Douglas Announces Pay Raises Across the Board
Douglas Aircraft announces across the board pay raises totaling 2,504,000 for 13 hourty nard workers in the Long Beach division and other California Arizona Oklahoma plants. The increases, part of a 10 million package for 68,000 on the clock employees, take effect Monday the first anniversary of a 1936 wage agreement. Total payroll in these areas rises to about 500,000,000 yearly with 111,000,000 for Long Beach employees.
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Douglas Aircraft Company
California
Arizona
Oklahoma
Santy Monlea
Long Beach
el Segundo
Torrance
Culver City
Jel
Tucson
Ariz
Douglas
Santa Monica
International Airlines
Klm-Royal Dutch Air Lines
Panair Dorani
Spring Cold Wave Grips Midwest with Record Lows
A new spring cold wave swept from central Canada into the northern Midwest and Texas causing near zero temperatures. The U S Weather Bureau warned of potential record lows as the wintry blast follows recent spring snow storms and deadly storms across the Great Plains and the South, with reported deaths exceeding one hundred in three weeks.
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Midwest
Texas
Canada
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kansas
Chy
Great Plains
Ferry Sinks with 218 on Board Near Haifa
A ferry carrying about 218 passengers sank near Haifa after a collision. At least 17 people were confirmed dead with authorities warning the death toll could rise as rescue operations continued.
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Haifa
Arael
Altordee
Hkoshisia
Japan
Iriday
Hiroshima
Israel
Reuther Outlines Four Day Week Plan for Auto Workers
Walter Reuther head of the AFL CIO auto workers declares at CIO UAW in Allenile City that next year workers would shift to a four day work week with no pay reduction. He argues this maintains production without raising automobile prices. A Washington correspondent flags continuing Net coverage.
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Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio Auto Workers
Reuther
Cio-Uaw
Allenile City
Slio
Washington
Poisoned by Chlorine Forces 1000 from Homes in Frizeo
In Ellwood City Pennsylvania industrial suburb Frizeo, deadly chlorine gas sickened residents and contaminated food and metal furnishings. More than 1,000 people fled as authorities, civil defense, and Red Cross acted to avert further deaths.
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Ellwood City
Hines
Industral
Frizeo
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Crabbe Daughter's Death Mystery Leaves Hollywood Questioned
Caren Lynn Crabbe, 20, daughter of actor Larry Crabb, dies after a period of emotional disturbance. Coroner cites unclear cause. physician refuses death certificate saying death occurred in sleep unseen for a week. Fire and gas incident at Ellwood City linked to hospitalizations but no crime suspected.
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Hollywood
Caren Lynn Crabbe
Larry
Buster)Crabb
Lan
Carl D. Strouse
Crabbe
New York
Wood City Hospital
University of Infirm
California
Worme
Ade
Ellwood City
Ace Station
Crabbe Anit
Doctora
Me W. Page
Jack Gatch
Weat
Los Angeles
Ito
Blind man regains sight after months and rethinks race
Robert Nail 24 of Dallas, back in Los Angeles after an auto crash left him briefly blind, says his experience eroded his racial judgments. While blind he learned Braille and found voice, touch, and warmth reveal character beyond appearance. He resumes work at Braille Institute and plans a lending fund drive.
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Los Angeles J
Robert Nail
Nail
Dallas
Tex
Darlas
Los Angeles City College
Jacksonville
Wam
Hig Aight
Nall
Braille Institute
Ma Fund
Alt
Independent Relymlicans Plan Regional Conference in Omaha
National Chairman Meade Alcorn calls Midwest a battleground of 1958 as Independent Relymlicans hold a regional planning conference in Omaha. State Senate passes legislation to screen obscene and unpatriotic books from public school libraries. Assembly fate uncertain.
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Relymlicans
Omaha
Tld
Meade Alcorn
Midwest
State Senate
Assembly
Turncoat's Term Cut to 10 Years
KERMIT Tex GE Claude Batchelor is serving 20 years for switching sides to the Chinese during the Korean War. His military court martial reduced the sentence to 10 years making him eligible for parole in January 1958. Batchelor has been imprisoned at Leavenworth since 1954. His mother Mrs O L Batchelor voiced mixed feelings about the shorter sentence and fairness compared with others who stayed in China longer.
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Kermit
Tex
Claude Batchelor
Thas
Mra. O. L
Hatchelor
Military Court Moral Board
Leavenworth
Kan
Ist
Batchelor
China
Jury Awards 125000 For Long Beach Auto Victim
A Long Beach widow, Lilly Farragh, age 57, received a 125000 verdict from a jury after two weeks of trial in Superior Judge Joseph Maltby’s court. She was injured March 10, 1953, when struck by a car driven by Ward Sexton at Cerritos Avenue and Wardlow Road, suffering multiple fractures and a crushed pelvis.
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Lilly Farragh
Walnut Ave
Superior Court
Long Beach
Joseph M. Maltby
MIM
Markagh
Bualnese
Sexton
Cerritos Ave
Wardlow Rd
Bar Owner Shot Leaves Three Held for Questioning
A bar owner, Dorothy Carlson, 18, was shot in her Lone Tree Boulevard residence early Thursday. Three suspects, Agnes Hildesmee Brandt 23 Dale R Nelson 19 and Marlin F Marnaif 28, were arrested for investigation of attempted murder robbery and burglary after Mrs Carlson fired her revolver during a break in.
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Dorothy
Carlson
Eaanelee
General Hospital
Marlin F. Marnaif
Mrs. Carlson
Lone Teach Blvd
Catzon
Marsell
Eunman
Lemon
Ave
Agnes C. Hildesmee ‘Brandt
Dale R. Nelson
Bearded prospector and the goober counter tale
A desert prospecting tale describes WM returning from a trip with a scintillator, a bearded old timer claiming a goober counter, and a 3:08 am shooting observed by Mrs. Carlson as news spreads across the Moe Jave area.
Struggle for Funds in Recess Faces Postmaster Budget
In Washington the House Appropriations Committee moved toward giving Postmaster General Summerfield most of the funds he requests as a budget clash looms over economy cuts set to begin at midnight. Republicans and aides discuss adding an extra mail clerk at $2,100 a year to handle mail surges and budget pressures.
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Washington (Ap
House Appropriations Committee
Summerfield
Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mase
Arso
Wayne Hayes
Cute
House Deadlock Delays Post Office Emergency Funds
lawmakers debate the Post Office Department emergency aid with Summerfield pressing for reductions to services. Democratic and Republican members discuss a compromise of 40 to 41 million dollars of the 47 million aid, while a subcommittee recommends 17 million for the rest of the year. A court challenge to Summerfield orders also surfaces as the scramble continues.
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House Appropriations Committees
Post Office ‘Department
Summerfield
Democrata
Suny Innerfield
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International Airways
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Japan Air Lines
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Mian Crabbo
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