Hawaii Prepares To Seize Docks To End Walkout
Hawaii moves to seize docks and run stevedoring for up to 180 days to end a 99 day CIO ILWU strike. Governor Stainback proclaims emergency, seeks to hire strikers at pre wage, while unions challenge the law in court amid a stalled cargo flow.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Government of
Ben Rush
Board of Harbor Commissioners
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Pacific
Ingram M. Stainback
ILWU
Territorial
Walter DD. Ackerman Jr
Pickle Crisis Hits Williamson County Homes
The Austin American reports a pickle crisis in Williamson County as vinegar quality drops. Mrs. Carradine of Taylor notes stronger acid in vinegar affecting her famed hot dill and cucumber recipes while she can also make pickled beans.
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Post Oaks
Williamson County
Spencer Carradine
Taylor
Mrs. Carradine
Senator Probes Five Per Cent Fees to Aid Small Business
Senate five percenter probers push to curb abuses in government contracting and ease small businessmen’ access to federal work. Chairman Hoey says bill targets procurement practices while preserving legitimate representation. Defense Secretary Johnson to testify on commission men’s role in securing contracts for a fee.
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Washington
Senate
Hoey
D-Nc
Johnson
Commission
Paul Grindle
Massachusetts
Fast Moving Want Ad Leads to Double Wedding in Missouri
Charles Donelson 21 marries Irene Krebs 18 after placing a want ad for a wife with a five day deadline. The ceremony also unites Donelson’s partner Orville Mortimore 20 with Delores Haskey 19 in a dual service at Frog Hop Ballroom.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Charles Donelson
Irene Krebs
Donelson
Orville Mortimore
Delores Haskey
Miss Krebs
Mortimore
Cupid
One Pill Malaria Cure Report Denied by Prof
University of Chicago official calls reports of a three day permanent malaria cure with one pill premature and inaccurate. Dean Lowell T. Coggeshall notes remaining obstacles before a cure can be claimed and says it is not a one pill proposition.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Chicago Herald-American
Associated Press
Lowell T. Coggeshall
University
Division of Biological Sciences
European Chiefs to Meet on Council of Europe Launch
European ministers from 19 countries gather in Strasbourg to form a committee and launch the Council of Europe. Churchill Edouard Herriot and Paul-Henri Spaak are named as potential first president of the consultative assembly of 87 members. The assembly meets Wednesday for about a month.
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Strasbourg
France
Winston Churchill
Britain
Edouard “Erriot
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Consultative Assembly
Council of Europe
United States of Europe
Committee of Ministers
Atlantic Flier Seeks To Aid Italian Boys
New York Aug 71- John Brondello a 36 year old Italian plans to fly the Atlantic in a light Beechcraft from Lisbon to New York later this month to raise 3 million dollars for the Italian National Boys Town. He said 2000 hours of labor have been invested in the single engine plane at Wichita Kansas.
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New York
John Brondello
Atlantic
Lisbon
Portugal
Brondello
Wichita
Kas
Red Led Aussie Miners Plan Coal Field Parleys
In Sydney on August 8 the central council of the Communist Miners Federation voted to hold meetings on coal fields Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss reopening negotiations with all parties. Moderate union officials call it a last ditch move to extend the seven week strike of 24 000 miners.
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Sydney
Australia
Central Council of the
Communist Miners Federation
Displaced Persons Arrive in New York on General Howze
The International Refugee Organization announced 1,356 displaced persons will land in New York on Tuesday aboard the General Howze. The ship is among 40 chartered by the IRO for resettlement, with passengers headed to California Montana Washington Nebraska.
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Washington
The
International Refugee Organization
New York
IRO
California
Montana
Washington State
Nebraska
Jet Sets Record For Time in Air
Gloster Meteor fighter lands after 12 hours 3 minutes aloft to claim a world record for refueled jet powered flight. Patrick Hornidge piloted the plane, refueled 10 times and covering about 3600 miles at 10,000 feet, aided by a new tanker hose system.
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Rushton
Eng
Patrick Hornidge
Tarrant Air Field
California
Arizona
Hornidge
Flight Refueling, Limited
Royal Aero Club
Burmese Troops Battle Red and Deserter Force Near Rangoon
Railway crews report heavy fighting 25 miles north of Rangoon as government troops clash with deserters and Communists. The center of action is Tantabin Village amid reports of peace talks beginning in Lower Burma between rebel Karen tribesmen and Burma army officials.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tantabin
de Ye
Lower Burma
Burma Army
Forest Fire Destroys 1600 Acres Near Bordeaux
French police and soldiers fought a raging forest fire near Bordeaux on Sunday night. The blaze had already consumed 1,600 acres of timber as winds fanned the flames.
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Bordeaux
France
Here
Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Train Makes First Run
The first Israeli train from Tel Aviv arrived in Jerusalem at noon Sunday with flag delegates. The line now runs entirely in Israeli territory after earlier fighting damaged the tracks in 1948 and a corridor through Trans-Jordan was secured by the armistice.
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Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Jordan
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