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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1955
Page
4
Governor Goodwin J. Naight proclaims March 15 to April 11 as Easter Seal Month in California. The California Society of Crippled Children runs the seal sale to raise funds for rehabilitation and education of crippled and incapacitated individuals, emphasizing the state’s responsibility to the afflicted.
Assemblyman Jesse M. Unruh proposes amendments to limit a draw poker ban bill to commercial gambling, with hearings to address the scope and penalties. The measure faces questions about home games and broader reach, amid political debate on crime and reform.
Nixon told a Los Angeles World Affairs Council audience that the GOP must consolidate strength to become the majority party and back the President's bid for 1956. He discussed Latin American trade plans, need for markets and capital, and urged steadier, less halt and catch policy. He criticized past U.S. policy as stops and starts, advocating a policy of peace without surrender.
Representatives of the CIO United Auto Workers Union and General Motors resume exploratory conferences to set an agenda for wage contract negotiations. Preliminaries followed a four hour meeting Monday, with similar talks planned with Ford Motor Co the week of April and a potential start to formal bargaining the week of April 11. The UAW seeks a guaranteed annual wage across the auto industry.
Alfred David Mayo, 79, founder of the weekly This Week magazine and Sun day supplement, died of a heart ailment in Laguna Beach. A former secretary and general manager of Crowell Publishing Co. and former president of Butterick Co. of New York, he also served as publisher of the Chicago Herald Record. He is survived by his widow Ileresa, a son Winston of Kew Garcons, N. J., and a brother Walter of St. Paul, Minn.
The planned largest test in the current series was called off by the Atomic Energy Commission about an hour before the 5 15 a m shot time citing unfavorable weather conditions. The cancellation affected Las Vegas officials and scientific staff awaiting the device test.
The Air Force revealed the Falcon air to air missile with a built in guidance computer designed to lock on enemy bombers. Tests showed a drone B17 bomber repeatedly dodging yet the Falcon scored direct hits, signaling a leap beyond Sparrow systems and marking a new class of missiles.
In Los Angeles Vice President Richard Nixon faced a sudden flash bulb explosion as he walked through a hospital lobby. Glass fragments hit his suit while a detective nearby suffered eye injuries from flying shards. Nixon calmed the scene and continued to dedicate the hospital wing.
Seven men charged with conspiring to overthrow the government face trial as U S District Judge Jean Breitman sets proceedings. Defense requests for postponement have been denied and testimony is expected to begin if a jury is seated on March 21.
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