Police arrest 430 in raid on Episcopal Palace in Buenos Aires
Federal police raided the Episcopal Palace and seized 430 men who sought refuge after clashes between Peronist backers and Catholics outside the Metropolitan Cathedral. The arrest, ordered by Judge Gentile, followed rumors that the cathedral had burned. Police dispersed crowds with tear gas and foam as chaos erupted in Plaza de Mayo.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Metropolitan Cathedral
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal Palace
Manuel Tato
Archdiocesan
Democracia
Juan Peron
Long Live Peron
Singapore unions strike after leaders arrested
In Singapore a general strike began after five union leaders were arrested under emergency regulations from 1948. About 17,000 workers did not report to work, 2,000 buses halted, and police stood by as curfew was imposed on army families.
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Singapore
Britain
United
Gene D. Symonds
Singapore Bus Workers Union
Malayan Textile and Mill Workers Union
David Marshall
Malaya
Marshall
Labor Front
People’s Action Party
Harbor Board
Malayan Communist Party
Hoover Commission calls to curb federal estate misuses
The Hoover Commission urges Congress and the President to curb mismanagement and waste of federal land and buildings. It cites 472 million acres owned and vast built space, notes no current inventory, and urges stronger GSA authority and budget coordination to stop agencies from buying new property unnecessarily.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Commission
New York City
Empire State Building
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
General Services Administration
Bureau of the Budget
Steelworkers Seek Large Wage Increase in Talks
Pittsburgh reports the CIO United Steelworkers will present demands for a substantial wage rise to 90 basic steel and ore firms. Six major producers paused negotiations to study proposals, with talks to resume later. USW President David J. McDonald leads bargaining, district reps handle smaller companies.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Inland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Basic Steel
Salk Sees New Rules Lock In Vaccine Procedures
Dr Jonas E Salk says new and stiffer Public Health Service manufacturing standards for polio vaccine will preclude deviation from intended procedures. He notes earlier problems with some commercial vaccine lots may stem from vague minimum requirements. Salk sent a telegram to Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele voicing views and disagreeing with parts of the health service white paper on the program.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
U.S. Public Health Service
The
Health Service
Girl Critical After Fall from Moving Car
Little Peggy Thomas, three, of Rensford, was reported in critical condition at a Charleston hospital after tumbling from the back door of her family's car. Police said a wheel ran over Peggy's head as her father Roy Thomas drove on a Charleston street. Investigators noted the door opened accidentally while three children rode in the back seat.
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Charleston
Peggy Thomas
Rensford
Roy Thomas
Peggy
Thomases
J F Carter 69 Dies After Illness In Fairdale
J F Carter aged 69 of Fairdale died at 11 p m Sunday in a local hospital after an extended illness He was born June 4 1886 in Jackson County Survived by four sons Russell in Japan Raymond Norfolk Va James R U S Air Force Tenn and Edward Cleveland O. three daughters Marguerite Melton Gordonsville Va Jo Ann Blair Skelton and Patty Dishman Oceana. a brother John Carter Beckley. a sister Lillie Kennan Washington D C. a son and daughter from a former marriage Herbert H Carter Fairdale and Rosie Gusler Popular Hill Va. 24 grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday Coal Marsh Baptist Church Rev Doff Harvey officiating Burial Sunset Memorial Park Pallbearers listed Rose Funeral Home scene.
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J. F. Carter
Fairdale
Jackson County
Russell
U.S. Amy
Japan
Raymond
U.S. Navy
Norfolk
James R
U.S. Air Force
Tenn
Edward Cleveland
Marguerite Melton
Gordonsville
Jo Ann Blair
Doff Harvey
Sunset Memorial Park
Howard Daniel
Arlie Barber
Earl Clowers
Buddy Webb
Burt Webb
Nobil Birchfied
Robert Walls
Charles Bass
Rose Funeral Home
News in Brief from Across the Nation and World
Denver sisters deliver daughters on the same day in separate cities Denver and Neosho Mo. St Louis records seven children for one couple including two sets of twins and a triplet. Nixon visits a family shelter and hopes for non use. Truman to speak at UN anniversary in San Francisco June 24. Michigan man electrocuted at family reunion. Phoenix pilots wreck 30 planes in winds. AAAS affirms Atlanta meeting amid segregation protests. Britain rail strike talks drift after Parliament intervention.
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ST. Louis
Earl Renfrew
St. Mary's Hospital
United Nations
N.Y
Truman
San Francisco
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Tennessee Man Handed Study of State Colleges
Charleston notices a Tennessee educator, Dr. John E. Brewton of George Peabody College, chosen to direct a West Virginia study on college level education for state legislators. He has led 40 surveys since 1941 and recently finished a Mississippi study. The panels also study renewable natural resources with Walter Gumbel of Monongahela Power Co assisting pro bono. A subcommittee will engage farm and other groups for views on proposed watershed legislation. Senate Minority Leader Dayton Stemple urged broad consultation to build public support.
