Long Beach Independent (Newspaper) - May 2, 1956, Long Beach, California FEATURES INDEX Radio-TV Comics Shipping Women I 0 N G BEACH WEATHER Night and morning law Houdi Mostly sunny this Xet much change In temperature with high of Tuesday's high low M. Phone ME No. HE 2-5959 40 PAGES LONG BEACH 12, MAY VOL. NO. 247 HOME This Looks Like but It's Texas eal Beach in Angry Exchange in Texas quantities stands several feet deep throughout a largo area of following torrential rains in that area This is the overflow oi the North Basque Mid Drown Boy Tex. school was swept off n bridge In Rip Leads Alabama Primary Vote City Hikes Gas Rates by 7 Pet. Council Apportions Small User Lesser Share of Increase The City Council Tuesday voted a 7.14 per cent In- crease In rates for the Municipal Gas The which will bo put lily Gov. James K. Folsom trailed a segregation leader In balloting a flash flood here Alabama Democratic night and one boy was as early He was Identified ns Billy election returns were isome ballots and the Washington was merely a fa about 12. Highway police said the bus was discovered In Antelope creek counted Tuesday At the same time a partial count of votes In the Dis- between Lometa and of Columbia's first official In Central Texas about 80 than 80 years wiles southwest of All the rest on board were I Central Texas been by and of rain for three Texas was also wracked day with tornadoes and tornado Half a dozen or so tornadoes skipped around Central Texas In the vicinity of Tornadoes were reported ed late Tuesday afternoon near 1-ampasas, another near Hamll ton and Valley near Helton McKay and near No Injuries were reported In was developing a 2-1 edge for delegate candidates favoring Stevenson for Democratic presidential An thn Alabama and District of Columbia balloting wai ing got word that 1'reildent Eisenhower likely will peg his fall to or six television Well ahead of Folsom In bama was stale Rep. Charles W. of election national F. Joseph Donolme nil though we'll soundly In thn himself a candidate for national trailed far behind D. veteran Incumbent and n Stevenson The Republican primary In with all candidates for GOP delegates pledged to President All of Alabama's 52-man dele WASHINGTON The Corps accused Mat thew C. McKeon of manslaughter charging that under the Influence of he led six recruits to death by drown Ing with the threat that every man In the platoon would drown or be eaten by At the same time the Marine Randolph Call acknowledged the corps has been lax iii supervising drill Pate ordered a drastic of the super- system Including transfer to another post of MaJ. Gen. Into effect July 1, will Increase Joseph commander of gas department revenue by the S. depot I where the City officials snld the Pate disclosed the actions to tional revenue Is needed to House Armed Services set a decline In oil Income which then decided In- Increases in cost of gns to the to hold off any of Its own until the The proposal accepted was one eral reports before this of seven outlined to the Council of Congress on last week by Roy R. made toward ending suiting engineer retained by of Leatherneck re- Marine Corps Accuses Sgt. of Manslaughter gallon to the national party con- vention will go officially Many declined to Indicate any choice In an Associated Press of those Indicating Stevenson was now their choice said they might Washington Rites Today gas department for an analysis liny of the tornadoes at a who had of being In racial WASHINGTON Sen. Albert W. Barkley re- turned to this capital for the last time Tuesday as col- r leagues and friends of nearly half a century sadly 1-OR TEA Jail Visitor Stays On SAN RAFAEL musician Tuesday as he I was arrested entered San has denied I Also In early Alabama Sen. Lister Hill ran far ahead of retired Adm. John V. In Hill's drive for the by the Far behind Folsom In the three-way race for national was Roy The Stevenson ticket In the District of Columbia was re Prison for a The through which all visitors must revealed a vial of marijuana In the vest pocket of Gerard 28. of 3696 State narcotics officers and the Marln County district ney's office were They made the arrest Inside prison was charged with transporting and trying 1o smuggle narcotics Into Asst. Dist. Atty. D. Roger Garety said a larger vial was ported leading from top to bottom The voting an Indirect con- test between Stevenson and Sen. Estes six convention Election tabulations became snarled as a result of found In motel room SWEET PHILOSOPHY UMl AM br There's n feeling among people who read the weather forecasts here that they Insisted the were for his own The musician had gone