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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1954
Page
5
President Eisenhower signed a bill to abolish the Shoshoni Caverns National Monument in northwest Wyoming. The 210 acre site will be transferred to Cody city after Park Department approval.
An advertisement promotes Form A to reduce fat without drugs or dieting. It claims faster fat burning, appetite suppression, and reduced water retention, promising increased energy. It offers a free caloric counter with every tenth supply of Form L at Schulman’s, located at 142 and 623 Pine Ave.
A 41 year old Northridge man Wendell Martin Ringaalz received a five year federal sentence for extortion attempts against cosmetics maker Max Factor. He mailed and telephoned death threats and tried to obtain 30000 dollars. He was arrested March 15 by FBI agents after collecting a dummy package in a San Fernando Valley orange grove.
British star Gracie Fields and her Romanian husband Boris Alperovici have been granted Italian citizenship while she retains British nationality. The couple, long residents of Capri, confirmed the move in May and plan to remain on the island.
White refused to promise specific steps but said the Rio de Janeiro treaty could be invoked if needed. Officials noted the United States informed other American republics via embassies in Washington. Moscow was accused of using Communist agitators to stir unrest in Central America. Look for it in the Classifieds.
Severe thunderstorms and heavy rains flooded Roswell New Mexico with two rivers overflowing. National Guard reports 750 to 1000 homeless and damage estimates from 100000 to over a million dollars. Gov Mechem declared a disaster area and sent Guard units to assist.
The Defense Department plans to cut dependent care at the Corona Naval Hospital and Long Beach infirmary, citing private access for metro area dependents. About 100 Navy doctors will be reassigned by July 1, with limited out-patient services continuing and cross staffing under consideration. Corona Hospital reports delivering about 300 babies monthly, over half for Navy families, raising concern over potential infant mortality rises.
A giant secret balloon built by General Mills for the Office of Naval Research was released from the University of Minnesota Airport. It carried hidden instruments and was said to be at least the size of a 12 story building when fully inflated, with officials offering no immediate details.
Six year old Donna Mae Nation of 623 Gulf Ave. Wilmington suffered cuts and bruises after she darted into traffic along F Street west of Wilmington Boulevard Monday afternoon. The motorist Leonard Alkire, 53, of 1415 Fries Ave., was not held.
Vice President Nixon told a Washington ceremony that Americans should be grateful to live in a country with crop surpluses rather than shortages. He recalled the Far East tour, where hunger and long farm work hours were seen, as he attended Agriculture Department honors for 144 employees and 13 work units. The sword was awarded to Latone Wyaco, Zuni governor, for the tribe's forest fire fighting record in the West.
Evangelist Billy Graham announced in London that upon returning to the United States he will work to foster closer American British ties. His London crusade ends May 22 after drawing 1,386,500 attendees since March 1 with 28,209 publicly declaring conversion to Christianity. The appeal for London crusade costs reached $280,000, with more than $112,000 raised from the United States.
A daughter was born today at International Catholic Hospital in Tokyo to Mrs. Robert Bunson, wife of the Igasoaleseg Press bureau chief.
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