Reuther Challenges GM Ultimatums on Contracts
DETROIT AP Walter Reuther declared the UAW cannot accept basic demands be ignored and will not surrender despite GM Ford and Chrysler ultimatums. He urged preservation of pensions layoff pay and benefits as talks with GM continued with Seaton optimistic. GM outlined terms to keep plants open without a contract including ending the union shop and dues checkoff while UAW locals prepared patrols and a 100 percent union shop.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Seaton
United States
UAM
Bloodshed Follows Political Argument At Corpus Christi Ball Game
In Corpus Christi a political dispute at a Texas League game between Corpus Christi and San Antonio led to gunfire after two men left a box to settle the argument. Dewey Tom, 60, a U S customs inspector, was jailed on assault with intent to murder charges after being shot in both legs by Samuel Murff, 52, cotton compress firm superintendent, who also sustained bullets in both legs. Riley Attaway, present at the scene, said the men argued over Lyndon Johnson support. witnesses described a struggle behind the stands before Tom fired. Tom surrendered his pistol to an officer.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Dewey Tom
U. S
Samuel Murff
Riley Attaway
San Antonio
Attaway
Tom
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Muff
L. A. Fain
Fain
Algerian Junta Demands Fast De Gaulle Government
In Algiers the civilian military junta warned it will react strongly to any delay in forming a new French government led by Gen. Charles de Gaulle. The alert followed a display by para troop transport planes rumbling over the city.
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Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Oldster Beats Odds On Mortality Tables In Chicago
Chicago 96 year old John DeWolf will receive 75000 life insurance after beating mortality tables. He plans to visit Paris to see old friends, joking that they are not around. He bought six 20 year policies for about 17000 in premiums and may owe taxes, but hopes some is tax free. He expects about 20 more years per his doctor, who offers no policy extension.
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Chicago
John DeWolf
Paris
Europe
DeWolf
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Germany
France
de Gaulle
Cops Capture Youths After Poultry Market Break In
Elizabeth police arrested Wilbert Hinton, 19, and Richard E Carroll, 21, for breaking into Washington Poultry Co. and stealing five live chickens, eggs, and $1.50. Feathers left a trail leading to their capture.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Wilbert Hinton
Richard E. Carroll
Washington Poultry Co
Unknown Soldier Remembrance At Arlington
In Washington a somber tribute gathered Gold Star mothers, ambassadors, and citizens as the World War II and Korea Unknowns lay in flag draped caskets in the Capitol rotunda ahead of interment at Arlington. Rhode Island mothers recalled sons lost to war while reflecting on the nation’s grief.
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Washington
Rhode Island
Reginald Godfrey
Providence
Charles Rittmann
Warwick
Luke Moskalyk
West Warwick
Abraham Lincoln
Godfrey
Sunny spells and mild temps forecast for Miami Valley
The weatherman predicts sunny skies through Friday evening with a high near 70 today and a low around 50 tonight. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer weather as a low pressure system moves in, with possible showers late Friday evening and a high near 80.
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Miami Valley
U S Hopes For Best In France
The United States plans to work with Gen Charles de Gaulle if he becomes premier of France. Officials say cooperation with the head of an ally nation is the only policy open. President Eisenhower praised De Gaulle in a news conference though he avoided the French crisis details. Secretary Dulles warned the situation is too delicate for high level discussions.
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Washington
United States
Charles de Daulle
France
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Dulles
Eisenhower remarks to De Gaulle drift two ways in Paris
Washington diplomats saw two readings in Eisenhower's comment on De Gaulle. One view says De Gaulle backers can claim U.S. readiness to work with him, despite wartime tensions. The other warns foes may call U.S. meddling. Officials expect De Gaulle to follow broad French policy on NATO, but fear centralized power could push France toward dominance in Europe and the six-nation community.
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Eisenhower
de Gaulle
Washington
Paris
United States
State Department
White House
France
Europe
De Gaulle Asked To Govern France In Crisis
Paris dispatch reports President Coty asked Gen Charles de Gaulle to take over as premier to avert civil war. De Gaulle, arriving from his village, was expected to form a government as clashes loomed between Communists and rightists. Coty warned France on the brink of civil war and threatened to resign if De Gaulle was not designated. The assembly erupted in tumult as Le Troquer read the message and factions shouted across the chamber.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Coty
Coty
la Republi
de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaullists
Ministry of Interior
de Gaullist
Tarbes
France
Assembly
Andre le Troquer
le Troquer
Pierre Pflimlin
Guy Mollet
Jules Moch
Caught Leaving Scene Pegleg Man Lingered Too Long Over Bottle
Wilfred Dart, 53, a former Boston bootlegger with an artificial leg, forced entry into Dr Lawrence Claymans dentist office on Park Avenue. After hours of drinking, he attempted to leave through a window but was restrained by a window washer until police arrived. He faces burglary and possession of burglar tools charges.
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New York
Wilfred Dart
Dart
Boston
Lawrence Clayman
Park Avenue
Thomas Lenahan
Lenahan
De Gaulle’s Rise Viewed as Planned Coup in Advance
Paris reports from Algiers claim officers planned De Gaulle’s entry to power at least six weeks before his declaration. Delbeque communicated to local groups to prepare for a rapid takeover after the Gaillard government fell, raising questions about future policy and France’s NATO ties.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Algiers
de Gaulle
Felix Gaillard
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Leon Delbeque
Gaillard
Pierre Pflimlin
Delbeque
Chaban-Delmas
Algeria
Motorists Begin First 1958 Memorial Day Weekend
CHICAGO AP Millions of motorists gas up for the first long weekend of 1958 as Memorial Day opens the summer vacation season. Shops shutter as resort stocks move in while highways fill with caravans of cottage furnishings water craft and camping gear. The National Safety Council estimates 350 deaths in heavy traffic from Friday afternoon to Sunday midnight a toll about 30 higher than a typical weekend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Quiet hospital cash heist nets cash to twenty four thousand five hundred
In Cleveland two holdup men robbed the St Luke s Hospital cashier s office of 24500 after bundles were delivered. A bystander man Willie Banks 21 was later arrested with 4400 in small bills and confessed to the stickup. A hospital clerk Genevieve Drehrer described the quiet theft and getaway.
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Cleveland
St. Luke's Hospital
Gsttrolmen
E. 83Rd
Woodland
Willie Banks
Genevieve Drehrer
Doctor’s scribble reveals a rough patient ploy
Chuckle Zeke notes the prescription scribble decodes to a joke about paying a $5 charge and leaving the doctor to the pharmacist, a lighthearted quip on bills and authority in a medical setting.
Everything Went Wrong Fishing Jaunt in Texas
PLAINVIEW Texas AP Mr and Mrs Bo England and Mr and Mrs Maxwell Stone planned a lakeside camping fishing trip to Lakes Brownwood. In the first 28 miles of a 500 mile trip their boat trailer rear jack bumper and trailer hitch pulled loose causing the trailer and boat to slide into 30 feet of water. They retrieved the boat hours later and a highway patrol arrest followed over a missing rear license plate still on the bumper. Rain, wind, and a broken tent soaked their gear and left England with pneumonia. Five flat tires en route home ended the ill fated outing with no fish bites reported.
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Plainview, Tex
Bo England
Maxwell Stone
Lakes Brownwood
England
Brownwood
Tex
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