Strike Vote on Transit Lines Sets a Looming Tie Up
In Los Angeles a pre dawn AFL Transportation Union meeting of 2006 transit line workers voted to cancel the current contract and trigger a five day Taft Hartley period to prepare for a strike vote. Negotiations on wages and working conditions are expected to continue next week as about two thousand union operators and maintenance staff may participate.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Transit Lines
AFL Transportation Union
Division 1277
LATL
F. J. Donnelly
Slaying of 8 Year Old Girl Leads to Confession
A boy, questioned briefly about the killing, broke down and described the events. He said Margaret, after church and communion, went upstairs for school, and he attacked her with force then struck her with a washing machine agitator. He hid the weapon, bathed, then spent the day at amusements before returning as the body was found.
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Margaret
Troialio
Triiano
Kochian
Trojano
John C. Keaney
Edward J. Feeney
Seng House
Trosiano
Anthony D. Frosiano
Raleigh Times Sold to Rival Newspaper
The News and Observer Publishing Co. announced the purchase of the Raleigh Times from RALUIGIL NN WL. The sale of the afternoon daily was disclosed to staff at separate meetings this morning. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Raluigil NN
News and Observer Publishing Co
Today
Raleigh Times
The
Times
News and Observer
Ford union reaches job security plan amid arbitration talks
The United Auto Workers accept a staged wage guarantee for Ford workers, targeting 65 percent pay for four weeks then 60 percent for 22 weeks with regional variations. A three-man arbitration board would settle disputes after negotiation, with potential nationwide economic impact if negotiations fail.
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Bnough
Michigan
Ford
Union Sud
Ast
Reuther
Fire Rates Hotel at N J Resort
An Ostend Resort Hotel in Atlantic City collapsed after a 3:22 a.m. fire. Eight persons were rescued in nightclothes. three firemen, an employee, and a guest were slightly injured. Authorities faulted a third floor fire origin and a 2,000 spectator beach crowd watched the blaze. The co owner stated renovations and new furnishings were recently added.
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Ostend
Atlantic City
Hermploye
Betty Deitch
Esther Boyar
San Francisco
Army
Willard G. Wyman
Bth Army
San Francisco Presidio
Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
William F. Dean
6Th Army
Dean
Robert N. Young
Presidio Taly 1
Wyman
John E. Dahlquist
Woman Released From Reform School Demands Return of Gun
A woman freed from Marysville Reformatory walked into Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer’s office and said she wanted her gun back after he had sentenced her for the 1951 shotgun slaying. The judge did not identify the woman and stated she did not receive the firearm.
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Hamilton
Ohip
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Marysville Reformatory
Graham Evangelist Bill Graham Opens Paris Crusade
American evangelist Bill Graham promoted his five day Crusade for Christ in Paris. He spoke on national radio and TV and held a final session with French volunteers before the opening service at Palais Des Sports Sunday night with an interpreter translating sermons.
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Paris
Bill Graham
Netetworks
Graham
North
Palais Des Sports
British Fear Violence in Rail Strike Impacts Ports
Britain endures a seven day rail strike with threats of violence at Stockport and widespread layoffs. Seamen abandon the Mauretania and dock workers idle freighters at six ports, while government and union leaders press peace talks. Thousands unemployed, exports disrupted, and the crisis deepens as crews seek shorter work weeks.
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London
Britain
New
Stockport
National Union of Railwaymen
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
James Baty
New York
Cunard
Sidney Balding
Southampton
le Havre
France
Cobh
Ireland
Liverpool
Ascania
Britannic
Empress
Australia
Federation of British Industries
Caution Note on Kremlin Shift Seen by Radford at Citadel
Adm. Arthur Radford told graduates at The Citadel that signs of Soviet policy change exist yet no fundamental shift is evident. He urged maintaining strong forces and readiness to meeting aggression instantly, citing Austrian treaty and four power talks as indications of a tentative shift.
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Charleston
S. GC
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Citadel
Military College of the South
Radford
All America
Plan Lab Memorial to Chicago Newsman Finnegan
A drive to raise 150 000 dollars to build a new laboratory at La Rabida Jackson Park Sanitarium honors Richard J Finnegan veteran Chicago newspaperman and consulting editor of the Chicago Sun Times and former publisher of the Chicago Times who died May 6 at age 70 after a 55 year newspaper career and service as sanitaria board president since 1944.
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Chicago
la Rabida Jackson Park
Richard J. Finnegan
Finnegan
Chicago Sun-Times
Old Chicago Times
I Ee
Sanitaria Board
Negro General Named 13th AF Vice Chief
Davis, the first African American general in the U S Air Force, was named vice commander of the 13th Air Force and commander of Air Tail Force 13 on Formosa. Gen Laurence Kuter announced the appointment in Tokyo where Davis had been director of operations and training as the 13th AF expanded to include defense of Formosa and the Philippines and shifted under Pacific Air Forces HQ in Hawaii.
