Local unions authorize strike at Southern California Gas Co
Union officials say 63 percent of 10 unions voted to authorize a strike if talks fail. About 3500 workers across Lakewood Bellflower and Compton could walk out after a week of voting, with negotiations resuming today at the union’s request.
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Southern California Gas Co
Lakewood
Bellflower
Compton
Ralph Dean
Gas’ Utilities Workers Council
Sion
Secend
AFL Electrical Workers
Southern
California
Ealson Co
Cornell
Dean
Weather Fun Fans Favor Sunny Afternoon Ahead
Postcard readers cheer a breezy forecast with partly cloudy skies turning sunny and warmer by the afternoon. The note thanks the weather report as a morning staple, though it jokes about bringing a raincoat to school.
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Mai
Marines Hold Vegas Hill After Fresh Red Attacks
In a renewed action near Vegas Hill, U S Marines beat back a sixth Red attempt to retake the position, fighting through darkness and using flares as Chinese forces pressed forward for about 75 hours across multiple fronts. South Korean troops halted a 400-man offensive at Christmas Hill, while U S aircraft conducted close air support against Baldy sector targets near Old Baldy.
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Tokyo
U. S
Vegas Hill
Reno
Vegas
Christmas Hill
Baldy
Okinawa
Old Badly
Hambhung
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
Old Baldy
Bunker Hill
U. S. Seventh Division
Clark Sending Aides to Parley With Reds
Tokyo report says General Clark will dispatch Haisan officers to Panmunjom within 48 hours to discuss the mechanics of exchanging sick and wounded prisoners. He aims to keep this issue separate from broader truce talks, wary of Communist moves and possible traps as 16 months of armistice talks stall.
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Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Haisan
Panmunjom
United Nations
Clark
Ment Gn
William K. Harrison
Harrison
U. N
Battle for California oil fields looms large
Long Beach readers are warned of a titanic struggle over offshore oil in front of the city as Congress debates land rights. A potential half a billion barrels lie beneath the coast between the beach and the federal breakwater, with more debate over future development of the Bixby Park area.
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Long Bach
Congress
Caat
Bixby Park
Owill
Best Friend Hunts Slayer in Wheatland Shootings
A murder suspect Clay Riggles known as Tricky, fled after fatally shooting Frances Williamson 45 and Walt Akerblade 59 at a Wheatland pool lunch counter Saturday night. His collie joined a sheriffs posse Sunday in Platte County as authorities hoped the dog would lead to Riggles.
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Wyo
a_ sheriffs posse
Here
Platte County
W. 1. Sutherland
Clay
Tricky) Riggles
Riggles
Frances Williamson
Wid‘oy
Walt Akerblade
French Premier Mayer Arrives in Canada for Talks
Premier Rene Mayer of France flew from Washington to Ottawa for two days of frank discussions with Canadian officials on democratic motion problems. Finance Minister Georges Pompidou and others greeted him at Rockcliffe Airport alongside Prime Minister St Laurent and Defense Minister Claxton.
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UPI
Rene} Mayer
France
Washington
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Jourges Matmory
Rockcliffe
St. Laurent
Defense
Claxton
Hubert Guerin
Bidault
Mayer
Woman 33 Dies as Car Rams Truck on Willow Street
A 33 year old Wilmington woman, Norma Opsitnik, died instantly when the car she rode in collided with a parked Evans Tank Line truck on Willow Street near Delta Avenue. Driver Cortland M. Gray, 32, fled the scene but later returned to hospital with injuries along with witnesses reporting a high speed. Another pedestrian, Verne Bugh er, 43, was seriously hurt in a separate hit and run near Anaheim Street and Caspian Avenue as a driver fled after offering a business card.
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Wilmington
Willow St
Delta Ave
Norma Opsitnik
Cortland M. ‘Gray
Gray
Evans Tank Line
Los Angeles
Verne Bugher
Linden Ave
Anaheim St
Caspian Ave
Harold Junnell
Inglewood
Boy 8 Falls 18 Feet Onto PE Tracks At California Ave
An eight year old boy from California Avenue fell from a wooden bridge onto a Pacific Electric freight train track at 4 45 Sunday. He landed on the track after climbing a pipe along the west side of the bridge and was rushed to St Marys Hospital in critical condition with severe head injuries and possible internal injuries.
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St. Mary's ‘Hospital
Claude Gallipa
Califor _nia
California Ave
Blacksmith to Show Em Spring Valley Accident
An elderly blacksmith in Spring Valley New York 72 year old Frank Eckerson is said to have given up his clerk job after a bridge incident. Investigators report train crew found several young men around the scene one shoe torn from a victim’s foot rest rest at the bridge area. Conductor Pickard described the chaotic stop and inspection of the PE train.
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Spring Valley
N. Y
Frank Eckerson
Gallipo
Men Stranded Aboard Barges Drifting at Sea Near Norfolk
Two 250 foot oil barges drifted from an ocean rig in heavy seas near Norfolk Virginia early today. The Coast Guard reported the incident and pressed rescue forces to assist the crew stranded aboard the barges.
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Olk
U.S
Guard
Suche Forces Ag
Rest Home Fire in Florida Kills 34 in Minutes
In Largo Florida a wind driven blaze swept through the Littlefield Nursing Home killing 34 residents and one nurse aged 55 and 65 to 94. Only 25 residents escaped to an orange grove as the one story wooden building burned rapidly. survivors suffered burns and the nurse Gertrude Warnick died after saving others.
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Largo
Fla
Orange Grove
Littlefield
Gertrude Warnick
Ned Mores
Homer Littlefield
Sylvester Frenier
House Begins Tidelands Bill Debate Today
Washington report on the Eisenhower administration facing a fresh House fight as lawmakers begin considering a new tidelands bill to grant states title to submerged lands to three miles and extend state taxing power seaward to the continental shelf. The measure, due for a Wednesday vote, seeks to restore titles and expand severance taxes while Republicans split on extending state authority beyond traditional boundaries amid questions of international law and policy.
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House
Judicciary Committee
Eisenhower
Ries
Continental Shelf
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