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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1956
Page
2
Mrs Nancy Lawson, age 102 in Middlesboro Kentucky, counts President Eisenhower and Governor Chandler among her prized possessions. She says her campaign support came from a wheelchair after hip fractures in 1948 and 1949. She married at 18 and has six living children.
Old Glory on a tug frames the Italian Line 27,100 ton motor vessel Giulio Cesare as it sails up the Hudson River on its first voyage to New York from Italy, captured in AP wirephoto.
President Eisenhower reported that 2.952 billion dollars of government owned surplus farm products have been disposed of mostly abroad under the Agricultural Trade Development Act. About 1.2648 billion dollars was contracted for sale or donation in the first half of this year. The act, effective since September 1954, authorizes sales to friendly countries, barter, famine relief donations, and home welfare use, with commodities from price support programs still valued over eight billion dollars. Eisenhower urged a 1.4 billion dollar increase in disposals and noted shipping delays limited shipments so far, with cotton valued first, then wheat and flour, and fats and oils following.
Mrs. Jean Steg, 23, brought a boxed wedding gift from husband Richard J. Stog in Manila to a Northern Police Station. A locksmith failed to open it until a Western key inside unlocked the box, revealing a musical device that played a southern tune. Lt. Frank Schmidt assisted with the handcuts.
A Provo police officer asked newsmen to withhold his name after giving his wife a parking ticket. He spotted his car at a meter downtown while on patrol. his wife had driven it to town to shop. Police later returned the child to the family after a miscount of ten in nightshirts led to a four block rescue.
In Washington Democrats urge Eisenhower to frame Congress as a key campaign issue. Sen Humphrey says Republicans block foreign aid. Sen Sparkman and Sen Kerr issue cautions about November defeat on farm, defense and policy. The White House meeting with GOP leaders follows Eisenhower’s vow to stress his agenda.
Bridges says the House seems set to approve about 1.4 billion dollars less than the amount Ike asked, while the Senate could approve a somewhat higher figure. The remarks reflect a tug of war over federal funding and fiscal priorities.
Two Ogden men Cole Pi-June Davis aged 52 and Johnah Dunn aged 19 were killed today in a war incident that toppled a 50 foot embankment in Canon City.
A clipped, garbled OCR entry notes the English poet and novelist Edward Klotng born 18a6 died 1988. It mentions singing and a garden motif in a fragmentary line and labels him a poet and short story writer without coherent context.
Senator Kefauver challenged Vice President Nixon over choosing Pakistan to critique India's ties with the Soviet Union. He argued Nixon's approach was unhelpful as India maintains neutrality while Pakistan receives U.S. aid. McClellan urged broader government dialogue but avoided commenting on timing. Nixon, returning from the Middle East, warned that accepting Soviet aid risks becoming a Red satellite, while Nehru defended tolerance of differing views.
ALBANY N Y Gov Averell Harriman, a Democratic presidential candidate, accuses President Eisenhower of leadership failure in addressing the nationwide steel strike. He says the administration lacks understanding of mediation and values Truman’s advice, while not revealing Truman’s active support. Harriman, encouraged by his campaign progress, plans to discuss civil rights at a Young Democrats meeting in Asheboro North Carolina.
The Communist Radio in Pieping announced that Peiping University's Department of Oriental Languages is finishing the first Korean Chinese dictionary. The volume is expected to include about 40,000 words.
The Aropassador quartet from Pacific Lutheran College Parkland Wash will perform at Bethel Lutheran Church at 7 30 p m on July 18. The program includes 16 numbers spanning hymns church music classics and spirituals.
Fragmentary OCR shows an audit bureau circulation notice for the Press Telegram in Long Beach. It lists a month year, a circulation figure around 42,000, and mentions Post Office details and entry in 1888. The readable elements indicate a traditional newspaper circulation audit summary from a city location.
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