UAW Accepts Pact With Douglas and Firefighter Chase
A chaotic double feature from Long Beach to Los Angeles unfolds as UAW approves a contract with Douglas Aircraft. In a parallel scene a high speed police chase ends near St Marie Goretti Church, leaving eight injured in two cars and several officers with injuries, plus a dawn space milestone as Jupiter rocket nose cone is recovered intact after a night launch.
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Roberta Foranta
Siee Burgh
Los Angeles City
Long Beach
Jett
James Wr
Charles Wesley D’antignac
Zitzer
Robert Augustus Burke
John H. Zitzer
Los Angeles
Exis
Cooper
St. Marie Goretti
Mass
Richard F. Central Receiving Hospital
Williams
William G
Roberts
Din
Jack H. Cooper
Bellflower Ave
Tective
Stearns St. I
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Slone
Army
Ajspace
Atlantic Ocean
Jupiter
Florida
Julius Pollard
Elmer Davis dies a noted radio commentator at 68
Elmer Davis, 68, famed radio commentator with a midwestern twang, died Sunday at George Washington University Hospital after a stroke. He led the wartime Office of Information during World War II and helped found Americans for Democratic Action. Also noted are multiple regional incidents from mobile to Angeles National Forest and a frog jumping contest in Angels Camp.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of Information
Davis
George Washington University Hospital
Aurora
Ind
Ane
Americans For Democratic Action
Columbia Broadcasting System
United States
Roosevelt
Office of War Information
Davis W
Angels
Tule Jim
Oakland
Lucky
Chuck Basacker
Reds Call for Paris Anti Fascist Strike
Paris braced for a massive anti fascist strike as Gen Charles de Gaulle prepared for a news conference that could define his power bid. The Communist led General Confederation of Labor urged a sit down at 3 pm in the Seine department with police reserves on standby to back government action amid political turmoil.
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Paris
Charles del Gaulle
Nat
Pierre Pflimlin
Confederation of Labor
Jernment
Seine de the Middle Partment
de Gaulle
Narion
Blazing Casablanca Crash Kills 65 at Airport
A Belgan Sabena DC6B crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Casablanca Cazes Airport on Sunday. Sixty five people died, including eight children. forty one were Belgians returning from the Belgian Congo and Brussels World Fair. Four passengers escaped through a hatch before the plane exploded in a tower, with victims from Britain Portugal Dutch German Swiss and others.
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Casablanca
Morocto
Cazes
Sabena Airlines
Belgian Congo
Brussels
Lyke
UAW approves two year contract at Douglas plants
UAW members at the Long Beach Douglas plant voted 91 percent to accept a two year contract offered last Tuesday. A similar agreement was approved at the Downey North American Aviation plant as 950 to 40 votes authorized a strike against Rheem Manufacturing. The Douglas pact includes wage raises from 2 to 21 cents, an 18 cent cost of living boost, a 3 percent or 7 cent raise at year one end, one extra holiday annually, and job upgrades, for two years.
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United Auto Workers of America
Long Beach
Douglas
UAW
Downey North American Aviation
Douglas Uaw Legal
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Dale Smith Sai
International Association of Machinists
Iocals
Torrance
el Segundo
Santa Monica
Downey
Rheem Manufacturing Co
Woodruff Ave
Rheem
Lockheed
John Case
Robert Mansfield
China in Space Race Opens Door to Satellite Launch
MOSCOW Pravda quotes a leading Chinese scientist saying China may launch an earth satellite and enter the space race in the nearest future, signaling progress in Beijing's space program.
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China
Moscow
Pravda
Nike bases to receive Mercules warheads in south defense
Five Nike missile bases in the Southland will be armed with Mercules warheads, forming a regional atomic shield. A Sunday gathering of about 400 friends marked the funeral of a 90-year-old individualist on Page B-1.
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Southland
Long Beach man kills wife and her escort at bar
Elroy Ernest Pena, 37, is jailed for murder after he shot and killed his wife Joanie Frances Fena, 36, and her companion George Curtis Teeter, 24, at a West Anaheim Street bar. Pena, who said he suspected infidelity, described meeting them at 410 W. Anaheim St. and admitted to following them inside before the killings.
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Elroy
Ernest Pena
Anaheim St
Joanie Frances Fena
New
Lyurk St
George
Curtis Teeter
Pena
Teeter
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Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island
San Antonio
Tex
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Arcadia
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Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team
Tacoma
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Danny
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Ricky
Terry Lee
Wilbur Headley
Elmer Davvis
Joseph EL Dyn
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NAA
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