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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1955
Page
6
An advertisement announces satisfaction with Swist through the Independent and Press Telegram classified pages. It provides the contact line Dial 6-9071 for inquiries.
High winds in the Nevada desert delayed the Survival City atomic civil defense open shot for at least 24 hours. Dr. Alvin Graves said the test would not occur before Wednesday at the earliest due to unacceptable forecasted cloudiness and radiation risks.
In Santa Rosa three youths Ralph Smith 20 Jack Giozitti 19 and William Kozak 18 were arrested on dynamite possession charges after Giozitti allegedly tossed a stick into a family picnic at Salt Point Sonoma Coast. Evan Harris 36 an UC Berkeley employee saved eight picnickers by tossing the explosive aside. no injuries occurred. Bail set at 2500 each.
Two Los Angeles County sheriff deputies were kicked and struck by a mob of about 300 youths while attempting to remove a teenage girl and two boys from Laguna Park playground in East Los Angeles. Harold McClain and Richard Sillings sustained minor cuts. 17 vehicles later dispersed the crowd. Hortensia Belsz, Manuel Guerra, and a 16 year old faced drunkenness and assault or disturbance charges.
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