Bees Swarm Truck Stop Sparked Heat Tour Shifts
A Syracuse driver tried to disco the queen bee swarm off his car by revving and driving to a station. Bees lingered, cooling the radiator with water at George Reddick's station before Cole sped away leaving a honey mess. Other items include an engagement, a Petersburg truck light joke, a Detroit retire protest, a Chicago plumber, an Edmonton math puzzle, Charlotte girls and truckers, and a prison reporter's disappearance.
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Syracuse
Bill Cole
Cole
George Reddick
Reddick
Edmonton
Alto
Charlotte
E. L. Walden
Chattanooga
$16 Million Parks Bill Approved by Legislature
SACRAMENTO The Legislature authorized a state beaches and parks program funding 17 projects totaling nearly 16 million dollars. A compromise measure approved Wednesday night includes 5,000 for Los Angeles beaches, one million for a bypass route near the north coast redwoods, and 1,750,005 for purchasing public coast sites in San Mateo County.
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Sacramento
Los Angeles
North Coast Redwoods
San Mateo County
Omnibus Assembly
Senate
Badie
Mono County
San Francisco
House to OK $1 Minimum on Wages Amid Senate Lead
The Senate moved a minimum wage bill to passage with a $1 hourly target under consideration by the House Labor Committee. President Eisenhower backs a smaller 20 cent rise, while lawmakers from both parties express support for a $1 rate and broader coverage for workers beyond current limits. The measure would raise wages for about 2.1 million workers effective Jan 1, with debates over exemptions and who to include.
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Eisenhower
Rep
W McConnell
Pennsylvania
House Labor Committee
House
Kelley
Barden
Senate
Congress
Council of Churches May Send Delegation to Russia
New York UPI The National Council of Churches weighs sending American church leaders to Russia to meet Soviet clergy. A 250 member General Board voted to study the move with final decision by policy and strategy committee. The plan aims at building a durable peace and keeping lines of communication open. The board also approved funding for a 1 1/2 story 34 million dollar United Church Center on Riverside Drive, Manhattan, to host National Council offices and denomination agencies. A statement praising the United Nations on its 10th anniversary was approved.
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New York
UPI
National Council of Churches
Russia
Soviet Union
Council
Patrriarch Alexei
Eugene Carson Blake
National Council
General Board
Lion-Dollar United Church Center
Riverside Dr
Manhattan
United Nations
Seven Japanese freed over departure charge dispute
Seven Japanese who headed for a Soviet occupied area were freed on grounds they never left Japan. Prosecutors ruled they could not be charged since their destination Yuri inside Habomai, in Japanese Hokkaido, mirrors claims Japanese negotiators may raise in WWII peace talks with Russia now in progress in London.
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Kushiro
Japan
UPI
Yuri
Habomai
Istanda
Hokkaido
Russia
London
Southern Pacific reports $10 million plus from lands in 1854
San Francisco sources note Southern Pacific Co. earned over ten million dollars from natural resources and rentals on lands in 1854. The annual report, issued Wednesday, estimates further gains as a new minerals exploration program shows promise for this year.
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San Francisco
Local notice from Long Beach California
A daily publication item indicates operations on Sixth Street and Pine Avenue in Long Beach California with a note that it publishes daily except Sunday. The fragment references locations and scheduling but provides limited detail beyond the street names and city in California.
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Sixth
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
California
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