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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1955
Page
10
A terse entry from A O Press Telegram lists Beach California items dated June 26, 1955, noting local notes and brief notices. The fragmentary record names no individuals or organizations beyond generic locations.
California highway patrol reports 1,656 deaths and 37,295 injuries on rural roads in nine months, with speeding and drunken driving arrests rising. Patrolmen spent 85 percent of time on road policing, 112 cars recovered from theft, 1,733 reported stolen totaling $816,500.
An advertising notice promoting quick classified ads with the tagline for speedy solutions. It directs readers to call HE 2-5959 to place their ads. The brief urges fast service and emphasizes convenience for common daily needs.
In New Orleans two memory asthma patients died and over 350 others sought treatment for asthma like symptoms amid a smog and fog outbreak. Charity Hospital reported multiple critical cases with 27 treated for severe asthma. Doctors cited a sudden weather change bringing moisture and pollen into the air, with dust intermixing with fog.
Zheng quotes account says Chinese Reds shelled island near Amoy for five hours from 8:50 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nationalist artillery and naval fire held off the assault on Guamoy near Formosa.
In Riverside California a woman telegraph operator, Mrs Mae Barringer about 50, fatally shot a man attempting to break into a depot during a bribery trial related to liquor license irregularities. The shooting followed rock throwing and a record of conversations claimed as evidence. three recordings were discussed as trial material.
Merva Arvenen, 20, Miss Finland, clashed 13 hours with Rome immigration and police at Ciampino Airport and was refused entry to study Italian and possibly film work. She flew back to London, citing no reason given by officials. A second item notes a tropical storm about 600 miles west northwest of Guam with 46 mph winds moving northwest.
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