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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1955
Page
9
Dr Karl F Meyer of the University of California Hooper Foundation said the ecancer virus has not been identified and no single cause of cancer will be found He noted some cancers seem virus associated and attributed cancer causes to Victims nature triggering mechanisms and lack of growth control He spoke at the Beverly Hills Academy of Medicine on Thursday night.
Navy PBY amphibian with seven aboard went missing in mid-Pacific between Johnston and Wajelein. Faint distress signals were picked up on international frequency. More than 40 planes and four surface vessels joined a massive search covering 402000 square miles. The plane disappeared Wednesday after reporting a feathered propeller.
A Peiping broadcast from a Chinese delegate at the World Peace Council in Vienna rejected atomic weapon experiments. The report then miscast Costa Rica as an American plot while noting U.S. arms sales to its government, reflecting a contradictory stance amid Cold War tensions.
Dr. J. M. Sess, Optometrist in Long Beach, offers blended bifocals with no dividing line to reduce head bobbing. Lenses cover reading to distance, ground in Loss' precision lab, with budget terms and street-floor offices in Wilmington and Torrance.
The 1954 tax law adds exclusions to taxable income for retirement benefits and annuity income, allows sick pay exclusions with limits, and expands exemptions for dividends scholarships and employer provisions. It details forms and schedules, notes on maternity leave, and guidance on calculating excludable amounts.
United Airlines resumed its Convair services after a 32 hour voluntary shutdown following an emergency Iowa landing with no injuries among 36 passengers and three crew. Vice President J A Herlihy said the investigation found a failed bolted connection in the elevator control system, with government investigators concurring. A recheck of Uniteds 54 Convairs was ordered to ensure the control systems are mechanically sound.
Dallas child Anita Rae Bartlett, age four, died after an eight month battle with cancer in a clinic. Her parents A C Bartlett and grandmother Mrs W KR Barbee carried her to the clinic as her heart weakened, and she remained cheerful and singing despite illness. Marines at the Vienna embassy sent $30 days earlier.
VAN NUYS CP Twenty five dollars a kiss Freer JR George Elmer Freer Jr was fined 30 for breaking into an apartment and kissing two women while they slept Mrs Grace Riggio testified she Spotted Freer in a supermarket six weeks after he broke into her apartment and kissed her and her sister Miss Carol A Larson Freer pleaded guilty of illegal entry Judge Gerald C Kepple dismissed two counts of battery and suspended a 90 day jail term.
Otto Loel 44, one of the nation s 10 most wanted criminals, reportedly confessed to the knife slaying of Elizabeth Henderson 31 in a motel in Oklahoma City. Henderson from Compton California was with Loel on a shared expense trip to Newark Ohio. She was found dead January 13 after they checked in January 10. Loel was captured in Sanford Florida and will be extradited back to Oklahoma. authorities confirm only that a confession exists.
A Chicago fire trapped occupants on upper floors of a four story tenement at 622 Blue Tend Ave. Initial reports listed five dead, later revised to three. About 30 residents occupied the upper floors. three others were injured while 207 residents escaped to the street as flames blocked the stairway.
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