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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1955
Page
2
In Louisville a 15 year old advertised for work and ended up caring for Leslie Ann aged 18 months and Lynn aged 2 months for nine days after maid Donna Whitson left town and could not pay. The children were sent to a center when Brenda Wright’s parents alerted police.
A humorous columnist recounts a reader’s visit alleging his wife complains he cannot hear. A Beltone Selectometer test reveals hearing loss, leading to a Beltone Triple Transistor Hearing Aid fitting and a pitch for free electronic hearing analysis and appointments. The ad promises reduced home tension and richer social life with corrected hearing.
London port strikers vote to press a six week walkout to the bitter end. Northern port pickets reinforce London piers as the National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union fights with the TGWU over waterfront bargaining. The strike ties up hundreds of ships and exports amid union splits.
Argentina released 19 Radical Party leaders detained since the June 16 revolt against President Peron's regime. Four members remained in custody. Police in Eva Peron province announced arrests of two Communists and two Radicals on rumor-spreading charges as the attack on Peron's government prompted widespread security actions.
The U.S. Embassy announced the drowning death of Mary Ellen Hughes, 21, a secretary, while skindiving with a party of five Americans at Sokhna on the Red Sea, about 60 miles south of Suez.
A garbled publication notice from a Long Beach California paper mentions circulation audit data, matter of second class, postal details, and dates in a jumbled form. It references the USPS Audit Bureau of Circulation and ownership lines with scattered numbers and titles.
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