Parley Opens on Steel 1 Pay and Strike Deadline
FATTSBURGH Western union reports a strike deadline looming as United Steelworkers Commissioner chief David J. McDonald meets U S Steel negotiator John A. Stephens. Both sides seek wage rises amid a booming industry with proposed increases from 6 percent to 22 cents hourly. McDonald calls negotiations round the clock if needed with wage policy panel to chart future steps.
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Fattsburgh
Midif
Steel
David J. McDonald
CIO
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
Tof
Iunion
McDonald
Big Steel
USW
Big
Basil McDonald
Seneca Falls Man Falls from Hotel Stairwell
Burt F. Van Houten 40 of Seneca Falls lay in critical condition at Saratoga Hospital after falling four stories through an open hotel stairwell at the Rip Van Dam during a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Vari Houten attended the event. Police said no witness saw the fall.
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VFW
Rip van Dam
Burt
F. van Houten
Seneca Falls
Saratoga Hospital
Vari Houten
Cyrus Garnige
Seneca
Firemen and Women Held as Gamblers at Carnival Raid
Seven volunteer firemen and two members of the women’s auxiliary were to be arraigned after state troopers raided the firemen’s carnival in Irondequoit near Rochester. They faced common gambling charges as troopers smashed concessions and seized prizes while witnesses described the scene. The firemen said proceeds funded equipment and repairs.
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Irondequoit U
Rochester
Chester Welch
J. B. Lynch
Batavia
Essex County Clerk Walter R Moore Acquitted of Misappropriation
A jury at Essex County Court acquits Walter R Moore of Ticonderoga, village clerk, of diverting 60.01 dollars from village pushing meter receipts. Moore's wife says he may resume duties after a short vacation.
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Elizabethtown
Essex County
Walter R Moore
Ticonderoga
Moore
Deaths
The Associated Press reports several notable deaths. Aura mia Rouverel, former playwright, died in Palo Alto California. Charles Travis, longtime King Features Corp representative, died Friday in Kansas City. A television producer associated with NBC show Wide Wide World, formerly Omniibus, is also reported to have died last Friday.
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New York
Ffredeee 4 Television
NBC
Sli
Omniibus
Funay
Kansas City
Charles
Travis
la Prince de Pene
King Features’ Corp
Tricolor to Appear on Soft Drinks in France
Paris reports a government plan to stamp the French tricolor on soft drinks with less than one percent alcohol and mark labels as approved. Bernard Lafay cites costs of alcoholism at 614 million dollars yearly and alcohol taxes at 177 million, noting seven gallons per person annually in France.
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Paris
France
Bernard Lafay
Lafay
United States
Denmark
Syracuse Panel Urges Court Modernization and Judicial Reform
Syracuse leaders and legislators push a five division court system and speedier justice. Hughes urges judge and attorney participation, warns against lazy courts, and notes proposals to end jury trials in tort actions. Peluso targets unauthorized legal advice while Mahiley chairs arrangements for the 31 day session. Ho Chi Minh in Peiping noted as Vietminh leader.
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Loeb
Lewis
State Bar Association
Hughes
Commission
Bar and
Bench
Ryan
State Association
Richardson
State Bar
Syracuse
State Associa
Fitzpatrick
Onondaga County Bar Association
Harrison Tweed
New York City
George Peluso
Peluso
Gordon Mahiley
Fifth Judicial District Committee
HO Chi Minh
Peiping
Tokyo
Communist
Vietminh
Antitrust Bills Await Ike's Pen
Two antitrust bills move toward President Eisenhower after Senate action. One bill hikes the Sherman Act fine from five thousand to fifty thousand dollars. the other authorizes the federal government to sue for actual damages from Sherman or Clayton Act violations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Senate Approves Civil Airport Bill
The Senate passed a civil airport bill that would distribute 252 million dollars in federal grants over four years to be matched locally, aimed at building and improving civilian airports nationwide and sent to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fifteen Injured in Air Bus Collision in New York
Fifteen persons were hospitalized yesterday after two air buses collided with a mail truck during a heavy rainstorm. The crash occurred on 116th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues.
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New York
116Th St
Seventh
Eighth
Unprovoked air attack near Kodiak sparks U S response
Lt Fischer reports a Russian jet made a single pass at about 8000 feet, bullets wounding crew and a wing catching fire. The bomber exploded on landing causing burns and minor injuries, with Eskimo aid given. Eisenhower notified and a formal response prepared as Congress critics urge action before the summit.
Mature Man Dreams Beyond Davy Crockett Hat Fantasies
HAL BOYLE reflects on aging men trading grand daydreams for small daily victories. The piece humorously notes post forty men abandon heroic fantasies and settle for minor social victories, like correcting a barber or maneuvering a crowded bus, and ends with a quip about choosing real money and simple contentment over bravado.
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Tony
Jelly Sandwich Bags Store Thief Falls While Stealing
A market burglar, Frank Spieker, 38, entered a store in Los Angeles, made a jelly sandwich from stock, slipped on the jelly and knocked himself out. Market manager Joe Bennish found him unconscious and notified police. He was suspended on suspicion of burglary.
