Employees, PAA
Reach Agreement
NEW YORK. </P>—Labor-man
agement negotiators early yester
day reached a tentative agreement
for a ten-cent-an-hour general in
crease for 4,000 Pan American
Airways mechanical employees.
William Grogan of San Fran
cisco, international vice-president
of the CIO transport workers un
ion, which negotiated for the em
ployees, said the agreement was
subject to union membership ap
proval.
The new one-year contract re
places an agreement which expires
Dec. 31. Negotiations have been
under way since Dec. 1. Originally
the union demanded a 24 cent
hourly wage increase.
The new system-wide contract,
Grogan said, would boost Pan
American’s payroll by more than
a million dollars annually.
A company spokesman said
other contract provisions included
Mrs. Kingman
Slaps Holdup's Face
LOS ANGELES. (/Pi—A gun
man yesterday pistol-whipped the
wife of Cice Adm. Howard F.
Kingman. USN <retired*, after she
slapped his face during a robbery
attempt.
Police said Mrs. Kingman and
! her husband were about to enter
| their car, parked in the down
town section, when another car
with three men drove up. One of
j the trio, flashing a gun, got out
and tried to rob the couple.
“Why you infamous pup,” Mrs.
Kingman exclaimed and slapped
the gunman in the face. This so
maddened him, she told police, j
that he slugged her about the!
arms and face with his gun.
The trio then fled with no loot.
Mrs. Kingman was treated for
bruises.
health plan changes, personnel ad
vancement and week-end time off.
Gold Production
Drops In October
WASHINGTON, t/Pi—Mine pro
duction of gold declined 15 pe:
cent during October chiefly be
cause of a seasonal drop of 31 per
cent in Alaska output, the bureau
of mines said.
October gold production totaled
175,890 fine ounces.
Silver production, totaling 3.
070,656 ounces, was three per cent
lower than in September.
Silver output in Idaho, the lead
ing producing states, was down 15
p§r cent due primarily to a reduc
tion in ore output from Sunshine
Mining company properties near
Kellog.
California led in gold produc
tion with 31,622 ounces, followed
by Alaska with 31,412. Production
in other states included:
Idaho, 4,701; Montana, 5,000:
Oregon, 1,507; Washington, 7,000.
Silver production in October by
states included: Idaho, 820,000:
Montana, 575,000; Oregon, 1,575:
Washington, 32,000; Alaska, 4,225.
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