Steel Row Threatens Rearmament
Washington Defense Secretary Lovett called the five day steel strike a grave danger to the rearmament program. He said shortages in fuses, jet engines, and mine sweepers could worsen, and noted contracts are being let with plants not shut by the strike. Negotiations with steel executives and the Steelworkers union resumed after a four hour postponement as leaders hoped for a settlement by Monday, though many industry sources doubt a quick end.
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Washington
Defense
Robert A Lovett
Lovett
Kerts
Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
Teso
Congress
Steps Taken to Ease Navy Base Housing Shortage at INYOKERN
The Naval Ordnance Test Station area will gain 500 homes as part of a $20 million Lith Naval District expansion. Hal B. Hayes Construction Co. of North Hollywood won the contract yesterday to build the housing stock.
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Inyokern
Naval Ordnance Test Station
North Hollywood
Hal B. Hayes Construction Co
Lith Naval District
Weather and Graduation Notes for Southern California
Tonight and morning will be cloudy in the west portion with mostly sunny conditions by Saturday afternoon. Temperatures range from 55 to 63 degrees with trace rain noted. Jimmy Cub recalls drizzle last night but no measurable rainfall and notes a cloudy but pleasant evening as graduates receive diplomas. A college student writes to his father about being broke and friendless. the father suggests making friends immediately. SEWEPAPER AREA
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Southern
California
West Portion
Jimmy Cub
Jimmy
Defiance Fades at Koje Island Prisoner Camp
British troops probe for escape tunnels outside Compound 66 as North Korean officers display spear work. Prisoners tighten guard details in Compounds 66 68 and 85 while Bratner enforces a tougher regime. Bayonet drills with wooden poles mimic US infantry as 80 000 prisoners face relocation to smaller compounds.
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Koje Island
Haydon L. Bratner
Jon Kose
Francis T. Dodd
An &Th Army
Boamer
Lurline Crewman Shot Accuses Rival Union Goons
A Lurline crewman, George Kane of Honolulu, says a rival AFL Cooks and Stewards goon squad shot him, as San Francisco waterfront tensions flare during a Sailors Union of the Pacific strike. Kane, gravely wounded, has received blood transfusions and lapsed into a coma. Police are handling rival union suspicions amid ongoing labor disputes and a stalled contract stalemate with Pace Maritime Association.
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San Francisco
Lurline
Goon
George Kane
Honolulu
Independent Marine, Gooks
Steward
Kane
AFL Cooks and Stewards Union
Strong Sailors Union
Pal Eifle
SUP
Shpowners
Pacific Coast
AFL
Sama
Agiator
Turner
Ed Turner
Harry Lundberg
Pace Maritime Assn
Tear Gas Breaks Up Prison Strike at Angola Penitentiary
Angolan prison in Louisiana describes state troops firing tear gas into a barricaded block ending a 2 nil-down strike by 200 Negro convicts who refused work. Forty-two alleged ring leaders were seized and confined. Remaining inmates were fed and sent to sugar cane fields.
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Angola
DC Bazer
Siake
Francis Grevenberg
Phone Directory Rates To Rise In California Directories
The Pa efte Telephone and Telegraph Co won approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to raise annual telephone directory advertising rates by 3.324 million dollars. The company cited higher labor costs and rising material prices for producing the directories. Increases range from under a dollar for informational listings to 36 dollars on a display advertising column in larger directories.
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Los Angeles
Paefte Telephone and Telegraph Co
California Public Utilities Commission
California
Ridgway Warns Stalin Against Starting New War
Gen. Matthew Ridgway, near Utah Beach, warns Stalin that Soviet aggression will meet the same fate as Hitler's. He recalls parachuting behind enemy lines on D-Day with the 82nd Airborne, vowing to wage peace and defend free peoples despite costs. He urges resolve to avoid war while defending liberty.
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Ridgway
82Nd Airborne
Last 40th Division Guard Member Returns Home
The Army ends the phase out of the 40th Infantry Division as the last California National Guardsman leaves for home. Sgt Clifford Zike 23 Maywood is the final member. others remain by extension or serving a bad time. Cpl Paul Lamburth 23 Tamms Illinois was the first draftee from the original 40th to depart Korea under rotation with five rotation points.
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40Th Division
40Th Infantry Division
California
Clifford Zike
Maywood
Korea
Cpl
Paul Lamburth
Tamms, I
Truman flies to World War I veterans reunion in Missouri
President Truman departed National airport at 12 08 p m in the Independence for Springfield Missouri for his last reunion as commander in chief with World War I comrades of the 35th Division. He wore a silk suit gifted by his daughter Margaret. He plans a dawn breakfast with Battery D veterans and will attend the 88th Division Association meeting and a memorial service before a 11 a m PDT speech at Shrine Mosque, then return to Washington.
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Washington
Truman
National Airport
Springfield
Independence
Italy
Margaret
France
Missouri
88Th Division Assn
PDT
Gov't says potato famine near end but prices zoom
Washington reports government officials say plenty of potatoes will be available next week yet prices may stay high in early weeks after decontrol. Agriculture Dept and OPS forecast sky high prices then a decline, not necessarily to old ceilings. Arnall lifted all price controls on white potatoes to ease enforcement amid a Senate push to end ceilings. Officials warn black markets linger while decontrol expected to boost supply. associations predict relief and a crackdown on the black market.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Senate
House
United Fresh Fruit and Vegitable Assn
National Potato Council
Reds Attorneys To End Arguments In Communist Trial
Defense lawyers in Los Angeles were to finish their motions for directed verdicts of acquittal for 14 California Communist party leaders accused of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the government. Proceedings occur before U.S. Judge William C. Mathes in the absence of the jury, which is excused until next Tuesday when the defense will begin its case.
