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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1954
Page
3
A two engine B25 bomber crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Friday night during an unauthorized flight. Wreckage spread over a 40 yard area and no survivors were apparent as crash boats could not approach the site due to low tide. A crane barge was ordered to search for bodies while officials at Keesler Air Force Base work to identify those on board.
Bonn reports the German government will rearm under a U S lend lease plan. American tanks aircraft guns and heavy gear would equip a 590000 strong force under Paris accords. Initial cost seen at about 9.5 billion with Germany bearing much of the load. U S may provide 4.76 billion in equipment.
An 84-year-old Sherman Lewis fought off a four-person holdup at his second hand store on Friday night. Three men and a woman entered the store in a rural area and pretended to buy wedding rings before a confrontation. Lewis grabbed a pistol, shot one assailant, and escaped to summon police. Police found the robbers empty handed upon arrival. one robber injured.
The trial recounts conflicting alibis and expert testimony about the pillow imprint and wristwatch, with the defense arguing alternate killers and the state pressing that Dr. Sam Sheppard murdered his wife. Homicide Detec tive Schottke testified to inconsistencies in Sheppard's statements and police bias.
London reports strong indications the Soviet Union plans a fast European security system in response to the West's NATO. Marshals Zhukov Sokolovsky Rokossovsky lead details of a new alliance while Red East Europe lacks a single command. Western powers dismiss the Soviet bid for Nov. 20 talks.
Nationalist and Communist air forces exchanged heavy blows near Formosa. Nationalists reported Red bombers supported by fighters raided Pisha Island, wounding two. Nationalist fighters hit Communist gun positions on Touren Island as raids continued around the Tachens. Quemoy and Amoy frontier artillery exchanges persisted to the south.
Miss Peterson 57 of Laguna Beach sues George Cruickshank and wife, a Carmel hospital, and Belmont sanitarium for 150000 claiming unlawful confinement after a breakdown triggered by Cruickshank’s broken marriage promise. Psychiatrist testifies she was grossly disturbed while shock therapy helped. trial enters final arguments as judge plans jury submission Tuesday.
Manuel M. Gutierrez, 25, was stabbed near 18800 Pioneer Blvd as two men, George L. Perez and Isabel Perez, both 25 and 23, were held for assault with intent to murder. Gutierrez received emergency surgery at St. Helen's Hospital after officers found him bleeding and collapsed near the beer parlor.
Carson City reports LA residents seeking weekend relief from smog may find it in Las Vegas as Governor orders a Monday meeting of state agencies to reduce air pollution there. Representives of a manganese company were invited to attend.
The Army announced the 351st Infantry Regiment formerly part of the Trieste garrison will sail home next month. It will relocate to Camp Rucker, Alabama, after leaving Trieste in October following the Italy Yugoslavia Adriatic agreement. The unit and others have since been stationed at Leghorn, Italy.
Federal judge in Cleveland sentenced 36 year old Elmer W. Smith, a Amherst post office money order clerk, to one year in prison after he was convicted of stealing 4457 dollars by faking totals on an adding machine tape. He had been named Amherst’s Man of the Year twice.
Lt. Herman L Kaapr of Novato Calif parachuted from an all weather jet interceptor and landed safely after the aircraft exploded in flight south of Castle Air Force Base. He reported by telephone from a Los Banos farmhouse that he was unhurt about four and a half hours after the mishap.
The article describes a White House drill with officials including Hagerty and Hobby assessing remote operation readiness and emergency relocation. It details bomb shelters repurposed as offices, with agencies preselecting relocation sites within 80 miles of Washington and ensuring critical records are cached at non target locations.
Mr and Mrs Jack Crown of Long Beach joined Vice President Nixon and his wife in New York awaiting a Bahamas vacation. The Nixons were entrained from Washington and will fly to Nassau aboard a British Overseas Airlines craft with a Secret Service guard. Fog and bad weather forced a route change from Washington via Miami.
A cotton blouse worn by 11 year old Jeannette Earnest at last sighting Tuesday was found in a Missouri culvert east of Lebanon. The garment with stains like blood was identified by the girl's aunt. Police said Thurman Priest, 48, of Grand Prairie Texas, has been charged with kidnapping. Priest denied knowledge of the disappearance and underwent a truth serum test with little result. The search broadened to Missouri after reports a man matching Priest and a female companion checked into a Baxter Springs Kansas tourist court. Bloodstains and a broken earring were located in Priest's St. Louis area cabin.
For a second day heavy fog and misty rain slowed harbor work and crippled air traffic in New York. La Guardia closed all runways with no landings or takeoffs as airlines shifted flights to Idlewild and Newark. Visibility was about a quarter mile?
Delegates from 80 organizations gathered in Emporia Kansas to organize a Kansas Council of World Affairs at the second Governor's Conference on World Affairs. The group aims to coordinate state wide activities and promote global understanding.
Senator Morse says a censure resolution against Senator McCarthy would be offered if needed and that the American people will demand a vote before the December 24 adjournment. The article notes McCarthy's hospitalization for an elbow injury and the Senate’s recess on the issue until November 29.
1st Lt. Cherles C. Anderson may serve up to a year while courts review his sentence of dismissal for mistreating trainees at Camp Gordon. The case awaits Brig. Gen. Francis Howard and higher reviews. Anderson remains on duty at Camp Gordon during proceedings.
In Los Angeles police guard the home of slain grocer Davi Nagin after his widow Marie and daughter Fredericka recounted a threatening call. Marie Nagin described a caller promising to finish the job. A gunman, who fled after wounding Marie, is believed injured. Police hunt for a suspect named Danny Doodle connected to burglary notes.
Madrid enters mourning as 77 year old sculptor and Spanish Academy of Fine Arts member Jacinto Igueras Fuentes dies of leukemia. He is survived by his wife four sons and a daughter.
Hill maintains lead in Pan American race as multiple accidents mar the event. Long Beach native Foullmer survives a brutal incline crash that killed copilot Ford Robinson of Sherman Oaks. Other incidents involve Jack McAfee, Franz Hemmenich, Rudolf Herzog, and Carroll Shelby, with prize money totaling 117200 for Ciudad Juarez finish.
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