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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1955

Page

3

Jubilant Austria Celebrates New Freedom

Austria revels as the Big Four sign a historic treaty ending 17 years of occupation. The pact grants sovereignty, permits a national army, and vows neutrality after ratification, with troops to depart within months and Europe watching economic and strategic implications across the region.

Vienna Austria Hitler Germany United States Russia Britain France Vo Mt Foren Harold MacMillan Secortary of Dulles Antoine Piney Leopold Figl Fig Vitislarie Belvedere Palace St. Stephen's Hel St. Stephen’s Jnr Theodor Tnnitzer Yisenhawer Happe Jusiia Tony United Nations Psha Orignelly Wig Soviet Union Big Four Switzerland Trom Curtain NATO West Germany Italy

Siamese Twin Girls Born In Detroit Hospital

In Detroit at Mt Carmel Mercy Hospital doctors report conjoined twins joined at the chest with one in a hundred thousand chance of survival. Mother Mona Leering in good condition, babies total 12 pounds 1 ounce, doctors plan extensive tests before any separation decision. Father Richard 30, factory worker, says family was told to expect a multiple birth. siblings John 4 and Warren 2.

Detroit Mt Carmel Meey Hospital Mona Leering Serays John I

Youth 18 Charged With Killing Father Recounted

Ettice Davis Pounds, 15, charged with murder after his father I B Pounds about 60 was shot on the front porch Sunday night. The youth, a high school senior, fired with a .22 rifle, aided his father to a hospital but he died upon arrival. The youth waived examining and was released on bond.

Meala Ettice Davis Pounds B Pounds Pounds

GM Counter-Offer Proposed for VAW

General Motors signals readiness to offer a modified guaranteed annual wage with a wage rise of at least six cents an hour as UAW wage demands loom. Ford also plans a major proposal as negotiations near the June contract expiration amid nationwide strike votes.

Detroit General Motors Corp United Auto Workers CLAW UAW Ford Motor Co Ford Fart Faye

Driver dies as car bus crash near Oxnard injures twelve

A collision between a car driven by Jess Meraz, 43, Santa Paula, and a Greyhound bus near Oxnard left Meraz dead on arrival at St. John's Hospital. Twelve people were injured including Meraz’s wife Petra and two daughters, and bus driver Chester Green of South Gate. The 34 passengers on the bus were en route from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles when the crash caused the bus to ram an embankment and injure rails traffic, delaying the northbound Lark train.

Oxnard Thayer Pi Hound Here Caliifornia Highway Patrol Soto Jess V. Meraz Santa Paula St. John’s Hospital Meraz Petra Mary Helen Meraz Hister Viola Robert Veronica Hinojosa Chester Los Angeles

Millionaire Breckinridge Arrested in Vagrancy Raid

San Francisco report says John Cabell Breckinridge a millionaire and great grandson of Vice President John C Breckinridge was arrested Sunday night in a waterfront hangout raid on vagrancy charges. He was held at Southern Station then released.

San Francisco John Cabell Bunny) Breckinridge Breckinridge U.S John C. Breckinridge Allavern Southern Station Pipehiguidee

Demos Drop Part of Legislation on State and Highway Policy

Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson outlined a program including highway housing and minimum wage bills while bypassing several Eisenhower recommendations. He will convene the Senate Democratic Policy Committee to schedule work on a $101 billion highway plan and may seek support from Gore and Byrd on financing methods.

Washington Lyndon B. Johnson Texas Eisenhower Johnson Senate Democratic Policy Committee Sen Gore D-Tenn Byrd D-Va Taft- Nartley House Congress Earliet Ady Johnson Hoover Commission Hknowland California Eisenhovwer

Hoover Commission urges end to many federal business outlets

The Hoover Commission proposed shuttering government stores repair shops and factories and liquidating the postal savings system. It urged privatizing shipbuilding and trimming 1000 of 340 facilities run by the armed services to curb unfair competition and free personnel for defense duties. The report praised some Defense Department privatization while noting few congressional bills or Eisenhower plans have emerged.

Washington Limina Hoover Commission Congress Herbert Hoover Eisenhower Hald Defense Department Armed Services Celyi Pxs Ald

Well Driller Admits Slaying of 80-Year-Old Man

Leo Cavey a 43 year old well driller confessed to police he beat Anna J Williams an 80 year old man with electricians pliers during a dispute over a 90 cent debt and hid the body in woods four miles south of town. He described dragging the victim from a feed mill ride home and striking him after Williams claimed overcharge for coal. Coroner and police described the death as resulting from head fractures after rocks were placed atop the body.

Here Alton CG Behn Thomas G. Rowley Cavey Frostburg Williams

Missing handbag prompts wedding aftermath chase

A fragment from a Manila page notes Soledad Nictoria kissing a knife after a wedding, returning to her seat to find her handbag missing. A stray line mentions a hearing aid and a buying request with a contact phone 6-9071.

Manila Soledad Nictoria

Agreement on Trinity River Free Press Project Faces Delays

United Nations discussions open on the 1948 Geneva convention revision and freedom of information. In Washington the House Interior Committee approves a 225 million dollar Trinity River irrigation project bill while a broad council session weighs the information rights implications and global press freedom concerns.

United Nations N.Y U. NL Washington Thouse Interior Committee Trinity River California Sec Economic and Social Council Retary of Interior Council General Assembly Assembly United States Sonong Geneva

PG&E proposes power plant deal with 373 million year

The bill, approved by the committee, would have Interior report to Congress within 18 months on the PG&E negotiations and propose terms. It reserves 25 percent of project power for public agencies and local preferences in Trinity County California.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co Ecretory of Interior Fio Congress Pg&e Con Dill Publlic Otarr Preference Ae Trinity County Calif

Joan Crawford Heads to New York Then Capri Trip

Joan Crawford travels by train to New York with her fourth husband Alfred N. Steele president of PepsiCo. They wed last Tuesday in Las Vegas and plan a European moon to Capri keeping the Isle as a primary stop before she returns for a film start on July 1 in Hollywood.

Joan N.Y.C Capri Los Angeles Joan Crawford New York Alfred N. Steele Steele Pepsi- Cola Co Las Veras New Isle of Capri Miss Crawford Hollywood

Plan Cotton Import From Soviet Union Philippines and 16 Nations

Plan Cotton Import TOKYO Pi-Japan announced it would import eighteen million eight hundred thousand dollars worth of raw cotton from the Soviet Union the Philippines and sixteen Latin American nations.

Tokyo Japan Soviet Union Philippines

Dean Jerry Booked for Must Show in Milwaukee

Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis are booked for a command performance in Milwaukee on May 25 at the request of the Roesabee County sheriff's office. Promoter Ray Mitchell sues the duo for 50000 in Circuit Court, alleging they arrived hours late for a previous show and did not honor publicity dates.

Milwaukee Dean Marlin Jerry Lewis Roesabee County Crogner Ray Mitchell Mitchell

41 Year Old Arrested Over Swiss Watch Haul in Kobe

KOBE Japan 41 year old Yu Hue Lung of Hong Kong recently arrived on a freighter was arrested today after police found 9413 Swiss watches in his Jugzaze. The suspect faces charges related to smuggling and possession of contraband timepieces. Police reported the seizure was part of a broader probe into illicit goods movements through Kobe ports.

Kobe Japan Yu Hue- Lung Hong Kong

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