Longshoremen Work Stoppage Ties Up New York Piers
Workers at major New York docks refuse to cross picket lines as the bi state waterfront commission enforces a new permit system. Pickets from Canal to Chambers Street protest delays in hearings for permit issuance. The strike spreads from Pier 86 to lower Manhattan and New Jersey piers, amid AFL moves to control the ILA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canal
Chambers Sts
New New York-New Jersey
Bi-State Waterfront Commission
Pier 86
United States
International Longshoremen’s Association
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Hudson River
AFL
ILA
Bi-State Commission
Swedish America Line
Pier 97
Gripsholm
Husband kills wife with iron in Kirkland Lake
Walter Okonski, 31, beat his wife Marie Okowski, 47, with an electric iron after a quarrel in Kirkland Lake Ontario, then shook hands with friends and said everything's over. He was charged with murder as she died of head injuries on the way to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkland Lake
Walter Okonski
Okonski
Marie Okowski
Wisconsin and Minnesota Weather Summary for Vicinities
Cloudy and warmer with intermittent rain in Wisconsin west half tonight. Southeast region may see rain or rain mixed with snow, turning colder in northwest by Wednesday. Minnesota reports cloudy skies with snow or rain central and south, snow flurries east and south, highs near 32 to 45. Winds shift from southeast to northerly. Observations note fog at 7:30 a.m., a 36 degree noon cloud, Buckstaff gauge up seven inches since Monday, and a precipitation total of .01 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Tomost
Randall
Fox River
Menasha, Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
Wittman Retains Post as County Airport Manager
S J Wittman will remain manager of Winnebago County airport after a committee reached a compromise on his proposed salary. The group agreed to an annual salary of 4000 dollars, down from 4800, with existing hangar rental arrangements continuing. Wittman has managed since 1931, noting pilots training income has declined in recent years. The 1931- era contract expires December 31 but will be renewed with the new salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.J. Wittman
Winnebago County
Joseph F. Drexler
County Board of Supervisors
Wittman
Drexler
J. Wittman
U S May Agree To Big 4 Meet Declares Dulles
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said the United States would accept Russia plan for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting if study shows it is a good one. He noted the Kremlin’s willingness marks a diplomatic victory for the West and stressed caution on fine print. He seeks West German views and will discuss at Bermuda with Eisenhower Churchill Laniel. outcome hinges on sincere reform behind the Iron Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Russia
Dulles
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Churchill
Laniel
Lonely Hearts Service For Soviet Technicians Reported
Hong Kong based Kung Sheung Daily News reported the Sino Soviet Friendship Association is conducting a lonely hearts service for Russian technicians in Communist China as cultural outreach and contact between allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Kung Sheung Daily News
Sino-Soviet Friendship Association
Communist
China
New Clue Hinted In Search for Ransom
Jefferson City officials pursue a new clue in the Greenlease ransom case. A signed statement by Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady is being reviewed for links to a "mystery man" tied to the 1953 kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Circuit
Edward L. Dowd
St. Louis
Jeremiah O'Connell
Hall
Louis Shoulders
John Hager
Edward Doland
FBI
Kansas City
One Killed When Train Leaves Rails
A Soo Line freight derailed near Buffalo Minnesota causing a 90 car train to buckle and crash into Soo Town. One man, Jack Johnson of Sanish North Dakota, died as a result while the depot was destroyed and a grain elevator damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo. Minn
Soo Line
Soo Town
Buffalo
Jack Johnson
Sanish
N.D
Night Depot
James Robieson
Robeson
Johnson
Robinson
Dulles Responds to McCarthy Foreign Policy Criticism
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, with Eisenhower's blessing, harshly rebutted Senator McCarthy's foreign policy criticisms at his weekly news conference. He defended allied cooperation over threats, said the administration's fundamentals remain, and noted he conferred with the President on the statement. McCarthy had accused the administration of soft policy and failing to secure the release of about 900 Korean War prisoners and to curb Red China trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Sen
Joseph
McCarthy
Dulles
U.S
Ikke
John Paton Davies Jr
China
Bill for Two-House Korean Legislature Obeyed
In Seoul the National Assembly voted to create an upper house and the bill was sent to President Syngman Rhee. The plan establishes a two chamber legislature with the National Assembly as the lower house and a House of Counselors as the upper house, likely to be signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhee
Seoul
South Korea
Synman Rhee
National Assembly
U.S. House of Representatives
Senate
Wisconsin High Court Declines Redistrict Interpretation
