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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1956
Page
1
The County Board set a 1957 tax rate of 1. but the base value rose to 7.52 billion, producing a record county budget of 37.34 million. Property values increased by 705.7 million, while district levies for Flood Control, Library, and Metropolitan Water fell or rose modestly.
In New Haven the 220-pound pediatric nurse Virginia E. Jaspers , 33, confessed to shaking to death three infants. Parents of the victims and county officials prepared for a coroner's inquest as the case unfolded amid a backdrop of local school budget and tax rate adjustments.
A gas explosion leveled a four family dwelling in Ville La Salle near Montreal injuring about 15 and causing several fatalities. Fire crews battled flames two stories high as officials said eight people may have died with three or four others missing. A bulldozer operator reported cutting a gas main and a truck stood nearby as the blast shattered windows and sent debris across yards.
County tax assessors say southeastern Los Angeles County will see substantial rises in home valuations. The Harbor area and Lakewood are named as areas with frequent increases, with new assessments to be applied rapidly across nearly all new home developments in the county.
A United Air Lines pilot reported seeing a wing and fuselage fragment about 24 miles offshore near Los Angeles International Airport. Later a yellow seat cushion was observed 15 miles offshore. No missing planes were reported. wreckage may be from an old crash. Coast Guard and sheriff pilots search the area assisted by a North American Aviation helicopter.
Fort Collins residents observed a round object in the eastern sky for a second night. Police officer Lawrence Julch and witnesses including Elvise Stryker and Jeanette Frat reported the sighting while radio man Bob Scott noted Mars visible nearby. The object appeared cigar shaped and glowed red fading to pink as it hovered near the horizon.
Glor ia Vanderbilt and Sidney Lumet, a TV director raised in New Yorks Lower East Side, wed on Monday. The note appears on Page A-3 with other section referrals including Stevenson Kefauvers pre campaign trip and various features across pages A-1 to B-18.
The Formosa Typhoon with winds near 90 mph is centered about 500 miles southeast of Formosa. The storm moves toward the island as ships are warned to steer clear of its path. Coastal authorities monitor the developing weather and issue advisories.
President Eisenhower departed Pebble Beach at 8 37 pm aboard the Columbine for Washington to resume government business conferences and to strategize for a second term campaign. He traveled with Mamie and three bridge-playing friends as Beth Eisenhower wore a velvet hat and orchid pin. The cold gray morning featured five inch visibility and 400 foot ceilings at Monterey Naval Air Facility Field.
Readers will see a bonus starting Sept 4 with the sports page heading one of at least three sections. The new format expands coverage of local and national sports and adds larger readable TV and radio logs on the section’s last page.
Federal agents uncovered a major counterfeiting scheme centered in Norwalk with 312?740 in fake ten-dollar notes. Compton plumber Kenneth R. Moore admitted involvement after a tagged sting in Chicago led to the arrest of Herbert D. Bechtel and Lena May Bechtel. The hoard of 31,274 counterfeit bills was hidden in jars in the Brea and Mt Baldy canyons as the six week investigation concluded.
A sweeping LA metropolis growth scene contrasts with desert tension as Cabrillo voyage history merges into a report on Egypt seizing two British spies. The Cairo arrests target British intelligence links, with officials denying embassy involvement while naming Swinburn Pitwack and El Sayed Amin Mahmud among those arrested.
Secretary of State Dulles accused the Soviet Union of waging a vicious propaganda campaign to block Egyptian President Nasser from securing a peaceful Suez settlement. He noted Nasser agreed to meet a committee from London to discuss the problem, while 18 of 22 nations favored an international board for the canal.
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