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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1950
Page
2
The new Social Security law cuts into earnings and expands eligibility. Workers face higher taxes on the first 3600 earned, with both employee and employer contributing, and about 10 million people gain coverage for the first time. Eight groups, including domestic and agricultural workers, become covered, with some exceptions.
Metcalf and Eddy filed a preliminary report with the city manager on a 1952 52 incinerator project. The smokeless odorless bin will burn 200 400 tons daily at a 10 acre Temple Avenue Willow Street site for about $850 000. Plans aim for a mechanically stoked unit with bids for the whole project.
Two elderly Long Beach women suffered injuries in separate traffic crashes yesterday. Emma Koepke, 68, of Delta Avenue Compton police say collided with a second car at Almond and Tamarind in Compton. Eric Ekstrand, 27, South Gate, faces hit and run and drunken driving charges and will be arraigned in Compton Municipal Court. Sarah Baker, 69, of Fourth Street Long Beach, injured in a Redondo Beach crash on Pacific Coast Highway at Diamond Street, involving Harry Baker and Kenneth Thompson. Baker treated at Harbor General Hospital.
The purse seiner Santa Teresa, six miles off Long Beach, had its main engine fail today. Coast Guard patrol boats were sent to tow her into port as the captain from San Pedro reported the radio battery nearly exhausted.
Follee surmised a burglar used a passkey to enter a confectionary at 2101 FE Broadway. Robert P. Farrington, owner, reported $197 stolen from the cash register and a hiding place last night.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Culbreath faced Kefauver committee scrutiny as Paul Giglia testified he delivered 1500 dollars from Jimmy Velasco the trafficking lieutenant to the sheriff. The payments, 500 dollars as campaign support and 1000 dollars described as rent for the old man, were handed to Culbreath with Velasco’s message.
Vietminh forces hammered the French defense lines north of Hanoi for a fifth straight day and withdrew after a two hour assault on Phulo, 16 miles from the capital. The French communique said Vietminh attacked Phumol as the night strike went in on Phulo, both assaults repelled.
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj told the parliament that China s intervention in Korea brings the world closer to another world war. He urged a four point peace plan including a UN supervised election, a cease fire, troop withdrawals, and China s admission to the UN. The budget for 1951 shows a 582 million dollar military appropriation to defend Yugoslavia against Soviet influence.
Mozambican city Mozambique City was ravaged by a violent typhoon. Reports said at least one person died and hundreds injured as communications and port facilities were damaged. Five harbor tugs and portions of the seawall were destroyed and ships sought safety near Beira. A panicked population sheltered behind old fortress walls and churches.
Paris reports Premier Rene Pleven faces a late night confidence vote over proposed tax boosts for a new rearmament program. The assembly earlier passed a budget section totaling 740.9 billion francs for the armed forces, with taxes to fund the bill under debate.
Emmet F. Riordan Jr., son of the Press-Telegram oil editor, is named public relations manager in the Los Angeles office of Trans World Airlines. He had been acting manager since October.
British housewives stock up on pots and pans as a three day buying blitz follows a government ban on non essential use of metal. Shoppers flock to kitchenware stores to haul aluminum kettles and pans amid a rush driven by scarcity.
Three Colorado teenagers two boys and a girl were wounded near Ellville Arkansas while fleeing police who sought to question them about robberies in Missouri and Arkansas. Wanda Bower 15 of Adams City Colorado was critically wounded by a shotgun blast. The two 18 year old boys Charles Beagle alias Charles Wallace and David Coffman of Denver were lightly wounded. The trio had allegedly staged robberies en route from Colorado to Arkansas in a stolen car. Police recovered two rifles two shotguns two pistols and ammunition and about 60 dollars. The mother of Wanda Bowen Bowen expressed disbelief at her daughter’s condition.
An out patient of Hawthornden State Hospital in Akron confesses to killing his father and mother with a hammer then setting a fire that killed his two young relatives, Clyde Morrow and Georgia Morrow. Sheriff Smith notes the suspect was seen outside the burning home but gave himself up after firefighters arrived.
Reports from Chinese invaded Tibet say the Dalai Lama abandoned Lhasa and seeks a provisional capital at Yatung near the Sikkim border. He weighs forming a temporary government or seeking asylum in India. Indian wireless operators tied to Tibetan trade were instructed to go to Yatung.
In Antioch California a shotgun attack wounded three women workers at an all night restaurant. Mrs. Alice Cedar, Mrs. Lillian Wilson, and Mrs. Ollie Bradshaw were hospitalized with scalp neck elbow and arm injuries. Five customers escaped harm as two men in an old coupe fired from a passing car. Police found a similar vehicle abandoned miles away and suspect alcohol fueled hunting activity.
Grady Harris notified police about a parachute type car cover valued at 10 dollars missing from his car parked in front of 2029 Willard Street. He believes the theft occurred between midnight and 7 a.m. and says his name is painted on the cover.
Ice covered State Street scene near the Railroad M C A where a Greyhound bus collided with three trucks after a chain of jackknifeings. Kenneth Rocha Norwalk driver said a parked car pulled away causing the truck to brake. William Martin Stoneham Mass and Bruce Clark Milford were involved. Ambulances ferried victims to hospitals as police described mostly minor injuries with some stretcher cases.
Washington reports the government will expand organized labor input in wage and manpower policy for the wartime mobilization. A seven point plan outlines a three day conference starting January 10 with five labor and four business representatives to draft a national wage stabilization policy. The agenda covers cost of living pay raises, social security benefits, health, welfare and pension programs. Labor dominance suggests higher employee pay before any freeze, shaping voluntary stabilization and later mandatory controls. NEC and SE C data show 1951 production spending rising 20 percent with a $21.9 billion expansion plan, but material shortages threaten full realization. CIO and AFL leaders to join the National Production Authority as advisers to influence critical material allocations during the wartime shift.
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