Aluminum strike threat lifted as steel pours from mills
Pittsburgh reports the aluminum wage settlement ends a 55 day walkout just as steel mills resume steady output. USW and Aluminum Company of America set pay fringe packages with retroactive raises plus union shop terms. About 15 000 workers affected across plants in Bridgeport Edgewater New Kensington Badin Alcoa Ba tDin Mobile Detroit and Richmond.
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Pittsburgh
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
CIO
United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
USW
Bridgeport
U. S. Steel Corporation
America
Jones and Laughlin
Aliquippa
Cleveland
Allegheny Ludlum Steel
Jurist Assails Institutions in Mental Cases
New York July 28 Judge Saul S Streit assailed mental institutions for releasing dangerous maniacs. He faulted neglect by mental experts as he presided over the first degree murder hearing of Air Force veteran Bayard Peakes who attacked a Columbia University student and faced possible execution if convicted. The VA argued against commitment without consent, but Streit urged stricter safeguards, noting repeated releases of incompetent patients who commit violence.
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New York
Saul S. Streit
Air Force
Bayard Peakes
Columbia University
Streit
Eileen Fahey
Peakes
Columbia
Miss Fahey
Judge Streit
Bellevue Hospital
Boston
Blaze Damages Vacant Butte Building and Two Nearby Structures
A one and a half hour fire damaged a vacant 432 West Porphyry building during remodeling most of the structure roof porch and walls were scorched while the kitchen was gutted. Two adjacent buildings at 409 and 411 South Washington suffered smoke damage with burned window frames and shades. Fire officials noted no injuries and planned an investigation into the cause which is unknown.
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West Porphyry
South Washington
Lone Gunman Robs Bank Of $20,000 In San Francisco
A lone gunman robbed the American Trust Bank at Valencia and 16th streets of $20,000 at 3 p.m. on Monday. The gunman forced bank manager Walter Blomberg from the bank, kept him as a hostage in a Mission Street jitney for nearly an hour before releasing him unharmed.
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San Francisco
U.P
American Trust Company
Valencia
16Th Streets
Walter Blomberg
Blomberg
Mission Street
UN Soldiers to Receive Heavy Winter Gear Early
Seoul reported that heavy clothing for United Nations troops is being moved to forward supply depots ahead of another Korean winter. Col. Kenneth Kuster, deputy quartermaster for the Eighth Army, said the oasis movement began two weeks earlier this year to prevent soldiers from being underdressed in the autumn cold.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Kenneth Kuster
Eighth Army
Prices for Pork to Be Increased
The Office of Price Stabilization raised ceiling prices on hams chops and other lean pork cuts by one to eight cents per pound effective immediately. The move aids higher farm costs and will run through October with possible future reduction. Sausage ceilings unchanged. Restaurants may see a $1.20 per hundred pounds surcharge on pork products. Parity prices for hogs also rise July to October.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Congress
Agriculture Department
Navy Chief Sees Possible Armistice in Korea
Adm. William M. Fechteler, chief of naval operations, said he believes a truce in Korea may still be possible mainly because the Communists want it. He warned that Chinese Nationalist forces on Formosa are a growing potential in the Far East, while noting Reds are tiring of the war.
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Washington
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Naval Operations
Korea
Formosa
Far East
Iowa
Fechteler
United Nations
Stevenson Pledges All-Out Fight For Presidency
Gov Adlai Stevenson arrived in Springfield amid a 25000 strong crowd under a 97 degree sun to declare he will fight for the presidency with all his heart mind and soul. He warned against elation and said he was running away not toward the job before promising a strenuous campaign. He traveled from Chicago with thousands awaiting a glimpse of the governor.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Stevenson
Executive Mansion
Eisenhower Maps Campaign Strategy With Aides
General Dwight D. Eisenhower met in Denver with Gov. Sherman Adams and top aides to map campaign organization and plans. Also present were Senators Frank Carlson and Fred A. Seaton and aides Arthur Vandenberg and James Haggerty as Adams assumes a chief of staff role coordinating with the national committee. He to meet Sen. Hugh Butler at lunch Tuesday.
