Dems Push to Repeal Taft Hartley Act in 1959 Bid
Senate Democrats led by Murray vow to sponsor outright repeal of Taft Hartley in the next session, aiming to make the issue a campaign pivot amid Eisenhower labor policy discord. Durkin resignation cited as signaling no employee-friendly amendments from Republicans, White House calls draft nonfinal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Muray
Senate Labor Committee
Durkin
H. Alexander Smith
Smith
Congress
Hill
D-Ala
Labor Committee
AFL Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
White House
Philadelphia
McConnell
R-Pa
House Labor Committee
Gerald Morgan
Bernard Shanley
Commerce
Weeks
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Red Trial
In Dayton Ohio a federal jury failed to reach a verdict on whether Everest Melvin Hupman former CIO United Electrical and Radio Maintenance Workers Union official lied when signing a 1949 anti Communist affidavit. Jurors deliberated 10 hours over 27 hours with a 7 to 5 vote in favor of conviction throughout the perjury charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
CIO
Everest Melvin Hupman
CIO United Electrical and Radio Maintenance Workers Union
Lester Cecil
Robert C. Henry
Springfield
Virginia Governor Seeks Drought Disaster Aid
Gov. John S. Battle asked President Eisenhower to declare Virginia a drought disaster area after a dry spell caused over 100 million dollars in crop losses and feed shortages. Agriculture Department officials indicate slim chances of hay supplies even if designation is granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Eisenhower
John S. Battle
Virginia
U. S. Agriculture Department
Tremor Shakes Santiago and Valparaiso
A slight earthquake struck Santiago and was felt in the port of Valparaiso last night. No damage was reported in either city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Valpariso
Lebanon Ex POW Beecher Mefford Returns Home
Cpl Beecher Mefford 22 arrives in Warren County after 38 months as a prisoner of war in the Korean conflict. He weighed 60 pounds at one point and now weighs 127, still recovering. He recalls a death march of 150 miles and poor treatment, including a 10 ounce daily rice ration. He will report to Dayton VA Hospital Monday for check up.
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Cpl
Beecher Mefford
David Mefford
Lebanon
Russell
Billy
Barbara Jo
Luck
Faith
Warren County
Ant
Wurpvial Mrichu Vane van
Dayton Veterans Administration Hospital
Mefford
Tokyo
California
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Weather outlook for Vandalia and region
Forecasters predict partly cloudy cooler conditions tonight and Sunday across the Miami Valley with lows near 46 to 52. Ohio remains cloudy and cool, with a low expected around 50 and Sunday similar. A Middle Town high reached 96 degrees yesterday at 3:30 p.m., with a 56 degree low at 6 a.m. Today’s low was 66 at 6 a.m.
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Vandalia
Miami Valley
Ohio
Kentucky
Middletown
Lumber Yard Fire Damages Cleveland Site
A lumber yard blaze at the intersection of E. 55th Street and Chester Avenue in Cleveland caused $50,000 to $60,000 in damage, according to Assistant Fire Chief John R. Kral. Fire crews fought the flames through the night.
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Cleveland
E. 55Th St
Chester Ave
John R. Kral
Colombia Guerrillas Surrender End of Four Year War
Reported surrender of most Liberal aligned guerrillas closes a four year conflict with Colombia's Conservative government. About 1,500 troops surrendered in the Eastern Plains near Monterrey and 600 at Taorena, totaling 95 percent of the dissident force under Guadalupe Salcedo after talks begun last June following ex-president Gomez's overthrow by Gen. Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Casualties cited: roughly 5,000 dead and 40 million dollars in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Alfredo Duarte Blum
Monterrey
Tauramena
el Spectador
Liberal Party
Gomez
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Colorado Bar backs Phillips for Supreme Court chief justice
The Colorado Bar Association unanimously endorsed Denver's Orie L. Phillips for appointment as chief justice of the U S Supreme Court to replace the late Vinson who died this week.
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Denver
U. S
Orie L. Phillips
Colorado Bar Assn
U. S. Supreme Court
Ve M. Vinson
Miss America Hopefuls Nervous On Final Judging Night
Atlantic City shows nervous Miss America contenders as preliminaries conclude. Ten finalists will emerge tonight from 52 entrants with six leading by recent talent and bathing suit wins. The field narrows to five before Miss America 1954 is crowned.
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Atlantic City
Delaware
Lois Ann Alava
Wilmington
Grieg
California
Patricia Ann Johns
Fresno
Wyoming
Elaine Lois Holkenbrink
Torrington
Pennsylvania
Evelyn Margaret Ay
Ephrata
McCarthy Plans Public Hearings Over Army Report
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin says he will hold public hearings before the Senate investigations subcommittee to challenge the release of an Army labeled restricted intelligence report he deemed 95 percent Communist propaganda. The Army defended classification and warned that disclosure violates espionage laws, while noting limited distribution and declassification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Far East
Justice Department
United Nations
U.S
U S Demands Return of Lend Lease Ships and Debt
Washington presses Moscow to recover 670 ships mainly small naval vessels and to settle the lend lease balance. The United States seeks 800 million dollars in compensation for about 2.6 billion in lend lease items, while Russia offered 300 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Ohioan Hull Named To Command Troops In Korea
Gen. John E. Hull, a Miami University graduate from Oxford Ohio, is chosen by President Eisenhower to succeed Gen. Mark Clark as supreme UN commander in the Far East. Hull, 58, has served as vice chief of staff and earlier directed atom bomb tests at Eniwetok. He will leave the Pentagon to lead troops along the Korea truce line, with Clark retiring October 30.
