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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1955
Page
4
President Eisenhower continues to progress after a heart attack and begins a lengthy review of legislative recommendations for his big message. White House aides prepare a written form while consultants plan conferences. delivery timing depends on his recovery and future political choices remain uncertain.
Utah authorities seek two men who fled with seven wives and 31 children to avoid prosecution in a crackdown on polygamy. Louis A. Kelsch, a 49 year old stone mason with five wives and 31 children, is jailed. The state legislature had allotted funds for law enforcement amid efforts to suppress rural polygamy, a practice outlawed long before Utah statehood.
In Geneva the Western Big Three push for a NATO backed security system and German reunification by free elections, while Molotov calls for scrapping the Atlantic Alliance. Pinay warns NATO remains essential as Israel asks for guarantees amid fears of further Middle East crisis.
The Nationalist Chinese defense ministry said two direct hits sank an armed Communist junk as it neared Kacheng in the Matsu group, only four miles from the mainland, signaling a sharp clash in the area.
The Soviet delegation employed two women aides to brief 300 foreign correspondents during the Geneva conference. A brunette translated into English and a blonde into French. Leonid Ugichev declined to assign significance to their presence beyond equal rights.
Los Angeles police chief William H Parker announced a complete top to bottom inquiry into burglaries tied to five veterans of the force. The men Lester Friday Charles Farnell Charles Brock Elmer Bolsters and Frank Grossman were booked on suspicion of burglary and released on writs. Items seized from homes included movie projectors cameras tires diving gear tools and lawn equipment.
Public hearings concluded Wednesday on Santa Fe and Southern Pacific fare applications for higher coach rates between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Proposals seek two and a half cents per mile with exemptions. The California State Public Utilities Commission set November 4 for oral arguments.
Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karameh met Syrian President Al ayed Shikri Kuwaily and Premier Said Ghazzi in Damascus on Wednesday night to discuss the basis of a possible bilateral military agreement between Syria and Lebanon.
Westinghouse Electric Corp official testifying before a House subcommittee defended the J40 engine used in the Navy Demon against crash blame. He said no crash directly tied to engine failure and noted four crashes involved two deaths. Navy shifting to the more powerful J71 after the program faced Korean War pressures and higher costs.
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