01 Aug 1957
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Newspaper
California Pasadena Independent
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1957
Page
1
F G Runyon style column notes a quirky obsession with owning a street manhole lid describing the iron cover as a symbol of affluence and citizen status. The piece parodies a domestic debate as a reader imagines a couple reacting to the idea while the public utility in the street remains a shared mystery.
New York report notes 50 convicts in Ohio State Penitentiary volunteering for a cancer cell inoculation study led by Dr. Chester M. Southam at Sloan Kettering. The work, framed as testing whether dead cancer cells can boost natural immunity, follows a first-stage alert amid Los Angeles smog as temperatures top the 90s.
Mrs. Gar Matthews of South Pasadena will lead three of her children on a Hawaiian voyage. Grandmother Mrs. Stanley Peg Schnetzler, 65, of Palos Verdes Estates, sails with 11 of her 12 grandchildren aboard the Hawaiian Steamship Line Leihini. The group, ages 2 to 14, travels with three daughters and their spouses, needing five cabins for the trip. Children named: Karen 9, Mark 7, Susan 2.
Tomorrow and Saturday shoppers in Pasadena explore the two dollar days sales. Local merchants advertise tremendous bargains across the city, inviting residents to study today's ads and seize the value across avenue storefronts and businesses.
In Deer Lodge Montana authorities regained full control of the Mottern Montana State Prison after a 13 hour disturbance. Inmates including a murder suspect were corralled back to cells and ordered to stay behind bars until 2:15 am. The riot yielded a concession from the State Board of Prison Commissioners to convert an onion garden into a playground while Attorney General Forrest Andersen pledged a thorough investigation.
Attorney Crowley signals a wide witness list in a fight over the Confidential magazine articles. Judge Vi urges two hour blocks for star testimony while defense claims subpoenas aim to harass and seeks to prove the truth of magazine stories about Marilyn Monroe, Mae West, Lana Turner, and others.
Thomas Hogan of Pasadena describes his gold inlay studio for fine china at 455 S Raymond Ave, detailing gold storage, polishing gadgets, and a bronze plaque honoring his technical and artistic contributions. He recalls starting from a brick yard and notes postwar teacup shortages as China production expanded.
An editorial condemns Pasadena’s school board for backing Stuart S. MacComb’s reinstatement while discrediting previous members A Roland Walker and Ralph Hallman. It accuses Hallman of campaigning on school time for Shatford Salisian and LaMotte, claims Wall er warned against it, and calls the efforts a clear violation cited by County Counsel. It mocks the sponsoring group Citizens Supporting Good Education.
Marie Evan Haydon, 20, a housewife, was fined 108 dollars, given 10 days in City Jail, and had her license suspended 30 days after speeding 102 miles per hour on the Harbor Freeway. Municipal Judge Stephen S. Weisman presided in Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles a 14-year-old Filipino boy, Victor Antonina, who faced hardship after being placed with his family in a Japanese concentration camp in 1942, walked for the first time yesterday at Oregon hospital with crutches and a brace. His growth was stunted by Marquio's disease, and he stands about four feet tall.
A blond prowler attacked Mrs. Charlotte Zelman in her backyard causing a house to house search for the killer of two El Segundo policemen. Over 100 peace officers combed the eastern city after Zelman described a six foot tall man with blond hair and a damaged right arm. The two officers, Milton Curtis and Richard Phillips, were shot during a traffic stop linked to the same killer.
Leona Gage Ennis, once Miss USA, admits in a letter to Oscar Meinhardt she erred by posing as a Miss in the Interlude contest. She says she did not foresee the trouble caused. Gage, married twice and a mother, is rehearsing in Hollywood for a TV work while receiving publicity support from the network.
London dispatch reports a German wartime document alleging the Duke of Windsor considered disavowing British policy and breaking with King George VI. The Duke’s Paris statement through his London lawyer called the papers partial fabrications and distortions of the truth.
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