06 May 1949
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1949
Page
1
Washington May ap news reports a bill proposing 300 million dollars annually for education salaries and operating costs. The measure aims to give minimum educational opportunities nationwide, backed with bipartisan Senate support and debates over federal control versus state administration.
About 300 workers at Manchester shoe plants are scheduled for forced vacations. Some crews will rest tomorrow while others resume work next Wednesday. pay and conditions vary by plant. Company officials say no immediate changes in operations at Claremont.
A sedan driven by Clark B Sister collided with a telephone pole one mile south of York Four Corners near Lavender Farm. Albert Sirois was cited for speeding after his car hit a company truck during the pole recovery. Telephone service resumed about an hour later as troopers maintained traffic control.
Paris May 6 AP Count Maurice Maeterlinck renowned Belgian author of Pelleas et Melisande and The Blue Bird died in Nice at 86 He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1911 A prolific symbolist familiar with French life his later years centered in the Riviera at Nice and his Villa of the Bees
Auto workers walk out at Ford in Dearborn and at Lincoln Mercury amid speedup grievances. About 65,000 on strike and 15,000 cars in transit risk a market pullback if the stoppage lasts weeks. Negotiations falter as UAW-CIO actions coincide with plant disruptions nationwide.
City Clerk Eileen Foley’s proposed trip to a city and town clerks convention triggered the council’s biggest issue, prompting a referral to City Manager Edward C. Peterson with broad discretion. The May 25 to 27 event raised questions about benefit, delegation, and funding, while traffic safety at Woodbury Avenue and Bartlett Street remained tabled for later reconsideration.
The Veterans Administration plans to dismiss 8,000 workers and close 42 offices in 23 states to meet FY 1950 budget limits starting July 1. New Hampshire will largely escape the action with only a few layoffs expected. eight contact offices are not scheduled for closure. The plan preserves hospital and medical services, with 30 day notices to be given.
A university work shop on UNH's new Technology building enters its fifth day with no settlement. A university spokesman says union reps for 50 carpenters masons and steelworkers have not declared intentions as workers walked off last Monday over non union labor on campus.
In Pittsburgh on May 6 AP reports Philip Murray's United Steelworkers are leading a demand for a fourth round of pay increases. Several CIO unions allied with Murray will follow.
Frantic efforts failed as four miners were found dead 600 feet below ground near a tunnel off the main shaft in Gilberton Coal Company No. 5 colliery. The victims William Feelly, Joseph Wowak, Raymond Eye, and William O'Brien died after a Tuesday night fire. rescuers battled smoke for 44 hours and used compressors to try to supply air.
Heat gripped New England with temperatures near 80 to 94 across cities from Boston to Hartford. Forecasters predicted relief as readings would drop to the 50s, with Bradley Field reaching 94 yesterday and Boston tying a record at 91 plus. Nantucket remained cooler at 62 while spots like Westfield 92 and Providence 92 highlighted the region’s heat wave.
Middlesex Superior Court restrained striking New Hampshire truck drivers and APL Teamsters union officials from picketing the Somerville terminal of the A P Welch company. The action targets the Manchester terminal strike begun April 19, affecting about 70 Welch workers at Somerville who belong to a separate union.
In Concord on May 6 the House debated ending the General Court's duties by month’s end. Gov. Sherman Adams backs a one package tax plan, with strong push for a 1 percent sales tax and an income tax proposal. Lawmakers warn of budget gaps and expect revenue adjustments to balance next biennium.
Washington May 6 AP strong doubt surrounds a Soviet proposal for occupation troop withdrawal from Germany. Western powers plan a unified stance for Paris talks opening May 23, aiming at a western German government and broader economic and political unification while preserving personal freedom and democratic institutions across Germany. The issue risks destabilizing Europe and shaping postwar recovery.
Concord May 6 AP State's counsel Kenneth Graf urged a jury to find former official Story and contractor Donal Cote guilty of a scheme to overexpend legislative appropriations. Graf charged Story manipulated capital budget rules and ordered funds, citing $472000 in cost plus work and inflated paint bills for a liquor warehouse.
Somerville Massachusetts police, aided by a six-state dragnet, search for Domenii Santangelo a 33 year old Boston barber armed with a 38 caliber pistol and a shotgun suspected of kidnapping Myg Trving Bissette 19 and her two children Yvonne 3 and Carol 6 months with authorities believing he fled in a stolen car. Bissette a Boston Transit Commission employee reported the alleged robbery and warned police the suspect might harm the children.
Eliot Miller, a man from Eliot, was injured at a Nation Gypsum plant in Mylan when a rim flew off a truck wheel and struck him in the face. He was transported by fire department ambulance to Portsmouth Hospital. no report on his condition was released.
Concord May AP Prank Un s Republican senator and mayor Eugene S Daniell Jr will file a bill next week to curb legislative lobbyists The greatest curse of democracy he told the Senate education committee yesterday afternoon is the lobbyist The committee held public hearings on a bill to impose a 3000 fine or five year imprisonment for attempting to intimidate legislators Daniell said Gov Sherman Adams was right that highly paid lobbyists can beat any good legislation The intimidation bill would require disclosure of who they are and who pays them
President Truman must appoint a new undersecretary of the navy after W John Kenney resigned. Kenney, currently in Paris, will stay on the job until a successor is chosen, with the vacancy announced at a news conference yesterday.
President Truman signals willingness to accept some changes to the Taft Hartley Labor Act while aiming to push new labor legislation. He pledges to inform reporters in time and urges Democrats to back party goals, drawing cheers from Capitol Hill as lawmakers discuss the Lesinski and Thomas bills and the feasibility of passage without changes.
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