Plans to Ease Bans Dropped May Tighten Them
Washington June 15. The government dropped plans to relax building controls as the nation faced a 12th day of the steel strike. The National Production Authority will revoke July 1 orders that would ease curbs on civilian construction. With 3,000,000 tons of steel lost, authorities warn tighter controls may follow. Ford plans to close assembly plants June 26 as the strike threatens auto production. No clear resolution emerged over wage demands and the CIO strike.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Ford Motor Co
CIO
Fire Destroys Superbomber in San Diego
A giant B-36 was being de fueled for reconditioning when flames swept the aircraft and a truck on the Consolidated Vultee apron near Lindbergh Field. No injuries were reported. Salvage work may cut losses to under 1.5 million while insurance covers the rest. Robert J. Watson helped prevent further spread by removing the truck from the area.
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San Diego
Consolidated Vultee Aviation
Lindbergh Field
Consolidated Vultee
Robert J. Watson
U S Curbs Deals in Federal Leases
Washington June 13 The Bureau of Land Management said it will work on regulations to curb speculation in oil and gas leases on federal lands. All land offices have been ordered to stop processing 40 acre leases effective June 1 pending rules. The move aims to permit small drillers while limiting speculators. A bureau spokesman said the exact form of regulations is not yet decided.
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Washington
Bureau of Land Management
Marlon Clawson
Conrad Hops Off Heading for Labrador
Old Town Maine reports Conrad, a former songwriter, plans a flight from Roenies ENT in a Piper Pacer toward Labrador in a daring journey as part of his west coast trips. A prior delay was caused by an Air Force demand to obtain fuel.
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Old Town
Maine
Max
Minneapolis
Roenies
Scandinavia
Labrador
Air Force
Time running out for 2 year old Chickie buys puppy
A Long Beach boy Chickie, two, picked up a black pup and was allowed to kiss it at the city shelter as his mother hesitated over sanitary concerns. The Johnson family reported April 8 a leg pain and easy bruising leading to a leukemia diagnosis four days later.
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Chickie
Long Beach City
Shelter
Lorraine Johnson
Harbor Hills
Lomita
James W. Bibb
Henry Johnson
Henry II
Johnsons
Henry
Chickie) Johnson
City Animal Shelter
Prass-Telegram
Jasper Nutter
Federal Pension Boost Approved
The Senate approved a cost of living increase for retired federal employees funded by the civil service retirement fund. The plan, passed by voice vote, would provide up to 324 dollars or a quarter of the current rate, with changes tied to the cost of living index and a sunset in June 1954 unless extended.
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Washington
Senate
House
Civil Service
Congress
U S Troops Smash Chinese Red Drive On Korean Front
U S 45th Division troops and units from the 180th and 179th Regiments stormed a hill mass west of Chorwon on the Korean western front. Fighter bombers tanks and artillery aided the assault on Hill T balancing a 14 hour dawn to dusk fight. Chinese counterattacks failed twice before dawn and again in mid afternoon as American forces captured the knob winning a key position in the ongoing Chorwon area battle. Three night raiding parties near Panmunjom preceded a broader push amid truce talks with Nam Il. A raider unit breached barbed wire and killed 25 Chinese.
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Korea
U. S
Chorwon
Hill T
Thunderbird
Thunderbirds
Atta
Panmun
Red
Nam Il
U. N
Arxi
Weather outlook shows clearing, light near coast
Weather looks to clear through Saturday with a low early morning and a small near coast. Temperature is expected to change little tomorrow with modest coastal influence and calm conditions.
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Saturn
Ten Killed as B-29 Ditches in Pacific
HONOLULU June 13 Ten crewmen of a B-29 Superfortress were lost when the plane ditched 175 miles west of Kwajalein. The Air Force captain pilot was rescued by a Navy patrol craft four hours after the crash with a broken leg. Debris and reports from a sister ship indicated only one survivor on a life raft. Two engines failed after takeoff from Kwajalein for Guam, with a radio note that two engines had been feathered and power was fading before ditching.
