Britain Ends Seventeen Day Rail Strike Amid Talks
London reports a settlement ending a 17 day rail strike that shut about 80 percent of services. Leaders from 67,000 locomotive engineers and firemen and the nonstriking NUR participated in morning talks at the Ministry of Labor while a wildcat seamen walkout disrupted Queen Mary sailings. Labor Minister Sir Walter Monckton announced the strike’s end after marathon negotiations and a vote to quit work by the seamen.
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London
Britain
Big Jim Campbell
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
Ministry of Labor
Wildcat
Southampton
New York
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Walter Monckton
House (of Commons
Federal Feed Plan Extended for Livestock Owners
The federal emergency feed program is extended with applications due June 22. County FHA committees will certify eligible applicants for 60 days of grain beyond June 30, based on on hand feed. Deliveries must be made by June 30 and certificates issued by June 23. Good participation noted with calmer demand due to rains boosting pastures.
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Department of Agriculture
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Joe Box
County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Office
Box
Sudan
Weather Forecast for Texas Regions
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon tonight and Wednesday with widely scattered thunderstorms in West Texas. East and South Central Texas remain partly cloudy and warm. Moderate locally fresh southerly winds on the coast.
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Texas
Menon Sees Hope For Other China Prisoners
Indian diplomat V K Krishna Menon after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower said the release of four American airmen by Red China opened the door to freedom for others. He urged conciliatory moves and planned further talks with Dulles, hoping to secure the release of 11 more airmen and avert a broader Far East crisis.
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Washington
V. K. Krishna Menon
Eisenhower
Red China
Krishna Menon
White House
James Hagerty
Dulles
Peiping
India
United States
Chou En-lai
U. S
Red
China
Nehru
Menon
Konrad Adenauer
State Department
Adenauer
Charles E. Bohlen
Moscow
Russia
United Nations
New York
Far East
Walkouts Keep 30 GM Plants Closed Across Nation
The Associated Press reports picket lines and walkouts kept more than 30 General Motors plants closed amid strikes and parts shortages. Idle workers numbered about 128,890, with discontent largely rooted in local grievances. Some plants, including in Flint and Pontiac, resumed partial operations as locals faced staggered back-to-work actions and delayed orders.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW International
Flint
Mich
Rolet
AC Spark Plug
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Pontiac Motor Division
Detroit
Willow Run
735
International
Cadillac
Unions Score Broad Gains in Auto Contracts
Detroit report outlines major gains from CIO United Auto Workers led deal with Ford and General Motors. Features include guaranteed wage, full union shop, pension vesting for workers 40 plus with 10 years, holiday premiums, and extra pay for Saturday and holiday work. Similar terms expected to spread to Electrical Workers union and other manufacturers.
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Norman Walker
Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Reuther
GM Ford
UAW
American Motors Corp
Chrysler
Studebaker-Packard
CIO International Union of
Electric
Westinghouses
Burglary Loot Totals $2,606.02 at Rainbow Market
The Rainbow Market at 1614 Twenty-fifth Street reported theft of cash and checks totaling 2,606.02 after burglars entered through a hole in the roof Sunday night. Police sergeant Prentice Smith said no clues to suspects were left, though tools used were found at the scene. The safe was drilled and opened to access the contents.
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Rainbow Market
Twenty-fifth Street
Prentice Smith
Smith
State Demo Feud Blazes As Butler Launches Tour
President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer declared neutrality cannot apply to Germany. They stated broad understanding between free world nations and the Soviet Union, backing early German reunification through collective security. They did not decide on a Moscow visit or timing of talks surrounding four power diplomacy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
White House
Soviet Union
Free World
Adenauer
Moscow
West Germany
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Hermleigh Votes to Abolish City Incorporation
The Hermleigh county commissioners court canvassed June 4 returns and abolished the city's incorporation by 52 to 67. Public property now rests with the court under dissolution laws. They will hire a water system operator, manage maintenance, revenues, and set rates after review.
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County Commissioners Court
Hermleigh
City of
Commissioner Court
Students at lake Junaluska pledge end to segregation
At Lake Junaluska North Carolina a Methodist assembly center, 375 delegates from 90 colleges voted unanimously to support the Supreme Court stance against segregation and to admit Negroes to the swimming pool, nine Negro students attending the conference. The group voted yesterday to refrain from swimming until all were admitted.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Southeastern
Methodist Assembly
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Reading Soars To 101 With Hottest Weather in Days
Snyder reported a maximum temperature of 101 degrees yesterday the warmest in days. Overnight low was 66 degrees while 7:30 this morning marked 76 degrees, according to weather observer David Strayhorn.
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Snyder
David Strayhorn
Snyder man wins city water line contract bid
Horace Williamson of Snyder was awarded the city water lines contract in a special city council meeting. His bid of 24 689 37 dollars beat five other bids for installation and sale of pipe including 1 350 feet of 10 inch asbestos cement pipe and 5 898 feet of 6 inch pipe. Williamson to complete the job in 25 days with work to extend to Bootheland areas and other newly annexed portions.
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Horace Williamson
Snyder
Williamson
W. L
Jack) Moore
Odessa
R. B. Hodgson & Co
Lubbock
Peter Moore & Son
William J. Rogers
el Paso
Continental Construction Co
Big Spring
Bootheland
Bootheland West
Child Hit By Automobile Near Home
Seven year old Larry Marshall Davis, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Davis of 4002 Austin Avenue, was struck by a car near his home yesterday afternoon. He suffered a broken leg and was moved from Cogdell Memorial Hospital to Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene for treatment. Witnesses said he ran into the street as the car driven by Perry Bolger approached. Bolger, age 18, stated he could not stop in time despite traveling slowly. Police officer Alfred Kohl noted the accident was unavoidable and the gravel street skid was about 15 feet on newly seal coated road.
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Larry Marshall Davis
Earl Davis
Austin Avenue
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
C. R. Cockrell
Bolger
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
Perry Bolger
Hill Avenue
Georgia Davis
Larry
Alfred Kohl
Butler travels Texas to calm party rift amid Shivers feud
Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler begins a six day Texas peace tour aimed at healing the split with Gov. Allan Shivers and other Texas officials. Shivers refuses several invitations including a June luncheon, citing scheduling conflicts as tensions persist within the state party.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Star Party
Portland
Ore
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Austin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Texas Democratic Advisory Council
George Sandlin
Hilda Weinert
Washington
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Lubbock
Uvalde
Weinert
James Sewell
Advisory Council
Rayburn
Sewell
Sandlin
Democratic Advisory Council
Democratic Executive Committee
Peron Followers Stage Nationwide Strike Of Loyalty
In Buenos Aires a nine hour general strike called by the CGT demonstrated support for President Juan Peron amid clashes with Catholic clergy. Peron urged calm as violence erupted at the Metropolitan Cathedral and Episcopal Palace, with protesters shouting Peron yes and priests no. The government accused Catholics of provocations while Vatican officials warned of broader tensions and calls for discipline.
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Sam Summerlin
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Episcopal
Peronista Par
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Frente
Trediente
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Blazes
Ike
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Confederation of Labor
CGT
Eva
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