Bus Strike Spread in L B Threatened
A looming bus strike in Long Beach threatens 300,000-area commuters as Metropolitan Coach Line drivers walk out. Glendale and Pasadena transit workers joined the strike, meetings were held to decide next steps, and unions prepare to vote on authorizing further action. Negotiations with the company stalled over a 35-cent hourly rise and a 40-hour week, while the 40-hour week with no pay cut remains a core issue.
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Long Beach
Metropolitan Coach Line
Southland
Labor Temple
Glendale
Pasadena Transit
Assn
Pabhway
Motor Coach
Francis Donnelly
Long Beach Motor Bus Co
Jules Medoff
Los Angeles
Brotherhood Off Railroad
Metropolitan
Southern
California
Apprentice WM Good From Start
The weatherman jokes about his wife wanting to hire her brother at the weather bureau. He questions his brother's suitability, noting brightening skies and forecasted sun, while his wife presses for a job, and he quips they won’t need to train him.
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Aweather Bureau
Ten Smith Act Indictments Dismissed In California
In Los Angeles a judge dismissed Smith Act conspiracy indictments against 10 alleged California Communist leaders after prosecutors conceded evidentiary issues. Fourteen defendants were convicted in 1952. five were freed by the Supreme Court ruling and new trials were ordered for others.
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Los Angeles
California
Governent
U. S
Ben Berrison
Fn. S. Atty
Norman Neukom
Justice Department
Supreme Court
U.S. Ia
Seattle
Lowell Linn
Hope Font
Brain Trouble Threatens Vanguard Moon Rocket Test
A Vanguard rocket second stage at Cape Canaveral reports static in its electronic system, delaying a mission to place an American satellite into orbit. Navy engineers work around the clock to clear the bug, with officials noting orbit is not the primary goal but data from the test could prove valuable.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Vanguard
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Eisenhower Leads Cabinet Meeting During Stroke Recovery
President Eisenhower presided over a cabinet meeting and chipped golf shots on the White House lawn to underscore his excellent recovery from a mild stroke a week earlier. He planned to lead off a bipartisan White House briefing with congressional leaders, stating no fatigue and normal vital signs per his doctor.
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Eisenhower
White House
Adlai E. Stevensen
Howard. Snyder
James C. Hagerty
Snyder
Beck White House
Hagerty
Gettysburg
Labor Chief Urges Pay Hike Moratorium Amid Inflation
Atlantic City dispatch notes a labor leader urging a one year moratorium on wage increase demands to curb inflation and stabilize employment. AFL Pacific Plane Turns 62 to land safely after engine issues during return flight to California. proposal ties moratorium to building and construction industry cooperation.
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N. J
AFL Pacific
Honolulu
Riching
J. Gray
Hickam Air
Force Base
California
Eisenhower
Travis Air Force Base
Teamsters face expulsion amid alleged corruption ties
Beck and HaLa plan a large fund to extend union membership as evidence of corruption arises. The AFL-CIO contemplates expelling the Teamsters Union, recalling the Longshoremen's past expulsion for Communist links. Continued on Page A-8.
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Teamsters Union
Nationa] Afl-Cio
Dave Beck
Hela
Longshoremen’s Union
CIO
Hts
East Coast Longshoremen's Asso
Girard Free to Return After Suspension Lift
MAEBASHI Japan Tuesday UP Japan announced it will not appeal a three year suspended sentence in the William Girard manslaughter case. The ruling clears the way for Girard to depart for the United States on a military transport Friday with his Japanese wife Haru Candy.
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States
Christian leaders weigh space science in faith context
The Nation's Christian leaders examine the relation between space science and religious faith as a major topic on Page A. Substantial discussion outlines how faith perspectives intersect with scientific exploration and future space endeavors. Investment bankers urge government action to assist the aircraft industry in solving its urgent problems, highlighted on Page A-2.
Sputnik Rocket Believed Lost in South Pacific
Cambridge scientists from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory say the carrier rocket that launched Sputnik I likely plunged into the South Pacific Saturday night after 79 global orbits. Soviet broadcasts varied on final stage details, while a Finnish Moscow report claimed 00 trips by 7 a.m. local time.
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Cambridge
Mass
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
South Pacific
Russia
Soviet trade mission to study Ceylon economy
A Soviet official trade and economic cooperation mission of 10 to 15 members will depart for Ceylon this month to study the island’s economy and prospects. A separate Chicago report describes a disturbing case in Oak Park where a 90-year-old widow, once a stock broker’s spouse, was kept prisoner by her daughter for eight years. conditions included extreme weight loss and lack of light or heat.
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Ceylon
Moscow
Chicago
Oak Park
Hattie~ Rier
Dorothy Rice
Kankakee State Hospital
Long Beach Navy YMCA Center Planned Over Tidelands Funds
Superior Judge A Curtis Smith ruled Long Beach may use tidelands oil funds to build a $700,000 sailors recreation center adjoining Magnolia Ave Navy Landing in the harbor area. The project would include a theater lockers and a dance pavilion to serve seamen of all faiths, with leasing to the YMCA after construction on W Seaside Blvd. If the state does not appeal, work could start in about three months. an appeal could delay action indefinitely.
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Long Beach
Armed Forces Ymca
A. Curtis Smith
Los Angeles
Magnolia Ava
Long Beach Harbor
Ludge Smith
W. Seaside Blvd
YMCA
Walhiced Jacobson
Aacobson
Susperior Court
State Attorney General's Office
15000 Sign Petition on Subsidence
More than 15000 signatures have been obtained on the Save Our City From Sinking petition led by the Chamber of Commerce and Long Beach Naval Shipyard Employees Association. The goal is 25007 with 10000 from shipyard workers and 5000-plus from businesses and civic groups. The drive seeks state action to combat sinking in a 20 square mile area near Wilmington, urging re pressuring of oil fields by water injection.
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Our City
D. W. Campbell
Chamber of Commerce
Goodwin Knight
Long Beach
Chamber
Long Beach Naval Shipyard Employees Association
Wilmington’ of
Oil and Gas
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