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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1952
Page
2
Boston industrialist Sinclair Weeks, named by President-elect Eisenhower as Secretary of Commerce, said his business experience will help the new administration succeed. He emphasized a favorable business climate and cautioned against a socialistic climate as essential for broad prosperity.
Murray Meckler a 24 year old New York waiter admits robbing more than 100 hotel rooms in 18 months by simply asking clerks for room keys. Detectives arrested him on burglary charges after weeks on his trail. He stole jewelry clothing and other items to bet on horses and play cards.
Sinclair Weeks, 53, named to lead the Republican National Committee Finance Committee, faces immediate steps to sever business ties. He chairs United Carr Fastener and Reed and Barton, with directorships at Atlas Plywood, First National Bank of Boston, Pacific Mills, Gillette, and others. Weeks vows to resign business roles upon taking office while noted as an early Eisenhower backer from New England with ties to two large dairy farms in Lancaster, New Hampshire.
Wet weather pounded wide areas with snow in the Midwest and sleet and rain farther south and east. One to four inches fell in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky while Pacific states saw heavy rain and the middle Pacific Coast reported one to two inches. Fog reduced visibility in parts of the Mississippi Valley and eastern areas enjoyed fair weather.
Sterling F. Green reports that Martin P. Durkin, 53, AFL leader and Plumbers Union president, will be Eisenhower's Labor Secretary. Durkin says the Taft Hartley Act can be amended to satisfy both labor and management, signaling possible reshaping of federal mediation and labor duties. Durkin, a Chicago-born Democrat from Chevy Chase, lives in Maryland with his family and may change his party affiliation.
Edward M. O Connor, superintendent of building and safety, will discuss recent changes in the building code designed to prevent earthquake damage at the North Long Beach Commercial Club meeting at 4300 Long Beach Ave Thursday.
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