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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1954
Page
5
A bright multihued meteor lit Southern California skies this morning, described as a red streak four times the moon’s width. It shifted to blue and green before breaking into three parts. Mt Wilson observers note it hovered about 190 miles high and was visible over hundreds of miles. Fragments vaporized before reaching Earth.
Firefighters failed to extinguish a smoldering hay fire in 250 bales at Denver Union Stockyards. They towed the burning lot to a nearby city dump Thursday night to prevent spread.
SEATTLE The Boeing Airplane Co tests the giant jet named the TOT in a dramatic maiden flight from Renton Municipal Airport. Weighing 110000 pounds and powered by four 10600 horsepower engines, it lifted off in 17 seconds and reached 20000 feet within 15 minutes. The aircraft, designed to carry 130 passengers, is billed as the world’s largest and fastest jet and could serve as airliner or fuel tanker.
Police officer Ayers detained Halsall and Fedorowich after a downtown disturbance involving a lighter stunt and insults. The pair, visitors from Canada, were pursued northwest of Third and Fourth Streets as Ayers sought transport to the station and assistance from a third sailor.
In Havana unidentified assailants fired on the labor ministry building late Thursday night. An elevator operator, Rolando Pichot, was seriously wounded by four bullets as he left the ministry.
Western diplomats report Communists open to talks but seek larger Viet Nam share. Mendes-France presses for lines near the 18th Parallel while preserving Haiphong and Hue. Paris backs a two state approach with Laos and Cambodia to follow. In Indochina, 10,000 French Union troops clash with Vietminh near Hanoi as U.S. Dulles pushes for a Southeast Asia defense plan.
A briefing officer said two large assaults aimed to ease the Vietminh pressure in the region. Rebels were pushed from their positions as fighting continued in the area today, marking the largest French drives in weeks.
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