Peron Offers to Resign Amid Plaza de Mayo Demonstrations
President Juan D Peron offered to resign prompting mass show of support from Peronista followers in Buenos Aires. Hugo di Pietro urged a 15 minute nationwide public services stoppage while troops surrounded the War Ministry area and workers gathered to back Peron’s position.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Central Confeder
Hugo di Pietro
OGT
Plaza de Mayo
di Pietro
Ministry of War
Labor Organization
Congress
Peron
John William Cooke
Peronista Party
Cooke
Central Labor Federation
French Leader in Morocco Quits and Successor Named
Gil bert Grandval resigns as resident general of the Moroccan protectorate. Gen. Pierre Boyer de Latour named to succeed him, after meetings in Aix les Bains and Paris. Grandval faced Moroccan uprisings blamed on slow self rule, while Boyer de Latour pledged a firm but stabilizing approach. The cabinet also plans to replace Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa.
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Paris
France
Gilbert Grandval
Pierre Boyer de Latour
Grandval
Tunisia
Tunis
Rabat
Morocco
Boyer de Latour
Mewsmen
Hotel Matignon
Edgar Faure
Sfficial
Boyer de ‘Latour
Faure
Aix Les Bains
Protectorate
Londay
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Girl 18 Killed In Auto Accident Near Cedar Rapids
Ellene Reth 18 of Delhi was killed when the car she rode in was struck by a freight train five miles northwest of Cedar Rapids. Dick Reed 23 of Cedar Rapids was injured and hospitalized in "fairly good" condition after their car collided with a Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern freight at a crossing.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellene Reth
Delhi
Here
Miss Reth
Dick Reed
Reed
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Northern
Winchell Sues For 7 Million Dollars
Walter Winchell sues ABC for seven million dollars in a high stakes broadcasting lawsuit following the termination of his lifetime contract on June 26. ABC cites mutual consent as the ending and offers no further details. The suit alleges a violation of duty by ABC officials.
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New York
Walter Winchell
American Broadcasting Co
Winchell
Mutual
ABC
Muscatine Fall Festival Set for Armory Three Nights
Muscatine sponsors announce a three night Fall Festival at the National Guard Armory on Park Avenue in September. The program includes a fall style show entertainment by Muscatine Chanters and a national male chorus plus professional variety acts and exhibits by local commercial and industrial firms. Prizes and souvenirs will be distributed across the three nights.
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Muscatine
National Guard
Park Avenue
Presidential Nominee Chosen by Iowa State Fair Tryouts
A clear majority of participants at the Iowa State Fair tryouts named the presidential nominee, signaling broad support among those who auditioned for the position.
Chrysler and Union Near Final Contract Settlement
Chrysler and the United Auto Workers push to end a potential strike by 139,000 workers as they finalize layoff pay and benefits aligned with Ford and General Motors patterns. Union aims to resolve nationwide plant stoppages affecting Bendix Aviation and International Harvester amid ongoing talks.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Icio United Auto
General Motors
Ford
Junion
UAW
American Motors Corp
Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix
South Bend
Ind
Teterboror
N. J
Elmira
New U S Plan For Disarmament Merges Inspections
United Nations disarmament subcommittee studies a combined American plan that links Geneva exchange of blueprints and aerial inspection rights with Russia's idea of ground inspection teams at key ports airports and junctions to monitor troop movements and armaments. Harold E. Stassen presented the plan detailing steps to implement the proposed inspections under Eisenhower administration guidance.
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Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
U. S
Stassen
Geneva
Tragic Suspicion Surrounds Emmitt Boy Found Dead in Mississippi River
In Greenwood Mississippi a 14 year old Black boy was found fatally injured after authorities report he was held against his will. The body surfaced in the Tallahatchie River with a cotton gin pulley and barbed wire tied to him. A Chicago boy visiting Money was also found. Three white men and a woman allegedly abducted the youths after an incident at their uncle’s home. The body was found about 15 miles north of Money.
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Greenwood
Miss
Tallahatchie
Apron al
Emmitt
Chicago
Anun
Money
Israel Shuns Ceasefire Demands After Egypt Agreement
Jerusalem reports Israel refuses to back a Gaza frontier ceasefire until Egypt accepts responsibility for past violence near the border. Egypt had agreed to a 6 pm ceasefire, but Israel questions Egyptian accountability and the pledge to halt raids, MINES and terrorism.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza
Egypt
Cairo
E. L. M. Burns
U. N Palestine Truce Commission
Moshe Sharett
Kesman
Burns
Smog Crisis Declared In California As Alert Levels Rise
Los Angeles reports the fifth day of a smog siege with eye irritation and a possible state disaster declaration. Officials warn conditions may persist for days and describe a staged alert system from first bans on open burning to potential traffic and industrial shutdowns if ozone rises. Federal and state health officers will begin a probe into pollutants from refineries and power plants starting Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
Smith Griswold
Griswold
Strike Deadline Near At Newton Maytag Plant
Newton AP The Maytag Co and Local 997 CIO United Auto Workers face a midnight contract expiry with talks failing Tuesday. The union cites 28 issues including incentive rules while the company demands a union shop and guaranteed annual wage provisions. A federal mediator may arrange another meeting if negotiations resume.
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Newton
Robert E. Hall
Maytag Co
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Robert Johnson
International Uaw
Byron Dye
Maytag
Cern Nts
Johnston
Ford
John Deere
Labor Day Weekend Traffic Toll Forecast At 400
The National Safety Council estimates 400 traffic deaths over the Labor Day weekend from 6 p m Friday to midnight Monday. President Ned Dearborn cites 100 extra deaths versus nonholiday periods and urges drivers to increase caution, stay to the right, keep safe distances, and pass only with room.
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Ned Dearborn
Council
Drowns While Fishing at Palisades State Park
Kenneth Bunge 27 Mechanicsville drowned Tuesday night after falling into deep water while fishing from a waterfall at Palisades State Park south of Cedar Rapids. Wesley Devorak recovered the body about 10 minutes later.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Bunge
Mechanicsville
Palisades State Park
Here
Wesley Devorak
Body found after long search for Lincoln Sayre
Buffalo West Virginia searchers locate the body of 7 year old Lincoln Sayre sought since Monday night for the kidnap case involving his two sisters in law. State Trooper H C Baverley reports the man suspected has killed himself leaving a note about going out of this world.
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Buffalo
W. Va
Lincoln Sayre
H. C. Baverley
Iowa widow bilked by traveling lecturer charged
Eldora Iowa resident Grace Potter Smith 77 accuses travel lecturer George B Dewey 57 of obtaining about 40000 by false pretenses and says the man fleeced her for an estimated 100000. Dewey was arrested in Florida and extradition to Iowa arranged by Sheriff Paul Hodgson.
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Eldora
Iowa
Florida
Lester Ose
Ose
George B. Dewey
Grace Potter Smith
Ackley
Mrs. Smith
Holy Land
Africa
Mau Mau Region
Dewey
Women in Chicago Jail Accuse Guards of Beating
Mrs Ruth ONeal a 36 year old released prisoner from Cincinnati says 12 male guards stormed the Chicago Cook County Jail women division beating 19 inmates in a disturbance sparked by a window closure and loss of privileges. Authorities deny the charges and plan to present the testimony to the September Grand Jury.
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Chicago
Cook County
Ruth O’neal
Cincinnati
Ohio
O’neal
Irwin Blazek
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