Protests Grow Over Bulgarian Shootdown of Israeli Airliner
Washington filed a hostile note to Sofia demanding indemnity for survivors after 58 people were killed when Bulgarian anti aircraft fire shot down an El Al jet. Thirteen victims were Americans as Greece hosted the crash scene and Israel pressed for full investigation and redress.
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Washington
United States
Red Bulgaria
Ficials
Bulgaria
State Department
Switzerland
Athens
Greece
IUP
Sofia
Israel
Britain
Government Loses Fight To Deport Bridges
San Francisco reports the government loses its 16 year bid to deport longshore boss Harry Bridges. Federal Judge Louis E Goodman ruled Bridges was not and never a Communist at the time of naturalization, dismissing fraud claims about his citizenship obtained in 1945. The decision ends a long legal battle after three failed attempts.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Louis E. Goodman
Bridges
Australia
Goodman
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Soo Bridge To Close For 46 Or 48 Hours Of Repairs
The Soo Line bridge over the Fox River will close to navigation from 6 a.m. August 9 for about 46 hours to permit swing span roller replacement and other repairs. Army Engineers Corps approved the closure. limited railroad operations expected. Small craft under 2 four feet clearance may pass. clearance under the bridge is 5.4 feet.
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Soo Line
Fox River
Army Engineers Corps
iRillian L. Spanhauer
Spanbauer
Police fire in Havana to break up student meeting
Police opened automatic fire to disperse Tass meeting of University of Havana students. One student wounded and several arrested in second protest in 48 hours over a student federation member jailed for explosives possession.
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Havana
Cuba
University of Havana
Students Federation
Rough Going Facing Ike's Housing Plans
Eisenhower's push for federally assisted low rent public housing hit rough going as the House readies to take up its stalled housing bill. Rep Wolcott predicts acceptance of a substitute that excludes public housing while the administration seeks 35,000 units annually for two years. The measure would expand FHA mortgage insurance and extend several related programs, with the Senate backing 135,000 units over four years and other provisions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
House Rules Committee
Federal Housing Administration
Banking Committee
FHS
FHA
Home Loan Bank Board
Pew
Mortgage Insurance Authority
Senate
Scientist predicts 250 years of rising global temperatures
Dr Hideo Nishioka of Tokyo Kei University claims temperatures will rise each year for 250 years. He proposes a 700-year climatic cycle explaining long term warming trends.
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Tokyo
Hideo Nishioka
Kei University
Negotiators Seek Kohler Strike Solution in Chicago Talks
In Chicago negotiators for Kohler Co and the CIO United Auto Workers press toward a settlement after 15 months of strike action begun April 5 1954. Mediators say progress is mixed with issues interlocked. Reemployment of striking workers remains the main dispute while Kohler upholds seniority and firing charges are reviewed by the NLRB in hearings to resume in Sheboygan.
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Chicago
Kohler Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Robert H. Moore
U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service
Emil Mazey
Cio-Gaw
Lyman Conger
Kohler
Cio-Caw
Conger
Sheboygan
Wis
Milwaukee
Montreal
National’Labor Relations Board
Eisenhower Approves Plans for First Man Made Satellites
Washington AP President Eisenhower approved plans to build and launch the world’s first man made satellites. They would be basketball sized and carry only instruments for collecting scientific data. Launch could come in two years with orbit about 200 to 300 miles up, circling Earth every 90 minutes. Scientists aim to share orbit data and frequencies, with launch hoped for 1957 or 1958. The project remains in planning, not yet built, but expected to yield atmospheric research.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James A. ‘Hagerty
Getttysburg
Earth
Partici
Russia
Peraps
Minister Guilty of Heresy Faces Suspension
A Northwest Synod panel found Rev. George Crist guilty of nine heresy charges while clearing six others and urged immediate suspension. He denied guilt, claiming the trial clarified church doctrine, as the synod considered defrocking at its May 1956 convention and offered limited financial aid.
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Milwaukee
Northwest Synod
George Crist
Paul Wagner
Crist
Christ
Wagner
Jesus Christ
Martin Luther
Adam
Charles Burmeister
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Durham
Sentence Of Fleming Upheld By Review Body
Washington An Army review board upheld Lt. Col. Harry Fleming's dismissal for collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner in Korea. The board upheld two counts involving propaganda recordings to disaffection, but discarded two counts tied to discussions with captors. Fleming may appeal to the Court of Military Appeals.
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Washington
Army Review Board
Harry Fleming
Racine
Wis
Korea
Fleming
Chicago
Nut
Court of Military Appeals
Tucker Convicted Of Murdering Wife In Germany
U S Army Sgt Thomas Tucker of Macon Georgia was found guilty by a general court martial of murdering his wife in MERNBERG Germany. The verdict dropped premeditated murder reducing potential death penalty to 25 years at hard labor plus forfeiture of all pay and allowances and a dishonorable discharge from the army.
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Mernberg
Germany
U.S. Army
Thomas €. Tucker
Macon
Tucker
Deserter given twenty five year term after long ruse
A GI who used the name Joseph Trainer for 11 years while running Levant Motor Sales Co. was sentenced to 25 years in a wartime desertion case. Pvt. Arthur Athans, who vanished in 1944, had a wife and five children learning his true identity only after arrest on May 18.
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New York
Pvt
Arthur Athans
Athans
Army
Fort Knox
Levant
Joseph Trainer
Trainer
Levant Motor Sales Co
Jamestown
Marjorie
Bergvik Ala Co Offers Axmarbruk Castle for Five Cents
The Bergvik Ala Co a large wood pulp firm offers to sell the Axmarbruk castle in central Sweden for five cents. The buyer must undertake full renovation estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Stockholm
Bergvik-Ala Co
Axmarbruk
Sweden
Adjournment Saturday Seen As Possibility
Speaker Sam Rayburn suggested a weekend adjournment may be possible though not certain. He noted remaining business could force postponement to Monday if not finished by Saturday night. The Senate has pressed for adjournment while the House faces lag and final actions. The Rules Committee cleared Eisenhower’s public housing program for a House vote.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Rayburn
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Natural Gas Bill Okayed By House 209-203
The House passed a bill to free natural gas producers from the FPC price fixing, 209-203, aiming to overturn a 1954 Supreme Court ruling. Debate lingered on consumer impact, with backers predicting lower future prices through adequate supply and opponents warning of profits for big oil. The Senate timetable remains uncertain.
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Washington
House
Clements
D-Ky
Senate
Daniel
D-Tex
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
High Court
FPC
Wolverton
R-Nj
Commerce Committee
Wisconsin
van Pelt
Withrew
Davis
Smith
Byrnes
O'Kenski l
Laird
Reuss
Zablocki
Johnson
Daily Northwestern to Sponsor Four-Day Cooking School
The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern announces the 1954 Fashions in Foods Cooking School to be held Oct 18–21 at Raulf Theater. Lecturers from the National Livestock and Meat Board will teach four two and a half hour sessions with prizes, free recipe books, and door incentives for attendees. Tickets go on sale via Oshkosh merchants with special contests and multiple prizes.
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Northwestern
National Livestock and Meat Board
Chicago
Raulf
Daily Northwestern
Inj Daily Northwestern
Oshkosh
Osh
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