Jaycees Welcome Kansas City Amid Carnival Night
Jaycees in Kansas City celebrate the eve of the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention with noisy stunts. Sirens, fireworks, kissing motorists, a streetcar mishap, and posters on police cars mark a lively scene as delegates arrive. The four day conclave will elect a new national president and ten vice presidents, with seventeen candidates.
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Kansas City
Jaycees
Hugh McKenna
Omaha
Paris Metro Area Population Factoids
The Paris metropolitan area counts 4.8 million residents. William Henry Perkin created the first synthetic dye, mauve, in 1856. The head of the right whale is about one quarter of its body. A study found college students average three colds annually. New York City has 53,000 people over 85, up from 5,797 in 1920.
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Paris
France
William Henry Perkin
New York City
Presidency Is Killing Job Says Truman
London Harry S Truman says the American presidency is a killing job for one man and urges solution in trained young men. He refuses to discuss Eisenhower's illness while noting the six man scope of the office. Truman hosts British Labour guests and recalls meeting Churchill with reminiscences of wartime leadership.
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London
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Sir Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Westerham
England
White House
Churchill
Reunification Seen as More Likely by Rhee in Seoul
President Syngman Rhee told about 10 000 supporters on the Capitol grounds that reunification prospects are better as allies awaken to the armistice failure. He urged that allied leaders who once sought peaceful solutions now see peaceful talks with the Communists as impossible. A street parade by students and military units followed the ceremony marking six years since the Korean War began.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
World Wide News Briefs from Tehran to Guatemala
Sha Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Queen Soraya depart Tehran for a two week visit to the Soviet Union with talks likely on expanding Iran Soviet trade. In Rome farm prices fall while North America provides 47 percent of world petroleum. Australia endures torrential rains and floods in New South Wales with rivers rising and bridges at risk. Guatemala declares martial law amid discovery of a Communist plot and government action.
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Tahran
Iran
Sha Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Soraya
Soviet Union
Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Riverina
Strike Authorized At Boeing Wichita Plant
Union machinists at Boeing Airplane Co. Wichita Division authorize a strike if no contract by July 22. District 70 IAM members voted after about 2,000 of 12,500 rejected a company proposal. 1,240 approved, 1,528 voted. wage offers near union demands but want benefits granted at Seattle plant.
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Wichita
Boeing Airplane Co
District 70
International Assn. of Machinists
William S. Holly
Boeing
Seattle
Holly
Union Plan Modifications May Lift Sick Leave and Vacation
Local President Joe Pierce says the company proposes a modified union shop and revised sick leave and vacation plans. The contract includes a five per cent wage boost in year one and a seven cent hourly increase in year two. A strike could affect 18,000 workers.
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Joe Pierce
Mars atmosphere thinner than Everest peak air
A historical note compares Mars air density to Everest summit while a Mexican statistic reports 1.8 million of 30 million people as invalid or partly incapacitated and an American market figure cites 158000 pianos purchased annually.
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Mars
Mt. Everest
Mexico
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