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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1955
Page
3
Gregory Masters, six, was struck by a car in Eva, New York. His parents, Mr and Mrs Walter Masters, donated his corneas to the Buffalo Eye Bank and Research Society. The donated eyes were flown to an eye clinic in New York City.
Senator McCarthy leveled new conspiracy charges at White House and administration officials as the Senate inquiry into the Major Peress case opened. Senator McClellan presided and defended the Army against claims of withholding information while McCarthy urged broadened inquiry into January meetings and possible plots to block full investigation. The Army’s top lawyer stated Eisenhower’s May 17 order still stands, allowing testimony on Peress chronology but restricting some disclosures.
Three young girls were killed and two more injured when a speeding auto mounted the curb and crashed into a Buffalo store. The driver Emil A. Decina, 33, faced a criminal negligence charge as witnesses recalled the vehicle careening down the sidewalk.
A Wyoming hotel blaze in Laramie killed six men and injured several others. Fire Chief Blake Fanning said the Johnson Hotel fire began in the lobby near the stairs and forced guests to flee via windows and fire escapes. Names identified include Harold C. Daal La Porte Cole Ed Boats Smith Eric Irene Heid rich Burglund and Walter Finner. Fire caused smoke and heat fatalities with one more victim burned beyond recognition and five hospitalized, damage estimated at 50 000.
Washington today urged a federal civil service pay increase averaging 5 percent. The plan would cost about 202 million dollars annually and raise 1,200,000 classified workers with annual boosts from 73 to 800 dollars.
Congress moves a bill through the House Appropriations Committee adding about 355.2 million dollars for the remaining 31 months of the fiscal year. Funds cover veterans benefits public assistance grants and salary increases for members of Congress while partially restoring prior departmental budget cuts. The bill totals 65.31 million dollars, about one percent less than Eisenhower’s request, and will be debated later this week.
A ground rescue team and a military helicopter rushed to a remote Feather River ranger station to aid San Francisco man Davi Arrowsmith after a storm wrecked his plane from Reno to Sacramento. Arrowsmith, injured with cuts and a broken arm, reached Crocker Ranger Station near Beckworth after reporting carburetor icing at 12 000 feet.
Los Angeles police report a 35 year old newspaper distributor James R Hall was charged with manslaughter in the death of Mac Arthur Malone. Hall allegedly pointed a .38 caliber pistol at Malone during a late paper delivery and the gun discharged striking him in the head. Hall is in custody on two thousand five hundred sixty nine dollar bail.
LAS VEGAS police booked Jack Kenny Vine, 38, and Edward Charles Vine, 43, in an alleged grand larceny. They reportedly stole 1350 dollars in gambling chips and cashing them, with detectives noting a guard saw Jack Vine cashing chips at the Sahara Hotel. Officers recovered about 500 dollars more wrapped under a car seat.
Fire swept Pier 2 at Amy's Port of Embarkation in San Francisco as 7091 troops awaited arrival from the Orient. The blaze prompted evacuation of friends and relatives to a safe area, and fire control was established within about 25 minutes.
A broad strike by Southern Bell workers spread disruption in Alabama and Georgia. Vandal cuts severed the Birmingham New Orleans toll cable and cut lines in Bessemer, Atlanta, paralyzing some police communications briefly. Negotiators resumed talks after the incidents.
New York Pat Ward the states star witness in Mickey Jelke second vice trial disrupted proceedings by refusing to answer if she bore a child out of wedlock, prompting a five minute recess. Judge Valente allowed Ward to refuse some questions but ordered responses to prior testimony. Ward identified the child’s father as Lawrence Greenbaum, while defense had labeled him a bookmaker. The prosecution said Ward earned between 10000 and 15000 dollars from September 1931 to February or March, while Jelke allegedly supplied tools of prostitution and urged a phone service. The crowd gathered outside the Criminal Courts Building as Ward, nervous, arrived.
Arson investigators sought a possible firebug after flames swept a two unit section of a two story apartment building for the fourth time in two weeks. More than a dozen residents fled the latest blaze on Monday night as damage reached about $10 000.
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