Strike May Halt Ford Building Truckers Walkout
Construction at Ford’s Brownhelm Township plant may shut down by tomorrow night amid a surprise Teamsters Local 571 strike against West Side Lumber Co. in Elyria. About 35 drivers idled, with 32 in sympathy, threaten 400 workers on site. the dispute centers on whether West Side operates as construction or building supply under the contract terms.
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Brownhelm Township
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West Side Lumber Co
Elyria
West Side
Teamsters
Ford
Lorain County
Ohio Contractors Association
Ray Diederick
Diederick
Union
James Stockard
Columbus
The
West Side Lumber
Cerco
Holber, Hunt and Nichols
Lorain Trucking Co
Naval Chiefs Warn of Mutual Destruction in Atom War
Adm. Arleigh Burke and Gen. Nathan Twining warned that a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union could destroy both nations and the northern hemisphere. The remarks came in a censored transcript on Eisenhower’s defense budget before a House subcommittee. Defense Secretary Wilson called the Communist threat a world menace requiring sustained armed strength.
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United States
Russia
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Soviet Union
Burke
Nathan F. Twining
Joint ‘Chiefs of Staff
Twining
Air Force
Ily
Eisenhower
House Appropriations
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Dulles Affirms US Europe Force Commitments at NATO
Secretary of State Dulles told a closed NATO meeting in Bonn that the United States will not reduce its military presence in Europe despite Britain's plan to slash its armed forces. He said Eisenhower instructed a firm stance on sustaining the Western defense shield amid Soviet arms concerns raised by Adenauer and other leaders. Lloyd echoed fears over atomic war and western cohesion as a response to new military developments.
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INS
United States
Britain
U.S
Europe
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Dulles
NATO
Eisenhower
NATO Council
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Adenauer
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Tassemblage
Sellwyn Lloyd
Bremlin
West
Iiceman
Moth Fleet Aircraft Service
Franklin P. Keyser
Boswell
Gratis Charsten
Atlanta
Farm Price Support Laws Deemed Obsolete by Benson
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson said current production controls and price support laws for farm products are obsolete and not working. He urged Congress to provide remedial legislation but did not propose a new program of his own, offering to counsel with Congress. The remarks were in a 2,200 word letter to Chairman Allen J. Ellender of Louisiana.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Congress
Benson
Alien J. Ellender
D-La
Weather Senate Agriculture Committee Letter on Farm Price Support
The secretary stated that the soil bank and surplus disposal programs are the two biggest and most expensive operations in agriculture history. He said current price support levels 90 to 7 percent of parity have worsened farmers marketing problems and urged immediate action to raise the floor from 75 percent.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
Soil Bank
Slush Fund Probe Sought by Ohio Senate Leader
Senate Majority Leader C. Stanley Mechem was asked to appoint a committee to investigate allegations of a $150000 slush fund raised by auto dealers to influence Sub HB 7. Rep. Ross Pepple urged the probe after distributing a letter from the Ohio Association of Insurance Agents. The matter centers on funds claimed to back farm programs and dealer licensing law changes amid political tension and weather notes interjected here.
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Senate
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Ross Pepple
Lima
Mechem
Pepple
Ohio Association of Insurance Agents
Ohio
Bensa
Fleet May Spur Syria Anti Reds
Israeli sources in Jerusalem say the U S Sixth Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean will encourage moderate Syrian elements opposing pro Communist groups. Syria plans parliamentary by elections May 4 and is withdrawing troops from Jordan as U S support bolsters King Hussein and ant left forces.
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U.S
Middle East
Syria
Jordan
United States
Hussein
Mediterranean
Infant Burned In Sandusky Duplex Fire
A seven month old infant in critical condition at Providence Hospital Sandusky suffered first to third degree burns when a duplex home was gutted by fire yesterday morning. Firefighters say a kitchen stove and smoking curtains caused the blaze as seven other children played nearby. The home’s other half sustained only smoke damage and the family evacuated safely. Local workers strike and a Red Cross unit’s activities are noted in related reports.
