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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1953
Page
3
Crossfield, 32, piloted the Skyrocket B-29 modified craft during a high speed test at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The rocket aided flight reached speeds around Mach 2, with altitude reports and details of the aircraft’s development and crew.
A sweeping Midwest snowstorm blanketed Nebraska and the Dakotas, cutting telephone lines in many towns and leaving at least two auto fatalities blamed on ice and poor visibility. The storm disrupted power across Minnesota and South Dakota, with 45,000 customers affected in one region, while weather officials said no major strengthening was expected.
The General Services Administration amended a contract with Harvey Machine Co of Torrance California allowing a two year period to sell an experimental alumina plant acquired from the government. Harvey must operate the plant in good faith during the two years and obtain written permission to sell any part. The firm paid 235000 for a plant that cost the government 500000, with the aim of extracting oxide of aluminum from clays, a project pursued after World War II amid excess demand, but the search remains unsuccessful.
Burglars unlocked an upstairs window at the Bellflower Herald Enterprise on Flower Street and pried off the safe door with an eight inch screwdriver, stealing 600 dollars. Officials said about 350 dollars in cash from an advertising account was left unused and could not be deposited that night.
Werrey Anderson appeals to the President to build a fence along a canal that has claimed 88 lives, including his young son Joe. He describes Joe's innocence, adventures, and the family’s struggle, urging action to prevent more losses and honor fallen children.
Berkeley reports the University of California Board of Regents approved a 15 to 2 increase in incidental semester fees from 27 to 42 dollars to cover a deficit from a new UCLA hospital. The higher fee begins July 1 and is expected to balance with UCLA expenditures by 1955. Regents Neylan and McFadden opposed the move citing cross campus taxation concerns.
Paramount resident John B arady, 22, of 8418 Elberg Street, was critically injured when his overturned car struck a right pole in front of the community center at 2 am. He suffered internal injuries and brain concussion. He was moved from Tweedy Industrial Hospital to Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital.
Washington area ceremony marks the return of Pvt Edward Dickenson a Virginia mountain boy who had rejected repatriation in Korea and later chose to rejoin his family The reunion at Andrews Air Force Base followed a long separation and he plans to reenlist despite family hopes he stay on the farm during his medical return and briefing by authorities.
A gas blast wrecked a home as neighbors escorted spectators away fearing another explosion. Three children narrowly avoided shrapnel like hail while Robert Wooten 8 was lightly injured by a roof pebble. Fate spared the family as Soucie family had postponed shopping. Gas workers and two county engines cleared rubble and checked adjacent homes.
Barbara Pinet, a 106 year old resident of 4108 Whittier Blvd, marked her birthday Friday. A charter member of the East Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce she also serves as an honorary member of the East Los Angeles Women's Club which she helped organize.
Fred E Tucker Jr a prominent Long Beach general contractor died at his home aged 43 He was a Greenwood Indiana native who came to Long Beach 34 years ago He studied at Polytechnic High School and USC and belonged to Kappa Sigma Alamitos Bay Yacht Club First Methodist Calvary Presbyterian He survived by wife Elizabeth Tucker parents Fred Sr and wife, a sister and a nephew Funeral services Monday at Sunnyside Cathedral chapel with entombment at Sunnyside Mausoleum Memorials urged to City De.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy announced that his investigating subcommittee will hold open hearings Tuesday in New York on communist infiltration at the Fort Monmouth Army radar center in New Jersey. He said witnesses would testify and that more open hearings would follow from time to time.
A girl died after an attack at the U S Army base near Camp Zama between Tokyo and Yokohama. She was found in a three feet deep ditch near an officer housing area. Ian Rothschild, a chemical officer, said she was alive when found and artificial respiration was used before she died on arrival at the 8168th Army Hospital. A large manhunt stretched from Tokyo to Yokohama as authorities roped off the area and searched for evidence.
The Singers Workshop staged Rose Marie to a capacity audience at Concert Hall Friday night. George Jack led the cast including Laura Killingsworth as Princess Koltish, Sheii Stennette in a key role, and Phyllis Davis as Wanda the Indian maid. Cecil Cunningham and Jim Kenyon impressed, with strong choral work directed by Blaine Ellefson and costumes by Betty Kimber. Rose Marie, Long Beach’s ambitious production, plays again tonight and Sunday.
New York profile of Lester B Dill, self styled cave showman and founder of Meramac Caverns near St Louis. He claims to be America’s most successful private cave operator with 26 miles of passages and an underground river. Since 1933 the cave has drawn 1.6 million visitors and he markets the site with music and daylight theatrics, noting cave safety in disasters and the blend of showman vs. scholar guides. He also recounts gimmicks with blind fish and a 11 pound catfish and comments on the subway showmanship contrast in Manhattan.
Mrs Rebecca Schapiro of 1358 Peterson Street asked the Press Telegram today to help locate her 10 week old crown cocker puppy named Rudy who disappeared Wednesday during a walk near Anaheim Street and Atamitos Avenue in the vicinity.
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