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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1952
Page
2
A handle type grenade was used at a bar causing an explosion as three servicemen fled in a waiting taxi. Patrolman Cahill was critically injured while Beckles and Hurson pursued the suspects after a short chase, ending with a gunfight on the sidewalk.
Harbor commissioners ordered a faster schedule for raising Seaside Blvd near the Southern Cal ton Edison Co. plant on Terminal Island. Navy captain George C. Weaver said December rain made the boulevard impassable, halting 2000 shipyard workers for half an hour. A $532,500 dirt fill contract was awarded to Ashbury Transportation Co. The Navy plans a direct Heim bridge access and a straight approach to the Terminal Island Freeway to ease traffic and open a direct gate into the yard.
More than 1960 youngsters were entertained Monday and today at theater parties by three firms founded by Hex L Hodges. This is the second year the firms have staged the Christmas parties. Rex L Hodges Realty Co Penn Hodges Furniture Co Hodges Mayflower Van and Storage Co. Santa visited the children, who received a candy bar and comic book, sang Jingles and watched a two hour movie.
Police were told a burglar forced the storage shed door at 464 West Willow Street, Pourin Cafe, and stole 12 cases of beer valued at 42 dollars. Owner Stonis reported the theft on Monday.
In Japan today a sailor paid 19 dollars to clear an overtime parking ticket filed by police. Capt William Kummer, head of police traffic, received the belated payment from E R Moffatt of USS and tried to return the money with Christmas greetings. He found no way to do so but cancelled the arrest warrant issued August 30 for Moffatt’s ticket.
A stormy sea and misread signals led to the sinking of the liner Champollion. About 30 leaped overboard as panic spread. 16 bodies counted at Hotel Dieu with many more feared. The Kenya and British forces coordinated rescue operations offshore near Beirut.
Police detained four Italian Social Movement members on charges of hurling rotten fruit at Charlie Chaplin during the premiere of Limelight in Rome. About 100 onlookers cheered as the white-haired actor arrived. vegetables such as apples oranges broccoli and cabbage were hurled, Chaplin was struck but smiled and entered the theater.
Police identified 23 European holiday skiers killed when an avalanche swept their bus from a bridge into a stream 18 feet below on Austria's Arlberg Pass. Six of the dead were in a British party while others were German Dutch French and Belgian. Thirteen victims were women. about 30 aboard. four seriously injured.
Strangers chipped in to fund the burial of World War II veteran John J. Oliver 38. Oliver, a San Diego native, died in a railroad accident when pipe shifted in a gondola car, causing a skull fracture. His widow declined payment acceptance, his mother claimed she could not pay, and Monett residents, civic groups, and veterans organizations covered expenses and arranged the funeral.
The Department of Commerce reports a generally bright year end business picture with some dark spots in farm prices and unfilled orders. Personal income rose to 276 billion with about five percent above the year earlier rate, while business expenditures for capital grew to about 28.25 billion annually. Civilian employment rose, factory week length increased, and consumer goods led gains as retail sales climbed through November.
Cardinal Spellman arrived in Seoul as a B26 landed with a crumpled wheel causing a brief runway halt. General Van Fleet and Major Kim greeted him. A fire on the airfield was quickly controlled. Mayor Kim gave a key to the city. Spellman will say Christmas Mass at the front.
The Faust family from Manchester Iowa battles a diagnosed brain destroying disease affecting their two older children Allan aged five and Marsha aged four. Allan lies near death in a Manchester hospital while Marsha is sedated at home. Doctors at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota tentatively diagnose the illness as peliteous merzbacher. Craig the third child is six months old.
The Coast Guard searches for the 38 foot schooner Lilly Dansker five days overdue on a Corpus Christi to Key West voyage. Last heard Dec 10 after departure from Corpus Christi, officials consider a possible change of course through the intercoastal Waterway and are checking with the Seventh District Coast Guard.
A Russian-built MIG fighter was downed today as four Allied Sabres tangled with eight Reds at high altitude. Lt. John A. Inferrera of Watertown Massachusetts claimed the kill on his 98th mission, adding two MiGs destroyed and one damaged to his tally.
The 11-month old Brodie twins remain in oxygen tents at the University of Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute after a head-to-head surgical separation. Roger is in a coma since last Wednesday's operation, Rodney regained consciousness Thursday, and both stay with parents Roy and Mrs Brodie of Moline as Christmas approaches.
Dr. Livingston T. Mays, 79, a Baptist minister, diplomat and educator with worldwide service, died of a heart attack in a Nashville hospital Monday night. He spent five decades in religious leadership and international delegations.
Belgrade Yugoslavia district court sentences Ljuba Basic a Russian woman to 18 years in prison on charges she spied for the Soviet Union. The court ruled the case an act of espionage and imposed the length of confinement as punishment.
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