World Telegram and Sun strike in New York
The World Telegram and Sun failed to publish its first edition as the A F of S printers refused to cross the CIO American Newspaper Guild picket line. The paper reports a 600000 daily circulation and notes three additional plants were picketed as both sides end three months of negotiations without agreement.
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World-Telegram & Sun
A. F. of S
C. I. O. American Newspaper Guild
Lee B. Wood
N. S. MacNeish
Corrected Wreck Report Details Herrin Collision
Herrin police report a Sunday morning wreck injured three people and bruised two others. Dwight Henderson 22 of Harrisburg swerved to avoid Joe Steinmetz 17 of Herrin on a motorbike, then hit the bike and struck the Brazitis car.
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Herrin
Dwight Henderson
Harrisburg
Joe Steinmetz
Brazius
Zeigler
Henderson
Jeanette Flennell
Carrier Mills
Steinmetz
Brazitis
Miss Flannel
Herrin Hospital
Uranium Fever Grips Houghton After Mysterious Prospectors
In Houghton Michigan two prospector men vanished after testing ore samples with a Geiger counter. Frank Goodman reported a rock five by four inches yielding a strong reading and said the men refused publicity before leaving the station. The town of 5000 buzzed as locals searched for the origin of the samples amid a history of regional uranium finds.
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Frank Goodman
Goodman
Colorado
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
False Arrest Suit Heard
A federal court trial into a $30,000 false arrest suit continued in Springfield on its second day. Dr. Fred O. Galler and Gordon H. Jacklin claim they were arrested over a $66 auto repair bill and held 40 hours in Joliet's Will County jail in filthy conditions without a lawyer.
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Will County
Fred O. Galler
Panama Canal Zone
Gordon H. Jacklin
Appleton
Wis
John Kirincich
Suubaker Mottor Co
Litchfield
Galler
Jacklin
Joliet
CBS Television Shows Halted in National Walkout
Six CBS television shows were canceled last night as more than 400 technicians walked off in New York and Hollywood over wages conditions and seniority. About 600 IBEW members across New York Hollywood San Francisco and Washington negotiated with CBS alleging adamant union demands and a wage scale gap. The union says current offers lag behind demands with starting pay rising from 65 to 70 a week and after five years from 128.50 to 145 weekly.
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The
World-Telegram & Sun
New York Times
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Hollywood
A. F. of L. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
San Francisco
Washington, D. C
CBS
Illinois Republicans to Convene in Peoria August 11
Illinois Republicans announced by Carlos W. Campbell will hold their state convention in Peoria on August 11. The event aims to adopt a party platform for the November election and select three candidates for University of Illinois trustee. Democrats have not set their date or site.
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Springfield
Illinois
Peoria
Carlos W. Campbell
University of Illinois
Last of 10 Special Lincolns Delivered To White House
Ford Motor Co reports delivering the last of ten specially designed Lincoln cars for the White House. The final vehicle for President Truman is a seven passenger Cosmopolitan convertible with cherry red and black upholstery and disappearing rear steps for Secret Service guards. It weighs 6450 pounds versus 4750 for standard Lincolns.
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White House
Ford Motor Co
Truman
Secret Service
Marlow Service Station Employees Hold Crab Orchard Picnic
Emloyees of Marlow Service Station and Sporting Goods store Herrin held their annual picnic Sunday at Crab Orchard lake. A fish fry and boat rides were enjoyed with families and friends attending.
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Marlow
Herrin
Crab Orchard Lake
Dom Marlow
Red Rogers
Ralph Clayton
Arnold Cascotte
Joe Ansinelli
Jack Essick
Bert Ray, Jr
Marsha Hodges
Bob Robinson
Johnny Cavalli
Edith Nicholson
Miami, Fla
Vera Wolland
Marion
Emmett Bergin
West Frankfort
Smiths Visit Piasa On Friday Business
Jack and Lonnie Smith were observed in Piasa on Friday for unspecified business. The report notes their presence without detailing purpose or outcome.
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Jack and
Lonnie Smith
Piasa
Four Arrested In Milk Strike Action in Western PA
State police across seven county milk strike area arrest four pickets on charges of violating a court order. Officials report dairy workers walkout disrupting 2300 members and 68 dealers around Pittsburgh with no settlement in sight. Washington dairy representatives vow to propose an end to the national strike as hearings are arranged.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Andrew J. Hadock
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
A. F. of L. Dairy Workers Union
Washington
John L. McMillan
D-L
House District of Columbia Committee
Canceling Order For Du Quoin Man’s Pickup
An accidental death verdict was returned by a coroner's jury in the death of Earl Pat Lewis, 43, a Lafayette, Indiana railroad worker hit by a train in Villisca, Iowa. Cecil Adams of Du Quoin, Illinois, who rode with Lewis and quarreled, faced a likely cancellation of his pickup order from Montgomery County Sheriff George Christian.
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du Quoin
Villisca
Earl Pat Lewis
Lafayette
Ind
Montgomery County
George Christian
Cecil Adams
Ill
Adams
Lewis
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