Ford Offer Brings Hope To Avert Auto Strike
Ford Motor Co proposes a multi million dollar fund to tide seasonal layoff workers, signaling progress toward meeting CIO United Auto Workers demands for guaranteed annual wages. The move aims to reduce the likelihood of a prolonged strike before Monday's deadline, as negotiators prepare to resolve disputes over protection against layoffs.
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United Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Longest Sun Eclipse to Shine June 20 Across Ceylon
Reports say the longest eclipse in 1200 years will occur on June 20 with Ceylon chosen as the prime observation site for scientists hoping for clear weather. Meanwhile Westminster College holds commence ment week as alumni return for reunions and programs culminating in Monday’s commencement. Pa Nene witnessed a giant box car style truck in Jamestown bound traffic on Jefferson Street. Summer playground season awaits as city children finish school. The memorial spot near the Central fire station draws notable attention.
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Ceylon
Daily Weather Report: Sunny Mild Saturday
United States weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending 7 a.m. today with a maximum 74 and a minimum 42 and no precipitation. River stage is 5 feet. Tonight will be fair with a low in the 40s. Today’s high in the 70s and sunny conditions persist. A year ago the maximum was 7 and the minimum 47 with no precipitation.
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United States
Freed U S Fliers Reunite With Families In Honolulu
In Honolulu Hawaii four freed American fliers and their families enjoyed a joyous reunion described as storybook. They shopped night clubs swam and toured with freedom to laugh and talk though occasional reminders of captivity in Red China arose during breaks for intelligence officer questioning.
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T.H
America
Red
China
Air Force
Three Scheduled To Die In Lethal Gas Chamber
Barbara Graham and two male partners were granted a temporary reprieve moments before a triple execution in San Quentin’s gas chamber. Graham, 32, mother of three, and her co-defendants Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins faced execution for the murder of Mabel Monohan in her Burbank home.
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Barbara Graham
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Navy Secretary Extols Sea Power at Annapolis Graduation
Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas told 740 midshipmen at Annapolis Naval Academy that America is more dependent on the seas than ever. He said sea power made and will keep the nation a world leader as graduates celebrated amid plans for 59 marriages among midshipmen in the following two weeks, including 17 weddings today at the Academy.
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Annapolis
INS
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
America
Annapolis Naval Academy
Thomas
Orld
Academy
Deaths in Area Adults Named in Friday Record
Mrs. Mary MecGary Coulter aged 93 of 917 Harrison Street, Mrs. Frank R. Wadlinger aged 75 of 1008 Lorain Avenue, and James D. Morrison aged 71 of Camp Run are listed in the Friday death record for June 3, 1955.
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Mary MecGary Coulter
Harrison Street
Frank R. Wadlinger
Lorain Avenue
James D. Morrison
Camp Run
India's Roving Ambassador Heads to Washington
India's roving ambassador V K Krishna Menon said the United States could aid Far Eastern peace by letting Chinese students in the U S return to Communist China. He arrived in London en route to Washington to report on talks in Peiping and discuss a Formosa cease fire.
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India
V. K. Krishna Menon
United States
Menon
Peiping
New Delhi
Washington
Formosa Strait
China
United Nations
Harold MacMillan
Red China
Eisenhower To Fly To Gettysburg In Small Plane
President Eisenhower will fly to Gettysburg Pennsylvania in a four seat plane, an 80 mile trip estimated at 30 minutes. The White House described the surprise plan as occasional travel for trips to his farm, avoiding the usual two hour auto drive through heavy weekend traffic.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
Rail Strike In Britain Now In Sixth Day
Britain suffers six day railway walkout as 70 000 engineers and firemen strike causing factory closures and layoffs. Government and union leaders warn of mass unemployment with up to 1 million jobless within two weeks if no settlement. Prime Minister Eden calls emergency cabinet session as ASLEF talks stall.
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London
Britain
Trades Union Congress
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASLEF
Anthony Eden
Senior Class Party Hailed as Complete Success
The graduating class of 1955 held a Thursday night Cathedral party sponsored by the graduates’ parents. It lasted until four in the morning to prevent wandering after the final dinner. Howard Myers called it unforgettable and Elmer W. Reiber thanked the parents for their role.
