Strike Slows Work On A Bomb Factory
In Oak Ridge Tennessee a walkout by about 100 laboratory workers and 250 construction workers began the atomic city’s first strike. The action spread to new home construction and a 66 million bomb production plant with unions accusing non union hiring. An Atomic Energy Commission official called the situation serious. The dispute involved steamfitters plumbers and truck workers among others.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
AFL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Atomic Energy Commission
Expect Larger Coffee Crop Next Year Deflates Shortage Claims
Washington report notes a Commerce Department official testified that Brazil's 1950 coffee crop is expected to exceed this year's by 500000 to 1 million bags. Albert Prosterman said estimates favor bigger harvests, while the Senate subcommittee probes soaring prices and possible market manipulation.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Albert M. Prosterman
Office of International Trade
Senate Agriculture
Brazil
Subcommittee
Guy M Gillette
Prosterman
United States
Gillette
Wife's Testimony May Convict Larson
La Crosse Wisconsin Circuit Judge Tevile allowed Mrs. Nola Larson to testify against her husband Arnold Larson in the murder case of a prominent La Crosse doctor. Prosecution argued Wisconsin's spousal testimony ban should not apply citing a confession and a separation two years earlier.
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Wisconsin
Larson
Telephone Unions Attack AT and Bell Pact Talks
The Communications Workers of America accuses American Telephone and Telegraph and 18 Bell system subsidiaries of bad faith bargaining under Taft-Hartley. The union charges a pension plan change was made without union knowledge or consent, threatening bargaining norms. AT&T says changes followed pension plan procedures.
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Washington
Communications Workers of America
CIO
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Beirne
Labor Board
Supreme Court
At&t
Hospital Admissions and Births Summary
Admitted yesterday were George Forrest from the city for medical care and Pat Holderness from River side for surgery. Today two Columbus Junction men Samuel Bell and Joe Duncan had tonsillectomies. Discharged today were Doris Freeman and son Wayland, Leonard Shuppy and son Brighton, Dale Dodds and daughter city, Richard Dawson and son Washington, James Lowe Brighton. Births included a daughter to Mr and Mrs LeRoy Defibaugh Wellman at 5 15 pm and a son to Mr and Mrs Calvin Clark Wayland at 12 35 pm plus a son to Mr and Mrs Nett Wellman at 1 25 pm.
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George Forrest
City, Medical
Pat Holderness
Riverside
Surgical
Samuel Bell
Joe Duncan
Columbus Junction
Doris Freeman
Wayland
Leonard Shuppy
Brighton
Dale Dodds
City
Richard Dawson
Washington
James Lowe
LeRoy Defibaugh
Wellman
Calvin Clark
Nett
Renew Attacks On Czech Church Leaders
The Czech press reviews a government claimed book accusing Archbishop Josef Beran and Catholic leaders of high treason. It targets the Vatican and the United States, alleging American imperialists support the Vatican and that Beran, who suffered in a German concentration camp, is most guilty for faith shown.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
United States
Republic
Obrana Lida
Beran
Dinner outing to Colony Inn highlights Aman as event
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stewart and son Bob joined Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jarrard for a 6 30 dinner at the Colony Inn. The main feature of the evening was a showing of mov-
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E. A. Stewart
Bob
Walter Jarrard
Amanas
Colony Inn
Local social notes and a stairway statistic
Local social happenings report a Des Moines Shrine ceremonial attendance by Victor Blattner Guy Cole Lee Baird Paul Snakenberg Dr Fred Reid Claude Rhodebeck and Walter Bauer plus shopping by the accompanying ladies Lena Stewart Dorothy Turnipseed Katheryn Caldwell and Mildred Norman who visited North English dinner guests Mr and Mrs Keith Kirkpatrick. Also Mrs Charles Jenkins of Ainsworth shopped here Monday. A Wes tinghouse estimate notes Americans save 120 billion steps yearly via moving stairways with five billion passengers on the nation's 2000 stairways. Sherrill N Y is the smallest city with 2184 residents while New York City exceeds 8 million people.
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Victor Blattner
Guy Cole
Lee Baird
Paul Snakenberg
Fred Reid
Claude Rhodebeck
Walter Bauer
Des Moines
Lena Stewart
Dorothy Turnipseed
Katheryn Caldwell
Mildred Norman
North English
Keith Kirkpatrick
United States
Westinghouse
Swiss Watchmaking Powers Swiss Industry
Up to 60 000 workers are normally employed in the watchmaking trade representing about one in every 35 persons in Swiss industries.
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Switzerland
We Went to School Again
A narrator recalls attending Income Tax School and praising the instructor who cited code and regulation numbers from memory. The piece notes tax and bookkeeping items recur each year, expressing a positive view of handling such tasks and offering help.
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O. K
Scouts View Movie After Canoe Trip into Canada
Boy Scouts, parents, and scoutmasters watched a film about a canoe trip into Canada last summer. Officials hope the movie can be shown soon in Washington.
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Canada
Washington
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Stevie Putman
Mrs. Wilson Putman
Oregon
Wolf’s Flower
Spimet
Kleer-Sheer
Claussners
East Side Square
Charles Jenkins
Ainsworth
New York State
Sherrill
New York City
Paul R
Horak
le Ana
Memory Lane
Lemmon
Rembrandt Scientific Lighting
Brandt
Propriate
Iowa
Jom Duncan
Wees
Chamberlin’s
Chamberlin
Chamberlin's
Style Mart
Garfield Ace
Manhattan
Manhattan Sport
Hallmark
Hallmark Pajamas
Becker Becker Gloves
Chamberlin Bros. Sport Shop
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