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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1955
Page
4
Washington reports durable growth as the Commerce Department cites a second quarter total production rate of 385 billion dollars, surpassing the 375 billion peak from 1953. April to June output totaled 271 billion dollars, with personal income rising by 7 billion to an annual 30042 billion dollars.
An ad for Claude Mathews, a foot specialist in San Francisco, touts his treatments as quick relief for burning or swollen feet and painful corns. The jagged copy urges readers to seek his care, claim relief, and avoid long days on their feet, promising proven methods and easy appointments.
Five masked men raided a Welsh army garrison near Rhyl today in a second depot attack within hours. A sentry sounded an alarm. no items were taken from the camp but 68 firearms and about 40,000 rounds of ammunition were reported stolen. British security forces launched a wartime alert as they hunted the gang across west coast beaches and smugglers’ coves toward Ireland.
A dropped cigarette caused a Sunday night fire that damaged a horse trailer and its contents at 12622 Bolsa Rd. Shirley Gotcher occupied the trailer. Loss was set at 400 dollars. No one was injured.
McAlester Oklahoma Dr Ben T Galbraith a former Pittsburgh County Medical Society president was found guilty of murdering his wife Mary Katherine 34 by bludgeoning with a vermouth bottle and morphine injection then burning the house. Three children Frank 7 Jere 5 Sarah Agn 4 also died in the fire He faces life imprisonment with possible parole after 18 years jury could have sentenced him to death but chose life in prison with sentencing set for Tuesday.
Five week search for missing Boy Scout Peter Gorham ends with discovery of his bullet pierced body in a Muskegon area woods. The 12 year old from Evanston Illinois disappeared July 5 on a Scout hike. State pathologist says death occurred soon after disappearance. Police to question camp counselors as lie detector is sought.
San Diego Gov. Goodwin J. Knight told AFL convention he would back legislative changes to implement guaranteed annual wage contracts and promptly seek adoption of such changes to ensure benefits from free collective bargaining. He pledged to appoint more women in state offices and noted a 32 percent rise in unemployment payments since taking office. The merger of AFL and CIO unions was called an unusual challenge and could yield substantial political influence.
Police report Nadia Haenni of Switzerland, fiancée to Mussolini grandson Count Fabrizio Ciano, is in critical condition after allegedly slashing her wrists Sunday night in Avaples. Friends say Ciano and two lawyers confronted the engagement.
A Northern Pacific passenger train collided with a standing freight near the San Francisco area, killing the engineer identified as Sampson. The freight, bound for Spokane, was halted at the city limits when the crash occurred about 7:30 a.m. The engineer, transferred from the Castleville, was aboard the passenger train and died. The Castleville and its Norwegian skipper Haraldsen were en route to Los Angeles when medical issues prompted the ship’s diversion. The Grady, a Navy destroyer escort, will proceed to Hawaii with Haraldsen aboard.
The Russian Red Cross told the Japanese Red Cross on Monday it will return 10 Japanese fishermen who were rescued by a Russian cutter off the Kurile Islands on July 25.
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