Costs Fall Wage Cut for Millions
The government reports October living costs dropped for the third straight month with a five tenths of one percent decline. Food prices led the drop while overall prices eased to 114.5 of the 1947-49 average, the year's lowest point. Mrs. Wickens indicated November prices may fall further, noting cheaper Thanksgiving makings including pork poultry eggs milk and many produce items though bread coffee lettuce and cranberries rose slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Aryness Joy Wickens
Labor Statistics Commissioner
Night Weather: Fox Patches Bring Little Temperature Change
Night and early morning fox patches show minimal temperature change with stable conditions. No significant winds or precipitation reported, and temperatures remain near current levels across affected areas.
Sunny Thanksgiving predicted for Long Beach area
Weather Bureau forecasts a sunny Thanksgiving with clear skies and a high near 80 in Southern California. Travel demand rises as air, bus, and rail lines report increased bookings. many Long Beach residents plan to go home. Offices and many schools close Thursday and Friday, with limited mail service and a small smog risk from temperature inversion.
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ALLY= Ti
Long Beach
Air
Unite Air Lines
Greyhound
Santa Fe
Continental Bus Lines
Pines
Thanksgiving Bay
Weather Bureau
Syas
Stock Prices Boom To 25 Year High
New York stock market advanced today to a high unseen since 1929 with broad gains in heavy trading. Prices rose about 1 dollar to around 38 a share in key oil and steel areas as 1,271 issues traded. The bull market boost follows 14 months of rising prices and a surge after the national elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Boont
Cave-in drops woman 75 feet in mine breach
A 75 foot collapse of a front yard near Shaft, Pennsylvania, trapped 65 year old Catherine Murphy. Alden Hertz of William Penn Fire Co. lowered into the hole to rescue her. She was rushed to Locust Mountain Hospital with internal injuries, a fractured nose, potential hip fracture, and other injuries blamed on an old mine barrier beneath the surface.
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Ahewanovan
Catherine Murphy
Shaft
Alden Hertz
William Penn Fire Co
Locust‘Mountain Hospital
Classifieds and sections listed for reference
The fragment lists newspaper sections and page designations including Beach Combing on Page 5-1, Boyle on Page A-$. Bridge on Page A-9, Classified on Pages B-10 to B-15, Comics on Page B-5, Crossword on Page B-8, Editorial on Page A-8, Financial on Page B-3, Obituaries on Page B-2, Radio and TV on Page H-10, Shipping Table on Page B-2, Sports on Pages A-10 and A-11, Theaters on Pages B-8 and B-9, Tides and Temperatures on Page B-2, Wilson on Page A-9, and Women on Page B-4.
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Boyle
Wilson
Red Spy Link Remington Dies After Mysterious Beating
William Walter Remington, former Commerce Department economist and convicted liar in a secret documents case, died at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary after a Monday attack with a brick wrapped in a sock. Two inmates, George McCoy and Robert Parker, were charged with his murder. FBI agents identified them. Remington, 37, had been serving a three year term for perjury and died 11 hours after emergency surgery.
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Lewisburg
William Walter Remington
U. S. Commerce Department
Federal
Remington
Norman WH. McCabe
FBI
Philadelphia
George Junior McCoy
Tivindy
Robert Carl Parker
Washington
Fred T. Wile
Escrow Head Pleads Innocent in Grand Theft Case
Kathleen H. Smith president of a Long Beach escrow firm pleaded innocent in Superior Court to five counts of grand theft and was granted a jury trial on January 27. She remains free on $5,000 bail as prosecutors allege shortages of $29,372 from manipulated books. At a November preliminary hearing, several property sellers and buyers testified they deposited funds and deeds without receiving anything in return.
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Kathleen H. Smith
Long Beach
Smith
Arrests in Artesia Street race end car standoff
Seventy five youths were arrested and 56 hot rods impounded after deputies and CHP blocked a roadway on Artesia Street west of Central Avenue used as a racing strip. Police chased racers, captured many at a dumpy field, and hauled participants to headquarters. Adults and juveniles faced penalties, licenses were suspended, and police released the juveniles after processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Sheriff's
California
Artesia St
Central Ave
Lue Yuu
Ralph C. Dills
A. J. Fisher
L. Robertson
Avalon Blvd
Firestones Sheriff's Station
Crossed Up Appeals Conviction Gets Stiffer Term
Joe Bean Clough appealed a Winkler County conviction for driving while intoxicated. The trial court imposed a sentence of 10 days to two years. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals revised the term to a flat two years.
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Austin
Joe ‘Bean Clough
Winkler County
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Judge Fires L A County Grand Jury
Superior Judge Harold W. Schweitzer dismissed the 1954 Los Angeles County Grand Jury after nine of the panel's 18 members requested its discharge. Foreman Oliver C. Field led the group, and several jurors accused the judge of hindering investigations into government crookedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harold W. Schweitzer
Grand Jury
Schweitzer
John B. Kingsley
Kingsley
Oliver C. Field
W. Blake Fairweather
Los Angeles County
Superior Court
Chinese Charges Stir Indignation in United States
President Eisenhower said all peaceful means are used to win release for 13 Americans sentenced to prison as spies by the Chinese Communists. Hagerty relayed the message to Maj. William J. Baumer’s mother in Lewisburg, who had sought aid for her son.
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Washington
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Hurley L. Baumer
Lewisburg
National Security Council
Mrs. Baumer
Ying
Peiping
Mao Tze- Tung
Red Regime
China
Central Intelligence Agency
Free China Movement
CIA
Formosa
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Sherman N. Bray
Ruben E. Vellegas
Vellegas
Bray
Joe Risinger
Southern
U. S
Brick
William Remington
Escrow Head
Arlington
Emma Kennedy
Kees Vos
Vos
United States
Artesia St. Trap
L.A. County
Ihe
Dolo Ay
London
Beiping Radio
Red China
United Nations
Ife
Red Cainese
Aire
Chiang Kai-shek
Lincoln White
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