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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1951
Page
5
Senate finance committee advanced changes to corporate taxes by lowering the excess profits basis to 75 percent and raising normal and surtax rates. The combined rate would reach 82 percent with a 70 percent cap on total corporate levies, favoring small firms under 25 thousand dollars income. George warned committee votes are tentative.
The Coast Guard will keep waterfront screening at Pacific ports. Judge Edward P. Murphy ruled against Hugh Bryson and the SF Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, which sought to block full security clearances for maritime workers. No one can sail after Sept. 1 without clearance, the Coast Guard said, with no shipping delays anticipated and clearance cards to be issued.
Eight men and women from Los Angeles Orange Santa Ana Huntington Beach Pomona and Ontario were cited into Santa Ana Township Court today at 2 p m for arraignment after a weeklong narcotics investigation. Justice Howard Cameron ordered them held until today’s hearing. Several of the 18 face auto theft and pilfering medicine bag charges.
A special military court in Amman sentenced six men to death for plotting the assassination of King Abdullah. Four defendants were acquitted and released.
In Schongau Germany a jilted girlfriend interrupted a civil wedding by tearing the groom’s trousers as he prepared to say the vows. repairs were made and the ceremony continued.
Anesthetic explosion during tooth extraction killed Owen Hindal, 20, in Waterloo Iowa. Dentist Dr George Foster said the blast occurred as vinethene and nitrous oxide were mixed in a gas machine. Nurse Edna Andrews, 31, suffered arm burns. two other assistants and the dentist escaped injury. Hindal died seven hours after the incident from throat and lung injuries and possible brain damage.
Washington Aug 28 The Senate crime investigating committee backs legislation to crack down on gamblers illegal liquor traffickers and other underworld operators. Senator O Conor says six bills will expand federal prosecution powers in criminal trials strengthen tax laws and widen oversight by investigative groups. One bill would allow appeals of rulings suppressing evidence to avoid double jeopardy clashes. The issue has been debated by lawyers for years.
Governor Earl Warren of California told the American Japanese Society that the San Francisco peace conference will open an era of permanent peace between Japan and the United States. He wished God speed to Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and the delegates as they travel from his native state.
American officials expect Russia to oppose the draft treaty sponsored by the United States and Great Britain as Moscow prepares for the San Francisco conference. Gromyko refused comment, praising peaceful aims while Soviet press denounces the U S Japan security pact as a criminal plot. Burma and the Philippines reject parts of the draft, seeking reparations and bilateral options, as the United States pushes for a Sept. 9 signature by 48 nations. The treaty would take effect after ratification by Japan and 14 key signatories. Senate ratification remains unlikely this year, with weeks of debate anticipated.
In Berlin on the frontier with the Soviet zone a West Berlin policeman was shot and seriously wounded by Russian soldiers and German Communist police. East Berlin Communists began building new barricades of granite blocks and metal spikes between sectors. The motive cited includes halting intercity traffic to stop smuggling and to keep out western saboteurs during the youth festival.
U N officials dismissed renewed Red accusations of a bombing frameup at Kaesong while urging a second probe to include new evidence. Ridgway’s staff said Communists repeatedly violated neutrality terms, seeking to salvage face amid mounting charges and counterclaims as North Korean and Chinese forces pressed near Yanggu in heavy rain.
Two Polish sailors aboard the Polish freighter Swiatowid jumped ship in Karishamn Sweden while docked, seeking asylum in the western world. Their departure follows a wave of defections from behind the iron curtain as the crew adds their names to a growing list of asylum seekers reported in Swedish ports.
National Shipping Authority Director Charles H. McGuire and Capt. Martin A. Goodman visit Long Beach Los Angeles Harbor as guests of the harbor commissions of the two cities in a Washington to coast excursion.
General Electric Co offers a 2 percent general wage increase plus an additional cost of living boost. The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers says it represents about 70,000 GE workers across more than 40 plants and has been negotiating for two months.
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