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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1957
Page
3
A passenger beat an airman aboard an aircraft, forcing an emergency landing with minor plane damage. Miller fled, was found hours later in a muddy ditch with severe wrist wounds, having removed his clothing. Police say the airman recalled nothing of the in-flight fight.
Washington FCC officials adjourned a day long session on proposed subscription television without a decision on next steps. The panel had earlier asserted authority to authorize a pay service and consider test demonstrations in selected areas. The commission plans to continue the discussion the following day amid Congress concerns about legal authority.
In Tacoma Washington a 400 ton Pacific fishing boat exploded and sank after a blast. Firemen delayed searches due to high tides while divers worked to locate the missing crew. One man, identified as Bill Webber, is believed killed.
In North Tonawanda a Chicago polio survivor in a wheelchair eloped with Eugene Lilac after a Sunday movie date aboard the Pacific Queen. The blast at Tacoma’s Old Town Deck damaged nearby homes as ammonia fumes filled the vessel. Shipowners face multi‑million losses and a large insurance gap. Nick Medak and another passenger escaped unharmed. Marion Halstead’s family considers the marriage valid under prior consent.
Asian flu spreads across Nevada with 41 diagnosed cases including 40 at Nellis Air Force Base and one in Carson City. Lincoln County High School in Panaca reports 80 of 150 students ill. Absenteeism in Carson City schools around 10 percent while preventive medicine officials warn of potential epidemic without vaccines.
UC Berkeley registration began Tuesday with 5,447 students reporting toward an expected total of 18,678. The race to 43 percent above 1956 totals continues for three days as Myron, an 18 year old college girl from Worth Bergen, NY, could have won 128000 on a television quiz program.
A Negro group in LAXE CHARLES La ends its boycott of St. John School after parents kept about 97 children home to demand a closer Melrose white school be turned to Negro pupils. They accept a pledge to build a new Negro school next year.
Neil H. McElroy, slated to become defense secretary, said missiles won’t end the Air Force’s role and plans to continue Charles Wilson’s policies for now. He spoke at Strategic Air Command HQ at Offutt Air Force Base during a tour, noting major changes after his swearing in next month and the need for leadership tied to Congress and public accountability.
Utica Kansas superintendent W. H. Sallee about 55 died in a staged hanging during a freshman initiation at a vacant farmhouse southwest of Utles. Autopsy ruled accidental strangulation as a supervising adult and a student group attempted a photo. Senior class sponsor Betty Stevens opened the door calling for him. lighting revealed Sallee slumped over.
Walter A. Ferguson a 57 year old resident of San Francisco died when his car rolled backward from his garage as he exited to close the doors. The vehicle, left in gear or neutral forgotten, started on its own and dragged him against a wall.
The San Francisco Opera opened its 15th season without Maria Callas after director Kurt Adler said she refused to fulfill contract obligations. Adler sought redress from the American Guild of Musical Artists as Callas had requested reducing her eight planned performances to four.
In Ventura California a man died of a heart attack after party line users refused to release the line for a police officer seeking to summon aid. Officer Robert Wire said he arrived with an ambulance crew at John D Fulton’s home and found the line in use as he tried to call a resuscitation squad. Fulton was dead when rescue equipment arrived.
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