Washington Transit Sees No End To Strike In Sight
Capital Transit board rejects arbitration for a new labor agreement and warns of fare or tax relief needs as about 2,400 workers walk out leaving 400,000 riders without transit. Senate subcommittee seeks to question Louis Wolfson while he travels. Morse labels him an economic carpetbagger.
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Washington
Capital Transit Co
E. C. Giddings
Capital Transit
Earier
Senate
Louis E. Wolfson
Sen
Morse
Dore
Wolfson
J. A. B. Broadwater
Transit
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco
Beverly Hills
Calais
Montgomery Ward & Co
Reprieve for Daryl Chessman Delays Death Sentence
In San Quentin California rapist kidnapper Daryl Chessman receives a sixth death row reprieve from Justice Tom C Clark. The Supreme Court review is pending with action expected by October. Chessman, convicted in Los Angeles in 1948 on multiple charges, learned of the reprieve via a newscast.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Clark
Death Row
U S Opposes Red China Seat in U N Says State Dept
Washington officials reiterated U S opposition to seating Red China at the United Nations. Burmese Premier U Nu suggested officials viewed admission as a timing matter. Senator Bridges pressed for names of responsible officials while no formal State Department comment was issued.
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Washington
State Department
United States
China
United Nations
U Nu
Henry Suydam
New York
U_ Nu
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Suydam
Bridges
White House
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
U. N
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Peiping
Ike Willing To Compromise On Housing
President Eisenhower signals willingness to compromise on highway and housing legislation to push five major bills through Congress. House Ways and Means committee to draft a compromise highway bill with a one cent gas tax rise, while Senate aims for annual housing output of 135000 units.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
GPO
Colorado
Senate
Sen
George
Dtenn
Gore
House Public Works Committee
Rep
Fallon
D-Md
House Rules Committee
Congress Told Reds Violated Indochina Tie
The State Department testified to Congress that Communist Vietminh forces in North Indochina have expanded to about 350 000 men with modern equipment, a clear breach of the Geneva agreements. Also cited are truce violations in Korea and a buildup of airfields on the Chinese mainland signaling intensified tensions in Asia.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Indochina
Korea
Walter S. Robertson
House Appropriations
Robertson
South Korea
Asia
Formosa
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Formosa Strait
Phone Strike Spreads To Three More Towns
The CIO walkout at General Telephone Co of the Southwest extended to Seymour Crowell and Olney Texas with workers holding continuous meetings. Pickets were active at Big Lake with about 20 employees leaving and roughly 25 quitting in Seymour.
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San Angelo
Tex
CIO
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Seymour, Crowell and Olney
Texas
Big Lake
Seymour
West Texas Weather: Clearing and Warm Into Friday
Clear to partly cloudy conditions persist with warm afternoon and evening highs. Tonight and Friday bring isolated thundershowers mainly across the Panhandle and west of Pecos Valley.
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West Texas
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
Mystery Sea Hoax Sparks Frantic SOS From Blue Star
A predawn radio report claimed survivors from a flaming 40 foot fishing boat Blue Star were picked up by a submarine east of Barnegat New Jersey. Coast Guard crews searched 3,700 square miles but found only an unmarked life jacket amid rumors of a hoax.
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New York
Coast Guard
Blue Star
Barnegat
N.J
New York Harbor
Nancy Moran
Mitchell C. Sullivan
Talcottville
Conn
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S
Marine
New York Life Insurance
Wing by Wing Search Begins at State Penitentiary
Inmates revolt at the State Penitentiary led to a wing by wing search with eight unarmed guards entering cell block 6. Thirty eight state patrolmen backed by armed guards surrounded the yard as officials aimed to move inmates outside and search each cell. Nine hostages were released after a nine point agreement with the revolt leaders and state director Dr Thomas Harris.
