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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1954
Page
3
In a push to curb communist influence a Tennessee debate centers on a new ban aimed at unions found to be infiltrated. Senators debate enforcement timing constitutionality and alignment with the Internal Security Act and Smith Act. The Republican and Democratic members weigh implications while a broader anti-subversion package advances through Congress.
Congress moves toward authorizing the National Labor Board to bar unions and allied groups deemed Communist infiltrated from using its facilities. The measure targets leaders tied to the Communist movement and seeks to remove legal rights of the Communist Party’s labor wing and closely allied entities. It proposes new categories to cover Communist infiltrated organizations under security act provisions.
Reports say the proposed merger of Bank of California Crocker First National Bank and California Bank Los Angeles has stalled. Directors in San Francisco were meeting and an announcement was expected soon. The sticking point appears to be the banks' pension plans.
Police arrested three armed men near Belfast hours before Queen Elizabeth II's arrival to name the Southern Cross, a new passenger liner. Four other suspects fled. one carried a revolver and detonators. The queen planned a five hour stop as security departments ramp up patrols against potential IRA actions.
New York reports a 10 cent per pound drop in wholesale coffee prices among smaller roasters while big firms hesitate for market steadiness. Cuts at Joseph Manigan & Co and Aborn's Coffee Corp set retail changes likely within a week as Maxwell House and other brands follow with mixed responses.
In San Diego county court a grand jury indictment accuses Charles E. Barry 37 and two associates of bribery and grand theft related to liquor license transactions. Berry, ex liquor administrator for San Diego and Imperial counties, along with Al Bennett 57 a former city councilman and liquor license broker, and Harry W. Streetle 41 are named. A poll of prospective jurors questioned November political leanings and views on Governor Bonelli of the State Board of Equalization to gauge bias. An August or September trial date was noted as set in the case.
Magnolia Avenue naval landing proposal draws mixed reaction as council members call for more study. Rear Adm. Smit voices support while Akers blames pressure groups blocking Navy projects and urges businessmen to recall the council vote to place the issue on the ballot.
The actor Victor Mature faces a potential divorce from his third wife, Dorothy Berry of Pasadena, after repeated spats and reconciliations. Her lawyer says a divorce suit will be filed once a property settlement is reached, possibly in a few days. Mature and Dorothy Berry married in Yuma in 1948. she previously sued in 1949 but reconciled. Mature has been divorced by two former wives, Frances Charles and Martha Stephenson Kemp.
UNITED NATIONS New York The United Nations plans to raise its 1955 operating budget with a higher Russian share after the Soviet Union and two republics faced reductions. The 1954 assessments show the Soviet Union at 12.28 percent, Ukraine 1.63 percent and White Russia 0.42 percent of the total 41.3 million dollar bill. The American taxpayer would bear about one third of the total. The committee began work on the 1955 assessments as member states prepare for the fall General Assembly.
Two blasts in downtown Havana killed Enrique Martin Sanchez, 32, a member of the Orthodox Party executive committee, and wounded four others. A third bomb was found in the apartment where the first explosions occurred.
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