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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1954
Page
2
In Louisville, Judge Peter B. i Muir declared a no talking rule in his courtroom. Dorothy Long paid the fine while Catherine Purtiler, mother of 14 and grandmother of 31, elected jail for six hours citing rent needs.
In Rome and Ohio news the Italian Premier Amintore Fanfani faces a reform vote as his third CD government teeters. A New Rome court fines Anna M. Peterson and James Win for obstructing traffic and check issues, while Fanfani's coalition tightens with monarchists and DS votes against him amid ongoing debates expected to stretch into Saturday.
Belgrade Yugoslavia President Tito was re elected unanimously by parliament after delivering a 70000 word state address. He pledged an independent foreign policy while maintaining ties with the West and Russia. He was the sole candidate from the Communist party and will take the oath on Saturday.
Mrs. Melanie Kreuzer, a Republican and mother of a 16 year old, becomes Syracuse’s first woman mayor in an acting capacity during Mayor Donald Mead’s absence after being elected council president earlier this month. A new law requires the council president to serve in the mayor’s absence.
Norm Aley returned to Pennebog Elementary School as 40 youngsters ages 5 to 10 were marooned at the school overnight by a 20 inch snowstorm. Road crews dug them out, marking the winter’s worst storm in northwestern Michigan.
Joseph Blackburn, 492 Harvey Way, named campaign chairman for the Heart Drive to fund the 1954 Lakewood Heart Sutday effort. About 1000 volunteers needed across districts. Area chairmen include Harold J. Romaine Jr. in Lakewood Plaza and others in University District South Lakewood, Lakewood Villages, Cargon Gardenas Park, Lakewood City, Central Lakewood, West Lakewood, and Mayfair Clark Bearle.
In Cincinnati an executive for a supermarket company notes cocoa and tea sales rising as coffee prices stay high. Tea sales are up about twenty percent in some stores while cocoa also shows strength.
Vietminh patrols reportedly infiltrated toward Dien Bien Phu as French forces shell the fortified plain. French army spokesmen say Vietminh encirclement tightens around the Dien Bien Phu position while rebels mass for possible renewed assault on northwestern Indochina. The clash involves 108 millimeter artillery and heavy bombardment along an eight mile front.
Two ponies used to haul mine cars escaped their drivers at the Kuhn Deep mine in West Virginia. State police said about a dozen miners were kept from their jobs for most of Thursday while crews pursued and finally captured the runaway animals on the mountainside.
Rep. Ernest K. Bramblett of California goes on trial in Federal District Court on charges of padding his payroll. Prosecutors say he put nonworking persons on the payroll and may have received about 4000 in kickbacks from two employers. The case centers on false statements to the House payroll office. Witness testimony includes Lyle Snader of the House sergeant at arms.
Two Mexican men and a Dutch woman, identified as Mrs. Anna A. Lascot and Victor Aragon, were arrested as ringleaders in an international heroin smuggling ring. Detectives say Lascot, wife of Macario Gaxiola Jr., facilitated the operation and arranged a $30,000 heroin purchase. Gilbert Rodriguez was detained on a bus to Mexico with three ounces of heroin. All three booked on suspected violation of the State Narcotics Act.
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