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Newspaper

Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1954

Page

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Frozen 16-Year-Old Inca Girl Found On Mount El Plomo

Chilean anthropologists study the perfectly preserved body of a 16 year old Indian girl found in a cave near Mount El Plomo, about 90 miles west of Santiago. The burial is dated to five centuries ago and the remains are kept in a refrigerated chamber at the Museum of National History. A clear oil and blood oozed from the body during descent.

Santiago Chile Andes Mountains Mount el Plomo Lead Mountain Museum of National History

Rain Blamed for Accidents in Long Beach Storm

A northern storm dumped over an inch of rain on Long Beach causing widespread flooding and two critical injuries from traffic accidents. Recurring heavy rain, small craft warnings for winds 20 to 30 mph, and a seasonal total rising to 11.88 inches are noted. Atherton Street faced flooding near Litchfield Avenue, with a husband and wife knocked down by a car at 2 a.m. as they crossed Pacific.

Long Beach Weather Bureau Joan Atherton St Litchfield Ave Acer Pacific

Boost Budget to 1 4 Billion Peak

Sacramento AP says the Assembly received a record 1954-55 budget totaling 1 433 724 510, over 10 million above Knight's request. Ways and Means added 10 875 626, raising the total to 29 million over last year's 1 3 billion authorized. Auditor Posy noted expenditures would exceed revenues.

Sacramento Assembly Knight Ways and Hi. E. Degimotive A. Alan Posy Denver Mountain News Sn Ofor Offi Rocky Mountain Arsenal Gcinis Fryllgie Army Chemical Arsenal Miles Highye Bullene Vue Baeley Sinvendain Newsauld

Sengs Endorse Aml For Assembly To Fund California Veterans

The Sengs unanimously approve a measure totaling 9 475,000,000 to continue state financing in California for veterans buying homes and farms. The bands are self-liquidating as an assembly vote moves forward.

Sengs California Lesixtati Assembly

22 Servicemen Die in Two Plane Crashes

A C 119 Flying Boxcar bound for New York crashed in heavy rain near Annapolis Maryland killing 18 aboard. Earlier a B25 bomber crashed near Amelia Virginia killing four. Andrews AFB officials said deaths included 21 Air Force personnel, five Navy, one Army, and one Marine. The Ardmore Oklahoma based plane belonged to the 744th Transport Carrier Squadron. A separate Greenland crash left seven aboard with a forced landing north of Thule.

Annapolis Air Force New York An Foren Andrews Air Force Base Washington den Pris Airy Force Amelia Belover Andrews Navy Army Marine Corps Ard More Olle 744Th Trang Calife Air Arew Bolling Air Force Base Mitchel Field Long Island Jothian Copenhagen Ile U.S. Air Force Thule Greenland Rucgey

Boy Eight Admits Playing With Matches At Plant Fire

In Somerville Massachusetts an eight year old boy confessed to playing with matches in the Colt Bottling Co plant shortly before a Thursday night fire. The blaze caused three million dollars in damage to the plant and five nearby homes. Police say the boy was alone in the bottling firm’s yard about half an hour before the fire began. No charges were filed against the juvenile and authorities will seek mental examination for him.

Somerville Mass Colt Bottling Co Police J. Thomas F. O'Brien Tnomes Dukk Jho State O'Brien

Ike Inks Huge Farm Price Support Bill

President Eisenhower signed a bill raising farm price supports by 1.759 billion dollars, boosting borrowing power of the Commodity Credit Corp to 8.5 million, with funds to cover this year’s crops. CCC has invested about 6.5 billion in surplus stocks including cotton and wheat, and may seek more funds if harvests are unusually heavy or business slows. Five other youths aged six to nine were questioned and released.

Washington UPI Presi Gent Eisenhower Agriculture Department Morris Commodity Credit Corp Sunkim Ana Aorigorp Minar Cp

Weatherlike curling rain through Sunday with strong winds

Heavy intermittent rain moves in through Sunday as small craft warnings persist for south or southeast winds of 20 to 30 mph, shifting to southwest by Sunday. The forecast calls for increasing gusts and choppy seas along affected coastal areas.

