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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1956
Page
4
Long Beach swimmer Joann Maury formerly Joanne Roger and wife of Ron Maury, a swimming coach, was safely evacuated from Cairo as she travels to Melbourne for the Olympic Games. The report identifies her as a former U S indoor swimmer and notes her connection to Long Beach.
A Long Beach State College senior, part of a 423-member synchronized swimming troupe on a State Department tour, arrived in Cairo for an Oct. 27 exhibition. Hostilities erupted, a letter described British planes shot down, and swimmers were evacuated to safety aboard a US Army transport with 2,000 others.
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