Lumber Strike Grows Across Three States
An AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union walkout expands to 107,509 woodworkers in Oregon, Washington, and California as 4,500 more join in Portland after employers failed to reach wage talks. The strike began Monday with talks halted until after July 4. Feeder Falls and Feather River Pine Mill reopenings noted. Workers seek a 12 12 cent hourly wage increase, with employers resisting any raise.
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Portland
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
James M. Whallon
Portland Coast Columbia District
AFL
CIO
Oregon
Washington
California
Walter Durhamme
Lumbermen’s Industrial Relations Committee
CIO International Woodworkers of America
Aspect
Feather Falls
Butte County
Cal
Feather River
Western Pac- Wic
New York Stocks Rise on Strong Market Session
New York equities advanced with all major groups hitting new highs for the period. Industrials led gains, rail and utility indices rose, with General Electric and United Aircraft among active issues as total volume topped two million shares.
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New York
Sion
Lac
General Electric
Eneh
Santa Fe
Uo Prost
United Aircraft
Dielones
Esterday
Virginia Hill Indicted For Tax Evasion
Virginia Hill, once a noted playgirl and associate of gang figures, faces a federal grand jury indictment for income tax evasion. Prosecutors say she reported far less income than earned in 1944 to 1947, with alleged underreporting spanning several years and amounts cited from 37,690 in 1941 to 45,415 in 1947.
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Los Angeles
Virgina Hill
Wao
Miss Hill
Charguing
Dudge Ben Harrison
Hilom Wrose
Beverly Hills
Benjamin
Bugsie) Siegal
Johann Hans? Hauser
Europe
U. S
Laughlin Waters
Bliss Will
Kefauver
New York
Trauser
Sun Valley
Migha
Hatesoe l
United States
Chile
Peter
Norman Neukom
U.S
Grand
All But Four States Ready To Accept Segregation Ban
A 17 state view shows Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina likely to defy the court or seek delays. Many border states plan gradual integration while the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People urges immediate end to segregation. Plans range from voluntary segregation to privatized schooling with subsidies, affecting thousands of students.
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Atlanta
CLP
Supreme Courts
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Timie
Supreme Court
Florida
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Baltimore
West Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Terman Talmadge
Police Judge Fines Self in No Parking Case
Police Judge J. T. Morrison of Baxter Springs Kansas found a traffic ticket on his car for stopping in a no parking zone. He appeared in his own court and fined himself four cents and dismissed the case, then entered the fine on the police record.
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Baxter
Springs
Kan
J. T. Morrison
Cary
Bungels
Mus
Eisenhower Made Member of Cartoonists
Washington (UP) President Eisenhower, a painter of portraits and scenes, was named a member of the National Cartoonists Society. He and Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey were inducted as honorary members at a breakfast honoring cartoonists for their work in government bond drives. About 125 leading comic artists attended. Walt Kelly of Pogo praised Eisenhower for upholding decency and reinforcing values learned at home and in school.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Cartoonists Society
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Walt Kelly
Lipstick Clue In Murder Case Hints Hidden Romance
Chicago report says a lipstick smeared tissue found in a $75 studio apartment may indicate a mystery girl fled the room as Montgomery Ward Thorne lay dying. The clue sparks talk of a possible tryst hours before an autopsy left cause of death undetermined.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Thorne
Maureen Ragen
Miss Ragen
Gordon Thorne
Jay Stough
Birhday
New Mexico Governor Mechem Opposes McCarthy Campaign Visit
New Mexico Governor and GOP Senate nominee Edwin Mechem said he would not invite Sen. Joseph McCarthy to campaign in the state. Mechem's statement came as he weighed how to support GOP candidates in New Mexico against incumbent Democrat Clifton P. Anderson in the November race.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Edwin Mechem
Joseph R. McCarthy
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Mechem
TIBI
Three Young Forgers To Carry Paper Clips
Three young forgers are set to carry paper clips as part of a local youth outreach effort. The initiative aims to teach basic crafting and thrift skills while promoting community engagement.
Youth forgers sentenced to probation with paper clip symbolism
Three young forgers given five year probation and a paper clip symbolizing prison keys. Judge Wallace S Gourley warned if they relapse they face five to 75 years. Conditions include abstaining from alcohol, church attendance, no marriage without approval, curfew, limited county area, work approval, and weekly reports.
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Pittsburgh
Walllace S. Gourley
Gourley
Allegheny County
Gourigy
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Niagara Falls
Stork Too Fast For Freeway
In Los Angeles area a couple traveling to Queen of Angels hospital from El Monte welcomed a baby girl in the rear seat of their car. Mrs Garstang weighed six pounds five ounces at birth as Mr and Mrs Donald Garstang rushed to the hospital.
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Los Angeles
Ramona
Hollywood
Donald B. Garstang
Garstang
Queen of Angels Hospital
el Monte
Atomic scientist cites higher Hiroshima Nagasaki toll
Los Angeles based Br Stafford L Warren of UCLA asserts three to four times more deaths occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki than official counts. He says the government minimized the deaths and notes he spoke with police and civic officials after visiting the bomb sites.
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Los Angeles
Br. Stafford L. Warren
University of California At
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Warren
Atomic Energy Project
School of Medicine
United States
Japan
Discovery Points to Pharaoh Identity in alabaster vases
Egyptian archaeologist Zakaria Ghonein reports 70 alabaster vas es found in a T shaped gallery near the unfinished pyramid. Inscribed cylinder plugs on the vessels may reveal which Pharaoh built the step pyramid once deciphered.
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Sakkara
Egypt
Pharoah
Zakaria Ghonein
Ghoneim
the Nile
Martin Predicts Approval Of Foreign Aid Program
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr predicts the House will approve Eisenhower s foreign aid program next week with no major cuts though tough floor battles are expected. The House Foreign Affairs Committee largely approved the President s 3 477 508 000 request for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1955, with limited reductions.
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Washington
Joseph W. Martin Jr
House
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Gome
House Foreign Affairs Committee
John M. Vorys
Ohio
Citrus Market Prices by Size and Grade Auction Results
Prices for California Valencias and lemons reported from Los Angeles and New York show slight declines for medium to large orange sizes. Valencia cars averaged $6.65 with half boxes at $2.49, while lemon markets remained about unchanged.
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Los Angeles
New York
Citrus
California
Bombay tightens hours for hotels restaurants midnight closure
City government enforces austerity through new rule ordering all hotels and restaurants in Bombay to close at 1 a.m. instead of midnight. A ban on certain establishments remains part of the policy mix.
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Bombay
IL J.m
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Virginia Hill
Knocks M'Carthy
Atomic Scientist
Discovery
Servel
Servel Gas
Southern California Gas, Company
Frchive
Martin
Citrus Market
Hsoplm
Mutual Citrus Products, CO
Anaheim
Calif
AMCP
Keille
LCP, Co
Compisia
MCP
M.C.P
Ricken Laboratory
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