GM Council Seeks Short Week Amid Auto Layoffs
Detroit AP report notes the GM UAW council backing a substantial shorter work week with full pay to address morale amid rising unemployment in auto plants. Studebaker shuts South Bend assembly for a week. Chrysler cuts near-term work to Monday and Tuesday. Michigan lays out 200k idle and 128k auto workers unemployed in Detroit region. contracts run to 1958 with 210 average hourly wage.
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Detroit
General Motors Council
United Auto Workers Union
Studebaker-Packard Corp
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Chrysler Corp
Plymouth
Michigan Employment Security Commission
UAW
GM Council
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Italian Vote To Show Trend Left Or Right
Rome voters prepare for local elections covering 7694 towns and provinces across Italy. The ballot tests the center bloc led by the Christian Democrats against rising far left and far right tides while not directly affecting Premier Segni's government.
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Rome
South Tyrol
Italy
Moscow
United States
Antonio Segni
Center Bloc
Christian Democrats
Baseball Great Al Simmons Dies At 54 In Milwaukee
Milwaukee mourns Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Al Simmons, 54, who died of a heart attack after returning to his hotel from shopping. The former Philadelphia Athletics star, nicknamed Al, lived at the Milwaukee Athletic Club and was pronounced dead at County Emergency Hospital after a cab driver found him collapsed on the sidewalk.
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Milwaukee
al Simmons
National Baseball Hall of Fame
Simmons
Milwaukee Athletic Club
County Emergency Hospital
Aloysius Harry
Philadelphia Athletics
Security Council Algerian Debate Sought by Oatis
William N. Oatis seeks initiation of a debate at the United Nations Security Council regarding Algeria. The move aims to raise international awareness and press for discussion of the Algerian issue on the council agenda.
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Security Council
U N group to seek Security Council debate on Algeria
The African- Asian group at the United Nations decided to ask the Security Council to discuss fighting in Algeria. Paw Htin of Burma, group chairman, said a private caucus approved the move with most members on hand, while 12 were ready to join. France opposed U.N. intervention citing Algeria as part of France. Meanwhile President Eisenhower urged private foundations and universities to help establish international educational centers in countries lacking facilities.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Security Council
Algeria
U Paw Htin
Burma
Hussein Alt-Ahmed
Philippines
Turkey
Laos
Libya
Nepal
France
General Assembly
Arab ‘League
Damascus
Paw Htin
Assembly
Necesary
Washington
Eisenhower
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
Ford
Carnegie
John W. Gardner
Carnegie Corp
New York
Gardner
Ford Foundation
H. Rowan Gaither Jr
Gaither
United States
Colonel Denies Taking Bribes before Senate Panel
Army Col. Louis H. Shirley testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that he never offered or received payoffs from any contractor to influence his buying decisions in the early 1950s. He named Sol O. Schlesinger of Freeport New York as a figure who swore he paid kickbacks, while Herman Kravitz of Atlantic City declined to discuss hotel charges in Paris and potential bribes.
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Washington
Army
Louis H. Shirley
Shirley
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sol O. Schlesinger
Freeport
N. Y
Armed Forces
Schlesinger
Warmer Air Ends Curling Cold Spell Across Regions
The Associated Press report notes a warm front breaking a brief northeast cold spell that damaged crops, with Massachusetts suffering about five million dollars in losses. Temperatures rose 10 to 15 degrees in New England and the western Great Lakes, while readings elsewhere largely returned to seasonal norms amid widespread rain showers and thunderstorms.
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Associated Press
New England
Great Lakes
Massachusetts
Gulf States
Weather Bureau
Woman Sues Tavern Over Husband's Death
Naomi Larimer, 33, crippled by polio and using two canes, sues tavern proprietors for 360000 under the Illinois Dram Shop Act. She filed two circuit court suits claiming Noble Larimer’s drinking after tavern visits deprived her and her two children of his support. She says she killed her husband after he threatened her when drunk.
