Empire State Labor Call Urges Unity and Law Change
APL building and construction trades chief urges labor and management to unite in a national program and backs amending Taft Hartley to exempt murders from its provisions. Rich ard J Gray spoke at a two day New York State industry employers meeting in Yonkers. Former Yonkers fireman and councilman ordained as Roman Catholic priests Rev Martin D Clark and Rev Al Richter plan to serve locally. Emperor Haile Selassie returns from a three week North American tour to remain in New York until late July before sailing. Otsego GOP backs Dewey for governor and endorses Heck for lieutenant governor. Variety publisher Syd Silverman marries Jan McNally. Explosion at Globe veldt tine plant kills one, injures four. Theodore Smiegel dies.
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Building and Construction Trades
Richard J. Gray
Congress
Gray
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Yonkers
New Years City
Admiral MacMillan sails for Arctic at 80
Eighty-year-old Donald B. MacMillan was promoted to rear admiral in a Navy ceremony and sailed from Boothbay Harbor on his 30th Arctic voyage toward Kane Basin near Greenland. The day’s dispatches note his long career as the “commuter to the north” and his latest expedition.
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Boothbay Harbor
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
North
Kane Basin
Greenland
North Pole
Pope Urges Union Leaders to Avoid Class Spirit
Vatican letter on workers rights urges moderation and gospel values in labor struggles. Montini warns against biases of class spirit while urging fair action and unity in pursuit of just labor conditions.
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Pope
Vatican
City
Pius Kit
Msgr
Giovanni Battista Montini
U S Faces Cambodian Ask for Defense Pact
Cambodian sources say Cambodians appealed to the United States for protection against Communist aggression through a defense pact. They want a clear U S line in Southeast Asia, and worry over independence versus negotiating with Red China as Vietminh forces withdraw from Cambodian soil ahead of Eisenhower Churchill talks.
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Geneva
Camiona
United States
Washington
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Churchill
Michigan to Rerun Beauty Contest
Muskegon officials agreed to hold a second beauty contest next month to determine the owner of the disputed 1954 Miss Michigan title. All 11 contestants from the first event will participate, with the second contest likely mid July to replace padded ballots accusations.
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Muskegon. Mich
Muskegon Junior Chamter of Commerce
Aid cut if OKs British plan in Asia
Twelve members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged President Eisenhower to reject Britain's non aggression pact plan or risk a full review of foreign aid. In a White House letter, lawmakers argued Eden's proposal would concede Communist gains and undermine U.S. policy of using aid to unite free nations against aggression. The letter, signed by most committee members, arrived as Congress weighs a $3.47 billion foreign aid bill for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Asia
White House
Eden
United States
Winston Churchill
Capitol Hii
Indo-China
House
Far East
Wis
Marguerite Stitt Church
Adair
Ind
Bentley
Mich
Talks From Page One ANZUS Conference Start Wednesday
Casey urged swift start on Southeast Asia defense pact discussions and predicted Britain’s participation. Churchill delayed moving from the White House to the British Embassy, planning Monday arrival before Tuesday flight to Ottawa. Eisenhower to attend National Presbyterian Church service. joint communique with Churchill unlikely before Monday as aides draft.
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Casey
Britain
Churchill
White House
Ottawa
Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
Winston
Ready wage price rent controls for fast wartime use
Washington plans standby wage, price, rent and materials controls for national emergency or possible Indo China intervention. A 90 day freeze would precede industry specific orders, with manpower measures under study and rationing hoped to be avoided, though bills are ready for Capitol passage.
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Congress
Indo-China
Labor Department
Glenwood J. Sherrard
France’s Coty Signals U S Readiness for Asian Talks
French President Rene Coty urged Eisenhower to engage with Mendes-France on Asia, while Bonnet reported progress with Chinese Communists in Indo China. Dulles Eden meetings aimed to ease tensions over Southeast Asia security and Indo-China policy ahead of a White House lunch with top officials and lawmakers.
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Eisenhower
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Southwest Asia
France
Henri Bonnet
Dulles
Eden
Southeast Asia
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Churchill
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White House
Rose
Earl Warren
Herbert Brownell, Jr
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Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
James P. Mitchell
Arthur S. Flemming
Rowland R. Hughes
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House
Lodge Stalls Guatemala Talks in UN
United Nations action on Guatemala stalled as U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge left New York after a Security Council vote. Guatemala, Russia and neighboring states pressed for intervention while the UN awaits the Inter-American Peace Committee and an informal plan from the OAS on screening travelers and possible probes into alleged Red agents.
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Red
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Lodge
S. K. Tsarapkin
Soviet Union
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VV. V. Molotov
Roosevelt Hits Dewey Power Plan
Roosevelt denounces Governor Dewey’s power plan, arguing St. Lawrence power should be distributed via public cooperatives and state control. He contrasts with Dewey’s privatized plants, claims Democrats favor Seaway support, and touts milk surplus measures. The weekend tour began at Lake Placid, boosting upstate pledges to 238 delegate votes.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
D-Lin-N.y
Mino
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St. Lawrence County
Cass
Dana
Bower
Dewey
Sean Rosevelt
Roosevelt
New York City
Congress
Commodity Credit Corp
Lake Placids
Policy Hit By Chemists Draft Policy Hit By Chemists
The American Chemical Society warned that reduced draft deferments for scientists engineers and other specialists could slow progress and harm national security. The society urged Director Hershey to preserve targeted deferments noting duties to country should be balanced with developing defense means.
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Washington
INS
American Chemical Society
Society
Lewis B. Hershey
Alden H. Emery
Marine Reserve Pilot Killed in Jet Training Crash
Maj. Joseph Angus Jr. 38 of Queens died when his Gruman Cougar jet trainer crashed into marshes near Jones Beach. A World War II veteran with 85 Pacific missions, he is survived by his wife Eleanor and three children, including four-year-old twin girls and a 16-month-old boy.
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Jones Beach
Joseph Angus, Jr
Queens
Eleanor
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