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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1956
Page
7
Alfred Ghirardelli, 72, longtime director and past president of the West Coast chocolate company bearing the family name, died Thursday. He was a grandson of Domingo Ghirardelli who founded one of the early chocolate firms in the region after arriving from Italy in 1849.
Glazed-plum Cheese Pie showcases purple plums with a September Better Homes & Gardens recipe feature. Prunes-up Spice Cake tops a plum upside down cake with brown sugar butter and California walnuts. The piece urges readers to add these desserts to their recipe book and buy the September issue.
A New York case ends as LaMarca is arrested on Long Island after a baby was abducted from the Weinberger home. Investigators traced handwriting clues to the suspect, who faced charges after a ransom note and a fake ransom bundle failed to produce money. The Weinbergers say their infant son Peter was found safe, with no involvement by the suspect’s family.
Kuchel will touch off a dynamite charge Saturday to start the 27 million dollar Ventura River Project Casitas Dam construction. The ceremony includes Rep. Charles M. Teague Ojai George M Purvis Ventura River Municipal Water District president and Le land Bennett district engineer manager.
Los Angeles strikers of Local 640 of the Teamsters Union meet Monday to decide if Yellow Cab Co should accept arbitration to end the four week walkout. An audit by the Los Angeles Joint Council of Teamsters is to be discussed. The 1600 members struck after wages were not met. Federal Mediator John Pfau plans to ask resumption of negotiations.
A fragmented program for a municipal band concert lists pieces and performers including Euphonium soloists, a March, overtures, and encores. Names and titles appear in garbled OCR form, with references to Olympia Hippodrome and Western World.
A promotional note claims Wolfschmidt’s Original Genuine Vodka from Dundalk Maryland offers a satisfying drink with no after trace on the breath. Distilled from 100 percent grain neutral spirits and available in 80 or 100 proof as a product of the USA vat A.
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