West Germany Debates Rapid Rearmament Bill in Bundestag
West Germany faces a heated Bundestag debate over Chancellor Adenauer’s quick rearmament plan. Defense Minister Blank outlined a volunteers bill for 370,000 military personnel, 70,000 air personnel, 1,326 frontline planes, and a 20,000 coastal navy as the 12 division NATO contribution. The measure tests coalition unity and state rights amid Socialist opposition and FDP reservations.
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Germany
Bundestag
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
NATO
Adenauer
Defense
Theodor Blank
Free Democrats
FDP
Supreme Command
Bundesrat
Blank
Flood Threat Hits China's Rice Bowl Provinces
Peiping radio warns of rapidly rising Yangtze River floods after several days of heavy rain. The alert says the flood may devastate key rice producing areas along the river valley.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red China
Yangtze River
Blind New York graduate Howard Warner aims for hospital work
Howard Warner, 21, of Port Byron, who became blind from glaucoma in 1945, graduates from New York State School for the Blind in Batavia on June 15. He plans hospital X-ray work, has two years field experience, and is praised for adjustment and ambition by Superintendent Eber L. Palmer.
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Howard Warner
RFC 2
Port Byron
Howard
New York State School For the Blind
Batavia
Batavia Pu
Eber L. Palmer
Warner
Palmer
Woman Shot 10 Years Ago Found Dead in Newark
Newark police said Dorothy Anthony aged 24 died of a gunshot wound suffered 10 years ago in North Carolina. An autopsy found a .38 caliber bullet in the aorta, with healed wounds and artery rupture due to calcification. Essex Medical Examiner connected with North Carolina authorities to review the earlier shooting.
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Newark
N.J
Dorothy Anthony
North Carolina
Anthony
Essex County
Edwin H. Albano
Utah Boy, Only 3, Gets False Teeth
Barry Ketterer, a 3-year-old in Salt Lake City, received a full set of false teeth after a dentist placed them in his mouth. He will wear the dentures until about age five as his permanent teeth form. Barry, a twin, has suffered a calcium deficiency since birth.
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Salt Lake City
Barry Ketterer
Barry
Back-to-Work Movement at GM Willow Run Plant
A court order ended a wildcat strike at the Willow Run transmission plant after 150 tool sharpeners walked out. The unauthorized action idled 8,000 workers and halted operations at GM Detroit.
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Detroit
General Motors
Willow Run
Wildcat
Gale-Killed Two in Southwest Storms Hit Texas and New Mexico
Severe storms raked Texas and New Mexico with 80 mph winds, killing two. In Canadian Texas area a lightning strike killed a man in his yard. another death occurred on a Panhandle farm. Carlsbad suffered downed lines and street flooding. Highway 60 bridges washed out as 5 inches of rain fell in four hours. Property damage estimated at 100000 to 500000 dollars.
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Amarillo
Texas
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Tex
Henry Julian
Kenneth E. Guyer Sr
Panhandle
Canadian
Glazier, Tex
P.S.C. Considers Phone Hike Plan
Albany NY The New York Public Service Commission will review a proposed 34 million dollar telephone rate increase in an executive session amid protests led by New York City corporation counsel Peter Campbell Brown who seeks immediate rejection and a public hearing. Brown accuses the phone company of aiming for a temporary boost without due process.
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Albany
INS
New York Public Service Commission
New York City
Peter Campbell Brown
New York Telephone Company
Brown
Aunt Het and the Affliction Bond
A humorous regional column imagines Aunt Het finding kinship through sharing a common ailment. The piece sketches small town humor and neighborly ties formed by shared misfortune.
Ship Belvoir Released After Ore Carrier Seizure at Buffalo
The 1612 ton Belvoir resumed unloading at Hanna Furnace docks after U S customs released the vessel on a substantial bond following an unprecedented seizure at the Port of Buffalo. Beaconsfield Steamship Ltd of Montreal owns the ore carrier carrying 6 199 820 pounds of ore from Contrecoeur Quebec. Captain J E McLeod faces a possible $5 000 fine.
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Buffalo
Belvoir
U.S
Hanna‘ Furnace Co
Harold RB. Becker
Becker
Beaconsfield Steamship Ltd
Montreal
J. E. McLeod
Contrecoeur
Que
USW Continues Wage Bargaining in Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union authorized to strike if no satisfactory wage agreement is reached. The 170 member Wage Policy Board gave President David J. McDonald authority to call a strike after midnight Thursday, when the current wage provisions of the basic steel industry contract expire.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United Steelworkers Union
USW
David J. McDonald
Basic Steel Industry
Yanks Plan Bang-Up Fourth in Italy
Major General William C. Chase retires after directing U.S. aid to Nationalist Chinese forces. Maj. Gen. George W. Smythe succeeds him as head of the Military Assistance and Advisory Group in Rome. Rome hosts a big Fourth of July with Navy all-stars baseball, Harlem Globetrotters exhibition, and Michigan band concert. President Eisenhower’s proclamation will be read aloud to a growing American presence estimated around 5,000.
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Tripel
Formosa
William C. Chase
George W. Smythe
Rome
Italy
U.S. Navy
Harlem Globetrotter S
University of Michigan Men’s
Eisenhower
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