Rio Grande Flood Kills At Least 55 In Historic Disaster
At least 55 dead as Rio Grande floods devastate Eagle Pass Texas and Piedras Negras Mexico. 38 deaths confirmed in Piedras Negras with 15,000 homeless and 7,000 refugees in Coahuila. Ozona Pecos River and Del Rio Ciudad Acuna areas report additional fatalities while warnings and aid efforts surge.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Ozona
Pecos
del Rio
Ciudad Acuna
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Coahuila
H. G. Walker
U. S. Public Health Service
Manuel Olivares
Phone Equipment Installers Strike Shuts Down Western Electric Dispute
Seventeen thousand CIO workers who install and maintain telephone gear walked out nationwide after failed contract talks with Western Electric. Delays in picketing eased immediate disruptions. dial service may continue for a time. The walkout centers on wage and benefit demands, with plans to extend picketing around major cities.
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New York (P
CIO
CIO Communications Workers Union
New York
Baltimore
CWA
District 10
Western Electric Co
Margaret L. Hodgson
Memorial for Comdr Jennings in Memphis jet crash
Word reached relatives in the city of the death yesterday afternoon of Commander Robert H. Jennings Jr USN 33 in a jet plane crash at the Naval Air Station in Memphis Tennessee. An AP dispatch said the F2H Banshee twin jet fighter plunged from low altitude leaving a 500 yard trail of flames near the runway end. A board of inquiry was convened to determine the crash cause. Jennings commanded VF 11 the Red Rippers formed in 1927 the oldest Naval Fighting Squadron, based at Cecil Field near Jacksonville Florida. He was en route to Foster Air Force Base Victoria Texas and had refueled in Memphis. He was brother of Mrs Joseph A Massie Jr and Mrs James M Thom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Jennings, Jr
USN
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
Associated Press
Comdr. Jennings
VF-11
The
Red Rippers
Cecil Field
Jacksonville
Fla
Foster Air Force Base
Victoria
Texas
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
City
James M. Thom
Clearbrook Fire Company yard party grossed 2885.90
Nearly 3,000 attended the annual Clearbrook Fire Company yard party and auction at Stonewall School grounds raising 2885.90 dollars. Supper served cafeteria style with meals prepared by auxiliary and 14 area churches. auction led by C R Duvall and Buck Orndorff featured power mowers, oak flooring, neckties and puppies.
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Clearbrook Fire Company
Stonewall
Clearbrook
Marl Hannum
C. R. Duvall
Buck Orndorff
U S Pushes For Early Action On Asian Pact
Secretary of State Dulles urged rapid creation of a Southeast Asia anti Communist pact while hailing a Guatemalan victory over communism. Anzus alliance ministers from Australia and New Zealand urged immediate defense measures and planned July talks on Southeast Asian strategy.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Guatemala
Dulles
Australia
New Zealand
Richard G. Casey
Leslie Knox Munro
Eisenhower
Churchill
Indochina
Community Urged to Accept Civil Defense Responsibility
Dr. Albin L. Lindall, county EMS director, told Kiwanis yesterday that the local community must run civil defense with state supervision, military advice, and federal support lacking. He urged public education and training, claiming organized defense can cut casualties by half within minutes of a warning.
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Albin L. Lindall
Kiwanis Club
Lindall
Officials Seek New Site for Strike Bound Plant
Officials of Virginia Metal Products in Orange announce plans to search for a new plant site after a June 15 strike halted production. The board action follows failed wage offers and lost wages totaling about 70 000. Employed staff numbers around 450 with 350 union members.
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Orange
Virginia Metal Products, Inc
New York
VMP
AFL Fabricated Metal Workers Federal Labor Union
R. M. Drysdale Jr
WMP
William C. MacMillen Jr
MacMillen
Drysdale
Communists Seize Red River Delta as French Evacuate
The Vietminh push to take most of the Red River delta with little resistance as French Union forces withdraw from key centers. Paris seeks to protect Hanoi Haiphong lifeline while evacuating towns like Phat Diem Thai Binh Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh. The war’s end may come soon as French concentrate defenses on the Hanoi Haiphong corridor.
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Singapore
Red River
Hanoi
Haiphong
Indochina Dunkerque
France
Viet Nam
Phat Diem
Thai Binh
Nam Dinh
Ninh Binh
Vietminh
Vo Nguyen Giap
Indochina
Moncay
First six months 1954 rainfall 16.84 inches below average
Rainfall for the January to June period totaled 16.84 inches, about 1.49 inches below the 41 year average, with June near average. February was driest and March wettest, while January and April remained below average. Extreme cold and snow marked January, with a 7 degree low and 70 degree high on January 27.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Winchester Man Is Sentenced For Green Chemical Co Robbery
James Melvin Dunaway a 30 year old Winchester man received a two year state penitentiary sentence after a 1 day 18 hour trial concluding with a unanimous guilty verdict for the March weekend safe cracking at Green Chemical Co 206 Wyck St Evidence included debris found on Dunaway and testimony from FBI agents The defense contended he could not have left 221 N Cameron St during the crime window and presented alibi witnesses including his common law wife and relatives
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Winchester
Green Chemical Co
Wyck St
James Melvin Dunaway
Winchester Corporation Court
Elliott Marshall
Dunaway
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Madelyn Sally
Strosnider
Leo LePresti
N. Cameron St
Strosaiders
Sally
Anderson Reappointed Virginia Highway Commissioner
Gen James A Anderson begins a new four year term as Virginia highway commissioner after a gubernatorial reappointment. He has led the agency since 1941 and previously worked with Virginia Military Institute. The governor's list included 73 board and commission appointments.
