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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1956
Page
2
Louisville grandmother Ed J Kemper, 49, halted a raid on a tavern after seizing a cigar box of money she believed linked to gambling. The suspect, Raymond C McGuire, 53, faced charges of operating a handbook. the case was dismissed due to lack of evidence. Kemper vows to leave actions to God and police.
In Lincoln Gov Victor Anderson Republican reported to the secretary of state a ten dollar primary expense the filing fee. Frank Sorrell Democratic nominee said he spent nothing with petition sponsors paying his filing fee. Both had one opponent. such costs usually run into thousands. In Montgomery three women lunching on a rooftop watched fire crews and Police Commissioner Sellers intervene as a possible jump attempt prompted nets and ladders.
A 10-year-old boy in Detroit was saved from serious injury when a large pizza cushioned his head during a fall from a moving car. William Shelhart held the pizza as a cousin, Thomas Esse, turned. the door opened and he toppled out, landing on the pavement with only a bruised knee, the pizza destroyed. Also described is a separate fire in Cambridge, Ohio caused by a smoldering cigar butt dropped by a bird, damaging a two story frame house owned by Mrs. Ulric Warne. Fire Chief H. S. Callihan noted the nest as the origin of the blaze.
The House Judiciary Committee majority backed the Eisenhower civil rights bill as a step toward equality under law, while seven Southern members denounced it as dangerous to state and local authority. The measure, approved April 23 by the 32 member panel, faces House Rules clearance and is unlikely to pass the Senate where filibusters have blocked similar measures.
Prime Minister Nehru proposed a five point plan to end Algeria violence. He called for an immediate halt to bloodshed between French and rebel forces and voiced deep concern at the large scale conflict. French Premier Mollet urged a cease fire and free elections once calm is restored.
In a St Louis tax conspiracy trial, an oil company executive revealed 25 checks totaling 1418 to an ally of former President Truman aid Corroborating evidence linked to Matthew Connelly and T Lamar Caudle, as government prosecutors claim acts were intended to influence the Sachs tax case. The hearings also touched on prior attempts to bring charges in 1950, with other witnesses expected to testify.
Fragmented OCR text from a newspaper notice lists an address Love Beach and a bureau of circulation. It hints at a weekly period and a monthly rate of 45 or related figures. The readable items are incomplete, lacking clear dates or actions.
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