Off the Wires: One Work Dispute Settled and Looms
In Binghamton city, refuse collectors called off a planned strike after accepting a five day forty hour work week. Separately, Local 729 President Kelly said Bremen Policemen and Civil Service members would meet with an attorney to pursue a five day week. The finance panel also heard testimony on a $3.22 tax rate proposal, while a Fast Frat plant walkout stalled production and delayed hearings on a wartime murder case.
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Robert F. Kelly
International Fire Fighters Association
Bremen
Policemen and
Civil Service Forum No. 01
Leary Associates
New York
Ballston Spa
James A. Leary
Saratoga County
Alvear
Michael &. Sweeney
Sy Ag Leary
Saratoga
Knight
U S Aid Chief Ends Life in Pentagon Office
Brig. Gen. Francis G Brink 58 foreign aid chief in Indo China died after firing three bullets from a revolver in his Pentagon office. District of Columbia coroner said death due to loss of blood. Brink had been in Washington for talks with Jean Letourneau and Jane Donald B Heath on strategy to stop Communist rebels in Indo China. He previously served with MacArthur and Wedemeyer and did liaison duties in World War I. He left a wife Florence and two daughters. Authorities investigated as a suicide with no note found.
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Francis G. Brink
Indo-China
Douglas MacArthur
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Brink
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Army
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Jean Letourneau
Jane Donald B. Heath
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Paul Conlin
Army Inteligence
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Saigon
Marathon
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Walls
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Pacific
A C. Wedemeyer
U.S. Army
China
Polio panic urged as Texas endures worst outbreak yet
Texas health officials urged calm amid the worst polio epidemic in state history. Last week 146 cases were reported, up from 103 the prior week, as hot weather worsened conditions.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
State Health Department
Tokyo to regain control of Haneda Airport July 2
The Army said Tokyo's Haneda Airport will revert to Japanese government control on July 2, after seven years of Allied occupation. The facility will resume its prewar name Tokyo International Airport and remain open to U S security forces aircraft in Japan.
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Air Force
Japan
Tokyo International Airport
U. S
Four Children Fall One Dies In Tenement Window
New York police report a 14 year old cousin watched four children when Theresa Cadiz left for a store. Two children fell from a fifth floor window, then the cousin and a third child fell seconds later. Socorro Asad, Ramena Cadiz, Francisco Jr., and the cousin were hospitalized in critical condition. Police say two infants rolled from the bed near the window. the third leaned over to view. The accident investigation continues.
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Ramenina
Francisco, Jr
Indow
Women's Federation
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Bohemia
Bilsko
Cfeommittee
Jcame
Deaths and political turmoil cross borders in era headlines
A garbled obituary and world brief mix references to Mario Scelba in Yonkers and Grand Rapids, a 1985 death toll, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, and fascist press figures. Reports note American consul Hall Paxton aiding refugees, and communist threats in China and Iran.
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Tast
Yonkers
Grand Rapids
Uprise Herald
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich. Sceiba
Sigures
Hall Paxton
Himalayas
Vienna
Austria
China
Czechoslovaki
Isfahan
Iran
Russia Fears U S as Hanley Calls for Tough Policy
Joe R. Hanley told the 33d state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that Russia is more afraid of the United States than deserved and urged a tougher stance toward the Soviet Union. He praised U N raids on North Korean plants as overdue and urged building armed forces to defend liberty.
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H Hanley
United Nations
United Sates
Soviet Union
Hanley
Iveterans
V.F.W
Briton criticizes American children in race of beauty claim
British newsman cites American schoolkids as less appealing than a horned toad while Downes rebuts Joad on beauty and temperament. he argues American teens are more attractive yet warns about demands and self-expression. He claims New York Chicago and perhaps Los Angeles teens are most eye catching.
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America
Tom
Downes
Cyril Edwin Joad
Joad
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Wind at 100 miles up fails to blow hat away
The National Geographic Society reports that at about 100 miles above earth there is little atmosphere, so winds there would not buffet a person. Radar tracking confirms these ghost winds, while Cambridge University scientists note a super tornado streaking at 2,200 miles per hour.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
The
Society
Cambridge University
Soviet note says planes driven away after border incident
Stockholm reports Russia warned Sweden that two foreign aircraft were driven from Soviet airspace near Ventspils, southeast of Stockholm. Soviet note said nationality not established and did not confirm any firing on a missing Dakota. Sweden asked to prevent repeats and investigate border violations.
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Sweden
Andrei
Vishinsky
Moscow
Ventspils
Baltic
Swedis
Bus Drivers Strike Disrupts City Transit
In a sudden action in a 50 000 resident city, Eb nira bus drivers halted normal routes and will transport six essential riders by their own cars at 6 AM without charge. John Elliott of Philadelphia, international rep of the striking union, says the walkout seeks a 15 cent hourly wage raise from the current 1.32 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Elliott
New York July Class 1-A fluid milk price set at 5.24 per cwt
Market Administrator C J Blanford announced the New York metropolitan milk marketing area will set the July price for fluid milk class 1-A at 5.24 dollars per hundredweight. June price was 4.90, and July 1951 was 5.44. The class 1-A price goes to the New York pool. farmers receive a uniform price based on all milk at approved plants. The monthly price is driven by economic indicators, wholesale prices, supply and demand, and the season.
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C. J.blanford
Thel! Bureau of Labor Statistics
Van Fleet Explains Shell Rationing in Korea
In Seoul, General Van Fleet said artillery and mortar ammunition are rationed in Korea to prevent waste while gun crews report they have what they need. He declined to comment on Rep. Clarence Brown's request for a congressional investigation after soldiers complained mortar shells have been rationed since February.
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Clarence Brown
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House of Representatives
Vets Gain Out-Patient Treatment Consideration
The Veterans Administration announced a change allowing disabled veterans who served since the start of the Korean War to receive out-patient treatment in VA hospitals while disability status is reviewed. Previously they could not receive regular out-patient care during the study, a policy aligned with World War II and other service-connected cases.
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Veterans Administration
Coul
World of Hostah
En Axe
Russia protests Western powers over Trieste plan
Russia protests to the United States and Britain that Western powers plan to grant Italy broader administrative powers in Trieste’s zone. British officials said Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky delivered new notes to British and American representatives in Moscow last night.
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U.S
Britain
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Trieste
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Red Riot Curbed as Chile Ratifies Defense Pact
Armed guards lined the government complex in Santiago as a U S Chile mutual defense pact moved to senate final ratification after a riot. Seven injured including two policemen as deputies approved the pact 78 to 21 with one abstention. Demonstrators attacked the British ambassador and Austrian minister. two officials escaped uninjured. Police detained seven rioters including two 17 year olds amid the unrest.
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Charles Stisling
Karl Kudeczkies
Folke Werner Berge
Stirling
Foreign Ministry
Iter
Dipio
Pariament
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Alfredo Duhalde
Enriques Froedden
Iyourhs
U. S
Thane Heaters Attack Belens Tablets Advised
A fragmented ad style warning promotes Belens tablets as the fastest-acting relief for distress and a range of ailments. The garbled text mentions stomach and chest discomfort and urges taking the tablets during an attack, though details are unclear.
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Sabrejet production urged amid war strain and protests
In California and Ohio plants, 25,000 workers face a government appeal to resume Sabrejet output for Korea while postponement risks a serious strike. The Air Force warns delays could cripple operations. mediation messages go to United Auto Workers as tensions rise. A child, Beachy C., drowned in the Niagara River. Authorities investigate.
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