Long Beach Band Crowned Iowa's Best Ever
Long Beach Iowa is praised as the state capital for bands after the Long Beach Junior Concert Band won a sweepstakes trophy at the Parade of States in Los Angeles. Marvin Marker accepted the award while DON GILL noted Iowa’s delegation chose Long Beach to represent them when their own band could not attend. The trophy was presented at the Jaycees monthly meeting Wednesday night.
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Long Beach
Iowa
Marvin Marker
Don Gill
Jaycees
Aad
Stengel Testifies On Sports Law In Senate Inquiry
Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing on a bill to exempt baseball from anti trust laws features Casey Stengel testifying for an hour. The Yankees figurehead dodges direct stance while diamond greats like Mantle Williams Musial Roberts Yost listen as Kefauver presses questions on baseball supremacy minor leagues and related issues.
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Independent
Washington Bureau
Washington
Charles “Dillon
Casey
D-Tenn
Subcommittee
Yankee
Wanker
Quan
Diamond
Mickey’ Mantle
Ted Williams
Stan Musial
Robin Roberts
Edgie Yost
Stengel
Kefauver
U S Blasts Mouse Into Space in Secret Return Alive Cone
A Long Beach officer was stabbed during the capture of an 18 year old mental patient on trial release from Camarillo State Hospital. Officers Cuddy Schil Barlow Tolman pursued him after he allegedly attacked parents with a paring knife and beer bottle opener. Cuddy was treated at Community Hospital. The youth was booked at city jail.
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Long Beach
Camarillo State Hospital
Donald D. Cuddy
Roland R. Schil
Rollin Barlow
Hughes Lands Contract Awarded for Antiaircraft Tests
The Army Signal Corps awarded Hughes Aircraft Company contracts totaling 4,281,055 dollars for modification and testing of antiaircraft defense systems. Work will be performed at Hughes plants in Fullerton and Los Angeles.
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Washington Fi
Army Signal Corps
Hughes Aircraft, Co
Fullerton
Los Angeles
R Thor-Able flight aims to loft mouse into space
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The Air Force launched a Thor-Able stage aiming to carry a nose cone with a mouse aboard to space and return it alive as part of the first intercontinental test of a U S ballistic weapon. If recovered, the mission would mark a step toward further space exploration.
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Fla
Air Force
U.S
South Atlantic
Thor
Douglas
Washington
U. S
Aero-Médical
Thor-Able
Heat wave grips Long Beach area. fatal truck fire reported
The Long Beach region endures a multi day heat spell with temperatures approaching 92 building to 105 in nearby spots. In Hawaiian Gardens a pickup truck crash caused two deaths and critical burns to a driver, with one man saved by bystanders and a Marine from Los Alatites credited for heroic action.
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Hawaiian Gardens
California Highway Patrol
Francis Miller
E. Bishop
St. Cypress
Bob Rey McNeil
Walnut
St. ‘Buena Park
Ramona Hospital
Norwalk
Juan, Veldseo
Los Alatites
Hig
McNeil
Valasey
Carson St
Bloomfield Ave
Colelisio
Miller
Bus Drivers Strike on Continental Line
Continental Trailways bus drivers in California Arizona and New Mexico walked off the job Wednesday over wages and working conditions. The action disrupted service on several routes as negotiations continued with company representatives.
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Los Angeles
Con ‘Nental Trailways
California
Arizona
Naw
Mexico
Two Military Planes Crashes Across the Nation
A UPI report details a USAF T33 trainer crash at SAC headquarters near Omaha with both crew members rescued in critical condition. Names Capt. John C. Brockway and Richard L. Remey are cited as casualties alive, while an additional high-profile crash is claimed near Tucumcari with no survivors. Also notes Adm Carney’s critique of Eisenhower defense reorganization, urging accountability and power concerns.
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Omaha
Neb
John C. Brockway
Richard L. Remey
Golf Corse
SAC
Free World
Tucumcari
N. M
Washington
WAET
Robert B. Garney
Naval ‘Operations
Eisenhower
Bill A Carney
Navy
Freesche Wing Administration
Defense Department
Little Rock Hearing Schedules August Appeal Session
A UPI report states a motion was filed in the U S Court of Appeals to hold the hearing on the Little Rock school integration appeal on August 4. Negro attorney Wiley A Branton of Pine Bluff Ark said the date would give the school board the NAACP and other Black groups time to prepare arguments.
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ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
U. S. Court of Appeals
Little Rock
Ark
Wiley A. Branton
Pine Bluff
School Board
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
New Purge Reported in Hungary
Belgrade reports from Eastern European sources claim that four to six more leaders of the 1956 Hungarian uprising have been executed in Budapest after secret trials. Among the names listed are Julia Rajk widow of Laszlo Rajk and other figures such as Sandor Haraszti Gabor Tancos and Gyorgy Fazekas.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Budapest
Julia Rajk
Laszlo Rajk
Imre Nagy
Pal Meleter
Rajk
Sandor Haraszti
Gabor Tancos
Gyorgy ‘Fazekas
Big Steve Bitho Showdowns Power in Striking Outs
Power hitter Steve Bitho delivers decisive outs in a dominant performance. Evin demonstrates strong pitching, overpowering batters and sealing the victory with late strikeouts.
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Steve
Military Bill Advances to Fund Bases at Home and Abroad
Washington UPI reports the House tentatively approved a bill totaling 1.762 billion dollars to authorize a construction program for military bases both in the United States and overseas. The measure aims to strengthen facilities for U S forces and support ongoing defense needs.
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Washington
UPI
House
Powder Puff Derby wins noted in Long Beach flier
The record notes the great-great-great grandson of Fletcher Christian achieving fame with the Bounty mutiny link and stopping ellflower, as Long Beach flier marks a Powder Puff Derby victory for the fourth time.
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Fletcher-Christian
Ellflower
Long Beach Flier
Elvis Presley Sentencing For Traffic Fine At Fort Worth
Elvis Presley paid a $20 traffic fine after arrest by a state policeman on a Sunday. Fort Worth associate Kerneth Moore, now in the Army, said Presley will attend a class on proper operation and courtesy with automobiles as routine Army traffic duty.
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Fort Worth
Elvis
Presley
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