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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1955
Page
2
Red army ants chewed insulation off wires in San Fernando Valley signal boxes causing 56 short circuits in six weeks along Lankershim and Ventura Boulevards. Officials sprayed powerful ant poison around 1,000 signal boxes to halt the problem.
The Selective Service announced 1955-56 college qualification tests will be held November 17 and April 19. Students scoring 70 or above or in top percentiles may qualify for educational deferment. graduate students need 80 or in top quarter. Local draft boards decide final deferment eligibility pending appeal. Applications for Nov 17 are due by November 1. for April 19 by March 8. Information available at local draft board offices.
Undersecretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. and Foreign Aid Chief John H. Hollister flew to Korea for a brief visit after talks with Japanese leaders. Their plane was forced to return due to engine trouble, then departed again in a new aircraft later that day.
Arthur Harvey O'Connor faces a court ruling after his refusal to answer Senate investigators about Communist ties. Prosecutor Hitz argues privacy rights yield to national security inquiries. defense contends the question violates rights and privacy. O'Connor asserts constitutional protections and notes his ignorance of terms used by the question.
A quotation note references Baron Lytton and Edward Bulwer-Lytton with a 19th century gloss on love and idleness, noting it as a remark from English novels and drama. It appears as a literary aside rather than a news item.
Dr. William Saunders Reeves of Flemingsburg Ky will be on display for the second time in his 90 years on October 22 The tiny physician who weighed little at birth drew crowds when school dismissed for a look He has delivered about 3000 babies over 64 years of practice and weighs 84 pounds Today many visitors plan to shake his hand as he nears his birthday.
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