USW wage demands Monday
U S Steel will present the first offer to the United Steelworkers on a substantial wage increase as talks resume after a recess. The Big Six firms employ 400,000 of 600,000 steelworkers. Union president McDonald says 7.5 cents an hour is not enough. potential strike after June 30 if no agreement.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
U. S. Steel
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Inland Steel Co
Five GM Plants Return To Operation After Walkouts
The Associated Press reports five more General Motors plants resumed production, cutting 12,100 workers from the idle list and lowering total idled workers to 50,300 across 17 plants. Walkouts followed by a CIO UAW contract agreement, with earlier disruption affecting 44 plants and 134,000 workers.
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Associated Press
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto
Argentina Expels Two Catholic Prelates Amid Disorder Clampdown
Buenos Aires government accuses two archdiocese aides of promoting disorders and dismisses them under a colonial law. Federal police raid parish houses as Peron seeks to curb church influence. Excommunications loom. nationwide CGT strike shows support for Peron.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Manuel Tato
Roman Pablo Novoa
Brazil
Rome
Ezeiza
Msgr
Tatong
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
Juan D. Peron
Demoocracia
Tato
Novoa
Peron
Vatican City
Catholic Church
General Confedertion of Labor
CGT
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