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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1955
Page
2
A five man state roads commission team labored six hours to rescue Blackie from a below ground drainage pipe. The dog, malnourished with a broken leg, was treated at an animal hospital. Beulah Jeffers claimed Blackie as hers, saying it had strayed a week ago.
Coast Guard interrupted a sail on Lake Erie when Walter A. McGuffin and his bride of three weeks failed to return from a Bermuda honeymoon. The sloop was spotted by Lt. George E. Cote of the Tupelo who said they were not missing, merely on an extended wedding trip. In Wellington England Mrs. Josephine Leahy admitted forging a prescription for slimming tablets. The judge fined her six pounds.
A Navy blimp broke free and drifted 15 miles over Lakehurst before three civilian crew members released ballast and brought it down in a corn field northwest of the Naval Air Station. None were hurt as the airship settled after a 93 minute runaway flight with ground crews racing to secure it.
The fragment lists a press item about a daily edition excluding Sundays, noting Sixth Avenue and Pine Avenue area details. It mentions Bureau of Circulation figures and rates per week and month, with post office act references.
Zenith Hearing Aids offer lower upfront cost from 75 to 125 dollars, compared with 250 to 325 dollars elsewhere. Operating costs are reduced to about 15 cents a month for the all transistor Royal-T, with features like 4-Position Tone Control and built in Phone Magnet. Sold with a 10 day money back guarantee, 1 year warranty, and 5 year service plan.
Senator Williams and other Republicans contend Democrats attack Hoover and the Hoover Commission. They argue the commission’s plan would save up to 8.5 billion yearly and that reassessing government assets could add over 100 billion to treasury. Republicans fault Democrats for political slurs and say future Congress actions will mirror Eisenhower era plans.
A special Assembly subcommittee will examine reports that employees of the State Division of Water Resources hold blocks of stock in the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The inquiry, voted in a closed session by 20 of 23 members, will be chaired by Caspar Weinberger. The Interim Committee has appointed eight special committees so far.
A historical fragment notes a German singer and the speaker anticipates pleasure from the neighing of a horse. The reference cites Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, with dates 1712 to 1736. The text reads as a dated ms document or quotation.
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