Weather Bureau launches new defenses against hurricanes
The Weather Bureau unveils enhanced hurricane safeguards for the five month season starting June 1. New WSR-57 radar stations will cover 11 Atlantic and Gulf Coast cities by next summer, supplementing aircraft data to improve forecasts and planning for coastal communities.
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Apalachicola
Key West
Tampa
Miami
Navy
Atlantic Coast
Florida Keys
Maine
Gulf Coast
Atlantic and
Gulf
Norman Matson
The
Weather Bureau
FBI captures top ten fugitive in motel sting
Buffalo police report FBI agents arrested James Francis Jenkins 38 a bank robber who escaped Philadelphia jail by sawing through a wall with a screwdriver and rappelling down to freedom. Henry Kiter Jr 27 aided the escape plot. Jenkins had been on the most wanted list since July 21.
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Buffalo
N.Y
APY
James Francis Jenkins
Philadelphia
Jenkins
Broomall
FBI
Karl Brouse
Henry Kiter Jr
Kiter
Lawyers urge broad anti obscenity bill in Pennsylvania
Thirty three Allegheny County lawyers say the State Senate approved movie censorship is unworkable and unconstitutional. They sent a resolution to the House urging a broader anti obscenity bill that would cover all media including radio television newspapers and movies.
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State Senate
House
Acid fumes fall 65 in Brooklyn city wide alarm
In Brooklyn an acid leak sent 65 people to fall ill and forced evacuation of more than 1000 homes and businesses. Twelve hospitalized. Fire officials trace to a truck delivering 300 gallons of nitric acid to an electrical equipment maker after wrong pipe connection. Nearby Hollywood notes high noise at Steve Brodie's home.
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New York
Brooklyn
Martin Scott
Hollywood
Steve Brodie
Actor's House Noise Sparks Chemical Panic
A basement accident occurred when an acid was poured into a tank containing hydrochloric acid, corroding a flange and sending fumes through a two block area. Firefighters drained the acid to a basement drain and flushed it with water and neutralizers. Deputy City Atty Samuel Copeland Palmer met with Brodie, who said midnight saws and loud radios have stopped, and a hearing was set for two weeks to assess progress.
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Brodie
Samuel Copeland Palmler
Palmer
Frisco Area Paper Guild approves strike authorization
The local executive committee of the Frisco Area Paper Guild won authority from members to call a strike to enforce contract demands. The vote across San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Examiner and News-Call Bulletin unions was 466 to 70 Tuesday night. The main demand is a 10 percent general wage increase, reducing an original $180 weekly top for reporters to $138.50, with negotiations to resume immediately after a March 27 contract expiration.
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SAN Francisco
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
Guild
Guildsmen
Peronistas On Strike Ends After Brief Walkout
In Buenos Aires 62 Peronista unions led by ex-dictator supporters halted work for one day across textiles, meat packing, food processing and metal plants to protest police action in a sugar workers riot. Thirty-two Democratic Lions and 19 pro Communist groups did not join. One striker died in the prior clash, with 15 police and 3 strikers injured.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peronistas
Tucuman
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