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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1957

Page

7

Assembly Rejects Pinay Bid for France’s Premiership

The National Assembly rejected Antoine Pinay in a Friday vote, halting his bid to form a rightist cabinet. He failed to secure necessary support amid a political crisis following Bourges-Maunoury’s ouster over Algeria policy. President Rene Coty faces selecting a new candidate to form France’s 24th postwar government.

Paris National Assembly Antoine Pinaz France Nay Elysee Palace Rene Coty Guy Mollet Rene Plevin Ieft Mauinee Bourges-Maunoury Algeria Pinay Ner Pari Vai

Eastern Star Session Opens With Faith Theme

Delegates begin registration for the 84th annual California Grand Chapter Eastern Star session at Municipal Auditorium. The event runs through Friday with theme Wings of Faith and includes a Monday opening with Gov. Knight and Mayor Kealer. Family dinner tonight and Sunday events scheduled. services at First Baptist Church on Sunday at 11. New officers to be elected Wednesday morning.

California Order of the Eastern Star Monda Wings of Faith Goodwin J. Knight Raymond C. Kealer First Bapta Fist

Breyer Services Set for Monday

Edward A Breyer 47 of 5972 Los Santos Dr died Friday. Services at 1 pm Monday in the Patterson and Snively Chapel. Breyer a former Chief Petty Officer with 20 years in the Navy, later an electrician at Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Survived by wife Mabel and mother Mrs Bessie L Breyer of Danville Pa.

Edward A. Brayer Los Santos Mundey Patterson and Snively Chapel Breyer L.S. Navy Long Beach, Naval Shipyard Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Masonic Ledge L. B. Naval Shipyard

Bogus Police Officer Held as Swindler

Los Angeles report says Arlen Francis Meyers twenty five year old ex convict posed as a policeman to swindle residents and businessmen out of cash. He was jailed on two counts of grand theft one count of false imprisonment and a burglary count after detectives matched him to a police bulletin. He would flash a badge inspect money and disappear with funds before victims suspected. A jaywalking ticket ended the scheme. He admitted the activities to detectives.

Los Angeles Arlen Francis Meyers Mavers Meyers

Break With Yugoslavia Looms Over Bonn Chancellor

Bonn Germany authorities indicate Konrad Adenauer’s government will break diplomatic relations with Communist Yugoslavia today. Diplomatic sources said the move follows rising tensions and alignment shifts in European affairs. The reported action underscores a volatile phase in Cold War diplomacy.

Bonn Germany Konrad Adenauer Yugoslavia

CAA Reports Near Crashes in L A Area

The Civil Aeronautics Board recorded three near collisions in the Los Angeles area during April and May. California-wide near misses averaged one every 36 to 37 hours in the first half of the year, with five near misses over Los Angeles and one over the South Bay.

Long Beach Civil Aeronautics Board California Los Angeles South Bay Area

Harbor Area Painters Banquet With State President Held

Members of the Harbor Area Painting and Decorating Contractors Association will host state president Helge Hultgren of San Diego at a banquet in Le Ronde Rue 4401 EL Pacific lastiwy at 6:30 pm. The California State Council, led by Hultgren, is the largest in painting and decorating contractors worldwide. C. L. Tewell of Long Beach serves as local group president.

Harbor Area Jaintirg and Decorating Contractors Association Helge Hultgren San Diego le Ronde Rue EL Pacific Lastiwy California State Council Hultgren Theargest Council of Painting I Decorating C. L. Tewell Long ‘Beach

Rotary Hosts 130 Foreign Students From 60 Countries

Rotarians from 22 clubs in Orange and southeast Los Angeles Counties hosted 130 students from foreign countries at a reception, dinner, and dance in the City College gymnasium. The event supported by Rotary District 532 and the Visiting International Festivals program notes a 400 percent rise in foreign student registrations locally since VISA started, with ongoing enrichment through activities and sports.

Renate Grube Hamburg Germany San Juan Capistrano Harue Kuruta Tokyo Whittier College City College Will Hughes Whittier Orange Belt Rotary Council Orange Los Angeles Rotary Clubs Orange Hell Council Haive Guy McHenry Santa Ana Rotary District

Bandit Robs Anaheim Liquor Store for $100

A man equipped with an .82 caliber automatic walked into Al's Liquor Store at 1040 Harbor Blvd in Anaheim on Friday night and robbed 57 year old clerk Carl Couin of $100 before fleeing. The injured clerk was described as shaken but unhurt. Anaheim police urged anyone with information to contact them.

Anaheim Harbor Blvd Carl Couin Sabina St

Interstate Highway Plan Announced and Key Routes Revealed

Secretary Weeks announced 2102 miles of new interstate routes under the $80 billion system, adding 1000 miles to the existing 40,000 mile network and freeing 1102 miles by rerouting. The plan includes belt highways and circumferential bypasses around major cities such as Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Washington Cincinnati Louisville San Diego and more to speed traffic and goods nationwide.

