Oshkosh Vetoes 40 Hour Week Pay Hike Ordinance
Mayor Ernest R. Swewert vetoed an ordinance that would grant a 40 hour week and a 10 percent pay increase for hourly street, park, and cemetery workers. The veto was issued while he attended a Madison public service hearing. The city also passed a separate measure for a 25 percent raise for salaried staff, which remains intact.
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Common Council
Ernest R. Siewert
Slewert
Madison
Service Commission
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Oshkosh
Oshkoshé Fednetatiate
Navy Lays Keel for Giant Plane Carrier Forrestal
Newport News Va The Navy laid the keel for the USS Forrestal a 30 000 ton carrier destined to be the largest warship with atomic capable planes. Deputy Defense Secretary Foster said the ship will project United States air power globally and deter aggression while enabling rapid response.
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Newport News
Navy
William C. Foster
Forrestal
Congress
States Bureau of Personnel
Siewert
Frdas
J. Siewert
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States
Europe
Foster
Naval Air
Milwaukee Plane Crashes At Airport Here
A light two passenger Taylorcraft plowed into a field near Winnebago County airport about 9 30 Sunday, injuring two Milwaukee residents who were treated at Mercy Hospital and released. The plane was later declared a total loss and described as the first serious crash at the airport in years.
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Winnebago County
Ralph G. Jones
Layton Ave
Milwaukee
Mercy Hospital
Milwauke
S.J. Wittman
Taylorcraft
Jones
Wittman
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Steel Strike Talks Reach Unsatisfactory Turn in Pittsburgh
CIO United Steel Workers spokesman says the industry's new peace offer is unsatisfactory as negotiations stall. Philip Murray considers wage-policy committee action while industry pushes a watered-down union shop idea and undisclosed concessions. No definite meeting plans exist as U S Steel requests a government steel price review.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Steel Capital
Steelworkers Union
Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
Costello Lawyers Move to Seek Supreme Court Review
Frank Costello's attorneys travel to Washington to request a possible Supreme Court review of his contempt conviction. They will ask Justice Robert H. Jackson to keep the $5,000 bail in force pending appeal.
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New York
Frank Costello
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
U.S. Alty
Myles J. Lane
Costello
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
American Ocean Queen Races West for Speed Record
The United States liner races toward a new west to east speed crown, aiming to beat Queen Mary’s 1938 record on the Europe to America crossing. It also breaks the 24 hour distance record with 902 nautical miles in one day, as Commodore Manning leads a festive welcome plan in New York.
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United States
Mary
U. S
Europe
New York
Harry Manning
Manning
Ike Seeks for New Campaign Manager
Chicago reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower, GOP presidential nominee, is searching for a new campaign manager after Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts steps aside. Eisenhower plans a Denver vacation, with son John D. Eisenhower arriving from Highland Falls, N.Y. Lodge will still advise as head of a committee while Hagerty becomes press secretary.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Denver
Eisenhower
Maj
John D. Eisenhower
Highland Falls
N.Y
Lodge
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisenhowser
Dewer
New Yorker
Secretary at Columbia U Is Shot and Killed
A dark suited man killed Columbia University secretary Eileen Fahey 20 in a ninth floor physics office as she read a letter. Police suspect a jealous civilian suitor. the killer fled with a 22 caliber pistol after ordering an ambulance.
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New York
Columbia University
Korea
Physics Lab
Eileen Fahey
New York City
Miss Fahey
Dirs. J. W. Lumley
American Physical Society
Manhattan
U S to supply Tito with jets tanks and heavy guns
Yugoslavia welcomed stepped up American military aid including jet planes tanks and heavy artillery. Four U S generals outlined needs and praised training morale while plans to expand the Yugoslav air force with modern jets were noted at a Tito dinner for the U S mission led by Frank C Nash.
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Bled
Yugoslavia
U. S.S
Marshal ‘Tito
Tito
U. S
Frank C. Nash
Defense
Robert Lovett
George Almsted
Clyde D. Eddleman
George J. Richards
Paris
John W. Harmons
Omro Lad, 7, Fatally Hurt in Highway Crash
A coroner's jury reviews the death of 7 year old Michael Hellwig of Omro after he was struck by Benjamin Niemuth, 24, on Highway 21 near Algoma Park. He died at Mercy Hospital about 16 hours later from a ruptured spleen.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Aard Floor
Pioneer Hotel
David Littlefield
Omre
Winnebago County
Hth
Michael Hellwig
Kenneth Hellwig
Omra
Mercy Hospital
Saunday
Benjamin Niemuth
Rt. 3
Omroe
Algoma Park
Michael
Ridgway Reviews Bastille Day Parade in Paris
In Paris Gen. Matthew Ridgway reviews France’s Bastille Day parade alongside President Vincent Auriot and Marshal Juin. The display features 13,000 troops, 219 tanks and over 100 jet planes as about 100,000 spectators line a seven mile route.
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Paris
France
Mathew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Vincent Auriot
Alarshal Alphone Juin
Savings Bond Purchases Rise But Cash-in Lags Behind
Treasury reports May and June purchases of new type E and OH bonds totalled 533.19 million, topping last year’s E Bond cash-ins but not matching cash-outs. Old E Bond values compare with 1951 totals. H Bond debuted last month with semiannual interest paid by check.
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Washington
Treasury
Durinc
Oliaals
Prnter
Stevenson Big Question at 1952 Democratic Convention
Chicago hosts a Democratic National Convention with Adlai Stevenson as the central unknown. Leaders debate whether to draft Stevenson or accept him as candidate while Estes Kefauver, Richard Russell, Robert Kerr, Bren McMahon, Barkley, and Harriman arrive to push their plans. A civil rights plank looms as Sparkman notes Southern support and Eisenhower’s rising South popularity. Platform work begins Wednesday.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Ilinois
Truman
Springfield
Camp Ripley
Minn
Minnesota
Nixon
Washington
Richard Nixon
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Bren McMahon
Connecticut
Alben
Sen
Russell
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
South
Weather Summary From The Sun Sun Day July Fourth
Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Temperature highs reach the mid 80s with a low around 71. Precipitation reports show a trace for the period and a month deficiency noted. observatory readings include partly cloudy to overcast conditions with a high of 87 and low of 71. Randall reports Fox Rivers at 163 percent of crest. no cayte noted.
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United Press
Paris
Mornhaest
Randall
Fox Rivers
Wenasha Dam
Burkstaff Observatory
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