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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1954

Page

5

Demos Map New Tax Farm Pay Program

House Speaker Rayburn outlined tax and farm policy aims for 1956 highlighting a three year extension of presidential authority to negotiate foreign trade deals and a potential tax reform to remove inequities. He warned Congress will likely separate pay raises from postal rate changes and favored 80 percent parity for farm prices with flexible supports.

Demos Congress Rayburn Senate Democrats House Ways and Means Committee Hisenhower GOP

Kefauver Vows to Fight Libby AEC Confirmation

Senator Kefauver says he will oppose the Senate confirmation of Willard F J Libby to the Atomic Energy Commission over Libbys support of the Dixon Yates power contract The dispute centers on a 107 million dollar private plant at West Memphis Arkansas and its impact on the TVA Kefauver argues the deal risks big profits with no financial risk and seeks to undermine federal power control while supporters call it necessary to curb federal power over electricity The fight could stall action until Democrats take control of the Senate.

Washington Keefauver D-Tenn Ate Willard F.J. Libby Atomic Energy Commission AEC Kefauver Libby Dixon- Yates Dixon-Yates University of Chicago Senate House Atomic Energy Committee Eisenhower John von Neumann F Princeton N. J Commission Lewis Strauss Kefanver Senate Oor Senate Knowland California Lyndon Johnson Texas Sen McCarthy R-Wis Edgar H. Dixon Eugene A. Yates West Memphis Ark Tennessee Valley Authority TVA House Committee Rep Holifield Dcalif Congress

Paul Leake Bows Out on Liquor Post

Sacramento Paul R Leake 3rd District member of the State Board of Equalization bowed out as a candidate for director of the new state liquor department He told Governor Knight he has no intention of resigning from the Board Leake appointed by Gov Warren and elected to a four year term November 2 1966.

Sacramento Paul R. Leake State Board of Equalization State Liquor Department Woodland Goodwin J. Knight Leake Liquor Post Earl Warren

City Employees Under Scrutiny Over City Sales

Mayor Norris Poulson ordered an inquiry into reports that Los Angeles city employees are selling supplies to the city. The telegraph from Copenhagen referenced likely financial ties to a supplier. Poulson, who flew on SAS’s inaugural transpolar flight, did not name the department, though City Hall sources cite scrutiny of the Recreation and Park Department over athletic equipment sales.

LOS Ageles U Norris Poulson Copenhagen Poulson Scandinavian Airways System

Rupp Appeal Rejected in High Court

The California State Supreme Court denied William F. Rups Jr. a writ of habeas corpus in his death penalty case for the rape murder of Ruby Ann Payne, 15, near Yorba Linda in Orange County. The San Quentin inmate argued trial errors over testimony on his mental capacity to plan. Payne was killed on August 8, 1952, on a ranch near Yorba Linda.

San Francisco UPI William F. Rups Jr Ruby Ann Payne Orange County State Supreme Court San Quentin Ruby Payne Yorba Dln

VelVa-Soles End Back Pain Claims Highlight Testimonial

A Newport Beach reader signs a testimonial praising VelVa-Soles for relief from back pain and comfort on hard floors at work. The letter extols reduced fatigue and references a 250 pound user praising the shoes as more comfortable.

C.O.M Long Beach

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