Labor unions set strike dates amid railway coal and steel unrest
In Chicago on April 30 unions announced May strike actions across industries. The UAW targets 75,009 Chrysler workers on May 12 while rail workers plan 90,000 to walk out May 11. Coal, steel and electrical appliance sectors show rising tensions with wage demands and price-cut clashes. John L. Lewis calls coal operators to talks May 28. Westinghouse opposes wage hikes to avoid price spirals. General Electric and Westinghouse face potential 200,000-worker walkouts. Chrysler could meet wage demands without higher car prices, UAW says. Details outline pending talks at Shoreham Hotel May 18 for a successor contract.
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News High Lights Long Beach Daily Summary
Long Beach highlights list items from across sections including Substandard Health Department notices, mayoral remarks to City Council, and teletype briefs on global tensions. Topics cover atomic policy debates, a Bogota conference, Taft-Hartley Act rulings, and various editorial and feature pages.
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Tidelands Bill Clears Immediate House Consideration
The tide lands bill wins quick House action to grant states title to submerged coastal lands within their boundaries and offshore to a three mile limit. Critics warn it challenges Supreme Court rulings on federal control and oil rights.
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Western Nations Agree on Regime 1 for West Germany
London April 30 A Western alliance including the United States and five European nations agreed to establish a western German government this year with broad domestic powers. A two-branch Congress similar to the U S would form by Sept 1 to take over lawmaking, while occupation powers would keep supervision of foreign policy and trade.
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Pause Restored After Bloody Siam Rioting
Bangkok radio reported conditions normalized in south Siam after a 36 hour clash between police and Malay Moslems. The broadcast cited six police and 30 Moslems killed as militants retreated.
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Bills Drafted for U S Gifts of Armament
Washington reports that government agencies are drafting legislation to authorize limited arms shipments to nations whose freedom is deemed vital. Aimed at the European Recovery Plan idea, the bill would present to Congress via committees rather than a presidential message. Estimated arms funding discussed ranges from 100 to 300 million dollars. five Western Union nations Britain France Belgium Luxembourg are seeking details on needs.
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British to End Potato Rationing
London April 30 rationing ends tonight as large imports and an early potato crop offset shortages. Since November Britons have been entitled to three pounds per week, a hardship for poor families relying on potatoes and other rationed staples.
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No Pessimist He Wears Galluses Needs No Surcingle
A Denver to Kansas City passenger defies a flight attendant by refusing to fasten a safety belt, insisting on suspenders instead. The exchange highlights notions of comfort and compliance aboard Continental Air Lines in an April 30 incident.
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Pupils Who Shot Up Teacher's Home Held
Four teen suspects in Brooklyn allegedly fired at a teacher’s home after a death threat over algebra fear. A 14 year old organized the raid in a candy store using a stolen car and seven .22 rifles from a shooting gallery. A1 year old boy phoned the warning as police halted the plot and questioned 165 pupils before detaining five others.
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Arnold Sees Huge Air Force Price Worth War Stopping
In a Sonoma Index-Tribune column Gen H H Arnold argues a 70-group Air Force would be a small price to pay if it halts Communist aggression. He recalls WWII losses from B 17s and B 24s and weighs whether 50 66 or 70 groups could deter Soviet expansion.
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Hap) Arnold
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Chinese Squatters Moved Out Quietly
Hong Kong sanitation officials cleared the Mount Parrish site of the former naval infectious diseases hospital of two thousand squatters. The transfer occurred quietly, unlike the rioting earlier in Kowloon when squatters were moved by officials.
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Jews Capture Key Positions and Press Attacks
United Nations trusteeship plan for Palestine dominates debate as Jewish Arabs clash over cease-fire terms. Tarasenko denounces trusteeship as a US monopoly plot. Shertok demands free entry to Jerusalem walls while Husseini calls terms unacceptable. Sayre suggests a cease-fire telegram as talks continue.
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Student Killed in Bridge Crash near Cerritos Channel
Loyola University student Thomas Patrick LaPlante twenty three of 327 19th Street Manhattan Beach died when his northbound sedan hit the Ford Ave bridge center section over Cerritos Channel. He was an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve and died of a broken neck at Terminal Island naval dispensary. His body was sent to Disney Mortuary. The accident raised Long Beach 1948 traffic toll to fifteen, matching last year’s count. Bridge tender Fred M Glass reported the crash.
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Haganah Narrowed Jaffa Access From Port Area
Reporting from Jerusalem on April 30 Haganah forces isolated Arab Jaffa by cutting the Jaffa Lydda road and leaving only the Ramle road open. They claimed captures in Salama Katamon and surrounding strongholds with casualties and a truce request to move dead and wounded.
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Two-Faced Kitten Born at Mt Bethel Feeds by Bottle
A Mt Bethel household reports a two faced kitten born to William Lauer’s cat. The five kitten litter includes one with no face and the odd kitten has two mouths two noses four eyes and two ears. The family feeds it by bottle and the creature can eat from either mouth. The kitten, in a strawberry basket bed, was strong enough to crawl out this morning.
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