Old Age Benefit Hike Approved by House Voice
The House voted 260 to 22 to raise federal old age benefits by about $5 monthly, sending the bill to the Senate. The measure, supported by Democrats and Republicans, would raise maximum family benefits from 150 to 168.75 and minimums from 20 to 25 monthly, with no tax hike. Opposition labeled it socialistic, while proponents cited urgent need and funding from existing reserves.
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Oscar R. Ewing
Prison Czar Leads Red Prisoner Transfer And Escape
A prison transfer at Compound 85 moves 56 000 inmates toward smaller stockades while a bayonet guarded crowd of American troops helps the escape. Boamer targets a mutiny boss and six diehard Communists who seized control earlier in the spring.
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Joel
High Riders Girls 9 Enter Miss Universe Pageant
High Riders Girls 9 ride three floats in aMiss Universe Beauty Pageant to be selected this afternoon at Auditorium Park. The lassies report at 1 45 p m at National Publicity Bureau in Municipal Auditorium with swimsuits. Press photographers judge the contest. Twelve winners will decorate floats for Pan American Airways the City of San Francisco and the Long Beach Harbor Dept. The pageant parade is set for next Wednesday.
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Fight Over Signal Hill Bingo Licenses Heats Up
The battle for control of the Signal Hill bingo monopoly escalates as Bonole Price seeks permission to operate a game and threatens court action if denied. Kid Mex ico reportedly holds the two licenses, though only one is actively used, amid rumors of threats and public displeasure.
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Reds Accuse N Korea Camps Do Not Exist
United Nations charged four North Korean camps for Allied prisoners either do not exist at listed locations or that markings are inadequate. North Korean Col. Chang Chun San rebutted the three day recess in armistice talks and accused Allied negotiators of delaying a cease fire. A liaison at Panmunjom relayed the exchange at the truce camp.
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William K. Harrison
Jean
Midwest Cools As East Stays Hot After Heat Wave
Cool Canadian air eased Midwest heat bringing a drop of about 10 degrees from record highs amid violent storms that killed at least six in Illinois. Eastern cities reported 93 in Washington 98 in New York and 95 in Philadelphia with forecasts showing only partial relief south of the Carolinas. A Chicago meteorologist called the drop not spectacular but welcomed by humidity relief. crop prospects varied with harvest conditions in Kansas Minnesota and the Dakotas amid heat damage and a first Minnesota heat death from the spell.
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Commuter Strike Ends In New York City Rail
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ended its two-day strike against Long Island Railroad and ordered workers back immediately. About 300,000 daily riders were affected as traffic snarls hit New York City during the rush hour.
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Bay City welcomes wartime ace Gabreski home with ticker tape
San Francisco crowds greet Col. Francis S. Gabreski, famed fighter ace with 31 German planes and six and a half Red MiGs, at a city hall reception and luncheon. He visits the St Francis Hotel and urges U S aviation leaders to pursue simple, economical fighter designs to counter Soviet MIGs while praising service members.
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Francis S. Gabreski
Korea
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Oil City
Herp
Gabreski
Katherine
Djoni
Elmer E. Robinson
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Gabresk
City Confirms Wing as Planning Aide Reappointment
The City Council confirmed Kenneth Wing, an architect since 1931, as a member of the City Planning Commission. He will serve for several years after being appointed last August to fill the unexpired term of R. Datess who resigned.
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Weather Tides Report for Today and Tomorrow
Tides and heights described with several garbled figures. High tides are given as around 2.1 feet today and 6.1 feet tomorrow in unclear times. Low tides listed near 5 feet in the morning and 2.3 feet later, with multiple unclear timestamps.
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