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W. A. Story
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Washington
Story
Wash
Charles Hall
National Guard
Lawrence Delmore Jr
Thomas Harris
Los Angeles Women Win Powder Puff Derby Honors
Mrs Frances S Bern of Los Angeles and sister Mrs Edna Bower of Long Beach Calif won the 2800 mile Powder Puff Derby from Long Beach to Springfield. First prize 800 dollars. Prizes announced after handicap totals at tonight’s awards banquet. Second prize 500 dollars went to Mrs Alice Roberts of Phoenix and co pilot Iris Critchell of Palos Verdes Estates. Third prize 400 dollars to Mrs Esther H Gardiner of Waterford Conn and co pilot Mrs Clarissa H Holcomb of Westfield Mass. Fourth prize 200 dollars to Mrs Margaret Callaway of Ft Worth and Miss Lindy Boyes of Pedmont.
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Springfield
Mass
Frances S. Bern
Los Angeles
Edna Bower
Long Beach
Calif
Alice Roberts
Phoenix
Ariz
Iris Critchell
Palos Verdes Estates
Esther H. Gardiner
Waterford
Decision Pending On League Policy Desegregation Question
The Interscholastic League's executive committee has not yet decided how to handle allowing Negroes to participate in league activities. The committee met in executive session and said a decision likely in two weeks. The El Paso case starts desegregation considerations, requiring a change in league constitution and a vote among member schools.
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Austin
Interscholastic League
el Paso
Massive Air Armada Heads Toward Japan
A convoy of 43 C124 Globemaster transport planes begins a record airlift from Ft Campbell toward Japan carrying over 4,000 personnel of the 508th Airborne Regimental Combat Team to Ashiya with later return of 3,100 troops from the 18th Airborne Regimental Combat Team to Ft Bragg. The operation, coordinated with 433 military family dependents, is described as the largest air movement and a demonstration of capability in line with the gyroscope replacement plan. Stops include Travis AFB, Hickam Field, and Wake Island.
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Vern Haugland
A. P
FT. Campbell
Japan
Lawrence Abbel
Minnehaha
St. Paul
Minn
Ted Bishop
United States
508Th Airborne
Ashiya
18Th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Chester E. McCarthy
Portland
Ore
18Th Air Force
McCarthy
Korea
Vea
David Brazel
Carthage
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Wake Island
Russian Offer Accepted To Pay Damages
The United States accepted Russia’s offer to pay half the damages from shooting down an American Neptune patrol plane over the Bering Sea on June 23. The Soviet apology and partial compensation provide an acceptable basis for disposal of the incident. Seven of the eleven crew were injured. there were no fatalities. The plane’s cost is about 12 million dollars, with total damages details undisclosed. The State Department urged future measures to prevent repetition.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Bering Sea
State Department
St. Lawrence Island
Navy
Two Cases On Police Blotter Reported This Morning
A local theft and a Missouri fraud case were recorded in the city police blotter. A battery was stolen from a GMC truck parked on Forty second Street at Ave. B. Chastain Bros. of Colorado City owned the truck. Billy Ray Carson of 1805 Ave. S is held in St. Joseph Missouri on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Extradition waived, Missouri officials en route to Snyder.
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Missouri
Chastain Bros
Colorado City
Forty-second Street
Ave. B
Billy Ray Carson
1805
Ave. S
St. Joseph
Snyder
Winners of Contest Prize Transform Santa Fe Family
Ramon Angel, a Santa Fe street cleaner, won 25000 in a national contest. The prize and tax leave about 8000. The family bought a home with adjoining lots, a car, and paid debts. Guadalupe underwent surgery after the gift. Ramon earned a promotion and plans to keep working.
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ED Martin
Santa FE
N.M
Ramon Angel
Ramon
Guadalupe
B. F. Goodrich
Adobe
Confessed Killer Awaits Arraignment in L A
Law student John R. Crooker Jr. awaits arraignment on murder charges for the death of Norma McCauley in Los Angeles. Police say he confessed to stabbing and strangling the socialite after a dispute over reconciliation. He admitted taking $300 from her purse and fled the scene after leaving her body.
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Los Angeles
John R. Crooker Jr
Norma McCauley
Crooker
McCauley Crocker
Frank
Crocker
Bucksport
Maine
Southwestern University
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L. S
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Miami, Fla
Associated Press
William F. Achatz
Philadelphia
Hillsboro
Dean Pletcher
Pletcher
Mike Kelly
Arthur Hawman
Hawman
Harris
Charles Simon
Simon
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