to the prison to visit his Vincent P. 23, serving time for a San County K not written He never got to sec U.N. Meet Delayed UNITED N. Y. United Nations decided Tuesday to postpone the General Assembly session from Sept. 18 to Nov. 12 because of narcotics by man nt According to their the fore casts like today's for more low clouds night and Ing and sun are reprints the 1886 er's the U.S. Presidential on Nov. election A. PO And then there's some In the face of all the In- sist that Shakespeare Take Home Pay constantly or hearing to Just to a telling oi how a family oi eight on a pay ol only a A bom a public employe group us of why they need a It refers times to in Utter is a to pay of This is a frame ol mind found among workers in all branches el our People are so used to thinking ol net amount oi their y on Page 18) Testimony Confirmed WASHINGTON of Defense Wilson Tuesday agreed with Gen Curtis LeMay that the Russians apparently are building bombers faster than the United But he raid there are to Increase the number of wings In the Air chief of the Strategic Air told a special ate subcommittee Monday Soviet Russia now has more Jet than the United States and Is still Asked to comment on son told a news conference the Air goal of 137 by June 1957 remain In effect and will be Wings have ranged from 30 planes for heavy bombers to 70 for other said the number of wings was not that the Force soon will In- crease the strength of Its heavy bombardment wings from SO to 45 The secretary he not LeMay for talking about more But he said any forecast of Russian strength several from now Involved so many that he couldn't comment Wilson hinted that within the next few years the Air Force might .be forming long-range guided missile he could mean a fewer number of employing craft manned by human beings public by LeMay was postponed until day by the special Senate armed subcommittee ing U. S. and Russian air on Page 4, Col. 5) Britain Seeks Accord v With U.S. on Site LONDON was told this week that Britain hopes soon to reach an agreement with the United States on extending the Bahamas long-range proving grounds for guided missives to St. bless his With government flags ing at the body of the 78-year-old former vice dent arrived from the beloved col- and died Monday while of Its rate It modifies the original posal made by by Ing a lower percentage Increase to the smaller and to the age 1'or tile average consumer cubic feet of gas per the cost will from to or 7.t per presented liy City Manager Sam E. called for a 9.8 per rent In- The smaller consumer using cubic feet per month will approximately 53.56 instead of 52.40 at This Is a 6.2 per cent boost as compared with 14.6 proposed by the manager and About 10 per cent of the domestic users are In this The proposal by Councilman the form of a where lapsed delivering one of his famed cal The In an Iron-coated bronze will lie In state at funeral home until funeral services at 11 a.m. today In the Foundry was presented Toby Wick In compromise to the original It will reduce revenue anticipated under the Initial posal by about The new rate structure retains the minimum charge but It reduces the amount obtainable under the monthly minimum from to 800 cubic Increases for commercial and Industrial Chairman ad- vised this praising Pain for meeting n had situation In A and manner and telling my 42 the this Is the first time within my memory that the ior officer of nny service has had the courage to state In public session that his service could be deficient in some re- the Marines PATK Admits Lux to Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas that the 31-year-old McKeon be martialed on four counts and that two other Elwyn B. Scarborough and Richard J. be disciplined by their commanding They were to have been drinking In barracks on the day of the death April 8. Secretary Thomas said In statement that charges were being prepared In hU to bring MeKeon to also said wan confident that on Page 4, Col. 6) POOR Ashes to Dust England American literary detective Calvin Hoffman found only sand Tuesday In a 500-year-old English tomb he hoped would contain docu ments proving that William Shakespeare was a dedicated to the ory that 16th century poet and dramatist Christopher Marlowe really wrote the Shakespeare found neither papers nor 7. am bodies in the tomb Threaten Action for Recall Tempers Flare After New Councilman Fails to Get Support By HERB SHANNON Seal Beach's City Council was threatened by a recall move Tuesday night as 1U. first meeting since the recent municipal election erupted Into angry exchanges be- tween Its members and tions before a full