Long Beach Firm Faces Higher Steel Costs For Fireboats
Fellows & Stewart, building two 60 foot Harbor Department fireboats, were steered to a West Virginia mill by the National Production Authority, delaying direct steel purchases. The NPA denied a direct supply, labeling the project non military, while Kaiser Fontana Mill offered cheaper potential delivery if authorized. Rep. Hosmer criticized the NPA delay as bungling.
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Greymarket
NPA
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Kaiser Fontana
Central Tron & Steel Co
Harrisburg
W. Va
Kaiser
Iran
Coast Guard
Navy
Defense Transport Administration
Washington
Craig Hosmer
Independent
Weather outlook for Long Beach with sun and wind
The forecast calls for scattered high clouds this morning in Long Beach, clearing to sunshine. A westerly breeze 8 to 16 mph develops late afternoon, cooling the area after a high near 69 degrees.
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Long Beach
Japan Rocked By Sharp Quake In Tokyo Area
A strong quake struck the Tokyo area at 3 11 p m local time sending office workers and shoppers fleeing. No injuries or damage were reported. The meteorological observatory said the quake jolted the Kamm district about 129 miles along Honshu along the Pacific coast.
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UPIA
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Kamm
Pacific
lHonsku
Bill Urges Los Angeles City-County Consolidation
Sacramento report notes Assemblyman Vincent Thomas proposes a constitutional amendment to merge Los Angeles County into a single City for Los Angeles with a New York City style government. The measure could appear on the next state election ballot if approved by the Legislature, aiming to reduce duplicative agencies and improve local control amid a near four million population.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles
Vincent Thomas
San Pedro
Thomas
Los Angeles County
New York City
Pickets March Before White House Amid Rosenberg Row
A thousand Communists and sympathizers marched on the White House seeking clemency for two spies. Smaller crowds have continued daily, part of a world-wide movement linked to the Rosenberg case. Local sympathizers are noted, with appealing letters appearing in communities.
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White House
Golfer Husband Fails Her Par in Cruelty Divorce
Fern Swanson, 24, a fashion model, wins divorce from Leonard Swanson, 23, a golf pro, on cruelty grounds. She testifies he forced long golf sessions and tennis, kept guests from drinking, and opened windows when they smoked, describing an anti social marriage. Swanson did not contest the suit.
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Los Angeles
Fern Swanson
Leonard
Swanson
Transit workers vote today on end to Philadelphia strike
Union ballots cast today as 10,500 Philadelphia Transportation Co employees decide on a settlement plan reached by negotiators. The strike has disrupted normal transportation for about 2,000,000 residents since midnight Tuesday.
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Gt Transportaton
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation, Co
Two B 29s Downed By Red Night Fighters
Tokyo reports two B 29 Superforts were shot down by Communist night fighters after bombing North Korean targets. The Far East Air Forces said crews were protected and did not disclose crash sites or parachute sightings. The week saw 20 American losses including fighters and bombers amid 95 Air Force sorties and varying enemy opposition.
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Tokyo
Far East
Sinanju
Korea
Air Force
Air ‘Force
Sabrejets
Jenemy
Allied Tanks and Guns Hammer West Central Front
Allied forces hurled tanks and big guns into enemy bunkers and trenches along the west central front. The Saturday barrage was among the heaviest in weeks, with tanks probing ridges between Chorwon and Kumbhwa and firing high velocity shells to break entrenched positions.
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Tivenity
Ned Lip
Chorwon
Kumbhwa
Egypts Strongman dissolves parties and arrests suspects
Premier Gen Mohammed Naguib dissolved all Egyptian political parties for a three year transitional period and said they endangered the state. He announced that at least 25 army officers and civilians were arrested on charges of suspicious activity against his regime after foiled coup attempts. The crackdown follows Naguib's July coup that ousted King Farouk, with the army issuing a separate note confirming custody for 25 officers amid investigations by independent sources.
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CATRO
Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
London Daily Mail
Naal
Farouk
Anc
Midwest Shivers as Blizzards Haunt Rail Lines and Towns
A Midwest blizzard crippled traffic and knocked out power lines while a separate storm pelted the Southwest with sleet and freezing rain. Temperatures fell to nine above zero in western Texas and far below zero across Minnesota and the Dakotas as hundreds of telephone workers repaired breaks and Mission, South Dakota, restored heat to an infirmary treating influenza cases. Farmers fear wheat crops damaged by the cold and drought.
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Midwest
Texas
Bemidji
Minn
Minnesota
Kansas
Two Miners Killed In Utah Cave-in
Two miners were crushed to death in a Friday Utah cave-in at a U S fuel company mine in Hiawatha. Three other miners were injured. The dead were Peter Muring, 30, and Ruel Johansen, both of Hiawatha. Cause of the collapse was not determined. Witnesses said rock and coal slabs six inches to a foot thick fell from the tunnel ceiling.
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Utah
U.S. Fuel ‘Company
Peter Muring
Ruel
Johansen
California Assembly weighs ban on cats in towns
A bill was introduced in California's Assembly proposing a statewide ban on cats kept at large in towns where neighbors complain. It would make it illegal to dump unwanted cats along roads.
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Sacramento
California
Assembly
Eisenhower Fixes Four More Officials for UN and White House
President Elect Eisenhower named four more appointees including Mrs. Oswald B. Lord of New York to the United Nations Human Rights Commission replacing Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also designated Lt. Col. Robert E. Schulz as military aide and chose C. Wesley Roberts as Republican national chairman. Other selections include Alma Kittredge Schneider as mint superintendent at Denver and Robert W. Burgess as census director. Navy aide Edward Latimer Beach to serve with the new administration.
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Eisenhower
Oswald B
Lord
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Harry Vaughan
C. Wesley Roberts
Kansas
Park Avenue
Pillsbury Flour
Alma Kittredge Schneider
Mt. Morrison
Colo
Republican National Committee
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Robert W. Burgess
Pel ‘Ham
Robert $. Watson
Silver Springs
Robert £. Schulz
Schulz
Gen
Vaughan
Truman
Edward Latimer Beach
Navy Chiles
Taft Admits Tycoon in For Trouble
The Senate erupted over Charles E. Wilson stock holdings threatening to delay his confirmation as Eisenhower’s defense secretary. Saltonstall and Brownell discussed the issue by phone as the Armed Services Committee postponed approval of Harold Talbott and Wilson. The discussion centered on Wilson’s $2.5 million GM stock and his pledge not to act on GM contracts if confirmed.
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Senate
Charles E. Wilson
Eisenhower
Senate Armed Services ‘Committee
Robert A. Taft
Wilson
Taft
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Herbert Brownell Jr
New York
Saltonstall
Armed Services Committee
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Clay
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Army
Air Force
Defense
Lyndon B. Johnson
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FBI veto of two Eisenhower White House aides reported
The New York Times says two New York headquarters staffers for President-elect Eisenhower were tentatively denied White House jobs after unfavorable FBI background checks. No formal announcement was made and names were not disclosed. James Hagerty said he had no comment and doubted Eisenhower was aware of the ruling.
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Eisenhower
New York
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Lucius D. Clay
New York Times
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White House
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Times
James ‘C. Hagerty
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