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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1954
Page
3
Japanese reaction to American hydrogen bomb tests grows as two more fishing boats near Bikini Atoll show radiation. The Lucky Dragon and other vessels were quarantined but personnel appeared to recover. U S and Japanese officials exchange notes with no clear blame.
House Republicans reject Speaker McCarthy amid intra party tensions sparking leadership doubts and calls for alternative strategies as party factions clash over legislative priorities and upcoming votes.
Foggia Italy government agents arrested Carlo Verelli 24 a member of the Italian Communist party in a crackdown on a spy ring operating near the city jail port one of Italy s major ports. Verelli joins 10 other alleged ring members cracked this week in a third wave of espionage arrests in eight months.
A 14 year old Norwalk youth reports a gang of five boys attacked him with razor blades near Centennial Junior High School. He was slashed on arms and shoulders. his clothes were shredded. Deputies say injuries are serious but not life threatening. The assailants have harassing him at home, visiting three times with threats.
Governor Knight may commute the death sentences of two inmates amid a controversial clemency review. Wells, a five time boxer with 26 years in prison, could avoid execution under a rarely used constitutional provision requiring Supreme Court input for repeated felon convictions. The decision concludes a long, controversial case with supporters urging mercy and critics warning against risk.
Consoli dated Wholesale Florists Corp announced a dawn cocktail party to unveil its new Midtown Manhattan quarters. Flower buyers, growers, and newsmen were invited at 6:50 a.m. Monday to sip eye-openers as New York's fresh flower market began operations.
Lt. Louis Shoulders former police officer linked to the Greenlease kidnapping was married Friday to his landlady Miss Jane Marie George, 30. Shoulders, 53, acknowledged the marriage but gave no details as he awaits federal perjury trial stemming from grand jury lies about the $600,000 ransom. Dolan and Shoulders face charges over handling of the ransom money.
Search for a five passenger biplane continues as authorities confirm the wreckage found in Bailey Canyon north of Sierra Madre yielded the body of Sgt William Skinner of George Air Force Base. Skinner had been missing since June 6 after leaving Victorville to fly to Compton. Three young women aboard the storm flight are named Flora Bell Kidwell Joan Berger and Bobbie Gay. Frances Kidwell sister says they planned a brief trip to El Centro and a vacation in the border city.
Knights of Columbus Council 987 will award major degrees Sunday in Town Hall 835 Locust Ave starting at 1 p.m. A banquet follows at 7 p.m. Southern California Chapter president Farsy Mowat will speak. Guests include State Warden Lou Miers and Grand Knight Joseph Sousa as master of ceremonies.
Sgt Maurice Schick a former Sunday school teacher was sentenced to death by hanging for the urging to kill the 9 year old girl Susan Rothschild in Canonsburg Pennsylvania. A board of three generals and four colonels found him guilty and ordered execution for strangling Rothschild on Nav 21.
A court martial case features Schick denying murder charges while claiming insanity amid a broader report of planned explosive tests at Eniwetok Bikini and a postponed atomic project. Details mention a baby girl Susan, hospital care, and Pentagon sources signaling delays and official statements.
Lakewood Councilman Robert W. Baker says he is almost a native of California and the youngest of five on the council. The veterans, engineer, and family man discusses the Lakewood Plan to contract city services with the county while pursuing youth guidance and recreation programs.
Chief Justice Earl Warren led ground breaking for a $17,000,000 Los Angeles courthouse project to house county and municipal courts. He urged that good tools attract good judges as work began on Friday, with 97 courtrooms planned and a two year completion target.
Six legislators met in Sacramento to reconcile a 17.5 million gap between Assembly and Senate versions of the state budget. The chamber adjourned until Monday as the conferees from both houses pressed to settle discrepancies over a 1.5 billion spending plan for the 12 months starting July 2. Leaders from both sides signaled possible compromises on liquor license profits and administration structure, with key figures Ber Hulse James J. McBride and J Howard Williams among the Senate conferees.
Police widen search for Jeanne Patton, 33, a waitress from Fullerton who vanished after leaving Long Beach cafe where she worked. Husband Louis Patton filed a missing person report, fearing abduction. she is described 5 feet 5 inches, 130 pounds in a waitress uniform. Children, ages four, are being cared for by Jeanne's sister Lois Hall at 122 West Maple Avenue.
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