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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1956

Page

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Five youths hurt as car plows into group near Lomita

A driver hit five boys outside a store on the Pacific Coast Highway, injuring two seriously. Henry Hudgins, 11, suffered a broken leg and was operatd on, while Bert McVay, 18, faced observation for internal injuries. Others, Eugenus Jimines, 15, James Hunter, 14, and Jack Curtis, 13, had cuts and bruises. The driver Calvin Baker, 22, was jailed on suspicion of felony drunk driving.

Henry Hudgins Lomita Calvin Baker Los Angeles John Rosenberger Harbor General Hospital Cypress Avd Bert McVay Cypress Ave Hudgins Hillside Clinic Eugenus W. Jimines James E. Hunter Faiview Ave Jack C. Curtis Hays Baker Trnnax Amoss

Drunk Driver Crashes Into Tavern Front Door

A tipsy patron warned you would be sorry when a bartender refused another drink. He drove away and crashed his car through the tavern front. About 20 customers faced minor injuries. Bord G. Franklin, 21, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.

Los Angeles Bord G. Franklin

Classifieds and notices section listings

The brief lists location tags for newspaper sections including Churches on A-4 and A-5, Classifieds on B-2 to B-9, Comics on B-10, Death Notices on B-2, Financial on A-2, Radio TV on B-2, Shipping Table on A-2, and Sports on A-6 and A-7, with Theaters on A-3 and Tides Temp on A-2.

Tides

Copter Police Tag Motorboat Speeder

New York aerial police stopped a motorboat speedster near Manhattan Beach. Albert Castrulli of Brooklyn, 35, received an endangering passengers ticket after a chase by a helicopter patrol. He allegedly became abusive and was arrested for disorderly conduct.

New York Parrol Stee Manhattan Beach Jaearay Albert Castrulli Brooklyn Castrulli Hing

Night and Morning Clouds With Sunny Breaks

Weather outlook shows night and morning low clouds with mostly sunny skies through the day. Temperatures remain largely unchanged with little variation expected, providing a fairly steady warm to mild pattern.

American buyer acquires Killarney lakes estate in Ireland

J Stewart Robertson of Boca Raton Florida has purchased the Kenmare family owned Killarney lakes and 3,500 acres of countryside from trustees for the late 7th Earl. The price and details were not disclosed though Beatrice Grosvenor had sought about 100000 pounds. Robertson plans to occupy the Kenmare house and breed Irish racehorses while honoring local traditions.

Killarney County Kerew Ireland Giany Erin J. Stewart Robertson Boca Raton Fla Trish Kenmare Earl Beatrice Grosvenor England Robertson Glasgow Scotland County Kilkenny

Arabs threaten oil lines if Suez seized

Arab unions warned of sabotage to western oil pipelines and military bases in the Middle East if Britain and France seize the Suez Canal. They urged a general Arab strike and boycotts against ships and aircraft from nations supporting an assault, and Egypt warned it would destroy the canal if provoked.

Suez Mideast Britain France Suez Canal London Council of the International Federation of Arab Labor Unions Cairo Union Council Egypt Argh Garall A. Nasser National Liberation Army Peoples Army

Girl, 15 Electrocuted After Car Crash

Sherry Tupping, 15, of Westhampton Beach, was riding with two youths when a car left the road and struck a utility pole. The crash caused minor injuries to all aboard, but she touched a downed 2300-volt wire and was electrocuted at the scene.

Sherry Tupping Westhampton Beach Contral Miss Topping

Adlai Works to Block HST Harriman OK

Chicago AP dispatch says Adlai Stevenson supporters urge Truman to withhold a direct endorsement of Averell Harriman for the Democratic presidential nomination. Truman held a 3:30 p.m. news conference to name his choice, saying he would tell no one beforehand. He indicated he might reconsider and noted Missouri's Senator Symington as a possibility.

