Strike Strangles U S Steel Birmingham Mills Output
A 246 worker strike at U S Steel's Birmingham Tennessee Coal and Iron division cripples production for seven weeks, costing tens of millions. With contracts expired June 30, negotiations stall as workers face pay losses and suppliers fear layoffs amid reduced steel deliveries.
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Birmingham Mills
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Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
United Steelworkers of America
TCI
USW
TCT
Jefferson County
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Woman Wins Gorilla Tug Of War At Whipsnade Zoo
A London mother, Peggy Kennan, 33, wrestled a 300 pound gorilla which gripped her seven year old son Kenneth Kennan as he offered a corned beef sandwich. She pulled free the boy, who was bitten on the hand and fingers. Two weeks earlier a lion killed a boy at Whipsnade Zoo after he climbed the railing.
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London
Whipsnade Zoo
Kenneth Kennan
Peggy Kennan
Thief Steals $20 From Appliance Store Clerk Wanda Nawlaes
In Grand Rapids Michigan a thief took only a single $20 bill from Wanda Nawlaes, an appliance clerk, leaving multiple TV sets radios and other appliances untouched. Police note the motive appears cash driven with no other items missing.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Nawlaes
Wanda
Senate Debates 2.4 Billion Floor for Foreign Aid Fight
Senate Democrats appear poised to back at least 2.4 billion dollars for foreign military assistance while the Foreign Relations Committee's 4.5 billion total faces resistance. Eisenhower lauds the committee action as debate shifts to the Defense Department bill and NATO commitments loom large. In other action, Poughkeepsie voters dismiss City Manager Robert Quin amid clashes with the mayor over street cleaning.
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Humphrey D-Minn
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George
Lyndon Johnson
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Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Walter Reed Army Hospital
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Sen. Long
D-La
Foreign Relations Committee
Treasury
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Ager
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J. Thomas Dietz
Dulles and Pineau Discuss North Africa and Middle East
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau planned to address the North African and Middle East problems. A Boise contractor Jensen fell through a broken skylight while inspecting a roof repaint bid at the public library. he dropped about 20 feet but was not badly hurt.
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Ear
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Boise
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