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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1957
Page
4
Hamilton Bermuda judge Sir Allan J Smith ruled Bermuda shorts permissible for jurors during a vacation period. The decision broke with tradition of long trousers for male jurors, a change connected to the island's famed Bermuda shorts.
Secretary of State Dulles disclosed the United States is studying a NATO stockpile plan to reassure allies that they would not be compelled to rely on atomics if attacked. A study will decide needed legal changes, with none definite yet, amid disarmament talks with Russia and allies. Meanwhile Silverado Park hosts a square dance class for beginners led by Jack Minar, starting July 24 for 16 weeks.
Lifeguards saved 106 people along South Bay beaches on a busy weekday. Hermosa Beach accounted for 66 rescues, Manhattan Beach 23, and Redondo Beach 17 amid big surf and rip currents. About 120,000 beachgoers crowded Palos Verdes to El Segundo as air stood at 78.
Former Secretary of State John Dulles said in a prewar scenario the president could order Norstad to hand nuclear weapons to the Allies. He discussed a Kremlin shakeup last month and argued modernists led by Nikita Khrushchev have won over fundamentalists. Dulles warned of an irresistible Russian demand for personal security and freedom while the internal politics would not necessarily change foreign policy.
Gertrude W Mills 43 of 2261 Carfax Ave was treated at Seaside Hospital for minor injuries suffered in a Tuesday traffic accident on Pacific Coast Highway and Ximeng Ave. She rode with husband Roy C Mills in a car that collided with Edith M Luton of Port Lupton Cole who ran a traffic signal, police reported.
Marshall H. Steel, 139, of 1619 E. 14th St., was fined 50 dollars and costs in municipal court Tuesday after pleading guilty to tattooing a minor. The incident began when Juvenile Officer G. A. Smith observed Steel applying a rose tattoo to a 15-year-old boy at a tattoo parlor on 26 S. Chestnut.
Dr. Constantin Bakaleinikoff, music director of Huntington Park Symphony Orchestra, will judge the Accordion Queen competition at the Western States Accordion Festival on August 3-4. Entrants from Music Center and Salvador W. Cracchiolo studios join musicians from two local studios and others from the West.
James K. Pebley, 14, of 5859 Eberle Street, underwent surgery at Community Hospital to remove a spearhead from his left knee. The injury occurred Tuesday when a playmate slipped on a rock near the Seal Beach bridge at the Marina during a fish catching activity.
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