Billion Boost In U S Defense Fund Predicted
Washington AP Senator Dennis Chavez expects the Senate Defense Funds subcommittee to add more than 500 million to the annual military bill, potentially pushing total requests over a billion dollars above Eisenhower's July 1 budget. The panel aims to restore 293 million for a large attack carrier and add 294 million for Bomarc missiles, 285 million for the B70 system, plus increments for airlift and Army modernization.
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Washington
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Senate Defense Funds Subcommittee
Chavez
House
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Senate
Congressmen urged to take 53 cents an hour pay cut
Wayne Morse proposes reducing Congress members pay to 53 cents per hour from the current 22 500 dollars a year plus extras. He cites the Senate Labor Committee not approving a one dollar an hour minimum wage for laundry workers and notes thousands of laundry workers earn as little as 53 cents hourly.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Morse
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Dying Rocket Sighted Over Wilmington Area
Walter Reeves of Route 1 Wilmington reported an intense sky light at 11 35 p m Tuesday in the northern sky traveling eastward. He said two burning chunks fell at four to five second intervals and the light was as large as the brightest stars, with local enthusiasts suggesting a satellite or rocket reentry in denser atmosphere.
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Walter Reeves
Wilmington
Reeves
Ebby Sims Leads Wilmington Little League Clinics
CUFFNOTES praise Ebby Sims for remembering every boy in Wilmington's little league clinics at J. W. Denver Williams Jr. Memorial Park. South Ridge streets refresh the subdivision. A Wilmington College presidential candidate visits Thursday. Snow Hill golf features Col. Russell J. Greene. A note warns parents that more fingerprints on walls mean fewer on the police blotter.
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Wilmington
Charles E
Ebby) Sims
J. W
Wilmington College
Russell J. Greene
Snow Hill
Subway Fire Sparks Urgent Subway Cleanup Order
New York subway crews searched tunnels after a third rail flash ignited trash in a Grand Central tunnel, trapping thousands in smoke. Mayor Wagner ordered a complete system cleanup and safety inspections after Transit Authority chief blamed a contractor for neglecting a warning. About 150 treated in hospitals.
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New York
New York City
Grand Central Terminal
Robert F. Wagner
Transit
Grand Central Station
Senate May Ok Japan Treaty Before Heads for Orient
Sen. J. William Fulbright backs Senate ratification of the U S Japan security treaty ahead of President Eisenhower's planned Tokyo visit June 19. Secretary Herter presented a persuasive case despite leftist demonstrations and riots in Japan. Fulbright notes lingering doubts about the timing.
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Senate
Japan
Heads For Orient
Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Tokyo
White House
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Porter
Christian Herter
Huge Navy Balloon Loiters Over West Texas
A colossal Navy balloon, launched Sunday from Brunswick Georgia, remains aloft above 100000 feet and was sighted 30 miles west of Alpine Texas. Navy Cmdr John W Sparkman said the craft has a better than 50-50 chance to pass the western edge of Texas as it carries film to record cosmic rays from the stratosphere.
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Alpine
Tex
Texas
Navy
John W. Sparkman
San Antonio
Brunswick
Gallia Grand Jury to Consider Wife Killing Charge
Gallia County grand jury will convene in special session Monday to consider a murder accusation against Ferrell Randolph 22 of Gallia County for the May 13 fatal shooting of his wife Virginia 21. Randolph shot himself after the slaying and has recently been discharged from the hospital.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Gallia County
Ferrell Randolph
Virginia
Randolph
Six Africans Die in Tribal Clash in Pondo Land
Johannesburg AP reports six Africans were killed and 21 arrested when police intervened in a tribal clash in Pondo land south of Natal. Justice Minister Francois Erasmus announced the toll and arrests.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pondoland
Natal
Francois Erasmus
Rockefeller Still Holds Line on 1960 Political Role
Gov Nelson Rockefeller met with President Eisenhower at the White House breakfast and said Nixon is likely to receive the Republican presidential nomination. He repeated willingness to be drafted for the top spot but rejected joining Nixon on a ticket and avoided discussing his own candidacy or a major role at Chicago.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower
White House
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Chicago
Strike Talks Stalled at Convair Atlas Plant
San Diego reports talks over the Atlas missile program broke down after two hours with no new meeting set. Convair division of General Dynamics canceled union dues and grievance procedures while promising no wage loss for hourly workers. IAM seeks 14 cents an hour plus fringe benefits. company offers 11 cents plus a 3 cent cost of living increase. Pay scales current range $1.79 to $3.40 an hour.
