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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1955
Page
1
Long Beach faced a heat driven water demand spike with a record 77.09 million gallons recorded and peak flow between 6 and 7 am. City officials assured households would not face shortages and prepared contingency water supplies for bordering communities if an emergency arose.
In New York and California, dramatic rescue efforts and heat warnings unfold as a runaway heat wave endangers hundreds. A Staten Island girl’s phone plea for help precedes her disappearance, while Southland temperatures soar to near record highs with multiple deaths attributed to heat and widespread prostration.
Heat wave devastates Southland poultry farms with estimates of hundreds of thousands of birds dead or dying. Farmers report tens of thousands of hens and pullets lost, with damages running into millions. Officials warn of water restrictions as heat persists and ranchers scramble to save remaining flocks.
The list shows section and page references for a newspaper issue covering beach combing bridge classifieds comical features and upcoming sports theater tides and temperatures with obituaries vital statistics and feature pages including Wilson and women sections. It serves as a contents guide indicating where to find each topic across pages A-2 A-14 B-2 B-5 B-6 C-1 to C-10 and P- Pats A-9 10 11.
More than 100 volunteers and church members aided Armstrong Thursday night in piling up dead chickens. Armstrong and other poultry owners were busy culling flocks to reduce temperature. Pollard & Son Jeaneh Santa Ana vented several hundred dead chickens. the Moris Jen ne Ranch reported over 1000. The Boy Lot Hatchery noted similar losses.
An armed intruder attacked a store Thursday night injuring the holdup man who was slugged with a wine bottle and stabbed with a knife before being shot and fleeing in a waiting car. The incident led to ongoing police inquiries with more details promised on Page A-4.
An elderly woman reported a Thursday burglary in which an intruder entered the home while she was away and stole her inner dentures kept in a cap and her two earrings. The incident was reported to police for investigation.
A 22-year-old Navy sailor from the USS Henry Tacker was struck and killed on Seaside Street and Mitewell Avenue. Police report a 40-foot trail of blood and a shattered windshield. A witness saw a man in vivid clothing near Seaside Boulevard and two Shore Patrol officers shortly before the fatal crash. The body was taken to Lakeside Mortuary.
Washington AP reports the Army calls as incorrect a New York Daily News claim that Maj. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau was dismissed as chief of intelligence by direct order of President Eisenhower. The Army states Trudeau will take an important Far East assignment. Gen Gaither succeeds him, with Gen Taylor choosing his staff.
Two ex-convicts wanted in the shooting of a Hollywood traffic officer were spotted at a service station in EAST LOS ANGELES. Frank Cook, attendant, described a tan sedan and the men asking for routes to Tijuana. He reported one man flashed a gun before the pair fled, prompting sheriffs deputies to be alerted. The officer who was shot Tuesday, Traffic Sgt. Stewart Duncan, was wounded during a suspect stop.
Senator Allen J. Ellender invited Yugoslavia's President Tito to visit America and urged him to reassure Iron Curtain nations that the United States had no evil intentions. Ellender arrived in Belgrade for a three day visit, and spoke in the White Palace describing the interview as friendly and cordial.
Girls from the elate s 4-H Clubs modeled dresses of their own creation at the Ohio State Fair. David Mitten, 20, of Stowe won a bravery medal after wearing a blue wool suit made by his sister Martha. Awards for dressmaking and tailoring were not decided yet.
Police captured 21-year-old Jidever Nidovev, a former Marine, linked to multiple assaults on women. He admitted one escape and three attempted rapes in August after approaching homes and one victim outside her apartment. He was booked on investigation of attempted rape.
Bennie Cleo Alexander a 28 year old drummer with a Los Angeles band was killed in a traffic accident on highway 93 en route to Oakland for a engagement. Companion Montha Martin escaped with a slight back injury. A California Highway Patrol report said Alexander tried to pass near Keyes eight miles south of Modesto and collided with a third car as the truck overturned and crushed him.
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