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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1956
Page
7
Richard Wilbanks of Spartanburg South Carolina billed as the world s fattest man died in Jackson Tennessee after a heart attack. He weighed about 742 pounds and had been with a traveling show run by Ed Exline of Cincinnati for three years.
In Utica New York Ralph Denicola reported his car stolen Wednesday. It was recovered hours later after a garage employee, mistaking his car for a neighbor’s, took Denicola’s vehicle by error and offered a free ten dollar fifty cent wheel alignment as restitution.
Senator Neuberger of Oregon announces a 500 dollar scholarship at Southern Oregon College of Education funded from fees collected from recent speaking appearances in eastern communities. The award targets idealistic young men and women aiming for careers in government.
President Truman assailed Eisenhower as betraying farmers while charging Congress blocks on farm price supports, saying the roles are reversed as he urged passage of the farm bill. He recalled 1948 victory and warned of pressure to sign the bill to aid re election.
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