Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Long Beach Press Telegram in Long Beach, California

We have 16,224,693 pages in California

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1956

Page

11

Angry Youth Kills Mother and Hides Body in Pennsylvania

In Brookville a 16 year old confessed to shooting his mother after a confrontation over a rifle. He loaded her body into a station wagon and dumped it along an isolated road. The youth, Samuel Lavella, faced murder charges as deputies prepared for grand jury action.

Brookville Auly William McKouight Samuel Lavella Brockway Pal High School Menight Lavella Frank Lavella Penninie McKnight Alea Pennsylvania Lavelle Jelferson County Grand Jury

Miss Priscilla Birt Files For Petrol Ration As Fire Eater

An 18 year old, known as Zahrat the Fire Eater with Duffy's Circus, seeks a petrol ration to fuel performances. Officials misfile the request amid wartime fuel cutbacks along the Suez Canal, eventually labeling her as a fire eater to fit the rules.

London Priscilla Birt Suez Canal Middle East Britainy Miss Birt Chelsea Zahrat Fire Eater Duffy's Circus Miss. Birt Ministry of Fuel and Power

Noted Builder Dies Rose From $3 Job

WEST FALM BEACH Fla uTi Louis J Horowitz a one time 3 a week shoe clerk rose to lead Thompson Starrett Co NYC builder of Woolworth Building Waldorf Astoria Tribe Building Union Station Palmer House and Gimbels department stores He died aged 82 He and widow Mary Decker active philanthropists through the Horowitz Foundation He left about 9 million dollars to New York University and about 1 million liquidated from the foundation funds He arrived in the US in 1891 after starting as a shoe clerk at 83 a week

West Falm Beach Fla uTi Louis J. Horowitz Horowitz Thompson-Starrett Co New York City New York Woolworth Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Tribeune Washington Union Station Palmer House Chicago Gimbels Philadelphia Mary Decker Louis J.and Mary E. Horowitz Heee New York University Poland United States

Stranger Auctions Couple s Possessions in Stuckton

Mr and Mrs Elan Grim found a stranger had auctioned off their television set washing machine lawn mower and other possessions to neighbors for 400. Local authorities investigate the unauthorized sale and missing items.

Stuuck'ton (Sr Elan Grim

Also Mentioned on This Page

Penandiea Toa Seg Sears How Price Long Beach Park FOST Post Office Rose SRIM Mr. G. Pollasteini San Francisco ALBA Lenin Moscow Bes ‘Square Bae Ae Selection Hemlock American Airlines Wat Sro
Search Courier

Search the Long Beach Press Telegram Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Long Beach Press Telegram?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication