CourtFee Attacks Allen Bill in Long Beach Hearings
Long Beach officials faced scrutiny as CourtFee pressed charges against the Allen tidelands bill. Key figures including former councilmen Crawford Carleson Wagner Livern and Wag ner testified amid allegations of payoffs and influence peddling tied to Kerr McGee and LBOD contracts. Ridder described rumors as hearsay, while others defended prudent bidding and denounced politicized tactics.
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Mallon
Long Beach
Tidelands
Francis Scrawford
Bazil A. Carleson
Jmax Livoni
Clarence Wagner
Charles Jones
Richfield Oil Co
Herman H. Ridder
Independent, Press-Telegram
Ridder
State Department of Justice
Kenneth Horton
Solid Five
Kerr- McGee Drilling Co
Horton
Allen Tidelands
Alty
Edmund G. Brown
Senate Lobby
Crawford
Becaus
Long Beach Harbor
Long Beach Oil Development Co
Jonah Jones
LBOD
Jones
Russell Pavey
George Brower
Herbert Lewis
Martin Moxley
Careeson
Kerr-McGee
Kerr-MceGee
Carleson
Long Beach Tribune
Wagner
Kert McGee
Allen
Council
Richfield
Raymond C. Kealer
Kerr- McGee
Tideleads Oik
Pact Sought in Electrical Strike Again
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the AFL CIO union resume talks with a mediator to settle a three month strike. James B Carey and Robert D Blasier attended days of closed sessions in Philadelphia. Superior Court Judge Schettino ordered Price to appear at an injunction hearing in New Jersey on restrictions of EV picketing. Union officials and 44,000 UE members walked out on Sept 17 and 10,500 UE members on Oct 26. pre strike wages averaged about 2.20 dollars an hour. Negotiations are set to resume next week in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
UFI
Westinghouse Mectric Corp
Afl-Cionternational Union of Electrical Workers
Toettle
James B. Carey
Robert D Blasier
Superior Court
C. Thomas Schettino
Westinghouse
Gwilym A. Price
New Jersey
Schettino
Price
IUB
United Electrical Workers
Otk
Kefauver Begins New Hampshire Campaign Tour
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee arrived in Portsmouth and planned a vigorous handshaking drive across New Hampshire to repeat his 1952 presidential primary win. He told reporters he is here to win, meeting voters despite a rainstorm as he traveled by automobile into Hampton and started greeting people at once.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Kefauver
D-Tenn
New Hampshire
Hampton
Hampshire
Abbott's Trial Defense Attacks Criminologist Testimony
In Oakland a defense team challenges Dr. Paul Kirk who linked Abbott to the kidnap murder of 14 year old Stephanie Bryan. Stanley Whitney argues the evidence is tailored for the prosecution, while Harold Hoove prepares to close the defense case. If the jury isn’t seated until Wednesday, the trial proceeds amid questions about planted evidence.
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Oakland
Burton Abbott
Paul Kirk
Abbott
Stephanie Bryan
Stanley Whitney
D. Frank Coakley Thes
Whitney
Stephanie
Berkeley
Wilde Abbott
Alameda
Dr. Kirk
Jin Stephanie
Ielay
Ablot
Officer Slain and Ex-Convict Wounded in Waterloo Gun Battle
In Waterloo Iowa a police officer was killed and an ex-convict wounded in a dawn gunfight at a hotel. Police Chief Krieg identified the slain patrolman as 32 year old Williem Ridaclsg. The bandit, a reportedly convicted felon named Cooney 37 of Council Bluffs, suffered severe injuries including a severed spine and arm wounds.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Lable
Associa
Harry Press
Dwinell
Peti- Grieg
Williem
Nighthorn
Zour
Cooney
Council Bluffs
New Hampshire Petition Drive Sways On Signatures And Names
In Manchester the filing rush for presidential delegates continued with nine GOP candidates seeking at the national convention and Knowland supporters entering the contest. Grant planned to file supplemental petitions at the State House while Eisenhower forces coordinate signatures to ensure the President’s name appears on the ballot. Governor Lane Dwinell underscored the aim to place Eisenhower on the ballot, noting some petitions lacked available signatures.
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Jackson
State House
Grant
GOP
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Manchester
Hed Awany
New Hampshire
Gen
Eisenhower
Lane Dwinell
Secretary of State
Detroit Newspapers Settle Strike With 6 of 8 Unions
Detroit publishers reach a tentative agreement with six of eight unions ending a major strike that shut down the papers for days. The Teamsters and a few remaining factions held out, with negotiations continuing as state and federal processes intersect the filing period and potential ballot actions.
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Detroit
Grant
Teamsters
Detroit News
Roy Prebenda
Free Press
Cooney Fight in Alley Ends in Officer's Fatal Wounding
An alley confrontation involving Cooney and three officers followed a clerk surprising him rifling a cash register at two hotels. Mehlhorn was fatally shot in hand to hand combat with Cooney. Krieg claimed Cooney had served time in Iowa and California.
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Cooney
Menlhorn
Kreig
J .Mehlhorn
Krieg
Iowa
California
Gieseking Cancels U S Tour After Bus Crash
Walter Gieseking, Germany's leading concert pianist, was discharged from a Stuttgart hospital today but will cancel his U S tour next month to recover from injuries in a bus crash near here. The December 2 accident killed his wife and a U S soldier and injured others. He, age 60, will spend four weeks at a Wiesbaden sanatorium for further care.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Walter Gieseking
U. S
U.S
Gieseking
Wiesbaden
Flies Over Jinx Demonstrates U S Air Force Confidence
Air Force Secretary Donald Quarles said after a Friday the 13th flight that the trip was a demonstration of the confidence he has in the U S Air Force.
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Honolulu
Air Force Secy
Donald Quarles
Davis and Morse Convicted in Feaster Slaying Trial
The jury found Davis and Morse guilty of murder in the Feaster slaying after a six week trial in which 56 witnesses testified. Deliberations lasted nearly 17 hours as the panel weighed forged checks and the liquor clerk shooting.
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John H. Davis
Billy G. Morse
Lynn V. Feaster
Long Bes
Easy 'Dee
Davis
Morse
St. Louis
Billy Morse
Darrell
Compton
Mrs America of 54 wins divorce in St. Louis court
Wanda Jennings of Bellefontaine Neighbors, 20 year old, won the divorce Friday from husband Madison, a chemist. She receives custody of their 10 year old son Michael and $100 a month for support. Jennings works as a fashion coordinator for a St. Louis department store.
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WPA
America
Wanda Jennings
Bellefontaine
Madison
Michael
Suport
Sedge Miller
Seward
Ned
Jennings
New York
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John Hammer
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Feaster
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Sheckman
Miller
Los Brent
Aa Iggeara
Zeman
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
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Lois Ganst
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