Douglas Engineers Win Salary Raises
Douglas Aircraft Co engineers in the Long Beach plant will gain about 500000 in next year under a new contract with the Southern California Professional Engineering Association. The raises apply to all listed facilities and total 2225000 annually for two years, with 4 percent retroactive pay from January 6, 1958, plus a 3 percent increase on June 15, 1959. The pact runs to June 26, 1960 and includes hospital surgical medical insurance for employees and a retirement-insurance program, plus a seventh holiday on December 26 this year and December 24, 1959.
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Southern California Professional Engineering Association
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Santa Monica
Douglas
Southern California
Divorce Petition Dropped By Diana Dors
London court approved a petition by actress Diana Dors to drop divorce proceedings against her husband Dennis Hamilton. The action followed mutual suits and a series of named correspondents, with Miss Fields dismissed from the case and costs awarded.
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London
UPI
Diana Dors
Dennis Hamilton
Miss Dors
Hamilton
Shirly Ann Fields
Tommy Yeardye
Miss Fields
London Decrees Parking Space Rules for New Buildings
London County Council mandates car parking for all new buildings with space rules by type. Apartments require one space per two dwellings, private houses at least one, hotels or clubs one per five bedrooms, department stores one per 2,500 square feet, theaters one per 30 seats, and other spaces follow proportional limits.
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London
London County Council
Soviets to Study Ruins and Excavate Egyptian Relics
Moscow Radio announced a Soviet archeological expedition to the United Arab Republic to dig along the Nile and in the Nubian Desert. Scientists will explore lesser studied regions of ancient Egypt with a focus on economic ties between tribes. The Nubian area will be flooded once the Aswan Dam is built.
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London
UPT
Moscow Radio
United Arab Republic
Nile
Egypt
Aswan
Marines Land on Nicolas Island Simulate Offshore Invasion
Two thousand Marines under Col. T. V. Murto Jr. and Commodore D. J. Thomas staged a four day combat support exercise off San Nicolas Island. The drill, dubbed PHIBLEX 58, tested landing, fuel transfer of 430,000 gallons, mountain supply runs, and underwater demolition teams targeting fuel lines in a simulated coastal operation.
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San Nicolas Island
Elderly Forgery Tutor Langdon Langdon Sentenced in Chicago
CHICAGO. Joseph Langdon, 78, with a 57 year police record, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for tutoring novices in passing 100000 dollars in counterfeit checks and stolen money orders. An assistant U S attorney said Langdon recruited young accomplices to aid the forgery ring reaching to the West Coast after he pleaded guilty.
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Chicago
GFI
Joseph Langdon
U. S
Langdon
Shipyard Restorations Fuel Navy Funding Debate
The shipyard program seeks 6 million in restoration funds with a 5 percent increase contingent on Navy Secretary reports to Congress confirming repressurization. A 500000 dollar dike and other anti subsidence structures would be built immediately to shield the yard from high tide inundation.
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Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Mayor Urges Rapid City Work Amid Global Talks
Mayor Raymond C. Kealer urged a crash program to counter subsidence as he cited congressional approval of increased funding for Long Beach Naval Shipyard. He pressed for immediate action and for enlisting national and private aid, while noting Russia urged swift talks on nuclear test control and urged participation from India and other experts. Kealer spoke after eight days of testimony before House and Senate committees.
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Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Russia
Aiserve Nations Secretariat
Semenitr
Wilmington
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Kealer
Senate
Eisenhower Proposes Technical Talks On Nuclear Test Ban
After a stalemate in broader disarmament talks in London last summer President Eisenhower first proposed talks limited to technical means of controlling a nuclear test ban.
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Fe UE
Eisenhower
London
World Around Vichy France Minister Dies
Pierre Etienne Flandin, 69, former French premier and long noted for his Vichy era role, died at his Riviera villa after a long illness. Once jailed, later cleared, he served as premier in 1934 35 and foreign minister during World War II. He left Vichy government in 1941, was moved to Algiers, and arrested after Allied landings. India expects a 47 5 million loan from the United States to buy grain, repaying in Indian currency. The move aims to bury 700 000 tons of grain, tying to 1956 borrowing history.
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ST. Jean Cap Ferrat
France
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Riviera
Flandin
Vichy
Adj
Jean Darlan
Algiers
New Delhi
India
United States
Farouk Report Inquiries About Monte Carlo Casino Shares
Reports circulating in Monaco say former King Farouk of Egypt is seeking to transfer funds from his Swiss accounts to Monaco to buy Onassis held shares in Societe Des Bains De Mer. Aristotle Onassis declined to comment on the speculation.
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Monaco
UPI
Aristotle Onassis
Farouk
Egypt
Monte Carlo
Europe
Iss
Onassis
Societe Des Bains de ‘Mer
Firing Squad Executes Three Murderers Including Chi Ling-Hsu
A firing squad executed three convicted murderers on Friday for the murder of bank cashier Chang Chang-Nien last December. Chi Ling-Hsu’s 18-year-old daughter offered to die in her father’s place in a last minute plea that was rejected by officials, leaving the family to cope with loss and hardship.
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Taipet
Chi Ling-Hsu
Chang Chang-Nien
Chi
Cyprus Quiet After Curfew Imposed in Nicosia
Cyprus and British authorities enforce a rigid curfew in Nicosia, the first respite after a week of Greek and Turkish Cypriot fighting. Only troops and police on streets, with stern measures to end rioting that has claimed lives in seven days.
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Nicossa
Cyprus
CFI
Nicosia
Khrushchev: Reports on Malenkov Bulganin Exaggerated
Premier Nikita Khrushchev dismissed Friday reports that former premiers Georgi Malenkov and Nikolai Bulganin were dead or banished. He laughed at rumors that Mikhail Suslov had been exiled. The talks stem from Bulganin and Suslov’s long absence from official duties in Moscow.
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UPI
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Llewellyn
Thompson
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Switzerland
India
WPI
Nikolla
Khrushchev
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
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Communist Party ‘Presidium
Bulganin
Suslov
Malenkov
Sentry Halts Cow Trained to Smuggle Across Polish Border
A Polish border sentry fired at a cow trained to carry contraband into Czechoslovakia. The animal bore vodka and textiles in saddlebags on a journey toward the frontier. The cow was not seriously hurt and provided milking and feeding clues for smugglers.
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Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Boesle
Boy Keeps Promise but He's Back in Jail
Aosta Italy UP I reports Joro, previously freed after being charged with stealing motorcycles, was arrested Thursday and faces renewed theft charges involving six automobiles linked to Armando Sag. The case recalls prior incidents where he vowed not to touch a motorcycle again.
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Italy
UPI
Armando Sag
Joro
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