CIO Spurns Ford Offers Prompt Strike Warning
The CIO United Auto Workers rejected Ford Motor Co offer to sell stock at half price for 140000 workers and urged locals to prepare for possible strike action at contract expiry on June 1. The union called Ford's plan a watered down GM proposal, while foreseeing a temperate to warm week with a storm moving toward Syracuse.
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Editorial Page Looks Beyond British Election Illusions
David Lawrence urges readers to shift from wishful thinking to realities on today's Editorial Page. Regular features include Arousements 31 Financial 37 Bridge 3 Inq. Reporter 3 Classified 33-27 It's Your City Life 2100 Moner 3 Deaths 16 RadioTyY a Fast orinis i Weenen's 14-75 Letters 22 Spats Li-23 TODAY'S PICTURES: PAGE 18
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Helen Keller Leaves for Tokyo Far East tour
Helen Keller departs Manila by plane for Tokyo with secretary Polly Thompson. The renowned blind and deaf author embarks on a 49 mile survey tour of conditions for the physically handicapped in the Far East.
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Toll in Tornadoes Rises Across Six States
Death toll from multiple tornadoes rose to at least 115 with more than 700 injured. Udall Kansas and Blackwell Oklahoma suffered heavy damage as the storm ravaged towns, left only a few businesses standing, and prompted fears of flooding along the Chikaskia River.
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Beaver Troubles Pawned Pryne's Beavers Aglow
Carver Pryne head of Gloversville Humane Society rescued a beaver found by police and kept it on his property. The animal caused damage by gnawing six young willow trees and blocking a lake inlet pipe, flooding the area.
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Carver Pryne
Ex-Realtor Potter Freed After 49 Months in Hell
Jackson M. Potter, 55, a former Syracuse realtor, is exonerated by a federal jury on all charges tied to the 1951 Syracuse Trust Company overdrafts case. The Albany jury deliberated four and a half hours before finding Potter not guilty. Bernard E. Klock, a bank witness and co-defendant, awaits sentencing next week.
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Nation's population reaches 165 million on census clock
Washington says the U S population hit 165 million at 7 01 p m just after Census Bureau officials noted the moment on a census clock. The device tracks births deaths immigrants and emigrants with on average times and updates every 12 seconds.
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Belgrade Peace Meeting Marks Khrushchev Tito Reunion
In Belgrade Yugoslavia Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Yugoslav President Tito met for the first time in seven years to mend rifts over world communism. Khrushchev and delegates wore wrinkled suits while Tito appeared in a sharp gray suit as they entered Gardijski Dom. The session followed a formal wreath laying and is described as a step toward closer friendship, with further details continued on page 17.
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Eisenhower urges 10 changes to Refugee Law
President Eisenhower asked Congress to speed refugee admissions by proposing ten changes to the 1953 Refugee Law. He urged removing individual sponsorship requirements and lifting some health restrictions to admit more refugees with safeguards. The law expires December 37 1956 and about 30 000 visas have been issued with 85 000 applications pending.
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Russia to Return Lend-Lease Ships
The State Department says an agreement with Russia calls for the return of two more lend-lease naval crafts from World War II. Six submarine chasers and 56 motor torpedo boats are to be delivered to the U S Navy at Kiel, Germany, in July and August.
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Peruvian Mayor's Office Visitor Detained on Odd Charge
A man identified as 58 year old John H. Barrigan was found in the mayor’s office in Peru Indiana at an unusual hour. He claimed he was trying to reach his pour to getshed when questioned about an intent cutem charge and led to quarters.
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Nun Serves as Cadet Instructor at Military Academy
Sister Joan Marie, a Roman Catholic nun and principal at Bishop Quarter Junior Military Academy in Chicago, also serves as drill sergeant for the cadets.
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Mass Polio Vaccine Plans Delayed Despite Safety Accord
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele said new safety standards are a real step forward but mass inoculations won’t begin this summer. He noted delays due to safety permits and past interruptions, with vaccination aimed at the most polio-susceptible children in late summer or September.
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Boy with baseball hat leads trio toward greenhouse
A fragment describes a boy wearing a baseball hat guiding three friends toward a greenhouse. The scene hints at a plan or joke as the boy speaks about starting something and an upcoming action involving a gate.
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Eden wins big as Conservative majority eyed at 60
Britain returns a strong vote of confidence for Prime Minister Eden with Conservative gains across 611 districts. Labor suffers losses amid Bevanite dissent while Liberals hold four, signaling a five year Conservative mandate and a boosted government standing.
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Missing Boy Still Sought in Catskills Search
State police and volunteers near Grahamsville maintained patrols totaling nearly 300 in rugged rain swept Catskill mountains as 23 month old Fred Holmes remained missing after vanishing from his isolated home Wednesday. An Army helicopter from Chicopee Falls and two bloodhounds joined efforts Thursday but no traces were found as rain washed away clues. The child has shoulder length blond hair and was last seen wearing corduroy trousers a brown polo shirt and shoes at 9 20 a m.
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