Dress Industry Strike Threatens Easter Parade
New York faced a major dress industry strike as 105,000 workers across seven eastern states joined 50 non union plants on picket lines. The walkout halted over three quarters of U S dress production, threatening the coastal Easter parade and prompting Mayor Wagner to plan 24 hour mediation unless a settlement is reached. the dispute centers on pay and contract enforcement in an industry with about 2000 employers and highly variable piece work rates.
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New York
New York City
Julius Hochman
International Ladies,Garment Workers Union
Robert F. Wagner
Oakland Man Shot Eight Times in Rooming House Death
Oakland police hold Booker T. Johnson 43 on murder suspicions after Nathaniel Rose 38? laborer was shot eight times while babysitting in a rooming house for Daisy Walker. Johnson allegedly fired outside the doors Wednesday night and returned to the landlord with the gun. Rose died at the scene.
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Oakland
Booker T. Johnson
Nathaniel Rose
Daisy Walker
Johnson
Robert
Willliams
Rose
Bay Area
California Sclon Eyes Reelection
Rep. RF. Sisk of California announced he will seek reelection. Sisk has served in the House since 1954, continuing his long congressional tenure.
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California
Washington
RF. Sisk
D-Calif
Sisk
Gore seeks to double US highway work this year
Senator Albert Gore proposes doubling the federal highway program as an anti recession measure. He urged Senate approval before Easter and cited 1.2 billion dollars of interstate contracts as a target, plus increased federal funding for primary secondary and urban roads. Also Rep Victor Arfuso introduced a bill to distribute one billion dollars in surplus food via a food stamp plan.
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Washington
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Senate
Federal Highway
Bertram
D. Tallamy
United Press
Victor. L. Arfuso
D-N-Y
Two Young Miners Strike Rich Vein in Old Monterey Mine
In Monterey, two young prospectors James B. Paley and Gerald Doyle found a three by six inch quartz vein amid an abandoned old brewery mine on Gold Ridge. Assays show ore as high as 216.90 a ton, but the pair say they seek only a comfortable living and will not mine but seek backers to exploit the find.
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Monterey
Freeney Nero
Mmine
Gold Ridge
Comedian Hope Wins Soviet Visa After London Wait
Comedian Bob Hope secured a visa to visit Moscow after a London delay, saying the embassy treated him like Red Skelton. He described himself as a cultural exchange and plans to depart March 14, hoping to use Russian girls in a TV show but unsure which.
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Washington
Hope
Russia
London- J
Moscow
London
Red Skelton
Pinky Lee
Tamara Mamedov
Hopé
Psychic links found between children and teacher likes
Dr. Joseph B Rhine reports experiments in Beverly Hills showing children’s ability to name symbols on hidden cards improves when they like their teacher. He notes scores drop below chance where mutual dislike is strong, suggesting a link between affect and reported psychic performance.
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Beverly. Hills
Ins
Joseph B. Rhine
Rhine
Beverly Hills
Assembly Unit UK's 264 More Patrolmen approved by committee
SACRAMENTO UP The Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved Gov Goodwin J Knights request for 264 more highway patrolmen despite analyst A Alan Posts budget cuts. The panel voted 144 to approve the governor's proposal citing highway safety concerns.
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Sacramento
Assembly ‘Ways and Means
Goodwin
J. Knight
Vlor
A. Alan Post
Highway Patrol
Herbert R. Klockstein
Long“ Beach
Alameda
Orange
Post
California
Schidos
Cadet Corps
Swiss Parliament Debates Jet Fighter Choice Between Grumman and McDonnell
Swiss military and political circles push to junk the Sw- built jet in favor of an American Grumman FUF-FL fighter. The defense committee leans toward the U S craft while supporters of the American plane argue for broader merit and future purchase considerations.
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Bern
Switzerland
Swat
Grumman
Monkey See Monkey Do Class Ad Teaser
Vague want ad copy promotes a children’s monkey themed class. Fragments mention parents and kids, urging readers to turn to Class 24 in today’s Want Ads for entertainment or product.
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NATL
Trnemple
Coptas Iy
U.S
Pauley and
Doyle
Ameri Lowner
Tokyo
United States
Fis
Theob.j. Pauley
Sian
Jeasier
Tax Bureau
University of California
Japan
Youth Authority
Knight
Youth ,Authority, and Public’ Utilities’ Commission
Harry Finks
Labo Union
Hugh Burns
Dfresney
Senate Rules’ Committee
Kent Construction
Nelson” Dif
Worth
R-Hemet
Sidelands
Jesse ‘M. Unruh
Los Angeles
Weeing
Magnavox
Videorama
OTV
Optica
Ginithas
Hayward
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