Senators Hear Testimony On Scranton Labor Fights and Bombing Claim
William Munley testified he dynamited a nonunion school project in Scranton in 1954 without orders from union leaders and that Paul Bradshaw urged the act. Helen Canfield described secret recordings made with Bradshaw to investigators and faced charges herself. Scranton Mayor Hanlon denied Bradshaw's claim he urged a quiet period before the 1955 city election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Munley
Scranton
Munley
Senate
Paul Bradshaw
Teamsters Union
Bradshaw
Muniey
Helen Canfield
Miss Canfield
Carson O'Malley
Sen. Goldwater
R - Ariz
Margaret Kol- Ira
Hanlon
Chemical Plant Blast Kills Five At Nitro West Virginia
A Monsanto Chemical Co blast at its Nitro plant killed five workers and injured four, turning a three story building to rubble. Ammonia released amid fumes caused eye and throat irritation in residents. no evacuations were ordered. Names of the deceased include James Vintroux and Elmer Priddy Sr. among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nitro
W. Va
W.va
Monsanto Chemical Co
George K. Johnson
Monsanto
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
James R. Vintroux
Elmer Priddy Sr
Joseph Johnson
Manford Qualls
Lacy Gilbert
Paul Martin
Tom Miller
Tom Smith
Lionel Jones
Jones
Egyptian Diplomat Kamal Eddine Salah Assassinated
United Nations report confirms the assassination of Kamal Eddine Salah, Egyptian chairman of the U N Advisory Council on Somaliland, stabbed in Mogadishu. Council President Rafik Asha and Italian representative Remigio D Grillo said the death is under investigation. The council administers Somaliland under trusteeship until independence in 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y. If
Kamal Eddine Salah
U. N. Advisory Council
Somaliland
East Africa
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Salah
Council
Rafik Asha
Syria
Mogadiscio
Remigio D. Grillo
Colombia
The
Phillippines
Italy
Paul Snyder Named New City Policeman
Paul Frederick Snyder of Rt. 2 was named a new city policeman by Chief J. Thomas Boyd. He began probation on the 4 pm to midnight shift Monday. Snyder is the son of Paul W. Snyder and his wife from Frederick County and is married to Cecelia L. Scott with one child.
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Paul Frederick Snyder
Rt. 2
J. Thomas Boyd
Mr. Snyder
Paul W. Snyder
Frederick County
Stonewall School
Navy
Panama Canal Zone
Atlantic
Cecelia L. Scott
Israel Accused Of Raids Across Gaza Border
Egypt accused Israel of raids across the Gaza border and warned the UN Security Council of possible acts of terror. Israel said it would reply with a wave of murders kidnappings and shootings on its borders with Jordan Syria and Lebanon. The report notes Israeli guards killed near Beisan and exchanges of fire with Syria along the Szold village line. Two kidnappings were reported on the Lebanon border.
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United Nations
N.Y
Egypt
Israel
Gaza
U. N. Security Council
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Omar Loutfi
Council
Sir Pierson Dixon
Britain
Strip
Loutfi
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Beisan
Szold
Upper Galilee
Fairfax boy dismissed over placement law issue
Nine year old Nicky Defebio was sent home from Hollin Hall Elementary after his mother refused to sign Virginia’s new pupil placement form. His 14 year old brother Teddy faces dismissal from Mount Vernon High on Friday for the same reason. The family previously lived in North Carolina after parental dispute over public schooling.
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Fairfax. Va
Nicky Defebio
Hollin Hall Elementary
Virginia
Nicky
Teddy
Mount Vernon High School
Defebio
North Carolina
Theo T. Defebio
Potomac River
Wellington
Fairfax County
Smith College
Washington
Carl
Fairfax
Gov
Stanley
Richmond
Fairfax County School Board
Mount Vernon High
Jordan Premier Sees Arab Union as Key to Unity
Jordan's new prime minister Hussein Fakhri Khalidi says steps toward a federal union of Syria Egypt and Jordan are underway as the first step to unity and economic cultural federation He argues a united Arab world benefits the United States while criticizing Israel and Ben Gurion. The Israeli Foreign Ministry calls Jordan's regime temporary amid ongoing fighting for control of the Arab Legion.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein Fakhri Khalidi
Syria
Egypt
Khalidi
United States
United States of America
United States of Arabia
Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Clarke County Farms Selling Briskly with Five Purchases
Clarke County farms have sold briskly since March 1 with five transfers totaling 215,900. Buyers from Falls Church Virginia and Dickerson Maryland will acquire properties including a 173 acre riverfront tract for a riding school and a 500 acre beef cattle farm near Highway U.S. 50 on the Clarke Frederick line.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Falls Church
Dickerson
Shenandoah River
Milk Producers Elect McCormack At Annual Meet
W. S. McCormack of Jefferson County West Virginia was named president of the Winchester Cooperative Milk Producers Association at its annual meeting held last night at the Frederick County Courthouse. Officers include G. S. Hough vice president I Fred Stine secretary and Mrs Isable ORear treasurer. The meeting covered authorization for service fees two cents per hundredweight to promote Virginia produced milk and dairy products with a $75 000 annual promotion fund. The group discussed revisions to the Virginia Milk and Cream Act and heard about promotion efforts by the Virginia Milk Producers Federation.
