Steel Strike Nears Threaten U S Steel Plants and Talks
The U S steel industry faced a looming strike as 650000 workers weighed a midnight deadline. Gary Indiana and Sparrows Point Maryland plants began slowing coke ovens as negotiations stalled with few concessions. Union leader McDonald offered a two week delay with retroactive terms, while industry leaders demanded no retroactivity and urged continued talks.
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NEW York
United Steelworkers of America
U.S. Steel
Gary, Ind
Bethlehem
Sparrows Point
Maryland
David J. McDonald
McDonald
McDonald's
Mount Blanchard manhunt for Wilson prompts large police dragnet
State Patrol and local authorities wage a broad search near Mount Blanchard after a man resembling triple killer Alfred Butch Wilson is reported in a restaurant. Ten cars and 15 officers join the hunt as deputies shift to a controlled, smaller-scale operation to avoid friendly fire and crowd problems. Authorities believe Wilson remains in the area after the Braceville sighting and the Mount Blanchard restaurant sighting while the manhunt stretches across state lines.
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Findlay
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Mount Blanchard
Here
Alfred
Butch) Wilson
Donald Carrol
Carrols
Wilson
Carrol
Warren
Trumbull
T. Herbert Thomas
Leavittsburg
Thomas
John Profato
Braceville
Leavittsburgh
France Pressure to Keep Bases in Tunisia Amid Talks
Paris reports France fights to preserve military bases in newly independent Tunisia as Premier Bourguiba negotiates a treaty with France. Bourguiba says Tunisian forces cannot yet defend the country, but rejects permanent French troop presence under Western defense claims. He and Pineau met at the Foreign Ministry seeking a compromise.
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Paris
France
Tunisia
Habib Bouruiba
Bourguiba
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Free World
Christian Pineau
Morocco
Harriman assails Eisenhower prosperity at AFL New York meeting
Gov. Averell Harriman addressed the State Federation of Labor convention in Harriman New York urging national policy changes. He faulted Eisenhower prosperity as a front for inaction, pressed for higher minimum wages, broader housing and education programs, and pledged to pursue aims without compromise while seeking Democratic support.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Republican Party
State Federation of Labor
AFL
Harriman
Eisenhower
Congress
Albany
Bank Robbery at Green Lane First National Bank
Police blocked a road 15 miles east of Green Lane after a $3800 armed holdup at Green Lane First National Bank. Akron men Charles Musselman and Roy Furlong were captured at a North Wales grade crossing and jailed in Lansdale. Bank president J Stanley Schoelkopf identified the robbers who smashed a glass panel, seized cash, and forced two cashiers to open the vault.
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Green Lane
Here
First National Bank
Charles Musselman
Roy Furlong
Lansdale
North Wales
J. Stanley Schoelkopf
Schoelkopf
Edward Veit
Cowboy's memory loss after quick visit ends with missing truck and horse
Musta Had Good Time in SAN PEDRO California describes Charles Ellis, 20, waking up in town with no memory of how he arrived after a night with friends. Cheyenne Wells reports Ellis is wanted on charges of stealing a truck owned by W. S. Howard, speeding, reckless driving, and disturbing the peace. the horse Old Paint is missing too.
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San Pedro
Calif
Colorado
Charles Ellis
Cheyenne Wells
Ellis
W. S. Howard
Car Bombed On Cyprus No One Hurt
A home made bomb exploded in the gasoline tank of Louis La Bauve a New Orleans born State Department employee at the U S radio relay station near Nicosia Cyprus No one was injured and damage was slight A British air force sergeant witnessed smoke and the detonator caused a small pre explosion according to British demolition experts
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Louis la Bauve
New Orleans
State Department
U. S
Mediterranean
la Bauve
Straighten Up There Soldier Straighten Up There Soldier
Two AWOL soldiers Kenneth E. Biddle 18 Urbana and James A. Carnell 17 Marion refused to heed a Dayton police warning on Ohio 35. A safety car with a loud speaker urged them to proceed straight but they turned left. Patrolman R J Sheridan nabbed them. they are held in city jail for investigation.
