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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1953
Page
5
Councilman Cecil Crew is appointed to the Orange County Water District board of directors, announced by Mayor Hugh Warden. The move elevates local leadership to a regional utility role, signaling continued council influence over water governance.
The will of Isaac Anderson Loeb filed in probate court allocates a 714386 estate to create Loeb Farm School for Jewish Children on 200 acres in Hancock County Indiana. Loeb died Sept 29 at 84 and urged Jews to take up farming, noting their success in art science business but not farming.
In Los Angeles a 40 year old widower Charles Akens stood 11 stories up on a hotel pool edge. Officer W H Giles blocked his jump offering to let him use the service revolver to end his life. The gun was unloaded first and Akens was pulled to safety. Police said the crisis followed his wife’s death and fear for his children.
A stolen car driven by a 12 year old and three other youths up to 16 damaged a fire hydrant on Stanbridge Ave last night. Water was off for hours while crews fixed the main. The youths, unharmed, were taken to the juvenile bureau and returned to parents. Separately, Edwin E. Spencer Jr proposed Magnolia Pier passenger service to Catalina Island, asking for a franchise and state permission for The Thunderer PT boat. He cited a $6.80 round trip fare for adults and discounts for children.
A Mexican dinner will be served by members of the Women's Association of the Lakewood First Presbyterian Church at the parish house 4403 Snowden Ave from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday Proceeds will go to the church building fund.
Edna Mae Burton, 44, of 45 E Sixth St, was struck by a car while crossing Atlantic Ave at Sixth St. She suffered hip abrasions, elbow and hand injuries and was taken to Seaside Hospital for observation. Driver Jane Ellen Benfield, 22, of 1116 Gardena Ave Apt 4, said she failed to see the pedestrian in time to stop.
Senator McCarthy charged a Harvard physics professor who helped develop top secret radar for the Army Signal Corps during World War II refused to reveal whether he ever supplied any data to Communists. The witness, unnamed, testified at a closed hearing of the Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee, saying he was a communist neither now nor on March 1, 1951, and declined to answer the question.
British boxer Randy Turpin had an assault charge withdrawn by the accuser Adele Daniels 24 who plans a civil damage suit for 100000 The decision followed a two hour conference with Magistrate Louis Fusco as Turpin agreed to place 10000 in escrow to cover potential damages before sailing to Great Britain on the Queen Mary this afternoon
Kirby Page of La Habra concludes his lecture discussion series at Hay Shore Community Congregational Church today at 1 pm. He will speak on Redeemed by Doing the Will of God, followed by group commentary and discussion.
United Nations observers protest Red tactics used on prisoners of war as neutral parties report stalling by Communists. Only 59 of 1844 Chinese and Korean prisoners interviewed requested repatriation, with 20 Chinese and 39 Koreans among 831 and 913 respectively having asked to go home before Wednesday. American observer voices anger at Indian chairmen for extending interviews despite anti Communist sentiment.
Mrs George P Taubman Jr resigns as Southwest Region chairman of the American Association for the United Nations to join the United States Committee for the United Nations International Children's Fund as a director and regional chairman She plans to continue UN support and notes stronger US participation under the current administration.
Workmen dismantling a Japanese army tank brought from Saipan uncovered the remains of two Japanese soldiers who died in the Saipan fighting during World War II. The rusted hulk was found in Kawasari, Japan, offering a grave reminder of the battle.
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