New York Truck Strike Idles 23,000 Drivers
A midnight walkout by AFL Teamsters in New York and surrounding areas idles over 23,000 drivers and threatens regional commerce. Mediation failed, Mayor Wagner sought delay. union demands include 20 cent hourly wage hike and 5 cent pension boost. Strike affects New York City, Long Island, parts of New Jersey and up to Poughkeepsie with freight disruptions likely Monday or later.
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New York
New York City
AFL
Teamsters Union
Robert F. Wagner
Teamster
Long Island
New Jersey
Poughkeepsie
New York State
Trenton
David Kaplan
Wagner
Adlai Raps Wilson Part In Politics
Adlai Stevenson charges the Eisenhower administration with abandoning nonpartisanship in the Defense Department by letting Secretary Wilson campaign for Republicans. He cites speeches at Detroit and Chicago fundraisers and presses for a return to apolitical defense offices. Wilson says he is done with campaign speeches after a Detroit remark sparked controversy.
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N. M
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Defense Wilson
Stevenson
Wilson
Congress
Detroit
Chicago
State Department
Cabinet Meeting Squeezes Britain Over Dock Strike
London faces a crippling dock strike and a growing bus shutdown as Prime Minister Churchill convenes a third cabinet session in three days. Officials warn of threatened food and fuel supplies, possible emergency powers, and the return of wartime austerity.
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London
Churchill
No. 10
Downing St
Ministry of Labor
Britain
Tiger Thinks Reds Will Invade Formosa
Taipei Formosa AP Gen Wang Shu ming head of Nationalist China air force believes Communist forces plan an invasion of Formosa. He warns Reds will invade and that his air force must counter a buildup. He desires more planes especially F86 jets to match MIG15s, currently flying F84s and WW2 aircraft.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Wang Shu-ming
China
Wang
Tiger
Nike Tests In Arctic Cold For Nike Missile System
Washington and Ottawa announced January and February Arctic trials of the Nike guided missile at Fort Churchill Hudson Bay to test operation in 50 degree below zero wind chill with Canadian crews and U S Army technicians. Pentagon officials also revealed a 280 mm cannon test using conventional shells at Churchill.
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United States
Canada
Arctic
Nike
Texas
Ottawa
Ft. Churchill
Hudson Bay
Ft. Bliss
Tex
U.S. Army
Army
Pentagon Research and Development
British Boat Inchkilda Fired On By Warship
An unidentified warship fired across the bows of the Inchkilda to halt her in the Formosa Strait. The 1,908-ton British freighter was held for almost an hour before being allowed to proceed with no damage or casualties reported. The warship demanded information on nationality cargo and destination and ordered the ship to keep clear of Shanghai. The Inchkilda, owned by Williamson & Co of Hong Kong and chartered by a Chinese company, is British commanded by a British master.
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Hong Kong
Formosa Strait
Shanghai
Foochow
Matsu Island
Williamson & Co
ROKs Charge Reds Waging Narcotics War
Seoul police report North Korean communists stage narcotics warfare sending opium and morphine into South Korea with espionage agents. They say narcotics fund operations, lower morale of ROK forces and UN troops, and recent seizures of enormous narcotics tied to captured spies.
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Seoul
South Korea
U. N
U S approves nine percent profit for Dixon Yates project
Washington reports the government tentatively okays a Dixon Yates contract to guarantee a 9 percent return on investment with no profit ceiling if a new plant is built near the Tennessee Valley. The AEC approved the draft terms, before Senate House Atomic Energy Committee action.
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Washington
Dixon-Yates Power Group
Tennessee Valley
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Senate House
Yates Private Power Group
West
Rep
Ww. Sterlin
News
Cole
Flood Surges Cause Evacuations in Eastlake
The Chagrin River rose over four feet above flood stage, flooding Eastlake streets to depths of three to four feet and sending about 100 residents from their homes. Water peaked above 15 feet, far over the 11 foot flood stage, with cots on a tavern dance floor housing 35 evacuees overnight.