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Washington
John E. Hull
Pentagon
Korea
Eisenhower
Mark Clark
United Nations
Far East
Clark
Hull
George C. Marshall
Army
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Reserve
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Pearl Harbor Hall
War Plans Division
General Staff
Middle Pacific
Hawaii
Secretary of Defense
Lucille Ball Registered as Communist Voter in 1936
HOLLYWOOD AP Lucille Ball testified she registered to vote Communist on March 19 1936 to honor her grandfather but denied party membership or voting for Communist candidates. She named family members who also registered and noted her registration lapsed after she did not vote in 1938.
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Hollywood
Lucille Ball
House un-American Activities Committee
William Wheeler
Miss Ball
Donald L. Jackson
Rcalif
Jackson
Wheeler
Emil Freed
Communist Party
California Assembly
Fred C. Hunt
Lucy Ball on TV Show Amid Communist Craze
Lucille Ball faced a chaotic day as her TV program aired despite opponents urging postponement. Desi Arnaz told a 300 member studio crowd that Lucy is American and not a Communist, praising her humor as she performed to finish the show. Tears and applause marked the end as Ball thanked the audience.
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Hollywood
Lucille Ball
Lucy
Desi Arnaz
Cuba
Arnaz
Barney Baruch
Ike Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Desi
Minor quake shakes St. Louis area with little damage
A minor earthquake rattled windows and shelves in the St. Louis area yesterday causing alarm but few injuries or damage. The center was estimated near Cahokia Creek three miles west of Edwardsville Illinois with depth between five and fifteen miles.
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ST. Louis WA
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Cahokia Creek
Edwardsville
Ham mons admits killing brother in beer dispute
Cincinnati police said Earl J Ham mons 35 of Lockland confessed last night to killing his brother in law William Johnson 28 during a quarrel over a bottle of beer. The slaying occurred in the suburbs, authorities reported today.
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Cincinnati
Earl J. Hammons
Lockland
William Johnson
Search Goes On For Missing 8 Year Old Dana McClure
More mountaineers join the hunt in Sequoia National Park California for 8 year old Dana McClure who has been missing since early Wednesday. The effort includes volunteers and park rangers as investigators cover rugged terrain near Dana’s last known location.
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Sequoia Sequoia National Park
Calif
Dana McClure
National Park
Polish Delegate Demands Return Of Fled Interpreter
The Polish member of the four nation Korean truce commission accuses American officers of kidnapping Jan Hajdukiewicz, a 28 year old Polish interpreter, after he sought asylum at a South Korean air base. He vanished amid suspicions of flights to Tokyo or Okinawa as the armistice body takes no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Jan Hajdukiewicz
U. S
Hajdukiewicz
Tokyo
Okinawa
M. Wagrowski
Korea
Armistice Supervisory Commission
Mark W. Clark
U.N
Sven Grafstrom
Grafstrom
U. N. Command
Red Peiping
Clark
U. N
Jet crash believed site in Lake Michigan
Coast Guardsmen searched Lake Michigan for an Air Force F86 Sabre jet believed to have crashed during a thunderstorm. A second plane in the four-plane flight from George AFB landed at O'Hare. 2nd Lt Rudy Koch sustained a sprained ankle after bailing out at 10 000 feet.
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Chicago
Coast
Park Ridge
Koch
Lowry Air Base
Denver
O'Hare
Lake Michigan
Weakened Hurricane Dolly Bows From Bermuda Out to Sea
Dolly brushed Bermuda lightly with 47 mph winds and rain before moving northeast at 22 mph. The center lay near 33.3N 63.3W, about 120 miles northeast of Bermuda, with hurricane force winds east of the center and gales extending 175 miles. Movement toward the northeast is expected with some additional weakening likely.
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Miami
Fila
Dolly
Bermuda
Atlantic
United States
Cecil Gentry
Little Island
Turks Island
Bahamas
Florida
Infiltration Charge Hears of Communist Ties to Churches
Washington report says over 3 000 clergymen and lay leaders were labeled fellow travelers or secret members in a House investigation. Testimony from Manning Johnson Benjamin Gitlow and Joseph Kornfeder described proposed inside work to subvert Catholic and other churches. Jenner committee notes an earlier failed effort to plant a Communist cell in Catholic groups.
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Washington
U. S
Communist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
Manning Johnson
New York
Benjamin Gitlow
Methodist Church
Joseph Zack Kornfeder
Johnson
National Negro Commission
Communist Party National Committee
Gitlow
U .S
Kornfeder
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Senate
Harold King
Thomas Davin
New York City
King
Davin
Kng
Catholic Committee For Human Rights
Dust Bomb Not In Cards Says Arizona Scientist
University of Arizona researcher clarifies reports on radioactive dust weapon. Dr. Wallace H. Fuller states no dust bomb has been planned or produced, explains strontium behavior in plants and potential radiation risks to forage and leafy vegetables.
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Tucson
Ariz
University of Arizona
Wallace H. Fuller
Fuller
Atomic Energy Commission
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