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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1953
Page
5
Representatives of the San Diego Transit and union bus drivers meet in last-ditch sessions today to avert a strike threatened for midnight tonight.
Democratic leaders seek unity at a September 14-15 Chicago conference to spotlight farm prices and agricultural concerns. Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan leads a discussion on farm alarms as national figures push a rallying point against Republican farm policies.
Cairo report states a British Royal Air Force civilian employee was shot dead at Ismatia in the Suez Canal Zone. Sen. McCarthy told of a witness and a woman clerk who admitted Communist party membership and access to defense information. The witness, subpoenaed, will appear before the Senate subcommittee.
A Columbus Ohio cashier at the Little Theater displays placards used by show owners to dodge the federal amusement tax on admission tickets. Similar signs decorate the lobby fishbowl for donations as patrons consider contributing.
Radio commentator Fleetwood Lawton was ordered to pay his parents 100 dollars monthly support. Mr and Mrs Albert F Fleetwood Lawton, aged 71 and 64, had sued for 275 a month claiming they cannot live on their SRO pension from England. Lawton said he never refused to contribute a reasonable amount, but his parents refused to provide a statement of their demands.
British seaman John Chaston 19 was arrested Sunday for stealing a pickup truck from Els-Hokin-Galvin Co. offices at 218 N Ava Jon Blvd Wilmington. Held for police by Special Officer Alvin M. Ford after driving the truck onto the wharf area. He said he took it because he was walking and admitted taking other cars in London.
Nina Virginia and Dorothy Warren, daughters of Governor Earl Warren, return from their first European trip. The three blond sisters discuss fashion, travel, and impressions of Europe and America, noting they shopped in Scotland and preferred shows to nightlife. They say Californians are asked about their way of life and climate, and that men are similar across nations. Virginia notes infantile paralysis history, and they describe family views as open rather than rules.
Walcott independent district school relies on mothers to shovel snow and perform janitorial work after the janitor vacancy leaves the building in need of upkeep. School board plans to continue cleanup until a janitor is hired, with fathers stepping in to handle heating and snow removal if winter hiring delays persist.
Jano Merola, 72, founder and music director of the San Francisco Opera, collapsed and died Sunday during an outdoor concert by the San Francisco Symphony. He pitched forward as the musicians watched, ending a long career with the company and a famed connection to Madama Butterfly.
The founder and director Merola prepared the opera company to open its 61st season. Born in Naples on January 4, 1881, his guidance shaped the company’s enduring theatrical path.
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