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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1955
Page
4
Philip Edward Danielson, 61, of La Jara was killed when his pickup truck rammed the rear of a tractor on a county road southwest of La Jara. Ben Vigil, 18, also of La Jara, the tractor operator, was not injured.
Conservatives claim gains in county council elections as Labour criticizes turnout and Labourites stay away. Lord Woolton says results indicate a movement to the right, with talks of a possible general election later in the year amid light voting and a London newspaper strike affecting circulation.
An average 12 percent pay raise takes effect today for about 1.7 million military personnel. President Eisenhower signed the bill to retain trained service members, excluding enlisted under two years and officers under three, with benefits extending to reservists, retirees, and the Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Washington reports Frances G Knight, 49, chosen by Ruth B Shipley to head Americas passport affairs in 30 days. Knight, assistant administrator in the State Department office of Security and Consular Affairs, succeeds Shipley who resigns April 1 930. ADA criticism cited over Knight background and qualifications.
Two downtown Security First National Bank branches were robbed within 20 minutes. FBI says Thomas A. Hand, 31, Los Angeles shipping clerk, was arrested in a washroom near 1301 S. W. Tth St with about 3280 seized. The second robber escaped after taking 5334.
A Czech diplomat Richard Sedlacek and his wife with their five year old son sought asylum in Britain after leaving Damascus. They arrived at London airport from Beirut and asked British officials to grant political asylum, citing fear of a Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and wanting freedom for their son.
Three more bases join FEAF extending its reach to Hawaii. Hickam and Wheeler Air Force Bases in Hawaii and Johnston Island Air Force Base 700 miles southwest of Hawaii are now under FEAF jurisdiction, expanding command boundaries.
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