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Los Angeles
Frank Spieker
Belice
Spieker
Joe
Bennish
Pilot recounts firefight and crash landing on St Lawrence Island
Pilot Atkinson described a strike by MIGs that crippled his plane as it descended from 8 000 feet toward St Lawrence Island. Fire damaged the wing and a bomb bay tank exploded during emergency exits. Three airmen were wounded, including Berg, Asgard, and Benko, with one crewman breaking an ankle escaping.
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Atkinson
Fisher
Pentagon
Fischer
Sonnek
St. Lawrence Island
Martin E. Berg
Berg
Ens
David.g. Assard
Terryville
Conn
Edward Benko
Chicago
Shome
Kodiak
Play Stayed but Title Had to Go
Formosa tour by Moral Re-Armament group staged a musical that portrayed the organization aims. The production was renamed from The Vanishing Island to The List and That Holds the Key to avoid the titular term.
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Taiped
Formosa
Air Force base rescue plane returns survivors after burn
An air rescue service plane at Gambell waited for treatment after a blaze left 11 men flown to Fairbanks. Fischer praised his crew for calm action under dire conditions. He lost no blood but mourned the wreck as his beloved plane burned on St. Lawrence Island. Only the bow tail and two wing tips remained.
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Gamdaydream
Gambell
Davy Crockett
Fairbanks
Fischer
St. Lawrence Island
Saint Bonaventure Names New University President
The Rev. Brian Lhota OFM was named Friday to succeed Very Rev. Juvenal Lalor OFM as president of St. Bonaventure University. The appointment was announced by the Franciscan Province of the Holy Name in New York City.
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New York
Ltd
David M. Lockhard
Ala City
Imeda
Calif
George T. Immediately Sloan
Oakland
John Francis
Elmer R. Janke
Alameda
Charles, W. Shields
Clawson
Mich
Sonnek
Seminary assignment for Father Juvenal at Christ the King
Father Juvenal of St. Bonaventure has been named president for years and is now assigned to the seminary of Christ the King near the university campus.
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Father Juvenal
St. Bonaventure
Seminary of
Christ the King
Lions Clubs Award Jonas Salk for Poliomyelitis Vaccine
Atlantic City INS reports Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine, received the International Lions Clubs award. The diamond medal and plaque were presented to Miss Joan Long of Murray Pennsylvania, a polio victim who uses crutches, who will present the award to Salk in Pittsburgh on her way home from the Lions 38th convention ending tomorrow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
Jonas Salk
International Association of Lions Clubs
Joan Long
Murray
Lions Club
Long
Salk
Pittsburgh
Lions
Municipal Auditorium
Ann Rockefeller Weds Minister In New R Y Ceremony
Ann Clark Rockefeller married Rev Robert Laughlin Pierson in New York. The bride was escorted by her father Nelson A Rockefeller, special assistant to the President, and wore a taffeta gown with a veil from her maternal grandmother. The Pierson family hails from Eagle Wisconsin.
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New York
INS
A Rockefeller
Ann Clark Rockefeller
Robert .Laughlin Pierson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller J
Donald M. Pierson
Eagle, Wis
Registered Autos Set New New York Record This Year
The Motor Vehicle Bureau of New York State said registrations will rise to a record 4,750,000 this year. It reported 4,038,168 vehicles registered in the first quarter of 1955, up from 3,839,396 in 1954, with last year peaking at 4,549,252.
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Albany
New York State
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Floridian Bride-to-Be Falls to Death in Chicago Fall
Dorothy May Wells 21 of St Petersburg Fla died after plunging from an eighth floor window ledge in a Michigan avenue office building police said she dangled then fell. Engaged to Lt Forrest T Gay II formerly of St Petersburg she suffered a nervous condition and had come to Chicago to stay with his family. Her purse with identification and red shoes were found near the window.
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Chicago
Florida
West Point
Paine
Dorothy May Wells
St. Petersburg
Fla
Michigan Avenue
Forrest T. Gay II
Miss Wells
Willis Wells
Florida State University
We'll Move Over For Her Says Pa
New York item reports Thomas Walsh and Mildred Walsh awaiting their 15th child Maureen born weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. Walsh, an $85 weekly shipyard welder, and Mildred have 14 other children ages 3 to 21. she has been hospitalized since last Monday.
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New York
Thomas
Hypnosis Used For Childbirth At Philadelphia Hospital
Mrs George Britton 28 an expectant mother gave birth to a 7 lb 15 oz girl at Einstein Medical Center while hypnotized by Harold Klein. An obstetrician assisted as the hospital said the birth was spontaneous and painless. It marked the first reported Philadelphia birth with the mother under hypnosis.
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Philadelphia
George Britton
Einstein Medical Center
Harold Klein
New Naval Chief Burks Arrives in Manila en Route to Washington
Rear Adm. Arleigh A. Burks newly designated Chief of Naval Operations arrived in Manila by plane Friday en route to Washington to assume his post. The Navy transport Gen. W. A. Mann arrives tomorrow and will bring 2,101 passengers, the only troopship from the Far East due here next week.
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Manila
Arleigh A. Burks
Naval Operations
Washington
NAVY
Seattle
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