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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1956
Page
1
A crude homemade time bomb in a shoe box exploded in a mail sack at New Orleans main post office early today. Two workers were mildly injured as the blast shattered the quiet, with investigators noting the device had no timer and likely intended for local recipients.
Washington faces intense lobbying as the United States enforces a White House backed arms embargo in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia pushes to deliver 18 Walker Bulldog tanks stranded at New York port. Israel questions a blanket halt and cites about $110,000 in affected shipments. Senate Foreign Relations Chair George calls for a full investigation and explanation from Secretary Dulles.
Sheriff's deputies and forest rangers search for a Navy airman who radioed he bailed out of a jet Friday night at 30,000 feet over Santa Barbara Canyon. Wreckage found across 10 acres about 410 miles southeast of the junction of highways 399 and 166. Origin of the plane is unknown.
The outlook calls for mostly clear skies tonight and Sunday with continued cool temperatures. No precipitation is expected, and winds remain light to calm across the region. Highs will stay in the cool range with overnight lows dipping into the chilly zone.
Wilmington police report a 37 year old truck driver, Robert H. Duke, killed himself with an automatic pistol at a woman friend’s home. Duke forced entry after an earlier argument with Elizabeth Danise, spoke with her at the door, then shot himself as her daughter Kathy nine and sister Margaret Jennings watched. Duke’s body was removed to McNerney Mortuary for arrangements.
Porto Alegre Brazil reports flood disaster in Pelotas where the death toll tops 20 and thousands are left homeless. Consul Charles Carson Friday offered American Red Cross aid to Brazilian authorities to assist the affected population.
Sir Winston Churchill slept peacefully as a kitchen fire flared near his Chartwell Manor bedroom. The blaze, started by an oil lamp lit by a maid, was extinguished without waking the 1 year old and with Churchill reportedly undisturbed during his first night at Chartwell in weeks. Fire crews from Westerham and Edenbridge conducted safety checks.
In Los Angeles Kathleen Doyle used a helicopter to lure singer Oreste from Malta to sign autographs. A banner reading Oreste Please phone Kathleen BR 27059 hung from the copter over his home prompting a call and the star agreed to sign in return for the aircraft's departure.
A mother and five children died in a Baltimore house fire caused by an oil stove explosion. The father’s open door allegedly fanned the flames. Victims were Helen Lauderdale and five children aged 11 to 5. The father Glenn Eugene Lauderdale was hospitalized with injuries.
News reports two major military air disasters killed 89 personnel. Thirty-eight Marines stationed at El Toro and Camp Pendleton died when a four engined transport crashed near Oakland during landing, with no survivors. The other disasters involved a Malta and Quebec crash, claiming additional lives including British troops and an Arctic pilot, highlighting a string of fatal air events across regions.
Soviet Defense Minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov affirmed the USSR could wage atomic warfare against the United States mainland if hostilities broke out. He said Moscow will not further reduce armed forces and stressed readiness to drop atom bombs on U S territory while denying desire for war. He spoke to 1,600 delegates amid Khrushchev era insistence on coexistence.
In Knoxville Tennessee an internal revenue agent tells a Knox County farmer he has “stolen” his dependents. The farmer replies he must consult his wife to confirm how many dependents exist as he hasn’t counted them recently.
Anastas Mikoyan’s 20th Congress address denounced Stalin’s rule and writings. The text, critical of one man rule, was released over 48 hours after the speech, signaling a shift toward collective leadership under Khrushchev.
A light quake struck Tokyo at 4:35 p m today the Central Meteorological Observatory reported a magnitude 2 on the seven point scale. The epicenter lay 420 miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific. No damage was reported.
Five youths were booked on suspicion of murder in the brutal slaying of a East Los Angeles liquor store owner during a holdup. Suspect Charles Cowan, 17, admitted being the gunman who killed Sergio Markarian, 32, early Thursday. Others named include Raymond Ulibarri, 16, Israel Muro, 16, Ruben Machado, 17, Clyde Santhez, 17, all of Los Angeles, with Santhez possibly not involved in the robbery. Deputies also noted remaining questions about the related killings of Angelo Fornaseri and Owen E. Douglas.
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A weak weather front moved through Southern California dropping a trace of rain on Long Beach. Small craft warnings were posted until 7 p.m. for west to northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph. Winds to decrease tonight with mostly clear skies. Two killed and ten injured as two trains collided near Horn, with snow level near 3,000 feet and mountains remaining sunny Sunday.
Two shortwave hobbyists in Lima report faint signals Friday night from the La Cantuta, the balsa raft launched December 4 with four men and a woman aboard. Signals broke a 23 day silence but faded quickly, preventing recontact. The voyage mirrors Kon-Tiki and Seven Little Sisters efforts in the Humboldt Current toward Polynesia.
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