Big Steel Talks Hit Roadblock
New York AP reports negotiators for the Big Three Steel companies and the United Steelworkers of America met to break a stalemate as contracts near expiration on June 30. The union rejected the latest offer, raising the specter of a possible strike. The package valued around 65 cents an hour over five years includes layoff pay and weekend rates, while the union seeks substantial wage increases and broader benefits.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
McDonald
Stephens
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Picayune
USW
Priests Are Okay Rest In Shanghai
Two American Roman Catholic priests, Rev. John William Clifford and Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips, freed after three years in Red China, report they are well and resting in Shanghai. They spoke by phone from Shanghai to the Associated Press and expect to reach Hong Kong within a week. Bishop Walsh, in semihouse arrest, also said he is free for the first time in two years and will not leave China until forced out.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
San Francisco
Associated Press
Red China
Peiping Radio
Father Clifford
James Edward Walsh
Walsh
Cumberland
China
Father Phillips
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Attend Swedish Royal Ball
In Stockholm the Queen and Princess Margaret danced the samba and mambo into the early hours at a royal ball in the Town Hall. European royalty and Swedish nobility joined the British royals during their visit to Sweden with the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Britain
Queen Elizabeth I
Margaret
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Dulles To Attend Son's Ordination
Secretary of State Dulles attends the ordination of his son Avery into the Roman Catholic priesthood at Fordham University Church. Cardinal Spellman will conduct the ceremony for Dulles and 35 others. Avery Dulles is a Jesuit and convert since 1940 at Harvard Law School.
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New York
State Dulles
Avery
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Dulles
Fordham University Church
Brick Presbyterian Church
Park Avenue
Harvard University Law School
Grandma Becomes Pilot in Columbus
A 65 year old grandmother and private pilot license holder, Mrs John Calbeck, passed her flight test in Columbus by performing climbing turns stalls figure eights simulated forced landings and other stunts. It was nothing at all she said.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Calbeck
Bolivian Election Tension Rises Amid Plot Claims
Bolivian authorities tightened security as opposition leaders fled to embassies seeking asylum. Interior Minister Fortun said subversive plots aim to disrupt Sunday's national elections. Exiles and police actions prompt calls for postponement, with the government denying the accusations.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Eduardo Messuti Roca
Federico Fortun
Defense Ministry
D. Jorge Escalante Posse
Oscar Unzaga de Las Vega
Socialist Falange
Bureaucratic Heights to rise for Mexican government workers
The Mexican Federal Pensions Bureau announced plans to develop a housing subdivision in Nogales Sonora. The project, to be named Bureaucratic Heights, targets government employees and aims to provide subsidized homes close to work sites.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Mexican Federal Pensions Bureau
Asia Looks To Russia -Douglas at Haverford forum
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told a Haverford College audience that six nations led by the United States and Russia would dominate Asia in the late 20th century. He urged innovative thinking to keep a majority from the Communist orbit and argued containment policy was obsolete while noting America still holds the ideals of liberty and due process.
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Haverford
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
United States
Douglas
Haverford College
America
Russia
Asia
U.S
Panama Meet Postponed Due to Eisenhower Illness
President Eisenhower illness leads to indefinite postponement of the inter-American conference in Panama. Panamanian Ambassador J. J. Vallarine said that a majority of the 21 American republics agreed to delay the meeting of American presidents from its scheduled June 25-26 dates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama
Republicans Stand On Record At Massachusetts Convention
In Worcester Mass Senator Saltonstall told the State Republican Convention the GOP will boast a record of peace without appeasement prosperity without war and progress without bureaucracy. He urged voters to reelect Eisenhower and GOP leaders next November. Convention chairman Joseph W Martin Jr also urged support for the Eisenhower administration.
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Worcester
Mass
Sen
Saltonstall
Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
House
Fire Out Of Control In Sil lgreaves National Forest
A forest fire in Sil lgreaves National Forest northern Arizona burned more than 18 acres of timber in a little over two days and remained out of control as of today.
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Holbrook, Ariz
Arizona
Sillgreaves National Forest
President's Progress Is Still Satisfactory
President Eisenhower remains in Walter Reed Army Hospital where doctors report his condition progressing very satisfactorily a week after abdominal surgery. He has signed documents, met brief staff, and visited briefly with Chancellor Adenauer, while Vice President Nixon and Secretary Dulles plan Monday visits as no political discussions occurred.
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Washington W
Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Nixon
Dulles
James Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Rumors Sweep Buenos Aires After Revolt
Buenos Aires faces jittery calm as rumors spread of possible strike action by Argentina's labour ranks on the anniversary of a naval air rebellion and the earlier revolt that toppled Peron. Security is heightened with troops and police doubled at key points in the capital.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Pedro Aramburu
Tito calls for independence for East European satellites
In Sochi Tito told Bulganin and Khrushchev that Yugoslavia should stay independent and urged other Eastern Bloc nations to seek similar autonomy. An aide said the discussion focused on granting greater freedom to states long seen as Soviet satellites.
