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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1957
Page
2
In a lively dispatch from California and Sacramento, politicians and revelers mark St Patrick’s Day amid shifting rules. Irish sentiment colors debate in the Assembly as pubs prepare for a Monday celebration after Sundays restrictions. A Sacramento attorney claims pride of the Irish, while Dill’s jail sentence prompts a humorous postscript about keys and government property.
Key West officials greeted Cmdr Jack R. Hunt and the 14 crew aboard the Navy's ZPG-2 blimp after an 11 day unrefueled mission ending at Boca Chica. The craft logged 264 hours 28 minutes, traveled 8,218 miles, and surpassed Graf Zeppelin's distance record, with boredom cited as a major crew challenge.
Dallas reports actress Jayne Mansfield Forday granted a divorce from Paul Manefield after he said she valued her career over marriage. Judge W L Thornton noted Mansfield’s attractiveness while Manefield admitted respect for her. Mansfield has pursued film work and previously divorced Manefield in 1956 for extreme mental cruelty.
President Eisenhower remained aboard the cruiser Canberra during a rainy morning at sea en route from Norfolk toward Daytona Beach with an expected six day Atlantic cruise ending near Bermuda. White House aide James Hagerty reported a forecast of clearing weather and a smoother ride as the ship slowed to 20 knots for comfort. The president planned to stay aboard for the duration and resume talks in Bermuda with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan next week.
Garden Grove high school football plane was stabbed in the side by a switch blade knife during a fist fight on the campus of Garden Grove High School. The victim, 17 year old Robert Kaplanck of WAHS Cittuswood St, underwent two hours of surgery. Dennis McClanahan, 15, was held on assault with a deadly weapon. McClanahan was later taken to the Orange County Juvenile Home after a mob attacked him at the school. He reportedly carried the knife on advice from friends in St Louis.
Washington lawmakers report an 8.7 percent cut to President Eisenhower's spending requests for 18 agencies including civil defense and the Veterans Administration. The House Appropriations Committee seeks fewer cars, less travel, smaller offices, and reduced public buildings, tallying $663 million cut so far from $105 billion in requests. The action targets a $200 million trimming of housing administrator Albert M. Cole's budget, with impacts pushed to subsequent years and not the 1958 budget.
Adjudicated by Superior Court Los Angeles County at Long Beach California. Decree No. Co10080 records the matter filed March 27, 1942, in a case involving publication and delivery charges. The notice indicates entry in the court docket and references a long history of the matter.
In Greenwood Mississippi Randy England 13 was killed during a night game of Russian roulette with a 24 year old companion while baby-sitting in a trailer home. Neighbors alerted authorities and an ambulance removed the injured boy's body as England's father Forbear England watched. The fatal incident followed by England's own heart attack.
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