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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1951
Page
3
A taxi driver Sol Deburra promotes private NYC tours as a cheaper alternative to $5.50 bus rides. He claims four people can see more for under $22 with personal attention and no mandatory tip, offering a $12 option for a group.
A heated editorial fragment targets Frank Sinatra over perceived public offenses and association with Ava Gardner, criticizing his finances and lifestyle. It riffs on media manipulation, wages, and cultural figures, then shifts to fashion trends urged by Christian Dior and a critique of luxury and celebrity excess.
The wage stabilization board allowed deferred or installment wage boosts from contracts signed before January 25 if they are not destabilizing. They may raise pay to offset living costs or yield productivity gains, but may block unreasonable increases. The board reduced a 10 percent ceiling busting rise for 75,000 West Coast lumber workers, voting 8 to 4 with labor dissent.
Workers earned a 15 cent hourly pay boost after negotiations. The AFL agreement added three cents and three paid holidays. The CIO pact also included three cents to the wage and benefited from tied holiday provisions.
In Belleville West Virginia the raft Lethargia sails with two bachelor girls and two bachelor boys. Skipper Mary Ellin McCrady 24 says there is no romance among the crew. The raft has traveled 203 miles since leaving New Kensington Pennsylvania July 19 on an 1800 mile trip to New Orleans.
Early, 61, former press secretary to Roosevelt and Truman, will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors after Episcopal services at Washington Cathedral. President Truman and many high officials are expected to attend. he died Saturday after last Tuesday’s coronary thrombosis.
The National Safety Council reports that an accident in 1950 left one in seventeen Americans with a disabling injury. The Chronicle Telegram notes these crippling statistics reflect broader road and workplace hazards in that era.
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