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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1954
Page
4
London faces a potential power crisis as a dock strike enters its seventh week. More than 25,000 dock workers walk out with 113 ships idle on the Thames. The Lightermen's Union, about 4,000 strong, may join in sympathy after talks with strike leaders.
WACO Tex A South Texas lawyer was acquitted of taking part in a murder plot tied to a rival politician. The case centered on a 1952 shooting that killed Jack Floyd Jr the son of state figure Floyd Sr. The state alleged co conspirators planned to kill Floyd Sr. via a Mexican gunman and involved Alfredo Cervantes and Mario Sapet. The jury found Alaniz innocent of being an accomplice to murder after a week long trial. The defense argued Alaniz learned of the plot and warned Floyd Sr. due to past political favors.
Left wing Labour leader Aneurin Bevan denounced Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on Sunday for pledging Britain to keep troops in Western Europe if France allows West Germany to rearm. Bevan warned that a British army of 120,000 would remain on the continent for 44 years and suggested France might block the London accord.
Paris Premier Pierre Mendes-France pressed to secure National Assembly endorsement for the London Agreement to rearm Germany. He claimed a growing majority within his Socialist and MRP allies, despite opposition from the Communists, as a decisive vote loomed.
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