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Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1957

Page

3

Milk strike violence prompts tri state police patrols

New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania state troopers patrolled highways to curb violence as a three day milk price strike with sporadic gunfire arson and picketing intensified. About a thousand tons of milk spilled or destroyed while 48 of 381 plants were affected and 2 million pounds of milk withheld. Authorities note only 3,500 of 45,000 local dairymen involved with potential wider participation.

New York New Jersety Pennsylvania Mit Tri-State New York City Washington Agriculture Department Leana Baumpartner Tre Rey John W. Dorney Funld Satay Hill Mutual Federation of Independent Cooperatives Syracuse N. J United Milk Producers New Jersey Dairy Farmers of America Guild Dorney Mills

Industrialist Dies In Worcester at Age 83

William J. McKee, retired vice president and director of the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., died today at his Worcester home. He was 83.

Worcester Mass William J. McKee Pullman Standard Car Mig. Co

Sub Panel OKs Civil Rights Bill

A House judiciary subcommittee approved a civil rights bill reflecting Eisenhower’s core proposals. It empowers a new Justice Department division, enables direct federal court action against voting rights violations, and directs study of civil rights issues. The measure now heads to the full committee for next steps.

Washington UPI House Eisenhower Judiciary Committee L.A Commission Department of Justice

California Fears Water Raids Set by Colorado Project

Sacramento reports the Colorado River Board fears a proposed diversion may set a precedent for out of state raids on Southern California’s water. The Frying Pan plan would divert 69,000 acre feet annually from the Colorado over a mountain range to the Arkansas River, affecting water quality. Board engineer Harvey Banks urged Congress to impose limits to prevent establishing a broader Colorado River water precedent.

Sacramento Colorado River Board Colorado California Knigin Arkansas Harvey Banks State Water Congress

Aiken Won’t Stir Rumpus Over Bruce Appointment

Senator Aiken of Vermont said he will not raise a rumpus about President Eisenhower’s choice of David K. E. Bruce as ambassador to Germany. He will, however, question Bruce on the soft report about Latin American aid while supporting the nominee’s confirmation along with Knowland and Johnson.

Aiken Bruce Washington Upi R-Vt Pny Eisenhowen David K. E Germany Senate Latin America France Knowland California Lyndon B. Johnson Texas

Ex-Convicts Claim Nevada Prison Runs Casino

Inmates William J. Reiter and Benjamin C. Boltt testified before County Superior Judge Edmund C. Scott that Nevada State Prison operated a gambling casino with a roulette wheel and dealer's charge tables. Reiter described a 16 percent cut for the facility and said the setup mimicked Reno gambling, with guards and inmates handling operations.

Redwood City San Mateo Reiter Harold William J1. Reiter Benjamin C. Boltt Santa Rosa Calif Edmund C. Scott Scout Nevada State Prison Boll Scott Reno

Japanese War Criminal Paroled From Tokyo Prison

The United States released former Colonel Chiyoshi Shimoda from Sugamo Prison in Tokyo after a 40-year sentence. The parole lowers the number of war criminals held at the facility, a figure tallied with input from Australia and Britain.

Tokyo United States Chiyoshi Shimoda Sugamo Prison Australia Britain

Navy tests push and tow carrier landing system

The Navy will begin sea trials of an automatic carrier landing system by Bell Aircraft to guide jets to a carrier deck in all weather. The system uses radar and an electronic brain to compute course corrections, with tests aboard an angled-deck carrier lasting four months. Detected boy body mystery in Philadelphia noted, linking to a 1955 Long Island kidnapping case.

Buffalo Navy Bell Airerafe Corp Cmdr A . Russell Office of All-Weather Chief For Naval Operations Bell Philadelphia Steven Craig Damman Long Island N.Y Navy Fliers Darrenun Mitenel Field

Name Changed Too

An admitted bogus check passer faced U S District Court in Nassaga County. Judge Waldo Rogers reviewed the case to verify the spelling of Jimmy Findley’s identity. He was sentenced to two years, with work on the Damman boy case noted.

Albuquerque N.M U. S Nassaga County Waldo Rogers Jimmy Findley

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