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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1954
Page
8
In Indianapolis detectives and engineers probe a Mrs. John Mackey claim that her TV shows a ghost image of her dead grandfather. The image remains visible with the set off, drawing interest from police and electronics experts who suggest a burned phosphorescent imprint or a resemblance to a network figure.
The note lists theater offerings with showtimes and titles such as Best Years of Our Lives and Dial Me for Murder. It mentions venues and periods including Monday in September and several film times like 1:15 and 8, with other items like The Waterfront and Man of Constant Sorrow referenced in fragmented form.
Thirteen Yugoslavs including 42 men and 11 women arrived by small motors near Foggia Viesto in Italy. They stated they fled their homeland from Communist rule and asked for political refuge.
Lee Meriwether, crowned Miss America 1955, begins a world-spanning tour touring California and nationwide appearances. Her romance with Army Pvt John Riveroll is noted, while her family and early acting ambitions are described. Meriwether plans public appearances earning about 40000 plus expenses, with an estimated total around 60000.
Douglas returns to the United States after a New York appearance and a year-long Miss America reign. She will tour Australia for a half-week lecture, perform at Pasadena Playhouse, then head to California and South America for 25 days amid scheduled appearances and state duties.
Betty Grable describes TV schedules making her clock obsessed as she prepares for her first regular show on GBS September 30. She notes nerves matching stage days, working with husband Harry James and co-star Mario Lanza, and finds relief on Del Mar vacations with their children Oria and Jessica.
Admiral Chester Nimitz in full regalia took a final look at the 58,000 ton battleship Missougion at Bremerton Washington. He signed the ship nine years ago and visited with his wife before about 25,000 spectators boarding the vessel. The couple live in Berkeley.
A Tokyo filming unit for a German production based on Richard Sorge begins three weeks of shooting around Tokyo with studio work in Munich. Veit Harlan directs with German and Japanese talent, while a separate East German state project also plans Sorge related scenes in Shanghai.
Westinghouse Electric Corp and the federation of Westinghouse independent salaried unions reached an agreement granting 15,000 white-collar employees in 47 plants raises from 1.40 to 2.80 an hour and enhanced pensions. The deal extends the national contract to October 15, 1955 and awaits union ratification by September 27. The CIO International Unions of Electrical Workers and the United Electrical Workers had earlier signed contracts with similar pay increases and benefits.
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer issued a joint communique after two days of talks in Bonn on September 12 and 13. They declared full agreement on forging European unity with German sovereignty and rearmament based on German French understanding.
British American atom bomber force described as the teeth of the SEATO defense pact by Marshal Sir John Slessor. He said the long range bombers deter war and would have prevented a Japanese attack, while discussing German sovereignty and Western unity in rearming Germany. Eden plans Paris talks to gauge French stance on West German NATO membership.
New York U W Maryn Jean Fair, 26, a junior at Occi dental College in Los Angeles, has been named the winner of the 1954 National Association of Manufacturers scholarship award. The $1,200 award is given annually to a college student who plans to become a teacher. Miss Fair is the daughter of an orange grower in Redlands, California.
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