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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1955
Page
6
SAN DIEGO The Ryan Aeronautical Co announced it is building a jet powered vertical takeoff fighter. The firm said it has been awarded a contract by the Air Force for development of the craft which is described as distinct from Convair XFV1 and Lockheed XFV1 designs.
A Los Angeles Civil Rights Congress leader David Brown, 49, claimed to be an FBI informer and then went silent at FBI headquarters in Washington. Brown said he worked under the alias Dan Roberts and was paid since 1950 for information on leftist groups, including the Rosenbergs family ally network. He fled to Fresno, rode a bus to Portland, then was flown back to Los Angeles after reporting a kidnapping. His wife reported him missing January 3, and a bombshell note to Andy Harris hinted at Brown’s death.
In Port Arthur Texas six of twenty two retail firms quit the mass strike that began November 15 1953 with picketing at the remaining shops. By Monday eight firms had settled and one firm remained struck with no pickets. The dispute centered on union bargaining rights though outcomes beyond that remain unclear.
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