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Newspaper

Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1956

Page

2

L A Baroque Players Sixth Concert At Municipal Art Center

The Los Angeles Baroque Players present their sixth concert at Municipal Art Center 2800 Ocean Bid, 4 pm Sunday. The quartet performs 17th and 18th century works by Boyce Bach Haydn Roman and Couperin including Ritratto del Amore. Members Nathan Ross Harry Blumberg Michel Penha and Carol Rosentiel bring rich orchestral pedigrees to the program. Ross and Blumberg with Columbia Studio Orchestra Penha with MGM Studio Orchestra.

Los Angeles Harry Blumberg Israel Philharmonic Michel Penha Cetlo Philadelphia San Francisco Carol Rosentiel New York Ross and Blumberg Columbia Studio Orchestra Penha MGM, Studio Orchestra

Girl Injured in Freak Crash Still Critical

Shirey Lee Sparks, 19, of Gasiena, injured in a freak lover's mishap that killed her fiancé James L. Carte, 29, of El Monte, remains in critical condition at Harbor General Hospital. The car carrying Sparks and Carte plunged over a 300 foot cliff in Palos Verdes Hills early Friday. Melari Sears, 34, of Torrance, driver of the other car, is jailed on suspicion of drunken driving.

Shiriey Lee’ Sparks Gasiena Jane Hutch Harbor General Hospital Miss Sparks James L. Carte el Monte Palos Verdes Hills Carter Auto Mel|iiri R. Sears Torrance

State Water OKs Flood Project Allocation

The State Water Resources Board approved $400,000 to the State Reclamation Board for rights of way and easements on the revised Lower San Joaquin River flood control project. It also backed a request to include $800,000 in the 1956 57 state budget for continued state participation. The funds target rights of way near the Merced River mouth and related needs.

Jsacramento PI State Water Resources Board State Reclamation Board San Joaquin Water Resources Group Reclamation Board Merced River

Blood Bank Schedule Change in Long Beach

Mrs Lotta Kling chair of donor recruitment announced new hours for the Long Beach Blood Bank now open Mondays from 3 to 7 30 p.m. The change aims to keep the bank open every week. During the past year 11 000 pints of blood were donated. The next blood bank day is Monday.

Seneaue Long Beach Lotta Kling

Jail Update Moves Gdeus Ohrnowicz Off List No. 13

Police confirm Gdeus Ohrnowicz 34 is jailed in Green Haven Prison Stormville N Y removing him from the city’s wanted list. His mother Ludwica reported the surrender after bail was posted and authorities said he had already begun serving a December 1954 sentence.

Gdeus Ohrnowicz Ohrnowicz Rob Gary Tune Ludwica Green Haven Mille N.Y

Four year old boy ferries sisters to safety on cold night

In Philadelphia, Jimmy McCormick woke to rattling radiators and feared a furnace explosion. With a sheet over his sisters Jeanette 3 and Jacqueline 7 months, he loaded them into his wagon on Germantown Avenue and trudged to a police station where their worried mother collected them. Patrolmen were amazed at the boy’s courage.

Philadelphia Jimmy McCormick Jimmy Jeanette Jacqueline Germantown Ave

Chinchilla Unit Meeting Wednesday Explained

A mother said she left her chinchilla care with a babysitter as police noted. The Long Beach Chinchilla unit will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Alice Birney School while she visited her grandchild, near Wally Schurz and Dr Brenon.

Long. Beach Chinchilla Croup Alice Birney Spring St Schurz Brenon Inglewood Foolpr Fms United

Crippled B36 Lands Safely After 10Hour Drama

A B36 bomber with a damaged wing and landing gear landed safely after nearly ten hours aloft. Air Force says the trailing edge of the left wing pulled during takeoff. crew repaired the plane in flight with B29 rescue planes circling. Captain Leotard N. Rummers of Tekensha Michigan piloted the craft to a cautious landing despite hydraulic failure and loss of steering power.

Guam U. S Pacific Air Force N. Rummers Tekensha Mich

Contractors Installing New Leaders

Har bor Area Painting and Decorating Contractors' Assn will install Merle F. DuBay as president at a Lafayette Hotel ceremony. Officers include C. L. Iment, vice president. Porter, secretary. G. A. Tobs, treasurer. and Earl Lancaster, sergeant at arms. About 2,300 workers across five states faced a six day strike over wage differentials. 1,700 were on payroll deductions for union dues. The union and company reached a compromise and the new contract runs 13 months.

Merle F. DuBay Harbor Area Assn Lafayette Hotel Clifford Monk San Angelo Tex Gen Land Oral Telephone Co Southwestern Union DuBay C. L. Iment Tewell Charles Strike Porter G. A. Tobs Earl Lancaster Sergeant At Direct the Employ Dan Adie Dan négatia/Green Paul Lemons Norman Tions area/Murray John Fiske A. Murman Herry Rees William Spader Wien Texas New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma

Red Probe Prepares New Press Hearings

Washington DC reporters describe a new round of hearings by the Internal Security Subcommittee led by Senator Eastland to probe alleged Communist infiltration of the press, with cases involving New York Times staff including Alden Whitman, Matilda Landsman, and Seymour Peck cited as witnesses.

