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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1956
Page
6
Bakhtar News Agency reports Jhas contracted to buy arms and ammunition from Russia and Czechoslovakia to bolster its defense.
September Reader’s Digest presents Elsie McCormick’s humorous primer on female double talk that baffles men. The issue, on newsstands now, condenses 42 articles from magazines, newspapers, and books to save readers time.
A Pacific white sided dolphin captured at Long Beach harbor died within five minutes after Marineland crew wrestled it to a skiff and tied it to a stretcher. Curator Norris noted it likely died offshore during winter and spring, with disappearance until early winter. An autopsy will follow before the remains are sent to the U S Fish and Wildlife Service for study.
Retired Ambassador Angus Ward testified before the Senate internal security subcommittee that a State Department directive kept him from sharing ideas to counter communism in China with Secretary Forrestal in 1948. Ward said he felt he prostituted himself by obeying an unnamed official and that Forrestal wanted the information, attended also by President Eisenhower as Army chief of staff. Ward, then U S consul general in Mukden, cited reluctance to discuss China openly within his chain of command.
The 175th anniversary of Los Angeles is celebrated with a Mexican-ape fiesta at the Old Plaza. A reenactment train arrival at Union Station mirrors the first Los Angeles train of Sept 6, 1876, with speeches by Mayor Wortis Poulson and other officials followed by a plaza dance.
The Department of Agriculture pulled two exhibits from the Singapore Agricultural Exhibition today citing loss to hungry visitors who were consuming rambutan and mangosteen fruits faster than restocking could occur.
Bing Crosby has donated to the Gonzaga University library fund, bringing the total to over 160000 dollars for the 406000 dollar Bing Crosby Memorial Library project. The university said construction would begin this month, but did not specify how much of the total donation is from Crosby.
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