Rail Freight Rate Hike Authorized
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized railroad freight rate increases that could raise the nation’s transportation bill by about 678 million dollars annually. The adjustments include a 15 percent rise in many areas with specific caps on commodities such as fresh produce lumber sugar phosphate rock salt potash grain and iron ore. Exceptions also apply to grain products building woodwork and other items with varied maximum increases.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi Trivers
Riverside TV Station Application On File
Broadcasting Corporation of America has an application on file with the Federal Communications Commission for a television station on channel 6 in Riverside California.
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Riverside TV
Washington
Broadcasting Corporation of Aimnerica
Federal Communications Commission
Riverside
Calif
Weather Drift in Southern California with a Month's Change
Southern California reports scattered cloudiness tonight and Tuesday. Highs reach the 60s and lows in the 40s. A year ago today highs touched 77 with lows around 45. Notes from Jimmy Cub mention greeting an old man, late start, and farm work, plus remarks on rain, cloudiness and growth affecting activities. An item notes an 80 year old Tennessee woman never seeing an automobile.
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Jimmy Cub
Sin Avany
Jimmy
James
Tennessee
New Jersey primary may be turning point in GOP race
In Newark New Jersey supporters of Sen Robert Taft and Gen Dwight Eisenhower heated up for a pivotal GOP primary seen as a turning point for both campaigns. Eisenhower expected strong turnout while Taft backers hoped for a close vote and boosted delegate prospects with Driscoll backing Eisenhower. Former Gov Harold Stassen and Sen Estes Kefauver also campaign with delegates pledged in the state where up to a million voters could participate.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brennowet Neraed
Taft
New Hampshire
Minnesota
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Harold EF. Stassen
Sen Estes Kefauver
GOP
Alfred E. Driscoll
Driscoll
Stassen
Washington
Sen
Robert &. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhoy
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
Douglas MacArthur
Woman Killed in Freak Accident on Sixth Wedding Anniversary
New York reported the death of Mrs. Manfra, 30, after an anesthetic gas explosion in Cumberland hospital operating room seconds after a cesarean birth of her third daughter. The gas cyclopropane ignited by a floor spark, hospital officials said there was no negligence. Frank Manfra, 31, a Brooklyn Navy Yard worker, voiced disbelief at the tragedy.
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New York
Frank Manfra
B. G Dinin
Manfta
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Kefauver Backers Claim Half of 20 Arizona Votes
In Phoenix, Kefauver supporters say they control at least half of Arizona's 20 delegate votes for the Democratic national convention. Delegates carry 12 votes unitized to back a single candidate. Minarisk of Tucson cites about 10 backing Kefauver. The delegation, chosen Saturday, includes 16 half votes and four full votes. Stephen Langmade of Phoenix named national committee man.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Estes Kefauver
Arizona
Chicago
Frank Minarisk
Kefavyer For President Club
Tucson
Kefauver
Nine Paragraphs All That Bar Korean Truce
Allied and Communist negotiators close to a Korean war settlement with nine paragraphs left to decide. The main issues blocking progress are Russia as a neutral truce inspector, ban on military airfield construction, and whether prisoners of war should be allowed to decide their own return.
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Panmunjom
Russia
Air
Navy Plane Crash Kills Five Fliers
BRUNSWICK Maine UP Five naval airmen were killed and five injured today when a twin engine patrol plane on a routine training flight crashed while landing at the naval air base. The P2V with one engine apparently disabled struck the field, spun into trees at the runway edge, and wreckage caught fire.
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Brunswick
Naval Air Base
Connally to Retire After 35 Years in Senate
Senator Tom Connally of Texas announces retirement after 35 years in Congress. He will leave the Senate and his chairmanship of the Foreign Relations Committee next January, citing unwillingness to endure a difficult re election battle amid opposition from Texas Attorney General Price Daniel. Connally has served 23 years in the Senate and 12 in the House, famed for his colorful, old school image.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Texas
Senate
Connally
General Price Daniel
Daniel
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Reds Suffering Casualties At 8 To 1 Ratio
Seoul dispatch reports Gen. James A. Van Fleet stating Communist casualties in the past year reached 530,696 while UN forces lost 66,000, an 8 to 1 ratio. He cites eight Chinese armies and three North Korean corps destroyed in the year, and warns a new large-scale Chinese attack could last two weeks, despite heavy UN air operations and ongoing ground fighting near the Pukhan river.
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Seoul
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
U. N
Frank F. Everest
U.N
Hill
Pukhan
Air Force
Korea
Steel Talks At Stalemate In Wage Impasse
Washington underway as government wage talks stall with no breakthrough. John R. Steelman calls in United Steelworkers and industry reps for new sessions, but insiders expect only gesture bargaining. Outcomes hinge on possible price increases and political pressure toward broader investigations.
