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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1956
Page
11
A dated 1956 horoscope guide outlines daily traits for each zodiac sign. It covers Aries through Pisces with brief advice on relationships, work, and behavior to maximize luck and harmony under current transits.
Earl Wilson reports Grace Kelly loves knitting and embroidering while in Paris for the wedding amid palace tensions. He notes her motherly domestic queries, potential backstory in New York, and rumors about press access and public reaction to the ceremony. The piece mixes gossip with light anecdotes about Grace’s habits and entourage.
Mrs Marguerite Harris of New York solved a diamond lead problem in a recent Atlantic City tournament. She ruffed the second diamond, trumped to dummy, led a spade to her hand, forced East’s remaining trumps, and eventually ruffed the last diamond with her final trump. Her precise timing and clever dummy reversal defeated the contract against expert defense.
Former champ Tommy Loughran recalls a storied career from Philadelphia to headlining in world boxing. He defends boxing integrity, laments modern promoter power, and notes his own 53 years shaping fitness and discipline while promoting The Harder They Fall.
CBS discusses a new TVer as Shirley Jones flies to Europe for a four day Carousel premiere. Today’s best laugh features Red Skelton joking with a friend who spent $100000 on a Rembrandt, while Al Kelly paid Joe E Lewis a double talk tribute and Joey Adams quips about understanding Kelly.
A reflective piece by Albert Edward Wiggams II questions youth employment costs rising from 1847 to 1960 and casts doubt on hiring unready workers. It surveys boxing legends and cognitive vocab insights, noting conservative personal choices and the value of rewards in learning.
Public record notes January 12 1773 as the first public museum in America. It later became Charleston South Carolina museum in 1915. Mentions ancient Romans using iron razors and a curious claim about Chinese trains and fish. Also defines the inch as the thickness of a man’s thumb.
The Long Beach branch of the Los Angeles County Medical Association notes rapid X ray developments in diagnosis and treatment. New techniques include hysterosalpingography to visualize uterus and tubes and color moving pictures showing major blood vessels, aiding surgeons across specialties.
In a speech by N J Thomas Jr, head of 44 Thomas offices, he outlines causes of baldness, the role of the papilla, and how local scalp disorders account for most cases. He promotes Thomas treatments, says dandruff signals scalp disease, and invites free private consultations to tailor care.
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