GM UAW backs shorter work week amid auto layoffs
The General Motors Council of the United Auto Workers backs a drive for a shorter work week as layoffs mount in the auto industry. Studebaker-Packard also announced it would shut down its Studebaker assembly operation amid ongoing job cuts.
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Studebaker-Packard Corp
Studebaker Assembly
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Ind
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Michigan Employment Security Commission
UAW
GM Council
Walter P.’ Reuther
Reuther
Drunk Driver Caps 82 Arrests With Fleeing Twice
A Syracuse drunk driving tally rose to 82 as Arthur L. Lowery of Baldwinsville fled twice after colliding with parked cars. He was recaptured after a high speed chase and charged with dangerous driving no operator's license and drunken driving. Bail set at 1500. Case set for June 11 before Judge Truman H Preston.
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Syracuse
Arthur. L. Lowery
R.D
Baldwinsville
Lowery
Truman H.preston
Robert Schultz
Willow St
Schultz
Anthony J. Mauro
Genesee St
Parrol
W. Willow and
N. Franklin
Sts
Cop Catches Baby Dropped From Third Story Window
A Pittsburgh mother drops her six month old from a third floor burning home. Patrolmen Fred Brown and Edward Jones catch the child as flames trap residents. The child and three adults are hospitalized with burns while others escape down a ladder. The blaze likely started on the second floor.
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Pittsburgh
Ronald Connley
Rita
Susan
Lynn
Fred Brown
Edward Jones
Brown
Susan Lynn
Allegheny’ ‘General ‘Hospital
Myers
Italy Votes in Fateful Local Elections Across 7694 Councils
About 30 million Italians expected to vote in local elections determining control across 7,694 towns and provinces from South Tyrol to the south. The ballot tests the center bloc led by the Christian Democrats against rising left and far‑right forces, with turnout watched for signs of Moscow’s influence amid Italy’s Communist party strength.
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South Tyrol
Italy
Moscow
United States
Antonio Segni
Center Bloc
Christian Democrats
Center
Communist-Socialist Alliance
Chamber of Deputies
Segni
Milan
Cathedral Square
Christian
Democrats
Communist-Socialisteft
Turin
Venice
Florence
Naples
Bologna
Ferrara
Taranto
Police Auction Draws Crowd for Battered Bicycles
More than 100 battered bikes were sold at a police auction as a crowd of about 350 youngsters bid from $1 to $16 for unclaimed bicycles. The sale at the police headquarters garage was the first in a decade and drew bids from youths including Marilyn Wells and Mark Fain, with proceeds aiding licenses at the local bureau.
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Croton
Camille ‘Wells
Albert Palmer
Midland Ave
Merrick
Hanover ‘Ave
Salt City
Arthur Obrist
Harold Kelly
Obrist
T Bicycle- Licensed
Robert Alexander
Weather forecast with sun, clouds, and possible storms
Meteorologist Andy Keller of the Weather Bureau reports today will be sunny and warm with a high near 68. Tonight drops to about 46 with clouds and a sprinkle of showers. Tomorrow brings a high around 73 as a low pressure system moves in from the west, bringing muggy and wet weather to Syracuse.
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Weather Bureau
Andy Keller
Syracus
Tremor Shakes West End Montreal In Unexplained Event
A mysterious tremor struck West End Montreal Friday night, the second in four years. Jean de Brebeuf College seismograph recorded a sharp jolt around 8 44 p m EDT, with officials ruling out an earthquake or jet sonic boom.
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Jean’ de Brebeuf College
Air Force
A. Jet
Sukarno Visits Lincoln’s Grave in U S Tour
Indonesian President Sukarno continues his goodwill tour visiting Abraham Lincoln’s grave in Springfield Illinois after an air trip to the city. He urged international understanding and closer cooperation between the United States and Indonesia during his visit. He spoke at a dedication ceremony for a new center for international visitors at the Commercial Museum in Philadelphia.
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INS
Sukarno
Indonesia
United States
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Commercial Museum
War on human misery featured by Eatvation Army
Today's features highlight the work of the Eatvation Army in the war against human misery with a detailed editorial on the Editorial Page. Regular items include Amusements 8, Editorials, Bridge 14, Letters 11-12, Classified 11-12, Radio-TV Comics 14-15, Women's Deaths 6, Sports 16, and a Picture of Page 16.
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Eatvation Army
Birds Await Crack Of Cranes New Jersey Tale
Bird fans watch Audubon Park Zoo for the cracking of eggs in the two nesting nests of whooping cranes. Keepers track daily from dawn to dusk as the couple Crip and Josephine incubate and hope for hatchlings while recalling earlier birds from Aransas Texas and the long quest to propagate the species.
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Mom
Pop
Josephine
Pete
Jlater
Aransas
George Douglass
Junior
Capiature
Texas
Pele
Kidnappers Get Life In South Dakota Case
Two New England men pleaded guilty to kidnapping 56 year old Mrs. Mabel Galland near Bison. Wayne E. Morgan and David F. Landry received life terms for the abduction plus 35 year terms for armed robbery. Galland was seized from a farm, placed in a car trunk, and released after 16 hours as the suspects fled toward Canada.
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S.D
New England
Mabel Galland
Wayne E. Morgan
Concord
David F. Landry
Waltham
Mass
America
Galland
Texas
Landry
Morgan Io
Canada
U.S. urges U.N. to protect refugees amid pressure
United States spokesman says Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge will ask the U N General Assembly to endorse the right of Iron Curtain refugees to seek political asylum in free countries. He notes Soviet pressure campaigns and Sobolev recall as possible outcomes, and cites Korea as precedent for no forced repatriation.
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U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.N. Assembly
Free Countries
United States
U. N
A. A. Sobolev
Moscow
U.S
U.N
Korea
Sobolev
Kremlin
Franciscan Friars Welcome Truman at St. Francis Basilica
Franciscan friars prayed for visiting Baptist Harry S. Truman at the tomb of St. Francis today. Father Rayner Ziemski led the tour of the Basilica of St. Francis on Friday as Truman viewed the historic site in Assisi Italy during his trip.
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Harry S. Truman
St. Francis
Rayner Ziemski
Mr. Truman
Ziemski
Baltimore
Truman
Lorenzo Berardini
Trumanimental
Windsor-Savoia
Truman visit to Assisi cited in Syracuse Herald American
The article notes President Truman’s visit to Assisi reported in tomorrow’s Syracuse Herald-American. It also details auto industry layoff plans by B F Goodrich Firestone Chrysler and related employment trends, plus UAW GM Council actions, unemployment figures, and wage contracts.
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Harry Truman
Assisi
Syracuse Herald-American
Today’s Chuckle on marriage troubles
A joke about a wife who endures all troubles that would not exist if she had not married her husband.
Margaret Tru man Postpones TV Ap pearances
Margaret Truman has laryngitis and postpones planned TV appearances on George Gobel show June 2 and Matinee Theater June 3 in New York.
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New York
Margaret Truman
George Gobet
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