British Industry Near Crisis as Strike Continues
Britain faces mass layoffs as the seventy day rail strike cripples industry with 80 percent of locomotive crews out. Prime Minister Eden plots a emergency drive while ASLEF and RMT leaders push for pay gains amid possible wartime transport controls. Police bolster London traffic as production slows across steel and manufacturing sectors.
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London
Britain
Federation of British Industries
Scotland
Eden
Queen Elizabeth
Miracle Ann: Premature Baby Dies After Earlier Revival
In Houston a premature girl named Miracle Ann Dupree, once declared dead after birth, revived on an embalming slab but died at City-County Hospital. Dr M Desmond cited underdeveloped lungs as probable death cause, with the mother believing in a miracle.
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Houston
Miracle Ann’ Dupree
M. Desmond
City-County Hospital
Ann
Mark Dupree
Desmond
Soviet Tourists Visit Bucharest
Soviet leaders Khrushchev Bulganin and Mikoyan arrived in Bucharest to outline Kremlin policy toward Yugoslavia. They flew in from Sofia and planned to brief Eastern bloc satellites after talks with Tito.
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London
Russia
Bucharest
Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
A. J. Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Sofia
Bulgaria
Tito
Portland Boy Admits Fatal Beating of Child
A 15 year old boy pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the death of Margaret Gormley in a two family dwelling cellar. Gerald Paul Trojano allegedly admitted to bludgeoning her with a washing machine agitator after an attempted sexual assault. He faced court and may be committed for state hospital observation.
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Gerald F. Troiano
Portland
Jeff
Biudgeon
Margaret Gormley
Troiano
Maine
Gerald Paul Trojano
Louis Bernstein
Superior Court
Bernstein
Jacob Agger
Gerald
Margaret
St Dominic's
Gerald Paul Troiano
Manus
Gormley
Edward
Trojiano
Kochilan
Iflat
Uranium Rush Opens After Dynamite Blasts In California
In Kern River Canyon near Hoobo Hot Springs California a uranium rush began as two dynamite blasts signaled opening. About 50 deputies guarded the scene while 1000 prospectors swarmed into 2914 acres in Sequoia National Forest amid overlapping claims and looming litigation. The Miracle and Kergen mines detonated blasts to announce staking time with warnings posted.
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Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
Kern River Canyon
California
Rocky Canyon
Sequoia National Forest
Kergen
Miracle
Kengon
Three in Family Found Dead in Wisconsin Shack
Three members of a family were found dead in a one-room rural shack in Cadott Wisconsin. The 48 year old Albert Warner his wife and their five month old daughter died. Two surviving children Michael 5 and Charis 2 were hospitalized in Chippewa Falls with inhalation injuries described as some kind of Bas. Details were fragmentary.
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Cadott
Wis
Albert Warner
Michael
Charis
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Chippewa Falls
UAW Fights Ford GM Talks On Two Fronts
The United Auto Workers pressed parallel contract battles with Ford and General Motors. Ford faces a 36 hour strike deadline as talks continue, while GM negotiations extend with a 48 hour grace period. The union seeks a guaranteed annual wage and enhanced pensions, with both automakers offering varying wage and pension concessions.
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Detroit
CLO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
UAW
Eee
U S Pro testing Red Violations New Senate Hearing
Washington reports renewed U S charges that Chinese Communists violate the Korean armistice by holding 11 U S airmen as prisoners. Deputy Undersecretary Robert Murphy testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as it considers four new treaties on humane treatment for war prisoners the wounded and sick and civilians in occupied areas.
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Washington WM
U.S
Robert Murphy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower Gets Plane And Farm Gifts From Donors
President Eisenhower enjoyed his new twin engine plane on a Gettysburg trip and accepted livestock gifts for the farm including a Berkshire sow and Black Angus cattle. He noted the plane offers a quicker ride, then teased about returning to the “salt mines” as he prepared to go back to Washington.
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Washington
Difcult
Eisenhower
Air Force
Gettysburg
National Airport
Pennsylvania State University
Alsn
Elden Helsapple
Mitchell
Helfer
Fred
Herbert Penick
Hebron
Ohio
Heart of Ohio Aberdeen Angus Assa
Hisenhower
Murray Snyder
County Won't Issue Brentwood Warrant
Exeter reports an inquiry into the 1949 Braley fire finds no basis for a warrant. Sheriff Frink and the Fire Marshal say the blaze was likely accidental from a stove in Braley’s shack near the Epping line. Minneapolis police say a drunken wife accuses her husband, but rechecks place him in Milwaukee woodland miles away at the time.
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Exeter
George M. Braley
Brentwood
Lindsey R. Brigham
Brigham
Epping
Minneapolis
Braley
Sheriff's Department
Route 125
Simes Frink
Frink
Woodlands
Milton
Seabrook Opens New Elementary School With Dignitary Speech
Seabrook dedicates its new 167000 dollar elementary school with Gov Lane Dwinell and Paul Farnum of Concord as principal speakers. The one story brick building on Walton Road opens for public inspection after final site work to accommodate about 3000 attendees. Financing included 150000 bond issue and 17000 from the Oliver Eaton Fund, with Dearborn Trust contributing around 22000 for future expansions. The Walton estate site was chosen over the Eaton property and the project can be expanded to meet population growth.
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Seabrook
Lane Dwinell
Walton Rd
Samuel Walton
Ee Paul Farnum
Concord
Farnum
Alfred T. Granger
Hanover
Maxam Construction Co
Portsmouth
Eaton
Walton Road
Walton
Dearborn Trust
Freed Pilots Plea For Quiet Time After Captivity
Four U S jet pilots freed after more than two years in Communist captivity report a rush of dental visits and interrogation sessions as they try to spend time with families in Hawaii. Maj William McGinty notes they have not had a single uninterrupted afternoon since release.
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Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Hareold E. Fischer
Swes City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Ned
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Hong Kong
Special Air Force
Hawaii
McGinty
Fischer
Heller
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Philadelphia
Washington
Pearl Habor
National Guard
Hickam Air Base
Hellers
Lory Smith
Pacific Air Force
Camerons
Parks
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Convicts Foiled In Bay State Prison Escape Bid
Three inmates in Massachusetts State Prison attempted a roof escape after detaining guards with a knife. Harold J. Ward Robert J. Savage and Robert Howard seized guard Vincent Hanlon, broke through an iron grill, and climbed toward the roof before being halted by fellow officers. Ward acted as lookout while Savage and Howard hacked the roof, but the plan failed and they were captured.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
Harold J. Ward
Mendon
Robert J. Savage
Revere
Robert Howard
Perley Vaneck
Vincent Hanlon
North Andover
Ward
Savage
Howard
Henry Tucker
Lowell
James P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Tucker
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Jim Batty
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Jim Campbell
National Union of Railwaymen
ASLEF
Margaret Guemley
Seabrook’s New School
Oliver Eaton
Gertemouth Orabé
Bay State Prison
Econet
Comiertebia Reems-Ekewers-T
York
Helen Karlen Qher
Mer
York Beach
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