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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1953
Page
2
A tiger escaped from a circus in Sydney today entering a home where 7 year old Mavis and 3 year old Hay slept. The animal licked Mavis as the mother shone a flashlight, the tiger vanished through a door into the street and was later found weak from blood loss.
Strange tale of a goat nicknamed Billy returning to West Point after an Army cadet led him there in a prank. Naval Academy officials denied kidnapping and Bernard Baruch visited. Billy stayed under guard as tensions between services produced lighthearted chatter and cloche watch on cadet rooms.
Two U S senators support a national drive against teenage crime as lawmakers study how to fund an extended inquiry. Senator Hendrickson seeks $200,000 more to cover the investigation through mid year next year while experts urge a permanent national institute and a five year program costing $100 million.
JOHNSTOWN PA UP A mother Evelyn Sullivan 32 and six children died in a four family apartment fire early today between 6 20 and 7 am. Three other children escaped with minor burns and two other families fled unharmed. Andrew Sullivan the father was away at work when the blaze started prompting Johntown fire units to battle the flames at the frame building.
Publication details for a Long Beach California paper dated March 16 1883 note daily circulation figures and postal registration under the March 3 1879 act. Includes mention of the Sixth Street and Fine Avenue location and the Auditor Bureau of Circulation.
French led units with Vietnamese troops tightened operations in the delta region near the Bukchu sector, reporting 23 Vietminh killed and 17 captured in a mop-up. They claimed 333 rebels killed and 616 captured during the week of fighting.
Washington confirms two shipping lines Matson Navigation Co and Atlantic and Gulf Hawaiian Islands Conference will cut rates by 50 percent on drought emergency feeds sent to distressed farmers in the Hawaiian Islands. The move backs relief efforts amid farm hardships.
The Central Valley Empire Association announced that twenty coeds from California universities will contend for the Maid of Cotton crown in California. Schools represented include University of California College of the Pacific San Jose State Redlands University Fresno State and University of Southern California.
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