Union Seizes Chance to End Dock War
The International Longshoremen's Association signals acceptance of a plan by New Jersey State Senator James F. Murray Jr. to end the waterfront tieup by creating a citizens' probe of the bi state policing commission. The move could secure a path to halt a week long strike that crippled shipping from Canada to Mexico.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Ind
New Jersey
Citizens’ Committee
ILA
William V. Bradley
New York-New Jersey Waterfront Commission
Union
Commission
James F. Murray Jr
Seaboard
Canada
Mexico
Halifax
Baltimore
New Orleans
Montreal
Norfolk
Houston
Waterfront Commission
Sen. Murray
Farm Income Falls Again as Prices Suffer
The Agriculture Department reports net farm income fell about 4 percent in the first half and forecasts a third quarter decline. Income ran at an annual rate of 11.1 billion, down from 11.6 and 12.9 billion in prior years, with hog prices leading the drop and market receipts totaling 16.7 billion for eight months, 4 percent below last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Dept
Hilda's Hurricane Diminished by Cuba Mountains
Hurricane Hil da weakened as mountains of eastern Cuba reduced its punch. The storm moved west at 8 mph with top winds near 75 mph, then expected to weaken over Cuba before entering the Caribbean Sea. Guantanamo Bay saw gusts to 45 mph, while ships along Cuba and the Bahamas were urged to seek port.
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Miami
Fla
Hilda
Cuba
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Miami Weather Bureau
Gulf of Guacanayabo
Weather Bureau
Bahamas
Cuban
Florida
Gilbert Clark
Caribbean Sea
Santiago
Escapee Balked in Effort to Flee Jail
Herman Salter age 27 and Bill Dixon age 25 tried to escape the county jail at 8 am Tuesday as breakfast was served. Salter a Walla Walla riot ringleader was armed with a makeshift metal club and was overpowered in the corridor by Deputy Carl Hastie. Dixon surrendered with Salter. Both were placed in maximum security. James Eiland, alias George Baker, remained uninvolved.
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Herman Salter
Bill Dixon
Salter
Walla Walla
Wash
Washington
Dixon
Carl J. Hastie
William L. Dalling
Andrew Pettet
Pettet
Hastie
Wayne Aasved
James Eiland
Washington Mental Institution
Eiland
George Baker
SETAF Brig. Gen. John K. Michaelis Named Commander
Brig. Gen. John K. Michaelis is appointed commander of the new Southern European Task Force in north Italy. SETAF officially formed on Sept. 12 following a diplomatic agreement between the United States and Italy.
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John K. Michaelis
NATO
Italy
Southern European Task Force
SETAF
U.S
Dulles to rule on secret Big Four papers release
Secretary of State Dulles is expected to decide soon which remaining secret portions of the Big Four Geneva summit record will be made public. Most Geneva papers have been released, but some conversations are not part of the official record. galley proofs on Potsdam and other World War II papers await clearance from Britain and Pentagon officials.
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Washington
Dulles
Geneva
Eisenhower
Marshal Zhukov
Duck Island
Lake Ontario
Yalta
Britain
Pentagon
Department
State Dept
Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday and Thursday
Montana forecast shows east region fair to partly cloudy with scattered showers in the northwest mountains and warmer highs around 80 to 90. West region expects considerable cloudiness, cooler Wednesday, scattered showers mainly north with highs 70 to 75, Thursday partly cloudy with little temperature change. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums cover 18 hours ending at 5 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Hatchetmen Move to Oust Sultan in Morocco Crisis
Paris authorities press Resident-General Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin to remove Sultan Moulay Arafa within three days as part of a broader reform plan for the protectorate. Moulay Arafa defies Premier Faure, with French settlers and Koenig allies sparking a cabinet split and looming political risk ahead of Parliament reconvening. Moulay Arafa reportedly plans to travel to Tangier as tensions rise over the throne and exile agreement.
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Paris
Morocco
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Protectorate
Edgar Faure
Faure
Pierre Koenig
Koenig
Antoine Pinay
Charles de Gaulle
Pierre Boyer de Latour du Moulin
Boyer de Latour
Moulay Arafa
Rene Coty
France
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Ben Youssef
Madagascar
Rabat
Montcalm
Tangier
Tragedy at Biltmore Hotel Lounge In New York
A 27 year old Miss Mary H Merkle of Cleveland plunged 24 stories through a skylight into the Palm Court at the Biltmore Hotel injuring a man and wounding ten others. Earlier police said she leaped from a bathroom window or fire escape as her mother watched. She died at Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Biltmore Hotel
Fashionable Palm Court
Mary H. Merkle
Cleveland
Ohio
E. B. Merkle
Miss Merkle
Grand Central Terminal
Covert
Miss Karalla
Raymond W. Copeland
Afton
N. Y
Copeland
Bellevue Hospital
Thick Smog Wave Triggers Los Angeles Alert
A dense smog wave cut visibility to a few blocks in Los Angeles, follows the worst heat wave on record, prompting the county air pollution control district to issue a first stage alert and consider notifying Governor Knight of potential emergency actions.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Goodwin J. Knight
Polio Shots Aid Montana Victims In Mild Polio Cases
Two Montana children who contracted mild polio last week may have benefited from Salk vaccines given earlier this year. Dr. G D Carlyle Thompson said inoculations in June and July probably prevented more serious paralytic attacks while noting no link between vaccination and polio incidence.
