California 1975 growth boom reshapes the state
An exclusive two part study argues California’s population will soar beyond 40 to 45 million, with Los Angeles as a vast metropolis rivaling New York. It highlights water projects, expanded freeways, three major harbors, and a shifting urban landscape centered on farming, industry, and tourism in cities like Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Sacramento and Fresno.
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Payoffs on Welfare Funds Told By Probers
Senate Labor Subcommittee heard charges of large broker commissions on welfare for industrial workers. Witnesses testified that brokers took 18 to 40 percent of first year premiums plus 5 percent to union officials, reducing funds for worker protection. Witnesses alleged unions and officials benefited from insurance contracts tied to welfare funds.
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Kefauver Urges Democratic Strength Across Many Fields
Senator Estes Kefauver told the Young Democrats convention that Democratic leadership is needed in fare problems small business foreign affairs and highways. He criticized Republican foreign policy and hinted at a possible 1952 presidential bid while noting Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman would speak at the gathering.
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Security firings split: 342 under 1953 order
A Senate Civil Service Subcommittee report shows of 3,586 federal employees listed as fired for security between May 28, 1953 and June 30, 1955, only 342 were terminated under Executive Order 10450. Most terminations occurred under regular civil service or suitability actions, with some employees later working in the same or other agencies.
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Eisenhower Shifts To Security Talks and Budget Briefings
President Eisenhower moves from welfare policy to national security matters in Gettysburg and Camp David. He meets Budget Director Hughes and Marion B. Folsom to plan 1956 57 funding for Health Education and Welfare. The NSC meets at Camp David as Ike attends public safety and campaign discussions remain undisclosed.
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Primate to Be Freed by Czechs in 1949 Action
Vienna report says Archbishop Josef Beran the Roman Catholic primate of Czechoslovakia is to be released from detention. He has been held since 1949 after his last mass at Prague Cathedral. The Vatican excommunicated all involved in his detention.
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Al Goodhart Dies Writer of Hit Tunes
New York songwriter and pioneer radio entertainer Al Goodhart collapsed and died on a street near his Manhattan home. Best known songs include Black Eyed Susan Brown Jimmy Had a Nickel Who Walks In When I Walk Out Auf Wiedersehen My Dear and Fit as a Fiddle.
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