Westinghouse Strike Ends After 156 Day Walkout
The Westinghouse Electric Corp. strike ends after 156 days as IUE strikers return to idle plants. The dispute disrupted production, with violence at times and losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars in wages and business.
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Washington
Westinghouse Electric Corp
East Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Westlagathar
United Electrical Workers
James B. Carey
TUE
Robert D. Brasier
Blasier
Earler
Sible
UN to Hear Action Call On Mideast Crisis
The United Nations Security Council is expected to meet in emergency session late this week or early next to act on the Israeli Arab crisis. The U S delegation urged urgent action, and Dag Hammarskjold may be sent back for a new peace mission as border clashes rise near Israel.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. Security Council
U. S
L-Nation Security Council
Eisenhower
U. W
Dag Hammarskjold
United States
Security Council
Palestine
France
Ain
Hammarskjold
Russia
U. N
Dulles Ends Asia Swing Plans Middle East Talks
Secretary of State Dulles returns from a three week Asia swing to spearhead U S efforts to prevent a war in the Middle East. Israel contemplates mid April resumption of a Jordan River project if Arab states fail to join an international plan. Syria threatens action if Israel advances. Egypt and Saudi Arabia back Syria. Dulles will brief President Eisenhower and address the nation Friday night.
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Washington
Dulles
Asia
U. S
Middle East
Israel
Jordan River
Syria
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
South Asia
Far East
Eisenhower
Northeast and Deep South hit by unseasonable cold wave
A cold Arctic air mass swept the Northeast and Deep South with temperatures below freezing from New England to Georgia. New York City and Boston faced high death tolls from storm-related heart incidents, while millions faced snow removal costs. Schools in New York City reopened after days closed.
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New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Macon
Chicago
Fargo
N. D
Jacksonville
Fla
Plateau
Rocky Mountain
Arizona
Pacific Coast
Washington
California
Ohio
Maine
New York City
New York State
Massachusets
Ohio Supreme Court ends seven year liquor permit ban
The Ohio Supreme Court voided the seven year ban on new liquor permits for clubs and taverns while preserving the beer and wine by the glass freeze. The ruling allows thousands of hard liquor permits subject to board approval and directs the Liquor Department to review Regulation 64. Governor Lausche called a study meeting with liquor officials. The decision reverses lower court rulings and returns the matter to the liquor board for action.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Supreme Court
State Liquor Board
Liquor Department
Frank J. Lausche
Liquor Board
Department
William C. Bryant
State Liquor,board
Foreign Aid Chiefs Face House Fire
Washington leaders grilled Foreign Aid Administrator John B. Hollister over the administration’s request for 4.86 billion dollars in new foreign aid. House committee chairmen pressed him and Assistant Defense Secretary Gordon Gray as Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr. said the Soviet Union has firm commitments of 275 to 300 million dollars and focus on the Middle East Asia and the Far East. Hollister warned that Soviet moves risk communist penetration and undue influence on recipient nations.
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Washington
John B. Hollister
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hollister
Gordon Gray
Soreign
Herbert Hoover Jr
Middle East
South-Southeast Asia
Far East
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Egypt
Afghanistan
Warm spell may bring scattered showers this week
The forecast calls for partly sunny to fair weather today with a high near 45 degrees. Tonight and Thursday will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and highs around 50 and a low near 33 degrees. Colder Thursday night. Middletown reported an unofficial high of 40 yesterday and a 16 degree low this morning.
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Eg Valley
Thurs
Middletown
Huge Blast Levels Plant in Schenectady Dead Feared
An explosion at General Electric Co. in downtown Schenectady destroyed a four story building housing a chemical materials shop. Two workers were missing and presumed dead as flames and aftershocks followed the blast. Firemen fought the blaze for six hours. cause not yet determined.
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Schenectady
General Electric Co
Red China drive shrinks private industry to two percent
Radio Peiping reports a new campaign to eliminate private firms in Red China has sharply reduced private industrial output to 2 percent of total by end of January. The claim notes the drastic effect on private sector production and the government's push against private enterprise.
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Tokyo
China
Radio Peiping
Patch Travail Over Sidewalk Patch In Hollywood
Mrs. Mary Catchings protested a black asphalt patch on the white sidewalk outside her Hollywood apartment. City workers filled the hole, she scraped it away, they replaced it, she removed it again. City Manager Joseph Watson proposed white cement to blend the patch, which Catchings agreed would avoid color jarring for tenants.
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Hollywood
Fla
Mary Catchings
Bus Boycott Defense To Answer Soon
The prosecution plans to rest today and present fresh evidence in the Montgomery bus boycott trial of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The state seeks to prove a conspiracy by King and 89 other leaders, with testimony about threats, violence, and intimidation in the early days of the mass protest begun December 5.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Eugene Carter
King
Carter
Joe Azbell
Montgomery Advertiser
Beatrice Smith
Montgomery Improvement Assn
Montgomery City Lines, Inc
Kefauver Upsets Stevenson in Minnesota Primary
U S Sen. Estes Kefauver won the Minnesota Democratic primary shocking Adlai Stevenson as Republicans likely crossed over to boost Kefauver. Kefauver credited a Minnesota revolt against the Eisenhower Benson farm program. Stevenson planned to continue his national campaign with states upcoming primaries.
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Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Stevenson
New Hampshire
Alaska
Florida
California
Tennessee
Iron Range
Duluth
Eisenhower
Knowland
Callifornia
Democratic - Farmer- Labor State Central Committee
Humphrey
D-Minn
Orvile L. Freeman
Estes Kefauver
Steson
Illinois
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Truman
Powdal
Bomb Found At Cyprus Governor Harding's Home
A time bomb was found in the bedroom of Gov Sir John Harding at Government House in Nicosia. Harding had ordered Makarios deportation and was away in Famagusta when the device was discovered. A British serviceman was killed and two wounded in a pro Greek attack on a military car in Famagusta, raising mounting casualties in the crisis.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
Government House
Harding
Makarios
Union - With - Greece
Famagusta
Minnesota primary shows Kefauver strong with farm voters
The Minnesota presidential primary reveals Estes Kefauver gaining farm votes and undercutting Adlai Stevenson among plain folks and some Republicans. Kefauver’s win dulls Stevenson’s political luster, while Stevenson stays in the race with his distinctive campaign style and broad rural reach.
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Minneapolis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Water Won't Flow Uphill in Dover Council Plot
Dover OhioCity Council must cut down a hill bought for 2 992 dollars to steady water pressure for a second standpipe. The hill proved higher than the main site and lies over old coal workings risking foundation. A local wit notes the folly in a Jack and Jill spoof.
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Dover
Ohio
Woman awarded back rent for gallstones in court
Mrs Vila Fredien testified in a Los Angeles Small Claims Court that 49 gallstones removed in a 1947 operation were borrowed by Harold Hester to show customers the effects of hard water. Judge Mark Brandler awarded $10 per month, inviting monthly rent claims until the stones are returned.
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Los Angeles
Vila Fredien
Harold Hester
Hester
Mark Brandler
Khrushchev Leadership Said Firm Despite Demonstrations
Moscow dispatch notes Khrushchev’s collective leadership appears secure amid a party meeting on his secret speech. Some dissenters question drastic reforms but many see strength as the regime moves to erase Stalin’s legacy. Western diplomats cite concerns over Georgia protests and purges crimes.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Mats
Stalin
Georgia
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