Downtown Los Angeles gridlock as transit strike widens
Thousands of Los Angeles workers flood into cars on a first day of a strike by 2600 transit workers. Police boost presence to ease jams while unions and management haggle over a 20 cent hourly raise and a one year contract. If accepted, buses and streetcars may resume Saturday.
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Nine Reds Get 2 to 3 Year Jail Terms
In Philadelphia, U S District Judge J Cullen Ganey sentenced nine Philadelphia area Communists to two to three years in jail for Smith Act violations. The defendants included Kuzma Dubensky Nabried Labovitz Katz Klonsky Weiss and others. three received three year terms while the rest were given two years.
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Denver Mayoral Runoff Highlights First Nonpartisan Vote
About 90,000 Denver voters face a runoff between State Sen. Will F. Nicholson and District Attorney Bert Keating after a May 3 election where each led with around 46 percent. Quigg Newton leaves June 20 to join the Ford Foundation in New York.
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Necking in church admonished by Welsh pastor
Rev Noel Williams told his young parishioners to cut out necking in church on the island off north Wales. He noted a seventh century causeway links it to the mainland a favorite lovers lane and urged couples to respect the house of God in a parish magazine.
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Democrats Hit Ike On Marine Bill
Senate opposition under Lyndon Johnson shaped a bid to restore funding for the Marine Corps, boosting 40 million dollars and resisting Eisenhower’s planned 22 000 troop cut. The party framed it as a test of presidential leadership amid party unity strains as conference review looms.
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