105000 Dress Union Workers Go on Strike
A 105000 member walkout spread across seven eastern states marking the first major dressmaking strike in 25 years. ILGWU and 1550 dress contractors dispute wage and contract terms with leaders predicting a brief action while planners expect protests and rallies in New York City and surrounding areas.
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New York
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
New York City
Madison Square Garden
New York Gariment
7Th Ave
Sith
40Th Sts
49Th St
George Meany
Aflcio
David Dubinsky
ILGWU
Harold A. Felix
Felix
Judy Garland Sues Sid Luft for Beatings and Strangling
Judy Garland files divorce suit against Sid Luft alleging repeated beatings and an attempted strangling. She seeks restraining orders and child custody protections while noting prior marriages and a onetime reconciliation. The latest separation began February 23 amid a turbulent marriage behind her 1954 comeback.
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Jerry Geisler
Miss Garland
Warner Brothers
Luft
Helicopter Patrol Nab Stolen Car In Queens Chase
New York police using a helicopter pursued five youths in a stolen car across six miles in Queens. The vehicle reached speeds near 100 mph before crashing near Aqueduct Race Track. Two youths were captured, driver 16, others escaped. judge set March 14 for restraining order hearing and $4425 monthly support.
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New York
GPA
Queens
Harold Behrens
William Reis
Jamaica Bay Area
Behrens
Jboys
Jack
Reis
Aqueduct Race Track
William Hurley
Frost resistant cherry developed in Leningrad
A broadcast from Moscow reported botanist Filip Teterev has created a cherry variety that resists frost. The new cherry is described as so hardy that planners consider growing it beyond the Arctic Circle.
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Londow
Moscow Radio
Leningrad
Filip Teterev
Arctic “Circle
U S Pledges Fund for Israeli Museum
U S Ambassador Edward J Lawson presented Jerusalem Mayor Gershon Agron with a pledge of 4.5 million dollars from a U S aid fund for cultural and mass communications purposes for the construction of an Israeli national museum in Jerusalem. The ceremony took place on Tuesday.
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Jerusalem
Israel
U. S
Edward J Lawson
Gershon Agron
Arizona School Name Feud Sparks Capitol Protest in Tempe
About 1000 Arizona State College at Tempe students protested at the State Capitol over a proposed name change to Arizona State University. The dispute pitted ASU supporters against Arizona and involved a compromise to Tempe University. Senator Harold Giss faced an effigy while President Grady Gammage defended the state school and promised investigation.
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Arizona State College
Capitol
Tempe
Ariz
State Capitol
Arizona State University
University of Arizona
Arizona
Lone University
Harold, C. Giss
Tempe University
Grady Gammage
State
Giss
Gammage
Arizonalliar
State Teachers’ College
Senate
Wiley Aker
Akers
Veteran College
Aus
Daniel Rienhardt
Aker
Things Not So Bad After All in Sanderson
Deputy G W Rhoden chased two figures slipping through 3 wood near Sanderson Florida after a car on the highway was suspected stolen. Sheriff Yarborough pursued on horseback through a swamp for four hours before discovering the vehicle breakdown and that the two culprits were boys from a local school hockey team.
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Sanderson
Fla
G. W. Rhoden
Rhoden
Baker County
Ed Yarborough
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Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Judy
Chine Judy
Russ
Ma Savings Interest
Inga
Certified Trust Deeds, Inc
Independent Mortgage Bankers Association
D Atlantic
Bixby Knolls
Long Beach
Santa Ana
Andrew Geller
Fidel
Doris
Faille
Bufiums
Warren
Buttums
Fed
Buffums
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