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Sochi
U.S.S.R
Yugoslavia
Tito
East Europe
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Actress Seeks Divorce From Danny Arnold
Los Angeles actress Joanne Gilbert aged 23 has filed for divorce from film writer Danny Arnold 31 after a marriage of under one year. The complaint, filed yesterday, cites cruelty as the grounds for the dissolution.
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Los Angeles
Joanne Gilbert
Danny Arnold
Cloak And Dagger Mission Backfires
Senate Internal Security subcommittee says American agents briefly mistook each other for Soviet spies during a 1949 meeting in the Three Musketeers Restaurant near the White House. Defecting pilot Peter Pirogov and Barsov clashed as authorities planned arrest and deportation, ending with Soviets observing the scene while Barsov was detained.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
U.S
Peter Pirogov
Subcommittee
Pirogovy
Pirogov
Barsov
Pirogoyv
United States
Piro
Truck Plunges off Lebanon Car Lot Killing Driver
A truck missed a curve on U S 42 near Ohio 48 in Lebanon Lebanon. It rammed a used car lot pushing three cars over a 50 foot drop and catching fire. The driver died and was later identified tentatively as Richard F E Fox 31 of Louisville. Brakes reportedly failed and the truck carried unidentified chemicals that burned slowly before extinguishment.
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Richard E. Fox
Louisville
Lebanon
Wiley Carr
Ohio
Don Epping
Richard FE. Fox
Epping
U.S
Bertache Chevrolet
Harriman Strong In East and West For Nomination
Democratic presidential hopeful Averell Harriman shows strength in both coasts with allies predicting 63 percent of 98 Western votes. Wisconsin and Utah figures push for Harriman and Stevenson to court Kefauver, who remains in the race after California, while Eisenhower faces_health questions and Republicans back Nixon praise without endorsement. Florida GOP delegates, backing Eisenhower, salute Nixon’s service as Eisenhower recovers from surgery.
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Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Milton Wellenmann
Utah
Denver
Superior
Wis
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Humphrey
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Nixon
Walter Reed Army Hospital
It Was Just A Gay
A Williamson West Virginia man phoned Columbus police for 45 minutes seeking details of an accident. He claimed a Columbus Tribune listed four friends hurt in a crash. police could not confirm the paper. The address matched a former penny arcade selling trick devices.
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Columbus
Ohio
Williamson
W.va
Columbus Tribune
Lillian Black
Fugitives Hold Four As Hostages In Illinois Escape
Three armed prisoners seized two cars near Hillsboro Illinois and took four hostages including Don Fogler and his wife Miss Selma Richter a schoolteacher and William Horton. Two fugitives were captured near Indianapolis and another remains at large. Hostages released unharmed as police tracked the escape.
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Hillsboro
Montgomery
Indianapolis
Tilingis
Don Fogler
Selma Richter
Wiliam Horton
Pann
Warner Yates
Raymond Schneider
Chicago
Fogler
Swimmer Left High And Dry After Detroit River Bet
Perry Robinson met two men in Windsor Ontario who challenged his swimming across the Detroit River. A $40 bet led to the two pushing a companion into the water and fleeing after Robinson and the other man reached the river’s edge.
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Detroit
Perry Robinson
Windsor
Ont
Robinson
Huge Roads Bill Nears Last Hurdle
Washington Senate conferees near final action on a giant interstate road program. They aim to resolve 2,500 additional miles to the system while toll roads are included. The plan envisions 37 to 51 billion dollars in federal-state spending over 1 to 13 years and new highway taxes to fund the buildout.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
House
Gore
Girl Friend Talks Youth Off Of Ledge
In Ventura California a 17 year old youth Frank A. Williams dangled from a five story hotel ledge while his girlfriend Sandra Swinton urged him to step back. After a half hour Williams gave up and slid into police on the roof. Both were hospitalized for observation and shock.
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Ventura
Calif
Sandra Swinton
Frank A. Williams
Williams
Santa Monica
Miss Swinton
Bomb Missed, AF Man Says Bomb Missed
The Air Force chief spokesman said the first hydrogen bomb dropped from an American plane missed its target by about two miles. Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott Jr. blamed human error and noted a memory switch was not turned off when the bomb was released over Bikini on May 21, a device meant to correct wind drift.
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San Francisco
Air Force
Robert L. Scott Jr
Air Force Director of Information
San Francisco Chronicle
Bikini
Laws To Block Court Security Ruling Sought
Washington lawmakers press for new bills to extend the federal employee security program to all workers. Atty. Gen. Brownell suspended nonsensitive duties to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that limits removals to jobs directly linked to national security. 17 suspended employees will be restored pending study.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Brownell
Executive Branch
Supreme Court
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Eisenhower
Sen. Cotton
R-Nh
Cotton
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sens
Eastland
D-Miss
McCarthy
R-Wis
Rep
Walter
D-Pa
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