Civil Service Panel Fired in Torrance
Torrance city council voted 3-2 to fire the five member Civil Service Commission. City Attorney James M. Hall studies legality amid questions of required vote thresholds and statute conflicts. A hearing in Los Angeles is set Friday on reinstating James Dresser and Cecil Smith, dismissed last summer.
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James M. Hall
Civil Service
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James Dresser
Cecil Smith
Smith-Dresser
Los Angeles
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Official Rules Can't Ship King Size Martini to Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Atty Gen Mac Williamison answered by mail that a Chicago man cannot send a king size martini to his brother in Bartlesville Oklahoma. Oklahoma is a dry state so shipping gin and vermouth as a Christmas present is not possible.
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Oklahoma City
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Mac
Williamison
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Williamson
Sheppard's Lawyer Pleads Innocence at Trial
Cleveland jurors heard defense counsel Corrigan close the case for Samuel Sheppard arguing authorities rushed to blame him and that lack of motive and undisclosed evidence undermined the state. He dramatized the home scene and claimed an under sedation murmur proved innocence.
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Sam Sheppard
William J. Cortigan
Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Corrifan
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Corrigan
Sam
Carrigan
Sheppards
Marilyn
Eileen Huge
Warren to Lead Pasadena Parade Grand Marshal
Officials of the Tournament of Roses announce Chief Justice Earl Warren will serve as grand marshal of the 1955 New Year parade. Elmer Wilson, tournament president, said Warren and Mrs Warren will ride at the head in a car decorated by hundreds of roses.
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Earl Warren
Elmer Wilson
California
Warren
Court kills part of Hunt damage suit
A federal judge in San Francisco dismissed part of a 110 million dollar damages suit against Hunt Foods Inc alleging conspiracy to monopolize interstate tomato paste trade. The freedom to proceed was limited to other actions by seven Northern California processors filed in 1952 and 1954 seeking over 11.6 million while Hunt’s libel counterclaim seeks four million. Complainants include Hershell California Food Products San Jose Madonna Foods Woodland Gangi Brothers Santa Clara San Jose Canning San Jose Thornton Canning Thornton Avon Canning Stockton Stanislaus Food Modesto.
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Hunt Foods, Inc
Fulerton
Calif
Oliver J. Carter
California
Hunt
Hershell California Food Products, Inc
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Madonna Foods, Inc
Woodland
Gangi Brothers Packing Corp
Santa Clara
San Jose Canning Co
Thornton Canning Co
Thornton
Avon Canning
U N Assembly Near Winding Up Session 1954 Tunisian Debate
The United Nations General Assembly nears its 1954 closing as the 60-nation Political Committee agrees to early Tunisian self-determination debate amid reduced tensions from internal autonomy talks. Greece backs Cyprus self-determination while shelving Britain Middle East HQ proposal.
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Morocco
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