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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1957
Page
17
Long Beach State's Campus Theatre hosted a production of Carousel that drew a sold crowd as Moody led the cast with a brisk, energetic performance. Vicki Bradley played Julie with a demure balance to John Blackman’s Dilly Bigelow.
Elmer J. McPhermon of Kansas City was discharged from the Navy here on Tuesday. He went to a downtown hotel to buy a plane ticket home and met two men who persuaded him to gamble with coins. They swindled him out of part of his discharge pay, and police filed a grand theft report.
An excursion boat carrying 2,100 students struck a garbage scow and tug in the East River during a spring outing. The collision caused a few spectators to be knocked down but no injuries were reported among the teens aboard the 11,000 ton steel vessel.
Airman William E. Roberts 22 a drill instructor faces a court martial over alleged mistreatment linked to recruit deaths. Col. Hubert Romine defends training as adequate while Roberts says the service confines harsh methods. Trial delayed as civilian attorney handles another case.
Flood warnings spread across Texas as rivers rose and motorists fled high water. Fort Worth police, backed by river patrols, pursued alleged boat pirates in a flooded sector while gunfire erupted during the chase.
Early returns show Gov. A. B. Chandler’s handpicked choices losing multiple legislative contests. In the lone statewide race, Miss Darlas Owens leads with about 52 705 votes to 17 700 for J. I.
In June, Luter, backed by Chans Adler, aims for the Democratic nomination for clerk of the court of appeals. The candidacy centers on party support and local judicial administration.
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