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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1954
Page
3
Sixteen year old James Frederick Kober is jailed on an attempted robbery charge as police probe his romance with 35 year old landlady Dorothy Snow. He says he loves her and plans to marry her, while Snow denies any affair beyond friendship.
At the Inter American Economic Conference in Quitandina Argentina and Cuba backed a Chilean plan for an Inter American fund funded from Latin nations' deposits and credits. Jaime Debot Velasco and Jorge Prat outlined steps to speed development, including regional trade, tax elimination, and a Latin American payments union to settle debts.
The Metropolitan Water District authorized a temporary rate adjustment to balance water use between seasons. From December 1 to December 31 the charge is $8 per acre foot, $18 for treated water, and $10 for softened water, with different rates through other months. Directors expect use studies next year to shape future rates and encourage winter irrigation planning.
Stephen Stuart, pharmacist, must appear in Santa Monica Superior Court on a moonslaughter charge in the death of a one year old, Peter James Sils, last July 1. Prosecutors say the prescription filled caused lethal sodium nitrite exposure, not sodium citrate as labeled.
Police chemist describes a large blood stained spot on the basement stairs found July 23 at the Sheppard house. The testimony follows multiple witnesses about lights, beach activity, and a single left thumbprint on Marilyn Sheppard's bed. Defense counters that thumbprint could be from a kiss goodbye.
The Marine Corps League of Long Beach presents its third annual vaudeville benefit "Hollywood Varieties of 1954" at 8:30 p.m. in Municipal Auditorium featuring Jackie Coogan and other headlining artists. Proceeds aid welfare work for Marines and families. a 40-piece accordion band and a color guard will be part of the program.
In New Delhi U S Ambassador George V Allen presented India with a gift of emergency medical supplies valued at 100000 dollars for flood victims.
Former President Herbert Hoover told German and foreign reporters in Bonn that European security hinges on the Paris agreements to free West Germany and on building armed deterrents. He urged not to abandon defense and argued that neutrality offers no safety for free nations facing possible major conflict.
William Dana Ellingen, 49, guilty of murdering his wife Geraldine near San Bernardino after admitting to stabbing her with an ice pick on May 3. He claimed to have disposed of her body by throwing it from a mountain road and later led officers to the scene, though no remains were found. Ellingen faces sentencing December 14.
Ann Dewey 77 mother of Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York was found dead in bed at her Owosso home by housekeeper Mrs Pearl Macey. Coroner Dr William Scarlett called it a heart attack and death occurred in her sleep. Dewey had flown to Florida and plans for funeral were pending his arrival.
World Health Organization backs second Asian Malaria Conference in Los Angeles as officials report a three month narcotics probe ending with the arrest of Bennett, a suspected international heroin wholesaler, after a bullet sparked chase in which $50,000 of heroin was seized. Agents traced Bennett to Houston before a trap outside his apartment led to his capture. Bennett denied ownership of the seized bag found nearby.
Los Angeles hotel plans a court appeal after the State Board of Equalization refused a liquor license for the nearly finished Beverly Hilton Hotel. Attorney Bentley Ryan announced the move and argued liquor sales would not affect children at the grammar school across the street, despite the 600 foot distance ruling.
Chicago port halted 30 minutes as private pilot Frank Stewart 32 from Danville Indiana, flying a rented Piper Pacer, became lost in dense clouds over the metropolitan area. He landed safely at Fort Sheridan after nearly two hours, returning to Urbana, and vowed to fly again.
The weekly Literary Gazette reports Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea will soon be published in Hungarian. It is the first Western non Communist work in Hungary in over five years and comes after Hemingway won the Nobel Prize this year.
The first contingent from Britain's Middle East headquarters in the Suez Canal Zone arrived in Nicosia Cyprus to set up a new operations center. An additional 1 500 troops are scheduled to follow within a week.
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