Short Line Bid To Buy NET Bus Lines
George M. Sage of this city seeks to buy most NET bus lines from New England Transportation Co. Short Line confirms talks with union votes required by Local 978 Amalgamated Assn. The sale would shift routes Hartford to New Haven Providence Boston and others, with 14 NET jobs to be cut and six kept. Union support could finalize the deal pending ICC approval and future pension protections.
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George M. Sage
Short Line Inc
New England Transportation Co
Short Line
NET
Bis New Haven Railroad
Untion
Amalgamated Assn
C Street
Electric Railway
Moor Coach
Accentance
Hartford-New Haven
Hartford-Provdence
Providence
Boston
Providence-Warren
Bristol
ICC
Fall River
New Bedford
Osean Grove-Warren
Hy- Atinns
Johnson Bus Lines
Sage
Providence-Worcester
Lincoln Downs
Bay State Raceway Inc
Foxboro
Mass
Interstate Commerce Commission
Providence-Bristol
He Sage
Bristol-Providence
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Heated New High School Meeting Mirrors Tug-of-War Over Lighting Contract
At the New High School Commission meeting last night School Supt. Carl H. Forter-Shirley faced sharp questions from critics Porter-Shirley and James L. Maher. The panel voted 3-2 to proceed with Dimeo Construction’s lighting package after debate over bidding and contractor charges.
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Carl H. Forter-Shirley
New High School Commission
Porter-Shirles
Neww School
Paul F. Murray
Commission
James L. Mather
Samuel Adelson
Jean J. Lewis
Porter Shinley
Arthur M. Dring
Murray
Maher
Porter-Shirley
Adelson
Lewis
Bakers Union Head Faces Testimony Over Link to Convicted Prostitute
Senate investigators zero in on Bakers Local 37 Los Angeles ties to convictProstitute Mrs Elsie Kay Lower and Cross associate allegations of union funds use. Witnesses including Albert Barclay John Nelson and Mrs Lower describe payoffs goons and possible beatings while cross faces oath testimony as hearings resume.
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Washington
Senate
Bakers
James G. Cross
Ray Lower
Los Angeles
Fee
Abe Fith
Cross
Ner
Los Anggeles
Sen. McClelan
D-Ark
gsi@ Cross
Albert Barclay
International Union
Elsie Kay Lower
John D-Nelson
Barclay
Newsom
Robert ¥. Kennedy
Lower
Cress
Nelson
Kennedy
Io Cross
Joe Eyringer
Uinton
NP Hames
Ithe van de Kamp Bakery
Woman Scientist In U S Says She's Isolated MS Germ
Philadelphia report says Rose Itchelson a Russian-born researcher at St. Luke's and Children's Hospital claims to have isolated a live organism she believes causes multiple sclerosis. The National MS Society urges caution, noting no cure exists and further research is needed to develop treatments. The scientist also cites a skin test for MS and says she identified spirochaeta myelophthora as the culprit, with MS affecting about 300,000 Americans, mainly ages 30 to 45.
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Philadelphia
National
Rose Itchelson
New York
Italy Premier Wins Approval Amid Narrow Victory
Italy's Adone Zoli secured final parliamentary approval for a one party minority government after a 16 hour debate. He won 305 votes in the Chamber of Deputies with 282 from his Christian Democrats and monarchists, plus 23 from the Italian Social Movement. The majority required was 281 as Communists and Socialists opposed. Zoli also faced pressure in the Senate where he relied on monarchist and fascist backing to sustain confidence.
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Rome
Adone Zoli
Chamber of Deputies
Jit
D Zali
Christian Democrat Party
Italian Social Movement
MST
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Bey
al Ained
Christian Democrats
House of Seay Tecao
Eas
Senate
Plane Fire Forces Emergency Norfolk Landing
An Eastern Air Lines DC-8 from Miami to Boston with 68 passengers caught fire after an engine failure at 19 000 feet. Capt Ford and five crew made an emergency landing at Norfolk Naval Air Station. Navy units extinguished the blaze as passengers escaped via emergency slides. one woman sprained an ankle. No others injured. Passengers taken to Municipal Airport by Navy bus and flown out by Capital Airlines. Crew remained for maintenance arrival from Miami.
