Northeast Walkouts Hit Textile Mills and Telecom
The Associated Press reports widespread strikes across the Northeast with 25,000 textile workers in Maine Massachusetts Rhode Island and Vermont demanding a new contract and resisting wage cuts. Additional walkouts hit Louisville Nashville railroad workers and communications staff in nine Southern states as sabotage and damage were noted including derailed trains and cut cables.
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New England
South
CIO
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Louisville & Nashville Jr
National Mediation Board
Washington
Nashville
Dixie Flyer
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis Jr
L&n
Red U S Elbe Vets Reunion Set
Moscow reports nine Soviet soldiers accepted the invitation from Joseph Polowsky of Chicago to attend a reunion in Washington on April 25 marking the tenth anniversary of the junction of American and Russian troops at the Elbe on April 25, 1945.
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Moscow
Elbe
Washington
Pravda
Joseph Polowsky
Chicago
Tests Said No Health Menace
An AEC physician told the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee that it is impossible to trace any effect on general health from the Nevada atomic weapons tests. Dr John C Burgher, director of the AEC division of biology and medicine, said any harm is very small if it occurs at all.
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Washington
AEC
Nevada
John C. Burgher
Aecs
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Tagless Autos Still Dot Bexar
In Bexar county about five to ten percent of automobile owners lacked state safety inspection stickers Saturday morning and faced possible arrest. Capt. NOB Smith said patrols would begin enforcing the law with six months given to comply. Fines range from 1 to 200 dollars plus costs. Capt. Ivan Lawrence reported roughly 90 percent now have stickers and many inspection stations stayed open until midnight Friday.
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Bexar County
Nob
Smith
Highway Patrol Enforcement Division
Austin
Ivan Lawrence
Motor Vehicle Inspection Division
Bexar
Shotgun Blast Hits Home of OFS A Man
Urbano Cantu of 430 Hazel said a shotgun blast struck his home Friday afternoon. Pellets damaged the fence and front of the house. Two other neighbors reported broken windows. Juanita Fernandez of 1315 S Navidad said her front bedroom window was knocked out. Elvira Quiroz of 206 Charben, a Roegelein worker, reported a window and bullet hole in the garage.
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Urbano Cantu
Hazel
Cantu
Roegelein Provision Co
Juanita Fernandez
S. Navidad
Roegelein
Elvira Quiroz
Charben
Afro Asian Leaders Arrive for Bandung Conference
Bandung Indonesia April 16 leaders of three governments Nehru U Nu and Nasser arrived from Rangoon to attend the Afro Asian conference opening Monday. Red Chinese Premier Chou En Lai was due to arrive shortly thereafter for the event.
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Bandung
Indonesia
INS
Nehru
U Nu
Nasser
Jin
Rangoon
Chou
Seni
Reds Reject Allied Tax Plan
East Berlin officials rejected an Allied proposal as the East German Communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland said only transport ministers of East and West Germany could handle the matter. The high commissioners of Russia and the three western powers discussed new taxes on supply trucks to West Berlin.
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Berlin
Russia
West Berlin
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland
East
West Germany
Spring Weather Outlook Across Texas
A spring weekend was forecast with temperatures ranging from 45 in Dalhart to 70 in Corpus Christi. No rain had fallen and none was expected, with conditions warming toward summer levels during the day.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Pacific Fleet Chief to Meet Stump in Augusta Report
President Eisenhower in Augusta Georgia on April 16 meets Adm. Felix Stump Pacific Fleet commander to receive a report on Formosa Strait and the Far East. After the conference, he plans golf with Cary Middlecoif and Billy Joe Patton.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Felix Stump
Formosas Strait
Far East
Stump
Cary Middlecoif
Billy Joe Patton
I Love Lucy Ending Planned By Balt and Arnaz
Hollywood reports Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz announced plans to quit I Love Lucy within about two years to produce a weekly hour long Desilu Playhouse. They said the new show would debut after the current run ends.
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Hollywood
Lucille Balt
Desi Arnaz
Radioactive cloud heads toward Great Lakes in jet stream
A fast moving radioactive cloud formed from an atomic test blast in Nevada drifted on a jet stream toward the Great Lakes area. CAA restricted flight across five states, with airliners rerouted or canceled and Lowry AFB grounding flights. Weather bureau warned the cloud could reach Minnesota region if it stayed intact.
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Denver
Nevada
CAA
AEC
Cheyenne
Wye
Pueblo
Colo
Salt
Lake City
Window Rock
Ariz
Colorado
Springs
Medicine Bow
Wyo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Minnesota
United Airlines
Lowry Afb
Atomic test near Las Vegas evaluated by scientists
Las Vegas April 16. Scientists and top military specialists are closely evaluating yesterday’s gigantic atomic explosion over the Nevada desert. The blast targeted specially built military and civilian installations to study effects and potential enemy use against a city or a military supply center.
