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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1955
Page
3
Representative Celler accuses business men serving in government without pay of questionable practices. He says hearings will show volunteers aided their own firms. The hearings, by the House judiciary subcommittee, resume Tuesday to probe government service by unpaid advisers and its ties to corporate interests.
In Flagstaff Arizona a million dollar blaze wiped out the brand new planing and storage facilities of the Southwest Lumber Mills. The fire, visible for miles, consumed five million board feet of lumber and caused an estimated loss of over a million dollars. The blaze damaged a 300 by 1800 foot building. two cranes, two planers, and 13 freight cars were destroyed. Firefighters arrived quickly and prevented spread to other structures. Watchman Frank Abeyta reported smelling smoke around 3 am near the saw filing room.
Oklahoma City jury to decide the fate of Otto A. Leal former police chief charged with killing his wife. Prosecutors described a brutal scene with a net, a blunt object, and a cross-country pursuit from California to Ohio. Leal claimed he acted in self defense and later denied harming his wife. The case drew national attention as investigators traced motives and a disappearance before his arrest in Sanford, Florida.
Senate minority leader William F. Knowland declines to reveal 1956 presidential plans until President Eisenhower announces his own position. Knowland says a premature discussion of candidates is inappropriate and will disclose his stance once Eisenhower speaks.
Gerben Sonderman, noted Dutch test pilot and World War II ace who served as Prince Bernhard's personal pilot, was killed Thursday while demonstrating a jet trainer in Hagerstown Maryland according to UPi.
A 47 year old former Brooklyn Eagle photographer and test pilot for Royal Cage Tribune, identified as Tellison or Pellison, died when a demonstration aircraft failed to pull out of a spin and burned after crashing near a Netherlands factory. Firemen freed the pilot before autopsy to determine cause, with ejection mechanism reportedly malfunctioning. Snow reported in the area.
Tokyo reports a Japanese official returned from Moscow stating a Sino Japanese trade deal will face no opposition from the free world. MP Takazo Kato said zoos in both nations will benefit from exchange of Russian elk and other animals, as part of the agreement.
Stanford educator Dr. James Quillen told the California Association of School Administrators convention in San Diego that American public schools must teach controversial topics with objectivity. He urged schools to foster respect, goodwill, and integrity and warned that the nation’s future rests on the individual developed by a free, universal education system.
In Chicago a judge ordered Richard Carlson, 27, to pay 235 weekly temporary support after Marlee Gascon Carlson, 22, sought divorce alleging cruelty linked to late night TV watching. Testimony said she preferred the TV to her husband with disputes over wake times and agreed to possible reconciliation only if the volume dropped.
Mrs. Knight, wife of California Governor Goodwin J. Knight, told tea guests at the Women’s National Republican Club that he is not a candidate but hopes to lead a free, open delegation to next year’s Republican National Convention. She said the delegation should choose the strongest presidential contender and noted her husband is not a candidate and they are happy in California. Knight is slated to speak at a National Republican Club dinner tonight.
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