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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1955
Page
10
The Electrical Union won a new five year contract with General Electric. The agreement provides a 3 percent annual raise for the first three years with a minimum 4 cent hourly increase and a 5 cent minimum in the fourth and fifth years, but no guaranteed annual wage. The deal awaits union ratification.
UPI reports Frank A. Seiberling longtime Goodyear founder and tire industry leader died at age 95 in Akron. He built Goodyear from borrowed capital in 1898, later founded Seiberling Rubber Co after 1921 collapse, retiring as chairman five years earlier. Survived by six children and four sisters.
In San Diego a federal trial features John Hadzims detailing a major bird smuggling operation. Claimed profits totaled about 815,600 with several individuals tied to hijackings. Separately Seoul announces South Korea will receive 15 UTS Sabre jet trainers from the United States by year end as Defense Minister Sohn Won Taek confirms delivery.
Seventy Americans arrived to aid San Marino in its general election as voters. They landed in Milan after a New York–to–Italy flight and will participate in a vote now tightly guarded against emigration. The group includes 69 male citizens 21 and older, among them 7 from Detroit and Sandusky and 23 from New York.
Three bills authorizing states to participate in water compacts were signed Thursday by President Eisenhower. The measures permit Oklahoma to join the Wyoming Koch? Kansas? river system and other agreements covering the waters of Truckee Carson Walker Lakes Tahoe and their tributaries. The Red River and its tributaries involving Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas are to be apportioned under these compacts.
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