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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1955

Page

3

Budget Bill Placed Before Assembly After Committee Cuts

Sacramento, April 1 The Assembly Ways and Means Committee sent an 11 billion budget to the full Assembly after trimming 527,600 from the 196 record spending program and approving nearly 10 million in separate non budgeted expenditures. Governor Knight seeks 73 million more in revenue to balance the deficit, with a cigarette tax and higher levies under consideration. The panel also trimmed 2 million from the capital outlay program and cut 200,000 from the State Board of Equalization.

Sacramento Assembly Ways and Means Committee Thomas W. Caldecott Berkeley Knight Ways and Means San Jase State Fresno State Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Colorado River Board Arigora Assemblymen State Board of Equalization

St Peter's College senior earns five graduate scholarships

Michael Bed, a senior at St Peter's College in Jersey City, has been offered five graduate school scholarships, including a Fulbright Award for a year of study in Italy.

O . Bell Jersey City N. J VPI Michael Bed St. Peter's College Italy

Mother of 1955 Crowned In Humble Ceremony

Lavina Christensen Fugel of Pleasant Grove Utah, aged 75, was named American Mother of 1955 at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon sponsored by American Mothers Committee Inc. Surrounded by eight living children, 34 grandchildren, and daughters and sons in law, she accepted a citation praising her as a devoted mother who built a home and life of reverence and understanding. Her late husband died a decade ago, and she had worked in fruit fields while guiding her large family.

Christensen Fugal Pleasant Grove Utah Daniel A. Poling American Mothers Committee, Inc New York Fugal Jan Kristine Sara John Milford I. Gardner Delbert Alfred Swenson Jean Harold Wright G. Roy Fugal Loile Beitley Associated Press Lavina Christensen Fugel Waldorfstorne

Twin Survives Surgery Then Dies After Brain Vein Transfer

Rodney Brodie, Siamese twin survivor from Ferris Illinois, remained in a coma with brain bleeding after a 13 person surgical team separated him from his dying brother Roger. Doctors reported the vein transfer to Rodney after complications. Roger died 34 days later. Rodney’s condition stably grave with internal bleeding revealed at exploration. The birth date and early life details are noted, with ongoing uncertainty about the bleeding cause.

Chicago Rodney Brodie Rodnead Roger Yegiwie Rodney Ferris

Surrender in Reims Ends World War II in Europe

Ten years ago at Reims Gen Alfred Jodl and Gustav Adolf entered the Allied map room to sign Germanys unconditional surrender. Eisenhower pressed for surrender to all Allied powers. Western news was delayed to coincide with a Soviet announcement. Commemoration in Reims marked by a plaque dedication and a memorial to French resistance.

Teims France Terj Alfred Gustav Jodl Allied Germany Eisenhower Muger Europe Eastern Europe Berlin Reims

Missioners Batter Old Iceboxes for Long Beach Area

The Good Shepherd Rescue Mission of Los Angeles says it has removed 250 abandoned iceboxes and 256 refrigerators from southeast county areas and will focus on Long Beach. Trucks visit Long Beach and nearby areas twice weekly to collect old iceboxes for salvage and sale to fund rehabilitation programs. Reports can be sent to 419 E. 5th St., Los Angeles or via Jefferson 1431.

Good Shepherd Rescue Mission Los Angeles Long Beach Bell Gardens Cordel Norvalk South Gate Downey Lawwood Bell Maywood Huntington Park Holly Gate Cudahy Paramount Priest E. 5Th St Jefferson

Nine Injured In Traffic Here In Long Beach Area

Nine people were injured in traffic accidents in the Long Beach area Friday night and early Saturday. Several victims required hospital care at Magnolia and Seaside Hospitals. Drivers Roy Albright and Milo Pearson were cited or involved in separate crashes on Pacific Coast Highway and 4th Street.

Long Beach Prospect Ave Monica D. Day Chestnut Ave Ontaba Ave Artesia St Albright Judith Smith toJend Geraldine Reg la Cara St. Lacer Ernest G. Gundle Long Beach Bivé Lee E Pacific Coast Hwy Redondo Lageson Atlantic Ave Signal Hill Edward I. Doyle Mahanne St Milo R. Pearson 4Th St Seaside Hospital Peason Paul G. Pastor Tulane Ave Poe E. Anaheim St Temple Ave Community Hospital Pastor

P T A Hears Praise of Teachers in California

Los Angeles reports the three day annual California Parent Teachers Association convention closed with about 10000 delegates resolved to strengthen P T A units statewide. Mrs Billie Davis wife of a southwestern minister praised public schools and teachers for giving children a broader meaning of education and helping them become better individuals. The board named committee chairmen including Mrs Virgie Belew Atherton for secondary program and founders day and Mrs W W Wood Marysville for membership and elementary extension among others, with Everett Findley Long Beach as assistant juvenile protection chair and Mrs Stanley Olafson Los Angeles as convention chairman.