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Howard Myers
Elmer W. Reiber
New Castle News
New Castle
Cathedral
Westminster Alumni Day Highlights Campus Reunion
Westminster college at New Wilmington hosts Alumni Day with 11 a.m. registration in Russell hall and a noon alumni luncheon featuring the golden anniversary class of 1905. A 3 p.m. open-air band concert and May Queen crowning follow, then reunions and two showings of The Late Song by the Little Theatre players.
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Westminster College
New Wilmington
Russell Hall
Will W. Orr
South Terrace
Donald O. Cameron
Mary Lou Walker
Bruin
Marjorie Rodger
Little Theatre Players
Body Of Woman Recovered From Pymatuning Lake
The body of Mrs. Eileen Kieffer Street aged 21 was recovered from Lake Pymatuning two days after she drowned in a boating accident near Linesville. Her husband Kenneth Street aged 30 and his father Lloyd Street aged 56 also drowned when a sudden storm capsized their rowboat in ten feet of water Tuesday. the two men had been recovered Tuesday night.
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Eileen Kieffer Street
Lake Pymatuning
Pittsburgh
Kenneth
Lloyd Street
Success Indication Seen in Big Four Talks
Observers report a conciliatory Soviet attitude after the Soviet Yugoslav talks signaling potential success for the upcoming Big Four summit. The Soviet delegation exited on a flight without a stated destination after a so called forgive and forget conference with Yugoslav leaders.
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Dulles and Menon to Discuss Freeing Americans in China
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and India’s V K Krishna Menon will meet soon to pursue release of additional Americans held in Red China and to ease Far Eastern tensions. They plan talks on freeing 11 remaining airmen and 41 civilians and may discuss Formosa as part of broader dialogue.
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John Foster Dulles
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
State Department
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Menon
San Francisco
New York
London
Anthony Eden
Peiping
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
United States
Red China
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Formosa
Eisenhower foreign aid program clears Senate tests in House scrutiny
The Senate approved President Eisenhower's 3.408 billion dollar foreign aid package and sent it to the House Foreign Affairs Committee for action. House members expect trims and a loan basis for all economic aid, a change the Senate rejected. Reps Vorys and Bentley urged careful review of Yugoslavia aid in light of a joint Yugoslav Russian statement backing China's Formosa claim.
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Eisenhower
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
John M. Vorys
Ohio
Alvin M. Bentley
Mich
Yugoslavia
Red China
Formosa
Four Bandits Rob Cleveland Bank Branch of $50,000
Four masked men robbed a Cleveland Trust Co branch at 9:30 am EDT, taking about $50,000 in cash. Witnesses say the heist lasted about one minute as two robbers seized three money drawers while others guarded the lobby and a getaway car waited outside. Twenty customers were present during the theft.
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Cleveland Trust Co
Cleveland, Ohio
Clifton McGilvray
Sees Victory For President On Housing
Senator Capehart predicted Eisenhower will win the Senate clash over public housing size. The president backs 35,000 dwellings annually for two years while the Banking Committee proposes 135,000 yearly for four years. Real estate groups oppose subsidies as socialistic though city officials push housing to aid low income families. Capehart said the plan has a pretty good chance.
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Washington
INS
Homer E. Capehart
R. Ind
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
Chiang Demand Free All US Prisoners After Japanese Storm
Chiang Kai-shek urges Red China to release all American prisoners immediately and unconditionally. U S officials weigh outcomes while senators advocate prompt releases as Japan reports seven dead and 49 missing from a northern sea storm with a sinking vessel and fishing fleet losses.
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Red China
Tokyo
Japan
Coast Guard
Fire destroys Freebrook plant near Punxsutawney
Fire caused an estimated 60 000 to 80 000 damage at the Freebrook Corp cleaning and drying plants and tipple at Timblin. Fire units from Punxsutawney Brookville Dayton and Pinecreek Township battled the blaze for two hours Thursday before control.
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Freebrook Corp
Timblin
Brookville
Dayton
Pinecreek
Glories of States Cited in Poetic Weather Ode
The piece praises Miami California Colorado and Pennsylvania with weather references and a line about June
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California
Colorado
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