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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1957
Page
1
City Hall switchboard operators fielded repeated calls Tuesday about Mayor Raymond C. Kealer allegedly dying. The LA paper mistook Louis B. Mayer for the mayor, headlining L. B. Mayer Dies. Mayer Kealer quipped that rumors of his death are grossly exaggerated.
A bomb from the public gallery wounded Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and four ministers in the Israeli Knesset. Social Welfare Minister Moshe Shapira was seriously hurt. others had minor injuries. The bomber, Moshe Ben Jacob Douek, 25, was captured by a maintenance worker. Police said he had a grudge against Youth Aliyah and a history with mental illness.
Persistent cliff slippage along Portuguese Bend caused an eight inch water main to rupture under Palos Verdes Drive South. The gushing water created a 10 by 45 by 10 foot hole in the highway as sections of road and pavement twisted from the pressure. A county crew rushed in to restore traffic and supply by bypass lines while homeowners received service. Citizens have criticized the 100000 caisson project aimed at stabilizing the toe of the landslide, noting limited slowdown of movement toward the sea.
Former President Harry S Truman will address a Jefferson-Jackson Day banquet in Los Angeles Friday night describing his remarks as of major significance. He arrives for a $100-a-plate dinner with California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown serving as the other speaker, a likely candidate for governor next year.
Former Idaho Senator Herman Welker remained in critical condition Tuesday following a second brain operation within two weeks. The 57-year-old had previously undergone brain surgery earlier in the month, with doctors reporting cautious progress.
The British Labor Party is torn between factions favoring nationwide ownership of industry and those wary of further nationalization. After World War II the Labour government nationalized railways coal gas medicine and electricity, yet leaders remain uncertain if more nationalization solves the economy’s problems.
Khrushchev said Zhukov is in good health and will receive a post matching his experience once a new assignment is decided. He declined to reveal specifics, noting only that a job will be found, with observers noting past cases where top officials were given obscure roles.
An Air Force KC-135 tanker crashed into Gray Mountain north of the Grand Canyon, apparently killing all 16 aboard during a routine training flight from Walker AFB Roswell New Mexico. Witnesses reported sighting the plane near the mountain and a post operator recalled a low flight followed by an explosion.
An aviation trade magazine reports the Air Force WS110 bomber could fly 2000 mph ten miles above Earth with six new jet engines using advanced fuel. It may resemble the North American X10, but larger, and would be a new Strategic Air Command weapon.
Franco-Italian Packing Co files for temporary restraining orders in Superior Court to curb three unions in a dispute over cannery purchases. Judge McCarthy to confer with attorneys. action aims to stop picketing and work stoppages tied to the “Sandy Boy” vessel and its fish transfers. Union pressure centers on unloading or processing its catches and boycotts of nonunion boats.
Reading his instruments on a sand bar near Belmont Shore, the Weatherman spotted a three foot high finned object. The Russian inscription Crooga Crooga Jubl ruble H J Khru shchev was translated by the Air Force as a propaganda message.
Inmates at Eastern State Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Medical Lake released 35 hostages after a seven hour bloodless uprising. Ten guards on the third watch reported to posts at 7:25 p.m. and the hostages walked out to reunite with their families. State Institutions director Dr. Garrett Heyns announced the ending on a Spokane radio station and pledged continued treatment programs. The inmates said they would cooperate with further actions. Continues on page 4-6.
In a 1946 Philippines duty incident, Ist. Lt. Sidney M. Fisher claims a jeep was stolen. He later worked in Brooklyn as a department store sales manager. The U.S. Army seeks $683.15 for a New York power outage caused by the vehicle’s disappearance during the Grand Brooklyn Federal Court case.
A three foot high metal finned object with crude Russian lettering was found along Angeles Crest Highway 20 miles north of Los Angeles. Air Force officials call it likely a hoax but will test it. Robert Brown reported a phosphorescent flash before turning the device to authorities. The craft weighs about nine pounds, has three fins, and shows translated words including Rum Time and To Count. Col Hess notes possible misspelling Rhumb and says multiple agencies examined the device.
Sydney J. Harris argues parents unwittingly aid sex offenders by failing to teach children the facts of life in a provocative column on page AB. The quirky report notes packing cases of Czarist secret police documents contrasted with a family skeletons theme in an Alto 4 2 Le SQUIET edition, and mentions a Tuesday rattled by the discovery on campus.
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