Britain’s Eden Faces Rejected Plea in Transport Strike
London reports Britain’s railwaymen and dock workers rejected Prime Minister Eden’s call to return to work. 67,000 locomotive engineers and other staff are striking, while stevedores consider next steps in a two week walkout shutting seven ports. 200 freighters idle.
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London
Britain
Eden
Noel Pinches
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Newsmen
Pinches
Transport Workers Union
KU Chancellor Backs Need Based Scholarship Policy
Lawrence Kansas. University of Kansas Chancellor Franklin D Murphy urged a new scholarship policy at the trustees annual meeting. He warned scholarships are becoming a racket and proposed need and capacity based aid, criticizing small awards as meaningless. Texas Christian University president McGruder E Sadler later delivered the commencement address for KU’s graduating class.
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Texas Christian University
K. U
Won Another Radio Search Hunter Henning Wins Contest at Salina
Charles Henning son of Dr and Mrs F E Henning won a hidden transmitter hunt sponsored by the Central Kansas Radio club at Salina. About 25 contestants started from a point in cars with Henning the only one to locate the transmitter in 18 minutes, 12 miles from the start, behind a service station among farm machinery. Henning used a self built receiving outfit with compass readings to chart two lines that cross at the transmitter.
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Charles Henning
F. E. Henning
Yester
Central Kansas Radio Club
Salina
Henning
Thought Wife Was In Chimney
Charleston news item reports a man claiming his wife was trapped in a chimney. Firemen tore into the chimney but found no connection to the apartment as the wife emerged from church angry about the disturbance. Police say the husband had recent intoxication treatment and was re examined at a hospital.
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Charleston
D.C
Herman R. Berkman
Turncoat Now Would Return Home
OLYPTA Wash A 21 year old American soldier who refused repatriation and stayed in Red China may return home now. Mrs Otho G Bell says she is encouraging his return and would work near any prison to see him. Bell’s status was legally declared, and his letters imply he learned two POWs later chose to return and were imprisoned rather than executed. He left Olympia before his daughter Paula’s birth in 1950.
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Otho G. Bell
Jawall
Olympia
Wash
Paula
Korea
Olypta
Otho G
Bell
Red China
2Nd Infantry Division
Missouri Pacific Net Income Rises in April 1955
Missouri Pacific reports April 1955 net income after charges of 1,331,752 dollars, up 230 percent from April 1954's 370,102 dollars. For four months, net income reached 5,101,223 dollars versus 2,493,152 dollars in the prior year. Gross April revenue totaled 23,963,872 dollars, up from 23,191,783 dollars in April 1954.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Men Who Quit Smoking Cut Lung Cancer Risk
ALTON L. BLAKESLEE reports that the American Cancer Society finds ex smokers show about half the lung cancer death rate of continuing smokers in a study of nearly 190,000 men aged 50 to 70. The society cautions small sample sizes prevent definitive proof and notes calls from critics about causation.
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Atlantic City
Amerae Cancer Society
Tony
Ciety
Timothy V. Hartnett
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
R. Cuyler Hammond
Daniel Horn
American Medical Assn
AMA
Drought Seen Threat to Colorado and Plains Economy
Colorado agriculture commissioner Paul Swisher says the drought harms the entire eastern plains economy, western Kansas and Texas Oklahoma panhandles. He urges federal and state help to provide farmers with information and long term capital to endure droughts, warning of future droughts if plans are not put in place now.
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Denver
Colorado
Eastern Plains
Kansas
Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
Paul Swisher
High Plains
Adenauer Quits As Foreign Minister
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer resigns as foreign minister to focus on West German rearmament program in Bonn. The move shifts leadership as Germany strengthens its defense posture amid postwar rebuilding.
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Adenauer
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Deaths Among Over 8000 Men Studied Over Two Months
A historical release reports two months of study into deaths among more than 8,000 men, examining whether losses were due to cancer or other causes. The findings highlight systematic data collection and the ongoing effort to classify mortality factors across a large male cohort.
Mitchell Hats Forced Labor Denounced in Geneva
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell denounced alleged Communist forced labor practices in Geneva. The remark targeted Russia and Japan amid London peace talks, warning of harsh action with the Soviet Union at the expense of Western ties.
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Geneva
Switzerland
AILS
James P. Mitchell
Yoryo Oh
Ichiro Hatoyama
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
London
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Zephyr Weight
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Grover Knight
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Eee le Esse
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Williams
INS
Masonic Bldg
Select Dairy
Franklin County
N. Matin
International Tabor Organization
STAG
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Rexall
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Goodfyear
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Goodfyear Service Store
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