Early End Seen to Oil Strike Widens Hope
Denver(AP) union leader O A Knight said most or all of about 90,000 striking oil workers may return by week’s end. About one-third of groups have gone back, including 10,000 CIO workers at Sinclair Refining. Settlements hinge on a 15-cent hourly raise plus extra night pay as sole major bargaining with unions proceeds. Aviation fuel shortages persist despite resumed refinery output. restrictions may not lift before June 6.
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Denver
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
Knight
Sinclair Refining Co
Collectors Plan Union in Norwalk Public Works
May 20 spokesman for 24 garbage collectors in the Public Works department said efforts are under way to form a union. Details of the move were not disclosed.
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Norwalk
Public Works Department
Tardiff Given 14-Year Term for Wife Stabbing
Norman R. Tardiff, 34, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the January killing of his wife Agnes, 30, after their anniversary. Judge John T. Cullinan sentenced him to 14 to 15 years in state prison with a Board of Pardons denial recommendation. The case followed domestic trouble and a failed first degree murder indictment.
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Hartford
Norman R. Tardiff
Agnes
Superior Court
John T. Cullinan
Board of Pardons
Cardiff
Lewiston
John S.S. Murtha
Murtha
Michael J. Godfrey
Roosevelt backs Kefauver in California primary
James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late President, endorsed Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for the Democratic presidential nomination. He had supported Truman and his delegation to California’s June 3 primary is now pledged nominally to state Attorney General Edmund G Brown.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
California
Roosevelt
Truman
Edmund G. Brown
Clubwoman Reports VEEP Bid From GOP
Red Oak Iowa May 20 One of the nation’s leading club women reports she has been approached as a possible Republican vice presidential candidate. Mrs H C Houghton retiring national president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs says she was asked to serve as ambassador or cabinet officer if the GOP wins in November. She notes she does not feel qualified for the vice presidency but would consider other offers.
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Red Oak
INS
H. C. Houghton
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa
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High Street
Kefauver
Connecticut
Robert Taft
Eisenhower
Senator Taft
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John D. Lodge
State Capitol
Conn
Fairfield Committee
Taft
Fairfield, Conn
Political Adv
Roper
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VEEP
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Bob White Drive
Westport
Building Service
Blackstone
Mary Procter
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Simpson
Barnum Ave
Stratford
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