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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1956
Page
7
Novice candidate leads Republicans as Maine politics center on state race. Governor hopeful with prior roles as ex-attorney general and party organizer campaigns against incumbent, aided by figures Willis Trafl Lafleur and Alexander Lafleur in a contest shaping the state’s political future.
Seegeere Trafton, father of seven, won a light vote and will in September challenge Gov. Edmund S. Muskie. Muskie, unopposed in the primary, was a political giant when he won in 1954, marking the first Democrat win in Maine in 20 years. The September race revives 1954 candidates for the first district house seat.
An article notes fall fashion shifts for men with the Men’s Apparel Guild in California introducing new practical styles. It highlights short sleeves in cotton and silk blends, lightweight yet warm, with colorful stripes and autumn hues becoming the season’s standout shirts.
Elko Nevada reports Warren on a fishing holiday with plans to bass fish at Ruby Marshes and elsewhere in Bruneau. The piece notes fashion tips including two toned browns and blues sport coats and slim lapels for fall, plus corduroy jackets and suits with zipper fronts and fewer pleats.
In Sapporo two e year old boys died after a night of drinking with older friends. They collapsed against a window and were electrocuted by a 200 volt circuit. Investigators say soaked clothing and extreme intoxication increased the danger, though the current alone would not normally be lethal.
Hollywood court opened a custody dispute over five year old Nicholas Newton, son of the late actor Robert Newton. Superior Judge Harold Schweitzer ordered the probation department to investigate and report by August 1. Vera Newton seeks custody while neighbors Sydney Benson and Sally Newton Green contest, with Sally acting on the actor's sister Pauline Gates backing Vera.
A Maryland teenager and an 18 year old from Beltsville were found murdered in separate locations near Wheatland Virginia and in Catoctin Creek. Shelby Jean Venable 16 was strangled and her nude body found face down nine miles from where Mary Elizabeth Fellars 18 was found five days earlier. Cause of Mary Elizabeth s death undetermined but four days of tests confirmed strangulation for Shelby Jean.
A weather summary reports two tornadoes in western regions with relief from extreme heat in the northeast. The cool air spans from the northeast to the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, with record lows in Connecticut and a frost in northern New England. Thunderstorms occur across the central plains and Mississippi Valley as a boundary line shifts cooler air southward.
A doll carriage parade marked the Battle of Bunker Hill anniversary with 20 girls and one boy participating. Curtis Weisell, 3, won as the lone male entrant amid forecasts of thunderstorms from the Rockies to the Mississippi. Rain moved from the Pacific Northwest into Northern California and Idaho overnight.
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