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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1956
Page
1
Washington AP reports Secretary Dulles contemplates any required Middle East intervention needing congressional approval, noting time constraints could prevent swift action if crisis demanded. The remarks outline a potential U.S. response framework under Eisenhower era policy considerations.
Washington AP The Atomic Energy Commission announced a sixth Soviet atomic explosion in eight months. The latest blast possibly at a Pacific ICB proving ground near Enil Wetok may occur around May 1 as the AEC allowed discussion of a megaton range nuclear detonation. Secretary Dulles said the administration would seek Congress authority if a crisis required US troops, but did not foresee an emergency.
Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, special assistant to the Secretary of Welfare, says advances in the last decade suggest cancer control is possible soon. He notes over 40 million Americans may have cancer, with at least a third potentially saved by applying existing knowledge, and outlines treatments and renewed virus theories related to cancer.
A Delaware couple, Carl Trout and Sarah Trout, were held in Milwaukee on two New Mexico warrants for abandoning their son James, aged about 4, last February. They said they planned a westward trip to abandon him, claiming he was mentally retarded, after which the boy was found in Tucumcari, New Mexico. The Trouts admitted paternity. the man was taken into custody at the post office window and the wife found in a store. The boy has been in Delaware welfare care while authorities pursue extradition and return the couple to Tucumcari.
SACRAMENTO Assembly moves toward a settlement of the Long Beach title oil dispute. A judiciary subcommittee approved the compromise 15 to 1 after six hours of hearings. The bill goes to the Ways and Means Committee for a 3 p.m. hearing with a possible Assembly vote later today. The county board of supervisors endorsed the Long Beach position, urging legislative support. The plan would pay the state 120 million now, settle court rights, and share future revenues after deductions to remedy subsidence with Long Beach retaining about 51 million in royalties from 1911 tidelands grants.
A massive west Texas dust storm turned day to night with visibility down to five to six yards in parts of the dust belt. Wind gusts reached 70 mph as the front pushed into southeastern Colorado and eastern New Mexico, with similar impacts across southern Oklahoma and into El Paso, Pecos, and Lubbock areas amid a rare 50 year memory of such conditions.
President Eisenhower ordered creation of a Federal Council on Aging to help provide greater opportunities for the nation's elderly citizens. The move aims to coordinate federal programs and advise on policies affecting aging Americans.
President Eisenhower calls establishing a broader permanent interdepartmental aging group. He notes the rising elderly population impacts society and that longer life should bring health usefulness and contentment. The council will review programs and advise on priorities and unmet needs while heads of affected agencies steer policy changes.
Fire broke out in a spray booth at the General Motors South Gate assembly plant early today but was contained by firefighters. An accumulation of gases on the second floor booth is blamed for the blaze. Firemen tore out a wall to reach the flames. Damage estimated in thousands of dollars to the Buick Pontiac and Oldsmobile plant.
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies through Wednesday with some night and morning low cloudiness. Temperatures will be slightly warmer.
A Midwest storm spawned tornadoes across Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Nebraska killing at least seven. In Drumright Oklahoma a tunnel behind a prison wall aided an escape attempt as five convicts fled through a 60 foot underground passage discovered after a guard spotted a missing inmate. Several towns suffered heavy damage and injuries were reported as the system moved northward from Colorado.
MOSCOW GP-Kommunist the bible of world Communism charged that Stalin destroyed democracy in the Soviet Union in its April issue. The official organ of the central committee joins Khrushchev and other leaders in denouncing the late dictator. This marks a rare direct critique in Communist theory publishing. Continued on Page A-9, Col. 1.
Three Ismaili children perished as fire destroyed a ranch home 16 miles northwest of San Rafael. Their mother Laura Brumeley, 21, was severely burned and rushed to San Rafael General Hospital in critical condition. The children were Troy Lee, 2 months, Rickey, 3 years, and Donnie, 5 years. James Brumeley, 24, the father, was incoherent with grief and unable to reach the infant in the flames.
A reader guide listing sections and page numbers for the newspaper on topics including Beach Combing on Page B, Bridge on Page A-11, Classifieds from B-10 to B-15, Comics on B-8, Crossword on A-7, Death Notices on B-2, Editorial on A-10, Financial on B-3, Radio TV on A-3, Shipping Table on B-2, Sports across Pages 4-13 14 15, Theaters on B-6, Tides Temperatures on B-2, Vital Statistics on B-9, Wilson on A-11, Women on B-4 5, and Your World on A-2.
Onetime circus star Dolly Varden died of cancer at 34 in St. Louis and left a trunk of jewels possibly worth as much as 100000. Lawyer Sleater said appraisal would start soon to determine exact value. Estate administrator is Noble Dyer, with no will found.
Fire of undetermined origin swept a 1050 seat Empire Theater and adjacent Orange Hotel along with two stores in Daytona Beach early today. Fire Chief said damage about 1 million dollars, the worst in nine years since the Breakers and Daytona Hotels blaze. Fireproof buildings on each side helped, water main burst, lines laid to Halifax River two blocks away. About 100 hotel guests evacuated. 700 theater patrons had left minutes before. The blaze, under control by 3 a.m., leveled the 46-room hotel as front and rear walls collapsed, destroying the theater, a jewelry store, and a children's dress shop.
The Inland Sea area was scoured today for a U.S. Air Force C119 Flying Boxcar missing with five men aboard. The aircraft departed Tachikawa Air Base near Tokyo en route to Ashiya Air Base on Kyushu's northern shore.
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