Searchlight shuts three bawdy houses as town fears ruin
Clark County District Attorney Roger Foley Jr issues warrants closing three Rambling casinos in SearchlightNev to curb houses of ill fame within 300 yards of a school. Abatement proceedings began last week while residents fear economic ruin as two licensed workers quit and others plan to leave.
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Searchlight
Clark County
Roger Foley,Jr
Foley
Nevada
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
William
Vincent Martello
William RR. Bingwall
John
Belle Nordheim
John M. Kay
Farm Labor Union Plans Picket At Imperial Valley Farms
National Farm Labor Union workers said they would picket Imperial Valley farms Tuesday as part of a strike for higher wages and the removal of imported Mexican workers. Growers claimed no strike exists, with picketing limited to packing and loading sheds.
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EL Centro
APL National Farm Labor Union
Imperial Valley Farms
Radioactive Material Rare in Columbia River Says GE Man
GE official George R. Prout explains that a single 100 pound salmon meal from below Hanford would barely exceed a noticeable radioactive dose, with river cooling water treated to near zero radioactivity before reentering the Columbia. The Hanford Health Instruments division raises 25,000 salmon yearly to study radiation effects on river life and workers, while other experiments involve sheep and test feeds to gauge radiation uptake in plants and animals.
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Richland
Wash
Columbia River
Hanford Atomic Energy Works
George R. Prout
General Electric
Hanford
Atomic Energy Commission
Prouf
Prout
Health Instruments Division
Hanford Works
Reds Leftists Beaten in Holy Vote Across Cities
In elections across 2646 communities, the Christian Democrats swept Genoa Venice Bologna and Milan seeing left wing governments ousted. De Gasperi’s bloc hoped left administrations would flip to their side as turnout neared 9 million voters but only about 500 communities had reported results by early today. Overall municipal results were incomplete with Rome voting later.
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Alcide i
Christian Democrats
Genoa
Venice
Bologna
Milan
Bse
de Gasperi
Chi Democrat
Interior
Bo Ay
California Stores Face Uneasy Price War Fears
In Sacramento and San Francisco reports say California retailers fear broad price wars after a Supreme Court ruling voided fair trade laws. Assistant Atty General Edward Bernard notes refrigerators and hardware fall under the ruling while retail limits on below-cost sales remain unsettled. Macy’s San Francisco avoids New York’s price-slashing move.
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Sacramento
California
Edward G. Benard
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Benard
San Francisco
R. A. Macy
Macy
New York
Government Woman Develops New Stenographic Test
Mrs Olive Bowyer of the Naval Supply Center in Oakland devised a new stenographic test now used by the U S Civil Service Commission in San Francisco. The test promises to halve test time, uses an electric scoring machine, and was developed after hours on Bowyer’s own expense. She and the Navy and Civil Service honored her at a May 11 ceremony in San Francisco. Interested applicants are urged to apply for examinations at the Hayward Post Office.
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Olive Bowyer
Naval Supply Center
Oakland
U.S. Civil Service Commission
San Francisco
Harry T. Kranz
U.S. Civil Service Region
Hayward
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