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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1958
Page
1
Forecasters said the spring heat will continue for a day or two as Long Beach reaches 85 and Los Angeles ties an April 14 high of 88. Sun dominated conditions with highs around 88 in LA and 86 in Long Beach amid a high pressure system over desert regions.
Assistant Weatherman praises his boss for the warm spell. The chief credits a graduate meteorology course and a new method tracking isobars and isotherms. The old pro quips his pinions have eased and he uses his head, noting the little things count.
Barbara Ann Burns, 20, daughter of comedian Bob Burns, faced a tale of a plot to obtain information for Confidential Magazine. Attorney Louis R. Eglash told Superior Judge Harold W Schweitzer that two men posing as federal narcotics agents planted marijuana in Burns apartment before her narcotics possession arrest. The case involves fees for work representing Bank of America as guardian to Burns estate, with the judge approving reduced fees. Burns awaits trial on a misdemeanor narcotics addiction charge.
A Tall Texan who wowed Moscow with piano artistry won an unexpected prize and received a bear hug from Nikita Khrushchev. Also, a Folsom inmate admitted complicity in the 1955 murder of a Long Beach furniture salesman.
The International Association of Machinists announced a mass meeting of aircraft workers in Hollywood Bowl on April 27. The event could lead to a walkout at Southern California plants, with IAM leaders Reuther and Hayes expected to speak and UAW involvement unconfirmed. IAM has strike authorization at Lockheed Burbank and plans vote meetings at Douglas plants in Santa Monica and El Segundo.
The Nobel Foundation announced today that this year's Nobel prizes total about 207000 dollars. Sources indicated the physics award likely goes to either an American or a Russian.
Vanguard prepared at Cape Canaveral Monday for a mission to launch a basketball sized satellite. The launch would use a Vanguard rocket from the missile test center as part of a test program in space research.
Rep. Carl Durham cites 184 Russian submarines off the Atlantic coast near seven miles from shore as photographed by the Navy amid Cold War anxieties. Hedy Lamarr settles IRS tax claim for 60000 after deduction dispute over stolen jewelry. Navy fliers eject safely from a jet trainer after a crash near Perris. San Francisco court actions deny stay bids for two San Quentin murder defendants. Adlai Stevenson named in a 25750,000 anti trust suit against Post Pictures Corp’s 16 millimeter movie field. conspiracy alleged with Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc and its subsidiary.
Navy plans mothballing 48 vessels including six Long Beach ships and one Leroy Wilson based in San Diego. Home ports span Norfolk Atlantic and Pacific coasts plus Pearl Harbor. Deactivations begin July 1958 with effects on manpower and shipyard payrolls at Long Beach. Per Navy budget, 1959 manpower down to 630000. new missiles and ships may offset lost work.
William Farris Brown, 49, a hulking construction worker, was arrested on suspicion of raping and robbing two Long Beach women on April 7. Police noted his resemblance to a sketch and an eight-year-old robbery warrant. He denied involvement and will face lineup identification.
Governor Knight telegrams President Eisenhower urging him to sign the federal highway act. The move aims to push through the pending transportation bill in Congress and speed road construction nationwide.
Rioting convicts set fire to a furniture shop at Concord Reformatory Monday. Four prison employees including three guards were injured, one seriously.
Andre Toussaint, 39, first secretary at the Haitian embassy, admitted firing three shots that killed minister counselor Samuel Devieux, 52, as Devieux sat at his desk. Toussaint, newly married to Vera Daniels Geay, left for Haiti after a recall order issued Monday. his condition reported as fair.
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