Wildcat Walkout Threatens East Coast Harbor
The AFL ILA sanctioned a three week old illegal strike in New York City port with potential spread to Portland to Virginia. Officials warned other ports may join, while tug crews debated quitting and a court injunction loomed over contempt charges.
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New York
Atlantic
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
Portland
Maine
Hampton Roads
Bare
William V. Bradley
Afl-Ila
AFL
ILA High Command
Bradley
New York Shipping Assn
Wildcat
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
Appliance Tax Cut Battle Divides Senate Voters
Senate Republicans regroup after a 64 to 23 party line vote approved a 100 million dollar household appliance tax cut. House opposition threatens to strike the measure in conference. Senator Millikin predicts firm House stance on excise levels. Senator Douglas pitches autos tax cut to seven percent, claiming a 275 million annual saving and about 50 dollars on a two thousand dollar car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
GOP
House
Sen
Millikin
R-Cole
Finance Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
Spon
Sor
Commons Debates Plan For Commercial Television
London reports a heated House of Commons debate on the Churchill government bill to authorize a commercial television network with sponsors and advertising. Labor voices strongest opposition citing vulgar American style ads. The British Assn of Chambers of Commerce proposes a code to shield airways while Free Church Federal Council warns liberal TV could harm morals. Church of England also criticizes. The second reading was under vote with a third reading seen as technical if approved.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Labor Party
British Assn. of
Chambers of Commerce
British Broadcasting Corp
Free Church Federal Council
Council
Britain
Church of England
Price Preps Said Costly Price Preps Said Costly
COLUMBUS Ohio It costs the government half a million dollars a day to keep stored farm products off the market a federal farm expert stated today Donald Paarlberg assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Benson termed present price supports costly and imprudent as he explained the Presidents modified farm program which hopes to wean the nations farmers away from high parity to a more modern and flexible support program Paarlberg was a featured speaker today at the four day Farm and Home Week sessions which opened Tuesday at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donald Paarlberg
Benson
Paarlberg
Ohio State University
Plane noses over at Midway in rainstorm landing
Four passengers and a stewardess were shaken up when a Trans World Airlines Martin Skyliner skidded off the runway at Midway Airport during a rainstorm and nosed over. None suffered injuries.
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Chicago
Trans World Airlines
Midway Airport
Polish Coal Miners Die In Large Mine Explosion
Vienna based Warsaw radio reported a major explosion at Chorzow in Silesia killing as many as 100 Polish coal miners. Fire trapped many workers and rescuers could not reach them in time. The broadcast suggested sabotage by an enemy.
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Vienna
Austria
Warsaw
Chorzow
Silesia
Gunmen Escape Penitentiary In Rochester
Gunmen tied two guards and freed two prisoners at Monroe County Penitentiary in Rochester. Police reported four men identified as James Compton Coshocton Ohio Anthony Mendella and George Bonner were at large and possibly heading toward Canada. A guard was gagged as the armed escape unfolded around 1230 a.m.
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Rochester
N. Y
Monroe County Penitentiary
George R. Bonner
Washington
Paul Freeman
Albert W. Skinner
James Compton
du Bois
Coshocton
Ohio
Anthony
Mundt Hopes to Start McCarthy Probe Next Week
Sen Mundt says he plans a quick five day Senate inquiry into the McCarthy Army row with a special counsel and ground rules. The probe will examine Army charges against McCarthy and Cohn over Pvt. Schine and McCarthy’s charge that Stevens’s group tried to pressure the committee. McCarthy seeks cross examination rights and limited participation, while veteran senators doubt denying him witness questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Stevens
McCarthy
Roy M. Cohn
David Schine
Cohn
Schine
Subcommittee
Heavy Rain Floods Cleveland Area Causing Damage
A 203 inch rainfall in 12 hours drenched Cleveland during the morning rush, flooding basements and streets and closing six Parma streets. Winds to 32 mph slowed traffic as the old canal overflowed and creeks rose, with Weather Bureau records noting the heaviest rain since 1915.
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Cleveland
Parma
Canal Road
Neal Hughes
Weather Bureau
Russian atomic tests reportedly spread ash to Japan
Tokyo reports say a Socialist Diet member cites radioactive ash from Russian explosions near the Arctic. Shigeyoshi Matsumae repeats an American-sourced claim and calls for UN ban on atomic weapons. The Socialist party urges international control as researchers note ash drift to Japan and potential radiation concerns for fishermen.
