West Point ceremony honors academy dead on Normandy anniversary
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower joined West Point classmates for a memorial at Sylvanus Thayer statue and Thayer Monument. Gen. James A. Van Fleet stood nearby as Maj. Hodges Jr., oldest graduate, placed a wreath. The trip included a museum visit to view weapons and uniforms.
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West Point
N.Y
Eisenhower
U.S. Military Academy
Thayer Monument
Gen
James A. van Fleet
Majne Honey C. Hodges Jr
Academy
Live Virus Found in Idaho Polio Vaccine Sixth Death Reported
Evidence of a live virus in Cutter Labs polio vaccine used in Idaho prompts officials to review safety tests. Dr. Gebhardt reported possible tiny amounts of type 2 virus in samples, while a killed-monkey spinal cord study showed paralysis in two cases. Idaho recorded its sixth polio death, Annabelle Nelson, age 33, unvaccinated, as total cases rose to 78 for the year.
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Idaho
Rouise
Louis P. Gebhardt
University of Utah
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Cutter Laboratories
Washington
Leonard Scheele
Gebhardt
Nationa Institutes of Health
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter
Scheele
Annabelle Nelson
Montpelier
Fliers Leave Honolulu For U S
Honolulu reports three of four U S jet fighter pilots freed by Chinese return home with families aboard an Air Force plane. Capt Harold Fischer Swea City Iowa Lt Lyle Cameron Lincoln Nebraska and Lt Roland Parks Omaha travel home. Lt Col Edwin Meller Wynnewood Pa stays for physiotherapy 16 or 12 days. Fischer says he bluffed as a Russian pilot during capture. He planned to remain friends with ex wife Dorothy Van Bank Fischer, now in San Antonio, who intends to contact him on return.
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Honolulu
U.S
Hong Kong
Special Air Force
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland Parks
Omaha
Edwin Meller
Wynnewood
North Korea
Fischer
Dorothy van Bank Fischer
Soldier who spurned U.S. for Russia now seeks return
Olympia wife reports 24-year-old American POW Otho G. Bell, who stayed with Red China after refusing repatriation in 1950, now wants to come home. Mrs. Bell says he plans to obtain a passport and return, possibly with state help, though legal status remains unclear. She notes a recent letter from him mentions a new job and hints at China work.
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Olympia
Wash
Otho G. Hell
Otho G. Bell
Red China
Bell
United States
New Grand Jury Told to Do Its Own Work in Newport Irregularities
A new Newport grand jury convened in Superior Court with Judge Thomas H. Roberts stating it must conduct its own investigations and not rely on prior panels. The retiring panel reported irregularities but lacked sufficient evidence and recommended a preliminary inquiry. The new jury, led by foreman Frank W. Ctilige, was sworn in as attorny general aides offered support.
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Newport
Thomas H. Roberts
Grand Jury
Robert H. Chappell
Portsmouth
Attorney-General’s Department
Frank W. Cttilige
Chase's Lane
Middletown
New Grand Jury
City of
New
Reeves L. Cowpern
Ley
Ayrault St
Matthew Crilley
Catherine St
Joseph D. Mancini
Kay St
Tool, Company
Joseph Perry
Middleton Ave
Service Staton Proprietour
Webster Z. Pike
Morton Ra
Woodbury K. Ring
North Champlin PL
Alexander ML Russell
Morton Ave
Jantter
Marjorie E. Sargent
Balbone Rd
Herbert E. Tuttle
Farewell St
Nellye J. Windsort
John
Attorney-General's Department
Brown University
Robert L. Dring Equity
William E. Powers
Roberts
Statf
Chester A. Oakley Jr
William d. Counihan Jr
Mens
Supreme Court
Striking British RRs Reject Eden Back To Work Plea
London report says railway workers reject Eden’s nationwide broadcast urging a return to work and restart wage talks. Union leaders accuse the Conservative government of misinformation while stevedores conference plans new action amid port closures affecting 200 freighters and 20,000 workers. Eden warns of economic damage and lost export orders if the strike continues.
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London
Zrilsin
Felney
Eden
Britain
Noel Pinches
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Newsmen
Pinches
Easly
Tye
Transport Workers Union
United States
Canada
Sicilian regional election seen redefining Italy’s political drift
In Palermo 42 Sicilians counted a flood of ballots as nearly 2.4 million vote in Sicily's Regional Assembly election. Turnout 86.89 percent, higher than four years ago, with a drift away from the Communist left and major role for American influence and aid. The 90 seats split 30 each for Christian Democrats and Communist-Socialist alliance, plus MSI 11, Monarchists 10, Liberals 5, Social Democrats 3, Independents 1.
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Palermo
Sicily
NATO
Italy
Democratic Center
United States
Regional Assembly
Christian Democrats
MSI
Monarchists
Social Democrats
Wall Reds OK on Big Four Date
The United States and Western allies favor a July 18 to 21 Geneva meeting for a Big Four summit with President Eisenhower and the prime ministers of Great Britain France and Russia. Russia already indicated in principle to the Geneva site after considering Vienna. The plan aims for a brief top level discussion with follow up by foreign ministers on remaining East West tensions.
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Geneve
Switzerland
Eisenhower
Great Britain
France
Russia
United States
Geneva
Vienna
Viet Nam
U.S
Ford and CIO Auto Workers reach historic wage plan
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers announced a historic guaranteed annual wage plan and related terms to end widespread walkouts affecting about 68,000 Ford workers. The accord, seen as a model for industry, includes pensions up to 241 dollars monthly, improved hospital and medical benefits, and a guaranteed wage framework to be used in future negotiations with General Motors.
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Ford
CIO
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Clo
United Auto Workers Union
Fellows
Reuther
John $. Bugas
Bugas
Ford Company
Burgas
General Motors Corp
Dulles Cast Doubt On Big Four Meeting Easing Tensions
Secretary of State Dulles in Columbia says the upcoming Big Four summit may not alone ease world tensions though he hopes it proves useful. He urges continued strong national and international security policies and unity behind them, noting the need for sustained effort beyond a single meeting. He praises the State Department and bipartisan foreign policy.
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Columbia
S.C
Dulles
University of South Carolina
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Geneva
State Department
Foreign Service
Steelworkers Launch Wage Drive With Big Steel Talks
Pittsburgh reports the CIO United Steelworkers begin wage negotiations with U S Steel Corp as the initial target. David J. McDonald leads talks and aims for a substantial wage hike, potentially up to 25 cents an hour, with six major producers. A strike threat looms if no settlement by midnight June 30. Wages are the sole issue in a reopened two year contract.
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Und
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers Organization
U.S. Steel Committee
John A. Stephens
McDonald
McDonald Oay
McDon
Ald
Egypt Demands Demilitarized Zone Along Gaza Border
Egypt presses for a demilitarized zone after a three hour clash near the Syro Egyptian outposts along the Gaza demarcation line. Six Israeli armoured vehicles engaged, no casualties reported, UN observers sought cover as bullets flew. Premier Nasser renews plan to ask Major General Burns to establish a demilitarized buffer to curb border conflicts.
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Egypt
Israel
Gaza Strip
War Office
Syro
Jerusalem
U.N
War Ministry
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Edson L. M. Burns
Gaza
Market Pushes Upward Nears Record Levels
New York markets rose toward record levels as a six week consolidation ended. Prices gained about two points in several issues while most moves were fractional and many reading issues held steady. Trading slowed from Friday’s 2.59 million shares as market momentum continued through key Ford UAW negotiations.
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New York
Motors
Ford
United Auto Workers
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