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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1954
Page
4
French warplanes attacked a terrorist supply base in Algeria using 100 pound bombs in the first full scale air raid of the rebellion. The strike targeted grain stocks and rifle stacks in the Ouidja Checha area of the Aures Mountains as a warning to rebels.
Sacramento California Youth Authority director HG Stark told Gov Knight that juvenile delinquency is returning toward normal after a summer lull. Commitments rose from 162 in September to 249 in October and may reach 300 in November, with summer crime about half of expected levels per agency and police reports.
California motorists faced a setback as October saw a rise in fatalities in unincorporated areas. Bernard R. Caldwell of the California Highway Patrol reported the month’s death toll at 221, eight more than October 1953, while the year to date still lagged 282 from the 1953 period. An accident claimed seven lives in one incident, and injuries rose to 4,284 with 2,810 reportable accidents, up from 2,571 a year earlier.
LONDON The British Parliament closed its current session with a brief prorogation ceremony and a Queen Elizabeth II speech read by Lord Chancellor Kilmuir. Only 50 of 625 MPs attended. the Queen stayed home. The speech praised Britain’s deal with Germany in the Western Defense Alliance and the Suez Canal Zone evacuation, hoping for a new era of Egypt cooperation. Next Tuesday the Queen and Prince Philip will attend the state opening as Churchill’s government outlines its program. a large turnout is anticipated for Churchill’s birthday. Separately in Salt Lake City, Secretary of Agriculture Benson is invited to speak at the 90th annual National Wool Growers Association convention December 7-9.
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab travels to Miami to press Washington on ending the ten year occupation. He urges separating Austria from Western Russia talks and says a basis for an Austrian state treaty lies after ratification of Paris agreements restoring West German sovereignty and rearming under NATO.
Fort Worth report details an almost 21 million Oil deal involving Bing Crosby and Bob Hope associates, with W. A. Moncrief leading Fort Worth sellers. It lists ownership stakes in properties and companies tied to Crosby and Kelly Snyder, naming Moncrief, Clark, Cowden, Westbrook Oil, and First National Bank executive Eugene Elvaney as participants. The plan includes a meeting in Dallas to finalize the sale and arrangements.
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