Here's How Steel Supply Stacks Up
A midnight strike of United Steelworkers would leave the nation with a 30 to 60 day reserve of steel. Auto plants can finish 1956 models and begin 1957, while oil firms face a pinch with limited inventories. Construction would feel the hit immediately. canning has eight weeks of cans for summer, home appliances hold 45 days, farm equipment runs on present demand, and railroads face a shortfall in car building for about eight weeks.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Hart
New York Central
Aerobee-Hi Sets Record Above Earth
A Aerobee-Hi rocket reached 163 miles altitude, breaking the 158 mile single stage record set in 1954 by Viking IT. The flight occurred during tests in the International Geophysical Year program as upper air probes continued.
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White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Viking
Penn State Names New President
University Park Pa Dr Eric A Walker 46 named to succeed Dr Milton S Eisenhower as president at Penn State The resignation of Eisenhower was accepted and became effective by December 31 with Walker to assume the post at a later date Walker born in Long Eaton England would be the 12th president of the 101 year old land grant university
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University Park
Eric A. Walker
Pennsylvania State University
Milton S. Eisenhower
Walker
Long Eaton
England
Eisenhower
Hailstorms Devastate Saskatchewan Grain Crops
Golf ball sized hail wrecked seed crops in a 12 by 6 mile zone across Macoun and Midale regions southeast of Weyburn. The 30 minute storm threatened near 100 percent losses, marking the worst hail event in 25 years.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Macoun
Midale
Weyburn
G.O.P Maps School Aid Substitutes Plan
Republicans weigh a substitute for Eisenhower school aid with a formula shifting funds to poorer states and easing Southern concerns. Kelley’s bill would authorize 400 million dollars a year for four years while considering 1.4 billion in construction grants, with a must adjust formula to aid less wealthy states. The House returns to vote after July 4, with segregation provisions triggering strong opposition.
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Washington
Fisure
Eisenhower Administration
House
Rep
Kelley
Dpa
House Education Committee
Eisenhower
Powell
Senate
Girl Dies After Fall In South Berne Home
Margaret Bushnell four of South Berne died in a hospital after falling from a couch while watching television. Coroner W Ronan Campion of Albany County said death was caused by a blood clot in the brain.
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Albany
Margaret Bushnell
South Berne
W. Ronan Campion
Albany County
Auto Inspection May Cost 1.25
The State Motor Vehicle Commissioner predicts compulsory inspections may cost about 1.25 per vehicle for garages. Joseph P. Kelly said the figure could be approached on average as inspections are now limited by a 1956 law. The first deadline is January 1, 1958 for all autos and trucks over four years old.
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Lake Placid W
Joseph P. Kelly
Kelly
New York State Automobile Dealers Assn
John F. Donnelly
Dr Scheele to quit public health post for private firm
Dr Leonard A Scheele will resign as surgeon general of the U S Public Health Service effective Aug 1 to head Warner-Chilcott Laboratories Inc. at Morris Plains New Jersey. He cites family security plans and confirms continued health service in private life. Eisenhower accepts resignation with deepest regret.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
U.S. Public Health, Service
Eisenhower
Scheele
Warner- Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
New York
Warner-Chilcott Laboratories, Inc
Morris Plains
N. T
Scheeler
Backing for Civil Rights Highlighted at NAACP Meet
At the NAACP convention in San Francisco two candidates urged minority support. Republican Rep. Hugh Scott of Philadelphia touted a record of promises kept while Democrat Rep. Sidney R. Yates of Chicago claimed the GOP majority balked on rights but highlighted a history of civil rights votes under Truman.
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San Francisco III
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Hugh Scott
Philadelphia
Eastland
James Eastland
D-Miss
U. S. Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sidney R. Yates
Chicago
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Scott
NAACP
Adlai Stevenson
Yates
Luxuriant Beard Goes Up in Smoke in Medina
In Medina at Old Home Week preparations, William Helling planned to wear a luxuriant beard. A coworker lit a cigar with a cigarette lighter, igniting Helling’s beard in a mobile garage. He extinguished the flames with only a minor burn and quipped that the beard being warm was its fate.
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Medina
William Helling
Helling
Charles Straba
All Biggs TB Patients Transferred
New York State reduced TB hospitals from seven to six after transferring all patients from the Herman M. Biggs Tuberculosis Hospital in Ithaca. Health Commissioner Dr. Herman E. Hilleboe cited a 48 percent drop in new cases since 1941 and called the Biggs closure a significant step forward. The property will become a general hospital for Tompkins County.
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Albany
Tuberculosis outpatient services expand to nine counties
The state plans outpatient supervision and follow up for diagnosed and suspected cases after a sharp decline in hospital need. Mount Morris TB Hospital will serve Tompkins Chemung Tioga Wayne Seneca Schuyler Yates. Onondaga Sanatorium Syracuse will serve Cayuga Cortland. Death rate fell 79 percent in 15 years.
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Biggs
Mount Morris
Livingston County
Tompkins
Chemung
Tioga
Wayne
Seneca
Schuyler
Yates
Onondaga Sanatorium
Syracuse
Cayuga
Cayuga and Cortland
Hilleboe
Health official notes 18 305 TB cases needing supervision
He added that there were still 18 305 tuberculosis cases that required "some" medical or public health supervision.
Car Joins Boat In Unlikely River Launch
Bennie Harrod of Miamisburg steered his car toward the Miami River to launch a trailer boat. The vehicle slipped into the water as he released the boat from the trailer, and he pulled his six month old son from the front seat before the car went under.
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Middletown
Ohio
Bennie Harrod
Miamisburgh
Miami River
Harrod
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