Air Force Budget Cuts Threaten Air Power Strength
Washington AP report from Rep. Yorty shows five billion dollar Air Force cuts would push buildup to 120 wings by mid 1956, well below 143 wing goal. Sen. Smith questions say cuts exceed safety needs. Defense Secretary Wilson pressed for answers on impact and timelines for deliveries and personnel reductions.
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Washington
Air Force
Eisenhower
Rep
Yorty
D-Calif
Yort
Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
Ame
Defense
Wilson
Soviet Union
GM and UAW Reach New Five-Year Pact
Detroit GM and the CIO United Auto Workers announced a new five-year agreement covering about 350,000 GM workers. Key provisions: hourly pay up by five cents per year, shift to a modern cost of living index, add 15 of 24 cents to base wages by June 1, cap downward adjustments at five cents, and a ten cent raise for all skilled trades workers citing Korea era equities. UAW President Walter Reuther pledged to seek similar concessions from other manufacturers with long-term contracts.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Department
Expert To Head British Mission To Red China
Britain appoints Humphrey Trevelyan, 47, as head of its diplomatic mission in Peiping, replacing Sir Lionel Lamb. Trevelyan, then economic adviser to the British High Commission in West Germany, has wide Asian experience as Britain eyes renewed trade with China amid U.S. criticism. Lamb returns to Britain for reassignment.
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Red China
London
Britain
China
Peiping
Foreign Office
Humphrey Trevelyan
British High Commission
West Germany
Lionel Lamb
Trevelyan
Lamb
Tain
Milwaukee at Chicago game postponed by rain
National sports brief notes that the Milwaukee game against Chicago was postponed due to rain, delaying scheduled action and shifting plans for fans and teams.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Man Killed Three Cyclists Sentenced to Prison
Henry Imrey received one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary on three counts of manslaughter after pleading guilty in Common Pleas Court. The terms run concurrently. He struck three children riding bicycles on Bishop Rd in Willoughby Township. The victims were Frederick Allen 9 Peter Allen 12 and Daniel Jack Jr 9 of Tall Tree Trail.
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Painesville
Henry Imrey
Ohio
Winfield S. Slocum
Common Pleas Court
Imrey
Bishop Rd
Frederick W. Allen
Peter Allen
Daniel A. Jack Jr
Tall Tree Trail
Willoughby Twp
Flood Crest Passes as Louisiana Flood Tops 40-Year High
In Lake Charles Louisiana the Calcasieu River crest moved through the city at 9.22 feet flooding 600 homes and forcing 2 000 families to evacuate. Eight deaths were reported statewide as Sabine River swell threatened Orange Texas. Navy and Texas Guardsmen aided evacuations amid widespread property damage estimated at over two million dollars.
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Calcasieu
Lake Charles
James McLean
Louisiana
Texas
Orange
Navy
Texas National
Sabine
Deweyville
Tex
Lake Charles Air Force Base
U. S
Paul Cook
Gulf of Mexico
H. A. Reid Jr
Wiley Pushes Bipartisan Big Three Conference
Senator Wiley urges including both Republican and Democratic observers at the June Bermuda meeting with Eisenhower Churchill and the French premier. He argues bipartisanship could help Congress grasp key issues such as China’s U.N. bid, Korea prisoner reparation, and trade, while warning against appeasement of Communists.
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Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Ouries
United Nations
Korea
China
U.N
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Peiping
Far East
Douglas D-Dd
Britain
France
U. S
Sen
George
D-Ga
Knowland
R-Calif
Churchill
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
American Bar Association
Atlantic
Congress Fails to Ratify Japanese Peace Treaty in Manila
Manila Congress adjourned after a chaotic 100 day regular session approving a national budget of 275.6 million dollars with 10 million in U S aid counterpart funds. Tempers flared in two fights amid persistent heckling as a special session may be called to consider ratification once Japan offers a satisfactory reply on war reparations.
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Manila
Philippine Congress
Congress
U. S
Japan
Philippine
Pop Bottle Of Acid Fatal Drink In Eugene
Samuell Bornstein 68 owner of a junk and machinery company kept battery acid in soft drink bottles at his place. At lunch he reached for a soft drink and found a bottle of acid. He died in a hospital yesterday.
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Eugene, Ore
Samuell. Bornstein
Child Foster Daughter Killed By Car In Ludlow Falls
A 6-year-old foster daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Melvin of Ludlow Falls Miami County was killed Thursday when struck by a car on U S 40. The victim identified as Barbara Hirshauer according to local reports. The incident occurred as traffic moved along the highway near the town. Police said the driver remained at the scene and authorities are investigating.
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Piqua
D. W
Barbara Hirshauer
Harold Melvin
Ludlow Falls
Miami County
U. S. 40
June Meeting Tests Unity of the Big Three
The three leaders President Eisenhower Prime Minister Churchill and French Premier Mayer face a pivotal June gathering to forge Allied unity for possible talks with Soviet Premier Malenkov. France’s cabinet collapse delays agenda while U S officials push stronger Western defense and trade policies amid rifts with Britain and France.
