Sympathy Strikes Threaten By 70000 Singapore Workers
Singapore workers threaten sympathy strikes as walkouts flare over pay and conditions. Lim Chin Siong of the leftist People’s Action party leads the call while unions at harbor, shipyards, and docks join the action. Police clamp down on gatherings near strike sites.
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Singapore
Singapore Harbor
Lim Chin Siong
Legislative Assembly
People’s Action Party
W. A. C. Goode
Lim
Harbor Board
Firestone
Plan for Virginia urges special session on segregation
A Virginia commission with 3 000 members urged a mid July special session to enact laws to bar public funds from racially mixed schools and to allow funding of private schools, plus constitutional changes to limit compulsory education. Chesterfield official Horner favored a private, non profit corporate school if public options fail. In Prince Edward County, a 24 hour fund drive raised about 75 000 dollars toward 212 830 goal for white teachers salaries next year.
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Bng
Virginia
General Assembly
Gray Commission
Irvin G. Horner
Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors
Horner
State Corporation Commission
Prince Edward County
Supreme Court
Senators urge clear agenda for projected summit
Sen. Humphrey and Sen. Capehart urged President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles to set forth a complete agenda for the Geneva summit. They blamed domestic politics for doubts about gains and pressed the administration to confront Russia with wartime Yalta promises and to go into the talks with well thought out ideas.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
Capehart
R-Ind
Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Russia
Stalin
United States
Britain
Yalta
Geneva
Gore Fire Company Plans Rain or Shine Barbecue
The Gore Fire Company set tomorrow at 5 p m for a chicken barbecue on the Gore school grounds rain or shine A 25 by 3 foot pit will start at 2 p m with 350 chickens prepared by the Auxiliary The meal includes vegetables dessert coffee and tea If rain occurs supper moves to the school building A 1948 Cadillac ambulance recently acquired will be in service in about ten days after minor repairs.
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Gore
Gore Fire Company
Fire Company
Moorefield
Steelworkers Press Demands at Big Six Firms in Wage Talks
United Steelworkers led by David McDonald presented wage rise demands to Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Jones and Laughlin as part of talks with the Big Six. Bethlehem, Republic, Inland Steel, and Allegheny-Ludlum also discussed pension extensions for retirees while wage negotiations proceed.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Inland Steel Corp
Allegheny-Lulum Steel Corp
Alleghency - Ludlum
Bethlehem Steel
Hat maker linked to quartermaster and feather business tie
Hat maker development chief of the Quartermaster Corps clothing division in Philadelphia was named partner in a feather business by Leo. Tar Taglia, then supervisory military clothing specialist at Natick, Massachusetts, denied testimony that he received fifty thousand dollars to influence a Chicago cap contract in 1953.
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Quartermaster Qcorps
Philadelphia
Leo
Tartaglia
Natick
Mass
Wool
Lev
Chicago
Cardinal Sees New Curtain Of Tyranny in Argentina
Cardinal Spellman warned Fordham graduates that Argentina faces a new tyranny and a possible renaissance of Nazism amid anti Catholic measures and persecution. He urged prayers for Argentine bishops and clergy and called for a day of prayer on July 3 for those behind the Iron and Bamboo curtains.
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Argentina
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Fatal Collision Near Martinsburg Involving Kaufman
A fatal crash occurred when Kaufman driving a 1953 Ford crossed the highway and struck the northbound 1950 Buick driven by Martin. Martin died hours later in a Martinsburg hospital. the Buick was a total loss and the Ford about 400 dollars in damage. Police also cited a prior drunken driving report and linked the two cars by shared registration. Martin had just earned a bachelor of science and a second lieutenant commission in the Marine Corps at VMI commencement.
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Kaufman
Berkeley
Holliday
Martin
Martinsburg
Holiday
Ford
Associated Press
V.M.I
Lexington
U.S. Marine Corps
Edward D. Martin
Westfield
How Many Diseases Are There According to WHO
The World Health Organization lists 999 categories of diseases and causes of death in official medical statistics.
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World Health Organization
Temperature dips as Winchester sees cool day and drizzle
Cool Winchester weather began with no rain in the morning then a drizzle around 1 p.m. Shoppers wore extra coats as the day reached 58 degrees, with a 50 degree low overnight. AP forecast warns continued clouds and cool conditions with more showers tomorrow night. Temperatures stay cool with last year’s 85 degree high noted.
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Associated Press
New Stars Possible Says Dr Ce cilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Astronomer Dr Ce cilia Payne-Gaposchkin of Harvard argues in Stars in the Making that enough atomic clouds exist to form new stars. The article discusses stellar creation in nebulae and the potential births in the cosmos.
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Harvard
Stellar birth and cosmic evolution across the galaxy
The text notes that stars continue to form within the galaxy and that a vast number of stars could arise from the material present. It mentions the universe's brightness and that many stars in the heavens were created since life began on Earth.
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Earth
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