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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1955
Page
2
A 12 year old in Louisville, Steve Bader, devised a basic door alarm using a wood arm triggering a doorbell powered by two flashlight batteries. He learned from a book but simplified the mechanism, while noting it does not guard against window break ins.
The Soviet Foreign Ministry said committees of both houses recommended cancelling the 1942 Soviet British pact as retaliation for Britain's ratification of the Paris agreements on West Germany. A presiding step by the Supreme Soviet was not dated.
Bandung Indonesia delegates at the Asian African conference report progress on economic aid and cooperation. Nations including Viet Nam Thailand Philippines and Pakistan discuss aid flows with the United States while not detailing atom bomb or battleship ambitions. India and Indonesia receive substantial U S assistance as bandung delegates focus on practical economic collaboration.
Dr. Sam Sheppard is declared innocent by California criminologist Dr. Paul Kirk who says police ignored evidence in the July murder of Marilyn Sheppard. Kirk is to testify at a Wednesday hearing on the motion for a new trial. defense cites a theory that a left handed killer, not Sheppard, killed the osteopath's wife.
Fort Carson public information officer Maj. Neil J. Sharkey notes the Hoover Commission questioned oil bean shipments. The base recently received 90,000 pounds of dry white beans from Hill Air Force Base Utah. In the past six months 41,000 pounds were received and 42,000 pounds consumed, leaving 13,000 pounds on hand at the end of March with a two month supply policy.
The CIO opposes ACA 57 allowing non residents to vote in Vernon city elections citing foreign nationals holding office. Albert Lunceford of the Greater Los Angeles CIO Council says telegraphs urged state legislators to oppose the measure introduced by Assemblyman Bonelli. He calls the move a subversion of democracy backed by corporations.
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