UAW Pursues GM Strike After Chrysler Pact
The United Auto Workers threaten a strike against General Motors after reaching a pension and wage package with Chrysler. The UAW plans to poll 235,000 GM workers for approval, with a 30 day strike window after contract cancellation notice. Ford earlier granted pension boosts, while Chrysler concluded settlements and recalled workers.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
UAW
General Motors Corp
Chrysler
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
General Motors
Ford
Lt Gov Smith Opens Re election Drive in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Wisconsin Lt Gov George M Smith a Milwaukee Republican said he will seek a second term based on his 1949 legislative record He opposes any new taxes or tax increases unless new programs are absolutely necessary and fundable from existing revenue Eugene R Clifford editor of the Juneau Weekly Independent announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in the September primary Clifford chairs the Dodge County Democratic organizing committee
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Milwaukee Republican
Eugene R. Clifford
Juneau Weekly Independent
Clifford
Dodge County
Democratic Organizing Committee
Nine Year Old Boy Fatally Injures Father in Georgia Incident
Detectives report a nine year old Black boy discharged a 12 gauge public safety item while his father McNeal Childs, 43, held it to his chest. The accident occurred last night in Atlanta. Investigators describe a fatal, unintended shooting with a parent and child as the primary figures.
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Atlanta
McNeal Childs
Chilled Convict Quits High Perch After 34-Hour Sitdown
John Tomlinson, 29, a Wisconsin state prisoner, abandoned a 34-hour water-tower sitdown during weekend exercise. Officials called it a stunt to gain inmate prestige. He was examined, fed, and put to bed at the prison hospital while a psychiatric eval planned for today.
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Waypun
Wisconsin
John Tomlinson
Chester Clover
Tomlinson
Racing News Wire Puzzles Inquiring Senators
James Marlow profiles Continental Press owner Edward McBride amid Senate inquiry into racing information wires. CP, linked to illegal betting concerns, faces questions about legality, client reach, and press censorship risks as lawmakers weigh federal action.
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Washington
Edward McBride
University of Miami
Continental Press
Cleve
Federal Communications Commission
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Thomas F. Kelly
Chicago
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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New Hampshire
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Congress
Gale Fans Costly Fire On New York Trestle
A spring gale sparked a million-dollar blaze on Jamaica Bay’s four mile wooden rail trestle last night and into today burning a 2,500 foot gap. The span is the Long Island Rail Road main link between the city’s mainland and Rockaway sections along the Atlantic.
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New York
School Districts To Sell Buildings In Northern Illinois
Freeport special nine district townships prepare to auction twenty one former school houses in Stephenson and Daviess counties during May and June. Most had been idle since districts merged last July. proceeds support building funds. Lena Winslow and Pearl City district properties listed with names such as Blackhawk Eells De fiance Albee Stony Bluff Manney Kennedy Garfield Heller Dublin Boop Hart Mill Grove Lamb Val.
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Illinois
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Stony Bluff
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Kennedy
Goddard
Daviess County
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Do You Hear But Don t Understand Tonemaster Ad
A vintage advertisement promotes the Tonemaster device promising clear speech for listeners. It targets readers with a bold pitch about helping people understand words more easily. The ad lists a Madison Wisconsin address and encourages writing for free information.
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Sprague St
Madison
Wis
Canonization and Clergy History in Cuba and U S Arrests
The text notes Anthony Maria Claret the textile worker turned Cuban archbishop who founded the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the Claretian Fathers, and mentions that the dominant arrest age in the U S in 1949 was 21.
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Cuba
Ary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The
Claretian Fathers
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