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Helena
Montana
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
State Board of Health
Thompson
U. S. Public Health Service
Three Arrested in Heiress Death
Philadelphia district attorney Samuel Cash said the abortion killing investigation of Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher is not completed. Three people including the victim’s mother have been arrested and more arrests are possible as the probe continues focusing on the crime itself.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Cash
Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher
Dash
Miami Beach
Fla
Earl Ostreicher
Not Banned in Durban After Obscene Book Confusion
South African customs officers in Durban turned Black Beauty over to censors by mistake while checking for obscenity. The children’s horse novel was not banned. officials say the title misled them.
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Durban
South Africa
Montana Air Force Sergeant Killed in Car Truck Crash
A Montana Air Force sergeant was killed and two others injured in a car truck collision about 33 miles west of Elko on U S 40. T Sgt Virgil L Spradlin 24 of Belt Mont was a hitchhiker in a car that crashed into the rear of a truck. The auto driver Albert Kumrow 34 of Farnham NY and another hitchhiker Russell P Iscioroni 37 of Patterson NY were injured and taken to Elko General Hospital. The truck driver Wesley H Rushing of Sacramento Calif was not hurt.
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Elko
Montana Air Force
U. S. 40
Virgil L. Spradlin
Belt
Mont
Highway Patrol
Albert Kumrow
Farnham
N. Y
Russell P. Is
Firefighters Benefit From Calm Weather In California
A calm pattern aided 1,300 firefighters as a major Santa Barbara fire scorched 74,500 acres, causing about 8.5 million dollars in damage. Across northern California more rain aided containment while Haystack, Taylor Creek and Bullion Mountain fires burned thousands of acres with hundreds of crews resisting spread.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Here
California
Eureka
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Barbara County
Cachuma
Paradise Camp Area
Paradise Camp Road
Refugio Pass
Santa Ynez Valley
Klamath National Forest
Taylor Creek
Bullion Mountain
General Grant Grove
Redwoods
Sierra
Diocesan Drive to Be Set at Dinner Tonight
Diocesan wide unit plans a major fund raising drive to build a science building library wing and seminary residence for Carroll College Helena. The dinner at Finlen Hotel begins at 7 with bishop Gilmore and W D Murray as leaders and a slate of parish and campaign officials speaking.
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Diocese of
Helena
Finlen Hotel
Joseph M. Gilmore
W. D. Murray
Butte
Cochairman
James T. Finlen
J. V. Mann
Charles J. Francis
Butte Deanery
M. M. English
St. Patrick Parish
Finlen
John P. Cooney
Joseph B. Oblinger
N. C. Hoff
Jack White
Anaconda
Emmett Riley
J. D. Murphy
Bishop Gilmore
Carroll College
Bomber Crashes in Cemetery Near Uniondale NY
A crippled two engine bomber crashed into a cemetery near Uniondale Long Island after failing to reach Mitchell Air Force Base. All six aboard were killed including three Air Force crewmen and three passengers who were aboard by chance. The plane developed engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Mitchel. Dead identified by the Air Force include Spec. 3 C Larry J Aubrecht, among others.
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Uniondale
N. Y
Mitchell Air Force Base
Air Force
Long Island Air Field
Mitchel
Larry J. Aubrecht
Ft. Carson
Calo
Adenauer says no surrender of NATO obligations in Russia talks
Chancellor Adenauer affirmed in Moscow that West Germany did not abandon NATO duties as Bonn and the Soviet Union agreed to establish diplomatic relations. A joint communique promised embassies, possible German reunification talks, and future German-Soviet trade discussions, with continued prisoner releases.
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Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
West
Soviet Union
West Germany
NATO
Adenauer
Bonn
Bulganin
Europe
Germany
Spiridonovka Palace
Counique
U. N
Felix von Eckardt
von Eckardt
Montana crop estimates cut despite higher overall output
Dry August weather lowers expected yields for dry peas sugar beets hay and all grains except wheat in Montana as of Sept 1 but total production of 11 principal crops is forecast 18 percent above last year and 28 percent above the 1944 53 average Montana wheat is projected at 100 192 000 bushels with 43 498 000 winter and 56 694 000 spring bushels. The report notes a record 114 330 000 bushels in 1953 and sets winter wheat at 26 bushels per acre and spring wheat at 22 bushels in line with high historic yields.
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Helena
Montana
U. S
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