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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1956
Page
11
England's Cardinal Bernard Griff, leader of Britain's Roman Catholics, was buried today in Westminster Cathedral. The spiritual head of about three million followers, Griff's funeral marked the final farewell to a long-serving church figure.
Washington reports Democratic Sen Olin D Johnston of South Carolina urged a new federal pay raise as budget cuts push downsizing. He chairs a Senate panel studying federal pay with a plan to form an advisory group to study the overall pay structure and anticipate action next year.
A jumble of items centers on Mrs. Jean Maisano of O Sole Mio on Broadway, born on the seventh date and involved in a traffic case in Banning with a $27 fine. Also notes about a mystery steak at three Grisinger drive-ins, a sleepy motorist story, sea bass at Pierpoint, John’s Special at John's Kitchen, a Virginia ham dinner, and a Purple Heart convention discussant, plus a potential Riviera Hotel purchase for a national home site.
Dr Aubrey Harter of 5286 Appian Way warns would be travelers about buying a car abroad and trying to resell it. He bought a Hillman Minx in Paris for 1350, promised a quick sale, but four years later it remains unsold, caught in French customs red tape. Now valued at 350 with 175 in fees possible, net gain would be about 125.
In Redding a 45 year old man from Los Angeles Peter Montgomery went into the Sacramento River at night to rescue his wife 35 from danger after a motorboat hit a snag. Resuscitation failed. The couple left behind daughters Dorothy 13 and Susan 10. Police investigated as his wife was rescued but the man drowned.
Science reports from Storrs Connecticut describe a fungus caused basement mold discoloration in eastern homes. Dr. French notes no built in fungicide. Dr. Little and others discuss extinction of birds by ground searches and insect-like aircraft usage at a biology conference.
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