Conciliators Seek To Halt A Job Strike
Federal mediators arrange a special panel in Cleveland to urge resumption of work at the Portsmouth Area A plant amid wage contract talks. 1,650 workers walked out last week including 1,300 carpenters and 350 cement masons. painters also struck over a jurisdiction dispute.
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Cleveland
Conciliation Service
Thomas Robertson
Peter Kiewit Sons’ Co
William Kenya
The
Carpenters Union
Kenya
John Hauck
Philadelphia
Anthony Giordano
Ohio
Kiewit Company
R. L. Coyne
A. L. Sutton
George Bell
Columbus
Portsmouth A-Plant workforce tops twenty thousand
Total employment at the Ports mouth Area A plant rose to 20 467 for the week ending June 5, up 580. Of those, 18 547 are construction workers and 1 454 are Goodyear Atomic Corp employees. The rest are AEC personnel and architect engineers. Construction staff may reach 22 500 by fall.
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Portsmouth Area
A-plant
Goodyear Atomic Corp
AEC
Nationwide mock air raid tested in Operation Alert drill
The FCDA led a simulated civil defense exercise where 54 cities across the United States and Canada faced make believe bomb strikes. Public participation varied by locality with Washington and New York among major cities taking part.
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Washington
United States
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
New York
Philadelphia
Mobile
Ala
Capitol
Senate
House
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Geneva Conference Near End After Vietnam and Korea Talks
The Geneva Conference neared its end as Molotov and Eden met and agreed Indochina talks would continue secretly while Korea talks faced a dead end. Western powers questioned further talks without a united French government as Paris awaited. Military talks meanwhile moved to concrete ceasefire proposals that could influence the conference fate.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Eden
Molotov
U.N
Korea
France
United States
Britain
Paris
Rev Worhis To Serve Church At Columbus
Ohio Area Methodist conference assigns pastors with changes in Scioto County. Rev Wilbur Vorhis departs Trinity New Boston for Hansberger Memorial in Clintonville, north Columbus, serving about 1 000 members. Rev Bernard Lomas moves from Delaware Williams Street to succeed Vorhis.
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Conference of Ohio Area Methodists
Lakeside
Scioto County
Trinity
New Boston
West Portsmouth
Lucasville
McDermott
Wilbur Vorhis
Hansberger Memorial
Clintonville
Columbus
Paul Tropf
Story- Hypes Church
Springfield
Bernard T. Lomas
Williams Street Church
Delaware
Vorhis
Lomas
Detroit
Ohio
Perry
Carrollton
City Hall Bombing Drill Shocks Portsmouth Officials
City Hall was to be bombed in a surprise civil defense drill at 2 p.m with City Manager Robert E Layton and Ronald Greene aboard a Civil Air Patrol plane piloted by James Lee. The mock bombing aimed to study impact on the Portsmouth building and local highway operations during the nationwide Operation Alert test.
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Robert E. Layton
Civil Air Patrol
James Lee
Portsmouth
Harlan Danner
Civil Defense
Ironton
CAP
Mr. Layton
Ronald Greene
Eight Retiring Teachers Mark Portsmouth School Year
Eight teachers in Portsmouth retire under the city age limit of 70 after combined 280 plus years of service. Names include Ruth Pray Louise Newland Lucretia Dupre Katie Rowley Caroline Mackay Grace Hoobler Anna Streich and Franklin McComb. Superintendent McKelvey praises their loyal service to the school system and thousands of students.
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Portsmouth
Ruth Pray
Louise L. Newland
Lucretia M. Dupre
Katie Rowley
Caroline Mackay
Grace Hughes Hoobler
Anna M. Streich
Franklin B. McComb
Supt
H. W. McKelvey
Young Wins NYC Central Control Battle
Albany N Y Financier Robert R Young is certified winner in the New York Central Railroad fight. Inspectors say his 15 director slate defeats the Central management led by President William White by 1 064 000 votes. White vows to cooperate in an orderly transition.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young Forces
Central Management
William White
White
New York Central
New Scorcher Heats Up City After Rain
Portsmouth sweltered in a heat wave after light rain on Sunday. The downtown high reached 95 at noon Sunday, with 97 on Saturday at 5 p.m. Humidity intensified the heat. Lows were 71 Sunday and 67 today. An hot night looms with lows 64 to 70. Tuesday foresees cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Gas Co
Howard C. Growdon
Ohio Valley
Beall Rejects Early Trial Bid in Embezzlement Case
Edward T. Beall, former Portsmouth General Hospital and city manager, refused an early trial and said he is confident of acquittal. He spoke from Norwood Maryland after indictment tied to a 1952 hospital fund shortage. He advised his attorney not to seek indictment quashal to avoid a cloud over his name.
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Edward T. Beall
Norwood
Beall
Common Pleas
James W. Lang Jr
Adams County
Ernest G. Littleton
Portsmouth General Hospital
Portsmouth
Montgomery County
Carr Testifies on McCarthy Probe and Army Tactics
Francis P. Carr testified at the McCarthy Army hearings that Secretary Stevens discussed using G. David Schine as a personal observer at Army intelligence schools. Carr said Stevens proposed the plan at a Pentagon conference last Oct 2 with Roy M. Cohn, while Schine faced imminent drafting and failed to obtain an officer’s commission. He backed prior McCarthy and Cohn testimony, stating Army officials sought to sidetrack the investigation with promises of special treatment for Schine.
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Washington
Francis P. Carr
Stevens
G. David Schine
Army
Carr
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Pentagon
Roy M. Cohn
Schine
McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
Cohn
Secretary of the Army
Bid To Strip McCarthy Seen Doomed
Senate Democratic leaders appear to have shelved a plan by Sen. Flanders to strip Sen. McCarthy of chairmanships. Republican leader Knowland and Lyndon Johnson reportedly oppose taking action. Johnson labels McCarthy a Republican problem. Only Sen. Cooper backs Flanders as of now. McCarthy calls the charges a smear.
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McCarthy
Washington
Senate
Sen
Flanders
R-Vi
R-Wis
Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Wisconsin
Francers
Government Operations Committee
Vermont
Breedon Wins Lamme Award In Engineering
David B. Breedon, 28, a Portsmouth High School graduate and Westinghouse engineer, receives the Bejamin G. Lamme Graduate Scholarship, valued at about 2500 dollars plus tuition, for two years. He will pursue a PhD at MIT. Loren F. Stringer, of Huntington, Calif., shares the award.
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Breedon
Lamme Award
Portsmouth
Bejamin G. Lamme
David B. Breedon
Portsmouth High School
Loren F. Stringer
Huntington
Calif
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Dorothy Breedon
Bertha Englebrecht
Ninth St
A. C. Monteith
Westinghouse
Lamme
Monteith
United States
Caada
Europe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology At
Boston
Mendes France named to lead France in Indochina peace talks
President Rene Coty designates Pierre Mendes France as premier designate to form a postwar government. He seeks support in the National Assembly for policies to cut Indochina expenditures, slow European military buildup, and fix France’s economy while negotiating with Vietminh.
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Indochina
France
National Assembly
Europe
Mandes
Rene Coty
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
Mendes-France
Assembly
Coty
Medes-France
Elysee Palace
White House
Vietminh
Pittsburgh Transit Strikes End After 35 Days
Pittsburghs mass transit system is back to normal after a 35 day trolley and bus strike. Street cars and buses resumed service as operators accepted a three cent hourly wage increase, though full service was delayed by maintenance work on some trolley routes.
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Pittsburgh
Steel City
Pittsburgh Railways Co
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