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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1955

Page

3

Hobby resigns as U S secretary of health education and welfare

The resignation effective August 1, announced by Mrs. Hobby, followed by Secretary-designate Folsom. President Eisenhower lauded her service, while Folsom, a Social Security expert from Eastman Kodak, outlined plans to extend coverage, include self employed and professionals, and pursue voluntary private health plans for catastrophic illness. Mrs. Hobby returns to Houston as president of the Houston Post. former Gov. W. P. Hobby becomes chairman of the board.

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Dwight D. Eisenhower Hobby Houston Houston Post W. P. Hobby Eisenhower Folsom McRae Eastman Kodak Co Shane Tung Lis Eencranee Ers Union Ent Eisenhrawer Durkin Janes Mitchell Trobby Texas Jonas E. Sel Senate Labor and Health Committee Leonard A. Scheele Public Health Service Tobby

All-Europe Alliance Proposed by Russia

A Soviet statement rejected any plan linking Germany to Western or Communist blocs and warned that a new war would bring enormous human and material losses. It stressed German unification and a European security system, with free elections, and noted Western and Soviet positions ahead of Geneva talks.

East Germany Germany Europe Pawts United States Russia Moscow Soviet Communist Party Nikolai Bulganin Vilkita S. Khrushchev Communist Party of the Soviet Union Qetosher Washington Geneva Bonn Nea West Germany Atlantic Alliance

France Proposes Four-Power Fund for Disarmament Aid

Premier Edgar Faure urged a four power fund financed by a percentage of each nation's military budget to aid undeveloped areas. He spoke in Geneva of disarmament as security and called for three guiding principles: focus on the future, consider others' positions, and seek broad, constructive cooperation. Faure noted earlier plans for a “disarmament plus development” approach and said transfer of munition funds could bolster economic controls, while tying into UN aid programs begun in 1947.

Paris France Edgar Faure Geneva Faure Antoine Pinay U.N U. N

Airline trainer and light plane collide in Kansas City

A Trans- World Airlines training plane and a small single engine aircraft collided in flight Tuesday near Kansas City, killing two men aboard the smaller plane. The TWA trainer, carrying two men, landed safely. Victims were Thomas D. Jones 28 and Samuel Hoyte Rempel Jr 28.

Kansas Cily Ups Trans- World Airlines Thomas D. Jones Samuel Hoyte Rempel Jr TWA Stud

City Wage Hike OKd by Council

City council approves a wage increase within the 1959-60 budget totaling 523598 with 200000 from a contingency and the rest from the special projects fund. The move keeps the total tax rate at 1.35 while harbor and water dept raises need separate commission approval. Last raise was 3 percent in 1953.

Vickers Vick Harbor and Water Dept Harbor and Water Commissions Wick Gerald Desmond Lewis D. Reese Ruth H. Bach Dudley N. Lapham

Burglar Dresses Nude With Salad Dressing in Lujan Home

A burglar at Amanda Lujan’s residence smeared a nude image with French dressing, then stole jewelry and clothing valued at 2146 dollars, according to police. The case blends art theft with an odd dressing-and-dress gesture.

Los Angeles Amanda Lujan

Ike's Four Powers Grip Focus at Geneva Meeting

Senator and observers say Eisenhower praises the four great powers role at Geneva as a forum on European issues and arms control. Three Congress members quote him saying no Asia commitments will be made. Bulgria may press Far East questions while Eisenhower and Dulles resist a Red China conference.

Geneva Congress Eisenhower Asia Bulgaria Red China Dulles Far East PERIL Sen Jackson

Western oil inquiry stalls as Geneva talks loom

A Senate subcommittee recessed amid debates over West's oil resources and U.S. stance on disarmament at Geneva. Senators Smith Richards and Knowland stressed cautious diplomacy, urging no concessions on principle while exploring possible Soviet concessions and free elections for Iron Curtain nations.

Cision Asia Geneva Far East H. Alexander Smith RNJ Eisenhower Congress George D-Ga Senate Foreign Relations Committee Russia Richards House Foreign Affairs Committee White House Senate Foreign Relations Los Angeles Sen Committee House Armed McCarthy R-Wis Senate U. S Washington, D. C Frank G. Miller Europe Stanford University Knowland Calif

Auto narrowly halts at 100 foot drop in Venice

A car ran out of control near Vista Del Mar and Monteral Fowling in Venice, tipping toward a 100-foot drop before crashing into a barricade and a no parking sign. Driver Marguerite Theil, 47, of Playa Del Rey, and passenger George Stroehe, 77, were injured.

Venice Marguerite Theil Playa del Rey George Stroehe Montreal Fowling St Vista del Mar

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