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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1948
Page
4
Police report a 20-year-old youth confessed to the mutilation slaying of 22-year-old Donna Woodcock, a Seattle carhop. The suspect admitted while being booked, saying he had seen her before and took her from a drive-in to a vacant lot where he strangled and mutilated her body.
In San Francisco on July 10 the first albacore catch of the year was reported. Captain Ricdar Enge of the boat MacArthur sold a 2 pounder to Keystone Fisheries for $60, marking the season's opening sale.
The Senate leaders discuss a nonbinding motion as Democratic delegates debate a Civil Rights plank. Northerners push for federal action while Southerners resist changes on discrimination and lynching. Alabama signals possible support shift away from Truman as McGrath defers naming a running mate.
A Navy man was critically injured and a deputy sheriff sustained minor injuries in a three car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu Beach. Charles S. Hazelton of the Naval Reserve remained in critical condition at Long Beach Naval Hospital. Deputy Sheriff Earle Talbot was treated and released. Yeoman Third Class James R. McMahill, 18, riding with Hazelton, was booked on reckless driving.
At an early hour today two people were seriously injured in an auto crash at Pacific Coast Highway and Anaheim Street. Nellie Price, 74, was taken to Community Hospital with a possible skull fracture along with her husband. In the second car William Davis, 44, and William Price, 51, and William Price Jr., 16, all from Hanford, suffered minor injuries.
An 18 month old child, Albert E. Johnson, son of Mrs Marjorie Wrinkle of 1016 Virginia, sampled a bottle of ant paste yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Seaside Hospital by his mother. Doctors said the infant will suffer no ill effects.
The Soviet military administration cites letters from Lt Gen Lukjantschenko accusing Britain of ongoing air security violations over the Soviet zone and charging that British planes fly through air corridors without permission, following the April 5 mid air collision that killed 15 people, a blame dispute with Britain.
The western jurisdictional conference chose San Francisco as the bishops residence for the new fourth area after two hours of debate that split Seattle and San Francisco. The tally was 61 to 40 in favor of the committee on Episcopacy recommendation. Three bishops elect will be consecrated tomorrow: Dr. Gerald Hamilton Kennedy of Lincoln Nebraska, Rev. Donald H. Tippett of Los Angeles, and Dr. Glenn Randall Phillips of Hollywood.
Sterb H. Hoppin of 2427 Magnolia Ave operates a restaurant at 2609 American Ave. He told police last night a couple drove away yesterday without paying for two dinners at one dollar each. He lamented they could have left the dishes and two silver trays worth ten dollars and would donate two more dinners if they returned his property.
Burp Farmington New Hampshire July 10. UP sign in a roadside restaurant reads Eat and Gas Up. In Chicopee Falls Massachusetts July 10 GE. Marvin Bray, convicted of drunken driving, resigns as head of the Chicopee Safety Council.
Fire Chief A H Stone filed a monthly report from Fredericksburg noting a total loss described as one ham valued at five dollars. The brief item records a minor property loss with specific value and official attribution.
Kansas City reports Judy Canova halted here for rest en route to Los Angeles from Little Rock where she collapsed during a Hillbilly show. Publicist Russell Birdwell said she is much better but still suffers from show fatigue.
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