Settlement Near In Pacific Greyhound Bus Strike
A five day walkout by 3600 AFL bus drivers and station workers against Pacific Greyhound in seven Western states nears settlement. Federal mediator Omar Hoskins says a tentative agreement is reached and a final check of language will follow before union ratification. If approved, service could resume Friday morning. Core issues include wage rates and contract length.
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Pacific Greyhound Lines
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Army Calls For 60 000 Inductees In May
Washington bulletin reports the Defense Department asked the selective Service to induct 60,000 men in May. This raises total draft requests to 590,000, while the navy air force and marines say they do not plan to use the draft through May.
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Tragic Fall From Train Kills Woman in Arizona
A 27 year old woman identified as Iris Houston Oliva of Los Angeles died from a head injury after a fall from a moving Southern Pacific streamliner near Ligurta 25 miles east of Yuma. A small girl, possibly her daughter, was found severely injured and in critical condition. The tragedy occurred after the vestibule door opened and a conductor detected the alarm. Authorities searched the tracks as the two bodies were found 600 feet apart. The girl was treated at Yuma General Hospital. The case remains under investigation with no witnesses. The woman's husband was reported living in Miami Florida.
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Here
Archie Benson
Iris Houston Oliva
Los Angeles
Benson
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Philadelphia
Miami
Fla
Warm Days Seen For City
The Weather Bureau extended forecast shows no major storms for the week. Phoenix will reach 77 with sunny weather today and tomorrow, yesterday’s highs were 73 downtown and 74 at the airport. Lows were 44 and 42. Snow flurries were forecast for Northern Arizona tomorrow but winds remain mild in the south. A storm offshore Northern California drives the pattern with showers possible Friday or Saturday as another system builds from the southeast Alaska coast. Daytime temps to stay mild through Sunday. nights steady.
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United States Weather Bureau
Phoenix
California
Alaska
Yanks Advance in Korean Snowstorm Amid Chinese Build Up
OKYO March 6. United States Second Division infantrymen pushed forward more than a mile in a blinding Korean snowstorm as Red Forces shield a new Chinese build-up. Gen Douglas MacArthur said 9 to 12 fresh enemy divisions, about 100,000 men, from Red China's long-missing Third Field army were moving into position behind the central Korean front for a possible imminent assault.
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United States Second Division
Douglas MacArthur
Red China
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Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Eighth Army
U. S
Third Blizzard In Week Rips Into Midwest
A new blizzard and cold wave invade the upper Midwest amid heavy snow, freezing temperatures, and zero visibility. Four deaths are reported in western Canada and Montana, with 20 storm fatalities for the week. Alberta buses marooned in -20s, while Carson City suffers roof loss and damaged trees. Ridgway says UN forces can counter any North Korean counteroffensive as B 29s hit Hamhung and Pyongyang.
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Ogden
Logan
Russia Pushes Five Point Plan for German Peace
Paris sources report Russia desires a 1952 German peace treaty and total Allied withdrawal from Germany by year end. Moscow proposes elections in East Germany with guaranteed Soviet reforms including industrial nationalization and land reform, to be discussed at the Big Four talks. Western powers back a broader Europe tension discussion before German issues.
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Rose Marble Palace
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Europe
Apathy slows mobilization in nation of 1951-52 buildup
AP dispatch reports widespread apathy toward the U. S. defense program as the United States plans a massive mobilization for 1952. The piece outlines goals including manpower targets around 3.5 million, European fortification under Eisenhower, and a heavy emphasis on home and Pacific defenses. It notes an estimated over $61 billion in military costs for 1951–52 and cites shortages in materials and a prevailing “take it in stride” attitude nationwide.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Korea
Asia
Air Force buys cots it sold before at surplus prices
More than 600 used steel cots once sold as surplus for 1 dollar now return to the Air Force at 4.30 dollars each at Lake Air Force Base. Don Frederickson of Valley Distributing explains the price under renegotiation rules and notes plans to acquire 3,000 more for Williams and Luke bases.
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Lloyd Clark
Salt Lake City
Lake Air Force Base
Luke Air Force Base
Don Frederickson
Valley Distributing Company
West van Buren Street
Seventh Street
Indian School Road
Frederickson
Kearns Air Force Base
Lake
Los Angeles
What Noted People Are Saying What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports President Truman urging full use of every means to present truth and counter distortions by Communist leaders. Lt Gen Ridgway emphasizes loyalty from above, and Defense Secretary Marshall notes battle experience confirms the decisive role of ground forces.
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Key West
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Marshall
Jury To Get Collazo Case Tomorrow
In Washington on March 6 AP reports the government and defense rested in the Oscar Collazo murder trial. The 37 year old Puerto Rican Nationalist faces the electric chair if convicted for the Blair House attack that killed guard Leslie Coffelt and wounded Collazo and two guards. Collazo testified he and Griselio Torresola planned a demonstration, not a killing.
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Griselio Torresola
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Leslie Coffelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
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U S Firm to Build Canberras for Royal Air Force
The Glenn L Martin Company said it won an air force order to build a substantial number of British Canberra bombers under license from English Electric. The firm will hire thousands more workers and expand its plant to produce a night intruder version at Rugby, England. The Canberra, a twin jet with fighter maneuverability and heavy bomb load, is seen as effective for close air support.
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Engand
Nelson Dies At Tucson
H. O. Nelson regional VP of Frontier Airlines died unexpectedly in Tucson. He founded Arizona Airways later merged with Monarch to form Frontier. Survived by wife Pody and son John of Phoenix, and brother Leland of Downey California.
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H. O. Nelson
East Bethany Home Road
Frontier Airlines
Tucson
Arizona Airways
Monarch Airline
Frontier
Pody
John
Phoenix
Leland
Downey
Calif
West Powers Sign Troop Agreement
Britain France and the United States signed an accord to shift Allied troops in Western Germany to meet potential future needs. U S Minister Julius Holmes French Ambassador Rene Massigli and Sir Donald Gayner of the British Foreign Office signed the pact.
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Britain
France
United States
Germany
U. S
Julius Holmes
Rene Massigli
Donald Gayner
Foreign Office
Horse Trading column on Editorial Page 6 details smart deal making
Turnbow's editorial column explores savvy negotiation tactics in modern horse trading. The piece analyzes how strategic concessions and timing influence outcomes, illustrated with practical examples. Readers are urged to consider the dynamics of bargaining in everyday trade and business contexts.
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Bill Turnbow
Four tots die in kerosene heater blast near Seat Pleasant
Four small children were killed early today when a kerosene heater exploded in their bedroom near Seat Pleasant Maryland. Authorities reported no other injuries and will investigate the cause of the blast.
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Washington
Seat Pleasant
B-26 Hits Mountain Killing Two Reservists
A B-26 bomber crashed into Big North Mountain near Staunton Virginia killing two reservist crewmen Capt. Donald H. Belleville and S/Sergeant James F. Butler identified by Langley Air Force Base authorities. The wreckage covered about 500 yards and the plane broke into many pieces at 4000 feet.
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Blue Ridge
Langley Air Force Base
Donald H. Belleville
Belleville
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James F. Butler
Dorchester
Mass
Big North Mountain
R. C. Gaunt
Gaunt
Labor Bolt Brings Wilson to Parley With Truman
Labor unrest over the defense mobilization prompts Charles E. Wilson to meet President Truman at the Little White House in Key West. The Labor Policy Committee has pulled from Wage Stabilization Board and other defense agencies, while Truman calls it a dispute, not a strike.
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Fla
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Truman
Defense Mobilization
Fort Lauderdale
Little White House
United Labor Policy Committee
Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
Joseph Short
White House
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