Governors Avoid Road Finance Plan
Governors at the annual conference in Chicago endorsed highway program objectives while omitting financing specifics. They urged greater federal road funding and avoided tax increase mentions, with Langlie chosen as chair and Atlantic City scenes for next year.
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Chicago
Congress
Washington
Repub. Hean
Arthur B. Langlie
Atlantic City
Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
New York
U.S
Langlie
Robert F. Kennon
Louisiana
Senate
Warren Magnuson
Adlai i. Stevenson
Stevenson
Harriman
Allan Shivers
Texas
Frank Clement
Tennessee
South
New York Milk Price Climbs in July Marketing Area
July uniform price for milk delivered to 388 plants in the New York Milkshed set at 3.85 per hundredweight. June price was 3.47, July 1954 price 3.71. Producer butterfat differential 58.8 cents per tenth of fat. Output at all time high. 48,992 dairy farmers supplied, 714 fewer than last year.
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New York
C. J. Blanford
New York Metropolitan
Blanford
N Y State Soldier Killed in German Air Collision
1/C John P. Normile, 35, of New York, among 66 servicemen killed when two troop transports collided over Germany. He leaves a wife Helen Geers of South Corinth and three children. His parents are Mr and Mrs Janes P Normile of Corinth. Normile was a 13 year veteran due to return home soon.
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Corinth v
Defense Department
Army Set
John P. Normile
Germany
Normile
New York State
Helen Geers
South Corinth
Sandwich
Mass
John
Nancy
Helen Elizabeth
Randall A. Pratt
Glens Falls
Janes P. Normile
Corinth
Grouse Shooting Declines in London Dispatch Cartoon
Montreal Gazette reports from London that grouse shooting is the worst in years. A cartoon shows two British hunters in tweeds debating the poor season and the line Davy Stocketty must have shot them all.
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Montreal
Montreal Gazette Today
London Dispatch
Eigad
Davy Stocketty
Ex Nazi Spies Deportation Ends Coast-to-Coast Case
Erich Gimpel, 46, and William Colepaugh, 37, the duo who parachuted into the United States from a German sub in World War II era espionage, are documented as deported and imprisoned. Gimpel departed from Atlanta to New York aboard the S S Italia. Colepaugh remains in Leavenworth. Both were convicted of espionage after FBI arrest in New York in 1944 and once faced death, later commuted to life and then 30 years respectively.
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Germany
Justice Department
Gimpel
Atlanta
New York City
S.S. Italia
William Colepaugh
United States
White House
Colepaugh
Western Electric Signs Contract
New York The Western Electric Co. and the C I C Communications Workers of America reaching a one year contract for about 7 500 production employees in 29 cities. Wage increases range from seven to 12 cents an hour averaging about 9 1 4 cents for a 40 hour week.
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New York
Western Electric Co
C.I.C. Communications Workers of America
Accident Reveals Large Cash Pouch in Pocket
Allentown Pennsylvania police report a 71 year old man Grover Schreiber was hit by a car yesterday while carrying 16699 dollars in cash. He was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in fair condition with the money secured in a hospital safe.
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Allentown
Carl
Grover Schreiber
Sacred Heart Veterar
U S China Talks Postponed After Hour Meeting
Geneva reports say Chinese envoys and U S officials met for an hour and then suspended talks until Tuesday. Repatriation of civilians, including 41 Americans held in China, remains on the agenda as both sides avoid declaring progress.
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Geneva
U.S
Red
New Delhi
Johnson
India
China
United States
A. Alexis Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Austria Regains Rich Oil Fields From Soviets
Vienna announced the Soviet Union handed back the Zistersdorf oil fields, 28 refineries, 319 factories, and 1934,000 acres of land under the Potsdam framework. Austria pays 150 million in goods and delivers 10 million tons of oil to Russia over 10 years, restoring Austria as a major regional oil producer and sole economic master.
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Vienna
Russia
Austria
Zistersdorf
Socony Vacuum of
New York
Royal Dutch Shell
Great Britain
Russia and Italy Agree Trade Exchange
Moscow reports that Russia will send Italy oil oil products timber and anthracite while Italy will send Russia artificial silk fruit and hoisting gear under a signed trade agreement. The value of the exchanges was not stated.
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Moscow
Russia
Italy
Terday
Pravda
Izvestia
Canadians Ready to Feed 10 000 Scouts at Jamboree
Niagara on the Lake Ont. scouts prepare for the world jamboree with 1000000 pounds of food and 11000 pounds of pickles. G Gerald Parkis leads a 30 member staff to stock meals for 10 days across 10 sub camps. Meals served from sub camp cookouts. local churches to host visitors.
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Niagara-On - the - Lake
Boy Scouts of Canada
G. Gerald Parkis
Alouette
Hudson Bay
Prairie
Mheanwhile
Ninpgara-on-the-Lake
TV Film Actors May End Strike
Negotiators aim to end the weeklong television film actors strike with a drafted settlement formula. Spokesmen for the actors and producers announced the plan but will not disclose details until reviewed by the Screen Actors Guild, the Association of Motion Picture Producers, and the Alliance of Television Film Producers.
