Plane-Plant Strike Nearer as Workers Vote No
Union members at Long Beach Aircraft plants rejected two year proposals from Douglas North American Aviation and Convair in mass meetings voting down offers as unsatisfactory. About 125,000 workers authorized a walkout if no agreement by Wednesday, with 17,000 at the Long Beach plant affected. Current wages 1.65 to 2.76 per hour, with a 16 cent cost of living boost. latest offers would set 1.71 to 3.27.
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Long Beach
Douglas
North American Aviation
Convair
Lost cabin cruiser found in dense haze near Catalina
A 40 foot cabin cruiser with ten aboard was located 40 miles at sea after going missing in heavy haze Sunday night. The Coast Guard cutter guided the vessel to Long Beach Harbor with repairs and safety, aided by federal radio equipment to fix its position. The vessel was en route from Redondo Beach to Catalina Island when heavy swells flooded pumps. The owner, Charles W. Eckwart of South Gate, reported loss of bearing and rising water. The crew was rescued unharmed and taken to harbor.
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Marine
Redondo Beach
Catalina Island
Charles
Unization Commission
Manila
Emilio Aguinaldo
Greess
Independence
Philippines
Goar
Long Beach Harbor
Boston
Boston Harbor
Raymond Barth
Richard
Max Lotterstein
Max Levine
Barth
US Rejects Polish Plan For Atomic Free Zone
The United States rejected Poland’s proposal for a Central European zone free of atomic weapons and renewed its bid for an inspection zone from the United Kingdom to the Ural Mountains. A note delivered in Warsaw by U S Ambassador Jacob Bean to Deputy Foreign Minister Jozef Winiewiex stated appreciation for the Polish initiative while seeking better U S Poland relations.
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Washington
United States
Poland
United Kingdom
Ural Mountains
Warsaw
U. S
Jacob B. Bean
Jozef Winiewiex
State Department
Bean
Missing Catalina boat survivors listed in Coast Guard report
Coast Guard searched night and day for two companions of Francis Wavo en Crow and Wayne Wood near Catalina Island. Edward Vanderwindt and George Hudspeth, of Los Angeles, disappeared after their boat foundered in heavy seas. The trio tried to reach Avalon, but darkness hampered rescue efforts. The daylight recovery stalled as one man went below deck. Two survivors reached the boat but ran out of fuel, causing it to veer and sink. The search continued with air, sea, and helicopter assets.
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Francis Wavo
Crow
Anaheim
Catalina Island
Wayne Wood
Highland
Lieved
Park
Avalon
DWO
Sheriff’s
L Rane
Woodiarbor
Wood
Eisenhower Addresses Duty From Robert E. Lee Estate
President Eisenhower spoke at Stratford on the Potomac about U S responsibilities in a shrinking world. He noted 445 million Americans produce goods sent abroad and urged personal initiative, recalling Lee’s self contained estate and quoting We cannot do more than our duty.
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Stratford
Eisenhower
United States
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Thomas Lee
Cliffs of the Potomac
Corrugated CornuSes Lynwood Girl Shields Dodgers
A local headline notes a Lynwood girl used as a shield for the Dodgers amid a doubled crop scene. The article hints at a WM figure planning to send a garden implement to the team as a prop or joke.
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Lynwood Girl
Dodgers
Armed Kidnaper of Four Slain in Brookings
A gunman who kidnapped four youths and a girl died after a roadblock stop near Brookings Oregon. Deputy Sheriff Ross Bates and officers exchanged shots as the suspect, Henry Bill 36, fired at them. The girl and three other hostages were unharmed.
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Sabin
Dorothy Louise Decker
Lyn-man
Calif
Ross - Bates
Reno
Glenn Sabin
Henry
Thomas Bill
California
San Quentin
Hill
Oretough Row
talShield
Tahoe
Gas Leaks Roof Raised by Blast in San Diego
A gas explosion wrecked the attic of a five room house in East San Diego injuring two people, Lee Daniel White, 66, and Grace E Harris, 53. White’s wife was unhurt as firemen answered the blast that sent the roof and rear wall into daylight and damaged a neighboring home. Both victims were treated at Naval Hospital for minor injuries.
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San Diego
Neighbor
Lee Daniel White
Roger Booth
White
Navy
Grace E.harris
Naval Hospital
Japs to Take Over US Radar Stations This Week
Tokyo reports three radar stations operated by US Air Force personnel are set to be turned over to Japanese crews this week, according to government sources.
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Tokyo
US Air Force
Satellite search for seeds of life in space proposed
A biologist suggests a satellite could scan space for seeds of new life. The note appears on page A-3 with other science items. Commerce Secretary Weeks forecasts a best-yet boom for the United States, noted on the page labeled All.
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Commerce
Weeks
United States
Page
Our Heroes By Lucifer Lightfoot Dodgers Celebrate
A vivid poetic tribute proclaims devotion to the Dodgers with exuberant praise. The piece, signed by Lucifer Lightfoot, hails the team as great and faultless, celebrating two straight wins in rousing, fanfare like language.
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Dodgers
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AEC
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Middlesex, M. J
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