Plan to Keep Workers Over 65 on Payroll Favored
Washington report says a plan by Harvard economist Sumner Slichter, endorsed by Labor Secretary Tobin, would give employers one third of a worker's potential social security if they keep 65 plus employees. The aim is to prevent forced retirement and boost employment while recognizing reduced productivity.
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Washington
Tobin
Congress
Harvard
Sumner Slichter
Slichter
Atlantic City
Manganese Prospecting Reported in Russell County
Prospectors in Russell County southwest section report ore samples rich in manganese. Industrial Minerals Co under contract with landowners for about 2300 acres to prospect and lease mineral rights. Names tied to the effort include Mellet, Brado, W B Cross, Walker Kiser, D J Altizer and Clint Herbert.
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Lebanon
Russell County
Ellis F. Hargis
Industrial Minerals Company
Hargis
Elwood Bausell
Lebanon News
Bausell
Steubenville
Mellett
Brado
W. B. Cross
Walker Kiser
D. J. Altizer
Clint Herbert
Four Masked Gunmen Rob Brink's Guards in Connecticut
Four gunmen wearing gas masks robbed Brink's guards of 15000 dollars at the Gigelow-Sanford Carpet Factory in Thompsonville Connecticut at about 4 a.m. They beat guards who were hospitalized in Springfield Massachusetts. Police halted plant access for hours while searching for suspects and a link to a January Boston robbery is not established.
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Thompsonville, Conn
Brink's Rds
Gigelow-Sanford
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Mass
Carpet
Brinks, Inc
Boston
Wilkes Barre
Recreation Needs Outlined by Winchester Official
Winchester recreation director Charles Aikin told the Rotary Club that shorter work hours and more cars raise demand for local facilities. He outlined two park areas, progress in 1950, new showers and heating at Rouss Park, sewer work, and plans for a Negroes park with community group participation and indoor volleyball in winter.
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Charles Aikin
Winchester
Rotary Club
Aikin
Winchester Recreation Park
Senseny Road
Rouss Park
Lions Club
Senseng Road
Recreation Department
Soft Ball Commission
C. J. Ott
Dan Leatherman
Virginia five day weather outlook shifts from rain to warm spell
The outlook covers tomorrow through Wednesday May 17 in Virginia with rain tonight and early Saturday and showers likely on Tuesday. Totals around a half to one inch. Temperatures start moderate, rise early next week, then cool midweek, averaging near normal for the period.
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Virginia
Rail Strike Expands With Thousands Laid Off Across Lines
Chicago reports show 200000 workers idle as the three day old firemen strike against four major carriers spreads. Violence erupts near Knoxville with trains ambushed and a fireman shot as emergency service operates on Southern, New York Central, and Santa Fe lines.
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Chicago
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway Lines
New York Central
Indiana
Southern
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Harrisonburg
Searchers Probe Wreckage of Plane Near Oyster
Searchers probed the charred wreckage of a partly submerged Navy patrol bomber after a crash near Oyster Maryland on a training flight from Patuxent Naval Air Station. Three bodies were recovered and the fourth missing. identities were withheld by the Navy.
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Navy
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Abandoned Car Found In Lonely Spot May Be Clue In Slaying
A red haired woman’s nude body was found upriver, and an abandoned Plymouth with rope and bobby pins was found along the Potomac near Mountain Rock. The car, stolen from Brownsville, Pa., is under fingerprint and hair analysis as investigators pursue links to the unidentified victim.
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Sharpsburg
Potomac River
Brownsville
Maryland
Clyde Tucker
Mountain Rock
Here
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
North Bank of the Potomac
Tucker
Boonsboro
John F. Myers
P. C. Yost
Western Powers Debate Relaxing German Controls
London reports the Big Three foreign ministers discuss easing occupation rules in West Germany to promote economic and political integration. Proposals include giving Germany more diplomatic voice, restoring frontier and exit visa powers, and loosening internal governance while monitoring international aims.
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London
West Germany
France
U. S
Germany
United States
High Commission
Patient Dies After Wrong Gas Administered at Port Jervis Hospital
A patient at St Francis Hospital died on the operating table from carbon dioxide mistaken for oxygen. Officials said the cylinder label showed oxygen but contained carbon dioxide. no fault by staff was found. Cylinders were seized for testing and a warning issued to related hospitals. The coroner classified the death as accidental asphyxiation. The patient was John H McCooey, 53, of Port Jervis, awaiting surgery for stomach ulcers.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
St. Francis Hospital
Orange County
State Laboratory
Albany
Newburgh Oxygen Co
Broadway
Newburgh
New~burgh Company
John H. McCooey
Submarine Reported Off New Jersey Coast
The Navy investigates sightings of an unidentified submarine off Beach Haven New Jersey on a Wednesday afternoon. The Department says no U S submarines were in the area at the time and the Navy has not yet produced results from the inquiry.
