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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1958
Page
3
General Motors employees plan to work without a contract as the United Auto Workers pursue breakneck talks with Ford and Chrysler amid a deadlock, while preparing for potential job actions involving 300,000 GM workers.
The strike by Local 628 members halted some papers while others ran normally as unions press for wage gains and contract changes. The Philadelphia Inquirer and Bulletin faced picket lines, wage offers, and no‑contract operations at GM and Ford amid stalled talks and federal mediation proposals.
London reports former Labour MP Michael Foot is expelled from France on insults to President Rene Coty. Foot, a correspondent for the Labourite Daily Herald, recently wrote a piece denouncing Coty amid the French crisis. Embassy officials call the article insulting and urge restraint.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Idol watched TV Friday when a motorcycle crashed through their living room wall. Roy Lee Meadows 26 of Pacoima, rider, died. The bike reached 100 mph, vaulted a curb, tore a fence, and struck the kitchen stove water heater, throwing Meadows across the room. House damage estimated at $2,000.
Paris reports North Atlantic Treaty Organization exercises named Full Play set for next Tuesday through Thursday. Supreme commander U S Gen Louis Norstad says air forces of Allied Command plus Norway Denmark Belgium Holland France Italy Greece and Turkey will participate with limited Army and Navy roles.
Arlington National Cemetery marked the burial of two unknown World War I soldiers. President Eisenhower awarded Medals of Honor to the pair as 115000 mourners watched the solemn ceremony. The unknowns now rest atop crypts, flanked by soldiers and honored guests.
Rioting across eastern and northern Ceylon left three dead as police clashed with mobs. Gun and ammunition thefts were reported in the north, a customs house attacked at Valvettirvurai, and Premier Bandaranaike ordered 39 people detained amid a five day state of emergency.
Sheriff deputies report two armed bandits robbed a Downey market, forcing manager Fercy Hains and clerk Michael Siemon at gunpoint. They fled in separate cars with a grocery bag holding about $13,000. Davison, a three time loser, was arrested. his partner identified as Wiley Adams remains at large.
Los Angeles police warn residents not to use tincture iodides decolorizes iodine bottled under RX Pharmacal Co. of Lost tangeles due to excessive ammonia. Mrs John Fishman of North Hollywood reported severe throat burns after gargling diluted iodine.
De Gaulle to assume authority as France moves toward a government of national safety after a crisis centering on Premier Pministration. A five member inner cabinet plus ten ministers would compose the new government with technicians and labor representatives. Police and security forces prepared a tighter reform plan and a five-point program amid street clashes near the Champs Elysees.
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