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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1953
Page
9
Report suggests a 1954 budget balance projection amid Senate debate. Discussion centers on defense, civil spending, and revenue measures with references to White House conferences and anticipated national radio address.
The DC-7 from Los Angeles to Washington, flown by pilot J Rovall and caplet David P. Gannon, logged five hours and 54 minutes to set an unofficial intercity speed record. The flight, a non stop test for the Sth anniversary of powered flight, reached 270 mph at 28,060 feet with a top 450 mph, without tail winds. Officials from Douglas Aircraft and National Airlines participated. departure was at 1 42 a.m. from Los Angeles.
City health inspector reports the operator of a boarding home for 13 elderly residents left for Oklahoma and did not return as scheduled. A 65 year old woman and 10 women plus three men endured meager meals, with residents paying $125 to $150 monthly for room and board. The manager Marie Larue was absent. concerns include insufficient food and reliance on neighbors for meals.
Authorities imposed a 60 percent beer price increase as Santiago and much of Chile sweltered through the first hot spell of the South American summer, triggering public reaction and market adjustments.
James C. McCormick, 42, jailed on suspicion of murder after Gertrude A. Platt, 40, a domestic, was found beaten to death in an apartment. Police said she had been dead since last Sunday. McCormick had been living there. Neighbors reported two weeks of noisy quarrels. Detective Set. Charles McGowart noted head injuries and a puncture under the right breast. McCormick says he is a former prize fighter.
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