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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1956
Page
4
Peiping Radio said five Nationalist Chinese planes sank two Red Chinese fishing boats off the Fukien coast Sunday morning injuring one fisherman. The same planes strafed other fishing boats later, with no casualty details provided.
Mary Adams, 60, of Mill Valley Calif, was hospitalized in good condition after breaking a leg on a Sierra Nevada hike with a Sierra Club party. She completed an arduous 20 mile, 13,600 foot pass journey to Whitney Portal aided by a sheriff’s car and mountain rescue gear. Helen Johnson, another member, was treated at base for pneumonia.
Ohio congressman Oliver Bolton received about 3000 slogan suggestions for a 1856 GOP campaign with a $25 savings bond prize. Proposals include All in favor say Ike and Peace and prosperity and progress. Democrats dismiss slogans as huckstering.
A dynamite blast at a uranium mine near Uravan, 90 miles southwest of Grand Junction, killed Richards George Phillips, 25, and injured his cousin Larry I. Phillips, 23. A third miner was hospitalized with shock, cuts, burns, and lung injuries from the explosion.
State police issued an alarm for Armand Vigne after he escaped from the State Prison Farm. He returned two hours later carrying a pig he said escaped from the farm pen while he was out in the woods to catch it.
GUNNISON Colo A 15 year old Reed from Wheat Ridge Colo in a foot race beat a mounted rider in a 110 mile endurance event from Gunnison to the VC ranch and back Reed collapsed at the finish line three minutes ahead of Bill Smith of Montrose who rode a mule named Speedy Smith reported his mule balked at two bridges and had to be led across Reed started Friday and finished Sunday confirming the youngster’s unlikely victory over an experienced mule rider team and horse wrangler effort.
The House approved a 146 to 45 measure to let dealers sue manufacturers who coerce or intimidate them into accepting unwanted automobiles or supplies. It would allow court review to determine if manufacturers acted in good faith in contracting, termination, or nonrenewal, potentially changing current limits on dealer remedies.
An American Airlines DC6 made an emergency landing at Walker Field in Grand Junction Colorado around 3 p.m. Sunday due to a malfunctioning engine. The Los Angeles bound flight carried 52 passengers and a crew of three. Officials from the Civil Aeronautics Administration stated the landing was routine after the engine failure. A second plane was dispatched to convey stranded passengers to their destinations.
Tunisian officials announced they approved George Lewis Jones Jr as the first U S ambassador to their newly independent nation. Jones, a career diplomat, currently serves as counsellor at the U S Embassy in Tehran.
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