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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1954

Page

11

Young’s Rail Win Certified at New York Central

Robert R. Young was officially certified winner in the battle for control of the New York Central Railroad. The Young slate won by about 1,084,000 votes, with Young’s group averaging over 8,407,000 to the management’s 2,340,000. White will cooperate in an orderly transition. Alfred E. Perlman is the expected successor. Cumulative voting for directors was rejected, as was changing the meeting date. The decisive vote followed a fierce proxy contest among prominent figures including Clint Murchison and Mrs. Wilma Loss. The Young slate also captured all election inspectors for next year.

Albany Robert R. Young New York Central Railroad Young Forces Central Management William White Young Group White New York Central Young New York City Alfred E. Perlman Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Central Wilma New York City Law School John Hanna Columbia University William Miller Syracuse University Covington Hardee Harvard Clint W. Murchison Texas Allen P. Kirby Russell Briscoe Andrew V. Clements James P. Guinane

Tests Stated of Boy in Chicago Fire

Chicago authorities scheduled psychiatric tests for a whisky drinking 11 year old boy after a nine person fire death in a tenement. Marion Gregory told police two men in baseball caps started the blaze with gasoline in a rubbish stairwell. He demonstrated tossing a lit match into the stair well after lighting a cigarette. The boy’s father Lewis was jailed after refusing to speak. Police quoted him as allowing the boy to drink whisky and buy cigarettes.

Schicago Marion Gregory Lewis Marion

Michigan Society Picnic At Bixby Park Dinner

The Michigan Society will hold a picnic dinner Thursday at 6 30 pm in Bixby Park with coffee cream and sugar supplied. Decatur County Fete is the thirty fourth annual picnic of the Decatur County Iowa Assn to be Held June 27 at 4 pm at MacArthur Park Los Angeles.

Michigan Society Bixby Park Decatur County Towa Assn MacArthur Park Los Angeles

Siamese Twins Separated in 70 Minute Operation

In Leeuwarden Holland Yvonne Mousseau and her twin daughters underwent a 70 minute surgery to separate Siamese twins Folkie and Tjitska De Vries who were joined at the abdomen with separate organs. The surgeon reported the operation showed the twins could live separately. In St Boniface Manitoba Siamese twin boys born to a railwayman died shortly after birth. A third baby boy was born normal and healthy though premature.

Leeuwarden Holland UP Yvonne Mousseau Ahe Day Folkie Tjitska de Vries ST. Boniface Man Holland Folkje Tjiske de Vries

Lodge Slates Toll Free Youth Work Talks

Two open meetings this week by Oteam View Lodge 397 Knights of Pythias commemorate nationwide youth work. Tonight at 8 in the lodge hall 72 Elm Ave Chancellor Commander H Lee Chase presiding. Members may bring their sons daughters other youths Monday features Joseph Kenrick head of Juvenile Bureau with Soap Box Derby and Los Angeles Rams films shown Wednesday Tom Fears star football player to speak.

Oteam View Lodge 397 Knights of Pythias Pythian Organizat LON Tetc Elm Ave H. Lee Chase Joseph Kenrick Derby Los Angeles Rams Tom Fears Star Football

Local Historical Fragments Mention Avidal Chosion

Fragmentary OCR shows garbled text referencing colored people, a sixth avidal item, and a report echoing previously sootened content. The readable pieces hint at a newspaper snippet with unclear names and dates, lacking coherent facts or context.

Japan seeks new aid terms amid economic squeeze

The fragment notes Japan's desire to renegotiate aid, citing figures around 500 million dollars and a total aid context near 1.8 percent of a larger amount. It mentions American aid and an extended plan, with references to figures like 3034 and a name Xyado. The readable text is incomplete but indicates a push to adjust economic assistance from the United States.

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