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Tokyo
Japan
Artic Circle
Shigeyoshi Matsumae
U. S. Far East
Matsumae
Socialist Party
U. N
Siberia
United States
Russia
Hiroshi Ito
Kyodo
VEW Admits Deportation Pressure Controversy in New Hampshire
Manchester report shows Wayne E. Richards, national VFW commander, claiming the VFW sought to have singer Dick Haymes deported. He said the group asked U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell to act and criticized Haymes for avoiding service, suggesting he return to Argentina with Rita. No comment from Haymes or attorney.
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Manchester
N.H.P
Wayne E. Richards
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dick Haymes
VFW
U.S. Atty
Herbert Brownell
Haymes
Rita Hayworth
Argentina
Rita
Tornado Warning Hoisted Across Ohio Towns
The Weather Bureau warned of a localized tornado threat in western Ohio with possible impact within a 30 mile band north and south of a Evansville to Cleveland corridor. The advisory noted a storm path from Eaton through Cleveland and listed numerous cities potentially in the danger zone.
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Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Eaton
Preble County
Connersville
Ind
Middletown
Evansville
Hamilton
Dayton
Springfield
Piqua
Sidney
Urbana
Bellefontaine
Delaware
Kenton
Marion
Bucyrus
Mansfield
Norwalk
Lorain
Elyria
Ashland
Medina
Akron
Lima
Sandusky
Hydrogen Bomb Jitters Sweep Across Britain
Britain faces a wave of hydrogen bomb jitters after the Pacific test explosion. The Daily Herald and Manchester Guardian warn of grave consequences and urge US restraint, with editors calling for international consultation on mankind’s possession of the bomb.
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Britain
London
Pacific
Laborite
London Daily Herald
United States
Manchester Guardian
Eisenhower
Tornadoes Strike Across Four States Hit Tulsa Hard
A line of tornadoes swept north Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas with seven twisters. Tulsa suffered the heaviest damage estimated at 100000 dollars. One man, theater owner George D Franklin, died in Argyle Texas. Several farms and towns including Honey Grove Albany Fort Worth McKinney and Throckmorton were affected. Telephones poles trees and six light planes at Brown Airport were destroyed with two planes missing.
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Honey Grove
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Abilene
Fort Smith
Ark
Tulsa
Okla
George D. Franklin
Argyle
Shawnee
Albany
Fort Worth
McKinney
Throckmorton
Brown Airport
Four U S Officers Accused by Soviet Paper of Spying
Moscow's Trud newspaper charged Lt Col Howard L Felchini Maj Walter McKinney Maj Mats tin J Manhoff and S Sgt Eugene Williams with spying on Soviet airfields and key sites during a Trans Siberian Rail trip from Moscow to Vladivostok. The embassy cites only that the men took a train trip last September.
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Moscow
Trud
U.S
Vladivostok
Trade
Sta
Khabarovsk
Manchurian
Howard L. Felchini
Walter McKinney
Matstin J. Manhoff
Eugene Williams
AEC Denies Secrets Sold In 70 Cent Booklet
Atomic Energy Commission spokesman Gregory Abdian said a New York Times report on a 70 cent English booklet containing allegedly classified material is false. He told Times correspondent Robert Plumb there is no basis for claims that American scientists discussed classified material from the United States.
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Kansas City
Atomic Energy Commission
New York Times
England
Gregory Abdian
Technical Information Service
Robert Plumb
Times
Abdian
Plumb
Rich Heiress Wife Tires Diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa
Porfirio Rubirosa, 45, says his 77 day marriage to Barbara Hutton was a boring life. He blasts rich wives as difficult, notes his fourth marriage and her fifth are on the rocks, and says he will marry a poor girl next. He warns men to wed at 35, not 23.
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New York
Porfirio Rubirosa
Barbara Hutton
Iike
Rubirosa
Florida
Palm Beach
Yank Says Conspiracy Discovered
FRANKFURT Germany An American contractor Bowen 36 former Spokane Wash declared he has photostatic evidence to implicate at least five Army officers in a great conspiracy to sabotage the U S defense program in Europe He said more officers would be involved if the investigation proceeds He claimed the conspiracy is partly Communist inspired but cannot prove it Army in Europe headquarters Heidelberg said Bowen would appear before a federal grand jury in Washington at 9 am tomorrow.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Washington
U.S
Europe
Robert E. Bowen
Spokane
Wash
Bowen
U.S. Army
Heidelberg
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Leee A
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Striking
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Pier 14
Commons
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Jefferds
Karen Albrecht
San Antonio
American Airlines
LaGuardia
New York City
Karen
Midwest
White House
VEW
Arthur Larson
University of Pittsburgh Law School
Larson
Sioux Falls
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