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Wong
Davis
U. S. Air Force
Tom Day
13Th Air Force
Formosa
Laurence 8. Kuter
Far East Air Forces
Tokyo
Heen
Fortmosa
Philippines
Marine Major James H. Pope Found Dead in UT ROTC Building
Marine Maj. James H. Pope a 37 year old UT Naval ROTC professor was found dead in the library of the UT Naval ROTC building. Police said he fired one shot from a .45 caliber service automatic into his mouth. He was a native of Pauls Valley Oklahoma and survived by his wife and two daughters.
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Austin
Tex
James H. Pope
University of Texas Naval Rotc
Fridev
UT ‘Naval Rotc
Pope
Pauls Valley
Okla
Truman Says He Will Campaign Only If Invited
Former President Harry S Truman spoke in Cleveland at a $100 plate dinner for the Truman Memorial Library fundraiser. He said he would not campaign in 1956 unless requested by the Democratic National Committee and indicated support for Adlai E. Stevenson if nominated. The event, hosted by Cyrus Eaton, raised funds toward Independence Missouri for the library and papers.
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Cleveland
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman Memorial
Independence
Stevenson
Mrs. Truman
Ohio
White House
Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Truman Jeans
Cyrus Eaton
Acac
Northfield
Eaton
Graham Case Stirs Anti Execution Moves
A chaotic sequence at San Quentin followed Barbara Graham and two co defendants as delays and legal maneuvers spurred abolition talks. Bosses and officials condemned the delays while Graham faced the gas chamber, later joined by Santo and Perkins as the third woman executed in California history.
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San Quentin
Barbara Graham
California
Graham
Edmund G. Brown
Harley O. Teets
San G Quentin
Clinton Dully
William Denman
Mabel Monahan
Burbank
Monahan
Las Vegas
Santo
Husky
Perkins
Gard Young
Chester Grocer
Lov
Goodwin J. Knight
State Supreme Court
Los Angeles
U.S. Ninth Sreakt Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Miracle Ann baby born alive dies after brief life
Premature infant Miracle Ann, born three months early at City County Hospital, survived briefly after doctors earlier gave better than fifty percent odds. The child weighed 203 ounces and reportedly showed no heartbeat or breathing before passing away at 11:30 p m. Dr Desmond, in charge, cited underdeveloped lungs as the cause. Mother Mrs Mark Dupree, 28, described the event as a miracle before the baby’s death.
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Houston
Desmond Sai
Anne Dupree
Miracle Ann
Robert Kelley
M. Desmond
City County Hospital
Mark Dupree
Desmong
Trio Nabbed After $15,000 Drug Cache Seized
Huntington police report three suspects Thomas Merclane Mary Metry and John L Wilson were arrested in a raid at the McClane home uncovering about $15,000 in morphine opium cocaine marijuana and Laoneorol hidden in breakfast food boxes. Investigators probe whether drugs came from a pharmacy burglary and confiscated burglary loot items were also seized.
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Huntington, Park Li
Marcotics
Thomas MerClane
Mary Metry
John L. Wilson
McClane
John O'Grady
O'Grady
Mary
Damp Weather Scattered Across Central U S and West
The central U S saw showers and a little rain in parts of the West while other regions remained fair and mild. Thunderstorms stretched from northern Texas to the Dakotas and the upper Mississippi Valley with Mineral Wells Texas recording the heaviest rainfall. Temperatures varied from 82 at Thermal California to 36 at Butte Montana and readings rose into the 70s in the Gulf region and toward the Great Lakes.
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Centras
Texas
Dakotas
Mississippi
Mineral Wells
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Oklahoma
Thermal
Calif
Philipsburg
Pennsylvania
Butte, Mont
Gulf Region
Arkansas
Misouri
Great Lakes
Mains
Pacific
Plateau
Hope Rises for Tidal Drilling Bill
Senate Rules Committee to hear Sunday a measure opening tidelands to wildcatting and offshore drilling. Backers cite potential state royalties while opponents including Sen. Burns oppose the bill. Governor Knight supports opening tidelands with pollution safeguards. a two year study was proposed by the Senate committee.
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Sacramento
Senate Rules Committee
Hanes
Bugh Burns
Fresno
Senate
James ©. Cunningham
San Bernardito
Joseph Shell
Los Angeles
Finance
Ben Hulse
R-E
Burns
Shell
I Knight
Powers
Robert Kirkwood
State Lands Commission
Knight
Crane bathroom fixtures offer space saving powder room
Readable text promotes Crane powder room fixtures for under stairs or hallway spaces. It touts convenience, relief of bathroom congestion, and stylish Crane line items with prompt service and best values in plumbing.
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Newday Lavstory
Jean
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