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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1954
Page
6
An advertisement touts Alfa-C-Plus as a natural herbal tablet giving rapid and lasting relief from arthritis and rheumatism. It claims immediate results and unique benefits, directing readers to Schulman's Health Food Stores at Pine Avenue locations and offering a phone contact.
Wesley Kehrt of Lubbock Texas was arrested in Anchorage after a nightclub brawl and charged with shooting to kill. The 31 year old Jesse Combs, an unemployed plumber from Shafter California, was hit by a bullet entering his right cheek and exiting below the ear. Kehrt remains jailed awaiting bail of 23 thousand dollars on the new charge.
In Nairobi Kenya an AP photo shows concealed Africans in hooded cloaks being escorted by British guards from a guard room to point out natives suspected of Mau Mau terrorism. The scene aims to preclude Mau Mau revenge as authorities tighten security.
CAIRO Egypt TM Abul Kheir Naguib owner of Al Gamhur Al Misti was sentenced to 15 years hard labor for conspiring against the government and colluding with foreigners to harm the state. Prosecution witnesses said he solicited funds from several Communist embassies and he was stripped of political and civil rights.
Charles E Ives, 79, Pulitzer Prize winning composer and insurance broker, died at Roosevelt Hospital New York. He began in life as a clerk for Mutual Life Insurance Co in 1947 and later formed his own brokerage firm Ives Myrick. The obituary notes his early career and his prominence in American music and business.
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