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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1955
Page
3
Lakewood council debates LOLA referendum legality and timing as attorneys clash over placing the oil drilling ban on a ballot. A decision to defer to next April's council election aims to save costs and allow more public discussion amid a long meeting extending past 2 a.m.
Two brothers from Gallatin Missouri were captured Tuesday night after a 20 block chase. Robert Whitt eighteen and Elmer Scott Whitt twenty eight were wanted in four states for robberies. Police tracked them after a statewide manhunt and secured their arrest.
A Cleveland woman Miss Merkle, 20, fell 24 floors from a hotel after leaving her room at the Biltmore Hotel in New York. She landed in the Palm Court lounge during cocktails, injuring a man and others. Police say she had been in town for medical treatment after a nervous breakdown. The incident disrupted a crowd of 150 diners and bar patrons. Her mother and a man named Hodgson traveled from Iowa, with police investigating possible foul play or mistreatment. The woman’s death is listed as a fatal plunge with hospital treatment for others involved.
Bank officials reported they sought a woman connected to a $100,000 photograph. The unnamed man claimed he deposited an enormous sum in a safe deposit box on July 28 and returned on August 23 with the money in a briefcase.
West German leader Adenauer returned from Moscow amid a crowd welcome in Bonn. The Moscow conference drew praise from some and criticism from East German and Soviet circles. Bonn and London voiced cautious optimism about progress toward German unity and continued diplomatic relations.
Pi strikers of Local 601, International Union of Electrical Workers, rejected a proposal to end a six week strike at Westinghouse East Pittsburgh plant. The walkout idled 11 Westinghouse plants in nine states and spread to about 1,000 workers. The local had waited Aug 8 over a dispute on a time study of jobs by Westinghouse. Details of the proposal were not disclosed.
Ava Gardner flipped her Mercedes roadster twice on a two lane Barajas speedway outside Madrid while en route to the airport. She emerged unscathed and, visibly shaken, walked back to the Castellana Hilton where she was staying rather than calling a taxi.
U.S. Ambassador Alexis Johnson told Beijing representatives in Geneva that he would refuse to discuss trade or political questions with Red China until the recent agreement on the release of American civilians is fully implemented. Wang Ping Man urged talks on lifting the trade embargo and a Chinese-American conference at a higher level, possibly between Dulles and Chou En-lai. The American delegation stressed only full implementation of last Saturday’s announcement can resolve the civilians’ return and guide future discussions.
A Norwegian seal ship Jepeter, 860 tons, was trapped in pack ice off east Greenland. It lost its propeller and became a dead ship. U S Air Force helicopter evacuated 15 passengers and 9 crew. Five crew and two passengers remained but were later taken aboard the Danish polar ship Kista Den. It is unlikely anyone will claim the Jepeter as a prize. The vessel will likely be pressed down by ice within days.
Poole, 37, unemployed salesman, faces charges after a collision while being ticketed for noisy vehicle and no license. His wife Regina, 26, injured slightly as car gear jammed and rammed another auto. Officer Muller and accident squad rushed to hospital with Poole leading ambulance. Ray Myers, 41, later checked. no injuries. Poole to appear in court October 21.
The joint convention of the California Supervisors Association and the California Association of County Engineers opened there today before about 1,000 delegates.
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