03 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1955
Page
1
Harold V Streeter reports on a death penalty case where execution was postponed by last appeals. The article outlines the final legal steps, noting delays in the scheduling and the involvement of court decisions affecting the timing of the sentence.
The report describes a mass execution in California where Barbara Graham died in San Quentin's gas chamber after delays and legal maneuvers. It also notes a separate bank robbery in Cleveland by four gunmen, with an estimated $50,000 taken from the West Side trust branch.
In Detroit AP reports tense negotiations between Ford and CIO United Auto Workers focused on how Ford would supplement unemployment compensation for laid-off workers under a new contract. GM reportedly topped Ford on some offers while the union pressed for a year round wage and enhanced benefits.
Two tornadoes cut a three mile path around the Sugar Lake resort area near Saint Joseph Missouri Thursday. They uprooted trees and damaged cottages while guests watched funnels cross the lake. George Mordock recounted funnels swinging toward the cabin and snapping tree limbs in the yard.
In St Faiths England veteran Peter Barr blinded during World War II regains his sight after a quarrel with his wife. He describes a single moment of vision within minutes and recalls kissing his wife and throwing away his white stick before celebrations with friends at a local pub.
Standard Oil Co applied to the Lakewood City Planning Commission for a permit to drill for oil on a three acre triangular site near Carson Street and Long Beach Airport. A public hearing was set for 8 pm June 16 with a large attendance anticipated. The land is owned by Lakewood Park Corp and zoned M2. The plan follows months of geophysical surveys. City Administrator Robert T. Andersen noted FAA permission to drill south of Carson Street and said workers would be underground or removed if oil is found. Protests from nearby residents were anticipated. No city royalty is planned. drilling fees may be required by the council.
The wife of a delivery man, Mrs Pierre Tallibert, gave birth to quadruplets in Aubigny Sur Nere on Thursday night. The four baby girls, all healthy, were placed in incubators at a Bourges clinic. The Tallibert family already has four children, the youngest ten months old.
Industry officials meet this afternoon to resume talks in the 15 day West Coast for hire freight tie up. John Fenton says a settlement by weekend looks hopeful while 99 percent of long haul trucks are halted. Cargo backs up at rail yards, ports, and auto plants as shippers shift to rail and contract carriers.
California opened 2914 acres in Kern River Canyon for uranium staking at 10 a.m. with two mines Miracle and Kergen using dynamite to deter claim jumpers. More than 1000 prospectors attended. 301 camped overnight. no disorder reported as sheriff's deputies and physicians stood guard through the night.
Two Wyandotte County Jail prisoners Lester Ray Thomas 17 and Gordon Keith Anderson 30 were treated after authorities removed items from their stomachs including meds bed springs and zipper tabs from clothing following a Thursday incident at an Atchison hospital.
Anastasia, once a Murder Inc. figure, was sentenced in Camden to a year in jail and a $20,000 fine for income tax evasion. The 52-year-old Fort Lee resident pleaded guilty to evading $14,743 in taxes for 1947 and 1948, before Federal Judge Thomas M. Madden.
Mostly clear through Saturday with some early morning low cloudiness and little temperature change. Forecast highlights a calm end to the week with a cooler Saturday morning and improving conditions by afternoon.
Police stopped three men in the 1800 block of Locust Avenue at 4:30 am and found a loaded gun, a knife, and a live baby fox tucked under a front-seat box. Raymond Rosas 13 and companions John Torres 20 Arthur Trevino 22 were jailed pending robbery grand theft and weapons charges. The fox was sent to an animal shelter.
In Michigan near Standish six men died and one was badly hurt after a two car wreck on the Saginaw Bay area road. The deceased include Charles Wain and Arthur Kopka Jr both 25 and 33 respectively, Keith Rathbun 30, John Swigart 30, Benjamin Hilliker 22, and Elwood Davis 25 with Charles Reichert 32 sustaining pelvis and internal injuries. In Connecticut four teenagers died in a crash on U.S. Route 1 near Branford, including Yale freshman two. The victims are John Flanagan Jr 18 Walter Amor 18 Marcia Bolster 25 Nancy Kneen 18.
Manila cabled report cites Times of India editor J C Jain claiming 11 American airmen imprisoned by Red China could be released within 24 hours after four pilots freed last Tuesday reached Hong Kong. Jain said the other 11 are believed to be those convicted of espionage and given long terms. The list includes May Bau mer, Steve Kiba, John Thompson, Eugene Vandi, Sohn Ki, Wallace Brown, John Buck, Harry Benjamin Jr, Howard Brown, Elmer Liewerlyn, and Daniel Schmidt.
In Clay County jail, 18 year old Airman Apprentice Robert Owen Emmett of Gilroy California faces first degree murder charges in the fatal beating of Captain Edward C. Branson 29 a Walter Reed Army Medical Center orthopedic chief resident. Branson and acquaintance T E Brach of Pike County Pa traveled from Washington to Florida briefly. Branson was found beaten near U S 17 and State Road 220.
About 1,900 workers at the Lincoln-Mercury plant in Hazlewood Missouri stayed home in a walkout begun Thursday night. Union leader Aaron Brown called it unauthorized and said he did not know the reason, aiming to contact other officers to end the action. No picket lines were set.
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