Chicago Adlai Stevenson Harry S. Truman Averell Harriman Truman Missouri Sen Symington Ant Hit Margaret Blackstone Stevenson Harriman Wabash Ave Loop Area

Woman Dies? Save Dog Brings Harm to Owner

Lillie Bailey, 56, suffered critical injuries Friday in a failed attempt to save her aged fox terrier from a passenger train. Engineer L H Jacobs said he sounded the warning whistle but could not stop in time as the woman pursued the dog. Neighbors noted the terrier was nearly deaf.

Lealnglun Isy Vermis Lillie Bailey Peirce L. H. Jacobs T Hem

Fingerprints May Identify Brunette From City Hotel Death

Police in Los Angeles sent fingerprints to Sacramento and Washington in an effort to identify a brunette in her early 20s who leaped from a downtown hotel roof after stripping valuables from her belongings. She checked in as Rasel Lampson with a non existent San Francisco address. A coat label from a San Francisco store is the only clue to her identity.

Los Angeles Sacramento Washington TD. C Rasel+ Lampson San Francisco

Betsy Slams Leeward Islands As Hurricane Near Dominica

Betsy roared from the Atlantic toward the Leeward Islands with winds around 120 mph near its center. The storm first struck Dominica and was forecast to pass near Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico as advisories urged vigilance.

Betsy Atlantic Miami Puerto Rico San Juan Ponce Dominica Guadeloupe Basse Terre

Kefauver charges plot to conceal Dixon-Yates facts

Senator Kefauver accuses Eisenhower officials of conspiring to conceal from Senate investigators the truth about the Dixon Yates private power contract. He cites Sherman Adams Lewis Strauss Rowland Hughes J Sinclair Armstrong and others as involved in a supposed criminal cover up. He orders publication of his statement and its transmission to the Attorney General.

Washington Kefauger D-Tenn Eisenhower Senate Dixon-Yates Kefauver Fin Atty Brownell Senate Judiciary Committee Feres Ted Sherman Adams Lewis L. Strauss The Atomic Energy Commission Rowland EB. Hughes J. Sinclair Armstrong Securities and Lschange Commission Kefauver Group

First Haircut Ends in Death of Boy

Five-year-old Roberton Gutierrez died after a fall from a bathroom window in his parents’ apartment. The incident followed a moment in which a statement referenced Kefauver and a struggle over immunity. The page shows the report continued on Page A-3.

New York Roberton Gutierrez Kefauver Eisen Adams

President Eisenhower Tees Off in Maryland

President Eisenhower traveled to Burns ing Tree Country Club near Maryland for his third golf round since abdominal operation. He played four holes last Saturday and nine holes on Wednesday. The White House said he will base at the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco for the Republican National Convention, with a reception speech expected on the convention’s final day August 20.

Washington Eisenhower Burnsing Tree Country Club Maryland White House San Francisco St. Francis Murray Snyder

Robber Suspect Shot and Killed by Police in Los Angeles

Two police officers shot and killed a man Friday night after a robbery of a probation officer. Edward Riggs was identified by probation officer Frank Vin Kigsane as the robber who held up the officer a few minutes earlier.

Los Angeles Rodbing Edward Jack Noonan D. L Waugh Riggs Frank Vin Kigsane

Answers Question of History on Russian Airplane Claim

The Questions of History magazine disputes Stalin era assertions that a Russian invented the airplane. It credits the Wright brothers and other Western pioneers, noting the Wrights’ 1903 first flight and dismissing Mozhaisky’s 1882 claim as arising from bad weather and improbable conditions.

Muscouw Um Wright Brothers Wrights Alexander Fedorovich Mozhaisky

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GI Lomita California Highway Patroimen Pacific Coast Hwy North Branford Air Force Yale Institute of For Drep‘perd John Sorenson Drepperd Civil Defense New Haven Savi Grace Drepperd Yank Westhampton Adlai HST Harriman OK E. B. Vaccaro Estes President Russ
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