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Norfolk
Bastown Air Lines
Norfolk Naval Air
Miami
Boston
Ford
Navy
Rumvast
Capital Airlines
U S Picks Up Passports Of Two Students
Two South Carolina students, Mike A. Gilbert of Walterboro and Warren William Taw of North Augusta, had their passports seized by the U S consulate after an adventure trip through Hungary. They were jailed for weeks, then released by Hungarian police and returned to Austria where consular officials await a State Department decision on whether they may continue travel or must return home. The youths, upbeat but contrite, described their trip as risky and said they may try again in the future.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S
South Carolina College
Hungary
Mike A. Gilbert
Walterboro
Warren William Taw
North Augusta
S.C
State Department
Europe
Nickelsdorf
Rust
Yamada
Bair
Lake Neusiedl
Sopron
Budapest
United States
U.S
West Germany
Holland
Influenza Toll Rises in New Delhi Epidemic
New Delhi reported 2,800 new influenza cases yesterday and its first death in the widespread Asian outbreak. The reopening figure shows further rise as the epidemic continues to spread across the region with thousands of new infections noted in recent days.
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New Delhi
Eisenhower’s Foreign Aid Bill Cleared by Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a foreign aid bill trimming the president’s request by 227.3 million to 3.637 billion for the coming fiscal year. It authorizes 1.8 billion for new military aid, 800 million for defense supports, and a two year program for loans abroad. The panel also allows continuation of aid to Yugoslavia and sets up a two year outlook for military assistance and defense planning.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Morse
Oregon
Long
Louisiana
Langer
North Dakota
Len Mansfield
D-Monti Jvhan
Treasury
Defense Departments
Knowlanad
Calif
Yugoslavia
U. S
Green
D-Ri
Mare Nostrum Withdraws From Newport to Spain Race
Four American yachts and one each from Cuba Sweden and West Germany head to Spain for the Newport to Spain trans Atlantic race starting June 46. Mare Nostrum owner George Meflen withdraws the 72 foot yawl after dismast in February. Alphard leads the field with White Mist Carina and Figaro due next week amid foreign entries Wamburg VI Kay and Criodo.
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Cuba
Sweden
West Germany
Newport
Spain
George Meflen
Alsbuquéra Wnmm
Curtis Bok
Keteh Alphard
Norris Hoyt
St. George’s School
Luis H. Vidana
Criodo
New York
Way
Atlantic
Arne Frissell
Frissels
Eisenhower's Speech Attacks Democrats in Fight for Congress
President Eisenhower delivered a sharp partisan speech at a Republican conference labeling Democrats as inflationist and government by cronyism. He urged Republican leaders in Congress to set aside personal preferences and push his $71.9 billion budget, signaling a campaign against Democrats in next year’s elections. The address followed his return from the carrier Saratoga and amid Navy exercises planned to showcase atomic-age power.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Saratoga
Tyro Navy
Atlantic
Fierd
Senate
Knowland
California
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
GI Dismisses Japanese Counsel From Case
Tokyo dispatch reports Army Specialist 3. c. Williams Girard of Ottawa Michigan dismisses his Japanese counsel in the case over the January 30 shooting death of a Japanese woman at a U S Army firing range His defense now rests with three American attorneys hired by his family and serving as observers only in Japanese court proceedings.
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Tokyo
U. S
3.C. Williams
Girard
Ottawa
Itsuro Mayashi
Stamikey Levin
Los Angeles
Hayashi
Raret
Heath
Washington
US 5
Maebashi
Qa Hayashi
Haley
O-Fla
Army Specialit 3
William S. Girard
Citizens’ Committee
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John Foster Dulles
Misakes
Kelly and Gruzen
Merway
Dimeo Construction Co
Scannévin and Patter
William B. Bosworth Jr
Scannevin and Potter
Bothy Maccay
Ead
Scannevin
Potter
Schods
Broughhe
Brenton Road
Herard
Dimes
Bakers Union
Poltava Institute
Russia
Tures
Scara
Seroti
Anghor
Robert Lee Daugaenbaugh
New Oxford
Holstens
Wu' Ac Academy
Annapolis
Daughentaugh
Gop
Mare Nostrum
Frank Thompson
D-Nd
Bow
Ohio
Louisville
Marion
KR - Ky
Japan
Miller
R-Neb
Gireld
Dayton M. Harrington
Secretary of
State Dulles
Defense Wilson
Fearing
Bny
Legion of Guardsmen
William S. Peres
U.S. Army
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