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Washington
Defense
John R. Steelman
CO United Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
Capitol
Senate
Truman
Fire alarms fail to save 3 year old in Sacramento blaze
Michael Carter age 3 died in his home yesterday in Sacramento despite a $35 000 fire alert system and about 30 alarms. He was son of Lowell H Carter president of Western Lumber Distributors. Carter 39 was hospitalized after severe burns. The fire occurred one year after a prior blaze damaged the home.
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Michael Carter
Lowell H. Carter
Western Lumber Distributors
Carter
Ohio Bell strike ends after 42 hour talks in Ohio
The week long strike of 16000 Ohio Bell workers ends after marathon negotiations. Western Electric walkout keeps full service from resuming while 600 strikers return to work. Settlement grants a one year raise between 1 and 7 dollars per week, with union noting 1.2 cent basic raise and .3 cent job reclassifications boost.
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Cleveland, C
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric
Columbus
Toledo
Akron
Canton
Ohio Bell
Ohio
Michigan
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
CWA
Joseph A. Bierne
Washington
New Jersey
California
New York
Walter A. Magsialo
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Charges Against 300 Tax Workers Still Pending
Washington the IRS overhaul continues with 300 cases unfinished as Hoppe reports 1500 employees checked since last year. Since 1951 year start 175 workers ousted for irregularities including eight tax collectors. Public tips and internal complaints sustain ongoing investigations to purge minor rot and restore trust.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Edgar E. Hoppe
Hoppe
Revenue Agency
Gestapo
Director Clears Stand On Red Party
HOLLYWOOD UP Elia Kazan renowned director of Viva Zapata and A Streetcar Named Desire says he wants to thwart intolerable rumors about his political position amid testimony before the House Un American Activities committee. He recalls joining the Communist party in 1934 and leaving a year and a half later, saying Communists violated democratic daily practices.
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Hollywood
Elia Kazan
House Un-American Activities Committee
New York
Kazan
Fife
Communist Party
Taft Stevenson Pace Hopefuls Taft Stevenson Pace Hopefuls
Washington dispatch reports Republican delegates tally with Taft Eisenhower Stassen Warren MacArthur and uncommitted options. Democratic side shows Truman Kefauver Humphrey Stevenson Russell Kerr Douglas Rayburn and Douglas as contenders with 616 votes needed for nomination.
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Democratic Nation
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Hubert Humphrey
Adlai Stevenson
Richard B. Russell
Robert S. Kerr
Paul H. Douglas
Sam Rayburn
William
Doug
Complete Probe Demanded Into Anti-Corruption Drive
Republican members of a House subcommittee pressed for a full inquiry into the Justice Department anti-corruption campaign. They questioned why Newbold Morris was hired for cleanup then fired after two months and whether Attorney General J Howard McGrath knew of a long-running criminal division probe into Morris and a profitable surplus tank venture.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Newbold Morris
Kenneth B. Keating
R-Nly
Judiciary
J. Howard McGrath
Morris Ior
Morris
Criminal Division
Jerdea
Keating
Patrick J. Hillings
Calif
McGrath
Hillings
Van Fleet Honored by Seoul Note South Korean Leader
Gen James A Van Fleet rode through Seoul with 40000 cheering Koreans waving flags. The four star U N commander acknowledged the ovation from a jeep along a three mile parade route to the South Korean capital. He met President Syngman Rhee for an official reception at the president residence.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
United Na‘ions
van Fleet
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Dick the Chimp Rampage After Lock on Jaw
Dick the chimpanzee escaped at Griffith Park Zoo and caused chaos for about three hours. He attacked three men and damaged cars before being tranquilized and recaptured. Officer Ralph Wilderman was bitten and treated. keeper Mike Wendt credited an earlier blow to Dick's mouth for triggering the spree.
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Dick the Chimp
Los Angeles
Griffith Park Zoo
Ellis Klein
Ralph Wilerman
Wilderman
Mike Wendt
Wendt
Valley Flood Reaches Record Crest Forcing 65,000 To Flee
Mass evacuations unfold as record Missouri river crest hits Sioux City and floodwaters spill into riverfronts. In St Paul, another record crest disrupts industry and transport while Gov Anderson seeks disaster designation. Red Cross reports about 73,800 affected.
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Sioux City
Missouri Valley
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minn
C. Elmer Anderson
Minnesota
South St. Paul
Ralph Henderson
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Lower
South Dakota
St. Joseph
National Guardsmen
Polish Freighters Delivering Czech Goods To Red China
Stockholm dispatch says Polish freighters refuel secretly at sea to supply Czechoslovak war materiel to Communist China. A 10,000 ton Polish tanker refuels in the Persian Gulf with Iranian oil, aiding Iran’s nationalized oil program. Weapons from Skoda include light field guns and tanks, shipped from Gdynia and Gdansk, hidden in international waters since December. a Panama-registered tanker Tawira renamed Praca fuels operations.
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Stockholm
Sweden
China
Persian Gulf
Iran
Poland
Skoda Armaments
Cetchoslovakia
Gdynia
Gdansk
Danzig
Rai
Red Sea
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