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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
3
Khrushchev voiced hope for an accord in Geneva while warning talks must be serious and that the Soviet Union is in a strong state. He praised agricultural and industrial progress, defended party unity, and said he preferred candid exchanges with Eisenhower.
Two California women led the Powder Puff race with first arrivals in the air race, Esther Ho Gardiner and Clarissa He Holcomb among finishers. Ruth Nitzen of Inglewood crashed but was uninjured. Other pilots from Michigan, Arizona, and Ontario placed in the field. teams from San Diego and Inglewood notched early landings as the event moves toward Wednesday deadlines for prizes.
Detroit report states Rivera plans a new Mercury Division plant on a 200 acre site at Washington and Rosemead Boulevards in Riviera, four miles east of the current plant. Construction to be completed in summer 19XX. no unit size disclosed. All 1,00 present employees will be offered transfers. substantial additional workers will be needed. Plans for the existing plant’s disposition are not yet made.
Senators observed a nine minute silent prayer for Lyndon B. Johnson after a heart attack. President Eisenhower sent personal wishes for a speedy recovery as doctors advised Johnson may be unable to perform duties for months.
Bertrand Russell disclosed today a final message from Einstein about nuclear weapons, describing the destructive product of his discoveries. Lord Russell, friend of Vinstein, helped unveil the message at a conference west Saturday, urging decisive action as newsmen gathered from nations.
Three American turncoat prisoners of war who crossed from Red China face a U.S. reception as the Indian Red Cross informs New Delhi of their July 9 arrival. Prisoners Lewis Griggs Otho Bell and William Cowart, from Texas Washington and Arkansas, previously stayed with the communists since the 1953 armistice and now seek return. Howard officials have not decided on charges while the State Department will arrange transport if lacking funds. the Red Cross also notes two Belgian POWs slated to depart Red China.
At Hillsboro Oregon during the community celebration Mike Kelly a daredevil bicycle rider fell to his death after leaping his bike through a ramp wall and into a sheet of plate glass before about 1000 spectators. The incident adds to a tally of holiday deaths nationwide distributed by state counts.
President Eisenhower returned to the White House shortly after midnight after a Long holiday weekend at Gettysburg and Camp David in Maryland. He sped back by auto on Monday night reversing an earlier plan to depart at daylight. The couple marked their 39th wedding anniversary with a Friday picnic for White House staff and families at their Gettysburg farm and again Monday at Camp David in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont. He also practiced on a golf green at the Camp David Lodge.
A Buddhist temple bell found on a salvage heap at a Japanese naval yard and later displayed in Pasadena City Hall will depart from Terminal Island this afternoon aboard the SS Kochi Maru to Tokyo. Daido Line Vessel will ferry it to the Gochizan Soji Temple priests who will restore it to its shrine. The bell, saved from scrap metal during wartime by sailors of the USS Pasadena, was donated to the city and hung in the Pasadena City Hall rotunda before its voyage home.
Coast Guard crews rescued and towed multiple boats after engine failures and breakdowns off Dana Point, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz Island, and Los Angeles Harbor. Vessels included the Gent, Morty Alis, and Mona J with several aboard, plus a 28-foot craft and a 11-foot speedboat. Searches and partial recoveries followed reports of missing mariners.
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