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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1955
Page
3
Salt Lake City police report a man with a police badge swindled $9,000 from Mrs. Simon Rosenblatt 65. He claimed her son Bernard, about 30, was kidnapped and demanded ransom, but the con artist pocketed the money and vanished. The police call it a well planned confidence job.
Washington action delays a hearing on an administration backed bill to empower the government to bar suspected spies from defense plants. No new Gate. witnesses from Defense and Justice were to appear. Sen. Butler expected Ralph Stohl, Pentagon security officer, to disclose sabotage threats.
Bonn Germany revived German airline Lufthansa heads for its transatlantic test flight tonight A Super Constellation with crews and technicians due at Idlewild at 9 20 am Wednesday Intermediate stops planned for Frankfurt and Shannon Ireland Several such test flights before a twice weekly service between Hamburg and New York starts June 8
A fishing vessel named S. Gonzales sank in the Gulf of Mexico late Monday night. Two crew members, Oscar Olsen of Sweden aged 63 and Raymond Sheffield of Mobile aged 45, are missing. Eight others were rescued. Skipper Eric Lindberg, 63, said the ship was crowded into a sea buoy by an outbound freighter, which left the area unidentified.
Retired Vice Admiral Walter N. Vernoy, once naval aide to President Roosevelt from 1932 to 1934, was found dead at his Coronado home Monday night. Deputy Coroner E O MacFadden said death appears natural and occurred shortly before discovery. He retired from the service in 1942.
Health officials led by Salk and O Connor assessed Cutter vaccine issues as testing and production standards are reevaluated. The Public Health Service aims to publish rapid updates while weighing plant inspections and data to guide summer inoculation programs amid ongoing clinical reviews.
The Toronto bulletin notes 69 violent deaths on Canada’s initial summer long weekend. It mentions a Queen Victoria observance on May 24 and a traditional kickoff to summer with a holiday in her honor.
The speaker recalls youth struggles with delinquency and his path from Champaign to University of Illinois and becoming an Olympic decathlon champion. He urges prevention of juvenile crime, reflecting on conversations with youths in churches and police stations, and emphasizes personal responsibility and community action.
GPI union drivers and St. Louis building material firms reached an agreement today expected to end a 23 day strike that tied up about 80 million dollars of construction work in the area.
Reported remarks indicate the United States rejects German neutrality and may discuss traffic between West Germany and Berlin at the Big Four foreign ministers meeting. Dulles suggests this as a possibility while Soviet zone authorities levy heavy taxes on Berlin bound truck shipments. Some US officials favor moving certain occupation forces from Austria into Italy to support North Atlantic pact defenses.
SAN DIEGO The search for the abandoned raft Lehi II resumed after a pilot could not sight the raft or the salvage tug Brason carrying its owners Ed Torray and Al Martin. The raft left San Francisco three weeks ago aiming for Hawaii and a Navy report last Saturday placed it near Ensenada, as authorities pursue the drifting vessel.
Sacramento discussion considers opening municipal reservoirs to public fishing if the State Public Health Department approves. Assembly Ways and Means Committee recommended adoption. Introduced by Assemblyman S C Masterson. Critics warn of costs for new filtration facilities. supporters cite 40 years of safe fishing in San Diego County reservoirs.
Idaho Health Department prepared a detailed report for Dr. Jonas E Salk on the polio outbreak now totaling 58 cases with four deaths linked to the Salk vaccine program. The department reported eight new cases and identified Peter Rockne among the fatalities, a Boise man who died after his children were inoculated.
Outgoing U S Far East Air Force commander General Earle Partridge will visit Taipei on Thursday to bid farewell to Nationalist China leaders and receive the Grand Cordon of the Cloud and Banner the highest decoration for foreigners. He heads to Manila then Tokyo before taking a post as Chief of the Continental Air Command.
In Banning California police report nine year old Roger Deason Jr killed himself with a .12 gauge shotgun on Monday night. The boy left a note indicating distress over his jailed father, Roger Deason Sr. a 27 year old plasterer held on burglary charges with sentencing set for May 27. Deputies plan to arrange for the father to attend the boy’s funeral.
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will visit Washington next month for courtesy talks with President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles. He will receive an honorary doctorate from Harvard on June 16 and is not expected to discuss major topics.
The Old North Church steeple restoration starts with placing the first of several 46 foot white oak beams. Siding, spire, and weather vane follow as McGraw Construction Co plans to finish by August, one year after Hurricane Leo toppled the original structure.
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