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Cleveland
Chagrin
Eastlake
Eisenhower Blames Dems for Farm Buying Power Dip
President Eisenhower addressed a 15,000 crowd at Butler University in Indianapolis, blaming the Truman administration for a serious drop in farmers buying power in 1951 52. He praised Benson and GOP farm legislation, urged election of a Republican Congress to sustain farm prosperity, and spoke at a farm belt rally before returning to Washington.
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Indianapolis
Eisenhower
Butler University
Truman
Benson
White House
National Institute of Animal Agriculture
White Mouse
GOP
Congress
Indiana
Best
Washington
Denver
Washington National Airport
America
Reds Claim Americans Aggressors at United Nations
At the United Nations, Russia accused the United States of aggression against Red China and urged the General Assembly to condemn U S actions near Formosa and along the Chinese mainland. U S delegate Lodge Jr dismissed the charge as a plain lie and rejected calls to halt aid to the Nationalists.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
United States
Red China
U.N. General Assembly
Eelco N. van Kleffens
Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
Formosa
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Vishinsky
Chou En-lai
Keystone Flood Danger Passes and Hazel Storm Hits Cities
The Associated Press reports Hurricane Hazel devastated an eight state area and Washington, D.C., killing at least 68 people and causing widespread damage from Florida to Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh, rivers rose flooding homes while elsewhere the storm killed and injured dozens, damaged infrastructure, and left millions in losses. A separate Ontario storm battered southern Ontario with four deaths and millions in damage, flooding farms and halting rail and road traffic.
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Hazel
District of Columbia
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
Delaware
New Jersey
Washington, D.C
Massachusetts
Springfield
Mass
Block Island
Rhode Island
Eastport
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Carolinas
Norfolk
James River
Virginia Capes
Baltimore
U.S. Naval Academy
Severn River
Canadian National Railways
Southampton
Owen Sound
Six Students Die In Car Train Crash
ST CLOUD Minn Six high school sophomores returning from a homecoming football game were killed when a passenger train struck their car tearing it apart. Victims included Sharon Roder Shirley Hinkemeyer Janice Johnson Nancy Minars from St. Cloud Cathedral High School and William Ehli and Larry Stoltman from nearby schools. Police identified Janice Johnson as the driver.
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ST. Cloud
Minn
Sharon Roder
Shirley Hinkenmeyer
Janice Johnson
Nancy Minars
St. Cloud Cathedral High School
William Ehli
Duluth
Larry Stoltman
Ardoch
N. D
St. John's High School
Collegeville
James Johnson
Janice
Ey Mahonald
Grand Forks
de la Salle
Minneapolis
Cathedral
Bomber Crashes Killing Three Near Nebraska City
A World War II B25 trainer crashed on a farm six miles northwest of Nebraska City after a routine flight from Offutt Air Force Base. Pilot Maj. Joseph H. Tichenor, 32, co pilot Capt. Truman G. Kolis, 36, and crew chief A. C. John E. Hindman, were killed. Tichenor’s home was Louisville Kentucky Kolis was from Rock Island Illinois Hindman from near Butler Pennsylvania.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Here
Offutt Air Force Base
Wilbur Fey
Joseph H. Tichenor
Truman G. Kolis
A. C. John E. Hindman
Tichenor
Louisville
Kolis
Rock Island
Ill
Hindman
Butler, Pa
Disease and floods take forty lives in Tampico
Officials said floods and an unidentified epidemic killed at least 40 people in coastal towns near Tampico Mexico. Five drowned and 35 children died from the mysterious illness after the floods. The storm wrecked Panuco and Reventadero, with thousands of acres flooded and heavy livestock losses.
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Tampico
Mexico
Panuco
Reventadero
Demos Slated To Hear HST
Kansas City resident will hear former President Harry S. Truman speak at Municipal Auditorium tonight at a box supper to raise funds for Democratic congressional and county campaigns. Jackson County Democratic Chairman J Marcus says Truman promises a message of major significance covering national and international affairs.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Jackson County
J. Marcus
Truman
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