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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1952
Page
4
President Truman signaled permissive use of Taft-Hartley act against steel strike while Congress stalled on a seizure amendment. House adjourned without action as the union threat lingered, and the Supreme Court later overturned the seizure as unconstitutional.
Congress completed a compromise bill to strengthen the Marine Corps and give its commandant a stronger voice in top military councils. The measure makes the Marine commandant a part time member of the joint chiefs of staff and passed the House and Senate unanimously before going to President Truman for signature.
Miss Clause Godard, famed raven haired Miss France, notes spectators can view ankles but not legs. She says judges seek a bubbly personality like champagne, valuing mouth curve over legs or bust in her country.
Manila reports two Pacific area beauty queens depart for San Francisco en route to Long Beach for the Miss Universe pageant. Teresia Sanchez, 18, winner of the Philippine Miss Universe preliminaries, and Judy Dann, 23, born in Shanghai and crowned Miss Hong Kong of 1952, will represent the region.
INDIANA HARBOR Ind June 19 11 A union ban on kisses and cookies broke up the family life of supervisors isolated inside the strike bound Inland Steel Co plant. Wives and children formerly passed treats and exchanged kisses at the fences but the union Local 1010 said the practice was unseemly for steel workers. About 2500 supervisors stranded inside the plant since the strike began faced only steak dinners extra pay and TV shows for consolation.
Maj. Gen. A. P. Kisleпko, long an authority on Japan and U S forces in the Far East, is recalled to Moscow by way of Hong Kong, with indications he will travel through Red China. The Soviet spokesman disclosed the move in Tokyo.
Tokyo reports the Japanese government intends to begin refresher courses for wartime pilots grounded since surrender in 1945. The program aims to requalify trained aviators as Japan rebuilds its air capacity. Officials noted details are pending.
A five year old boy and an elderly man were treated after separate bicycle incidents late yesterday. The boy, Scott F. Williams of 4747 Boyer Ave, was struck at Luray St and Matney Ave by a car driven by Henry E. Wright and held at Seaside Hospital for head and leg injuries. John R. Rosenthal, 60, of 5328 Wardlow Rd, suffered a possible fractured wrist and multiple lacerations when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Harold L. Biggerstaff, 17, at Wardlow and Tulane Ave.
The Senate passed a $667,474,000 flood control and rivers and harbors bill and sent it back to the House which has approved $173,000,000. The measure funds the Army Corps of Engineers eighty functions program for the next fiscal year beginning next month.
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