Washington P Secretary of Commerce Pacific South Atlantic Weeks Congress H Eve Denver Cove Fort Utah California Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Washington D. C Kansas City Louisville Omaha Duluth Cincinnati San Diego Akron Dayton Ohio Hartford Conn Springfield-Halvoke Area Massachusetts Oklahoma City Syracuse Jacksonville Fla 4Scranton Salt Lake City Sacramento Calif Eee

Big Business Today hosts diaper service panel

A Lafayette Hotel event features Ruth Schaumann of the National Institute of Diaper Services discussing diaper service science. The Western region meets with members from California and nearby states to review tests, antiseptic use, and a nationwide motivation study on diaper care and customer comfort.

Lafayette Hotel Ruth Schaumann New York City Schaumann National Institute of Diaper Services California Coliao Arizona New Mexico Philadelphia Archives of Service Pediatrics S Reportsa Nations Institute of Reuse Philadell Phia

Masked Marauders Rob Fort Wayne Bank of 60000 dollars

Two masked gunmen robbed a Fort Wayne bank of about 60000 dollars before escaping. They forced tellers to cooperate in the teller area and used a third man as getaway driver. Branch cages and drive in windows were briefly disturbed.

Fort Wayne Ind

Bank Robbery Hits Little Rock Branch Amid Guarded City

FBI agents and Indiana police joined the manhunt for robbers who held up the Lincoln National Bank and Trust Co. in Little Rock around 1 pm. The bandits fled in a car with Illinois plates, abandoning another vehicle nearby while witnesses described masked men ordering customers to stay in line. Police estimate the theft at about $60,000 as authorities pursue leads on the getaway route toward Chicago.

FBI Indiana Charles & Southside Lincoln Meyer National Bank and ‘Trust Cy Kingloty Tory Meyer Fort ‘Warne Banking Chicago

Rep F E Walter Target of Wife Nonsupport Suit

Mrs Francis E Walter filed a nonsupport suit in District of Columbia Municipal Court against her husband the House on Un American Activities chairman from Pennsylvania She alleges he ousted her from the family home in Easton and refuses to provide support or maintain a marital home elsewhere She seeks a reasonable support award for medical care hospitalization food clothing and shelter

Washington Francis E. Walter House On District of Columbia Pennsylvania Easton Walter

Lost Flying Family All Safe in Alaska

An Anchorage dentist and his wife with three children were forced to land in Alaska while en route to Miami for a dental convention. The missing plane was found on a ridge near a small lake with damaged gear. an Air Force helicopter evacuated the five, who were unharmed and in good condition. Dr. Pearson, an experienced pilot, was en route with stops in Joplin, Atlanta, and his home, aiming for Northway Junction on the Alaska Yukon border.

Anchorage Alaska Miami Here Pearson J. Pearson Alea Fla Joplin Pearsons Northway Junction Alaska-Yukon AIR Force Elmendorf Air Force Base

Drunk Hitchhiker Snares Motorist With Trailer Prank

Police reconstruct the incident at Anaheim Ohio intersection with eyewitness Donald Grow. John A. Casagranda from Daisy Avenue reported a drunk man saluting, tethering to the trailer, then reappearing at Cherry Avenue. The man crawled from the hitch after the car jolted, ending up in Casagranda’s trailer with a lawn renovator.

John A. Casagranda Daisy Ave Anaheim Sr Ohio Ave Casagranda Cherry Ave Folice Donald Grow Centralia St Anaheim-Ohio Grow

Flu Strikes. Long Beach Schools Delay Ballgame Plans

Long Beach officials report absenteeism in junior and senior high schools about twice normal due to the Asian flu. Elementary and kindergarten classes also show rising absences. The Compton vs Cerritos junior college game is postponed again for flu reasons.

Long Beech Compton Cerritos J George Dotson Long Beach Dotson

Clergymen Defy Edict on Divorces in Church Ceremony

Three Anglican clergymen from Birmingham challenged the Archbishop of Canterbury by declaring their right to remarry divorcees in full church rites. They asserted sympathy with liberal views on remarriage after divorce, amid warnings of spiritual peril for disobeying church rules.

London Canterbury Church of England Birmingham Geoffrey Fisher Conevocation of Canterbury

Art Directors Elect Serge Krizman For Second Term

The Society of Motion Picture Art Directors announced Krizman was re elected to a second term as president on Friday He led a campaign favoring more film making locally than overseas and defeated George Van Marter who became vice president.

Hollywood We The Society of Motion Picture Arts Directors Serge Krizman Krizman George van Marter

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