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Denver
U.P
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Rocky Mountains
Eisenhower
Adams
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Arthur H. Vandenver
James C. Haggerty
Republican National Committee
Washington
GOP
Hugh Butler
Robert A. Taft
Brien McMahon Dies After Cancer Fight At 48
Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut and a leading voice on atomic weapon policy has died of cancer at age 48. As chair of the joint Senate House atomic energy committee he urged postwar preparedness and universal disarmament while signaling support for a hydrogen bomb if Soviet progress continued. His death follows weeks of illness that prevented campaign activity for the Democratic nomination. McMahon’s passing drew tributes from President Truman and other leaders as Norwalk gears up for funeral arrangements and New Haven debates possible political appointments.
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Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
McMahon
Soviet
Russia
Connecticut
Chicago
Philip A. Caulfield
Truman
Barkley
Congress
U. S
Virgil Chapman
D-Ky
Washington, D. C
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
Norwalk
Conn
William McMahon
New Haven
John Lodge
Clare Boothe
Army Called in Argentina As Eva Peron Lies in State
Army troops were summoned to ease crowds at the Ministry of Labor in Buenos Aires as Eva Peron lay in state. Eight died and thousands injured in a two day crush. President Peron ordered the chapel kept open longer and allowed the body to be moved to Congress for an additional day of lying in state.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Ministry of Labor
Juan D. Peron
Peron
House of Deputies
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Missoula Lad 9 Fatally Injured in Bike-Car Crash
In Missoula a nine year old, Gary Unacks, died after his bicycle collided with a car at a railroad crossing within city limits. Henry J. Cusker, 20, of route No. 2, drove the car. Coroner Ralph M. Simmons announced an inquest will be held. a coroner's jury will view the body, auto, bicycle, and scene Tuesday.
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Missoula
Gary Unacks
Ralph M. Simmons
John V. Moon
Unacks
Henry J. Cusker
Simmons
East German border fences halted. hedges replace wire
Hannover reports West German police say a wire shortage forces East German border guards to stop extending barbed wire barriers and plant green hedges along the frontier. This move signals a shift in crowd control measures at the border with East Germany.
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Hannover
Germany
East Germany
Jet Interception Ordered After Flying Saucers Sightings
U P reports Air Defense Command ordered jets to intercept any unidentified flying objects after glowing lights were seen over Washington and elsewhere. Interceptors stood by while observers and scientists offered explanations from space ships to experimental aircraft, with officials noting no pattern of control.
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Washington
U.P
Air Defense Command
Air Force
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
United States
Newcastle
Del
Air Force Base
National Airport
Air Force Filter Center
South Bend
Ind
R. L. Farnsworth
U. S. Rocket Society
Farnsworth
Mars
J. Allen Hynek
Ohio State University
Hynek
U. S
Atomic Proving Grounds
New Mexico
Otto Struve
Leuschner Observatory
Department of Astronomy
University of California At Berkeley
Mount Wilson Observatory
Los Angeles
Van _ Brunt
Long Beach
Calif
California
San Pedro
van Brunt
Gromyko Arrives in London Amid Leaflet Protests
Andrei Gromyko, new Soviet ambassador to Britain, arrived from Paris to assume duties. Police removed a man who showered leaflets as he stepped from the boat train, while protesters shouted Go Home at the arrival.
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London
U.P
Gromyko
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Paris
Nine Men Lost Three Saved in Sea Tragedy
A 35 foot cabin cruiser Spare Time carrying 12 men exploded off Santa Monica making nine men missing and presumed dead while three survivors, including T. Haley, were rescued after nearly 20 hours in the Pacific. Coast Guard planes and vessels scoured the scene 14 miles out as families waited at the Santa Monica pier for word.
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Santa Monica
Calif
U.P
Wesley Wiggens
Haley
Santa Monica Harbor
Wiggins
Coast Guard
Santa Monica Life Guard
Preston
Petersen
Pacific
Santa Catalina Island
North Verdugo Road
Glendale
James Knight
Buzz Sachse
Gerald Drenner
Cardiff Avenue
Los Angeles
Everett Turnipseed
Marvin Vollmer
Damask Avenue
al Barber
Coronado Terrace
Jack Sukanaga
Weather Forecast RATTE for Tuesday and Night
Continued fair and warm conditions expected Tuesday and Tuesday night. Minimum Tuesday 40 degrees, maximum 85. Period temperatures from 12 midnight Sunday to 5:30 pm Monday include Airport-Minimum 38, maximum 81. Montana West of Divide fair with highs 85 to 90. East of Divide fair Tuesday warmer central and east with highs 85 to 92. Tuesday night fair and slightly warmer.