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Washington
Navy
New Jersey
Department
U. S
Mobile Gas
Atlantic
Beach Haven
N. J
Frederick County Board Adopts 1950 51 Budget and Tax Hearing
Frederick County Board of Supervisors set June 12 for a public hearing on the 1950 51 budget. A total tax levy of 2.15 dollars per hundred finances expenditures of 579 574 with 468 492 for the school fund and 58 130 for public welfare.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
General County
James Wood
General County Fund
British Navy Recaptures Ethel Moller Off Amoy
The British Navy recaptured the 564 ton steamer Ethel Moller from Chinese Nationalists off Amoy. The Cossack boarded the ship after a brief boarding operation, disarmed nationalist soldiers. The original crew resumed command and the vessel heads to Hong Kong, expected noon tomorrow.
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London
Ethel Moller
Admiralty
Cossack
Amoy
Hong Kong
Fish Take Better Hampton April Output Higher
April fish and shellfish production in Hampton Roads rose notably from the same month last year, according to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service report. Also an ad offers driving lessons in a Dual Control car with a trained instructor and contact numbers for Chapman Motor Co.
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Hampton
Hampton Roads
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Richard Chapman
Chapman Motor Co
Truman Pushes Fair Deal, Taft Hartley Fight Rages On
President Truman travels through Montana on the Fair Deal sales tour and vows to repeal Taft Hartley. He claims the act infringes on collective bargaining and must be replaced by a fair law for both sides. He defends civil rights, rebuts socialism charges, and criticizes GOP critics amid dam dedication remarks.
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Associated Press
Truman
Congress
Montana
Butte
Spokane
Wash
Capitol Hill
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington
Wherry
N-Neb
Grand Coulee
Northwest
Millikin
R-Cole
Colorado
Theodore Roosevelt
Police Seek Stolen Willys Jeep in Winchester
Winchester police issued a stolen car alert for a red Willys Jeep taken last night from 12 W Clifford St. Randolph Rogers reported he left the keys in the switch. Virginia license 518 350. The vehicle had a quarter tank of gas and no spare tire.
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Winchester
Willys
Clifford St
Randolph Rogers
Virginia
Coal production slight drop from year ago in week ends May 6
The National Coal Association reports bituminous output for the week ended May 6 at 10,780,000 tons, down from 11,284,000 tons in the same week last year. For the prior week ending April 29 this year production was 11,080,000 tons.
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Washington
The
National Coal Association Today
Harrison accuses officials of government infiltration
Staunton representative Burr Harrison told Beverley Manor Raritan Club that many unsavory figures remain in the Federal Government. He criticized “unknown Communists” and cited random names including Interior Secretary Oscar L Chapman as examples of officials who allegedly connected with Communist fronts without proper scrutiny.
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Staunton
Burr P. Harrison
Truman
Harrison
House Committee On UN
Committee On un-American Activities
Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Chapman
Eemaunih
No Chance of Sharing Atomic Bombs Says Congress
Congress dismisses any plan to share atomic weapons with allies. Senators and representatives from both parties oppose arming allies, citing risk of leaks and loss of U S control. Some officials argue stockpiling under American control could gain support.
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Washington
America
North Atlantic
Congress
House
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
U.S
Russia
Senate
Atomic Committee
Pulaski County Election Set on Bond Issue
Circuit Judge John Draper signed an order calling a Pulaski County election for May 29 to decide if the county should float a 2,500,000 dollar bond for a county wide school improvement program.
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Pulaski
John 8S. Draper
Pulaski County
Winchester Day Nursery Urgently Seeks Quarters
The Winchester Day Nursery seeks a vacant lot or house as current space on Braddock Street owned by Braddock Street Methodist Church is needed for expansion. Mrs. J Victor Arthur says 27 children on waiting list will lose care if quarters aren’t found. Contacts listed for offers.
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Winchester Day Nursery
J. Victor Arthur
Arthur
Gertrude Barton
Braddock St
H. B. McCormac
Edward W. Barr
Investigators Get Extensive FBI Data in Loyalty Files
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee reviewing 81 State Department loyalty cases received detailed FBI reports on each case. President Truman kept raw FBI files from the panel, but officials say the material provided is vast and more comprehensive than expected.
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Washington
Senate
FBI
State Department
Arthy
Rwis
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Truman
Tydings
D-Md
PBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Department
Conviction Upheld in Air Force Husband Slaying
The U S High Commission Appeals Court affirmed the conviction and a 15 year sentence of Mrs Yvette Madsen of Brooklyn for the slaying of her Air Force husband on October 19 in Frankfurt Germany.
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Franfurt
Germany
U. S. High Commission Appeals Court
Yvette Madsen
Brooklyn
Air Force
Body Located of Lt. Richard W. Latham Near Langley AFB
The body of Lt. Richard W. Latham a 23 year old jet fighter pilot missing since April 28 was found yesterday in the water two miles northeast of Grand View by Langley Air Sea Rescue personnel.
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Langley Air Force Base
Richard W. Latham
Grand View
Langley Air-Sea Rescue
Flood Recedes as Waters Fall in Nebraska and Oklahoma
Floodwaters recede across Nebraska and Oklahoma with visibly lower levels in affected areas. Residents assess damage while authorities monitor remaining hotspots and coordinate relief efforts.
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Nebraska
Oklahoma
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Europe
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Winchester American Legion
Sam's Cash Grocery
Tutchon
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Frederick County Board
Un-American Activities Committee
Raritan Club
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