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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
2
A New York columnist lampoons $50 neckties as a poor gift idea and urges meaningful giving. He recalls a boyhood tale of a rich child’s longing for a puppy to reveal true Christmas spirit lies in thoughtfulness, not costly presents.
Geologists note redwood forests have existed for 130 million years in various regions. The first white observers of California redwoods were Portola’s 1769 expedition near Watsonville. Fray Juan Crespi described their arrival on October 10, 1769, noting sick men and a forest of tall red trees, whose color gave the name redwood.
Doctors and nurses at the Tlingis Neuro psychiatric Institute watch anxious vigil as surgeons separate the heads of twins Roger and Ratney in a prolonged operation. spinal fluid leakage noted but not deemed critical. risks include cerebral edema, cerebral anoxemia, and possible meningitis from plastic head coverings.
Montreal officials reported a rare event as a donor dropped a $1000 bill into a downtown Christmas kettle on St. Catherine Street Friday. The givers anonymity prevents claiming the donation for income tax purposes and the donor remains unidentified.
FBI reportedly holds a second man in the Brink's holdup case of January 17, 1935. Affidavits named an unidentified 87 year old man with a song record as part of the gunman group. Earlier affidavits had identified Joseph Specs O'Keefe as a robber.
The Canadian freighter Maplecove limped toward Vancouver with a damaged rudder and 62 crew aboard at 10 knots. Rescue tug Island Sovereign, dispatched from Vancouver, closes from the 500 mile off British Columbia coast at 22 knots to escort if the ship can continue under way.
President elect Eisenhower, amid filling four top posts in his administration, considers final staffing details before inauguration. Rumor links Mrs Oswald B. Lord to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, while he charts a possible morning at the Commodore Hotel headquarters. Names already chosen include Army Secretary Robert Ten Brook Stevens, Navy Secretary Robert B. Anderson, Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott, and Deputy Defense Secretary Roger M. Kyes.
Allied warplanes swept north of the battalion line in freezing weather and bombed Communist positions from the western front to Hagju Peninsula. Night raids by Okinawa based B 29s struck Unhung base with excellent results, destroying dozens of tracks. Ground fighting continued in zero temperatures with Chinese and North Korean units, raiders clashing near Panmunjom and on the central front, while rains reduced air activity.
A high speed crash on an unlit freeway killed Schrank and seriously injured Gilbert, who suffered a basal skull fracture. The car, owned by Larry Gibson, was reported stolen after the crash. Nearby residents noted speeding previous to the accident. In a second incident pedestrian Blakeman was struck by two cars on Linden Avenue near bth Street, later dying at Seaside Hospital. Drivers Avery and Sanders Jr gave statements.
Police Justice Francis A Auleta ordered a hearing Tuesday for the fourth suspect in the revolt plot. Alfred Manheim 29 a New York munitions dealer and Frank Connell 49 an AFL Bill Posters Union organizer were among those arrested with weapons. Jose Duarte 35 a Cuban linked to the plot was brought from Yonkers for arraignment with the two. Assistant Dist. Atty. Morton Edmiston said Prio Soccaras appeared to back the plan, though the exiled leader claimed ignorance.
Mystery writer Mickey Spillane has sold the movie rights to his eight books for $250,000 in a five-year contract. Producer Victor Saville announced the deal in New York, detailing the arrangement and Spillane’s control over script and dialogue adaptations.
Sidney Paley a 32 year old Jersey City former resident was convicted of piracy and robbery on the high seas by Judge Milton Helmick in the U S Consular Court for hijacking a Dutch cigaret runner in mid Mediterranean in October. Paley sentenced to three years in prison on both counts to run concurrently with bail set at 10 000 pending appeal.
A six year old boy from Van Nuys named Steven Austin is recovering after a delicate heart operation at St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica. He was packed in ice to lower body temperatures to reduce bodily functions and metabolism during the procedure for a heart malformation that over circulated blood to the lungs.
In Birmingham a frame house burned Friday night killing Juliet Simms 12 and her brother Davis 8. Fire Chief Hoyt Ayers said the cause is undetermined.
The French Atomic Energy Commission reported that the Saclay pile near Paris was successfully tested as the most powerful experimental reactor in continental Europe. It produced 200 kilowatts of heat in a recent test and, when fully operational, will generate 50 000 kilowatts of power.
Tokyo sources say Japan plans to ask 16 Russian civilians to leave, the last Soviet civilians in Japan, mainly buyers who stayed during the Allied occupation. Another group of seven newspaper men and families left Oct. 24, while 55 members of Russia's official occupation mission remain.
Berlin reports ex Nazis condemn East German authorities for alleged swindle by the Communists. The National Zeitung criticizes equal rights promises and says ex Nazis rejected from police duties should join the East Zone army. Russians show caution toward former Nazis despite public talks of unity.
A Globemaster from the 62nd Wing of the Tactical Air Command crashed near Larson Washington while a training flight bound for Texas. The Monarch disaster followed multiple recent North Pacific rim crashes. Initial reports say weather was not a major factor. 101 service members died with several injuries.
Two men in a speeding truck fled four police cars by tossing whisky bottles onto the street at high speed. Police dodged the glass, forced the truck off the road after ten miles, arrested the men, and charged them with stealing the whisky.
In heavy fog between Secen and Derneburg in the British Zone a passenger train and a freight train collided today. Three people died, including the freight engineer and fireman, and a second passenger aboard was listed critical. Fifteen others were injured.
New York reports the Long Island Railroad nicknamed the Old Scrooge began the festive season by levying a 1% extra fare on a three pound Christmas gift package carried by Mrs. Fagene Markham. She said the parcel had no seat and weighed three pounds, sparking criticism as her husband arranged the trip by telephone.
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