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RATTE
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Powerful Egyptian Wafd backs army strongman Naguib
Cairo July 28 The army backed government of Premier Aly Maher Pasha won support from the Wafdist party to push anti corruption reforms and erase remnants of ex King Farouk era. Former Wafd leaders returned from Europe to back Gen Mohammed Naguib Bey's coup and purge.
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L. S. Chakales
Cairo
Egypt
Aly Maher Pasha
Farouk
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Fuad Serag el Din Pasha
Mohammed Naguib Bey
Maher Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Wafd
Communists Probe UN Lines on Old Baldy Front
In rain and darkness a Chinese probing force attacked Allied positions on Old Baldy, near Chorwon, but was repulsed as UN troops held the hill’s southeast end. Army estimates 25 Reds killed and 30 wounded. rain and mud hindered front-line movement across the 155-mile line.
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Seoul
Old Baldy
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Hamhung
Yongmi
Sinanju
Korea
Far East Air Force
Helena
Hungnam
Navy
Skyraider
Princeton
Bon Homme Richard
Changjin
Chosen
Puryong
Kilchu
Two Montana Youths Escape From Jail
Two Montana youths escaped from Kidder county jail in Steele North Dakota Sunday night. Harry S. Morris alias Allen Anderson 21 from Butte and a 17 year old Anaconda youth dug mortar and pushed out a window bar. A local man’s car was stolen during the night and deputies suspect the fugitives used it. They were held for the FBI on federal auto theft charges.
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Heinze
FBI
Butte
Whitehall
Helicopters Set Distance Record in trans Atlantic flight
WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE Mass July 28 A new world helicopter distance record may have been set as two Air Force helicopters Hop O Long and Whirl O Way arrived at a rocky South Greenland island at 4 15 p m Sunday completing a 770 mile hop from Goose Bay Labrador The Air Force will verify if this beats the previous 703 6 mile Dayton Ohio to Boston flight on May 22 1946.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
U.P
Air Force
Greenland
Goose Bay Air Force Base
Labrador
Dayton
Ohio
Boston
Egypt's Deposed King Sets Course for Capri
Egypt's deposed King Farouk sailed through Italian waters on the royal yacht Mahroussa with Queen Narriman and infant King Ahmed Fuad and was headed for Capri to begin exile. A high official said the vessel would dock at Capri overnight, where Farouk honeymooned with Narriman.
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Isle OF Capri
Italy
U.P
Egypt
Farouk
Bay of Naples
Mahroussa
Narriman
Ahmed Fuad
Capri
Egypt Gripped by Political Shakeup as Naguib Rises
Egypt's Naguib and Maher Pasha pledge to reform and wipe out corruption while Nahas Pasha is embraced by Naguib. Maher Pasha relocates government to Cairo as Farouk and the royal family sail toward exile aboard the royal yacht. The new task is constitutional rule for King Ahmed Fatird II and handling the Suez Canal dispute with Britain. Britain massing troops in the canal zone as a precaution, with promises not to interfere unless Egyptians are threatened.
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Naguib
Maher Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Cairo
Alexandria
Farouk
Mahroussa
Ahmed Fatid II
Narriman
Egypt
Italy
Suez Canal
Sudan
Britain
Canal Zone
Miller Moths Invasion Hits Butte Streets On Monday Night
The miller moths surged across Mining City in large numbers as electric lights drew swarms. Residents reported hundreds clinging to uptown windows and entering warm buildings while authorities noted thousands more appeared after dark Monday night.
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Butte
Autom
Strike Ends As AFL Sailors Ratify Pact On Coast
In San Francisco 6000 AFL sailors vote unanimously to approve a new contract with the Pacific Maritime Association ending a 62 day coast shipping tie up. The settlement halts a threatened further dispute between ship masters and radio officers.
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San Francisco
AFL
Pacific Maritime Association
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