house of The outburst flared when ly elected Councilman Harry C. Ross failed to get a second on his motion to abolish the office of city engineer held by Hal A segment of who op- the elty manager form of charged that In being groomed by Council for city Rom heatedly Council of misleading him Into thinking he had their support In his He laid he had made the In order In avert a recall move against the other I had brought you around to my way of thinking and the thinking of the 700 ple who voted for thought you would get blr fat feather In your hat If you brought thli up shouted Mayor Paul not going to It. on Page 13. Col. 1) shape of a lead coffin was visible In the will not alter my Methodist Berkley will j proved ns recommended by he burled Friday at his town of Ky. where Barkley had nerved In both the Home anil laid aside all tive business out of respect and affection for the old whose In- political astuteness and storytelling abilities were users were Ht home ers and Combined with the residential rate they will provide a return of proximately eight million dollars to the BBS department In the fiscal year 1936-57. For commercial and Industrial mired by The House adjourned after adopting a formal resolution ex- Speaker Sam the present average charge of 57.14 cents per cubic feet will be Increased to 62.5 cents or 9.4 psr with no chance In the An average Increase of 15.9 per cent will apply to Interrupting service and the minimum charge on Page 6, Col. 3) be boosted from to Thn literary detective re- that who fully pried open the tomb with approval from family heirs and the church did not even find Only three feet of sand lay atop thn Hoffman said before the tomb was that in any case he would not consider the absence of documents as evidence against his Marlowe It was believed the bodies were buried beneath the When workmen pried up one what seemed to be the What Fools These Mortals Be LOST A No this is Lord on architectural f ing through a lor a riew oi contents oi tomb of Sir Thomas at Eng. He was looking lor documents that would shed light on who authored Shakespeare's Lord found only sand in yia surprised because the Inscription on the tomb says the bodies are within the He suggested that the ies might be Interred below the hut added that his work at the had Thn British Home had refused to examine any bodies In Hoffman's theory was that the supposed to hold the of Marlowe's Sir Thomas would contain ments showing that Marlowe really wrote Shakespeare's Marlowe threatened with death as a heretic and traitor and Is historically known to have been killed In a tavern Hoffman he believes the murder was faked and that hid him at the ham estate where he wrote the plays under Shakespeare's Records said the tomb con- the bodies of Sir Thomas and two other Water Row Fouls Talks in Mideast JERUSALEM The old dispute over of the Jordan River arose again Tuesday to plague Dag search for The U. N. secretary general canceled plans to fly to Rome and will return to mascus for another round of with Syrian Informed sources said he will make one more try for an un- conditional cease-fire agreement between Israel and dan and Egypt and Israel already have agreed to a cease-fire along their But informed sources said Syria has demanded that any new accord Include an Israeli pledge not to resume work on for diverting the Jordan waters for power and irrigation The sources laid Israel re- fused to accept the Army Eyes for Missile WASHINGTON 0> Army has told Congress It to be able to the dread Intercontinental ballistics although defense against It will be a big Lt. Gen. James M. the research also said new anti-aircraft missiles are so good he sees little chance of for manned enemy Gavin's testimony before a house appropriations tee was made public The subcommittee testimony also disclosed The Army hopes within 10 years to organize Its men In a single type of an all-purpose unit that can move swiftly by air to any trouble spot In the Army also hopes to give battle groups artillery type weapons firing both atomic or conventional Small HONOLULU Official sources said that 1956 nuclear test series In Pacific may be launched In next few dayi with the of a small atomic Plans had been to start proving ground teit with history's tint public lion of a gen Thli the first American air drop of an for May er But the vast talk force now assembled at the proving ground decide to get one of the teit out of the way The big ihot of the was originally set for postponed week due technical The to be witnessed 13 media will be- a hydrogen like a bomb but adaptable M a It will be equal In power to several million r of