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Dayton
Ohio
Kenneth E. Biddle
Urbana
James A. Carnell
Marion
R. J. Sheridan
Six Victims Die as Freight Hits Car Near Hamilton
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train struck a car at a grade crossing three miles north of Hamilton in the early hours, killing six occupants all from Franklin. The victims included Claude Raleigh and Opal Brogan, with Leona Collier and Oma Jones among the women identified later. The crash left the car wedged under a freight car after being dragged about 200 feet, raising the Butler County traffic toll for 1956.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Hamilton
Franklin
Hamilton-Trenton
Butler County
Garret Boone
James Naace
Chestnut St
Claude Raleigh
Shaker Road
Jerry Stidham
Wolf Coal
Harriet St
Oma Jones
Wilson Drive
Opal Brogan
Leona Blackwell Collier
Cincinnati
Williamsdale
Mercy Hospital
P. H. Conley
Richmond
Ind
Neace
Mack Neace
Roscoe
Ray
Alex
James Neace
Oxford Miami Paper Co
West Carrollton
Jones
Collier
Brogan
Raleigh
Senate votes on foreign aid bill sparks major battle
The Senate begins voting on a 4.302 billion foreign aid bill with proposed cuts. Key fights target 600 million from military aid, and possible reductions to Yugoslavia and India. Leaders warn of a close vote as amendments loom and sessions extend tonight and possibly tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Yugoslavia
India
Knowland
Calif
Committee
George
Dga
Johnson
Tex
Bridges
R-Nh
GOP Policy Committee
Tito
Sen. Long
Drowns In Farm Pond Near Mount Gilead Ohio
Ph James Darling 13 of Edison drowned Wednesday in a farm pond two miles south of Mount Gilead after swimming with two companions. Local sheriff said the incident occurred in the afternoon and the youths were fishing nearby when the accident happened.
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Mount Gilead
Ohio
James Darling
Edison
Fugitive Rambert Captured After Subway Escape in New York
Eugene Rambert, 25, a suspect in a policeman’s slaying, leaped from a crowded train to elude FBI agents but was found minutes later in a hotel lobby and held on $20,000 bail. The case involves a March gun battle with police in Baltimore and a planned craps hold up.
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New York
FBI
6Th Street
Eugene Rambert
Rambert
U.S
Arthur Christy
Lawrence Highes
Baltimore
Christy
G- Men
Central Park
Manhattan
Coal Miners Found Alive After Yamato Mine Collapse
Five miners trapped since Sunday in the Yamato coal mine in GIFU prefecture were found alive after more than 100 hours. Collapsing timbers had created a safety pocket. miners were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
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Gifu
Japan
Yamato
Weather outlook with mild temperatures across the Miami Valley
A west developed cold front brought fair, pleasant conditions to the Miami Valley. Today highs near 82 with partly cloudy skies, tonight cooler around 60, then warmer Friday with highs near 85. Middletown昨日 high 83 low 66. last night’s rainfall 12 inches.
Bees Break Loose in New York Dead Letter Office
A packing case of thousands of bees broke open at the New York dead letter office and 300 to 500 bees escaped into the post hall. Supt. Lester Bricks chased them as mail clerks and TV crews filmed the buzzing scene set to Flight of the Bumblebee. Postal Clerk Charles Fox posed with a bee on his nose, which was not dead.
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NEW York
General Post Office
Lester
Charles Fox
Fox
Lightning Fires Hit New Mexico
Fore st Service officials and 2,500 firefighters battled about 150 lightning caused fires across Arizona and New Mexico, some spreading to 4,800 acres. The largest blaze on Graham Mountain south of Safford, Arizona, reached 4,800 acres before being controlled then rekindled by 60 mph winds. A new outbreak near the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of New Mexico grew to about 2,000 acres, with additional crews from New Mexico and 100 soldiers from Fort Huachuca sent to aid.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Forest Service
Arizona
New Mexico
M.H. Davis
Graham Mountain
Safford
Ariz
Davis
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Colorado Line
New Mexi
Coronado Nationa Forest
Douglas
Ft. Huachuca
Lot
U S Army Private Banges Sentenced in Rape Case
In Frankfurt Germany a U S Army court martial sentenced Pvt John A Banges from Lorain Ohio to 30 years at hard labor after convicting him of raping a 17 year old German girl and attacking two other German women and an American. The six man panel also gave him a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. He pleaded not guilty to rape assault or intent to commit rape and assault and battery.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
John A. Banges
Lorain
Ohio
Hard Labo
Banges
Pension bill stuck as Senate eyed by Byrd group
House passed a pension bill providing a $90 monthly payment for World War I veterans and raises for service connected and aid dependent cases. The measure, costing about $356 million first year, faces a crowded Senate schedule, with Byrd saying his Finance Committee will consider it when time allows.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Olin FE. Teague
House Veterans Affairs Committee
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