Half Million Getting Prepared for Strikes
Washington reports a potential mid summer wave of labor action involving over half a million workers across key sectors. Copper, atomic energy plants at Oak Ridge, telephone workers, and building trades show imminent strike threats as wage demands rise 5 to 10 cents per hour.
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Waves Dinner Honors 11th Anniversary in Los Angeles
Members on active or inactive duty are invited to a July 20 dinner at the Statler Hotel in Los Angeles celebrating the eleventh anniversary. Reservations should be made with Mrs. Mary Blood at the Office of Naval Procurement in Los Angeles.
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Statler
Los Angeles
Mary Blood
Office of Waval Procurement
Immigration bill would admit 240000 special quota immigrants
Washington The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to admit 240000 special quota immigrants over three years, mirroring Eisenhower payroll goals. The measure excludes non European categories, adds 1000 orphans, and targets refugees from Germany Italy western Germany and Austria Greece Netherlands NATO nations displaced persons China and Portugal. Senate talks proposed 200000 European immigrants but approval uncertain.
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House Judiciary Committee
United States
Eisenhower
Graham
Germany
Stassen Seeks Eisenhower Re‑election in 1956 Bid
Harold E. Stassen, former Republican presidential aspirant and Eisenhower foreign aid chief, says he definitely wants Eisenhower re‑elected in 1956. In a NBC Radio interview he adds it hinges on whether the American people will draft him again.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
NBC
Hoover Will Serve on Survey Board
Washington reports Herbert Hoover agreed to join a new government reorganization commission, aiming for a bipartisan roster of 12 with four appointments each from the President, the Vice President, and the House Speaker. Hoover notes four holdovers from the prior panel and cites substantial savings from past recommendations.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
Hoover
House
Third of GG 1953 supply passed out
Gamma globulin for polio mass inoculation is already distributed to 11 communities with sharp polio outbreaks since mid June. Health officials cannot estimate how many more outbreaks may occur or how much additional supply will be available, noting only about a month remains before polio typically peaks and inoculation programs may lessen.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Chicken Fire Prompts Quick Rescue at Ocean Boulevard Coop er Arms
Eight firefighting units from three stations rushed to the Cooper Arms at 455 E Ocean Blvd after a frying chicken reportedly caught fire on the eighth floor. Robert Morrison, a tenant, alerted crews as Battalion Chief Ulrich Monroe directed the response and rescued what remained of the chicken.
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E. Ocean Blvd
Robert Morrison
Igin
Ot Piremen
Ulrich Monroe
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