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Washington
Russia
Malenkov
Western Alliance
Eisenhower
Churchill
Mayer
Bermuda
France
White House
State Department
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
United Nations
U. S
Westurope
Far East
Laos
State Dulles
Planes Batter Vietminh Area
French fighter and bomber planes pounded Vietminh supply routes from Red China to Indochina and hit rebel troop concentrations in the Black River district. B26 bombers aided by US supplies tore gaps in highways toward Lang sen and Caobang near the Chinese frontier. French airmen also attacked Vietminh around Hoabinh after moving from Laos toward Luang Prabang.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red China
Black River
U. S
Langsen
Caobang
China
Laos
Luang Prabang
Hoabinh
Ridgway Warns West Still Faces Peril
New York Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme Allied commander in Europe, says Russia's peace offensive does not reduce danger to the free world. In his first public address since leading NATO, he urges stronger Western unity and actions as allied strength grows alongside Soviet capabilities.
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New York
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Russia
Free World
Ridgway
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
American Council On NATO
Thief Reported Steals Gold From Idlewild Cargo Hangar
New York police report theft of six bars of gold bullion worth 27000 dollars from a cargo hangar at Idlewild Airport. Thirteen other bars of gold and 116 bars of silver from the same shipment were left untouched. The missing bars were taken last Friday, two days after the shipment arrived from San Salvador and were to be sent to the American Smelting Refinery in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
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New York
Idlewild
Port of New York Authority
San Salvador
Perth Amboy
N. J
Tornado strikes Port Huron area killing four across border
A late day tornado ripped through southeastern Michigan and southwestern Ontario leaving four dead Charles La Forest 83 Simon Thompson Dorothy MacIntosh and Sarah MacIntosh and injuring dozens. Port Huron suffered about 1 million dollars in damage while Sarnia bore the heaviest losses with the Imperial Bank and Vendome Hotel damaged. Rescue crews continued work across both sides of the border as the storm moved toward Lake Ontario and beyond.
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Port Huron
Mich
J. B. Gibbs
St. Clair River
Sarnia
Twin Cities
Charles la Forest
Here
Springbank
Ont
Simon Thompson
Dorothy
Sarah MacIntosh
Lake Ontario
Michigan
Ontario
Lucky
St. Clair County
Memphis
Columbus
Smiths Creek
Imperial Bank
Vendome
Clayton Saylor
Grand Trunk Line
William K. Gibbs
Detroit
Robert Grant
Ferndale
Aisla Craig
Exeter
Elginfield
Stratford
Kitchener
Guelph
Toronto
Living Costs Rise Again in March to April
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the consumer price index rose one tenth of a percent from March to mid April. Food costs fell slightly while other items edged up. The mid April index stood at 113.7 versus 114.3 during last November’s peak, about 7 tenths of a percent above a year ago and 1.7 percent higher than at the Korean War start.
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Washington P
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Democrats to Leave Fight for Profits Tax to GOP
Democratic leaders in the House shied from backing President Eisenhower’s six month extension of the excess profits tax. They expect Republican Ways and Means Committee members to carry the bill as party strategists warn of insufficient Democratic votes. Treasury Secretary Humphrey hints at possible national sales tax next year, while lawmakers debate uniform tax reform amid political risk.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
House
Eisenhower
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Supeport
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
Congress
Republiccans
Senate
Debate Rises On Revisions In Truce Plan
TOKYO reports three days remain before a new Korean truce meeting as Allied headquarters push a revised armistice proposal. Talks at Panmunjom resume Monday on prisoner exchange amid cautious optimism from Allies and irritation from Communists. The plan may be on a now or never basis.
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Tokyo
Red
Panmunjom
Red Peiping
U. N
India
U. N. General Assembly
Ice cube planting seed idea stuns Norman neighbors
Norman residents watched Dixie Smith dig holes and place ice cubes with seeds inside. She explained the cubes held flowering cherry tree seeds planted last fall, forgotten, and frozen on advice of a friend.
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Norman
Okla
Dixie Smith
Dixie
Journal Stars Bombard Baskets Complete Sunday Basketball Showdown
Sunday's Journal will publish a full report on the Ohio All-Stars vs Cincinnati All-Stars game played Saturday under Coach Paul Walker. The section also features a base layout map for Smith Farm diamonds and schedules for Middle School football and basketball for next year, plus society pages on the Junior Senior Prom and Prom Jubilee with prep pictures and details.
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Ohio All-Stars
Paul Walker
Cincinnati All-Stars
Smith Farm
MHS
Journal Society
Five Middletown Families Trade Homes In Complex Deal
A group of five Middletown families completed a multi party real estate swap. Details of the exchange, including the sequence of transfers, will be illustrated in pictures and described in a Sunday feature.
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Middletown
Park Season Improvments Previewed With Sunday Story
The Park Season approaches as a Sunday feature outlines upcoming improvements for recreation areas. The article promises visual illustrations and notes changes meaningful to regular park users.
Ike Approves Law Releasing Coastal Oil Lands
President Eisenhower signed the offshore oil lands bill at the White House with a claim that recognizing state ownership aligns with honest principles. Congress members attended. Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas was among them. Opponents vow court challenges, citing big give-away. The measure reinforces federal paramount rights ruled by the Supreme Court in prior coastal cases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Rep
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Rayburn
Comegress
Supreme Court
Louisiana
California
Fire damages Antlers Hotel in Indianapolis incident
Smoke from a small fire at the Antlers Hotel on the eighth floor sent guests to hospitals in Indianapolis. Twenty others were treated for smoke sickness or minor injuries as a room and part of the hall were damaged. One guest was arrested for smoking in a hotel bed as damage potential reached about 50 000 dollars. Lou Moore of Fort Lauderdale Florida, a celebrated racer, was among those treated.
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Indianapolis
Eights Antlers
Bedianapolis
Eighth St
Lou Moore
Fi Lauderdale
Fla
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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