Progress Toward Settlement in Maritime Dispute
Negotiators reported progress after a federal mediation session between the CIO National Maritime Union and Atlantic & Gulf Coast ship owners. William Margolis said a package of issues is being developed, with progress on the hiring hall and other monetary and non monetary matters. Joseph Curran noted the new union officials and said some progress was made as a possible strike deadline approaches.
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A York
A.P
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
Atlantic & Gulf Coast Ship Owners
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Joseph Curran
Curran
Margolis
Warren Campaign Set for September
Gov Earl Warren Republican vice presidential candidate will start a nationwide campaign tour in September. His campaign train will consist of 14 cars to accommodate newspaper reporters. Dudley W Frost will manage the train and Sen Knowland and other Republican leaders are planning the itinerary and campaign literature.
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Washington
Earl Warren
California
William F. Reichel
Reichel
National Committee
Dewey
New York
Dudley W. Frost
Sen. Knowland
R.-Calif
Electric Output Reaches Five Month High
New York July 29 electricity production rose to 5,342,127,000 kilowatt hours for the week ended July 24, the Edison Electric Institute reports, up from 5,197,458,000 the prior week.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
Airline Sued Over 125000 After Seattle Crash
In Seattle on July 29 a Superior Court suit for 125502.80 was filed against Alaska Airlines Inc. by O R C Stitsworth for death of his wife Mary Virginia Stilsworth, a burn casualty from the Nov 30 airliner crash at Seattle Tacoma airport after the inbound flight overran the runway and burned.
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Seattle
Alaska Airlines Inc
O. R. C. Stitsworth
Mary Virginia Stilsworth
Alaska
Seattle-Tacoma
Waynesburg Plugs for Rain Hat Bet Goes Worse This Year
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania residents gamble on rain despite a fair forecast. Attorney John Dailey predicts rain by July 29 and a hat will be the stake with Charlie McCarthy as the donor if won. Proceeds benefit the local pool fund from a parade tag day and hat auction. A plane crash injures Atlas Greenfield and damages a roof after hitting poles.
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John Dailey
Dailey
Charlie McCarthy
Entertainment
Bing Crosby
Elderly couple remarry after 30-year separation in Boston church
William H. Taylor, 79, and his 75-year-old wife reveal they remarried November 5 at Dudley Street Baptist Church following a quarrel with neighbor Florence Rogers, 71. Rogers' assault charge was dismissed. Taylor, a former merchant seaman, Ohio mayor, and judge, said he and his wife had a 54-year marriage ended by a 24-year separation. He returned to Boston in 1944 to find her.
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Boston
William H. Taylor
Dudley St. Baptist Church
Florence Rogers
Taylors
Rogers
Davis B. Keniston
Taylor
Merchant Marine
Delphos
Ohio
Weather paints heat across the nation
The mercury surged to near or above 100 in the southwest with Texas and southern Arizona posting the hottest readings. High 90s dotted the Midwest and New York reached 90 as cooler Pacific Northwest conditions prevailed. Central states saw heavy rain with Sioux Falls reporting 2.6 inches in six hours.
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Mercury
Southwest
Texas
Arizona
Midwest
Lincoln
Neb
St. Louis
Sioux City
Iowa
Wichita
Kan
New York
Pacific Northwest
Central States
Sioux Falls
S. D
Omaha
Tyndall
Grand Island
Lancaster 60 acre farm sells for 995 per acre
A 60 acre Lancaster County farm known as the garden spot of the world sold for 995 dollars per acre. Auctioneer Landis Buchen called it the highest price in 32 years for a Lancaster farm of that size as Amos N. Hoover of Ephrata bought it from seller Martin Z. Burkholder after bidding started at 825 dollars per acre.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Landis Buchen
Amos N. Hoover
Ephrata
Martin Z. Burkholder
Woman hurt during air crash near Greensburg
Mrs Linda Caroline, 65, was hospitalized after an airplane struck her home in Greensburg Pennsylvania. She escaped injury in the crash but tripped while running out to view the damage and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Atlas Greenfield
Evansville
Ind
Caroline
Greenfield
Greensburg
Linda Caroline
Liger Debut In Salt Lake City Shasta Born Hybrid
Salt Lake City prepares to showcase Shasta the liger a hybrid offspring of a lion father and tiger mother The young animal weighed 1 pound 12 ounces at birth on May 5 and now weighs 16 pounds Parks Superintendent Joseph Sloan says Shasta will be shown only two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays due to her sensitive nature and need for careful handling.
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Salt Lake City
Shasta
Joseph Sloan
Way to Avert Ship Strike Seen
Washington officials say the maritime contract talks may yield a settlement soon as government mediators push a plan to keep hiring halls under NLRB and court review. unions threaten walkouts on Atlantic Gulf Pacific coasts and Great Lakes. Taft Hartley injunctions expire in early September. Cyrus S. Ching, William N. Margolis lead efforts with East Coast shippers and the National Maritime Union.
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Washington
Coal Industry
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific
Great Lakes
NLRB
Ching
William N. Margolis
New York
National Maritime Union
Downed Flier Feared Missing Gear Not Feed For Chickens
Ens. Richard H. Bennett 26 of St. Louis managed a belly landing at Buckley Field after his Navy Corsair lost landing gear. He circled 75 minutes to expend fuel and reach safety, then asked how to reach Missouri to feed his farm chickens.
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Denver
Ens
Richard H. Bennett
St. Louis
Missouri
Bennett
Buckley Field
City approves 75680 for 1100 meters in Santa Monica
Santa Monica city council approved a 75680 appropriation for 1100 parking meters. The city and the meter company will share receipts until 68 dollars per meter is paid.
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Santa Monica
Union Leader Dies
William J. Bowen, 80, president emeritus and chairman of the board of trustees of the A. F. of L. Bricklayers International Union, died in St. Elizabeth's Hospital in New York on July 29.
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New York
William J. Bowen
L. Bricklayers International Union
St. . Elizabeth’s Hospital
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