Oak Ridge Walkout Halts Key Atomic Plant Work
About 500 workers idled as APOL?E? noted the AEC had not yet decided actions but a move could come later. J A Jones Construction reported a sympathy strike by 225 members of crafts on pipeline projects to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a new atomic plant. Officials sought union talks as the stoppage spread to 500 idle workers including truck drivers and steamfitters.
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AEC
J. A. Jones Construction Co
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A.P.L
Molesworth
Atomic Commission
H. Hallbrook
Oak
Ridge Central Labor “Union
Oak. Ridge
Knoxville
Oak Ridge Labor Union
Maxon Construction Co
Commission
Triumph Bees Made Busier New Production
G H Gale Jr a genetecist says artificial insemination created a busier gentler honey bee strain for a New York honey firm. The new bees produce more honey and are healthier though still have stingers. Separately New York Girl Scouts announce a waterless plan to conserve water with grooming instead of baths for pets until spring as part of a 10 point program involving 1 500 troops.
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New York
INS
Fido
Tabby
Greater New York
Youths theft of 720 dollars shocks blind vendor
A 17 year old assistant of Louis Thiesen a blind news vendor in Paul Minnesota was held on a charge of stealing about 720 dollars from his boss. Postal inspectors said the youth admitted taking the money from Thiesen's cash drawer. He was held for a hearing Thursday on a delinquency complaint.
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Paul
Minn
Louis Thiesen
Postoffice
Thiesen
Quintuplets Born in Colombia in Angostura
Five boys born days ago to Maria Arroy in Angostura Medellin Colombia. They are named Fermin Ramiro Rodrigo Nabor and Francisco with Alfonso as father. Quintuplets occur about once in 40 960 000 births and few survive in history. The Dionne quints were all girls. Diligentia quints in Argentina included two boys and three girls.
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Medellin
Colombia
Maria ‘Arroy
Angostura
Fermin
Ramiro
Rodrigo
Nabor
Francisco
Alfonso
Encyclopedia’ Britannica
Dionne
Ontario
Diligentia Quints
Argentina
Illinois Doctor Honored as Outstanding GP of the Year
Dr. Andy Hall of Mount Vernon Illinois named outstanding general practitioner of the year by the American Medical Association. He will be 85 next January 8 and is father to three physician sons.
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Washington UP
Andy Hall
Mount Vernon
Til
American Medical Association
Hall
Rise in Building Costs Foreseen at NY State Convention
George S. Hallenback of Buffalo, president of the Building Industry Employers of New York State, predicted higher building costs and tougher labor relations at the 54th annual convention. He blamed recent coal and steel strikes, labor union demands, and state disability and health insurance taxes.
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Buffalo
Building Industry Employers of
New York State
George S. Hallenback
Idle Pay Urged For 500000 More
New York State Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi urged extending unemployment insurance to 500000 small business employees not currently covered. He testified before the joint legislative committee on labor and industry. He proposed a sweeping revision of New York State minimum wage law affecting 1.6 million workers including 200000 domestic employees not subject to the federal minimum.
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New. York
Edward Corsi
Joint Legislative Committee of Labor and Industry
New York State
Principal Kills 2 Then Takes Own Life in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon Washington police report a grade school principal fatally shot his ex wife Betty Buchanan Trout 27 and her fiance William A O Loane 24 a flying instructor, then wounded himself in a partly furnished bungalow near their forthcoming marriage. Also killed was John W Trout 32 principal at Rockport Grammar School. The killings followed Trout's failed reconciliation after their June 1948 divorce.
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Wash. UP
Betty Buchanan
Trout
William A. O’loane
British airmen launch Arctic rescue flight for stranded scientists
London reports British airmen floated a small plane through jagged ice to break Deception Island. They plan a 400 mile flight to reach 11 uranium researchers marooned for two years in the Antarctic wastes.
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London
INL
Deception Island
Antarctic
Britain Cuts Yugoslavia Credit in Economic Struggle
Britain scales down Yugoslavia credit from about £18 million to £8 million amid postwar economic strain. Ambassador Sir Charley Peake heads home to report the decision while Foreign Secretary Bevin and Tito face the setback. Britain aims to aid Tito against the Russian led Cominform, but curtains on larger aid persist.
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London
Britain
Yugoslavia
Charlee Peake
Ernest Bevin
Tito
Cominform
Sharman Douglas Named Woman of the Year by Harvard Club
Sharman Douglas daughter of the U S ambassador to England was chosen Woman of the Year by Harvard Universitys Hasty Pudding Club in Cambridge Massachusetts. The announcement highlighted her public and social work.
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Cambridge, Mass
Sharman Douglas
U. S
England
Harvard
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Syracuse
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