Tanks Drift on Flooded LB Street Near Thompson Site

Four 10,000 gallon tanks floated from Thompson Tank and Manufacturing at 219 E Wardlow Rd as floodwater reached Cherry Ave. and Wardlow Rd. One tank drifted to a Livingston Rock and Gravel Co. parking lot about 200 feet away. The others grounded sooner while water backed up to the Thompson shop and cars could not pass.

Thompson Tank and Manufacturing Co E. Wardlow Rd Cherry Ave Wardlow Rd Thompson S. A. Garvey Livingston Rock and Gravel Co Garvey Thompson Shop

Eisenhower Holds Indochina Talks With Aides

President Eisenhower conferred over Indochina for more than an hour with Secretary of State Dulles and defense chiefs. No announcement followed. He also met Gen. Douglas MacArthur yesterday and planned further talks with Defense Secretary Wilson and Admiral Radford. General Paul Fouzy Fly of the French armed forces arrived for meetings with Eisenhower.

Washington Eisenhower Indochina Dulles Defense Ichiefs Ipresident Douglas MacArchue Tiefense Wilson Admr Arthur W. Radford Paul Fly Ioydochina

Where to find it in the newspaper

A brief navigation note lists sections by page: Boyle on B-3, Churches on A-1 and 5, Classified on B-4 to B-9, Comices on B-10, Crossword on A-4, Financial on A-2, Obituaries on B-3, Radio and TV on B-3, Schools on A-2, Shipping on A-2, Sports on A-8, Theaters on B-2, Tides and Temperatures on S-2.

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Mailbox mishap and kitchen mixer trap in Philadelphia

Two separate incidents in Philadelphia yesterday left residents injured but unharmed. A man became entangled in a mailbox mechanism when his coat sleeve caught on a post and the mailbox lid closed sharply. In a second case Mrs. Ciara Bender trapped fingers in an electric mixer while cooking, police freed her by sawing away the blades at a nearby garage. her fingers were bruised but not life threatening.

Raymond A. Thomas Thomas Postal Department Trem No Ciara Bender Philadelphia John Thomas Henry Weiner

Big Name to New Charges in McCarthy Army Inquiry

Sen Mundt said he will appoint a nationally known figure as chief counsel for the Senate probe into the McCarthy Stevens dispute. He plans to talk by phone with the nominee today and disclose the name if agreed by McClellan. McCarthy also pressed 20 counts against the Democratic party, calling for a verdict from the American people.

Aid M'Carthy McCarthy Washington Sen Mundt R.-S.d Ciiet Senate Sen. McCarthy R.-Wis Secretary of the Army Stevens McClellan Mundi L Mundt Sen. McClellan D.-Ark Senate Investigations Subcommittee Army Pvt G. David Schine Subcommittee Roy M. Cohn Schincp WLU

Two Youths Abducted and Robbed in Downey

Two teenage boys, Frank A. DeCrisi 16 and Raymond H. McCall 15, were abducted and robbed by three youths near Firestone and Downey Boulevards after being forced into a car at gunpoint. They were later dumped unharmed after about 45 minutes. A separate armed robbery at 9205 Tirestone Boulevard yielded $255 from liquor store clerk Charles H. Miller. Earlier, a daylight beauty-shop holdup at 5737 Oak Avenue netted $32. Deputies noted the escape car was stolen minutes before the Downey incident.

Downey Firestone Sheriff's Deputies Frank A. DeCrisi Borson Raymond H. McCall Vio Uquor Tirestone Blvd Charles H. Miller Mattock St Miler Downey Arena Oak Ave Bellflower Minnie W. Barrow E. Rosecrans Ave

San Diego Resident Dies After Long Life in Two States

San Diego resident JaWlld Gonzales, a Mexican native who moved from Yuma eight years ago, died at 116. He lived in Arizona 105 years before moving to California and is survived by 24 children and 64 grandchildren. His eldest son Manuel Gonzales, 73, of Phoenix, is named.

Saly Virgu JaWlld Gonzales Mexico Yuma Ariz Gonzales Francisco Madrid Arizona California Manuel Gonzales Phoenix

Vernal equinox humor and springtime weather lore

The piece jokes about the vernal equinox at 7:54 p m with comical forecasts of fever and strange happenings. It cites poets Alfred Lord Tennyson and Henry Van Dyke and remarks on how spring affects love, homemaking, and mood, mocking seasonal clichés.

Alfred Lord Tennyson England T. B. Read Henry van Dyke

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