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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1954

Page

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Eisenhower urges 18 year olds voting rights in budget drive

President Eisenhower fronts Congress with a sweeping program including a 5.0 billion dollar tax cut and 66 billion dollar budget, proposing faster defense with atomic options, stripping citizenship for future Communist agitators, debt ceiling hike to 275 billion, and tax relief pauses while promising strong steps to support the economy. He outlined farm labor social security housing and tax revisions and spoke to a joint session amid applause.

Washington Eisenhower Congress Truman Tao Lisenhower Senate House Aiste

Navy Patrol Bomber Missing Off Korean Coast

A U S Navy P2V Neptune patrol bomber with ten men aboard has been missing for three days off the south coast of Korea. The plane disappeared while on a routine patrol from Iwakuni Japan. Last radio contact was at 7:33 p m Monday near Maemul Suido Island. Search by sea and air was started immediately.

Tokyo Korea Navy Naval Air Base Iwakuni Japan Maemul Suido Island

Democrats Greet Ike Speech With Reserve In Split GOP

Congressional Democrats greeted President Eisenhower’s State of the Union with reserve as Republicans voiced a range of reactions from endorsement to opposition. Critics targeted proposed tax cuts and postal rate hikes while backing for farm price supports drew sparse applause in the House agriculture panel. House leaders weighed the speech, noting few concrete recommendations and predicting a historic program in a new Republican era of reconstruction.

Washington Isenhower Eisenhower House Agriculture Committee Tee Rep Halleck Endl Ana House Republicat Rep. Arends Rep. Rayburn Texas House Rep. McCormack Democratic Party Ways and Means Kean N. J Byrnes Wis Jenkins

Special Election Issues Explained for City Ballot

Editorial explains Jan 21 as the date for the city special election and notes two weeks remain before voting. It introduces seven measures on the ballot and directs readers to Page A-18 for full explanation and commentary.

Navy Plane Crashes in Panama Seven Killed

A U S Navy photo reconnaissance plane crashed in jungle near the Trans Isthmian Highway in Panama. Seven officers and crew died, one survivor died later, with three others critically injured. Locals Levi Anderson and James Hyatt helped pull victims from the wreckage before hospital care. Names of the dead were withheld pending next of kin notification.

Panama U. S. Navy Miramar Calif Canal Zone Trans-Isthmian Hwy William A‘. Thorn Coco Solo Naval Base France Air Force Base Colon Caribbean Isthmus Levi Anderson James Hyatt Coco Solo’ Naval Hospital

Long Beach Edison worker defies red probe stance

Clarence Simo of 1070 West Santa Cruz Street San Pedro an Edison steam plant employee was asked to stay off the job while the company reviews his refusal to answer questions on Communist party membership before a State Senate committee. The five day inquiry into Communist infiltration also covered utilities and education. A coal mine rescue in Ravensdale Washington dominated other notes as workers battled to reach a trapped miner while a separate incident saw a worker rescued after a cave-in.

Long Beach Edison Co Communist Party Senate Committee On UN Clarence Simo Santa Cruz St San Sima Southern California Edison Co Ravensdale Wash Tabor Wednes Car No Mineriminal Island Charles M. Campbell Edison .Co Simo State “Committee Harry English Hugh M. Burns Ning Rambecahipy Sons Ronan Song Roy Coutts Epelist Sori Burns Wes Rice Duncan Ave Lynwood Pacific County Board of Supervisors

Lakewood Ballot Ban Exclusion Pleas Heard

A two hour hearing drew more than 80 residents on both sides of the Lakewood incorporation issue. The drive to bar exclusion was unanimous with requests to exclude Mayfair and all incorporated territory south of Carson Street except Lakewood Country Club. City Manager Samuel E Vickers spoke for Long Beach to keep Carson Street boundaries. Legg warned Mayfair could be left out and fail to annex Bellflower due to the Long Beach strip, potentially creating a county island.

Rae Renereeeel Legg Mayfair Carson St Lakewood Samuel E.vickers Long Beach Tovask Carson' St Tong Beach Col Tect Lakewood Committee Legg Yyn Mayfalria Bellflower

U S and Russia to start talks on atomic pool plan

State Department said the United States and Russia will begin preliminary negotiations within days to set a time, agenda, and framework for full talks on Eisenhower's atomic pool proposal. Soviet Ambassador Zarubin to represent Russia, Secretary Dulles to lead U S side in Berlin event linked to Big Four talks.

