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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1949
Page
2
Sacramento June 18 Governor Earl Warren signed the Legislature’s 1 0359 000 000 state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. He warned tax rates will rise to 1943 levels and automatic increases occur May 1 unless lawmakers intervene.
United States experts describe rapid mass production plans for guided missiles able to seek and strike high speed bombers. The rocket powered weapons would use radar guidance and heat seekers with proximity fuzes to hit targets at long range from the ground.
Ford Motor Co urged the United Auto Workers to withdraw all economic demands for 18 months and to peg wage rates to the cost of living. In return Ford would maintain current wages and set a stabilization pattern for the national economy. The union called the proposal economically unsound and unrealistic.
The C. I. O. United Auto Workers accuse Bell Aircraft Corp of forcing a strike to sway minority stockholders. Local 501 called the walkout at the Buffalo plant over a 15 cent hourly raise, idling more than 3000 employees.
Democrats urged voters to pressure the House to approve President Truman’s seven year housing program amid GOP opposition. Chairman J Howard McGrath urged precinct workers to spread the truth and defeat the anti housing bloc as Truman accused a real estate lobby of misreading Congress. The plan would build 1 050 000 public housing units in seven years with slum clearance and farm housing improvements. House debate begins Wednesday after Senate approval of a similar bill.
In Irmingham Alabama hooded men abducted a crippled miner William Henry Rochester 42 of Coalburg and flogged neighbor Bill Hamilton 39. Investigators said the hooded group threatened more harm and a deputy sheriff resigned amid a Klansman meeting in Adamsville. State officials push hooded group ban and charter revocation actions.
Detroit police report 19 year old Robert Plante killed 16 year old Mary Lou Coleman with shotgun blasts in the street after she refused to date him. Neighbors and the girl's mother watched as he admitted being in a daze. He was beaten by the girl's brother-in-law before officers arrived.
Two bills carrying appropriations of 265000 to fight the oriental fruit fly were passed by the Assembly and sent to the Senate. The pest, introduced into Hawaii during the war, may threaten the mainland. Authored by Assemblyman George A Clarke upon his return from an investigation trip to the islands.
Chicago reports indicate Eddie Waitkus, Phillies first baseman, is much improved after a minor lung draining operation. Doctors say he may leave the hospital in three weeks if there are no complications. Meanwhile Ruth Ann Steinhagen awaits a June 30 hearing on assault with intent to murder after shooting Waitkus with a .22 rifle in a hotel room. John Boyle, Cook County State's Attorney, says a grand jury will hear Waitkus's full account.
Riverside reports Mrs Agnes Garnier 53 faces 1 to 10 years after an all woman jury found her guilty of man slaughter in the shooting of her employer John E Owen 68. Defense plans to move for a new trial before Superior Judge Russell Waite at sentencing Wednesday.
East and northeast winds push humidity below 20 percent, creating immediate fire danger across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. A hot east wind from the Columbia River gorge drove the pattern, as the Weather Bureau warned this evening.
Former Secretary James F. Byrnes spoke at Washington and Lee University on the 200th anniversary exercises warning that new federal programs threaten statism. He urged cutting federal spending and limiting Congress power, proposing presidential veto authority over appropriations to curb expenditures. He argued the nation must live within income and reduce nondefense outlays.
Los Angeles mayor Fletcher Bowron denied talks of removing Police Chief C B Horrall amid a grand jury probe into payoffs linked to Brenda Allen. Horrall dismissed retirement rumors as unfounded. District attorneys and investigators probe Miss Allen and two officers for protection payments as the Los Angeles County grand jury reconvenes.
A two year old girl named Kirsten Huettig traveled 5500 miles alone from Frankfurt to Edinburg Texas to reunite with her mother Eva Huettig a Hidalgo County News keeper. The child had lived with her German father while her mother sought entry to the United States. Kirsten spoke only a few English words during the reunion.
WM John L. Lewis accuses Senate Democratic leaders of flouting party platform by seeking compromise on Taft Hartley repeal. An informal poll shows 17 Democratic Senators favor government injunction power against national emergency strikes, risking renewal of that provision. Lewis attacks colleagues praising opponents of labor and urges opposition to compromises.
Police reported a gasoline price war outbreak in Portland as about 30 station workers harassed Louis Moran for undercutting prices. Donald D Summers alleged Moran struck his windshield with a baseball bat when he pulled in for a gallon at 22.9 cents, about four cents cheaper than rivals.
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