Red Washington UP Nathan Aleskov- Eastland D-Miss New All York Times Jack Shater News de Senate Internal Security Alden Whitthe Robert Shelton Seymour Peck Sun- Ponanea Herald-Tribune J. G. Low New York Times Eastland Times Herold Tribune Matilda Landsman the Times Southern Hastland The Snn Jenner R-Inc Benjamin Fine Education Eastand Dr. Fine

Mart Owners Will Appeal to Tribunal

The Food Employers Council will take the Retail Clerks Union Local 770 wage dispute to the U.S. Supreme Court over about $10 million in premium pay for night and holiday work. The State Supreme Court recently sustained a Superior Court ruling for the union, and the industry has 90 days to file its appeal. The case stems from an May 12, 1952 arbitration award granting extra pay for holidays and after 6 p.m. work, retroactive to February 6, 1953.

LOS Angeles L Food Employers Council Hrc U. S. Supreme Court Retail Clerks Union State Supreme Court Superior Court

West German envoy Wilhelm Haas named Moscow ambassador

The West German foreign office announced the appointment of Wilhelm Haas as the first Bonn envoy to Moscow. Haas, a career diplomat and former ambassador to Turkey, was reported by the Soviet ambassador Valerian Zorich to have acceptance by the Russians after credentials were presented to President Theodor Heuss.

BOMN Germany Vph Soviet Union Wilhelm Haas

Peace Effort On in Detroit Paper Strike

Detroit publishers of three strike closed metropolitan newspapers met with the Typographical Union to seek a settlement and resume publication. Police investigate arson fires at the Grey Nuns home as a large citywide dispute over contracts continues amid two unions settling.

Detroit Upi Free Press Nicolet Ghie Grey Nuns Edouard Beaulac Beauloe Beenjone

First name of US president's wife across clue

Puzzle style clue list mentions across entries such as First name and US president's wife, Hamilton-like hints, and various common crossword prompts including boats oars and meadow.

Jackson Okahoma Charles Lamb

Besieged Gunman Captured After Siege At Nidrie

A Canadian National Railways worker, Mike Timoshenko, fired on police and held his bride in a trackside shack near Nidrie Ontario for hours. Police stormed the shack with tear gas, then tracked the couple through deep snow to arrest them. No one was injured.

Kenora Ontario Mike Timoshenko Serer Timoshenko Hare Canadian National Railways Niddrie Canada Nid Jdrie Timor Ishenko

Smog and Virus Drive Liverpool Children Indoors

Liverpool authorities urged mothers to keep children indoors amid a choking smog from southeast England and a mystery virus affecting 200 infants with bronchial troubles since Christmas. Medical officer Prof Andrew Semple called on volunteers to sample air as the city fights the twin health threats and warned the virus could spread like wildfire.

Liverpool England Andrew Semple

Mediation Board Drops WAS Labor Dispute

The National Mediation Board failed to settle differences between Western Airlines and its pilots and clerks. Chairman Leverett Edsyards said the company rejected a final six point proposal and would consult the board members about withdrawing from the dispute. The APA pilots union and Brotherhood of Railway Clerks may appeal for strike action if the board withdraws.

Los Angeles Cns National Mediations Board Western Air Lines Leverett Edsyards Tthe The Air Lines WAL Brotherhoad England Durham Birmingham Liverpool Sunderland

Lockheed halts XFVI aircraft work at Burbank plant

Lockheed Aircraft Corp stopped work on the XFVI takeoff plane at Burbank for the Navy. Navy officials confirm the contract ended by mutual agreement months ago. The turbine prop engine bugs proved unmanageable at ground level, though the XFVI had demonstrated vertical flight potential. Test flights occurred above 10 000 feet with Heyman Salmon at the controls as Navy contracts with Consolidated Vultee and Ryan Aeronautical remain in effect.

Burbank Lockheed Aircraft Corp Vergios Thas Navy Washington Lockheed Heyman(Fish) Salmon Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp Ryan Aeronautical Co San Diego

250 Pounder Shark Caught by 13-Year-Old Boy

MIAMI FL A 13 year old boy claimed he captured a 250 pound shark with his bare hands while sailing near South Biscayne Bay. He said he seized the fish by its tail and, with two friends, looped a rope around it and hauled it to shore using their motor launch.

MIAMG Fla Tony Belcher Jam Wile South Biscayne Bay Belcher

Federal Man Cleared of Spy Charges by Loyalty Board

William Taylor of Scott, an International Organizations Employes Loyalty Board case, was cleared of former spy charges after new hearings. The board ruled there was no basis for the accusations, prompting statements from Taylor’s attorney former Rep. Byron E. H. Scott. The report discusses Hoover’s stance on the term cop and its connotations in law enforcement language.

Washington PIA Spe United States William Henry Tay Scott Byron EH. Scott D-Cols Taylor Henry S. Waldman International Organizations Employes Loyalty Board FBI J. Edgar Hoover Eliza Bentley Senate Wiliam Taylor Treasury‘Department Hoover Harrys Dexter Waite Iment Bulletin Bent Wiegis Herbert Brownell Jr Waite Qas Taylor Internationa Loyalty Board Direc ‘Tor Middle’ Eastern Department International Onetary Bund New York City

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