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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1956
Page
2
Stanley Tyrell of Yonkers, New York, rappelled from an 11th floor shaft into a pit after the elevator was missing. He grabbed a grease-coated cable and slid to the main floor, sustaining back hand leg and thigh burns. He is hospitalized in Manhattan with injuries from the fall.
Detroit Negro delegates withdrew from the First Congressional District Democratic convention citing unfair recognition. The convention elected four delegates and two alternates to the national gathering in Chicago. Walter Bates Jr led the walkout, demanding two delegates and one alternate, while racial lines divided seating and power amid a clash over nominating Thaddeus Machrowicz.
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche urged education support as essential to America's future in a Los Angeles speech at the Forest Lawn Foundation awards. He called colleges centers of freedom and said real defenders of freedom are the nation's colleges and schools. He noted 45 liberal arts students received $15,000 in grants. He also said presidential hopes include Stevenson or Kefauver, with Harriman Symington and Meyner mentioned.
Four warships of the Seventh Fleet steamed into Nagasaki Japan today to help celebrate the 386th anniversary of the port. The event marks a historical opening to foreign trade and signals ongoing U S naval presence in the region.
Communist forces bombarded Nationalist held Quemoy in the heaviest shelling in over three months. The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported 1 165 shells fired in a little more than two hours from Amoy fortress six miles west of Quemoy and from Tateng between Quemoy and the Chinese coast.
Tennessee senator Kefauver declares he is ahead of his 1952 pace in the Democratic presidential nomination race. He notes his campaign organization runs smoother, plans strong in Washington and Florida primaries, and reports surprise at write in votes in Pennsylvania. He criticizes Eisenhower Nixon admin on world affairs and small business, promising a clear Democratic choice in November.
Adlai Stevenson claimed Democratic votes rose in primaries, noting gains in Pennsylvania and Illinois while Eisenhower supporters keep momentum. He cited a swing from 12 to 34 percent in Republican voting and said Democratic turnout outpaced earlier figures as he tours the Miami area and Pennsylvania.
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