Union Wins 3 Percent Wages At GE In Five Year Pact
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers secured a five year contract with General Electric offering a 3 percent annual wage rise for three years and escalator cost of living protection. A 30 day review on employment security is allowed in 1958. Health benefits rise to 85 dollars weekly and pension contributions are reduced. Union claims average gains near 40 cents an hour with roughly 300,000 IUE members among GE workers.
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New York
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
General Electric Co
General Electric
James Carey
JUE
IUE
Carey
Finn Twins Freed From Institution
George and Charles Finn, both 41, signed parole certificates and were released from Terminal Island federal correctional institution after a 79 day hunger strike at the Springfield Missouri medical center for federal prisoners. They were jailed 115 days ago on one year terms for interfering with a federal officer during a citizens arrest of U S Attorney Laughlin Waters in Los Angeles. They claimed Waters illegally held a U S surplus cargo plane bought from a Kern County school district.
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Angeles
Finn Twins
George
Charles
Terminal Island Federal Correctional Institution
Springfield
U.S
Bread price gambit stirs Charles City markets
Charles City residents could gain as much as nine cents by buying bread at one store for 10 cents and selling it in another. A market cut the loaf to 10 cents prompting another to bid 19 cents to buy bread, sparking a price maneuver.
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Charles City
Town
Editorial on United Nations peace conference display in Geneva
Marquis Childs describes the division between optimists and skeptics at the United Nations atoms for peace conference in Geneva on today’s editorial page. Other features include Amusements, Financial, Bridge, Classifieds, Money, City Lite, Radio-TV, Women’s, Editorials, Sports, and Letters across multiple pages.
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United Nations Atoms For Peace
Genévauds
Marquis
Childs
Bridge
City Lite
Yonths
Peurifoy Dies In Thai Truck Crash With Son
U S ambassador John E Peurifoy 48 and his 9 year old son Daniel were killed when their Ford Thunderbird collided head on with a truck on a narrow bridge 125 miles south of Bangkok near Hua Hin. His wife and younger son Clinton 14 were hurt critically. The diplomat who helped resolve Guatemala s 1954 civil conflict had arrived in Thailand for a 10 day holiday with his family. Norbert L Anschuetz became American charge d affaires.
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Bangkok
Thail
U. S
John E. Peurifoy
Guatemala
Peurifoy
Daniel
Clinton
Hua Hin
Gulf of Siam
Thailand
Greece
Norbert L. Anschuetz
Feurifoy
Carlos Castillo
Drought Aid Survey Planned for Six NY Counties
Senator Lehman announced that the Farmers Home Administration will survey six drought hit counties Erie Seneca Yates Schuyler Ontario and Tompkins in central and western New York to determine emergency credit needs. Robert Van Order and Daniel Carey discussed reporting on crop conditions and potential disaster designation as rains return.
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Albany
New York
Sen. Lehman
D-N.y
D. Morse
Farmers Home Administration
Robert van Order
FHA
Syracuse
Daniel J. Carey
Carey
van Order
Albany-Troy-Schenectady
Buffalo
Lehman
Gov. Harriman
Agriculture Department
Erie
Seneca
Yates
Schuyler
Ontario
Tompkins
FDR Jr Escapes Injury In Station Wagon Crash
Former congressman Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. survived a crash unhurt when the station wagon he rode in near Beacon collided with a car. The Brooklyn driver Abraham Rosenfeld escaped as well, but his wife Elsie and mother in law Mrs Ella Moscowitz were hospitalized. The station wagon driver was uninjured.
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Beacon
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Abraham Rosenfeld
Brooklyn
Elsie
Ella Moscowitz
Faldman
Pouchanseldriver
Plane Dead Removed after German collision disaster
In Stuttgart two large Air Force boxcar transports collided in flight killing 66 U.S. airmen and soldiers. German police sealed a 10 mile crash zone while flags flew at half mast across West Germany. Lt Col F R Little was named among the dead. next of kin were notified and a mass grave discussion occurred.
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Stuttgart
INS
U. S
West Germany
F. R. Little
Little
South Korean Riots Mark Tense After Shooting Incident
A South Korean man was shot and killed as riots surged over President Rhee’s demand for U S forces to curb truce inspectors. Two more Koreans were wounded while demonstrations, blamed on government influence, pressed near Wolmi Island and Inchon harbor amid U N armistice tensions.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Rhee
U. S
U.S
L. L.lemnitzer
United Nations
Panmunjom
Harlan C.parks
Military Armistice Commission
NNSC
South Korea
8Th Army
Inchon Harbor
U. S. Army
Wolmi Island
Sth Army
U.S. Army
Inchon
Arco Idaho First U S Town Lit by Nuclear Power
Scientists announced Arco Idaho population 1200 became the first U S community to receive light and power from nuclear energy. The area drew electricity for over an hour on July 17 from a test plant near the Argonne national laboratory twenty miles away. A U S spokesman noted residents were unaware of the event.
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Seneva
Arco
Idaho
United States
Argome Nasional Laboratory
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Peo
Northeast Storms Bring Heavy Rains and Alerts
Hurricane Connie churned toward the northeast coast prompting hurricane warnings from Cape Virginia to Delaware Breakwater and watches as far north as Massachusetts. New York City and Philadelphia reported heavy rainfall, floods, and outages with several deaths attributed to the storm and widespread transit disruptions.
