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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1953
Page
10
A reporter vents about the coronation coverage grind, recalling a brutal eight hour vigil in Westminster Abbey. He describes tight collars, broken laces, crowded pews, and the discomfort of standing, with sharp notes on British patriotism and the relentless press workload.
Norman Ross, 57, longtime NBC radio and television disc jockey and former world swimming record holder, died Friday night in Evanston after a lengthy career that included five morning shows. A Stanford graduate and 1920 Olympic swimmer, he also served in the air forces during both world wars and worked for newspapers before joining NBC. His shows will continue as scheduled with no commercials.
A group of 16 Long Beach teachers will undertake a 10000 mile summer history tour in private cars. The trip, organized by Long Beach State College, offers three university credits. Ross A. Sciarrette will lead, with Dean Wesley Bratton planning the itinerary including Civil War battlefields TVA in Tennessee George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon Smithsonian Institution National Gallery of Art Philadelphia July 4 return slated for late July.
In Los Angeles Mrs. Edrick and her husband Robert J. Edrick fought over Captain a two year old boxer. The court granted the dog to Mrs. Edrick with the husband alone every other weekend until the divorce trial. The couple married in 1949 and separated two weeks ago amid allegations of cruelty.
Detroit police found 84 year old Charles Stickle after a daughter reported he had left home fifty years ago over a roomer. Stickle, living alone in a heat apartment, said he wanted to die in peace and had divorced in Texas after leaving his wife who refused to send the roomer away. He spoke of four children, noting only Mrs. Luning and Clarence Stickle survive. He spent decades in Detroit as a jeweler and later remarried. the second wife died last November. He now days fishing and waiting to die.
At a dinner meeting Friday evening Mrs. Betty Milton was seated as president of the Recovery Service Club. New officers installed include Virgil R. Scott as vice president Charles Dragoon as treasurer Katherine Wright as recording secretary Wiaurice Heaton as corresponding secretary Margaret Tindle and Verle Anken as board members Gene Stump executive secretary of the Long Beach Tuberculosis and Health Association installed the new officers. The club comprises persons who have retired from tuberculosis.
Coast to Coast Gen Hubner, former Omaha Beach commander and New York Civil Defense head, visited a Niagara Falls lunchroom to honor fallen troops. He recalled a guard’s bayonet test during WWII and thanked Betty Grable, Harry James, and others at a formalAstor Roof meeting.
Nanette Hallmer reports Dwight D. Eisenhower's grandson's White House visit and his quizzical question about Uncle Sam. The piece also notes Jimmy Carter’s Harlem donation, Batista’s cadets, Edna Ferber’s invitation refusal, and Filmland editors lampooning Hollywood’s broken homes edition.
BEVERLY HILLS DF A charge of prostitution against actress Dorothy Comingore was dismissed Friday in Municipal Court.
Beverly Hills Un probationary court records show actress Dolores Costello Barrymore 49 forfeited a $25 bail Friday after failing to appear to answer a drunken charge in municipal court.
Washington Senator Mundt cites more than 100 threats to his life this year, mostly from anonymous sources. He questions further hearings on the alleged Communist plot to kill McCarthy, noting witnesses would refuse to answer.
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