Reported $2 a day coal wage hike targets miners
The Charleston Gazette says a two stage wage deal for miners may set patterns for soft and hard coal. John L. Lewis leads an afternoon meeting to ratify a pact calling for a 15 cent hourly raise Sept 1 and a 10 cent rise later, with time and a half on Saturdays and double pay on Sundays.
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United Mine Workers
Lewis
Steel
Moses
Southern
Charleston
W. Va
Daily Gazette
Bloody riots erupt in Morocco amid nationalist tensions
Riot incidents across Morocco leave at least six dead, including casualties in Casablanca outskirts where migrant workers live. French forces report heavy clashes as the second anniversary of Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef’s exile nears and Berber horsemen move through Atlas regions.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef
Atlas
Gun Battle Kills Cop and Attacker in Detroit West Side
In a 15 minute shootout on a west side Detroit street a police officer and the assailant both died. Police say a drunk man accompanied by his four children created the scene in a flat where a family was relaxing. Witnesses described a tense standoff with tear gas and gunfire before the fatal confrontation.
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Detroit
Benny to Leave Radio After 23 Years on Air
Comedian Jack Benny will exit radio after 23 years to focus on a broader TV schedule. CBS plans a 55 minute Bergen show next season, with possible best of Benny broadcasts and a few live appearances to launch a recorded series. His longtime colleagues may continue on film and TV projects.
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Edgar Bergen
CBS
Jack
Mary Livingstone
Don Wilson
Eddie Rochester Anderson
Dennis Day
Mary
Don
Rochester
Dennis
Old Faceful Fountain Sign Stuns Idaho Falls
An airport drinking fountain in Idaho Falls prompts locals with a misread warning sign. The sign reads Old Faceful, a humorous twist that mimics the nearby Yellowstone Park geyser Old Faithful about 70 miles away.
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Yellowstone Park
Hold Suspect in Slaying of Scout
A former Camp Wabaningo counselor, who once worked at a Scout camp near Muskegon, is being held in the slaying of a 12 year old Gorham boy. The boy disappeared July 5 during a hiking trip and was found Sunday in woods five miles south of the camp, shot in the head. A lie detector test failed to clear the ex counselor, who could not account for his whereabouts on July 5.
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Muskegon
Mich
Wabaningo
Gorham
Swingle
Clarence Bloomquist
Traverse City
Fire kills four in Alton rooming house blaze
A Friday blaze in a three story brick rooming house in Alton IL spread through a top floor rooming area killing four occupants. Fire and smoke moved rapidly through the structure prompting investigations by local authorities.
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Metal Sellers Corporation
Putnam
Conn
Alton
Coeere
Free Bartenders After Davenport Tavern Raids
Two bartenders from Rock Island faced charges after Davenport raids. They appeared before Police Magistrate Edmund Carroll and were bonded $1,000 each for a 10 am Tuesday preliminary hearing. Kent Emery denied leading the operation as Davenport officers and county peace officials questioned raid coordination.
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Edmund Carroll
Kent Emery
Countrymans
Davenport
Scott County Peace
G. D. Allen
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
William Huffman
Allamakee County
Waukon
Art Longseth
Delaware County
Manchester
Stark
Story County
Neva
Chinese Students Claim They Were Jailed While in U S
Miss Sha Yi shen Huang Pae tung Tu Yen g State University Texas A M and Polytechnic Inst Brooklyn faced fear while in the United States. They said Ellis Island imprisonment, police-like questioning, and threats of fines or prison marked their experiences. 75 peers were later allowed to leave in April.
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U. S
Sha Yi-shen
Universty
California
Huang Pae-tung
Texas A & M and Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Tu Yeng State Univer
Ellis Island
Immigration Office
Pennsylvania State University
Sha
China
NAB AWOL GI Iowa City
Police and FBI agents in Iowa City arrested a service member sought for AWOL status. The operation involved a joint federal task force targeting the suspect, with officials stating the arrest was part of ongoing efforts to enforce military law.
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Iowa City
Police
FBI
Gallagher Seeks Supreme Court Review in POW Camp Murder Case
Sgt. James C. Gallagher vows to pursue his court martial verdict to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed after a eight-member panel found him guilty of unpremeditated murder of two American POWs in Korea. He was also convicted of collaboration with the Chinese Reds, mistreatment of prisoners, and informing in exchange for favorable treatment. The life sentence at hard labor heads to automatic reviews by a commanders board and JAG in Washington.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
U.S. Supreme Court
Gallagher
1St Army
Judge Advocate General's Office
Washington
Floods Roar Across Northeast Wreak Havoc and Deaths
Emergency crews rush to aid seven states as rivers burst their banks. The death toll climbs with 105 confirmed dead and billions in property damage. Camp David submerged, 14 buildings destroyed. dams crumble and towns evacuate while governors declare emergencies.
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Associated Press
Gonacaiana
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
Rhode Island
Red Cross
Armed Forces
Stroudsburg
Pamey
Camp David
State House
Seymour
Conn
Schmidt Seeks Divorce Over Custody of Son
Schmidt files a California divorce suit in Tehama County seeking custody of his son. He claims Una will not consent to giving up the child and that both still live apart. The case notes Una hides with the boy in the San Jose area and that Schmidt’s Air Force allotment to him has been withheld pending the matter.
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Nevada
Una
Fine
Schmidt
Nevada City
Tehama County
Portland
Ore
Nellie Peters
Walter F
Howard P. Welch
Sacramento
San Jose
Welch
Air Force
California
Mass Is Elected Leader of DAV Convention Ends
Maj. Gen. Melvin J. Maas was installed as national commander of the Disabled American Veterans at a military ball closing a six day convention in Des Moines. Maas chairs the President's committee on employment of the physically handicapped.
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Des Moines
Melvin J. Maas
Disabled American Veterans
Kefauver Criticizes New War Prisoner Code
Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee defects the new Code of Military Conduct as inadequate for prisoners of war. He criticizes its lack of substance and urges Secretary Wilson to study prisoner care and future needs. The letter was made public after President Eisenhower proclaimed the code.
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Washington
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Wilson
Tennessee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Rubinoff and wife reconcile as divorce suit withdrawn
Los Angeles violinist David Rubinoff and his wife have reconciled and she has withdrawn her divorce complaint, her attorney said Friday.
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Rubinoff
Los Angeles
David
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