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Newspaper

Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1956

Page

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Sailor Wins 4000-Mile Race It's a Girl at St Mary's

Bosun's Mate Stephen Pryharski 23 edged the 4000 mile race to reach St Marys Hospital with his wife Jeanne 18 of 26 Third Pl. giving birth to a 15 ounce girl just after 4:30 am. Pryharski had sailed eight months aboard USS Kearsarge in the Far East before docking in San Diego and racing home to welcome his daughter.

Bosun Stephen Pryharski St. Mary's Hospital Viltage Tuys Pryharski Jeanne Ats A.m Piynirski Far East Kearsarge San Diego Navy Long ‘Beach Greyhound Pryharski Walter J. Schnee Coriiha St. Mary's Jesinne

1956 Tax Cut Curbs on Trade Seen Possible With Reds

Washington reports say Speaker Rayburn regards a 1956 tax cut as possible but not probable, amid a boosted mid year surplus of more than 1 billion dollars. Treasury figures cite a $1.828 billion surplus, with administrations eyeing debt payoff before any tax cuts. Democratic leaders watch fiscal moves closely while Republicans and President Eisenhower weigh balanced budget goals.

Washington Rayburn D-Tex Treasury Humphreys House Ways and Means Eisenhower Humphrey Percival Brundage Capitol Hill House Foreign Affairs Committee U. S Chaiman Richards D-Sc America Reds United States Alee Long Beach Unified Long Beach City College Gordon James Gedrhad Ocana Ave James N. Wilson Russell [Johnston O. M. Landreth City College Alfred D. Williams James J. Baker Virginia Anne Lehrouth Ostrom Ave

Girl in Iron Lung Tops Her Class at Lattimore High

Martha Mason, an 18 year old polio victim confined to an iron lung since 1948, graduates tops in her class at Lattimore High School. She maintained a 58.5 scholastic average aided by four teachers and her mother, planning to attend Gardners Webb College despite iron lung limitations and travel constraints.

Shelby N. C Martha Mason Lattimore High School Martha Vernie Piercy Bing Crosby Willard Maseh Gardners Webb College Boiling Springs

Young Mother Saves Two Boys in Key Lake

GUILFORD Conn AP A 26 year old former lifeguard Mrs Francis Gilloran leapt from dinner to rescue two boys from ice cold West Lake when one fell from a rowboat and another tried to pull him back. Her husband and guests aided as a dog Freckles barked from the bow. Three boats aided the rescue and all three youngsters reached shore safely.

Key Lake Guilford, Conn West Lake Tescue Francis Gilloran Freckles Gilloran Gillorans

Congress Set to Vote on Arms Aid Amid Election-Year Tensions

Rep Edna F Kelly notes the next vote will target President Eisenhowers request for three billion dollars in arms aid for the new fiscal year starting July 1. The amount triples last years arms aid and faces opposition from lawmakers seeking cuts in an election year.

Edna F. Kelly

Yachtsman Hangs Self After Leg Injury

A prominent yachtsman, Harry Bisseiljz Wyeth, 35, of Pasadena, died in Balboa after hanging himself with a cord attached to a traction pulley in his trailer. The coroner listed death as self-inflicted. his leg injuries from a prior auto crash left him despondent. He left a wife and two sons.

Balboa U Orange County Cor*roner Harry Bisseiljz Wyeth Pasadena Wyethi Atendance Wyeth Gearhardt Fron E. Ocean Blvd

Inch of Snow Falls on Liberty Town

An inch of snow fell in Liberty New York in the Catskills. The storm marks the latest snowfall memory in the area with temperatures dropping from 48 to 30 degrees and a May record low of 26 degrees noted by weather observer William George.

New York Town Liberty N.Y. G Catskill Mountain William George

Adlai Estes Shootings Darken Westminster Primary Day

Oregon reports a shipyard worker Logston killed his wife’s lover in Westminster then surrendered in Long Beach. The incident followed a marital breakup and a Kefauver Stevenson write-in attempt during Oregon’s primary, with heavy turnout and multiple political tensions.

Aeaaiy Shipyard Westminster Portland Long Beach Bel Gardens Oregon Pis Jurgeleit Tol George Jurgelei Patricia Howard D. Logston Multnomah Logston Quincy Ave D. W. Tubbs Stevenson Kefauver Cal Quincy Eisenhower Douglas Mur McKay Phil Hitchcock Orange ‘County Arej GOF

Where to Find It Classifieds And Pages

The notice lists sections and page references for sections such as Beach Combing and Classifieds on pages B-8, B-2, A-12, and A-9. It also mentions Death Notices Peel Rage and Vital Statistics on pages B7 and B9, with World Work on A-2.

HET Hal Boyle Peel Rage Fage BS

Wade Newlan Fire Escape After House Blaze

Wade Newlan awoke to a wall note misread as a call and escaped through a living room window with his brother and sister-in-law. Fire engulfed the home as heat and smoke forced their exit. Newlan was hospitalized for shock and burns. his brother Dale 28 and Dale’s wife Eunice were not harmed.

Wade Newlan API Land Omy Newlan Dare Ahock Dale Eunice

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Stork Sailor la Reen Ann Pryharski U.S Dehmuth Williams Lehmuth Charles Lemuth Jr Gebaram Calif VOR LXIX C.C. Pad Lpett Virginia Lehmuth Howard D. Logston Patricia Logston George “Burgeleit Adlai, Estes Lieble Newlan Steve Sharon Jurge
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