Fire Devastates Niigata City Prompting Condolence Gifts
A Niigata Nippo letter from a Niigata housewife describes the aftermath of a large fire that ruined much of the city earlier this month. She notes neighbors bring sake as condolences but vents frustration at relief efforts and debris clearance. Frau Margaret Blancke, visiting a Friedland repatriation camp, seeks information about her missing husband in Russia.
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Wiigata
Japan
UPI
Niigata Nippo
Margaret Blancke
Friedland
West -Germany
Russia
Germany
United Press
Statesville
N. C
Blanche Ikard
New York
Cedall County
Aod
300 Strike Over Naughty Word Sparks Swindon Walkout
In Swindon England 300 workers strike after a young employee called a term used for clerks a swear word. Management condemns it as a swear word in Swindon, while discussing its acceptability in London. The incident follows disparate views on language between locales.
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Swindon
England
LPI
Britain
June Woorwards
Plassey Engineering Co
June
London
Dunn
Lindon
Bomb Threat Cancels Picketing at Westinghouse Plants
Judge Henry X. O'Brien issued an injunction restraining mass picketing at two Westinghouse plants after a bomb threat to his home. Police and sheriff deputies guarded the judge through the night while CIO officials denounced the hoax as the work of a crackpot amid a nationwide strike by about 44,600 CIO members idling eight Westinghouse plants.
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East Pittsburgh
O'Brien
Tarliee
James W. Slussell
Ciciue
Ciqiue
West Germany, Russia standoff prompts $200 a month plan
In Geneva and amid East West tensions, reports discuss a Western offer tied to German unification while Moscow seeks a security guarantee. A Chicago company promotes a $200 a month plan for illness or accident, with extra benefits and a lump sum option, via Sterling Insurance Company Los Angeles.
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Geneva
Bungarin
Adee
Molotov
Germany
Russia
Moscow
West Germany
United States
France
Bonn
NATO
Britain
Jand
Che
East
Chicago
National Legal Reserve Company
Sterling Insurance Company
Sterling
Dept
Wilshire Eivé
Los Angeles
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Ucupiale BI
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West
Clothiers For
MEN & Boys
East Germany
Soviet Union
Howard Amas
Better Men’s Apparel
Broadway
Bob McGlure
Atlantic Ave
de Soto
Berry & Berry, Inc
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Bellflower Harris, Evans & Irvin
East Artesia Ave
Your Desoto Dealer
Groucho Marx
NBC Networks
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