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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1955

Page

2

U N Rows Over Seat on Security Council

The United Nations General Assembly bogged down over a lottery plan to break the deadlock for a Security Council seat. Yugoslavia would hold the term in 1936 and the Philippines in 1957 under the proposal, drawing protests from many delegates and a long adjournment as initial ballots failed to select the third non permanent member.

United Nations N. Sip U. MN General Assembly Security Council Assembly Yugoslavia Council Philippines Jose Mateus Chile Joe On Eisenhower

Slayer Who Fled From Asylum Nabbed In Texas

Syracuse reports Howard Merritt Pierson, a University of Texas student and son of a Texas Supreme Court associate, killed his parents for life insurance and escaped from a hospital in 1932. He was recaptured and later surrendered to authorities in New York to return to a Texas State Hospital. An insane verdict followed his murder trial and earlier escapes are noted along with officials and psychiatrists.

Syracuse N.Y UPA Texas Gallege Wwice Grant Howard Merritt Pierson Tiday Iean Parson Pierson Texas Supreme Court Howard University of Texas At the Dime Francis Garn Gara Austin Tex Texas Lee Allen Pieragi Yevense Ope Minneapolis Plerson Pr. R. C. Rowell Rowell M. Pierson Sycamore Texas State Hospital Francis Ryan Kefauver Ohio Franz J. Lausche Bricker Elsenhower Eisenhower

Death Takes Widow of Fulton Quisler

NEW YORK. Mrs Fulong widow of the author and editor Fulton Quisler and herself an author who wrote several books and movie plays died Sunday.

Fulton Quisler New York Fulong

Rails to Seek 7 Percent Freight Rate Boost

Railroads plan an immediate seven and one halved cent increase in freight rates and charges to cover wage and material cost rises exceeding half a billion dollars. A presidential fact finding panel urged wage hikes and health benefits for 750,000 nonoperating rail workers, though no action yet.

Chicago Interstate Commerce Comm

Kefauver Stevenson Seek Nomination in 1956 Primaries

News from Washington and major cities reports Tennessee Senator Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson planning campaigns for the 1956 Democratic nomination. Stevenson publicly supports unity while Kefauver weighs primaries in Minnesota Illinois Pennsylvania Florida and California amid financial limits and evolving strategy.

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Cold Arctic Air Blows Into Florida Skies Turn Colder

A sharp cold front spread across the southeast into northern Florida with lows around 24 in Cross City and new cold air pushing from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast. Snow fell in the northern Rockies and heavy snows hit Missoula and Billings while flurries touched the Pacific Northwest and mid-Atlantic. Temperature drops were severe in North Dakota and Wyoming as a broad winter wave moved east.

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