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Screen Actors Guild
The
Assn. ‘of Motion Picture Producers
Alliance of Television Film Producers
Potato Growers Move to Trim Surplus Market
Potato growers from 22 states urged farmers to pull undersized and odd shaped potatoes from sale and keep 20 percent of U S No 2 grade or lower off the market to curb a 50 million bushel surplus. The plan aims to boost immediate and long term sales by industry led promotion.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Hurricane Hunter Returns Home After Connie Observation
Gh Hugh D. Via Jr. of Ashland Virginia, a hurricane hunter, spent a night in a stalled car on a fishing pier at Atlantic Beach North Carolina after chasing Connie from Virginia Beach to Nags Head before ending up at Atlantic Beach. He described the experience to State Highway Patrolman J. W. Sykes.
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Morehead City
N.C
Hugh D. Via Jr
Ashland
Connie
Via
Atlantic Beach
J. W. Sykes
Virginia Beach
Nags Head
Sykes
Reed Flier Meets Son First Time
NEVADA CITY California Henry Schmidt, an airman held by Chinese forces for 32 months, met his son and wife Una for a private three hour reunion. Schmidt said he would remain in the Sierra town to work out his marriage, while Una prepared to discuss future plans with her husband Alford Fine.
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Nevada City
Calif
Daniel C. Schmidt
Hier
Una
Logger Alford Fine
Schmidt
North Korea
Danny Jr
Harold Berliner
High Sierra
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Ber-liner
Haw
Fine
Berliner
Sierra
Sacramento Bee
Alvin Trivelpiece
Una Schmidt Fine
Daniel Jr
Jet in Fatal Albany Crash Kills Man Injures Pilot and Woman
A Flaming F84F jet struck a power line and a four unit Albany apartment building, killing Harry Vereen of Thomasville and leaving pilot 1st Lt. Charles J. Dudley and resident Mrs. Nannie Mae Barry critically injured. The crash happened at 1:44 p.m. after takeoff from Turner Air Force Base on a routine training flight.
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Air Force
Army
Harry Vereen
Thomasville
N.C
Charles J. Dudley
308Th
31St
Turner Air Force Base
Birmingham
Ala
Nannie Mae Barry
Turner
King George V Battleship Runs Aground in Loch
The 45,000 ton British battleship King George V ran aground at Roseenath Point Scotland while being towed into Gare Loch. It had returned from Liverpool to join the mothball fleet. A move attempt was planned for the evening tide.
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Roseneath Point
Scotland
Britain
Gare Loch
Liverpool
Lee Stamp Stir Sparks Virginia Clash Over First Day Issue
Aueburn Alexandria protests a Post Office plan to debut a Robert E. Lee memorial stamp in Norfolk with Lexington urged by Rep Burr Harrison. Alexandria cites Lee’s hometown ties while Norfolk cites convention ties as the stamp’s first day site prompting a heated intra state dispute.
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Alexandria
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Post Office
Norfolk
Frank E. Mann
Washington
Lee
Mann
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
Lexington
Harrison
Washington and Lee University
American PhilatelicSociety
Post Office Department
R. F. Willard
Jesse G. Johnson
Convention of
Troop transport arrives Seattle with 2333 aboard
The transport Gen. W. M. Mitchell arrived from the Far East yesterday carrying 2 333 passengers. The article notes strong demand for electric split bulbs in the 160 and 60 watt categories.
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Seattle
W.M. Mitchell
Far East
Even Day Turns Out to Be Odd One in Baltimore
Baltimore faced a water shortage before Connie. An order restricted lawn watering by house parity. A caller asked if today was for odd or even houses. the responding officer said even houses.
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Dee Eneeer
Hae
Baltimore
Crash Kills Thailand Exch Students in Washington
Four Thai exchange students died when their car collided with another vehicle and plunged into Rock Creek after tipping over a 20 foot embankment. Victims include Absorn Devahstin of Arlington Virginia and three Bangkok natives Somsak Naramitrek Shakarn Sumarn Chandro endang and Karmuan Kiang Sak Tichit who had studied at UC Los Angeles and Florida Southern University.
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Washington
Thailand
Rock Creek
Firemen Truck Water to Pageant in Palmyra
Volunteer firemen from Palmyra hauled water to Hill Cumorah to help stage the Mor mon pageant in its usual site. Three scenes of the America's Witnesses for Christ production were shown behind water screens while floodlights illuminated the area on Thursday night.
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Palmyra
Hill Cumorah
Areca
Patriot Life Insurance offers big savings and easy approval
Monday edition features Patriot Life Insurance Company ad promising up to 20 percent savings on payments with approval purchase, no risk obligation, no medical exam for those in good health and within specific age groups. Includes address Patriot Life Insurance Company One Park Avenue New York 36 NY.
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Patriot Life Insurance Company
Patriot
Park Avenue
New York
N.Y
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