Los Angeles California Virgie L. Belew Atherton Marysville James Cor‘san Modesto A. J. Willams Oakland Civil Defense Abram Bellinger Bakersfield Everett Findley Long Beach Stanley’ T. Olafson

Chessman Plea Denied by Federal Justices

Daryl Chessman lost his bid for rehearing on a habeas corpus petition in the U S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The eight judges denied the petition and signed the order with no comment. Chessman, sentenced to death in 1948 for kidnaping and robbery related to the Los Angeles red light bandit case, will appeal to the U S Supreme Court for a writ of review.

Chessman Bby San Francisco Daryl Chessman U. S

U S Urges Polio Shots Be Halted

A six member medical panel reviewed polio vaccine methods at NIH Bethesda after post inoculation cases raised concerns. Michigan officials push cautious stance awaiting national licensing directives as Parke Davis vaccine cases surface and July reports hint at uncertain nationwide reaction.

Scheele Heustis Michigan Washington Houstis Schesle Cutter Laboratories Parke Davis Laboratories Public Health Service National Institutes of Health Bethesda Jonas Salle Pittsburgh Wi H

Harbor Gl Says He Murdered a Woman in Chicago Case

Chicago police said Ft. MacArthur prisoner Jack Stevens, 21, confessed to smothering a blond woman named Clara Robinson after robbing a delicatessen and holding up a State Street store. Authorities questioned the report as Chicago records were not immediately found. Stevens surrendered at Ft. MacArthur as an AWOL soldier.

San Pedro Chicago Ft. MacArthur A. E. Gorgon Jack Stevens Stevens Clara Robinson Gorgon

Dixie Railroad Strike Nearing End

The Dixie Railroad Strike enters its fifth day as state police investigate a fatal shooting tied to the unrest. Raymond D. Murphy, 23, was killed near Walnut Street Bridge during a confrontation with striking workers and others. Harold Murphy and Shirley Mur, family members, described tensions as the strike continues with CIO Communications Workers of America demanding arbitration, which Southern Bell rejects as inappropriate for the ongoing labor dispute.

Ken Murphy Tim Chattanoogs Walnut Street Raymond D. Murphy Geers Murphy Harold Hardé

Winds Rip Texas Iowa One Killed In Storm Blast

A vast band of thunderstorms and tornadic winds swept from the Great Lakes to the central plains killing at least one person. In Temple Texas a wall collapsed killing Mrs Mamie Sennett and injuring others as a theater roof caved in. The storm also damaged the Academy School gym and the John Jansky farm area near Taylor. A bus truck crash near Farmersville injured 17 as winds and rain swept the region. Des Moines and What Cheer Iowa reported gusts and hail fell at Fredericksburg and Ossin. Substantial damage reported across Harlan and Kirkman in Iowa with buildings toppled and highways slick with rain. Temperature drops followed as northern plains cooled.

Great Lakes mid-Mississippi Valley Central Plains Temple Tex Harlan Mamie Sennett Temple Theater Academy School Mies Taylor John Jansky Texas Farmersville

Theatre Players Open Workshop at Magnolia Ave

The Theatre Players announce a new workshop division at 2400 Magnolia Ave managed by Pat Brown to offer acting and stage technique classes for nonstudents. It will also showcase new Long Beach plays with Dick Fullmer directing the first year. Casting begins at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Magnolia headquarters. anyone interested may attend.

Syorkshop Magnolia Ave Pat Brown Long Beach Dick Fullmer Lagnolia Fullmer

Adenauer and Dulles Eye German Outlook

In their first meeting as sovereign leaders, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles discussed Germany's role in Western defense and plans for a four power conference to reunify Germany. They weighed Austria's neutralization and NATO ties amid South Viet Nam tensions and a Vietnamese political struggle between Bao Dai and Diem.

Paris Konrad Adenauer U. S John Foster Dulles Germany Soviet Union United States Britain France Austria aAdvonauer NATO Self NATO Council Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr Vienna Dulles Adenauer West Foremosa North Atlantic Harold MacMillan Eisenhower Columbine Europe Western European Union NATO J West Germany South Viet Nam Bao Dat Neo Dinh Diem Diem Binh Xuyen Viet Nam

Guided Missiles Soon for Destroyers

Admiral Robert B. Carney announced that American destroyers will be armed with guided missiles and eventually become atomic powered. He spoke at the launch of the John Paul Jones in Bath and noted the Forrest Sherman nearing completion, stressing continued buildup of modern replacements. In Sasebo Japan, sixty six bodies were recovered from a landslide with seven missing as police reported.

Bath Maine Robert B. Carney Carney Naval Operaations John Paul Jones Shet Caw Forrest Sherman Bath Iron Works Sasero Japan Sasebo

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