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Providence Hospital
San Cusky
Michael Lee Mathews
John Mathews
Doerzbach Ave
Jon
Mathews
Avon Lake Cei
Ifor
Wrerlin
American Red Cram
Mra
Solitea
Acker Ubiond
Bes R
Union Pisn
Brown Fintabe Co
Secconene Eeneeeeeee Py
Perkins
Elyria
Robert Shelby
Nicaragua and Honduras clash prompts OAS session
In Nicaragua the Somozas order general mobilization to defend claimed frontiers after a Honduran assault on a Nicaraguan patrol near Mocoron. The casualty figure given is 35 Nicaraguan dead, with two captured and the rest wounded. Honduras warns civilians of possible air attacks as tensions rise. The OAS convenes urgently to address the conflict.
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Organization of American States
Bianagua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoga
Honduras
Somoza
Anastasio Somoza
Mocoron
Resi Fied
National Guard
Traffic safety experts cited for dangerous TV show stunt
Two traffic safety experts were issued summonses in New York after demonstrating hazardous driving by traveling eastbound on a street designated one way westbound during a television program.
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New York
Two Cars and a Truck Crash on Rt 82 Injures Five
Two Oberlin women and a Chagrin Falls man were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Rt 82 at Island Road near Cleveland yesterday at 3 45 pm. The crash involved a car driven by Neil Tesvieten 78 of 108 Morgan Oberlin a Templeton car passenger Mary Jenks 65 of 153 South Cedar Oberlin and a truck driven by Merlan Voore Adrian Mich. Injuries ranged from fractures and lacerations to a possible chest injury. The injured were taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital. The vehicles collided after the Walker truck exited Island Road and struck the east bound truck trailer, then the Templeton car hit Walker's car. The two women were on an afternoon drive through Cleveland Metropolitan Park. The two women are married to local school and temple figures. The sheriff deputies provided the account.
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Fred W. Walker
Chagrin Falls
Rt. 82
Walker
Nell Templeton
Oberlin
Templeton
C-T
Falisman
Isiane “A
Neil
Tesvieten
Morgan St. Oberlin
Hery
Mary Jenks
South
Cedar St. Oberim
Fred W. Wathker
Elyria
Clevelands Metropolitan Park
Rt 82
U S Envoy to the Mideast Recalled for Aid Talks
President Eisenhower recalls James P. Richards the special Middle East ambassador to Washington to discuss the new foreign aid bill with the President. Richards will return next Wednesday, then attend a bipartisan congressional leaders meeting at the White House. He had toured Athens Israel Tunisia and Morocco to explain the Truman Doctrine and will visit Egypt Syria and Jordan? after return.
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INS
State Department
Eisenhower
Middle East
James P. Richards
Bill Richards
U. S
Athens
Israel
Tunisia
Morocca
Lincoln White
Richards
White House
Hiserhower
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Steel Industry Sales and Earnings Hit First Quarter Records
America's eight largest steel firms report combined sales of 3.171 billion dollars in the first quarter, with net income of 764 million. Bethlehem and U S Steel show sharp gains while Jones & Laughlin National and Armco fall in earnings.
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Farnsworth Nation
United Press Financial
New York
America
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic, Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
National Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Inland’ Steel Co
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
British Viking airliner crash kills 32 at Blackbushe
A Viking chartered airliner carrying British servicemen for the Middle East crashed after takeoff from Blackbushe, killing 32 and injuring four who escaped. A stewardess and a servicewoman's family were among the dead. US Navy personnel witnessed the crash and joined local firefighters at the wreckage.
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Viking
Middle East
Tne
Tripoli
Libys
Gardener Answer Man to Help Friday at Chronicle Office
John W. Varga known as the Answer Man will be at the Chronicle Telegram office Friday afternoon from 4 to 5 pm to answer gardening questions by telephone. Callers in Elyria with 4751 or in the Lorain exchange at Cherry 4119 may reach him during the hour.
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Gardner’s
John W. Varga
Chronicle-Telegram
Gardners
Varga
Elyria
Lorain
Cherry
Jobless Pay Boost Favored by House Panel
A bill increasing maximum unemployment benefits by eight dollars weekly received a 1H recommendation for passage from the House Industry and Labor Committee. The measure includes no plan to legalize supplemental unemployment benefits contracts between industry and labor.
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Columbus
INS
House Industry and Labor Committee
Rental Ad Request for Chronicle Telegram Readers
Classified notice urges property owners to place rental ads in the Chronicle Telegram. Readers are asked to contact the ad-writer at the provided number to list apartments houses or rooms for rent and fill vacancies.
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