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Charleston
Tennessee
West Virginia
John E. Brewton
George Peabody College For
Nashville
Tenn
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Brewton
Mississippi
Walter Gumbel
Monongahela Power Co
Fairmont
Barbour
Rhodell Driver Faces Hearing On Wrong Side Charge
Rhodell man John A. Chambers faces a hearing before Magistrate C. T. Burdiss on the charge of driving on the wrong side of the road after a head on collision at about 545 am between East Gulf and Rhodell. George A. Hatcher of Crab Orchard survived injuries and remained in fairly good condition at Raleigh General Hospital. Chambers, released from Beckley Hospital earlier, had chest and mouth injuries with multiple teeth knocked out. Damage to both vehicles was estimated at 800 dollars.
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Rhodell
Raleigh General Hospital
East Gulf
C. T. Burdiss
Sophia
John A. Chambers
Chambers
George A. Hatcher
Crab Orchard
Hatcher
Beckley Hospital
Cleveland
Beckley Polio Suspect Suffered Case of Mumps
Raleigh County health officials said 7 year old Lyle Rudolph Palmer of Beckley, a polio suspect on June 6, has been diagnosed with mumps at Marmet Hospital after transfer from Raleigh General. No word yet on Arthur Reeves, 3.5, Beckley, also moved to Marmet as a police suspect.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Lyle Rudolph Palmer
Beckley
Marmet Hospital
Ralph Palmer
Raleigh General Hospital
Marmet
Arthur Reeves
Sarah Reeves
GM Signs Three-Year Union Contract, 50,000 Workers Idled by Picket Lines
The CIO United Auto Workers struck GM plants nationwide over local contract issues, idling about 50,000 workers as pickets lined Chevrolet, Fisher Body, and other plants in Flint Chicago Kansas City and more. The three year pact follows Ford and secures union shop and guaranteed wage plans with wage raises, pensions, vacations, and holiday improvements for 375,000 UAW represented workers.
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Associated Press
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Flint
Mich
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Chicago
Buick
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Willow Run
Michigan
Lansing
Willow Springs
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Rochester
N.Y
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Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Ohio
Trenton
New Brunswick
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Detroit
Harrison, N.J
Ford
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Auto
Reuther
Harlow H. Curtice
GM Auto
Curtice
Harry W. Anderson
Anderson
VAW
President cites Red Cross record at national convention
President Eisenhower told delegates in Atlantic City that the cooling cold war has moved in part due to Red Cross and allied groups. He praised Red Cross work for initiating broad currents of goodwill reaching across the globe.
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Atlantic City
Eisenhower
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Mass Funeral Rites Set for Crash Victims
Le Mans France faces mass funeral services tomorrow for victims of the 24 hour race disaster in which Pierre Levegh's Mercedes crashed into a sports car, launching debris into spectators. A total toll 79 with 70 plus injured, among them an American soldier Roy Hunton. The race concluded Sunday with Hawthorn and Bueb winning at a record pace, despite the fatal crash.
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LE Mans
France
Edgar Faure
Pierre Levegh
Roy Hunton
U.S
Orleans
Levegh
Mike Hawthorn
Codriver Ivor Bueb
Britain
Additional Jurors Sought for Raleigh County Grand Jury
Four more jurors were summoned to the Raleigh County Grand Jury to proceed with the June term. Twenty jurors were originally called. 12 reported. The docket includes about 78 cases, with 19 appeals and 59 felonies or misdemeanors. Witness Woodrow Johnson was held in the Raleigh County Jail as a witness after transport from Huttonsville by Sheriff Ward and deputies.
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Raleigh County Grand Jury
J. A. Blake
John W. Saunders
Mason Bragg
R. E. Turner
Beckley
Sherman Akers
Beaver
Ben F. Dorsey
Albert Hill
Tams
John Henry Keyser
Mabscott
Edward Kingsley
Richmond
H. H. Perdue
Woodrow Johnson
Raleigh County
John C. Ward
Huttonsville
Johnson
Senate probes push graft hunt in government contracts
Senate investigations chair Sen. McClellan announces ongoing probes into procurement amid four weeks of hearings centering on Harry Lee a Chicago hat maker with lucrative contracts. Russell says Armed Services will likely approve draft law extensions without major changes. Adm. Radford testifies on foreign aid program tied to Eisenhower’s $31 billion package before House Foreign Affairs.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Harry Lee
Chicago
Russell
Arthur W. Radford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Why Johnny Can't Read Chapter . How Not to Teach Reading
The chapter describes a classroom in a typical American first grade with about 25 pupils split into upper middle and lower reading groups. It portrays repetitive chanted instruction focused on one-page readings and a monotonous drill that fails to engage the poorer readers.
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Rudolph Flesch
Teachers’ College
Moscow accepts Big Four summit proposal
Moscow notes to the Big Three western powers that Russia accepts their proposal for a Big Four summit conference on July 18 in Geneva.
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Moscow
Russia
Geneva
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