Governor Signs Reapportionment Measures and Weighs Referendum
The governor signed a third reapportionment bill with minor Senate district changes and expressed readiness to submit the Congressional measure to a statewide referendum at the earliest date if petitions qualify. He wants the people to decide as soon as possible, with a 50 percent turnout requirement for Democrats to trigger a ballot in November 1952 unless a special election is called.
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Wnmen
Senate
Warren
Helicopter Missing Off Juneau Coast Guard Mission
A Coast Guard helicopter with two men aboard went missing tonight during a mapping mission about nine miles south of Juneau Alaska. The two crew members were on board and there are no immediate details on their identities or condition.
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Juneau
Alaska
PA Coast Guard
Here
Renee
Rites Monday for Ice Box Victim Chuck Houghton
Funeral services for Charles Houghton 110 of Norwalk will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Norwalk with Rev Maurice Cook of Los Angeles officiating. Burial will follow at El Monte cemetery. The family will attend Mother’s Day services in a Salvation Army tabernacle in Los Angeles.
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Norwalk
Charles
Chuck) Houghton
Excelsior Dr
First Baptist Church
Maurice Cook
Los Angeles
el Monte
Salvation Army
Tooling Up For War Aims To Ready Industry
The $72 billion federal budget for next year allocates about half to military forces with funds for tanks airplanes and war tools. Major spending emphasizes tools and molds to prep industrial plants for full scale production, awaiting potential full war mobilization.
Order service firms to post ceiling prices by June 16
The government ordered over a million service establishments to display their ceiling prices publicly by June 16. The ceiling for each firm will be the highest price charged from Dec 19 to Jan 25, and the rule does not automatically alter current charges. The action covers car repair shops gas stations laundries and parking lots.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Atomic test marks third blast at Eniwetok
Honolulu dateline May 11 reports America's atomic weapons program reached a new milestone with a third blast at the remote Eniwetok proving ground in the Pacific. Representative Jackson, observing at Waikiki Beach, would only say he is highly pleased with progress and that details remain speculative.
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Honolulu
T. H
America
Pacific Proving Ground
Eniwetok Atoll
Jackson
Waikiki Beach
Wake Island
NEW Atomic
Page
Handcuffed Soldiers Slain in Georgia Shootout
WARNER ROBINS GA May ... Two Fort Bragg soldiers in handcuffs were shot and killed by Hawkinsville Police Chief James T Bragg as he returned them to military control after arrest on AWOL charges near Robins Air Force Base. Bragg fired after the pair attacked him. He wounded them and drove the bodies to the base hospital. His five year old son was present.
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Warner Robins
May
Georgia
Hawkinsville
James T. Bragg
Fort Bragg
N. C
Robins Air Force Base
Indian Creek
Bragg
Senator Faints During Speech at GOP Meeting
Senator Eugene Millikin of Colorado collapsed during a nationwide radio address from a Republican National Committee gathering in Tulsa Oklahoma. Tulsa physician Dr William B Perry examined him and said his pulse was strong and he had apparently fainted from over exertion. National Chairman Guy Gab ers on and former Oklahoma State Chairman C E Barnes assisted him as he regained consciousness and was taken by ambulance to a Tulsa hospital.
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Tulsa
Okla
Eugene Millikin
R-Cole
Republican National Committee
William B. Perry
Republican Party
Guy Gabrielson
Oklahoma
C. E. Barnes
Millikin
Stalin Not Answering L A Calls
A newsman fail to reach Joseph Stalin by phone at the Kremlin as the Kremlin reportedly did not accept calls. The Independent and United Press described attempts to dial Stalin from Long Beach and New York, with operators skeptical about connecting to Moscow and the Kremlin.
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Stalin
L.A
Joe
Kremlin
Joe Stalin
United Press
James Lyle
San Francisco
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Independent
Miles
Elaine Hauk
Tor
343
New York
Long Beach
Russia
Mr. Lines
Josef Stalin
Soree
Mose
Leo Stalin
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Irvine Park
Orange County
Dot Bisnar
Neva Raye
Henty Weyaunsuu Yi Wash
United States
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MacArthur
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