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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1956
Page
1
American swimming star Esther Williams ordered two tighter bathing suits after her Wembley Pool act went awry. The shoulder strap failed during her entrance Thursday night, she slipped free, and she completed the dive by hitching the suit up with a necklace while other performers drew attention.
Three young men nicknamed the Crew-Cut Kids were jailed after sheriff detectives tied them to at least 35 holdups across Long Beach and surrounding counties in May. Jonathan Roger Mann, 21, of Lynwood, and Ralph Edward Allison, 21, with Carlton Wayne Cargo, 22, both Marines discharged recently, admitted a nightly crime pace from April onward. Victims included Newport Beach and Norwalk liquor stores. each robbery yielded 40 to 400 dollars.
The New York Central, Pennsylvania and other eastern railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to raise first class passenger fares by 45 percent. The Cincinnati and other lines joined, saying the action is to align fares with service costs, per a joint statement from Alfred E. Perlman and James M. Symes. Western lines offered no commitments to fare increases.
Three Santa Ana police officers testified early today they found Mary Trinad Tharquary, 30, nude in a downtown hotel hallway. She was jailed on indecent exposure charges, protesting that nothing was wrong with her behavior while officers blushed and restrained her.
The listing shows where to locate features such as beach combing and columns by Hal Boyle, with page references on Page A-15 and related sections for bridge, comics, and other items. It provides navigation cues for readers seeking specific content across sections including sports, theaters, and classifieds.
CHICAGO UP Truman contemplates which Democratic candidate to endorse with a Saturday announcement looming. Rumors tilt toward Gov. Averell Harriman of New York, though allies for Adlai E. Stevenson insist unity could still prevail if Truman backs Stevenson. Harriman, confident yet cautious, says he will not withdraw if Truman stays neutral.
Secretary of State Dulles said President Eisenhower asked congressional leaders to meet about the Suez Canal crisis to share responsibility should hostilities threaten. He added no current need for a special session, while Eisenhower planned meetings with Dag Hammarskjold and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. The White House luncheon planned for a broad look at Middle East issues including Egypt’s seizure of the canal.
Glendale widow Mrs Earth Thatcher, six, reportedly robbed and killed then cremated in her car found overturned with a charred body on a road to Tijuana airport. Baja California police chief said lack of collision evidence suggests homicide by driver. Wallet missing except lipstick, husband Roy Thatcher died in 1935 holdings near Signal Hill. Thatcher had been missing since Tuesday.
The Coast Guard reported ten men killed in an explosion in the engine room of the German freighter Heidberg off Lewes at the mouth of Delaware Bay. About a dozen seamen were injured as the ship headed into the bay. Coast Guard craft from Lewes Cape May and New York sped to the scene with aircraft from New York.
An tropical storm with winds near 70 mph formed 800 miles east southeast of San Juan prompting a hurricane watch from Antigua to Barbados. The storm, about 3,800 miles east-southeast of Miami, moves west at 15 mph and is increasing in intensity according to an 11 a.m. advisory from the weather bureau.
Sunny Saturday is expected with usual night and morning low clouds and occasional fog patches. Local forecasts note light winds and dry conditions, with brightness increasing by afternoon and mild temperatures inland.
Los Angeles officers break into the apartment of 23 year old Joseph Grant to arrest him on narcotics possession charges. Grant gulped powdered heroin and collapsed, despite artificial respiration. Officers R H Guindon and D R MacGregor report he died after the drug took effect.
Pasadena Girl Scouts were evacuated from Singing Pines camp after fire destroyed the main lodge. Damage is estimated over $20,000. Camp director Kit Cartwright led the evacuation as 4 am blaze started in the lodge kitchen. U S Forest Service crews stopped spread to the camp and forest, sending girls to Arcadia camp for safety.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles W. Fricke ordered deputies to locate Albert Lewis a probation violator jailed locally and failing to appear in court. The judge urged penal officers to bring Lewis to court within a week and noted in the warrant that he remains in custody.
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