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Effingham
I.P
Naomi Larimer
Noble Larimer
Stevenson Winding Up In Florida
Adlai Stevenson campaigns in Florida aiming to trim Kefauver’s Dade County lead to Kat size his statewide tally. He faces Kefauver in a tight race with 28 Florida and 68 California convention votes at stake. Stevenson plans a noon to midnight push after a Fort Lauderdale Boy Scout parade.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Adlai Stevenson
Florida
Estes Kefauver
Miami
Dade County
Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Stevenson
Illinois
California
Minnesota
Tennessee
Kefauver faults Stevenson smear tactic in Florida race
Senator Estes Kefauver accuses Adlai Stevenson of running a smear and smile campaign in Florida similar to President Eisenhower. He also notes accusations against his own campaign by a Stevenson delegate, former Governor Millard Caldwell, who he says made a vicious attack.
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Tampa
Fla
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Florida
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Kefauver
Millard Caldwell
Stevenson Responds to Kefauver Criticism in Miami
Florida's seventh Democratic congressman, not yet declaring a choice, rebuked Kefauver at a Miami luncheon with labor leaders. He denounced Kefauver's remarks as a reflection on voters and Democratic unity, noted an apology over an RCA antitrust misstatement, and shifted to criticizing the Eisenhower foreign policy.
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Florida
Stevenson
Miami
Kefauver
Democratic Party
Radio Corp. of America
Eisenhower
Prom Jubilee Nearly Missed Arrival by Band
Middigtown High School Prom Jubilee faced a late scare when Tony Pastor and his orchestra delayed arriving at LeSourdville Lake. A dawn rescue phone call found them asleep in Dayton, and they played from 4:15 to 6:30 a.m. as 600 students enjoyed the underwater themed decorations and coronation of Donnie Dykes and Faye Deaton.
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Fay Deaton
Ronnie Dykes
Wade E. Miller
Judy Tieman
Bob Reed
Paramount
LeSourdsville Lake
Tony Pastor
Journal
Bill Weith
LeSourdsville
Don Carey
Kent Little
Donnie Dykes
Faye Deaton
Wade Miller
Paramount Theater
Miss Deaton
Liquor Agent Shakeup Opens Statewide Reassignments
In Columbus the State Liquor Department unveils a shakeup with six of nine agents-in-charge reassigned after director William C. Bryant demanded resignations from two agents who admitted taking $50 from tavern owner Orville Lunsford of Laurelville. New assignments take effect June 1, moving bounds, Ray, Tuttle, Corsaro, Klinker and Hemsley among Cincinnati Portsmouth Canton Cleveland Columbus Dayton.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Department
William C. Bryant
Bryant
Hocking County
William D. George
Columpus
Henry A. Gravitt
Zanesville
Orville Lunsford
Laurelville
Stanley Bounds
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Henry Ray
Dayton
Canton
Everett Tuttle
Michael Corsaro
Cleveland
Howard Klinker
B. T. Hemsley
Daniel Admits Knowing Abortion Victim Died
Daniel O Daniel 25 from Warren Ohio testifies in New York court that he believed Jacqueline Smith was dead in his Manhattan apartment on Christmas Eve after a botched abortion. He says he did not help arrange the abortion or take part in the pregnancy, but acknowledged a conference with Dr Mireles and Leo Pijuan during which he was told nothing more could be done.
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New York
Thomas O 'Daniel
Jacqueline Smith
Daniel
Leo Pijuan
Miss Smith
Lebanon
Pijuan
Warren
Ohio
General Sessions Court
Asst. Dist. Atty
Alexander Herman
Ramiro Mireles
Mireles
Manhattan
Herman
Jackie
Mitchell Schweitzer
Courts Can't Stop Congress Holds Handbook Publication
A three judge panel ruled congressional committees may publish statements regardless of truth or slander. The Methodist Federation for Social Action sought to curb a handbook labeling it a religious Communist front. The Oregon federation denied ties to communism and said it had no hearing before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee.
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Washington
Congressional
Methodist Federation For Social Action
Gresham, Ore
Federation
Methodist Church
Senate Internal Security, Subcommittee
Akron Bar Association backs crime commission plan
Akron Ohio. The Akron Bar Association president urges creation of a statewide crime commission to study criminal trends. J P Riddle urged such a commission during a Friday banquet of about 400 attendees from the Ohio Coroners Association.
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Akron
Ohio
Akron Bar Assn
J. P. Riddle
Ohio Coroners’ Assn
Bank Heist at Steubenville Area Bank Seizes Cash
In Steubenville area a gunman robbed the cashier of the First National Bank of Hopedale taking between 6000 and 7000 dollars. He fled with a second man waiting in a getaway car.
