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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1956
Page
1
A 17-year-old Los Angeles girl was held against her will for three hours by a man with a public safety item after a tire problem on the Long Beach Freeway. She was released in Bellflower then returned to Los Angeles with family confirmation of the incident.
President Eisenhower readies a second volley against Adlai Stevenson over draft reevaluation and H bomb test bans. He argues halting tests could let Russia nullify U S lead in nuclear weapons. White House released statements from Bellflower after a news conference.
A highway crew uncovered hundreds of nearly intact trees about 35 feet underground near Jefferson Iowa. Geologists say the black sandy silt layer trapped the trees dating back roughly 15,000 years during the Wisconsin glacial period. Iowa State College scientists will study the site next week and may order radioactive dating.
Adlai Stevenson visited New Haven and delivered a philosophic campaign speech to a predominantly Republican Yale student body. He faced a hostile reception and booing from Elis while lecturing on manners and democracy on their campus.
An engine room explosion aboard the Alcoa Corsair in New Orleans killed one engineer and injured ten crewmen. The ship, worth 55 million, was docked downtown and scheduled to sail at 11 a.m. for Caldad Trujillia in the Dominican Republic. The dead man was not identified pending kin notification.
A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted eight men of taking part in the $1,219,000 Brink's robbery the largest cash haul in U.S. history. Seven were found guilty of armed robbery. the eighth, Joseph F. Meis, was convicted as an accessory before the fact and to breaking and entering. McGinnis was acquitted on all charges. Defendants from greater Boston include Anthony Pino Vincent J. Costa Michael V. Geagan Adolph Maffie Henry Baker James Faherty and Thomas Richardson. They face up to life in prison and plan to appeal within 21 days.
President Eisenhower greets 14 year old Ames Iowa newspaperboy Andy Williams at the White House. Williams, chosen as a typical national paper boy, receives a packet of gifts including two pencils and a silver dollar dated 1890. He plans to become a surveyor and praised the boy’s community activities nationwide.
Multiple fatalities reported when three vehicles collided with poles and a tree near Bellflower and Santa Fe Springs. Victims include Judith Lienen 17 of Bellflower Harold Busyman 13 Artesia William Marxk 25 Torrance and others with injuries and ongoing hospital treatment. Police investigation centers on car driven by a 13 year old theft incident on American Ave and Hill St.
Coastal freighter Triggerfish capsized near Howe Sound about 1 am. Five survivors were rescued by Hornblower and taken to Vancouver. Eight ships and a Royal Canadian Air Force plane joined dawn search for the missing crew, with two reported sleeping below decks at the time of sinking.
A two story building crowded with spectators watching a religious procession collapsed Friday in Mathura killing nine and injuring fifty. Mathura lies about 80 miles south of New Delhi.
The outlook calls for mostly sunny skies with a gradual warming trend and some cloudiness along the coast. Inland areas stay mild, with light breezes and no significant precipitation expected.
Enos Slaughter homered for the Yankees in a 5-3 win to cut Brooklyn's World Series lead and push New York closer to even. Whitey Ford pitched steadily allowing eight hits as the third game ended. The fourth game is set for Sunday at the stadium with Stengel naming Sturdivant to start for New York and Alson tabbing Maglie to face Erskine for Brooklyn.
A New York attorney disclosed he lost a five million dollar will of heiress Mrs Astor Pleydell-Bouverie after tucking it in his pocket on July 18 and missing it when the next day she died. The four children, beneficiaries of the estate, are willing to accept a sworn copy in lieu of the original.
Sgt Matthew C McKeon plans a full Leatherneck career after his sentence for the death march was reduced today. Renewed plans appear in the Page A-2 edition with related items listed across church, classified, and sports sections.
New Delhi reports describe a raid in Datia led by Putli a woman in her 20s dubbed India s bandit queen The gang fatally injured 14 villagers and injured five more while abducting several others into the Vindhya Hills Police arrived to find five in serious condition as Putli rode at the head with a public safety item and her baby in tow.
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