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Las Vegas
INS
Nevada Desert
Boys Found Dead in Ice Box in Los Angeles
Two young boys named Albert Arebalo age eight and David Anthony Fennessy age two were found dead inside an abandoned ice box after an hours long search by sheriff's deputies in Los Angeles. The incident occurred last night and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Los Angeles
Albert Arebalo
David Anthony Fennessy
Man Killed Under Truck Wheels
Police sought identification of a man crushed to death by the wheels of a 42,000 pound loaded truck. Patrolman Dave Guerrero said the victim, about 48, likely asleep, died around 10 p.m. Friday in a parking lot off the 100 block of South Frio. Pablo H. Perez of Alamo drove the cedar post truck to fuel up, and Perez’s uncle Mike Perez found the body. coroner Justice John Ogden was notified. The body was taken to Robert B. Green Hospital.
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Dave Guerrero
S. Frio
Guerrero
Pablo H. Perez
Alamo
Perez
Mike Perez
Justice of the Peace
John Ogden
Robert B. Green Hospital
British Rail Strike Looms Threatens Nationwide Walkout
London April 16 British rail engineers and firemen threatened a nationwide strike starting May 1. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen called its 79,642 members to strike through Sunday amid wage demands.
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London
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Landslide buries 15 houses in Sasebo Japan
A landslide triggered by heavy rains struck Sasebo Japan shredding 15 houses. Police report 25 persons buried and listed as missing, with two bodies recovered. More slides feared.
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Sasebo
Japan
Warehouse Fire Claims $30,000 Loss at Nacogdoches Site
Equipment and supplies valued at $30,000 were destroyed in a late Friday fire at a warehouse near the American Lithium plant on Nacogdoches Road. The blaze, whose cause is unknown, consumed building tools and a large lumber stock. County Fire Chief Cliff Holmcombe announced the loss, with San Antonio and Alamo Heights firefighters aiding county units.
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C. F. Braun Construction Co
American Lithium Co
Nacogdoches Rd
Cliff Holcombe
San Antonio
Alamo Heights
Kelly Airman Stabbed in Fight at Somerset Tavern
A3C Clayton Theriot, 21, of Kelly AFB, was stabbed during a tavern fight at 1014 Somerset. Lackland AFB hospital officials described the injuries as not serious.
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Clayton Theriot
Kelly Afb
Somerset
Lackland Afb
Turks Hang Former Officer
Turks hang former Turkish army captain Hayati Karashahin for spying for Russia in Ankara.
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Ankara
Turkey
Hayati Karashahin
Russia
Rejection of Parents Plea Hinted on Visit to Red China Prison
Washington April 16 AP Secretary of State Dulles is expected to reject again the request of an American couple to visit their airman son in a Red China prison. Mrs Harold Fischer of Swea City Iowa said she and her husband would renew their request despite a Hammarskjold letter advising against a trip at this time. The Fischers seek the release of their son Air Force Capt Harold Fischer Jr and 14 other American airmen held by Reds since their downing near the Yalu during the Korean War.
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Washington
Dulles
Red China
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
UM Secy
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Reds
Fischers
Chinese Red Cross
Air Force
Harold Fischer Jr
State Department
Department
Fischer
Yalu
Weather forecast for San Antonio weekend heat and clouds
Summer like conditions bring low 90s in San Antonio with partly cloudy skies. Winds from the south stay light as weekend highs approach 92 degrees and overnight lows hover around the mid 60s, with a cool morning start for Saturday churchgoers.
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San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Seekers
Tots to get Salk polio shots April 25 in San Antonio
San Antonio schools will begin initial Salk polio immunizations for first four grades on April 25 at five city gymnasiums. Fifty clinics will run 9 am to 3 pm with 42,400 consented parents and up to 53,000 eligible children. Second shots scheduled May 9, booster May 16 for last year’s second graders if vaccine remains.
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San Antonio
L. E. Silverthorn
Health Department
Austin
Silverthorn
Alamo Heights High School
Thomas Jefferson High School
Jeremiah
Rhodes Junior School
Wheatley High School
Sisser Health
H. A. Holle
Holle
National Foundation For
Foundation
National Foundation
Jonas Salk
Texas
San Diego
Calif
Salk Vaccine Arrives in Austin in 1612 Shipment
News from Austin reports the first free Salk polio vaccine deliveries for Texas target 500,000 school children with unclear total vaccine volume. Reports vary between 457,530 and 486,000 ccs, equating to as many shots.
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Austin
Texas
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Rome
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U.S. Elbe
Sullivan
Marion Marlowe
Marion
Haleloke
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the Center
S.A
Atom Cloud
Truman
Dean Acheson
Rayburn
British Rail
Kelly
Salk
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