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San Diego
Calif
Convair
C. Z. Lindsay
International Assn. of
Convaar
General Dynamics
California
IAM
Lindsay
Nixon Outpolls Gov Brown in California Primary
AP reports Nixon led California Republicans with 668 073 votes while Gov Brown trailed with 627 584 Democratic votes and pension promoter McLain drew 291 180. California delegates to the Democratic convention went to Brown, while Nixon gained momentum for a nationwide contest. De Sapio faced limited challenge as Tammany Hall endured reformist defeats in New York City.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
California
Tammany Hall
New York
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Tammany
Carmine DeSapio
New York City
Montana
Idaho
South Dakota
Mississippi
George H. McLain
McLain
DeSapio
Manhattan
Fire in Nuclear Missile Triggers Radiation Worry at Base
An unmanned Bomarc missile with an atomic warhead caught fire at McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey. Radiation was detected but confined to the damaged launching pen as investigators from AEC Defense and health agencies probe the incident. Fire ended at 4 p.m. and decontamination teams cleared the area.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
N. J
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
New Jersey Department of Health
Ft. Dix
Bomarc
Lonely Pine
Jackson Township
Ocean County
Cupid Flunks Court Test In Michigan
In Mesick Michigan a 4 4 Michigan Supreme Court split left in place a two year old ban by the Mesick High School board on married students participating in extracurriculars including football band and dances. Ronald Cochrane and David Shively 18 were barred after marrying during summer vacation prior to their senior year.
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Lansing
Mich
Cupid
Michigan Supreme Court
Mesick
Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Wexford County
Ronald Cochrane
David Shively
Cochrane
Shively
Traffic Judge Amazed At Car's Missing Parts
In Groton Connecticut a town court judge fined 21 year old Robert Martin twelve dollars and then asked if his car had an engine and was worth as much as the fine. The vehicle lacked horn tailpipe front marker plate marker light one headlight out one brake light out one parking light out one tail light out a loud muffler and a weak emergency brake.
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Groton
Advisers Urge Railroad Pay Hike
A presidential emergency board urged a five cent hourly wage rise for 650,000 railroad workers and timing of July 1. It also proposed negotiations on health and welfare improvements to replace a further general wage increase when contracts expire next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Night Shift Workers Study Clocks At International Conference
Cold Spring Harbor researchers report that night and swing shifts disrupt body clocks that regulate temperature hormones and immune function. The 10 day international conference at Long Island Biological Laboratory gathers 100 scientists to explore 24 hour cycles in humans and other life forms and how shifting work times affects adaptation.
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Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Long Island Biological Laboratory
Broadway Producers Postpone All Fall Plays Indefinitely
New York AP: Broadway producers suspend all fall productions as contract deadlock with Actors Equity continues. League of New York Theaters cites eight million dollars invested across 43 shows and 1,600 actors awaiting work, with 22 Broadway shows idle since last Thursday.
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New York
League of New York Theaters
Actors Equity
Producers’ League
Native Guide Outfoxes Mountain Climb Chiefs
In Nepal a Nepalese guide and a companion reached Annapurna's windy summit ahead of a British-Nepalese team, leaving a dirty handkerchief as proof. Their claim of victory was later admitted by the guide, while the expedition returned to Katmandu.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Annapurna
Mentor Lover Of Widow Freed After Slaying Verdict
Floyd E. Hargrove is acquitted of first degree murder in the Christmas Eve slaying of Charles R. Clark in Mentor Ohio. The 35 year old former truck driver denied the killing and praised the jury for voting doubt on the circumstantial case. The verdict followed more than three weeks of trial and six hours of deliberation.
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Painesville, Ohio
Floyd E. Hargrove
Charles R. Clark
Hargrove
Richard Merkcle
Willowick
Clark
Mentor
Brunet
Lois
Chardon
Painesville
Willoughby
Louis A. Turi Jr
W. S. Slocum
David L. Cowles
Joke May Be Costly
Peter W. Askew 24 faces up to one year in jail after falsely reporting a bomb aboard an aircraft. He told a federal court jury the incident was a joke.
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New York
Peter W. Askew
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