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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1948
Page
3
Chicago reports Ruth Slifer, 33, divorces Clyde Slifer for the fourth time in 14 years after 13 separations. Judge Sabath grants the final divorce as she cites cruelty and an ungovernable temper. She receives $25 weekly support for two children and notes multiple dismissed divorce bills since January.
Gallup offered to bring a crow to a political dinner where pollsters who miscalled the election would eat crow while President Truman ate turkey. A pollster close to Gallup accepted the invitation, saying they would attend at the President’s convenience despite Truman’s remark he did not want to crow over anybody.
In Albany November 5 1942 observers say Dewey's defeat stemmed from over-confidence rather than his own shortcomings. Dewey warned GOP workers not to relax as polls suggested an easy White House win. After conceding to Truman he questioned whether not reaching a 50 million vote total weighed on voters.
The article lists months left before the regu ion begins and notes a stepped up schedule for legislative committee meetings. It cites joint budget talks in Sacramento and meetings in Los Angeles San Francisco Santa Barbara Merced Stockton with chairs including Assemblyman Alfred W. Robertson and Senator W. F. Rich.
A Pennsylvania town along the Monongahela River becomes a field lab for a study on industrial fumes and public health after 19 deaths in three days. Experts say no single plant caused the deaths, but monitoring stations will be installed to deter future disasters and guide prevention in other valley communities.
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