SUE Again Strikes At 29 Plants
Pittsburgh CIO electrical workers strike Westinghouse Electric Corp for the second time in over a month. About 44 000 members across 29 plants are involved while 30 other Westinghouse operations are unaffected. Wages time study rules and contract length are disputed. Negotiations continued past the deadline with no settlement. Westinghouse proposed a two week extension and retroactive wage adjustments and arbitration.
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Westinghouse
Milestones Mark Ike Recovery And White House Talks
President Eisenhower shows gradual improvement after a heart attack as officials plan further convalescence steps. Secretary Wilson and Adm Radford travel to Denver for a military affairs conference with Eisenhower at Fitzsimons Army Hospital. The president sits in a chair, receives sun on the terrace, and doctors say progress is satisfactory.
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Eisenhower
Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Ehisennowers
Radford
Sherman Adams
Thomas W. Mattingly
Army Heart
Walter Reeg
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Defense Department
Ohio Man Slain in Wheeling Pool Room
Police report an unknown assailant shot and killed Joseph Arthur Jackson age 52 of Martins Ferry Ohio in a Wheeling pool room last night.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Joseph Arthur Jackson
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Southern governors seek unity as Stevenson favored for 1956
Kentucky Governor Lawrence Wetherby said Southern voters will stay solidly Democratic if Eisenhower does not run. He named Adlai Stevenson as the likely Democratic nominee and noted Harriman as second choice, amid a three day conference hosted by Alabama Governor James E. Folsom with governors from 16 states.
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Lawrence Wetherby
Adlai Stevenson
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Wetherby
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Tennessee
Florida
Virginia
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Averell Harriman
New York
Tenmens
Estes Kefauver
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Arkansas
Delaware
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
West Virginia
Quick Draw Contest Ends In A Killing
Union Missouri sheriff reports an 18 year old youth Charles G Muehling was shot and killed during a quick draw contest at Bourbouse River clubhouse. He was with companions Frank Laura and Vincent Oliver Baum Jr all from St Louis. Baum accidentally discharged a .22 pistol striking Muehling in the chest. An inquest was scheduled.
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Widow of Five Children Dies After Crash Injuries
Betty Alice McKinney 34 mother of five died at Bethesda Hospital from injuries from a head on collision last month. Her husband John McKinney was killed in a February auto crash.
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Cincinnati
Betty Alice McKinney
Bethesda Hospital
John
Weather Outlook Sees Cool Showers Through Tuesday
The forecast calls for cool, brisk fall weather with off again showers ending tonight. Expect cloudy periods and intermittent rain tonight with a official high of 59 and morning low around 46. Rainfall through 8 am totaled .28 inches and Tuesday should be partly cloudy and cool.
First Death on Ohio Turnpike Reported
The ASSOCIATED PRESS notes Ohio's new turnpike logged its first fatality after two weeks of operation as rain slicked highways raised hazards. A Detroit man died near the Clinton Fremont Interchange, with 24 others killed during the Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight period. Two brothers died Saturday near Springfield and another couple perished in separate crashes earlier yesterday.
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Associated Press
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New Turnpike
Detroit
Clinton-Fremont
Springfield
New Carlisle
North Lima
Black Legion Suspect Dies In Ohio
Virgil H. Effinger 82 of Lima died Saturday in a Toledo hospital. Charged in the 1930s with criminal syndicalism and unlawful possession of explosives in connection with Black Legion activities, he avoided extradition to Michigan for 15 months and never stood trial. The Black Legion was a secret terrorist group linked to the Ku Klux Klan.
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Ohio
Virgil H
Bert) Effinger
Black Legion
Effinger
Toledo
Legion
Michigan
Ku Klux Klan
Begg
Pennsylvania
Polio Victim Proves To Be Good Neighbor
NEW CANAAN Conn Jack Peach 35 and neighbor Mrs Arden Murphy both polio victims rely on iron lungs. During floods causing a power failure Peach shared his cellar generator with Murphy to keep portable lung functioning.
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Jack Peach
Arden Murphy
Peach
Warplanes Drop Anti Communist Leaflets Over Mainland
Chinese Nationalist warplanes dropped millions of anti Communist leaflets over a wide area of the Red mainland during Sunday night and early today, according to Air Force headquarters.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red Mainland
Air Force
Northeast Flood Recovery Under New Cleanup Push
After days of heavy rain and floods from Diane's legacy, relief teams in New England and New York intensified evacuation and rescue efforts. Rivers rose sharply in the Hudson Mohawk basins while Connecticut and Rhode Island reported multiple fatalities and widespread property damage.
Floods Across Northeast Leave Dozens Dead in Six States
The weekend storm Diane caused 38 known or presumed deaths across Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Massachusetts with millions in property damage. About 4 000 families affected and federal aid pledged. Rivers rose and towns dug out as service resumed on some rail lines.