Washington State Department United States Russia Eisenhowier Eisenhower United Nations Georgi Rat Zarubin Dulles Henry Suydam Zarubin Suydam Berlin Britain Canada Dulles-Zaruain Fedme Berlin Atomic Energy

Big Four Reps Discuss Meeting Site In Berlin

Big Four representatives met at British headquarters to choose a site for a Berlin conference. They planned a second session after lunch following a four hour morning meeting. An East German newspaper claimed West Berlin safety concerns and anti-Communist groups, but Allied spokesmen dismissed the report as nonsense.

Berlin Allied Control Authority Sergei Dengin High Commission Neue Zeit East Germany Christian Democratic Party West Berlin

Rose and Holm settle alimony after long dispute

New York shows the end of a two year legal battle between Billy Rose and his estranged wife Eleanor Holm over alimony. State justice approval followed a midnight coffee talks, with Rose agreeing to pay 30000 dollars annually and 200000 dollars conditional on finalizing divorce within three months.

New York Billy Rose Eleanor Holm Rose TV Am

RAF rugby team airlift ends in tragedy in England

Albury England RAF Thorney Island rugby squad loses crash inquiry after snow struck transport plane returning from Reading. Of the 16 aboard one dies soon after. the last survivor, a footballer, had a critical condition days later.

Albury England W. A Royal Air Force Thorney Island Reading London Toms Am Rosé Rose Beekman Pi RAF Kitch

Newspaper sections guide and page references

The reader is shown a guide to where different sections appear in the newspaper with page coordinates. It lists Beach Combing on page B1 and Boyle page A, bridge on page a9, classifieds on pages B-15 10-19, comics B-12, crossword B-14, editorial A-18, financial B-3, obituaries B:2, radio and TV B-14, shipping table 8-1, sports A-25 26 27, theaters I B.

Boyle

Tremors Destroy Chimneys in Reading Pa

A sequence of earth tremors shook Reading area early today, rattling windows and toppling several chimneys. Many residents awoke after seven shocks and feared a powerful explosion, as state police reported heavy call volume from anxious locals.

Reading Tate

Santa Monica Firm Buying Wilton Hotel

Negotiations for the sale of the Wilton Hotel at 210 EF Ocean Blvd Santa Monica are in progress with completion expected next week. Buyers are unnamed Santa Monica interests. sellers are William and James Tomerlin. The 300 room property has a long sale history including a 1950 transfer from Frank Fishman and a prior Hilton era renovation. The Tomerlin brothers also announced plans to lease the St Catherine Hotel and Las Casitas Island group in March 1951.

Wilton Ocean Blvd Santa Monica Wiliam James Tornerlin Frank Fishman Fishman Bakersfield Innn Fred B. Dunn Breakers Conrad N. Hilton Poz Cz Hilton Hilton Sol Millet Seattle Wash Miller’s Corporation Tamerlin Brothers The St. Catherine Hotel Las Casitas Santa Catalina Island

Jail 86 Year Old Man in Opium Den Raid

In Los Angeles narcotics officers raided a den described as the first opium outlet found in years. Three men were arrested including 86 year old Louie Yok and others named Yok Quack Cat Sun 28 and Yup Kal Ngey on narcotics charges. Louie Yok said he has smoked opium for four decades.

Los Angeles

Weather outlook for the week with fog and cooling

Variable high clouding persists through Friday with local early morning fog. Daytime temperatures turn slightly cooler across the period.

Five Dangerous Prisoners Escape Moffat County Jail

Five prisoners described as dangerous fled from Moffat County Jail in Craig Colorado on Wednesday night after overpowering Sheriff George Krieger and injuring him as they fought. Roadblocks appeared quickly across the northwestern Colorado area. Two escapees Floyd Ansil 22 and Albert Hutchison 27 were California convicts held for a stickup in Eli Springs last October. The other three were Richard B. Jackson 17 Charles D. Hendrix 22 and Donald J. Manning 18 they had been jailed December 2 and were wanted in Missouri for a robbery investigation. The five overpowered a guard and attacked the sheriff as he attempted to intervene.

Richard B. Jackson Charles D. Hendrix Donald J. Manning Missouri Krieger Stor

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