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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1955
Page
24
Lena G. Toryq of Bedford Iowa received the Fourth Order of the Sacred Treasure from Tokyo Governor Seiichiro Asui for 33 years as an English educator at the Jorhigakuen schools.
San Francisco Opera opened its season at the War Memorial Opera House with Aida. Critics praised Lennard Warren as Amonasro for vocal power and production, noted Giorgi Tozzi as a strong newcomer, and found Renata Tedaldi's title role disappointing due to phrasing issues. Claramac Turner contributed with San Francisco roots.
New York theater mourns as veteran stage manager, 81, who served 40 years with Russell Janney Productions, dies Thursday. He guided productions on Broadway and remained a trusted fixture in staging and management.
Pacific Coast Musical Festival slashes ticket prices amid cancellations from the Los Angeles area due to the Los Padres National Forest fire. Last two Leopold Stokowski concerts drop from 5 and 3 dollars to 2 dollars to avoid delays. Call 6-9071 to place ads.
About 1,000 workers at Bethlehem Pacific Strelt in Vernon join a walkout in protest of five day suspensions imposed on two leaders and four workers for absences. Company claims high demand keeps plant operating at 120 percent capacity while union officials call the action unauthorized and say it shuts three electric furnaces, the 12 inch rolling mill, and other departments.
A Senate subcommittee will hold hearings in New York and Washington on a plan to supply narcotics free or at low cost to drug addicts. Senator Daniel said the study will probe creating government authorized clinics to curb drug traffic and crime. He noted opposition from medical professionals and law enforcement.
Santa Monica Hospital reported Alexandra B. Payne, 37, wife of actor John Payne, treated for overdose of sleeping pills. Stomach pumped, condition good, transferred to St. John's Hospital. The couple married at her Bel Air home on September 27, 1953. she previously divorced from actor Alan Curtis and had marriages to Anne Shirley and Gloria De Haven.
A B45 jet bomber crashed in flames near Cleveland Texas as the crew bailed out. Two of four aboard were injured. The aircraft, from the 244th Test Squadron at Elgin Air Force Base, Pensacola, was en route to Bryan Air Force Base on a test flight when two engines caught fire.
Loretta Young, home after a two month hospitalization for peritonitis and two operations, says prayers and letters saved her. She details a strict hospital stay, blurred vision, and the turning moment when she decided to learn patience and fortitude through the pain.
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