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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1955
Page
2
In Plymouth today a petty officer was detained after striking Vice Admiral John Eaton aboard the Berry Head during a fire drill. The admiral staggered back as his hat flew overboard, the incident prompting medical examination and investigation, with the sailor’s name not released.
Police search for Eagle the parrot after Sam Duke reports the foot tall bird with a yellow head and green body emitting cackles and a human laugh. Crows are blamed for Eagle’s disappearance near Duke’s home as authorities note unusual sounds from the vanished pet.
The House passed a bill setting a 90 cent minimum wage for interstate commerce workers, while the Senate had approved a $1 figure but with a Jan 1 effective date. A conference committee will seek a compromise on the date and amount as two days of debate warn of inflationary risk. The current 75 cent floor affects about 24 million workers, with roughly 2.1 million to gain under the proposal.
J Scott reported that Milne, 57, president of the AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers since 1954, and a vice president and executive council member of the AFL, died Wednesday in Portland Oregon.
Publication details show daily press at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue Long Beach California. It lists circulation figures per week and month, mail rates at 24 dollars per year, and entry information under the 1879 act.
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