Two Catholic Missionaries Are Released
Two Roman Catholic missionaries from San Francisco, the Rev. John William Clifford and the Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips, have been released from Red China prison and are expected to reach Hong Kong within a week. The pair were jailed three years ago on espionage and counterrevolutionary charges, and they are among the few U.S. citizens freed while eleven remain imprisoned.
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Hong Kong
San Francisco
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
Red China
Radio
Peiping
U. S
Homer Bradshaw
Father Clifford
Father Phillips
Shanghai
John Thomas Downey
New Britain
Conn
Richard Henry Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Army
Air Force
Fulgence Gross
Omaha
John A. House
Union City
N. J
Paul J. Mackensen
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Robert E. McCann
Altadena
Calif
Charles J. McCarthy
Modesto
Joseph McCormack
New York
Ambrose Pinger
Chicago
Hugh Francis Redmond
Yonkers
N. Y
John Paul Wagner
Transit Co Is Sold For 13 440 000 In DC Deal
Washington June 15 Capital Transit Co controlled by Louis E Wolfson sold its bus and streetcar system to National City Lines of Chicago for 13 440 000 subject to Congress approval The deal follows a seven year controversy over the franchise in the District of Columbia and potential profits on the original 2 2 million investment National City Lines plans to create Washington Transit Lines and seeks similar tax treatment as public ownership The Capital Transit strike last summer was among the longest in big city transit history and Eisenhower signed legislation revoking the franchise noting the company failed to meet its public utility duties.
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Washington
Capital Transit Co
Louis E. Wolfson
National City Lines, Inc
Chicago
Congress
Wolfson
District of Columbia
Wolfson Group
National City Lines
Capital Transit
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Los Angeles
St. Louis
National
National City
Washington Transit Lines
Eisenhower
Gaithersburg Farmer Gored to Death by Holstein Bull
Lewis A Groshon 55 a Gaithersburg farmer was fatally gored Friday morning while guiding cattle to pasture. He lived on Samuel Briggs farm for 30 years and is survived by his wife Nellie May and extended family. Funeral services are Monday at 2 p m at Forest Oak cemetery Laytonsville with Roy W Barber as funeral director.
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Lewis A. Groshon
Gaithersburg
Groshon
Samuel Briggs
Nellie May Groshon
Clarence
Rose i Groshon
Montgomery ‘County
Forest Oak Cemetery
Garthersburg
Roy W. Barber
Bonnell Sworn In As Roads Chairman
Baltimore June 15 Rob ert O Bonnell a Baltimore banker sworn in today as the new chairman of the reorganized State Roads Commission The oath administered by Luther Pit man in the presence of Gov McKeldin Bonnell named a Republican succeeding Russell H McCain John J McMullen Cumberland publisher a Democrat took his oath in his home city The third member is Edgar T Bennett continuing to serve as Eastern Shore Republican representative McKeldin offered Francis V DuPont but he declined McMullen replaces McCain as Western Maryland member and Bonnell replaces Bramwell Kelly as Baltimore member ARMS CACHE FOUND PARIS June 15 The French News Agency reports three tons of arms and ammunition of the Communist led Vietminh in Indo china found cached under a Buddhist altar in a pagoda near Long Xuyen 90 miles west of Saigon.
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Baltimore
Robert O. Bonnell
Reorganized
State Roads Commission
Superior Court
Luther Pitman
Gov McKeldin
Bonnelt
Russell H. McCain
John J. McMullen
Cumberland
Edgar T. Bennett
McKeldin
Shore
Francis V. DuPont
Cambridge
McMullen
McCain
Western Maryland
Commission
Bonnell
Bramwell Kelly
Paris
Indochina
Long Xuyen
Saigon
Steel Firms And Union Deadlocked In Wage Negotiations
In New York on June 15, negotiations between the Big Three steel firms and United Steelworkers of America stalled over wages and benefits. The union rejected the proposals as inadequate, signaling a potential strike as contracts expire June 20. Both sides pledged to continue talks.
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New York
United Steelworkers of America
US. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Wage talks spark steel labor cost debate and inflation fears
Industry negotiators warn wage offers raise employment costs by about 125 percent immediately and threaten inflation, while workers seek a two percent rise over five years. The dispute could provoke a prolonged strike and harm the economy as Big Three firms oppose immediate increases.
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Ployer
Big Three
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U.S
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Geneva
A. Alexis Johnson
Red Chinese
Wang Ping-nan
United States
Formosa
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Iwate
Ayrshires
George H. Droneburg
Frederick
R. H. Hemp and Sons
Jefferson
Kenneth E. Wiles
Dewy S. Kinna
Eugene Hemp
Charles P. Tracey
Walklersville
Ralph H. Bowers
Dailey’s Funeral Home
N. Market St
Queer
Ambulance Service
Eastern All Metal
Keane Furniture
South Market St
NS Preserie AY
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Skyline
Braddock Eights
Maryland
David J. McDonald
Picayune
Neer
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E. Patrick ST
Prairie State
Illinois
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Adomvecu
Bronson la Moure
Austin Harris
North Bentz Street
Hillside Motors
FORD
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Dr. Monterey
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Ford Victoria
Fordomatic, R. & H
Plymouth
Oldsmobile
Hillside Motor Co., Inc
East Patrick St
Patrick St
Robert Terry Garment, Inc
Walkersville
Vinewood
McGregor Sportswear
Magnavox Television
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Eureka
Delta
Oours
Magnavox
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