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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1949
Page
3
Detroit officials and the AFL bus and streetcar operators union negotiated to extend the strike deadline by one week. About 800 operators voted to delay a walkout that would have paralyzed commuting for office workers and Christmas shoppers. The union accepted a straight 40 hour week and said no overtime until a new contract is agreed.
Arizona unemployment compensation totaled $319 401 in November, down from $335 152 the previous month and $105 663 in November 1948. The state employment service blamed the dip on many claimants exhausting their 12 week entitlement.
James Brown of Phoenix got a suspended sentence for drunkenness after he turned in a citrus truck and then staggered as he handed the keys to a police officer. Magistrate C W Pensinger cited Brown's good intentions in granting clemency.
Hiromasa Sato in northern Hokkaido attempted suicide 15 times including cyanide ingestion and train derailment plots. He survived each attempt and ended up in court where the judge ruled him insane. Sato asked for death, but was not granted, receiving an insanity verdict instead.
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