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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1956
Page
2
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced two promising methods to reduce daytime air collisions. One is a powerful flashing light that could increase an airplane’s visibility by more than 25 percent, improving detection at longer ranges.
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold urges nations to use the UN as an instrument for negotiation to settle disputes over Palestine and the Suez Canal. He praises reconciling devices and notes Security Council work on Middle East issues, despite recent armistice line tensions and broken cease fires.
St Louis case where 24 year old Thorpe pleaded guilty to felonious wounding and leaving the scene after a Dec 8 accident that left Jodie Loftis, 62, with a missing foot. Circuit Judge Theodore McMillan puts Thorpe on two years probation with weekly visits to Loftis and $10 monthly support, monitors income quarterly for possible increases.
Claire Jensen tests a new one piece dial telephone from North Electric Co of Galion Ohio. It is about half the size of current models and combines dial mouthpiece and receiver into a nine and a quarter inch unit.
In Louisville Kentucky engineer Marvin Lee Perryman Jr. challenged a police officer's claim of 80 mph tempo, arguing the officer would need 140 mph from a standstill to catch him. Judge Frank Rooke agreed the assertion was implausible, upholding Perryman's appeal. Meanwhile reports from East Lansing and Tulsa cover horticultural congress menus and a truck incident on Frisco tracks with no serious injuries.
In Iverness California a pet deer escaped its pen and struck a passerby, Robert Bruckman age 57, who escaped injury. The owner, Dr M R Ottinger, was hunting in Wyoming at the time.
Published daily with a Sunday accent at Sixth Street and Ping Avenue. notes from Long Band and Audit Bureau at Checladon. lists carriage delivery 48 at $2.00 total $24.00. miscellaneous entries mention mail, lone bench and March 1843.
Wayne D Howe and the Civil Aeronautics Administration describe a 600 watt nose lamp on a DC3 that swept 30 degrees and remained visible in bright daylight up to 14 miles, with reduced collision risk at night. tests included an enhanced conspicuity display linked to a murder trial involving Clement O Connor and Eugene Mariani, as a sanity hearing questions O Connor's state of mind.
A fragmentary note attributes the humorist Franklin McKinney Meade as the creator of Abe Martin and references his years 1868 to 1990. The text is garbled and offers no clear event or date beyond these attributions.
A St Louis report announces Citroid Compound a new medicine from Citrus Bioflavonoids combined with Vitamin C. It claims to strengthen natural defenses and provide anti viral action without drowsiness or skin reactions. Studies cite 80 percent positive results and rapid relief, with availability over the counter.
A promotional note claims Citrus Bioflavonoids in CIFROID Compound combined with Vitamin C offer a new anti viral effect from citrus fruits. It touts Lemon-Orange Flavonate Glycosids as exclusive to Citroid Compound and warns to insist on the genuine product with no substitute.
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