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Robert Edwards
Mr. Childs
Winchester
Virginia Milk Producers Federation
Virginia
Alexandria
Virginia Advisory Legislative Committee
State Milk Commission
R. G. Conley
Virginia State Dairymen’s Association
Eisenhower Moves To Avoid UN Action On Suez Delays Council Look
President Eisenhower said the U S still hopes for an equitable Suez solution without immediate U N Security Council action and that progress may be made in talks with Egypt. Western diplomats note private negotiations and decided not to bring the issue to the council this week. He stressed waterways status for Gulf of Aqaba and Suez Canal and left decisions on canal use to American shipping firms. He ruled out new U S missile bases abroad beyond Bermuda pledge and outlined Britain's troop withdrawal plan while noting West Germany would pick up slack. Disarmament talks with Russia remain the most serious since WWII led by Harold Stassen.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
U. N. Security Council
Egypt
Council
U. N
Suez
Security Council
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
Soviet Union
Bermuda
Macmillan
Britain
Europe
West Germany
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
London
Stassen
Tommy Tucker Orchestra to Play For Queen's Ball
Tommy Tucker's Orchestra will perform at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Queen's Ball on May 2 at the Apple Palace 605 N Loudoun St. J Randolph Larrick announced the event noting the group last played here in 1952 for the Princesses' ball and that Miss Clare Nelson is the vocalist. The band, led by Tucker a North Dakota native, has theater and hotel engagements across major cities and radio appearances. Tickets and tables are available at the Festival Ticket Sales desk in the George Washington Hotel.
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Tommy Tucker
J. Randolph Larrick
Apple Palace
Loudoun St
Mr. Tuckey
Souris
North Dakota
University of North Dakota
Tucker
Nucelus
Asbury Park
N. J
MGM Records
George Washington Hotel
Lobe By
Coal Freight Derails Blocking Main Lines at Woodbine
Thirty seven loaded coal cars of an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio freight train left the tracks near Woodbine Maryland. No injuries reported but both lanes of the Old Main Lines tracks were blocked by overturned cars and spilled coal.
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Woodbine
Baltimore and Ohio
Carroll County
Main Lines
Mount of Temptation Looks Down on Two Nations
An editor's note describes a solitary guard on the Mount of Temptation in Jordan. The height is 2600 feet above the Jordan River valley. From this summit one sees the two nations, Jordan and Israel, and the site linked to Christ’s temptation.
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Palestine
Jordan
Israel
Christ
Satan
Jordan River
Voter Test Shapes Stanley Plan in Virginia Race
In Manassas and surrounding counties 1 A race features HH Selwyn Smith opposing Del Frank P Moncure over Gov Stanley's plan to avert integration. Smith, a segregationist, argues for full pupil assignment while recognizing Supreme Court limits, while Moncure supports Stanley and upholds keeping public schools.
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Manassas
Stanley
Prince William Stafford
Selwyn Smith
Del
Frank P. Moncure
Moncure
Stafford
General Assembly
Smith
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
Supreme Court
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New City
ELKS
B. P. O Elks
J. H. Himelright
E. R
the Armory
Ann Helfrich
Alfred “Bucky” McDonald
Claude Smalls
Ann
F. A. Helfrich
Orchard
Fairfax School
Arab Union
David Ben-Gurion
Hitler
Hussein
Edward P. Berlin
Joseph G. Wiley
Springsbury
Irvin Price
Price
Wileys
Price’s Mill
U.N
McCormack
West
Queen's Ball
Clare Nelson
Pennsylvania
Tucker Band
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Hollywood
Coca Cola
Arthur Murray
Legionnaires
Legion Home
Esquires
Riteway Cleaners
N. Braddock St
Wilton Wynn
Jericho
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