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Honolulu
Kwajalein
Air Force
Navy
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Isancett
Guam
Bomb blast injures 11 in Tunis bazaar
Eleven people are injured in a grenade explosion in a crowded bazaar at Bardo near Tunis. Police blame radicals seeking independence for Tunisia’s French protectorate. A bomb also exploded before a newspaper building and two Tunis street cars were stoned.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Hey
Bardo
Iran defies Britain ships Iranian oil to Norse ports
Rome reports fifteen thousand tons of Iranian oil are at sea in three tankers bound for Switzerland and Norway despite British warnings. Iran’s nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Co. prompts potential World Court action as Italian broker Luigi Amenduni says a 14,000 ton shipment is at sea and Swiss buyers may take 200,000 tons more.
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Rome
Switzerland
Norway
Iran
AngloIranian Oil Company
AngloIranian
Hague
Luigi Amenduni
Italy
Amenduni
High Seas
London
Truman's War Powers Extended Temporarily
The Senate adopted a House-passed resolution extending the President's war powers until June 30. Without this action, emergency powers would have expired Sunday. Negotiators are drafting a one year extension of selected powers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bellflower Man Held as 1B Kidnapper
George T. Faulkner, 34, of 9423 Los Angeles Ave in Bellflower, was arrested on kidnapping charges involving his former wife Luella Miller as he allegedly forced her into a car and pursued her across Long Beach. He reportedly attempted to shoot his employer and himself. the pistol misfired in both cases. Miller escaped at a Paramount service station where Faulkner worked, and deputies overpowered him after a call to Norwalk.
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George T. Faulkner
Los Angeles Ave
Bellflower
United Press
Faulkner
Andalso
Luella Miller
Euclid Ave
Long Beach
Paramount
Pia Lindstrom faces court over Italy custody visit
Hollywood June 13 Pia Lindstrom 13 goes to a California Superior Court today to tell Judge Mildred Lillie whether she may visit her mother Ingrid Bergman in Italy. The custody dispute also involves Pia’s father Dr Peter Lindstrom who objects to the Italy trip and to Rossellini’s presence.
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Jenny Ann
Pia} Lindstrom
Peter Lindstrom
Junes High School
Beverly Hills
Mildred Lillie
Los Angeles
Ingrid Bergman
Italy
Hollywood
Pia Lindstrom
Superior Court
Lillie
Miss Bergman
Lindstrom
Rossellini
Taft Plans Delaware Swing To Hood Delegation Support
Taft shifts focus to Delaware's 12 Republican delegates during a mid Atlantic swing. He will meet Huck's farm group near Wilmington then head to Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania to press for bloc support amid ongoing delegate maneuvers. Eisenhower meanwhile designates Gettysburg as his retirement home and plans dense talks with Pennsylvania delegates after a porch chat with locals.
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Del
Robert A. Taft
Delaware
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
U. S
Douglass Huck
New York
Taft
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Michigan
John S. Fine
Fine
Theodore E. McKeldin
Washington
New Jersey
Tait
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lincoln Square
Chicago
Criies
Eisenhower
Elim Eisenhower
Landlady Jailed for Gun in Court
Camille De Rose, owner of a Cicero apartment building where July racial violence occurred, brought a loaded pistol into criminal court. She was sentenced to two years for contempt after threats to shoot the court. Police seized the weapon as she protested a continuance in an embezzlement case and shouted for justice. The judge imposed consecutive sentences totaling two years.
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Chicago
Mra
Camille de Rose
Cicero
Wilbert F. Crowley
Cicero House
Crowley
British Submarine Sleyth Sideswipes Destroyer in Fog
In Portland England today a 1000 ton Royal Navy submarine Sleyth with 44 men aboard sideswiped an anchored destroyer as fog shrouded the harbor. The incident occurred in the naval port with crews inspecting damage and ensuring vessel safety. No injuries reported at this time.
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Portland
England
Sleyth
Beach Combing and Editorial Pages Noted
A terse notice lists where to find sections: Beach Combing on Page B-1, Boyle on Page A-11, Bridge on Page 8, Ze Classified 5-8 to 13, Semes on Page A12, Crossword and Editorial on Page A1, Financial on Page 6. The entry hints at a page layout, guiding readers to various features.
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Bridge
al Financial
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