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Ramapo
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Schoharie Creek
Ramaxo
Cresco
Lackaewanna Railroad
Hoboken
N. J
Scranton
Blackstone
Woonsocket
Boston Weather Bureau
New Haven Railroad
Night Flood Drowns Four on Noroton River Bridge
In Stamford Connecticut during a violent windstorm a couple from New Canaan and another Stamford pair battled dark waters on Camp Avenue Bridge. Manuel Caccavello and volunteers rescued Mrs Fox and her husband, then Mr and Mrs Murphy were swept downstream before SOS teams saved them.
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Noroton River
Camp Avenue
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New Canaan
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Manuel Caccavello
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Martin Murphy
Katie Roars In Caribbean
Hurricane Katie, the 11th tropical storm of the season, struck Haiti and the Dominican Republic with 115 mph winds. Forecasters warned of potential damage as it moved northeast away from the U S mainland, with 48 hours needed to assess impact.
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Caribbean
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Rains Blamed On Pressure Paths
Weather authorities attribute the Northeast flood rains to interactions between a lingering high pressure over Maine and eastern Canada and a nearby tropical low. The stalled low dumped prolonged rainfall on Connecticut and surrounding states as moisture could not move past the pressure barrier.
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New York
Maine
Canada
Connecticut
Boulder Bombardment: Huge Rocks Threaten Ellenville
Floods unleash boulders as large as 1000 pounds tumble from Cat Skill mountainsides in Ellenville New York. Army Engineers led by Col. John T. O Neill estimate cleanup costs at about one million dollars repeating a 10 million dollar past effort. Residents evacuated as walls and vehicles were struck and a bottling plant damaged by debris.
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Ellenville
Catskill
John T. O'Neill
The
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O'Neill
Diane
Regency Council Seeks Peace in Morocco Crisis
In Rabat France backs a four man Regency Council to quell two years of terrorism and pave way for a representative government. Mohammed El Bekkar and exiled Sultan supporter Ben Youssef figures loom as potential premier candidates in Fez.
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Edgar Faure
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France
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Spain
Mohammed el Mokri
Mohammed el Bekkar
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Ben Slimane
Fez
Pierre Boyer de Latour
Kids and Dalmatian Wander Eight Miles in Baltimore
In suburban Baltimore a seven year old Thomas Neale and his five year old sister Debbie and Jonathan with their Dalmatian dog Vickie walked eight miles from Rockland to Mount Royal station after their parents left for New York. Police scouts and hundreds of volunteers hunted for them until 5 p.m. when the group reunited with their worried parents.
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Thomas
Debbie
Jonathan Neale
Vickie
Rockland
Mount Royal
H. T. Neale
New York
Jonathan
Wilkie
Baltimore County Police
Towson
Boy Scouts
Five Day Week Suggested for Steelworkers
In Youngstown Ohio David J McDonald president of the CIO United Steelworkers said a proposal to move steelworkers to a five day work week with Saturday and Sunday off will be presented to the wage policy committee He also advocated premium pay for weekend work and a plan to supplement unemployment compensation to guarantee 65 percent of a laid off worker s pay for up to 52 weeks
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Ohio
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Nine-vehicle crash near Pensacola leaves four dead
Four persons died in a multi vehicle traffic crash on U S Highway 90 about four miles west of Pensacola late Saturday night. A nine vehicle collision involved multiple injuries and prompted emergency response.
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Pensacola
Fla
U.S. Highway 90
Nickel Worth Five Thousand Dollar Coin Heist
A 15 year old Lima boy is being held for questioning in the theft of an 1882 Liberty five cent piece valued at 5000 dollars from Lima coin dealer Elmer Ray. The youth admitted taking the coin from under Rays safe but denied theft until confronted by men seeking to sell or appraise the piece. The coin is exceptionally rare, one of nine proofs minted and not circulated. The boy was placed in detention after questioning.
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Lima
Ohio
Elmer Ray
Ray
Clark Gable To Become A New Papa
Hollywood legend Clark Gable, 54, will become a father for the first time next May. His fifth wife Kay Williams Spreckels revealed the pregnancy after confirming it in the days following a party where Gable boasted about fatherhood. The couple wed July 12 and the baby will be delivered by Caesarean section.
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Clark Gable
Kay Williams Spreckels
Clark
Mexico Honors U S Helicopter Pilots With Medals
Mexico awarded medals to 100 U S helicopter pilots and crewmen who rescued thousands during three weeks of floods in the Tampico region. The ceremonies on Sunday honored Navy and Marine Corps personnel for the rescue work.
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Mexico
U. S
Tamepico
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
Princess Margaret Romance With Townsend Faces Opposition
Storm clouds gathered over Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend as royal circles and church leaders voiced disapproval of a possible marriage. The Duke of Edinburgh and others urged caution while uncertainty persisted over an official engagement.
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Margaret
Peter Townsend
Church of England
Duke of Edinburgh
Elizabeth II
Royal Air Force
Marie Louise
Queen Victoria
Canterbury
Margaret- Townsend
Townsend
Berkshire
John Wills
Wills
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