KHJ Lights Go Out in Labor Walkout
KHJ television and its AM and FM radio transmitters went off the air at 10 p.m. Thursday as union electricians walked out over wage disputes. The stoppage disrupted a Ful ton Lewis Jr. daily feed to 44 Don Lee outlets and forced California Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada stations to use local programs. KHJ-TV aired only the first hour of the movie Ruthless before going dark as thousands of viewers in multiple states sought updates. Local 45 AFL ITU members, including 70 engineers and crew, staged the strike with banners reading unfair. Officials expected a morning return with key personnel back on duty.
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Fulton Lewis Jr
Washington, D. C
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Don Lee Broadcasting System
California
Oregon
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Nev
Khus-Tv
Ruthless
Zachary Scott
Cickens
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Antitrust suit targets RCA radio television patents
The Justice Department filed an antitrust suit in New York City charging RCA with monopolizing radio television patent licensing. It accuses RCA of package licensing and seeks court orders to revise licensing, while naming co conspirators but not defendants. The suit aims to curb RCA control from research to consumer products.
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Washington
Justice Department Today
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
William P.rogers
Federal District Court
New York City
American Telephone &Telegraph Co
Western Electric
Bell Telephone Laboratories
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Corps
New York
Justice Department
Stanley N. Barnes
Department
Judge Demands Bias Charge Retraction in Lattimore Case
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl demanded retraction from government officials over alleged bias in favor of Owen Lattimore. He noted the government will not appeal his disqualification decision and urged a forthright acknowledgment that the affidavit accusing him was unfounded and improvidently filed. The ruling underscores tensions in this ongoing perjury case tied to Lattimore’s 1952 Senate testimony and related indictments.
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Youngdahl
Justice Department
United States
U. S. Court of Appeals
Lattimore
Senate Internal Security
Rover
High Justice Department
Internal Security Subcommittee
Youngdah
U.S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Lattii Imore
Navy cancels 372 million in aircraft contracts
The Navy canceled 272 million dollars of orders covering five jet fighter types and engines amid delays in one air frame. Major cuts hit 200 Demon fighters from McDonnell and 08 Cutlass attack fighters from Chance Vought, with engines from Westinghouse and GM Allison. Some contracts for Cutlass remain and funds were from prior-year appropriations.
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Washington
Navy
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc
Dallas
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Allison
General Motors
Westinghouse
Plan New Bomb Tests for Spring in Nevada
BATTLE CREEK Mich UP The Atomic Energy Commission plans new bomb tests in Nevada next spring. Harold Goodwin deputy assistant administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Agency says they will be the biggest yet for civil defense. Goodwin disclosed these plans before a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Emergency Housing and Reception Care. Details were not released by the AEC.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Atomic Energy Commission
Goodgwin
AEC
Eugene Quindlen
Cd’s
United States
Work Rights Bill Looms in Legislature
LOS ANGELES The possibility of a right to work bill is hinted at a State Senate Labor Committee hearing. An AFL union member says a Los Angeles Local 627 has not met since 1948 due to international control. Ostie Bennett testified the local was notified of a takeover after resigning amid dissension. The committee reviewed charges of unfair practices by Local 22, APL International Union of Operating Engineers. Matt Covert claimed he was laid off by United Concrete Pipe Corp, and a union rep reacted angrily to his complaints. both sides denied the charges.
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Los Angeles
State Senate Labor Committee
AFL
International
Ostie Bennett
Gardena
Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers International Union
the International
APL International Union of Operating Engineers
Matt Covert
Covina
United Concrete Pipe Corp
Baldwin Fark
Charles Smallwood
el Monte
Nevadan Off-Year Vote Set Records in 1952 Election
Final official returns show Nevadan turnout at 80,690 voters in the November off-year election, a rise of more than 16,000 ballots above the prior record of 64,000. Secretary of State John Koontz released the figures, reflecting 374.3 percent of eligible voters participating.
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Lamons CLIX
Dever
John Koontz
Maryland Convicts Deaths Raise Vitamin B-12 Study
Army spokesman Dr. Bacon F. Chow notes student Smoot, a Johns Hopkins chemist, died by a self-inflicted gunshot at his quarters in Maryland State Penitentiary. He investigated vitamin B-12's effect on weight gain under stress, with 60 prisoners served spiked drinks. officials call the drinks harmless. Smoot belonged to Head-Quarters Co., 74th Engineer Battalion.
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Seoul UF
Harold Ay
Bacon F. Chow
Johns Hopkins University
Army
Tully
Smoot
Quarters Co
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