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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1955
Page
4
Riverside story reports 74 year old Elsinore Machris Gilliland suing C. Ray Gilliland, 61, alleging marriage to gain her Wilshire Oil Co wealth and seeking annulment or divorce. She claims cruelty affected her health after their May 3 Las Vegas wedding and a February separation.
London reports claim Buckingham Palace must address romance rumors surrounding Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Town, with Labour Daily Herald and Daily Mirror demanding a public statement. Meanwhile crowds greeted the princess at a church dedication in east London as she attended services and prepared to lay a cornerstone for a new church in Newbury.
CIO leader O A Knight announced a national pattern of a 10 cent per hour wage increase for oil industry workers with some contracts showing higher figures. The new base rate will lift average wages in oil production and pipeline construction to about 2.40 per hour, benefiting an estimated 500,000 workers though only a minority are CIO members. Contracts began signing this week across bargaining groups in the oil sector.
Abilene oilman FR Fibea reports 13 ore samples dredged from Hicks Dome show 12 with uranium of commercial value. The Texas claim follows analysis by a Texas oilman stating commercial uranium content in the samples from Elizabethtown area.
The Red Cross will start a first aid and water safety course on Thursday at 7 pm. The class runs through May 12, 1159 a.m. at the Red Cross displays. Captain Otto Faulkner, chair, 219 W. Broadway, announced details.
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