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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1951
Page
7
Sacramento reports a price war as a 49 chain drug store advertises sale of drugs electrical appliances cameras tobacco and more below fair trade cost starting tomorrow Other stores say they will meet competition but not undercut the drug chain’s prices
The Wage Stabilization Board unanimously approved a four cent hourly productivity pay increase for about 1.06 million CIO auto workers. Agreement requires management pledges that the boost will not be used to justify higher prices. Economic Stabilizer Johnston noted the change equates to roughly 1.6 million dollars yearly and hinted additional boosts may be allowed if tied to living costs, with Ford and Packard expected to follow under similar price guarantees.
Martha Vickers files for divorce from Mickey Rooney on grounds of mental cruelty in California, blocking his quick freedom via Nevada. Rooney arranging property settlement. Martha and Rooney share an infant daughter. Ava Gardner and Betty Jane Rose are former wives.
General Eisenhower told a D-Day ceremony at Sainte-Mere-Eglise that Russia would do well to remember the lessons of Omaha Beach seven years after the invasion. He cited General Ridgway and the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne divisions as key forces that touched off the invasion and helped free France.
The House Post Office Committee tentatively backed a 360 annual wage rise for about 500,000 postal workers, offsetting a 124 million boost in mail rates. The amendment, by Rep. Rees, raises hourly wages 20 cents and postmasters by 20 percent, with motion to reconsider to follow behind closed doors.
In Philadelphia on June 602 John F. Lacey 28 was acquitted of murder in his wife Rita Lacey 31 death from sleeping pill overdose prescribed for him. The judge rebuked his carelessness and warned indictments for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter remain possible if new evidence emerges.
The Duke of Windsor visits King George VI at Buckingham Palace to check on the ailing king. He spends an hour in the king's bedroom and shares tea with Queen Mary before leaving. The brothers have met rarely since 1936 when the duke abdicated for love.
In Norfolk on a June night two Navy vessels, the USS Acamar and the USS Hollis, hauled alongside the leaking freighter Rita after it began taking on water. With 22 aboard, they helped pump water from holds No 3 and 4 while Rita still steamed at about 10 knots, though its future remained uncertain.
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