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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1955
Page
5
Salt Lake City reports eight unions and Kennecott Copper Corp reached a basis of settlement ending a 43 day strike at the company mines and mills. Negotiators gave no details but the company stated the package includes wage increases from 80 cents to 1.28 dollars per day and more than 15 cents per hour plus an improved pension plan.
The nations governors at their 47th annual conference called for a greatly expanded federal state highway program. They urged Congress to make far more automotive excise taxes available for road funding than the current 873 million dollars annually, while avoiding a stance on tax increases. The final resolution endorsed the President’s highway objectives but rejected praise of bond financed building, emphasizing regional state cooperation to solve road needs.
Democratic Gov. Arthur Langlie of Washington was named chairman of the governors conference, replacing Democratic Gov. Robert Kennon of Louisiana. The board plans a 1956 meeting site in New Jersey and aims for swift action on highway and mental health issues amid broader state federal relations concerns led by Gov. Averell Harriman of New York.
Mrs. Kellard recounts a hijacking in which two gunmen demanded her bracelet and watch, forced them to stay slumped for 10 minutes. Wagner and three others were arrested last November for market robberies. three accomplices are jailed while Wagner was released due to lack of positive identification.
A 15 year old orphan heir to a 15 million dollar fortune won court approval for his aunt Katherine Machris Fairchild 36 to be his legal guardian. He asked to live with her rather than with paternal grandfather Robert Westbrook Sr. who was named joint custodian with a bank. The youth inherits the fortune from his grandmother Bessie E Machris widow of Victor Machris founder of Wilshire Oil Co.
The 15 year old son of Paul Ziffren Democratic national committeeman for California suffered a possible skull fracture in a car crash on Thursday night. Kenneth Ziffren, from Los Angeles, was riding with two companions on Highway 6 a few miles south of Palmdale when their vehicle collided with another.
Officials say 21 killed with several bodies may remain in the debris at the Gateway Restaurant area. The blast and ensuing fire tore through Andover during a storm, with rescue crews digging through wreckage for missing victims and possible remains. Names identified include Russell A. Kirkhan and his children John and Margie, among others in Ohio and Pennsylvania communities.
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