L B Douglas Union to Poll Strike Views
Douglas Aircraft Co workers at the Long Beach plant will vote at 3 30 p m Sunday in the Municipal Auditorium to decide if they would strike if negotiations fail The union says talks began a month ago with 21 demands including wage escalator increases severance pay and flight pay bonuses The union claims Douglas pays 15 cents an hour less than auto industry rates and warns a strike would idle about 12 600 workers
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Douglas Aircraft Co
Long Beach
Municipal Auditorium
Oval Pierce
United Auto Workers Union, Cio
Douglas
Pierce
John Allard
Aircraft
Chrysler
Donate to Blood Drive in One Week
More than 84 gallons of blood were donated by 676 persons during the Red Cross bloodmobile’s four Long Beach location visits last week. At the Long Beach Chapter House 319 W Broadway the drive collected 106 donations personally and 76 from 40 group blood banks. The largest weekly donation came from Long Beach Naval Shipyard civilian employees with 256 pints. Postal workers gave 111 pints and Long Beach City College contributed 127 pints from students faculty and off campus individuals.
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Red Cross
Long Beach
Florence Rothenbach
San Francisco Ave
W. Broadway
Chapter House
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Long Beach City College
Little Love Lost as Kewpie Doll Used as Weapon
Robert K. Davis, 17, of 1633 Jackson St reports he was attacked by a gang of teenage boys in the amusement zone near Magnolia Ave and Seaside Blvd. A member struck him on the head with a kewpie doll, causing a cut above his left eye. He was treated at Seaside Hospital.
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Robert K. Davis
Jackson St
Magnolia Ave
Seaside Blvd
Davis
Seaside
Junior Chamber Backs Car Tape
The Junior Chamber of Commerce promotes an inch wide reflectorized red and silver tape to reduce car collisions by 75 percent. The campaign urges car owners to install the tape at $1 per bumper, with station locations available via the Chamber office at 73501.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
Pact Signing Sought by Turkey Greece and Yugoslavia
Turkish Greek and Yugoslav diplomats prepared to sign a friendship treaty in Ankara with foreign ministers leading delegations arriving Thursday for discussions on a draft completed in Athens. The pact reportedly opens to neighboring states willing to adhere to its terms.
Hit Run Victim Walks Home After Car Strike
James Sandoval, 42, was struck by a speeding car while walking on Western Ave north of Lomita Blvd around 11 p.m. Sunday. He walked home to 1813 W Lomita Blvd, but Monday woke with a swollen head and jaw fracture, with possible skull and internal injuries. Harbor General Hospital doctors assessed the injuries as the police hunted the hit and run driver.
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Harbor City
James Sandoval
Lomita Blvd
W.lomita Blvd
Sandoval
Harbor General Hospital
Dre
Hitrun Moto
State Employes Unit Selects L. B. Woman
Mrs. Evelyn Chaffee of 536 W. Ocean Blvd becomes the first woman in 93 years to hold an officer’s post in the California State Employes Association. In Sacramento Monday she was elected public relations director. other officers elected include A. W. Hislop, Redding president, Roy J. Tuccle, Fresno vice president, and Dr. J. Fred Hallerman, Santa Barbara secretary treasurer.
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Evelyn Chaffee
W. Ocean Blvd
California State Employes Association
Sacramento
Chaffee
A. W. Hislop
Redding
Roy J. Tucle
Fresno
J. Fred Hallerman
Santa Barbara
Scout Jamboree Plans to Be Told
Executive Ray Bryant discusses planning problems for the third annual Boy Scout Jamboree to be held July 17 24 at the Irvine Ranch near Newport Beach. He appears before the Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Forum in the Wilton Hotel Empire Room. Bryant, national site executive, leads the camp development for 50 000 scouts. Harold Ketchum will introduce Lec Fischer as woman of week.
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Ray Bryant
Irvine Ranch
Newport Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Hotel
Empire Room
Bryant
Harold Ketchum
Lec ‘Fischer
Sailor Lost at Sea From British Vessel
A crew member aboard the British ship Graighwydd was swept overboard 100 miles southwest of Point Conception as the ship navigated rough seas from San Pedro to Yokohama Coast Guard headquarters reported today.
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Graighwydd
Point Conception
San Pedro
Yokohama
Coast Guard
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L. B. Douglas Union
Harrod Diagnostic Offices
Locust Ave
Belmont Ave
Bellflower Jama Chice
L. B
Mnea
Mele
Petri's Cleaners
Orange Ave
American Trailways Depot
East First Street
L. E
Denver
Des Moines
Claveland St. Lois
Washington
New York
Ene
Sida
Hersh
Ie Kang Beach
Broadway Corner
Buffums
Pinin Farina
America
Severin Motors, Inc
American Ave
Nash
Trinhlate
the Rambler
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