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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1956
Page
1
In downtown Phoenix a herd of Brahma Steers ran loose after breaking from a feed pen. Police fired at range from rooftops and baggage rooms as crowds fled. Officers used numerous bullets to subdue the animals, with several killed after lengthy pursuit.
Gov Goodwin J Knight proposes a 464,340,672 budget for 1956 57 to fund operations and building at the state colleges and University of California, prisons and mental hospitals, and a pay raise for 68 000 employees. The plan, totaling 1.4 billion overall, exceeds 1955 56 by about 1243 percent and includes 1 020 new positions in mental hospitals and 246 traffic officers. The 30 day session begins March 5 with further subsidies for schools and welfare to be submitted.
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An explosion at a Toledo meat wholesale plant killed three men and buried five others, with Paul Boreherding and Stanley Dumschroder among the victims. James Dunn and James Libhart were later found among the rubble. Dumschroder and Dunn survived with injuries as the blast occurred in the cooler room of the Asegie Meats division.
A bluish white meteor with an orange tail lit up the California sky shortly after 1 a.m., seen from Santa Clara to El Centro and Winslow. Reports say observers watched the phenomenon for 10 to 30 seconds. Sentries at Camp Irwin and witnesses near Garstow and Daggett heard booms after the flash. A TWA pilot from Malibu said the object seemed to dive under his plane, prompting a quick pull up.
A Tokyo businessman, overwhelmed by debt, killed himself and his two young daughters to enable the use of their life insurance. Japanese life insurers face survivor claims but may delay payments up to two years amid the personal crisis report.
Two Long Beach teachers Norma Fleon Rush and Jolena Hannah Milles Pillow, both 24, died in a head on crash near Seal Beach after a pickup crossed the center line. Witnesses cited loss of control by the driver George A. Pilgerrim who survived with a head concussion.
The San Juan metropolitan area was jolted by a strong earthquake that began at 10 33 29 a m and lasted four minutes. The USGS observatory called the quake intense with its center 35 to 45 miles northwest of San Juan. No casualties were reported.
Solar observers report one of the largest sun storms in years, spanning 61 spots with three larger than Earth. Led by Harvard’s Howard D Mastus at the Air Force observatory, the storm began last Friday and may last until February 23, disrupting radio signals globally as short wave reception blanked for 30 minutes.
Low clouds and fog expected tonight with early morning drizzle on Tuesday. Dense mist may reduce visibility before hazy sunshine develops later in the day.
In London Britain accuses the Soviet Union of deceit in hiding Guy Burgess and Donald D. Maclean for nearly five years. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd warns any Soviet bid to split Britain and the United States will fail, naming Molotov and Khrushchev and insisting the Russians cannot be trusted. Churchill enters Commons after the exchange.
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In Hollywood Hills ex convict Carl Mark Kadlee, 26, and Sandra Glenbern, 19, were arrested after a bullet-riddled pickup truck pursuit. Police said Kadlee fled a burglary scene with the girl, then drove off as Detectives Cole and Turner pursued. The pair, who gave La Crescenta addresses, were booked on suspicion of burglary after admitting theft of a television set.
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