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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1955
Page
8
The New Jersey Highway Authority tests an honor system toll collection on the Garden State Parkway with automatic cameras. Lakewood and Pleasantville toll plazas join the experiment after success at rural sites showing motorists pay without attendants. The system reads rear license plates to bill nonpayers.
GOP leaders criticized a public illness talk by Democratic Chairman as overblown. They defended Mrs. Paul M. Butler and President Eisenhower’s health, stating there is nothing wrong with either, aside from flu symptoms affecting many Americans.
An Army cook and his assistant were sentenced in Superior Court to prison for growing and selling marijuana. Donald Lee White of Fort MacArthur and Jerry E. Codd of Torrance pleaded guilty to possession and sale of narcotics after police found 23 bags of marijuana hidden under a baby’s bed. They had harvested three plants and sold bags for $10 each, with probation rejected. Judge Joseph Maltby ordered prison due to distribution beyond personal use.
The Eisenhower Foundation announced plans to construct a presidential house in Abilene Kansas to house President Eisenhowers papers. Details on arrangements locations and building types were not disclosed. The foundation operates from its headquarters in Eisenhowers hometown and aims to promote citizenship and veterans affairs.
In Leeds a 12 year old boy who died with his parents from a gas leak left a note on scrap paper giving his electric train and a toy set to his best friend. Police said Alban Grant, 44, mayors of the case and the Met Conference schedule opened with four baseball games Friday.
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