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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1947

Page

25

New California Highway Patrol Commissioner Promises Safety Drive

Clifford E. Peterson sworn in as California Highway Patrol commissioner vows an all-out traffic safety push. The former San Diego office chief will lead an increased training program alongside the safety drive, serving a $12 000 yearly post created by the 1947 Legislature.

Sacramento Clifford E. Peterson California Highway Patrol Peterson San Diego Fice Earl Warren Highway Patrol State Department of Motor Vehicles

Girl 14 Disappears After Dentist Visit in Sacramento

Police in Sacramento search for Lorraine Erhardt a 14 year old Alameda schoolgirl who vanished Saturday morning after leaving a dentist's office with no trace or clue available as of today.

Sacramento Lorraine Erhardt Alameda

Faith Healers Plan New Snake-handling Service in Kentucky

In Faarlan Kentucky plans were announced to hold another snake-handling service on the courthouse lawn Sunday following two Kentucky 1941 anti snake handling law rulings. Circuit Judge James S Forester dismissed charges against Odie Shupe Cindy Mays Raymond Hays and Gladys Sturgill. Shupe and W H Edmonds were fined in Cumberland city court for the Aug 14 incident. The prior service drew thousands as 12 year old Faye Nolan survived a hand bitten episode.

Faarlan Kentucky Odie Shupe Cum Berland James S. Forester Shupe Cindy Mays Raymond Hays Gladys Sturgill Harlan County Cumberland Forester Felix Belcher W. H. Edmonds Faye Nolan

Curran Claims Reds Defeated in Maritime Union

New York delegates at the National Maritime Union sixth biennial convention hear president Joseph Curran declare the Communist party in the union is on its way out. He says the rank and file gained control despite obstructionists, with the right wing prevailing on many issues and a motion to allow Joseph Stack to seek office next year dropped.

New York National Maritime Union Joseph Curran Curran Rank and Joseph Stack Stack

Pikes Peak Plane Crash Claims Three Die

COLORADO SPRINGS Oct. 16 Three of four survivors from an Iowa National Guard plane crash on Pikes Peak were in critical condition at Camp Carson Hospital. The dead are S Sgt Aloysius Kissell S Sgt Jack M Glider and Sgt Leo Simmons all from Des Moines. Survivors include Maj Robert R Oliver of Albert Lea Minn Maj Joe Parks and Lt D D Cleary of Minneapolis.

Colorado Springs Iowa National Pikes Peak Camp Carson John W. Knight Des Moines Aloysius Kissell Jack M. Glider Leo Simmons Robert R. Oliver Albert Lea Minn Joe Parks D. D. Cleary Minneapolis

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