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New York
Virginia Capes
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Washington Weather Bureau
Baltimore Weather Bureau
Maryland Seaboard
Newark
N. J
New York City
Boston
Massachusetts polio surge totals rise with Boston leading
Fifty four new polio cases push Massachusetts’ year total to 1158 with 46 deaths in New England. A 15 year old Marshfield boy dies at Children’s Medical Center as 16 new Boston cases lift city total to 407 and Quincy adds twelve cases as the August wave spreads.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New England
Marshfield
Children’s Medical Center
Quincy
OKs Plan Memorial for Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Eisenhower signed legislation to create a commission to plan a memorial for the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Congressional resolution was among 26 bills approved as Congress adjourned on August 2.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Navy pilot dies in crash near Perry while avoiding trucks
Lt. Robert Allison, 27, of Robinson, reportedly steered his Banshee toward the ground to prevent a collision with two trucks on U S 27 near Perry Florida. The Navy aviator was killed in the crash.
Primary Probe Opens Race Kaster In Court
The district attorney's office opened an investigation into forgery charges on Democratic primary petitions. Republican William J. Rafter announced he will run as an independent in a three way race for Traffic Court against Democrat Paul C. DeBernardis and Republican Truman H. Preston. Rafter resigns as Police Court clerk to run. Waters, a handwriting expert, left exclusive service for the DA’s office.
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Kaster
District Attorney's Office
William J. Rafter
Paul C. DeBernardis
Truman H. Preston
Rafter
Charles J. Hogan
Louis A. Waters
District Attorney’s Office
Waters
New Process Gear Leases Large Syracuse Plant
New Process Gear Corp has leased Prosperity Plant No 1 in Syracuse from The Prosperity Co Inc. The two one story buildings on Erie Blvd North total 108000 square feet with rail freight access and parking for hundreds. Lease runs five years with option for five more, occupancy starts Oct 1 and production by December.
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New Process Gear .Corp
Prosperity Co., Inc
Syracuse
Prosperity Plant No
Erie Blvd
Beattie St
Erie
New Process
J. F. Kerigan
Driver Acquitted in DWI and Dangerous Driving Trial
Mrs Edith Peddy aged 49 of Lockwood Road was found not guilty in traffic court on charges of driving while intoxicated and dangerous driving. Judge P Leo Dorsey presided. Police officers Andrew McArdle and Joseph Donahue arrested her after a pursuit starting on South Salina Street and ending near East Colvin Street.
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Edith Peddy
Lockwood Rd
P. Leo Dorsey
Replacement for menace car prompts purchase of new model
Frank Cimino told Magistrate H Dick Cohen on Thursday he had disposed of his 141 model automobile as ordered because it was a road menace. He then said he had bought a 140 model to replace it.
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Passaic
Frank Cimino
H. Dick Cohen
Cimino
Cohen
Today's Chuckle About Bright Machines
A lighthearted note observes how machines appear to surpass people in brightness and efficiency as technology advances. The tone playfully questions human limits amid accelerating mechanization.
Beautiful Weekend Expected as Connie Dims Inland
Han cock Field forecaster Alex Sadowski says Syracuse will enjoy a pleasant weekend with low 80s temperatures and a five day outlook slightly above normal. He notes hurricane Connie offshore may bring light clouds and inland winds 10 to 20 mph, with a high pressure system driving the nicer weather.
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Alex Sadowski
Hancock Field
Syracuse
Alex
Connie
Sadowski
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
Fliers Return Home From China after 32 Months
Eleven B 29 air men returned to the United States from confinement in Communist China after 32 months. Two C 54 transports brought them to Travis Air Force Base in California marking a jubilant homecoming across the Pacific.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Ins
America
China
Fiierss
Pacific
Plaster Teaches Lesson in Marshall College Lecture
Prof. Charles P. Harper lecturing on falling prices at Marshall College in Huntington when a plaster chunk measuring two feet square fell from the ceiling. Three students were scratched in the incident.
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Huntington
W.va
Charles P. Harper
Marshall College
Connie Storm Rakes Carolina Coast With Strong Winds
Hurricane Connie, still a menace, presses north along the North Carolina coast with 75 mph gusts and high tides. Advisories warn of continuing northward movement and possible threats to the northeast. Red Cross reports 14,000 evacuees in shelters along the Carolina coast.
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Washington
Connie
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Morehead City
N.C
Cape Hatteras
Carolina Capes
Pamlico Sound
Cherry Point
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Delaware
Provincetown
Mass
Diane
Miami
Gordon Dunn
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
Red Cross
Carolina
Edinburg Traffic Light Gap Sparks Two-Car Crash
Edinburg police noted no crashes on Court House Square during three months of missing lights but within an hour after lights were restored two cars collided on the square.
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Edinburg, Tex
Edinburg
Courthouse Square
Youth Crime Traced To Small Minority In County
State officials heard testimony at the Onondaga War Memorial as Atty Gen Jacobs Javits presided over a juvenile delinquency hearing. Officials said destruction and vandalism come from a very small percentage of county youth while stressing most youths are fine and resourceful.
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Onondaga County
Syracuse
Jacobs K. Javits
Javits
State Commission On Juvenile Delinquency
Econ
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Finn
Chance
Associated Press
Pearttoy
Far East
Senate
Betty Jane
Fdr, Jr
Wolmi
Loutin
Dan
Edward Moore
Rom Kewanee
Jewish Hos
MNSC
Pital
West
Milton
N.Y
Atoms For Peace Conference
Long Island Rail Road
Nassau
Westchester
Bay State
Oks
Fdr
Walter F. McGuinness
N. Carolina
Jin
Onondaga County War Memorial
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