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Steubenville
Ohio
First National Bank of
Early Suspect Admits Stabbing Young Cincinnati Matron
Detective Chief Henry Sandman said Robert Lyons a 43 year old water meter reader has admitted stabbing Audrey Evers Pugh in her Hyde Park home on April 11. Lyons described a struggle after Mrs Pugh told him to use the garage door and alleged she slapped him before he stabbed her multiple times. He claimed the incident occurred around 1 to 1 15 pm and that the killing happened after a brief exchange and a knife grabbed from Mrs Pugh. Lyons said he does not recall subsequent events. The body of Mrs Pugh was found by her husband at about 5 pm. The victim was a prominent Cincinnati society figure. Lyons had been questioned earlier and underwent a lie detector test before finally admitting the slaying shortly after 2 30. He had been a Cincinnati waterworks meter reader for about 20 years.
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Cincinnati
Henry Sandman
Robert Lyons
Cincinnati Society
Sandman
Lyons
Audrey Evers Pugh
Stanley Schrotel
Pugh
Cincinnati Printing Company
Wi Lyons
Cincinnati Waterworks
Strangler Of Heiress Is Sought
Police hunted a Nevada bartender from New York to California for the killing of Philadelphia heiress Mrs Anne Harris Van Ryne. She was found garroted in the bartender William E Boswell’s apartment. fingerprints linked Boswell to her car and effects. Authorities said she was pregnant and had planned to sell a car to Boswell.
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Carson City
Nev
New York
California
Nevada
Philadelphia
Anne Harris van Ryne
William E. Boswell
Kansas City
Boswell
William E. Boswell Sr
Lester Smith
van Ryne
Prince Hawkins
Reno
Thomas W. van Ryne
Los Angeles
Erwin K. Butner
Butner
Two Kidnapers Found Guilty in South Dakota
Two New England men Wayne E. Morgan of Concord New Hampshire and David E. Landry of Waltham Massachusetts were found guilty of kidnapping Mrs. Mabel Galland a 56 year old Bison farm woman. They received life sentences plus 15 year terms for armed robbery after seizing her on May 19 and leaving her bound in a remote range area. she was rescued about 10 hours later as the defendants were arrested nearby.
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Bison
S.D
New England
Mabel Galland
Wayne E. Morgan
Concord
N. H
David E. Landry
Waltham
Mass
Landry
Morgan
Brakes Fail Cause Boy to Drown in Pit
In London Ohio a station wagon rolled back after a rear brace gave way trapping 10 year old Larry Newberry face down in a foot of water at a gravel pit. Rescuers freed the car but he died at the scene.
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London
Ohio
Larry Newberry
Slaver Of Detective Is Sentenced To Die
Cincinnati detective Walter Hart was killed in a bank holdup last September. Robert Lee Jackson, 40, convicted of first degree murder for his part in the slaying, was sentenced Friday to die in the electric chair. Lemuel Trotter, alleged shooter, remains at large.
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Cincinnati
Robert Lee Jackson
Walter Hart
Lemuel Trotter
Electric jolt used to stop girl's heart in surgery
Brooklyn surgeons at New York State University College of Medicine used a low voltage electric shock to halt 11 year old Michele Lauer's heart during an operation to repair a hole in her heart. A mechanical heart lung machine bypassed the heart for an hour and a high voltage shock restarted it. Michele recovered and went home.
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New York
Brooklyn
State University of New York College of Medicine
Michele Lauer
Michele
Highways Bill Pushes Massive Improvement Program
Washington Senate leaders plan a Monday vote on a broad highway program funded by new taxes. The bill limits spending to funds from highway user taxes and sets pay as you build rules for the 40 000 mile interstate system over a 13 year period.
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Washington
Senate
Lynedon
B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate Finance Committee
Woman 103, Lawrence County’s oldest resident, dies
IRONTON Ohio Mary Catherine Tagg aged 103 died Friday at her granddaughter’s home on Greasy Ridge She was cited as Lawrence County’s oldest resident and passed away in this family setting
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Ironton
Ohio
Lawrence County
Mary Catherine Tagg
Greasy Ridge
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William N. Oatis
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