Missouri Penitentiary riot prompts armed guards reinforcement
Jefferson City AP reports Missouri State Penitentiary faced a blood and fire riot that killed four inmates and caused million in damage. Twenty six injured including three guards as 80 troopers and St. Louis police backed by National Guard tightened custody, ending the six hour disturbance with holdouts retreating from cell blocks.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
St. Louis
Sur-F
AFL Hears Today Visit Shelved Attacking Eisenhower
AFL President George Meany said the union would give Eisenhower a fine reception during his appearance before the convention. Bosses of the Teamsters backed the move with a stance of backing the President’s policies while criticizing the era’s economic direction. The convention adopted a hostile mood toward what it called the nation’s brink of economic disaster and urged voters to support Republican candidates.
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AFL
George Meany
Dave Beck
Powerfu
AFL Teamsters Union
Lemme
Robert D. Funk
United Press
Big Business
Los Angeles
American Federation of la i Rbor
American Way
Eisenhower
Lis
United States
Beck
Union
Ranhtieanitha Dannhhaan
Japan Urges U S Payment to Fisherman Family Over Bikini Fallout
Japanese cabinet urged the United States to pay about five million yen to the widow and three children of a fisherman who died after Japan linked radioactive fallout from the Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb tests to maritime poison. Prime labor groups pressed to fund campaigns while officials sought a nuclear science halt near Bikini.
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Katsuo Okazaki
United States
Aikichi Kuboyama
Tokyo
Bikini
Clover Island
Mmeauwinle
Amlalssador
John Allison
Kuboyama
Allison
U.N Hears Dulles Plan for World Atomic Energy Agency
U.S. proposal for a world conference on atomic energy gains support at the United Nations. Dulles outlines an international agency to begin work next year, an early spring scientific conference, a U.S. reactor training school, and inviting foreign medical experts for atomic energy in cancer hospitals. Russia signals willingness to talk but unlikely quick talks.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Press State
United Nations
U.S
U.N
Eisenhower
Dulles
Soviet Union
United States
Neoce
Russia
Moscow
Steel Union faces split over CIO defection at USW convention
At Atlantic City USW delegates review a proposed move to sever ties with the CIO. President MacDonald defends staying with the CIO while former ally John Lewis urges a break. Lewis harshly criticizes CIO leadership and pushes for unity with the UMW. McDonald envisions a broader merger of major unions, but aims to remain USW president.
Industry Leaders Study Wool Price Support Program
Wool industry leaders from 12 states meet with Agriculture Department officials to craft a wool price support program aimed at boosting annual production. The plan seeks up to 110 percent of parity, with current support at 90 percent, and ties into a broader effort to reduce foreign dependence. The weather bureau reports ongoing drought in the West and South with critically low water supplies, while a high-profile murder trial proceeds in Cleveland as jurors prepare to hear the case of Dr. Samuel Sheppard.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Cleveland
James E. McAr
Agriculture
Ezra Taft
Berison
Samuel Shep
Cuyahoga County
John Mahon
Agriculture Depolice
U. S
Sheppard
Mon Pleas Court
Congress
Marilyn
Senate
House
Benson
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Missouri
Great Plains
Arkansas
Burke Raps Claim Nothing Wrong With Economy
Senator Thomas A. Burke told a Troy audience that farm prices have fallen 15 percent in 18 months while housewives pay the same for market goods. He attacked GOP campaign tactics, cited unemployment and weak spots in steel, car loadings, and iron ore transport, and said the administration offers no real solution.
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Troy
Thomas A. Burke
League of Wor
Burke
GOP
Cleveland
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Bank Bandits Hit Ohio Bank In Wide Theft
Bandits fleeing northeast of Kent stole an estimated 50 000 to 70 000 after entering the bank near closing time. Armed robbers, driving a stolen black Dodge sedan, loaded cash from tellers and ordered customers into the vault before fleeing. Police traced the car to Dayton as investigators described the incident and a manhunt began.
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Kert
Dayton
Robert C. Gump
Gump
Washington
Riss
the and Co., Inc
Kansas City
Railroad Associabank
Stroy
Mansfield
Gerry Swinhhart
Ofj
Carl Bycir
Green Acres Program Set For Oct. 11
The Green Acres recognition banquet will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 11 in Wellington. Guest speaker John W. Ferguson, chief of the division of lands and soil at Ohio Department of Natural Resources, will discuss grassland farming and soils. After dinner, two trophies for best grassland farmer, plaques for two runners-up, and certificates for six participants will be awarded.
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Green Acres
Wellington
William Tedrick
John W. Ferguson
Division of Lands and Soil
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Progress In Removing Trade Curbs Reported
Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey said the free world has made genuine progress toward removing trade restrictions and strengthening economies. He noted high production and trade, stable prices, and better international payments, pledging continued efforts to reduce barriers and promote investment flows. The remarks came at the opening session of the IMF and World Bank meeting as leaders discuss currency convertibility and market openness.
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Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Free World
Humphrey
Acton Bank and Monetary Fund
Eisenhower
Ford
Britain
United States
Canada
Switzerland
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CIO
J. Robert
Atlantic City
N.J
Committee On Constitutional Amendments
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USW
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McDonald
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
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