Steelworkers delay steel strike to July 14
The Steelworkers Union, acting on President Eisenhower’s appeal, postpones the threatened steel strike until midnight July 14. Union leader David J. McDonald extends contracts two weeks, while industry head R. Conrad Cooper welcomes continued operations and says retroactivity of gains can be discussed later. Eisenhower urged bargaining to continue without production interruption.
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New York
Steelworkers Union
Eisenhower
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Cooper
David J. McDonald
Washington
McDonald
Long vows more Louisiana officials to be dismissed
Gov. Earl K. Long, angered by his confinement in two mental hospitals, hints in an AP interview that more state officials will be removed. He has already ousted three office-holders in 24 hours of freedom and criticizes aide Theo Cangelosi over his hospital confinement handling.
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Covington
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Winnfield Farm
Blanche
Theo Canglosi
Cangelosi
Teamsters Monitor Resigns Amid Court Probe
Godfrey P. Schmidt, a court-appointed monitor in the effort to reform the Teamsters Union, quits his post citing a court ruling earlier this month that showed a clear conflict of interest between his monitoring duties and his work as counsel for employers dealing with the union.
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New York
Godfrey P. Schmidt
Teamsters Union
Schmidt
Easler
Weather notes for Southern Illinois with humid, warm trend
Humid and warm conditions prevail in Southern Illinois with high temperatures in the upper 80s to 90. Forecast shows lows around 72 to 78 and weekend highs near 84 to 90. Precipitation totals about 0.3 inches since yesterday morning. Crab Orchard Lake sits about 1 inch below spillway.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Queen Elizabeth II Opens Friendship Arch at Massena and Visits Seaway
After a fog delay, Queen Elizabeth II unveiled a aluminum arch symbolizing US-Canada friendship beside the St Lawrence Seaway. She and Prince Philip viewed the dam and border marker, then traveled to Cornwall Ontario for greetings, with Nixon Rockefeller and lawmakers in attendance.
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Massena
N.Y
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence
Prince Philip
Cornwall
St. Lawrence Seaway
Eisenhower
Montreal
U.S
Royal Yacht
Britannia
Eisenhower Lock
Snell Lock
Legislators Face Overtime Session as Tax Hikes Move
Springfield reports a rush of final week activity as the 71st General Assembly faces possible overnight sessions. A record backlog of bills awaits action, with a sale tax increase advancing to 3 percent and liquor tax hikes debated amid parties split on revenue moves.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Oad
Senate
House
Johnston City Salutes Deacon Harris On Retirement
Johnston City High School honors Roscoe Harris known as Deacon who served 30 years as janitor. He retires July 18 the day after his 65th birthday. Harris and wife Nellie live across from the school with four children who attended JC High.
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Johnston City
Roscoe
Deacon” Harris
Harris
Nellie
WPA
Harrisburg
City
Hurst Bush School
Deacon
Two Sparta youths vie for national marble title
The Southern Illinoisan notes two Sparta youths have a chance at a national marble championship, details to follow on page five. Other items include a feature on civil defense, district losses, and regional sports roundups across several pages.
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Sparta
Green Lantern
6 Killed In Mission Fire
A fire swept a home on the Skidegate Mission Reserve near Queen Charlotte Islands killing six people including four Morse children, Angeline Arason and neighbor Ralph Young. The father Robert Morse was away fishing when the blaze broke out. the mother’s whereabouts were unknown. Police released few additional details.
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Robert Morse
Canadian Fishing Co
William
Brenda
Lorraine
Roberta Morse
Angeline Arason
Ralph Young
Young
Morse
Arason
Skidegate Mission Reserve
Here
Queen Charlotte Islands
Heavy Voting In Hawaii On Statehood
Voters across Hawaii, in heat and shirtsleeves, cast ballots on statehood and primary nominees. Officials expected about 150000 of 174000 registered voters to vote as residents chose candidates for U S Senate House governor and state legislature while a strong yes vote was anticipated to make Hawaii the 50th state. Territorial Gov Quinn ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for governor.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
Illinois House
Illinois
Paul Powell
Vienna
Powell
House
Chicago
Choate House
Senate Revenue Committee
Hilo
Honolulu
Alohashirt
Congress
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Hawaii
Stratton Holds Courtesy Call With Soviet Farm Minister
Gov William G Stratton of Illinois met Vladimir Matskevich Soviet minister of agriculture during a courtesy call in Moscow. Matskevich led a delegation of Russian farmers touring the United States in 1955. The schedule shift sparked speculation of a Khrushchev meeting as plans were changed to return to Moscow for a day on July 1 before Kyiv.
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Moscow
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Vladimir Matskevich
United States
Matskevich
Stratton
Nikita Khrushchev
State Committee For Cultural Relations
Leningrad
Kiev
Signal gate broken at Illinois Central crossing in Carbondale
An Illinois Central Railroad crossing gate malfunctioned about 10 p m Saturday in Carbondale as a bus crossed the Main Street track. The gate came down on the bus and the driver did not stop.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Carbondale
Main Street
Soviet Spy Defector Vows Burma Exposure at News Conference
Alexander Kaznacheev, 27, former information officer at the Soviet Embassy in Rangoon, fled to the U S Embassy and pledged to reveal the Soviet spy network in Burma. He criticized the regime and said life in the USSR is a police state.
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Burma
Alexander Urevitch Kaznacheev
U. S
Kaznacheev
U.S.S.R
Mikhail I. Stryguine
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