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court declined to interpret a 1953 redistricting law linked to the 1951 Rosenberry Act. The court said the matter was not properly brought before it, and future action to secure interpretation is expected. Officials planned corrections in Dane, Dodge and Marathon counties as per the law, while Dane County case details remained unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
High Court
Dane
Dodge
Marathon
Zimmerman
Atty
Thomson
Jeter
Correcge
Supreme Court
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Attorney General
Royalone
Elections Division
Secretary of State
Summerfield Postmaster Urges GOP Unity in 1954
Summerfield postmaster general Arthur Summerfield urged Republican unity at a testimonial dinner for Wayne J. Hood in La Crosse. About 650 attendees included notable figures such as Vernon Thomson and Gardner Withrow as Summerfield called for an affirmative forward looking program amid a perceived shift in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ringling
Baraboo
Vernon Thomson
Gardner Withrow
la Crosse
Robert Pierce
Menomonie
GOP
Senate Chamber Recarpeted at Cost of 7000 Dollars
Madison UP reports workmen prepared to roll out a new red carpet for the Wisconsin State Senate. The 7000 dollar recarpeting job, approved by the Building Commission, covered the entire senate chamber and some committee rooms, and marks the first time since before World War I that the chamber has received new carpeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin State Senate
Building Commission
Senate
Malcolm Brown
Faust Carpeona
Probers To Release Gouzenko Secrets On Russian Infiltration
Senate investigators prepared to reveal secret Gouzenko data on Communist infiltration. The Internal Security Subcommittee and FBI gathered information from Gouzenko, the former Canadian embassy code clerk whose disclosures helped expose an atomic spy ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Igor Gouzenko
Canada
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
FBI
Gouzenko
U.S
Gou
Four Die As House Burns in Greenville Michigan
A family tragedy in Greenville Michigan leaves four children dead after a upstairs bedroom entrapment as a frame house burns. James McAllister 13 and brothers Ronnie 8 L D 5 and sister Laura 7 perished while two sisters Reba 1 and Reve 12 escaped. Father Willam McAllister a scrap dealer was at a tavern. mother employed as a waitress at a downtown restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Mich
James Mc‘Allister
Ronnie
L.D
Laura
Reba
Reve
Hugh Yaney
Willam McAllister
Medmaht
Sentencing Awaited for United Effort Cult Leaders
Twenty six leaders of the United Effort cult in Short Creek Arizona with sixty two wives and one hundred sixty two children awaited sentencing after pleading to conspiring to violate Arizona marriage laws. Judge Robert Tullar set sentencing for next week and dismissed similar charges against seven other men who had only one wife or who did not join the United Effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman
Ariz
Arvona
Short Creek
Robert Tullar
Monhave
Tullar
State Attorney General's Office
Ross F. Jones
Arizona
Arzona
United Effort
Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Church
Russia Denies Atrocities Charge in Korea Debate at UN
United States accused Russia of concealing crimes in Korea and urged an impartial commission to investigate Communist atrocities. Andrei Vishinsky of the Soviet delegation called American claims cynical fabrications, demanding a quorum call as 46 of 68 members participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fense
U.N. General Assembly
New York
United States
Department of Defense
United Nations
N.Y
Russia
Korea
China
Andrei Y.vishinsky
General Assembly
Ex Governor Kim Sigler Dies in Michigan Plane Crash
Former Michigan governor Kim Sigler was killed when his light Beechcraft Bonanza struck a 550-foot TV tower near Battle Creek. Four aboard died, including Sigler’s secretary Ruth Prentice, Harold Schuy er and his wife, with Sigler returning from inspecting Louisiana oil properties. The crash occurred in heavy overcast, witnesses reported flames and a fuel tank explosion as the craft fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Sigler
Louisiana
Ruth Prentice
Lansing
Harold Schuyer
Schuyler
Wbck-Tv
South Bend
Ind
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ligier
Royal Herman
Tere
Pendinx Funeral
May
Betty Slaterr
Carmel
Calf
Richard Gossett
Tulsa
Oxia
China warns Bermuda decisions harm Far East interests
Formosa dispatch says Beijing will not recognize any Bermuda conference decisions on the Far East unless Asian governments are fully consulted. The warning reflects Beijing’s demand for regional consultation before any postwar settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Bermuda
Taipeh
Formosa
Far East
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tie Up
New York Shipping
U. S
Russ
Heady
Robert C. Greenlease
Gerald T. Lambkins
St. Joseph, Mo
Betty Robbins
N.ith St
Philadelphia
Benny Bruce Hatfield
Sedalia
Hatfield
Greenlease
Lambkin
St. Joseph
Robbins
Vishinsky
U.N
Hamhung
Department of de
Edgar Werner Hopf
Forest Service
Mt. Shasta
Calif
Hopf
Roy Williams
The
Oakland Tribune
Mervin Adams
Forestry Service
Fletcher Hoyt
Jon Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Theodore Weicker
Laciiner
Senate Chamber
Henry Cabot
Lodge I Jr
James W. Hanley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!