Judge Upholds Firing of Refusing GE Workers
Federal Judge Charles F. McLaughlin ruled that General Electric could dismiss union employees who refused to answer questions from congressional investigators about Communist ties. The decision involved United Electrical Workers (Ind.) and GE, rejecting claims of conspiracy with McCarthy aides and upholding a 90 day unpaid suspension then discharge if questions remained unanswered.
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Charles F. McLaughlin
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Ind
General Electric Co
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Diamond Shipment Stolen From Airplane Wreckage
A large shipment of diamonds worth nearly half a million pounds vanished from the wreckage of a Christmas morning crash of a BOAC Strato cruiser near Prestwick England. The diamonds, unbound and likely part of overseas mail, were destined for New York dealers and insured by Lloyds of London.
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Prestwick
England
London Evening News
Civil Aviation Ministry
British Overseas Airways Corp
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Cruiser
New York
Lloyd's of London
Big Homes For America Survey Highlights Larger 1954 Houses
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Americans built bigger homes in 1954 with two thirds of nonfamily homes started in early 1934 featuring three or more bedrooms. In 15 lettered areas the 1954 house was about 4 percent larger than 1941 models, averaging 1,140 square feet for all new one family houses.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Word puzzle scoring with 16 letters and clues
A crossword style puzzle asks to form valid words horizontally or vertically from 16 letters. Each line yields up to five points with shorter overlaps scoring per segment. Clues include starter words and letter hints to maximize total points.
Subversive List Grows With 27 Added by Attorney General
Attorney General Herbert Browne ll Jr. notified 27 organizations on Friday that they will be added to his list of subversive or ganizations for Communist influence. A hearing request is allowed within 10 days to challenge designation as subversive. The list now totals 52 entities, including the Communist party and the Ku Klux Klan, with others spread across California Idaho Oregon Utah Washington and beyond. The move targets government security risk assessment and includes groups such as Californians for the Bill of Rights and the East Bay Peace Committee.
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Washington
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
Ktve
Communist Party
Ku Klux Klan
National Lawyers Guild
Californians For
San Francisco
East Bay
Everybody's Committee To
Los Angeles
Calif
Idaho Pension Union
Coeur d'Alene
Ida
The
Independent Party
Seattle
Wash
League For Common Sense
June Tsenberg
Salt Lake City
Utah
Tex Mex Bridge Spans Replaced By March In Rio Grande
LAREDO Texas January 1 UP Permanent steel spans of the international railroad bridge washed away in the Rio Grande flood last June and later recovered will be back in place by March Ralph E Johnson general manager of the Texas Mexican Railway Co said the first new span on the US side is due to be completed by the end of the week Two spans and part of a third were washed away and recovered and as far as he could find out it was the first time a large part of a major river bridge has been recovered and put back into service A temporary bridge was built to accommodate rail traffic pending repair of the permanent structure Gen March 9 Years Oh WASHINGTON January 1 UP Gen Peyton C March Army chief of staff during World War I celebrated his birthday Monday at Walter Reed Army Hospital March has been at the hospital since he broke a hip a year ago.
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Tex
International Railroad
Rio Grande
Ralph E. Johnson
Texas-Mexican Railway Co
U.S
Washington
Peyton C. March
Army
Walter Reed Army Hospital
March
Benefits Near Epiration Date In Korean War
Benefits near expiration date for Korean War veterans described by Sgt. George Vidrine at the Baytown recruiting station. Enlist now to access education and training, insured loans, mustering out pay, unemployment assistance, and job help. Emerald weighing 2,884 carats noted.
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Hisenhower
George Vidrine
Baytown
Retley
Vidrine
S. Ashbel
Fragmented crossword style clues from old page
A garbled list of crossword style clues inclusions spanning DAIL ACROS to DOWN entries. Contains scattered definitions and partial names such as American admiral and Sultan decree, with multiple broken terms and ambiguous fragments from an old newspaper grid.
Bridge ethics and a Weekend question on doubling
Central Press feature examines table talk in a social duplicate game focusing on West double and partner reactions. It notes avoiding harsh censure, valuing empathy, and highlights an East player praise for bold doubling as proper, then poses a Weekend Question about the rule on covering with 29 honors in six hearts.
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West
South
East
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