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Richmond
James A. Anderson
Virginia
Anderson
Stanley
Henry G. Shirley
Virginia Military Institute
Miss Herlihy to Lead Winchester Memorial Nursing School
Miss Frances Herlihy of Alexandria will assume educational director duties at Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing on July 5, succeeding Miss Lillie Hoke. Herlihy earned a 1946 nursing diploma, 1952 Columbia MA, and has directed Peninsula General School of Nursing since 1952. She previously worked at Maimonides and Garfield Hospitals and holds several professional memberships.
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Frances Herlihy
Alexandria
Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Lillie Hoke
Miss Hoke
Miss Herlihy
St. Peter's Hospital School of Nursing
Catholic University
Columbia University
Peninsula General Hospital
Salisbury
Maimonides Hospital
New York City
Garfield Hospital
Washington
American Nurses Association
National League of Nursing
American Association of University Women
Columbia
Traffic Deaths Decline in May for Fifth Straight Month
The National Safety Council reports May traffic deaths at 2,960, down 3 percent from May 1953, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline. For January through May, 13,470 fatalities occur, down 5 percent from 14,150 in the same period last year.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
General Income Tax Cut Appears Dead for Session
Washington report says rival Democratic and Republican tax cut proposals failed in a crossfire of maneuvering. Senate action on the bill stalled after substitutes were defeated 49 to 46, with both parties blaming the other as the session moves toward conference with the House.
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William F. McKenna
Senate Banking Committee
Washington
New York
McKenna
International Soundphoto
Eisenhower
Capitol
Senate
House
Sen
George
D-Ga
Morse
Ind-ore
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Byrd
Holland
Fla
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Robertson
Langer and Young
Airliner Nose Wheel Collapses on Landing at Idlewild
National Airlines DC6 nose wheel collapsed during landing at Idlewild Airport. Two of 48 passengers were slightly injured. A small fire in the nose wheel housing was extinguished by the engineer. Captain and crew helped passengers evacuate through an emergency exit after a flight from Tampa with a stop in Jacksonville.
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New York
National Airlines
Idlewild
Tampa
Fla
Jacksonville
Ralph Farish
Thousand Dollar Prize List for CVVFA Parade
Approximately $1000 in prizes will be awarded at the Firemen's Parade on August 21 at 2 p.m. in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. The event is the highlight of the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association 53rd annual convention meeting there August 1921.
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Waynesboro
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association
CVVFA
George Ridgley
Funkstown
C. L. Jacobs
Anthony Wayne
John Boyd
Friendship
Harvey DeSchon
James Sardens
Lewis Ebert
Fred Geanious
Louis Bell
Sarah Zane
Hetzel Oates, Jr
Government Ends Fiscal Year With About 31 Percent Deficit
The government closes its 1954 fiscal year with an estimated deficit near 31 percent of spending. Receipts fell short of Eisenhower’s January forecast by about 2.3 billion, while outlays ran roughly 3 billion under that projection. Debt stands around 270 billion with about 10 billion expected to be borrowed in coming months.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Eisenhower
Treasury
Senate
Guatemala Rivals Haggle Over Peace Terms in Dawn Talks
In San Salvador, rebels Col. Carlos Castillo Armas and Col. Elfego Monzon debated a cease-fire and a new government for Guatemala through dawn. Mediator Osorio voiced optimism while both sides kept proposals private amid reports of colonial troops and unrest near Guatemala City.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Elfego Monzon
Castillo Armes
Chiquimala
Oscar Osorio
Monzon
Escuintla
Pinula
Concepcion
Guatemala City
Osorio
U S Steel raises prices by three dollars a ton
U S Steel Corp announces a $3 per ton price increase for basic carbon steel, raising the current price to $120 a ton. The move follows a CIO United Steelworkers contract with wage gains and improved benefits for 190000 workers, signaling potential wider hikes across the industry.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Benjamin FP
Fairless
Jewel Box
Jewel Boa, Inc
Winchester
Hodgson & Brown Winchester
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Rouss Fire Co
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Branner’s Sport Shop
Friendship Fire Co
Lions Shelter
Ments
R. S. Ryan
Bates
U.S
Mendes-France
Paris
Casey
Munro
Voice of America
Moscow
Kremlin
Dr. Lindall
James Dunaway
Pingley & Carper
E. Piccadilly St
Lovett’s
Sen. Millikin
R-Colo
GOP
Farouk
Marchioness
Irma Capece Minutolo
Naples
Rome
Egypt
St. Moritz
U.S. Steel Ups
Dead City
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