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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1956
Page
27
Government and state officials will join Saturday afternoon in Loveland Colorado for a ceremony marking the Big Thompson water conservancy project, a $165 million government and state initiative.
A Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway commuter train collided with a freight train rear in Waukegan Illinois injuring 37 passengers none seriously. Over 100 aboard the three car electric train bound from Chicago to Milwaukee with 17 hospitalized and others treated and released. The motorman said he failed to see a light on the freight rear. The freight conductor cited an unlit coal gondola temporarily attached to the rear of the freight wagon.
Two year old Karen Marie Guadagnoli died after sticking a finger into an uncovered outlet at her grandparents home in El Monte. Sheriff deputies reported the accident occurred while the child was under the care of her grandmother. The child's mother is Mrs. Janice Guadagnoli of El Monte.
In Paso Texas a car truck collision left May Smith 42 and Mrs Esther Smith in critical condition after a bystander cited a toy fox terrier pinned under a sewing machine and a child trapped beneath an overturned truck. Mrs Joan Harmon 23 and her son Danny were also seriously hurt along with Mrs Anna Youngblood and Mrs Guadagnoli. Authorities noted the wreck occurred in a recently painted room with unremoved plates and exposed outlets.
North Hollywood officers booked two Mexican nationals on suspicion of kidnaping after a 20 year old Mexico City woman visiting in Oxnard said she was abducted and held at a Ventura Boulevard motel before escaping. Rafael Salazar Llamas 32 and Felipe Ceballos Carrillo 20 were arrested and turned over to Ventura County deputies.
A car turning left struck a mother Adele White 28 and her two children, killing the 6 week old infant Larry White. Adele and Donald White were taken to General Hospital in serious condition. Police arrested Gerald Misakian 25 on suspicion of manslaughter.
Gov. Marvin Griffin authorized transfers after mass mutilations at Buford's Georgia prison. Doyle Smith, deputy warden, faced allegations of abuse, while Jack Forrester’s investigation found no proof of brutality to incite the acts.
Singer Rosemary Clooney, wife of Jose Ferrer, reported in good condition after childbirth in Santa Monica. The six-pound girl is the couple’s second child, joining 18 month old Miguel Jose.
Wheeler C. Ervin, the county's only Negro member, presided over 11 white board members at the Richmond County Board of Education meeting. The rotating presiding system, set by Hogan Dunaway, allowed Ervin to preside in the absence of the president. Ervin has long served Paine College as business manager and seeks a National Republican Convention delegation from Georgia's 10th District. He joined the board January 1952 and will complete his term December 31, 1956.
In Santa Clara County a car collision on Bayshore Highway left Juan Medina, 27, dead on arrival at Palo Alto while Ronald Johnson and his wife were critically injured. Their son Leo Johnson, 4, was killed. Hospital staff reported the injured victims to be in critical condition that night.
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