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L0s Angeles
California
Communist Party
U.S
William C. Mathes
Scientists Leave Atomic Test Site
LAS VEGAS NEVADA UP Atomic scientists began packing up gear and moving out of the southern Nevada proving ground as a South Pacific atoll likely next for atomic bomb testing. The AEC ended its 1952 desert test series 75 miles northwest of Las Vegas with a tower detonation seen near the Canadian border. Test Manager Carrol Tyler called the test scientifically good but would not confirm when desert tests might resume, and plans for Eniwetok in the South Pacific were tentative.
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Las Vegas
Ney
Nevada
Pacfic
Atomic Energy Commission
Desert
Here
Carrol Tyler
AEC
Enwetok
South Pacific
Tyler
Pacific
Truce Delegates Repeat Red Lines At Panmunjom
Allied negotiators told the Communists that returning war prisoners on Red terms would be betrayal and bloodshed. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison, senior Allied delegate, said they would not participate. The Reds complained shell fragments fell inside the 100 yard neutral area around Panmunjom, injuring three civilians. U N officers planned a perimeter survey to ensure correct marking panels.
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William K. Harrison
Panmunjom
U.N
Seven Red Jets Blasted From Korean Skies
American Sabre jets shot down seven MiG-15s in two dogfights over northwest Korea with two more damaged. Six MIGs were destroyed and two damaged in a separate clash as 35 Sabres clashed with 16 MIGs. Names of pilots from California listed among those credited. Fifth Air Force bombers hit Red rail and road lines south of the Yalu, destroying or damaging trucks and railcars.
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Seoul
Jere J. Lewis
Boulevard Court
Novato
Calif
James F. Low
Edwards Ave
Sausalito
Extortion Threats Target Hallinan Family in Marin Roadblock
In San Rafael an extensive roadblock failed to stop a caller posing as Mr Johnson from extorting Mrs Vincent Hallinan, wife of Independent Progressive Party candidate. A money bag was left at an underpass for 48 minutes with no takers as deputies guard the Hallinan home. Hallinan, in McNeil Island prison, and his wife fear for their six children as threats continue.
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San Rafael
Vincent Hallinan
Independent Progressive Party
Hallinan
Johnson
William Wessich
McNeil Island Federa Penitentiary
Harry Bridges
Vivian Hallinan
McNeil's
This Man's No Pessimist
James E. Daniels, 39, recently divorced from his 14th wife, stated he would seek again to find "that one girl for me who must be somewhere in the world" in Seattle.
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Seattle
James E. Daniels
Taft Aims 150-Delegate Lead Before GOP Convention
Sen Robert A Taft expects a 150 delegate lead over Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as the Republican convention nears The Taft camp forecasts a near sixty percent threshold with help from favorite son nominees and potential second or third ballot momentum Eisenhower campaigns in New York and Abilene addressing delegates and outlining opposing platforms while Taft criticizes generalities in Eisenhowers stance and radio remarks.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Indiana
Eisenhower
Sen
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
National
Eisenhower Headquarters
Abilene
Kan
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Colorado
New York
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Mutual Broadcasting System
Tait
Eisenhower Plans New Conference En Route to Campaign
Eisenhower leaves Abilene after a two day homecoming as he directs his Republican presidential bid toward the Chicago convention. He will travel to Kansas City then New York for a news conference at the Commodore hotel and a June 14 Detroit speech before moving to Denver for further campaigning. Governor Fine of Pennsylvania is set for a luncheon and may influence Pennsylvania's 70 vote delegation amid pending nomination decisions.
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John L. Cutter
Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
East
Supreme Allied
Eisenhower
Kansas City
Kaw
American Airlines
New York
Chicago
Thomas Dewey
Commodore
Detroit
Denver
Colo
John &. Fine
Pennsylvania
Fine
Japanese Union Sets Third Strike to KYO
Labor unions plan a third strike in Tokyo protesting an antisubversive bill. Eighteen unions with about 700000 members including auto and light metal workers will participate. Police tightened precautions as the Diet bill nears passage in the upper house.
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To Kyo
Cont
Wil
Palmdale Jet Plant Planned for Lockheed Facility
BURBANK AP A plant for final assembly of F-94 interceptors will be built at the Palmdale jet center at an estimated cost of 1.2 million dollars. When ready next March, final assembly lines for F-64 planes will move from Burbank plant B-1. The new factory will adjoin Lockheed's flight test and delivery station at Palmdale and employ about 850 workers.
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Burbank
Palmdale
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Murder Charge In Poison Deaths Rocks Marines
Los Angeles police charged Richard P. McAllster, 22, a lab technician, with murder after he allegedly poisoned two Marine privates. Keith Loran, 22, died after taking bichloride of mercury pills the killer claimed were hangover remedies. Loran Ticknor, 22, survived and testified at the preliminary hearing.
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Los Angeles
Richard P. McAllster
Army
Marine Corps
Keith Loran
McAlister
Loran Ticknor
Rechecks Show Hillings Won Both Nominations
In Los Angeles a voluntary recheck of the 25th district primary tallies shows Republican Patrick J Hillings likely winning both party nominations. The Democratic vote difference favored Woodrow Wilson Sayre by 92 in the original counts. updated figures tilt the results toward Hillings.
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Los Angeles
25Th
Patrick J Hillings
Ben Inte
Woodrow ‘Wilson Sayre
Sayre
Hillings
Los Angeles Pitcher to Be Married Monday
Los Angeles Angel pitcher Fred Baczewski, 26, announced he will marry Marie Louise Kerr, 26, at Barbera Mission next Monday. Second baseman Jack Hollis will serve as best man. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Kerr of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Fred Baczewski
Marie Louise Kerr
Barbera Mission
Jack Hollis
John L. Kerr
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