Police hunt accomplice in New York labor leader killing
Police and state authorities searched up to 75 miles north of New York City for William Howell of Bergenfield N J an alleged accomplice in the shooting of Thomas F Lewis 35 president of Local B2 E AFL Building Service Employes Int union in the Bronx. Reports from Poughkeepsie Arlington and NYC describe hitchhikers resembling Howell and a car seen near the slaying.
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Connecion
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Howell Norman Dennis
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Freedom Plains
Hudson River City
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Arlington
Martin Denton
Lewis
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Communist Menace Greater Brownell Says Red Threat Grows
Washington attorney general Brownell declares the communist menace greater than ever, noting more in labor unions and underground activity since Smith Act trials. He cites 1949 convictions, organizational weaknesses in leadership, and ongoing probes by Congress while discussing labor and public corruption and a parole case of a former mutuel clerk. Brownell also notes not much to show on clean unions and mentions the Carl Howell parole and a missing Sydney couple found exhausted.
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Australia
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Chicago Opera Company
Victor Carrell
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RAF mum on Rigden disappearance in Suez Zone
West Drayton dispatch reports RAF still silent on airman A V Rigden who vanished in the Suez Canal Zone on July 9. UK Egypt tensions rose as British claimed kidnaping and demanded his release while Egypt denied knowledge. RAF later said he was under arrest at the air station and investigation continued. Parents visited him. father quoted about French police involvement.
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Rail unions seek to avert strike and push wage increases
Washington negotiations intensify as the National Mediation Board convenes with railroad executives and ORC leader to avert a strike while the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers seeks raises including 37 cents hourly for 75,000 workers. Board action may delay but not halt potential walkouts as talks proceed and moratorium effects loom. A separate dispatch notes Smokey the horse, used for Buffalo Bill statues, shipped from Wyoming to New York in 1922 for modeling.
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ORC
Roy Hughes
Dany Looms
Western Association of Railroads
William |Horner
Eastern Railroads
Edwards
Laramie
Wyo
Smokey
Buffalo Bills
New York
Wyoming
Dunn Optimistic on Forest Fire Talks in Spain Visit
Ambassador James C. Dunn says the United States is optimistic about reaching U S cooperation in curbing fires in the Adirondack and Catskill forests during talks in Madrid. Eight fires smoldered locally with over 100 volunteers fighting blazes as 2% of area burned near Hancock and Mt Whitney near Lake Placid. several boathouses damaged and a diveboat crewman injured.
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Russian envoy to India chosen amid talks
Former Soviet minister Ruslan Menshikov named ambassador to India replacing Benediktov, who shifts to an undisclosed post. Moscow Radio reported the appointment as talks with India showed cautious progress and optimism. Benediktov previously served as agriculture minister under Stan.
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